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I picked up the Rolling Stone Comedy issue in the Vegas airport this weekend on my way home from BlogWorld (yeah…I was at BlogWorld). If you can still grab it, it’s a good read. My biggest take away from the issue was how opinions differed on the importance of the internet to comedy.

It’s 2008 folks. This isn’t debatable anymore. The internet is extremely important to comedy and comedians. Some quotes:

Dane Cook
“It’s the most important tool any comedian can implement into their career. It’s up to you to gather your fans for your own personal personal programming. That’s powerful.”

Katt Williams
“I think it’s been wonderful for comedy - a gold rush. It happened with the comedy clubs in the Eighties and Nineties, and it’s happened again now with the internet. Whoever thinks differently is looking at it the wrong way.”

Craig Ferguson
“I think it’s actually bad for performers who are starting out. They’re not getting a chance to fail in private.”

Zach Galifianakis
“The little bit of success that I have is due to the internet. It has nothing to do with me guest-starring or being on a sitcom at all.”

Albert Brooks
“I think the internet is slowly going to take down all creativity.”

A driver plowed through the front door of IO West on June 26th. Here is the official word from the IO via Myspace and the official video tribute:

On June 26th at about 4 p.m. an SUV crashed through the front window of our beloved iO West Theater. The SUV took out the entire front door, window and a good chunk of the bar. The only good news is that no one was injured.

However the extensive damage to the exterior and interior of the building has forced the Mainstage and Bar to be

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Our phone service also got knocked out, so please check back at our web site and here on myspace for online updatesTHERE WILL BE NO SHOWS IN ANY OF THE IOWEST THEATERS UNTIL AT LEAST JULY 7TH MAYBE LATER KEEP CHECKING THE WEB SITE FOR UPDATES.

Classes will still go on as scheduled.

Thanks for your patience while we repair the theatre.