Sexy Liberal 2016

Here are some photos from the Sexy Liberal show in Minneapolis from the Pantages Theater on Saturday night, the 7th!

Pantages is a gorgeous theater.  They had me open the show.  Fun!

Let's start with Stephanie Miller.  She's a great liberal talk show host, probably the most popular one in the country.  She came up with the Sexy Liberal Tour idea years ago and it worked  Liberal politicians doing sets with politics as the theme.  The crowds ate it up, as there isn't enough of this sort of thing. Here are some shots of her backstage and performing.

John Fugelsang is a regular on this tour and one of my heroes. He did something no other liberal had the guts to do; take the religious teachings the conservative right in their country had usurped, manipulated, changed, and deformed, so they could club their political opponents on the head with fake piety, and ripped it back, quoting the Bible, verbatim, to prove that Jesus, and the teachings of Christianity, have a lot more to do with liberal politics than Reaganomics.  When I've taken his lead, and used religious scripture to counterpoint conservatives, they have no idea what to do.  They usually call me a liar, and/or run away.  Great to see him back in Minnesota.

The third member of this tour was Frangela, a comedy team who was making their first appearance on the tour.  They were great.  My one photo backstage with them didn't come out, so here they are performing.

They then do a Q&A session at the end, where they take political and personal questions from the audience.  It's a great touch, turning it from a comedy show to more of a group hug town hall.

Robin Asbell is a great chef and friend.  Her cookbooks are fantastic.  She personally caters these shows, and it's delicious.

Always fun to see the listeners (hi Jackie!):

Especially Kendall, who came up from Iowa.  We met the first Sexy Liberal I attended.

Rounded up the evening with a stop out to First Avenue.  Here's hoping they return to the Twin Cities soon.