… when I first moved here, there was a strike at the clubs. I was freaking out because I had just got here and the club I was working was pushing me to perform on the night the other comics were striking and other comics were threatening me if I did “cross the picket line.” … When I first went to Invite Them Up around that time, I asked Eugene what they were all doing for the strike. He said, “What strike?” That was one of the moments where I knew the downtown scene was more my speed.
