I secured new management in 2006 in the hopes of bringing my show into a more theatrical arena. The Invasion Group with the management team of Peter Casperson and Steven Supporta had been integral in the breakthrough success of American comedian Bill Hicks in Europe. They helped me obtain a steady, weekly residency at a new comedy club on 14th Street in NYC named Comix. They brought out director Kate Valentine who had had much success with the Va Voom Room, an avant burlesque extravaganza and she was looking for a new challenge and it all fell into place.
She would come to the shows, take notes, we would meet and rehearse. It culminated in several sold out shows at The Knitting Factory, (see Christgeau's review below), and director Richard Hurst, at the time enjoying much success with his Bill Hicks show in London, suggested bringing the show to Edinburgh Scotland which hosts the world's largest, month long, Fringe Festival. It was there that I won the prestigious Herald Angel Award. What you are hearing here is just a random night of live recording, not the most effusive on the crowd's part unfortunately as opposed to some of the weekend nights but you get the picture. Enjoy!
The great 'dean of rock critics' Robert Christgeau wrote this about me in the Village Voice after seeing one of the sold out rehearsal shows for The Terrorism of Everyday Life:
www.villagevoice.com/2006-03-07/music/ed-s-not-dead/full/
All of Ed's albums can be got at a name your own price (GIVE THE MAN SOME MONEY) at Bandcamp HERE
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