Curtin
Stand-Up
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I do what I can when I’m upright...
Male
39 years old
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
United States
Last Login: 6/29/2009
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Curtin's Comedian Bio
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| Bio | Comic juggernaut from Boston, Mass. Smart, funny wiseass, and a handsome devil to boot. Plays clubs, colleges, and dive bars across the country. Opened for Steven Wright, Doug Stanhope, and Mike Birbiglia. Secretly wishes he was a Clancy Brother.
Clubs (partial)
Improv, Hollywood
Comedy Connection, Boston-Providence-Portland
Comix, NYC
Broadway Comedy Club, NYC
Comedy Castle, Detroit
Looney Bin, Little Rock
Comix Cafe, Rochester-Buffalo
Jr’s Last Laugh, Erie
Comedy Zone, Various Locations
Corporate (partial)
National Speaker’s Association of New England
New England Finance Association
New Hampshire AFL-CIO
Aubuchon Hardware
Colleges (partial)
Sacred Heart, CT
UMass Lowell
Bridgewater State College, MA
| | Influences | Comedy: All the big names from my childhood, plus David Letterman, Tony V, D J Hazard, Louis CK, Patton Oswalt, Bill Hicks, and Tim McIntire.
General: Shane MacGowan, Joey Ramone, Stan Lee, Joe Strummer, Brendan Behan, Neil Peart, Kurt Vonnegut, Black 47, Mark Twain, Patti Smith, and James Connolly. | | Members | Ravi Shankar: Hand claps and percussion-
Martin Swope: Tape loops-
Milo Bloom: Steel guitar-
Jacko Pastorius: Bass-
Ann Coulter: Bagpipes-
And backing vocals by the Vienna Boys Chior rejects |
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Curtin's Interests
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| General | Your results:
You are Spider-Man
| Spider-Man |
| 85% |
| Robin |
| 60% |
| Hulk |
| 60% |
| The Flash |
| 60% |
| Superman |
| 45% |
| Iron Man |
| 45% |
| Batman |
| 40% |
| Catwoman |
| 40% |
| Green Lantern |
| 35% |
| Supergirl |
| 25% |
| Wonder Woman |
| 20% |
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You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
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I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM and you should too! | | Music | THE GOBSHITES,The Ramones, The Clash, The Pogues, Bob Marley, Damian Marley, Black 47, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Naked Raygun, The Tossers, Anthrax, Rush, Bad Religion, Billy Bragg, Tool, Dogbowl Congas, AC/DC, Hayseed Dixie, Buddy Guy, Ashley MacIsaac, Eminem, Carbon Leaf, Rolling Stones, Hank Williams III, Bob Dylan, Foo Fighters, Steel Pulse, Neutral Nation, Public Enemy, The Specials, Flogging Molly, Everclear, Neck, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Rage Against the Machine, Eric Johnson, SRV, Taj Mahal, PiL, Jah Wobble, David Bowie, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Social Distortion, Cocteau Twins | | Movies | The Shawshank Redemption; Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?; A Scanner Darkly; Death to Smoochy; Spiderman; V For Vendetta; The Incredibles; The Spy Who Came in From the Cold; Office Space; Say Anything; Star Wars; Parenthood; The Matrix; The Usual Suspects; Real Genius; Breakfast Club. | | Television | Dr. Who; Heroes; West Wing; NYPD Blue; Law & Order (all of them); Firefly; Global Frequency (what there was of it); Top Gear; MI-5. | | Books | Mark Twain
Kurt Vonnegut
Jack Kerouac
John Steinbeck
Morgan Llewellyn
John LeCarre
Philip K. Dick
Jorge Luis Borges
JRR Tolkien
William Gibson
Neal Stephenson
Neil Peart
Jonathan Swift
Bruce Sterling
Warren Ellis
| | Heroes | Heroes are tough, but if I had to pick someone, it would be this man:
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Curtin's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | North Easton,MA | | Zodiac Sign: | Cancer | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Comedian |
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Curtin's Latest Blog Entry
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Curtin's Blurbs |
About me:
There Is Power In A Union (Live EP Version - Featuring The Pattersons) - Billy Bragg
I've been a standup comic for over ten years, performed in about 25 states, and worked with some of the funniest people you've never heard of, as well as some of the bigger names in comedy today. I have some pretty great friends who live way too far away from me. I play tin whistle, bodhran, spoons, bones, and beer trays (or whatever the hell else is laying around) for an Irish punk band called the Gobshites, as well as a more traditional Irish side project called The Eejits. Because the problem is obviously that I don't drink enough. I'm also dad to a pretty great kid who has managed to carve out a nice niche for herself despite my poor example. Through it all, I've managed to maintain my trademark dismal self-esteem and pessimism. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't pay me to perform standup at your venue or event, after all, this guy thinks I'm aces...
"At the National Speakers Association of New England, our members are exposed to top level national talent at all our meetings and functions. At our annual dinner, John Curtin not only met that criteria with his stand up comedy but kept us in tears (of laughter) for over 40 minutes. John's style and material rival any one you have seen on Jay Leno. You will do well to hire John for your next function".
Dennis Mahoney
President
National Speakers Association of New England
So I got that going for me...
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Who I'd like to meet:
God and/or Shane MacGowan
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