Mar 24, 2017
<a href="http://joederosacomedy.com/" target="_blank">Joe
DeRosa</a> is the perfect subject for the Department of
Tangents Podcast. He’s a talented comedian, as evidenced by his
<a
href="http://nickzaino.com/departmentoftangents/2017/02/13/new-release-roundup-mortal-comedy-from-joe-derosa-chandler-traviss-strange-pop-beach-slangs-energetic-nostalgia/"
target="_blank">new album and special, <em>You Let Me
Down</em></a>, and he’s got a couple of podcasts
himself, so he knows better than I do how to approach them. He does
<em>Emotional Hangs</em>, which grew out of his old
<em>Down With Joe DeRosa</em> podcast, with fellow
comedian Kurt Braunohler. And he is co-host along with Patrick
Walsh, of the horror-themed <a
href="http://www.wellseeyouinhellpod.libsyn.com/"
target="_blank"><em>We’ll See You In
Hell</em></a>, which used to be on the <a
href="http://www.fangoria.com/"
target="_blank">Fangoria</a> network, but since the <a
href="http://www.fangoria.com/new/fangoria-will-continue-in-2017-official-statement/"
target="_blank">troubles at that venerable publication and the
questions about its future</a>, has moved to <a
href="http://headgum.com/podcasts/well-see-you-in-hell/"
target="_blank">Headgum</a>. He’s a big horror fan with
very specific and solid opinions, and he also writes short horror
stories.
I sat down with DeRosa in the green room at Laugh Boston, and we
spoke until he literally had to get up and go onstage. You can hear
the first two comics onstage in the background here. DeRosa had a
great set, with very little material still left over from the
current special. We got to talk about comedy audiences, what DeRosa
likes and doesn’t like in a horror film, and even a little about
another one of his loves, hip-hop music.
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