Loading ...Chris Rock coming to Honolulu later this month
By Jason Genegabus
jason@starbulletin.com
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Just received word that comedian Chris Rock will be making a stop on his worldwide “No Apologies” tour here in Hawaii.
Tickets for the July 26 concert at Blaisdell Arena go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at all Ticketmaster outlets. Mario Joyner will be the opening act.
No matter where he performs, there will be a lot less people watching Rock than during his recent appearances in London and at the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.
According to the Associated Press, Rock broke the record for “largest standup performance” while in England with an audience of more than 14,000 people. Nearly 80,000 were estimated to be in attendance at Bonnaroo when he performed there last month.
Dude, Chris Rock…rocks, so for this news, many thanks.
I’m sure a comedian as erudite as he would agree with my fervent wish that FEWER people would say “less people,” especially those who write for a daily and graduated from Iolani.
(Quick refresher: “Less” is for mass nouns. Generally, if you can count ‘em, say “fewer.” It’s “fewer chairs” and “fewer dollars” versus “less furniture” and “less money.” Nevermind that the grocery line says “10 items or less.” you know what they say about grocers and grammar. They get apostrophes wrong all the time.)
Why bother? Cause correct grammar in the daily newspaper–especially the better of two dailies–is…SO NECESSARY.
For Ms. Perfect. I don’t believe this was proper grammar…
“Why bother? Cause correct grammar in the daily newspaper–especially the better of two dailies–is…SO NECESSARY.”
It’s “Because” not “Cause”–I’m sure I don’t need to explain the difference to someone who criticizes the use of “less” over “fewer”–not to mention that the entire phrase is a sentence fragment. Most people wouldn’t start a sentence with “because” anyway, unless it was part of an opening clause, which this is not. As long as you don’t write for the S-B though I suppose it would be acceptable for you to make the mistake.
Actually, I really do get what your point is, but really, it came across like your underwear was on too tight today. Loosen up.
May have to find a sitter that night and treat my wife to some Chris Rock. Love this guy’s comedy!
Less vs. Fewer…I knew what you meant…
Lighten up Pnutgirl. Maybe we need less people acting all superior to others.
We know what he means. Ain’t no big thing. Let the Iolani boy be.
Even a journalist who does the fluffy entertainment beat, like Genegabus, versus hard news, is paid to write with a certain level of expertise. Genegabus is paid to care that a grammatical error made it to print (or, in this case, the online Star-Bulletin).
Funny you should say something about “acting superior.” In his last entry, Genegabus mocked Kanye West by declaring West needs to spend some money on a copyeditor for his blog. Um, hello? Irony, much? If you’re a journalist who’s going to use the Star-Bulletin to call out a non-professional writer (albeit celebrity), then you need to ramp up your own game to the level that the best newspaper in town deserves.
For the record, referring to people as “less” or “lesser,” is making a qualitative, not quantitative, statement. And “Iolani boy,” as you call him, went through enough SAT prep to know the diff. That is, unless Genegabus is less than the education his parents spent mad ducats for implies. *wink*
Guess I’m not going to get the gig with Kanye, then.
Too bad. That was my ticket to the BIG TIME!!!
Ha. Ha. Ha.
Ah, there’s still hope, dear sir. If the SB isn’t good enough for you, maybe with a good bit of brown-nosing, Kanye would deign to grace you with an appointment to his entourage as in-house copy-editor/newspaper fetcher/drink mixer/sunglass carrier. And who knows where that might lead, career-wise, for you? I mean, look what happened to the guy who used to be Puffy’s umbrella boy. Even the pudgy cue ball who follows Kimora Lee Simmons around like a big lap dog in too-tight pink polos is some sort of marketing director for Phat Farm.
Hi “pnutgirl,”
My sarcasm must be so subtle that you don’t notice it. Maybe I should have included a “/sarcasm” tag at the end of my last comment.
The Star-Bulletin is more than good enough for me. I love what I do here at the newspaper.
If you knew me personally, you’d know that I have absolutely no desire to work for a person like Kanye West.
You’d also know that I’m not very good at brown-nosing. Never have been, and I have no desire to improve my skills.
But thanks for the laugh. If you have any other thoughts you’d like to share, feel free to contact me directly via e-mail or telephone.
Aloha,
Jason