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What Tom Petty Taught Me About Songwriting and Life

He wrote gospel songs about defiance, love, and life as an outcast

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Ten Lessons from Standup Comedy That Will Make You a Better Speaker

How thinking like Louis CK and…

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Dorks, Vice, and the Comeback of Real Reporting

Why the future of journalism is the NY Times & Washington Post (and definitely not Vice)

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I have a HOT TAKE. Things are not that bad.

We keep viewing the world through a prism of outrage.

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What Liberals Can Learn from the NRA

Why the left must abandon identity politics and focus on income inequality

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Immigrants Love America the Most

To us, America is a place. To them, America is an idea.

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The Uncomfortable Path of Finding Funny

On Chris Rock and how writing comedy onstage works.

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It’s Not Funny When You Tell It

Comedy is a verbal medium. Putting a joke in print fundamentally alters it.

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It Ain’t Just America

The world is vomiting up a toxic mix of neoliberal capitalism, globalization, and technology

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The Cesspool of Comedy

Standup comedy attracts weirdos who want amplification.

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These were the top 10 stories published by Sandpaper Suit in 2017. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2017 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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This is the comedy blog of Matt Ruby. I’m a standup comedian and the creator of Vooza, a video comic strip about the tech world. Learn more at mattrubycomedy.com.

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