From Across the Street [CD]

Doug Stanhope | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Label: Stand Up! Records
• ASIN: B002NXSSHY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,904 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The new Doug Stanhope album is excellent, one of the best stand-up releases of the year, and you should buy it immediately. --punchlinemagazine(dot)com, November 23, 2009

This Doug Stanhope CD is for anyone who worked a suicide hotline for the fun of it. --theseriouscomedysite(dot)com, December 8, 2009

It's not that Stanhope likes to bait his audience, though he does so with a monomaniacal hostility that makes early '70s Iggy Pop look like a baby-kissing gladhandler. --Nate Patrin, City Pages, Nov 8, 2010

Product Description

2009 release. Doug Stanhope's mother let him and his brother read things like Hustler Magazine when he was younger. The tasteless cartoons in there are among some of Doug's early influences. In 1990, while working as a telemarketer, Stanhope began performing stand-up, attending open mikes at the Escape Lounge II. Stanhope's material is marked by an almost unflinching honesty, touching upon his own drug habits and sexual habits. His social and political views are contrarian, but always sincere. The twisted things he says are what he believes, he's come to them using his own dark logic. His belief in what he says - it's not just 'material' - is probably why sometimes he gets visceral responses from audiences, often inducing walkouts 'not ready for the truth', as Stanhope sees it.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doug Stanhope is awesome !!, November 26, 2009

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Safari Hood "Safari Hood" (http://www.safarihood.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Across the Street (Audio CD)

Stanhope is hilarious in this new CD.

If you like Stanhope even a little, you'll love this one.

He talks about starving children, health care, suicide, and more. He also adds his own heaping of harshness that we've grown to love.

If you're not very familiar with Stanhope, and don't mind profanity, you should give this CD a listen. The profanity isn't overabundant, but Doug's act isn't 'squeaky clean' either.

If comedy is something you're a fan of, your dollars are well spent here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long Live Doug Stanhope !!, December 26, 2009

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brutal truth "meznan" (somewhere else) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: From Across the Street (Audio CD)

This latest CD is some of his best work ever. All of his releases(audio & video) are some of the best stand up which has ever been produced. If you have an open mind, love truth & honesty in everyday living & love great stand-up, then I strongly advise getting this CD. You will NOT be disappointed !

Though self-destructive he may be, let's hope he takes good enough care of himself to continue providing us with such incredible gut wrenching humor for a very long time !

LONG LIVE DOUG STANHOPE !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doug is one of the best standups ever, December 7, 2009

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This review is from: From Across the Street (Audio CD)

I'm extremely fond of Doug's material. It is acerbic and mean-spirited and negative, but I can't get enough and it's great to repeat listen to his catalog. This new album is a fine addition with all new material (previous records had some duplication, not annoying, but noticeable). I hope Doug sticks around and finds life worth living, I can't wait to hear his magnificent thoughts on a new set of topics.