- Dave Hill (comedian)
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Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, musician and actor. He hosts the stage show The Dave Hill Explosion at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and Hollywood and recently starred in the television show The King of Miami on the MOJO HD network. The show is now 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, Variety Magazine named Hill one of their "10 Comics to Watch".[1] He appeared at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado that same year. 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. Hill has also written for the New York Times, Salon.com, and Huffington Post among others and is a contributor to the public radio program This American Life. In June of 2010, Dave launched his own podcast series 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. Dave is currently writing a book of essays to be published by St. Martin's Press in 2012.
References
- ^ Keegan, Terence. "10 Comics to Watch: Dave Hill", Variety, February 28, 2007. Accessed July 31, 2007.
External links
- Dave Hill (official website)
- Dave Hill at the Internet Movie Database
- Dave Hill on This American Life
- Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident
- Dave Hill artist profile on Super Deluxe
- Dave Hill's blog
- "The UK with Dave Hill" July 25, 2010 episode of The Complete Guide to Everything podcast.
- Interview with Hill on public radio program The Sound of Young America
- Interview with Hill on The Rumpus
- Interview with Hill on Gothamist
- Interview with Hill on New York alternative comedy blog the Apiary
- Interview with Hill on Ugcdb.com
- Dave Hill on MySpace
- Dave Hill's rock band Valley Lodge
- Dave Hill's Black Metal Dialogues
- Dave Hill makes an appearance and acts on Radio Happy Hour
- Dave Hill sits in on the Metal Injection Livecast
Categories:- Living people
- American bass guitarists
- American rock guitarists
- American comedian stubs
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