A Comic's Comic: Comedian Paul Mooney

Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing one of the most amazing stand up comedy performances I've ever seen. I've been going to comedy shows for almost 16 years now. I have been performing and writing off and on for 14 of them. But I have never seen a comic like Paul Mooney, at least not live or alive. Let's face it, comic's today don't want to rock the boat. They have their acts and tell their jokes and hack it up! Not, Mooney. He's the equivalent of seeing Richard Pryor live in 2010. He keeps it real, he tells the audience things they know or ignore, or really don't know or want to know but need too. He does all of this and in using the stage to use humor to shed light on extremely important issues and topics that most comedians would dare touch. Mooney isn't going to get a sitcom or become some huge movie star, no, he's better then that. He's not chucking and jiving for a check.

He speaks his mind and doesn't sugar coat the reality that we choose to ignore, and he makes us laugh hysterically at it. He speaks about race, and politics and he is not for the faint of heart. He is brilliant and my hat goes off to him. I inspire to be that honest and great one day. A real comedian, legendary, not just a local comedian telling my hack act for $50 bucks and free drink. Thank you Paul Mooney for being one of the last great comics of our generation. I hope you get your acclaim while you are alive and not after your long and gone.

Life, Death & Comedy

I may seem to be more sensitive to immortality lately or concerned with fulfilling our life's destiny and purpose. Most recently comedian Greg Giraldo died. He was an amazing stand up and writer. I had the pleasure of working with him a handful of times while trying to hone my act. I was caught by surprise to hear he died. He was so young I thought. He made me want to be a better comic and accomplish my goal of touring and landing that precious Tonight Show gig.

But what if I died tomorrow, I never lived to do this. I kept putting it off, and why? Today, my wife came to find out her close friend and former dance partner was in ICU. He is suffering from complications of pneumonia. I realized yet again that though he is very young, he was not promised tomorrow. None of us are, we need to make a plan and get it done. Because today might be the day and we need to be ready. We need to stop and look around to enjoy life and live, fulfill our purpose.

I never meant to be morbid and this wasn't what I originally planned on blogging about this week but this was what I had on my mind. We shouldn't look at our possible death or inevitable death depending how you look at it as a morbid thing. We need to know it is going to happen, and live our lives so that we don't look back on our death beds wishing we had seen,done, or tried things we had the opportunity to.

Living Life for the Sake of Living

A little over a month and a half ago, I was chained to a desk, stressed out, underpaid, and under appreciated. I was working a very stable and very thankless job. It didn't start off that way. The honeymoon had ended and I was starting to see things more clearer then I've ever have in the past. I was 30 years old with no savings, no benefits, renting with bad credit. This all had to change, and the only way it could is if I made a move.

A little over a month and a half ago, I went on vacation for two weeks to Puerto Rico. It was a much deserved vacation and while on vacation I saw many people enjoying their lives. No stress, no worry. This was the beginning of a change in my life. I was working a job that was a career making position. I did not want this career and I wasn't doing what my real passion for life was. I wanted to live my life. I wanted to live stress free, happy like the people I'd seen on vacation. So, I resigned and started to follow my passions and enjoy my family's company more. Life is truly beginning now, live life now don't wait for vacation because it may never come.

The Church, The World, & The Bishop

There has been a media frenzy on mega pastor Bishop Eddie Long on the allegations against him for molesting four young teenage men. Now, first thing is first. I don't care if he did this or not. Why? Simply put as a christian man I am not to judge anyone. I also know that none of us are perfect and all fall short of the grace of God. Whether you are a believer or not, especially if you are not a believer this is a important point.It should not encourage new believers or those seeking spiritual guidance to now curse and lose trust in the church just because one man may have made some terrible mistakes allegedly. The biggest mistake is for people to idolize or look to one man whether it be Bishop Eddie Long or your hometown pastor as they are Christ themselves.

We should be encouraged to know that God will let our transgressions see the light. He will use our mistakes to not only make us better christians but others. This may bring more attention to the church in an age where the world and the church seem to be almost one in their actions rather be separate in moral values. This may be time to not point fingers and pass judgement whether they are right or wrong, or guilty or not guilty but to look at ourselves and examine our growth and what secrets we have that we don't want exposed and how God knows even if the world doesn't.

NEW Rihanna Video- Rude Boy

Talked about this on The Serg Saturday Morning Show this morning and wanted to share it with those that haven't seen it. It reminded me of videos from back in the day when I was little watching Yo MTV Jamz and BET back in the 80's. Check it out!

The Serg Show Has Moved from Blogtalkradio to Stickam!!

I've been contemplating this for sometime. I finally made the move! I want to thank Blogtalkradio.com for giving me and several other aspiring broadcasters an opportunity to host their own talk radio shows on their website for free. It is truly a training ground for many, and now it is time for me to move on to greener pastures. Over the past few weeks I was unable to upload audio files needed for my radio show and was overall frustrated with the sound and restrictions that were happening because Blogtalkradio.com is becoming a pay site now.

I am now doing the show on Stickam.com and hope to take The Serg Saturday Morning show to the next level with video, sketches, and audio & visual clips. I'm confident this move will prove the next logical level for my progression in Internet broadcasting and show hosting ability. I need to get more comfortable on camera and have an opportunity to share my sketch ideas with the world and not stick to a talk format with no room for any additional clips to be heard. I am still going to host other Internet radio shows. I am currently hosting "Luchi Radio" on Party934.com on Friday nights from 12am-1am. I am also going to have an audio version of The Serg Show on 1000mikes.com on Saturdays at 11am. Finally I will be starting a Holy Hip Hop Podcast on Talkshoe.com called Word and Worship.

Stay tuned to my blog for continuing details and schedule changes and follow me on twitter at twitter.com/serg29 and watch The "All New" Serg Saturday Morning Show on Stickam.com/serg29.

Is Jay-Z a Free Mason?

I'm not sure how I feel about this nor do I know if I can take it as truth. I can say that the evidence is overwhelming and if it's not true that the Devil has been busy with coincidence. I wanted to play this song this morning on the show but couldn't get the file uploaded but this seems more powerful with the images. One way or another this is raising a lot of questions about popular hip hop music and our culture. It also opens the debate to the Illuminati and Free Masonry.

We are not to Judge, Only God can Judge so I'm not going to be the judge and jury on this but you can make an educated decision on whether to continue to support this movement (which it is) or not.

Love and Follow God.