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Something to Take the Edge Off

Doug Stanhope

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Album Review

Doug Stanhope's second album for -ismist Recordings, Something to Take the Edge Off, is yet another live recording from one of the standup comedian's raucous club performances (Laff Stop in Houston, TX, May 21, 2000). The fact that acoustic guitarist Henry Phillips strums subtle music in the background does set it apart from the traditional comedy album, but, ultimately, it adds little to Sanhope's humor. Similar to his previous Sicko album, his humor is intensely vulgar and perverse, featuring plenty of exploitative sex jokes catering to a male point of view. Unfortunately, Sanhope's jokes aren't quite as developed or memorable here as on Sicko, making that album a better starting point for those unacquainted with his striking sense of humor.

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he is honest, hilarious, and doesnt hold back, I love it!

He is the funniest man in america. He says it with meaning, he says it like it really is, and it is funny. He is what every straight and narrow man wants to beL open honest and free to try anything. He doesnt care what you think and that is the way it should be. Be honest with yourself and buy this and enjoy

Doug stanhope can trade my NA chip in for shot of smack anytime!

I know I've said it before but it needs to be said again: If Doug Stanhope rattles your cage then you needed to be shaken off your Canary perch!

The guy who wrote the main synopsis has brain damage from a cycling accident

What makes this record my favorite Stanhope record is that the acoustic guitar DOES add a rhythmic elegance that juxtaposes the vulgarity and painful truth of his humor. It's as if Doug becomes a more like a lounge singer, slowing down the tempo of his normal drunken rage and magnifies how his humor is drawn from logical truth taken far, WAY far out past most people morals and acceptable levels of social interaction.

Then again, you should just buy all his records and find out for yourself.

Biography

Born: March 25, 1967 in Worcester, MA

Genre: Comedy

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

"Brutal" is an adjective usually reserved for death metal bands and horror movies, but thanks to the bitter, trashy, and very funny Doug Stanhope, it's a descriptor found stickered across CDs and DVDs in the comedy section. Born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, Stanhope originally moved to L.A. for his big break, but his career didn't take off until he gave up on California and moved to Las Vegas in 1990. In 1997, he was selling his ACID Bootleg album at shows, then a year later he released...
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