Dave Hill (comedian)

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Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, musician and actor. In 2007, Variety Magazine named Hill one of their "10 Comics to Watch".[1]

Career

He hosts the stage show The Dave Hill Explosion at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Hollywood and starred in the television show The King of Miami on the MOJO HD network. The show airing on Film24 in the UK. Dave currently appears as on-air talent for HBO and Cinemax. He has also worked extensively for the comedy website Super Deluxe. In 2007 he appeared at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

Music

Hill was a member of the '90s alternative band Sons of Elvis and Cleveland-based rock band Cobra Verde, and currently fronts the band Valley Lodge and plays guitar with Walter Schreifels' solo band and Diamondsnake, a hard rock band also featuring Moby . He has also played bass for Lucy Wainwright Roche. Additionally, Hill is the creator and sole member of the semi-fictional Norwegian black metal band Witch Taint.

Podcast & Radio

In June 2010, Dave launched his own podcast called Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident on iTunes and as part of the promotion for this he guest appeared on the podcast The Complete Guide to Everything. The podcast is now part of the Maximum Fun network.[2] Dave will host a radio show called the Goddamn Dave Hill Show on the free-form radio station WFMU starting January 2014, taking over the Tuesday The Best Show on WFMU time-slot.[3]

Writing

Hill's Tasteful Nudes: ...and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation, a collection of anecdotal essays, was published by St. Martin's Press in May 22, 2012. Hill has also written for the New York Times, Salon,[4] and the Huffington Post[5] among others, and is a contributor to the public radio program This American Life.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Keegan, Terence. "10 Comics to Watch: Dave Hill", Variety, February 28, 2007. Accessed July 31, 2007.
  2. ↑ Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident
  3. ↑ http://davehillonline.com/blog/2013/11/new-wfmu-show
  4. ↑ Dave Hill on Salon
  5. ↑ Huffington Post - Dave Hill
  6. ↑ Dave Hill on This American Life

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