The Business - With guest stars Derek Sheen, Tony Dushane, and Lester Milton June 9, 2010

The Business is proud to welcome three amazing guest stars on June 9th - Derek Sheen, Lester Milton, and Tony Dushane. We also have regular Businessmen Bucky Sinister and Sean Keane on board providing the alternative comedy and storytelling Business fans have come to expect.

Derek Sheen is a native of Seattle and a "ridiculously graphic, dark, sweetly personal and very f*****g funny" comedian. He's performed at many prestigious comedy festivals, including Sasquatch, Bumbershoot, Bridgetown, and Canada's Olio Festival. Mr. Sheen has been described as "a mess. A hot, crazy, lispy, drunken mess."

Tony Dushane lives in San Francisco's Mission District. His debut novel, Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk, is loosely based on his experience growing up a Jehovah's Witness. He writes and blogs for magazines and newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate.com, Mother Jones and The Believer. He hosts the radio show "Drinks with Tony" which features interviews with writers, musicians, directors and actors. Mr. Dushane uses Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax.

Lester Milton is the author of "The Accidental Adventures of Dogget Mann," a character-driven sci-fi adventure novel about a boy searching for his home.

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The Business: Four comedians (Sean Keane, Chris Garcia, Bucky Sinister, Alex Koll) each curate one quarter of two hours for five bucks. Professionals doing more bang for less buck. All forms and styles exploited; The comedy equivalent to an "Everything Bagel". We regularly welcome special guest stars, ranging from standup comics to spoken word performers to authors to burlesque dancers.

Sean Keane is a regular at the SF Punchline, and performed as part of SF Sketchfest. He's a former editor of UC Berkeley's humor magazine, and has written for McSweeney's and ESPN the Magazine.

Chris Garcia performs all the damn time at the SF and Sacramento Punch Line, Cobb's Comedy Club, and has been part of The SF Sketchfest, The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and The Onion Comedy Series.

Bucky Sinister describes himself as a misunderstood literary genius, a middle-aged comedian and a reluctant self-help guru. He has written three books of poetry, one of which also contained some short stories. His latest book is Get Up: A 12-step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos. Bucky came out with a comedy CD before he ever did a gig at a comedy club.

Alex Koll has been featured at the SXSW Music Festival, IFC.com, the now defunct SuperDeluxe.com and Comedy Central's Open Mic Fight. He is unique and funny and other related adjectives. Despite repeated attempts, Alex is currently flightless and cannot lay eggs.

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