Comedian Evan Rossi

About this episode

Feddun interviews comedian and experimental musician Evan Rossi about his philosophy on art and the impact of social media on live comedy.

What happens when you actively refuse to make money from your art so you don't learn to hate it? In this episode of Overeducated and Underemployed, host Feddun sits down with comedian and experimental musician Evan Rossi for a wide-ranging, chaotic, and deeply insightful conversation. Evan breaks down his philosophy on keeping your passions strictly as hobbies, his childhood obsession with tape manipulation that birthed his lo-fi project Dactyloi, and his time writing sketch comedy for Murderfest. Plus, Fedin and Evan pull no punches while discussing why modern social media crowd work is ruining live comedy, their mutual love for cult classics like UHF and The Monkees' "Head", and why hot dogs are just "the smooth, pink fruit of industry." 👉 Check out Evan's experimental music project, Dactyloi, on Bandcamp! daktyloi.bandcamp.com Theme Song by Sloan Brothers : http://open.spotify.com/artist/1Z0YyvTetovciEDRoRNudB New Album By Sloan Brothers: https://sloanbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/love-other-diagnoses Title inspired by Lee Bains III: https://www.thegloryfires.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Feddun #ComedyPhilosophy #TheMonkees #TapeArt #Plunderphonics #Underemployed Podcast

People in this episode

Host: Feddun

Guest: Evan Rossi

Topics covered

• comedy
• art philosophy
• social media
• live performance
• experimental music

Keywords

• comedy
• art
• Evan Rossi
• Dactyloi
• social media
• live performance
• tape manipulation
• Murderfest
• cult classics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dactyloi, Murderfest, Sloan Brothers, Bandcamp, Spotify, Patreon

Books & works: UHF, The Monkees' "Head"

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