Is hustle culture really ruining comedians?

Wisdom on how to approach comedy/art from deep thinkers like Stephen Pressfield, Robert Greene, and Derek Sivers. Also: Thoughts from Mitch Hedberg, Kurt Vonnegut Alan Moore, and Garry Shandling.

Comedy’s back, baby! This week’s Rubesletter is a deep dive on all things laughs. Let’s go…

Back to the grind, stoned

That felt good. I just performed onstage, inside a comedy club, in front of real, live, paying patrons for the first time since Tom Hanks/Rudy Gobert night. I’ve done other gigs during pandemic (Zoom, rooftop, park, etc. – comedians are li…