Danny Bevins - A Different Kind of Bad (CD)

By "A Different Kind of Bad," Danny Bevins probably means "A Whole New Kind of Good," but then, you wouldn't expect a born-in-a-red-state, raised-in-a-blue-state, reluctant veteran pacifist with a sadist streak to sort that out, now would you? At least not by show time. Often using his own life as a sort of running punchline, Bevins skips the formalities and launches right into the fray with his first stand-up CD, now out from Stand Up! Records. The young comedian welcomes his audience into his (generally) non-partisan, but decidedly opinionated, world with equal-opportunity attacks on the left, right, and middle. In the course of an hour, you'll find him describing the 2004 presidential election as a race between the Unabomber and Napolean Dynamite and skewering the false patriotism of people who get a little over-zealous when they hear he's served in the military. "Come on," he implores, "you could have done it. All you need is limited options and an open calendar!" Clearly, Bevins