Rotting Flesh Gives Way To Hope
Sweet September Darlings,
☀️ 🍂 Welcome to the blustering, blistering month of SWEPTEMBER, we hope you’re ready to be swept off your flarpin’ feet! We have such a beautiful bevy of programming ahead of us, we’re begging to be whiskkkkked away [from the dystopian hellscape we are all forced to navigate] and lovingly carried into experiences that will expand, enchant, and inspire.
JAMie is back from Burning Man, but not yet BaCk 2 ReAliTEA (also the name of an audio journey he’s currently recording in his car). You can expect next week to be chock full of DOWNLOADS from the playa, tips on how to beat the heat, and maybe a fashion column? VAN has been making her own passion fruit jam. The vine that last year granted 3 passion fruits is showing up and showing OUT this year! Did you know that the shells of passion fruit actually have pectin in them and you don’t have to ADD pectin to make a soft set jam with these? Do you know how easy it is to go from being a mildly interesting person to being a person who thinks writing about soft set jam is HOT CONTENT?!
This week, you’ll have to settle for a sparse welcome to this month. In other parts of the country, the foliage may be beginning to turn, the sweaters being pulled from storage, and people talking about soup weather. In LA we know this month is Summer’s slooty drunk aunt who just doesn’t know when it’s time to leave the dance floor. It’s gonna get sweaty and messy.
But while we can’t admire the changing of the leaves, we are finding wholesome joy in watching the colors of lesions and open sores slowly turn and ripen on a certain elected Predator. 🍁 Perhaps it’s just us getting old and sentimental, but we like to think something may be withering and dying. Almost beautiful, for something to physically transform into the rancid rot it’s been emotionally for years. Wow. 🌈 It may amount to nothing, but this weekend felt like a glimmer of hope in a sea of sewage.
Rottingly,
VanJam
THIS WEEK’S SHOWS
🎥 🤚 🍿TUES 09.02 | 7:30PM TONIGHT!
Doug Benson (Super High Me) and friends crack jokes live during a screening of a movie chosen by the audience. Bring a DVD or Blu-ray to nominate, then vote for which film gets hilariously roasted. With special guests DREW CAREY, SARAH SILVERMAN, GEOFF TATE & More Surprises!
🎀 🎰 WED 09.03 | 7:30PM
Chuck Tingle’s Lucky Day Book Launch
Bestselling author CHUCK TINGLE (Camp Damascus, Bury Your Gays) celebrates his new novel Lucky Day. Part horror, part satire, the story follows a bisexual professor and a shady agent unraveling a supernatural casino disaster. Expect cosmic absurdity, sharp humor, and love proving itself real.
💕 🗑️THU 09.04 | 7:30PM
JON LOVETT hosts his hit live show and podcast breaking down the week’s politics and pop culture with sketches, games, and sharp analysis. This live LA edition welcomes special guests special guests OSCAR NUNẼZ, ALEX BORSTEIN and more.
✏️ 🏀 FRI 09.05 | 7:30PM LIVE & LIVESTREAM
A chaotic word-game variety show from REKHA SHANKA (Dropout). Expect dumb games, sharp comedy, and zero Latin roots. With ANGELA GIARRATANA, PATRICK MCDONALD, KENDAHL LANDRETH, and CORIN WELLS. Co-produced with Laservision.
🪩 💃 FRI 09.05 | 10PM
The Sabo and Loomba Show
ALYSSA SABO and MONICA LOOMBA reinvent the late-night talk show with fast-paced comedy, wild guests, Craigslist surprises, and 70s three-piece suits. Featuring Todd Glass, Caitlin Reilly, Hannah Pilkes, Lily Du, Cam Gavinski, child actor Kameron Bummer, West Los Angeles Children’s Choir, and the Sabo & Loomba Band (Janine Hogan and Jeremy Olson). Expect music, madness, and a total twist on the talk show format.
🫦 🕺 SAT 09.06 | 10:30PM LIVE & LIVESTREAM
LA’s comedy-first drag competition returns, where polish and poise are replaced with crunchy chaos. Hosted by MANO AGAPION, OSCAR MONTOYA,and NICOLE BYER, with special guest ACACIA FORGOT (RuPaul’s Drag Race S17). Big wigs, bad lip-syncs, and comedy that slays the house down.
🎤 🐵 SUN 09.07 | 6PM LIVE & LIVESTREAM
Hanging with Dr. Z Showbiz legend DR.Z recounts his fabulous career in a name-dropping chat fest with Hollywood pals ANDY DALY, LAURIE KILMARTIN, and CHRIS ESTRADA. Also featuring Rusty Steele, Carmine St. Pierre, and more. An insider evening full of stories, laughter, and surprises.
🎞️ 🤫 MON 09.08 | 7:30PM
Actors Anonymous Film Screening
A comedy mockumentary about an actress who fakes alcoholism to study sobriety—only to find friendship, love, and meaning beyond the Hollywood hustle. Laugh, cringe, repeat. Written & directed by MEAGN HEYN. Starring Chris Farah, Tony Rodriguez, Robert Chester Smith, and Jasmine Lewis.
