Author Archive: Greg Roth
Greg Roth is the founder of Man on the Street DC. He's a DC-based creative professional, musician, comedian, host of the Busboys and Poets Podcast, contributor to The Alyona Show on the Russia TV (RT) network, and a writer for the Charlie Visconage Show.
PODCAST #8: Highlights from “Who in the Whatnow?: A Variety Show #3″
Beginning in December 2012, Man on the Street DC began producing a variety show called “Who in the Whatnow?”. While self-styled variety shows have gotten popular in the DC area, Whatnow is unique in its format, with gameshow elements, and unscripted performances from stand-up comedians that aren’t really improv either. Some of the regular features [...]
Guest on About Last Week
David and Asif have another podcast, About Last Week, where generally they talk about TV, but we don’t watch much TV aside from sports, so we discuss odd jobs, including mascot work and trying out (unsuccessfully) to be one of the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents. Also, we pick up the guitar and play half a [...]
Guest on Hollywood Pitch Funtime
It’s been quite around MOTS DC lately for a number of reasons, meaning we haven’t been doing our own podcast since the turn of the new year. But, that should be changing very soon, and we’ll be getting back on schedule. In the meantime, we were the guest on this week’s Hollywood Pitch Funtime podcast, [...]
OVERHEARD DC: Weekend Preview 10-26-12
A preview of events this Halloween weekend and what memorable thoughts we expect to hear when eavesdropping on the folks next to us. Post your own on Twitter at the #OverheardDC hashtag. DO IT ALREADY. FRIDAY BYT Halloween Party: The Temple of Doom & the Lost Crystal Skull Crusade at The Sphinx Club “Almost as [...]
PHOTOS: Preview of Cause DC, a new philanthropub
Sunday evening, I swung by the soft opening for Cause DC, a new “philanthropub” near 9th & U St NW. Normally, I don’t cover bar/restaurant openings since plenty of other sites have that territory covered, but this is a slightly different take on a familiar model. The concept of a “philanthropub” is new in theory, [...]
PHOTOS / VIDEO: Art All Night DC 2012
Have you ever pARTied all night? That was the premise, sort of, behind Art All Night DC 2012: Nuit Blanche DC. An “all-night” arts fest (from 7:00 pm to 3:00 am), the celebration linked together a half-dozen venues in the Penn Quarter section of town. The event marked the close of Art4All DC, a new citywide collaboration to [...]
PODCAST #7: SM Shrake / Story League
SM Shrake is the brains behind Story League, the only storytelling competition in the nation’s capital. Based partially on The Moth, Story League hosts monthly showcases at venues in Washington DC such as Busboys & Poets, the Black Cat, and the Kennedy Center. SM join the podcast to talk about competition, Barbara Streisand, growing up in [...]
PHOTOS / VIDEO: Union Market Shuck Off
Have you ever wanted to shuck oysters? SURE, WE ALL HAVE. But, how hard have you been working to fulfill that dream? Not at all? Well, here’s what you’re missing. Over the weekend, Union Market in northeast DC held its first (annual?) “Shuck Off,” where average Joes and Jills could show up, enjoy some seafood [...]
A Conversation Between Umpires Stuck in DC Traffic
On Wednesday, April 10th, the umpiring crew for the Nationals – White Sox game showed up late to the game, reportedly due to traffic. Thanks to our crack reporting staff, and some other nebulous means of record, we’ve been able to obtain a copy of the conversation in the car en route to the stadium. [...]
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