Josh Gondelman’s comedy album Everything’s the Best! is a pleasant and personal jaunt, with surprisingly twisted turns into self-deprecation.

The first thing I noticed about Gondelman was his demeanor. It was non-aggressive almost to the point of being the cliched “typical white guy” voice overdone by comics for the last twenty years, but without the hackneyed, overly vanilla obsequious downside that the cliche engenders. I found this persona refreshing, allowing me listen less skeptically to his material and I engaged his comedy that much more quickly.

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“Be yourself.”

“To thine own self be true.”

These citations sound good enough in the abstract, but are they valuable in practical application? This could be Joe DeRosa’s thesis in his album Return of the Son of Depression Auction as DeRosa ticks off a litany of miserable personal failings, and makes them approachable and hilarious. Anyone who has ever felt like they could do a bit better in life will recognize themselves in the greasy, slightly-warped mirror that DeRosa holds up for all to see...

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