The inspiration we need to keep going!

The Homeless Comedy Tour works and it hasn't even begun yet!!! I was at the mall recently in MI replacing the my g1... long over due. Po thang. Anyway, I turned away from the counter for a second and recognized someone from the homeless shelter that I stayed in. HE LOOKED FANTABULOUS!! I almost didn't recognize him. He w...as clean and sober and just looked down right impressive. I had to approach. He saw me and a big grin came over him. He reached out to shake my hand and said, "I wanted to thank you bruh! Even though you were in there with us strugglin', you kept it movin' and actually inspired a few of us, not just me to get up and do what we needed to do to make our situation ...better." I almost cried. The best thing about it... it cost me nothing! It gave me the boost in moral that I needed personally to know that I am on the right track! For that I am grateful to him!! Congrats bruh! Now keep it movin'!

States and dates!

This is it folks! The line up! If you want the tour in your town on those dates below then contact The Homeless comedy Tour Org to make it happen!

Read about it here: http://www.homelesscomedy.blogspot.com

Website coming within the week at:
http://www.thehomelesscomedytour.org

Contact: Rob @ 269-268-7787 or thehomelesscomedytour@gmail.com (until info@thehomelesscomedytour.org is online)

Let's end homelessness one laugh at a time! "It's only impossible until WE do it!"

1. Fri Oct. 1, 2010 in MI *
2. Sat Oct. 2, 2010 in OH
3. Sun Oct. 3, 2010 in PA
4. Mon Oct. 4, 2010 in MD
5. Tue Oct. 5, 2010 in DE
6. Wed Oct. 6, 2010 in DC
7. Thurs Oct. 7, 2010 in NJ
8. Fri Oct. 8, 2010 in NYC
9. Sat Oct. 9, 2010 in CT
10. Sun Oct. 10, 2010 in RI
11. Mon Oct. 11, 2010 in NH
12. Tue Oct. 12, 2010 in ME
13. Wed Oct. 13, 2010 in VT
14. Thurs Oct. 14, 2010 in MA
15. Fri Oct. 15, 2010 in VA
16. Sat Oct. 16, 2010 in NC
17. Sun Oct. 17, 2010 in WV
18. Mon Oct. 18, 2010 in KY
19. Tue Oct. 19, 2010 in IN
20. Wed Oct. 20, 2010 in TN
21. Thurs Oct. 21, 2010 in AR
22. Fri Oct. 22, 2010 in MO
23. Sat Oct. 23, 2010 in IL *
24. Sun Oct. 24, 2010 in IA
25. Mon Oct. 25, 2010 in NE
26. Tue Oct. 26, 2010 in SD
27. Wed Oct. 27, 2010 in ND
28. Thurs Oct. 28, 2010 in MN
29. Fri Oct. 29, 2010 in WI
30. Sat Oct. 30, 2010 in GA
31. Sun Oct. 31, 2010 in SC
32. Mon Nov. 1, 2010 in FL
33. Tue Nov. 2, 2010 in AL
34. Wed Nov. 3, 2010 in MS
35. Thurs Nov. 4, 2010 in LA
36. Fri Nov. 5, 2010 in TX
37. Sat Nov. 6, 2010 in OK
38. Sun Nov. 7, 2010 in KS
39. Mon Nov. 8, 2010 in WY
40. Tue Nov. 9, 2010 in MT
41. Wed Nov. 10, 2010 in ID
42. Thur Nov. 11, 2010 in UT
43. Fri Nov. 12, 2010 in CO
44. Sat Nov. 13, 2010 in NM
45. Sun Nov. 14, 2010 in AZ *
46. Mon Nov. 15, 2010 in NV
47. Tue Nov. 16, 2010 in OR
48. Wed Nov. 17, 2010 in WA
49. Thurs Nov. 18, 2010 in AK
50. Fri Nov. 19, 2010 in CA *
51. Sat Nov 20, 2010 in HI *

*Indicates booked and TBA

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Ⓛⓞⓥⓔ HAPPY MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND MOMS ¸.•*¨*♥Ⓛⓞⓥⓔ♥*¨*•.¸¸ ¸•*¨*• ❤ ¸.•*¨*♥Ⓛⓞⓥⓔ♥*¨*•.¸¸ ¸•*¨*• ❤Ⓛⓞⓥⓔ

Please enjoy your time spent with your mother's. Not all of us have that pleasure! My mother is still alive but due to mental illness she is not "here". So again, happy Mama's day and cherish these moments now because one day, memories are all you will have. Now is the time to stack those memories like a valued savings account!



Amaru

The Homeless Comedy Tour Promo Video

Guess who's coming to dinner?

Well folks, we met and it is a match! No, not a new girlfriend!

On Friday morning, (Yesterday) I met with two beautiful, distinguished and sophisticated women from Detroit for breakfast by the name of, Terri Covington and her beautiful mother, Willia Write. Terri Covington is the “Director of Development” at Detroit Central City Community Mental Health in Detroit. They have graciously decided to partner up with The Homeless Comedy Tour to help provide whatever needed within their power to make this tour successful!
They have also committed to setting up our October 1, 2010 send off show in Pontiac, MI which promises to be huge!! They have the venue in mind which we will reveal at a later date when confirmed.

We came together through one of her employees who attended Chaplins Comedy Club where @therealamaru was Headlining in Clinton Township, MI a week back. She enjoyed the show and was very interested in the tour after it was mentioned on stage by @therealamaru. She followed up with @therealamaru after the show for further information. She went to work that Monday and passed the info to her boss, Terri Covington and the rest as they say…

As mentioned earlier, we met for breakfast to discuss what role her organization could play to make this tour as successful as possible. Out of this meeting came a theme song for the tour called, “HOMELESS”, sang by Ronnie McNeir from the hit recording group and legends, “The Four Tops”. We also received a new T-shirt and a beautiful poem written by Kenny Corr to apply to our fund raising efforts.
Once the details are worked out we will put the song on this site and our upcoming website which will be up and running by Monday morning. Check back here or Facebook on Monday for the site name.

We have much more news to reveal. We just want to hammer out some details before we totally spill the beans on the master plan. Just know that the tour is moving full speed ahead! We have 6 states so far locked in for venues! We have two shows in one night in the state of Virginia! They are super excited! Our goal by the end of the month is to have 25 confirmed venues.

Stay tuned and stay positive! Thank you Terri Covington, Detroit Central City Community Mental Health, and family for your helping hand in this history making event!

Remember, “It’s only impossible until you do it!”


The Homeless Comedy Tour

THE COST OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A SOAPBOX FOR INDIE ARTIST (my response)

(This was a response to a blog I read from a follower @lowryagency THE COST OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A SOAPBOX FOR INDIE ARTIST) You can read what spawned this response here: http://ow.ly/117dp


I disagree just a lil!

I got into the Ent. biz or comedy for being straight up in Hollywood. I actually told a working comic she sucked! Because she asked me and frankly, she did suck. The next day, she appreciated it so much she fired her writer and hired me to write her material. (i said she sucked but also mentioned I thought of some things that may suit her stand up persona and she liked it) She said she appreciated my honesty. She is VERY beautiful and I could have sugar coated it and made nice to be in her good graces but if I'm going to work with you or be your friend I am going to be honest with you just as I expect you to be with me. I turned down a record distribution deal based on the same issue with my old group.

Unfortunately, we live in a society where people feel a certain way but will not speak up because of this political correct BS we are going through in this country. People are scared to say or speak up because of being shunned by people who quite honestly feel the same as you do most of the time but don't want to make waves so they conform. It's easier that way. So we hide behind avatars to speak up we lose our identity and become another faceless voice.

The constitution says "We the People..." not "We the people if it's okay with the people I need approval from...". Because we don't speak up the government has taken over. If we didn't speak up and rant during slavery, we'd still be slaves. What would have been the perfect time to speak up then?
Yes, their is a time and place for most things but your music, your art should reflect you from JUMP! Not until you get your fan base. They should feel you so they can grow and develop with you.

You know Dr. king had a brotha next to him sayin, "Dr. king, you may not want to say that because it's going to piss off white folks and make it bad for us. Then we may lose supporters." In the end, Dr. king was like, they can bite my ass! You have to be willing to die for what you believe in, as he used to say.

It's the agencies and record labels who send mixed messages and say, "Yeah, we want to sign because you're hot!". Behind closed doors they telling you to change and don't say this and that because they don't want to lose endorsements and revenue.
Tiger only married that girl because of what it would look like if he had kids and was unmarried. his only mistake was being married at an age where he is just finding himself. He is a young man that married too young but because he had kids and this image to maintain he had to make a choice and be someone he really wasn't. We put him on that platform as this perfect individual and if he wanted to keep those endorsements then he had to do what management told him to do.
We wonder why Dave Chapelle rejected 50 million dollars. He rejected it because they were trying to change the very thing they signed up for. His vision! I respect him the most for doin that! It's not about the money and fame in the end. In the end, it's about what do you stand for?

Art is the way you see life and express it. Steve White once taught me a lesson live and just for me in my early days as a comic.

It was my first Feature spot with a celeb comic at Rascals Comedy Club in AZ and I was EXCITED!!!! I quit my job that day over this event. Steve was the Headliner for the week. We did radio together going toe to toe live bantering back and forth and I couldn't be any happier that week!

Anyway, the first show came and my mentor came to me and asked me not to curse at all, which I can but I want to be me at all times on stage when possible. He said it was because the full house inside the club was mainly older Jewish folks and he didn't want to offend them. This was my mentor asking so I was like, "Yeah, I got you! You can count on me!"
Inside, I felt like I was selling out. This wasn't television. This is a live show. Nevertheless, his wish's I was going to follow!

I go into the showroom where Steve meets me face to face and says to me, "So, are you going to sell out?" I was stuttering. "Ah, ah, what are you talking about?". I knew what he was talking about. "Did Tim come to you and ask you not to curse?" I said, "Ah, yeah." "Well, are you going to sell out?" I was like, "I guess so. I mean he is my mentor." I really love Tim and all he did for me and at that time I was two years into performing with big names so I wasn't about to jack that up!
I asked Steve did Tim ask him? He said "Yes" They called my name to go up and perform. i get off stage after selling out wonderfully and with a smile. I run into Steve who was preparing in the back. I ask him immediately, "Are you going to sell out?" He looks at me and says, "Watch this!"

Now this man goes up on stage and the first word that came out of his mouth was an "F bomb" followed by 75 more at least! This man DESTROYED THAT ROOM in front of me!! This man got a standing ovation that I haven't seen any comic get in a while. it was an amazing sight to see.
He immediately finds me and pulls me to the back of the room and says this...

"I did the Apollo the first time and got boo'd because I was trying to be what I thought black folks wanted me to be. I went back again and DETROYED; got a standing ovation because I performed as who I wanted to be... Steve White. Never compromise who you are as a comedian! Funny is funny! They only complain when it ain't funny! so be funny!"

He didn't just say it, he proved it just to show me. The funny thing is, Tim came and watch a bit of the next show with me and says, "Now that's a top comic!" I'm thinkin', "But he cussed."

The point is, never compromise who you are as a person! If you represent yourself as an artist who likes to rap about cats and dogs and that's how you built your fan base and once you get signed you start talkin politics and gun warfare that's when the problem comes. If you have a core view or belief that you put out there for your fans then stand behind it! That's what the people respect! That's why they are your fans to begin with.

When Andrew Dice Clay admitted on national television that he was really a nice sensitive guy, his career was done! His manager wanted to kill himself back stage. America bought his "F you and I don't care" persona. Same with the "Ghetto Boyz". We liked them because they were real!

We live in a plastic, sensationalized, fake, superficial and materialistic society where you are asking us to mask ourselves so that we can speak the truth. That's setting us up for tabloid news later on when fans find out the real because you let your guard down in your private life being who you really are. That's BS. Trends are set only when someone breaks those rules.
You sign someone because they are unique and people like them. Then you change what people liked about them in the first place then wonder why sales are in the slumps. Politics and religion are what keeps people from expressing themselves freely so when an artist comes out and breaks those rules we love it then the industry strips that which endeared them to us and then we have MC Hammer and "Pumps in a bump".

I say all this to say... Can I borrow $5.00?

BTW, the comic I used to write for, has a film coming out she wrote, produced and directed called, DAYS OF WRATH look for it in theaters soon! (so proud of her)


Amaru aka Mista Woosaa

Check the Adams Apple fella's!! So to speek...

(Not that I was going to act on it but it was flattering)

Have you ever been in a Twitter convo with someone and they hit on you and say the things a man likes to hear? Then you think, "I wonder what she looks like?" So you look at the avatar closely now because u really never looked at it that close b4 the conversation and see that it is a pic of an animal. Then you think to yourself, "Altoids and Coca Cola. Wow!" Then you think about it again. I wonder what she looks like? Then you ask the ultimate question? Are you a woman?

Lady's and Gents, a heterosexual male DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR, NO to that question after the convo that took place, which they initiated BTW.

He said, Altoids and Coca-Cola!!

The moral of that story is, I'm going to take a hot shower, I feel violated in so many ways!!

(True Story! Ask the right questions up front before your prick and imagination takes over!)

Sometimes the truth hurts and it's funny!! That's life and a new joke!