WORDS: WITH VANESSA HOLLINGSHEAD

Vanessa Hollingshead was recently on VH1!s Lords of the Revolution, has had her own Comedy Central Presents, has taped her second DVD at Gotham, “American Anglomaniac” and is taping her third DVD, “Drunk” at Stand Up New York, October 17th. She was one of the first comics to go out to the Middle East when the war started. She has performed for Comedy Central in Australia, as well as numerous shows in the UK and Amsterdam, she also has had critical acclaim with her one woman show “Flashback”, and just complete her second one person show, called “The Hold”.

When not working, twittering, face-booking, she is active in helping people that have had serious drug/alcohol problems, and performs in prisons and institutions, and for the VA Hospitals in the NY Area. Her husband Lucien Hold passed away from complications due to Scleroderma, and she is active with that organization. WWW.VENESSAHOLLINGSHEAD.COM 

Todays featured musical guest AFTERBIRTH MONKEY. Mark Robert Turner and Charles Stunning. A comedy based band out of Astoria  NY. They derive everything they do from intoxication and magic. They are a showband on an epic podcast from the UK known as Aboslute Mayhem (formally know as Minutes of Mayhem.)  www.afterbirthmonkey.com