Anywhere…. here is Episode 1 in all its glory. Enjoy! And keep checking back every week… there will be a new one!

http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/68la

(I’m including the link instead of just embedding so you can vote—it seems like with just embedding that you don’t get to do that!)

#1 Last improv show: Arsenal at Old School Harold Night @ UCB. Next Tuesday, August 11th. 8 pm. $5.

#2 Last music show: Myself accompanied by the venerable Flynn Barrison @ Sidewalk Cafe. September 2nd. 11 pm. Free!

#3 Last sketch show: Gorilla Gorilla, Maude Night @ UCB. September 14th. 8 pm. $5.

So that’s it. Try and see them all!!!!!

It started off and I was shooting a gig where I sat on a bench in Brooklyn cat calling some milfs who were walking by. Not bad right? But then we noticed that there was a birthday party going on in the park and the entertainment was not a clown. Not a pony. Not a magician. But a Jedi!

Whaat? What made this better was the though that maybe he was a Jedi magician. But when I got closer it turned out he was a Jedi comedian. Yes, his jokes were Star Wars based mostly. But he’d do crowd work obvs. And he would do a lot of physical comedy not owing some much to the fact of him being a Jedi but what being a Jedi in the modern world meant. For example, he got his umbrella stuck in his robes. And that was particularly vexing to him.

Then I just went to the 52nd Street Project which my friends(Megan Cramer and Jeremy Beck) were in… and that’s Megan’s job which is pretty awesome. Well it is when I tell you what it is—it’s were kids write plays and then have professional actors put on the plays at the Public Theatre. How cool is that? Jeremy played Peanut Butter in a play that was about the beginning of Peanut Butter and Jelly’s relationship and guess what kids? IT WASN’T GOOD. P.B. was annoyed with Jelly. Such a great idea for a story!

In another play, Billy Crudup played a character named “Stupid”, who was, it is fair to say, a little stupid.

Anyway, it was a great day to feel inspired by acting, storytelling, MILFS, and Jedi comedians. There’s still four hours left. What’s next?

–I went down Europe’s longest sled trail.  The full thing is 9 miles but I got winded by the hike up and decided to take some time off and only went 7 miles.  It was amazing!  What was not amazing was getting stuck high in the Alps when the sun goes down and you realize that the gondola has closed.  I asked a girl working one of these restaurants that you can only get to by skiing or hiking and she said, you have to sledge down!  (they say sledging instead of sledding)  Then she pointed me the way to go and said, but don’t go that way or else you’ll end up on the black diamond ski slope.  So of course, I accidentally went that way and ended up on the black diamond ski slope.  In the pitch dark.  On a sled which has virtually no directional controls.  So I decided it would be easier to just go down on my butt since theoretically it would be slower.  Instead, I ended up rolling over and over again with the sledge hitting me in the side.  Several death rolls later, I finally saw a road.  And went towards it and fell through the snow up to just above my chest.  BUT I MADE IT.  No mere Alp mountain can best Nathan Shelkey.

–When arriving in the Swiss German part of Switzerland(most of it), I discovered the German word for pretzel is “bretzel”.  Why are we such idiots that we couldn’t get the “b” right?  Oh Americans.  We suck.  Still bretzels and pretzels taste great no matter how you say it.

–I am bad at spotting famous people.  I constantly think that the person looks a lot like the famous person they are, and they must get that a lot.  But I enjoyed seeing Punky Brewster eating bagels with her family.

–Parking is bad, traffic is worse, but the sushi, tacos, thai food, and junk food in general are awesome in LA.  Still, I hate the long strip mall feel of it.  But when you’re by the Hollywood Hills, it’s nice.  And I like when you’re on the 101 headed towards downtown and I always start to hear the A Team theme song in my head.  (Ten years ago / In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a miltary court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockard to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… The A-Team.)

–US Air just blows.  Completely.  5 hour flight and NO MOVIES!  What?!?!  How is one supposed to survive without an in-flight movie for that long?  What are we barbarians?  Never again.  From now on, I shall fly Jet Blue or Virgin to LA.

–I was seated on the way back next to a bunch of older ladies and gentlemen.  So as a result, it was like being placed in a cemetery where farts go to die.  Which made me think why do people complain about the smell of stale farts?  Would it make it better if the farts were fresh?  Is the fact that they are old really something that bothers you?

–I stayed with Brendan, Siobhan’s brother, and Melodie his gf.  And Melodie mentioned how she loved my song “California” and still sings it from time to time.  This made my heart feel so warm and cozy.  I mean, I wrote that song 10 years ago.  And she prolly heard it last in 2002?  So she still remembers it 7 years later?  It makes you feel good.

Well, Kenny’s show is finally up. You can see it here:

http://www.maynestreet.net

I’m not in it till the finale(prolly “airing” in late December) but the first episode has Alison Becker and Jon Glaser. And later on you’ll get to see Aubrey Plaza and Ben Schwartz. (And Jordan Carlos, Stephen Colbert’s black friend.)

Check it out!
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In other news, I haven’t done Song du Jour the last two weeks because I’ve been busy getting ready my one man show for a workout. AND… I started a new day job. So a bit of a time scramble and didn’t have time to do the songs yet. Had to pay the bills. But it seems like it could be fun with the new jobby job. One fun thing is I work at the Daily Planet. The lobby has this giant globe. It’s ridiculously huge. So that feels important.

I’m getting ready for Bond on Friday. So very stoked to see that. Although, I think Kathrine is even more excited than me. She’s been watching Bond movies to get geared up.

Also, my cat Jake doesn’t understand the concept of daylight savings time. He still scratches on my door at what used to be 7 o’clock. Which is now 6 o’clock. It’s maddening. But I still refuse to sleep with him during the night. He moves around too much.

Finally, Top Chef premiered last night and it’s in New York this season! I didn’t get a chance to watch it yet as I started to fall asleep watching Heroes at 11 pm(I’m catching up on all my tv from this week). So I took that as a sign not to push it and I will watch Top Chef tonight.

I will have a song for this week but prolly won’t post it till the weekend….

]]> http://www.shelktone.com/2008/08/12/bathroom-art/feed/ 0 http://www.shelktone.com/2008/08/08/ticket-master-blows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ticket-master-blows http://www.shelktone.com/2008/08/08/ticket-master-blows/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:44:00 +0000 Nate http://jakeandbert.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/ticket-master-blows/ Just got Kathrine and I tix for Regina Spektor.  They came in the mail yesterday.  I just checked my bank and saw I was charged for $93!  These tix are $33 each.  So how you get the extra $30?  A “facility” charge + a “convenience” charge + “order processing”.  Pearl Jam, where are you and why have you forsaken me?  Someone needs to take Ticket Master down a peg.  They are getting ridiculous.  

But I’m bored. And there’s 40 minutes left. And I’m tired of the hahaha, a revolutionary gets corrupted by the network.

This is one of those movies that I felt, I should see this, and it feels like homework. Snoozeville.

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At the elliptical machine at the gym, there’s a readout for the number of watts you are producing. Who gives a shit about this? The only reason I could think it would be relevant is if the machine is powered by your electricity. Otherwise, is someone thinking—gee I really need to be producing 200 watts to get a good workout. I don’t buy it.

–Yesterday, there was another important birthday; I became an uncle again. A little girl named Lillian Gween Yeo was born on Saturday night. She is my niece!

This is her. She might not look happy about it. But I am.