Human Giant: The Bluegrass of Comedy
The Village Voice ran a cool interview with the Human Giant guys–Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer–yesterday with a focus on the merging of comedy and music scenes in recent years. Here's a little:
This music crossover you’re having success with
is very interesting; when I was in high school, and went to festivals,
there would be no comedic acts.Aziz Ansari: Well, I think Rob and I can both agree, for the past
couple years there’s a huge crossover in comedy and bluegrass music.Rob: That’s all we care about. Merging bluegrass with hilarious comedy.
Aziz: So many people who listen to bluegrass, like our comedy.
It makes sense.
Aziz: No, all these festivals—South by Southwest, Bonnaroo,
Pitchfork, it’s so fun for us to go do comedy there, because there’s a
lot of people that are into comedy, that are listening to indie rock
music, or whatever.Rob: Well, I don’t think that’s new . . .I mean I think that it’s new, that they figured it out.
Aziz: Yeah.
The whole interview is interesting and funny. Definitely worth a read. Check it out at Human Giant on Peter, Bjorn and John, MTV, and Heroin.
Meanwhile, what's the best comedy you've ever seen at a music show? Or what's the best music you've seen at a comedy show? Drop it in the comments.
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