CARMEN CHRISTOPHER “LIVE IN LA”

Last night, fellow PS assistant Dustin and I caught Carmen Christopher's “Live in LA” show at The Elysian. Everything about Carmen and his set is stupidly perfect, from the way he sort of talks like he's badly reading from a teleprompter to the involvement of the song SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS by Postal Service—the specificity of which, for some reason, made me involuntarily bark. He makes little cartoon noises. He pokes fun at public apology culture in an actually funny, non-stale way. He generally presents as a guy with a loose plan that he’s a little proud of but mostly given up on. There’s no cool or clever way for me to say it, but I just laughed so hard watching this performance. If you ever get the chance to see Carmen live, you’d better go.

—Alicia Devereaux, Development Assistant