Nikki Lynn Katt and tons more stand-up, sketch and music comedians crash songwriters’ haven for “Hotel Comedy Night”

When offered the opportunity to write a preview of tonight’s first-ever “Hotel Comedy Night” at the Hotel Cafe, I instantly immersed myself in research: does this event have its own Facebook page? Of course it does. Are there a bunch of confirmed guests? Check. Of those confirmed guests, how many are hot, young and potentially single women? Jackpot!

So, obviously, the gig’s legit. And after taking an extended break to befriend said hotties, I also came across some information that would suggest the comedy’s going to be pretty stellar tonight as well. Show host Nicole Aimée — so far the only hottie who has accepted my friend request, but it’s early — told me that “Hotel Comedy Night” is one of the only places in L.A. where you can see top-of-the-line live music comedy, sketch comedy and stand-up comedy all in one spot. “Comedy comes in so many forms,” she said. “We wanted to incorporate other types of comedy like sketch, and in order to stay true to the Hotel’s roots we thought musical comedy would be a nice touch, too.”

Heading up the musical portion of the festivities will be naughty funnygirl Nikki Lynn Katt. Fresh off a second successful tour of Australia (they love a good musicomic down there), Katt will perform selections from her newly released Hello, My Name Is Nikki Lynn Katt as well as new material she worked up in Oz. A video for one of the new tunes, “The Sock Song,” was just posted to YouTube and is at 10,187 hits and counting; it chronicles the merciless raping of an obnoxious neighbor’s wayward sock, and features cameos from some extremely attractive soap stars and an expertly utilized shepherd’s cane (don’t ask, just watch).

My first exposure to NLK online was her video for “This Halloween,” which got half a million hits on MySpace Videos and received solid airplay on Fuse and MTV — it was even played annually on TRL “until MTV decided to stop playing music videos,” said Katt. Her live set also includes songs like “Heartbroken Vagina,” which recently managed to get a Sydney disc jockey suspended, and “Don’t Forget About the Balls” (did you know iTunes won’t let you say “balls” or “vagina” in your song titles? I guess I get balls, but my goodness, vagina’s an accepted anatomical term, people…). And come prepared to learn a little something, as one of Katt’s passions is sex ed, which she wittily doles out in the form of public service announcements peppered throughout her show. And then on top of all that…the songs are actually quite catchy!

Katt’s certainly not the only heavy hitter appearing at the Hotel tonight: Chappelle’s Show co-creator Neal Brennan, Andy Kaufman Award-winner Brent Weinbach, and plenty of folks who have appeared on all the big-time comedy outlets — Comedy Central, HBO, Funny or Die Presents, late shows, sitcoms, random blogs I’ve never heard of — will be slingin’ the funny. Don’t miss it — unless you’re a single guy looking for a hot single girl. Then, well…miss it.  –Dean Moore

FRIDAY, JUNE 25
kineticFIELD
1:00PM – 3:00PM JOAQUIN BAMACA
3:00PM – 4:00PM TRENT CANTRELLE
4:00PM – 5:00PM DONALD GLAUDE
5:00PM – 6:00PM OSCAR G
6:00PM – 7:30PM CHUCKIE
7:30PM – 9:00PM DIRTY SOUTH
9:00PM – 11:00PM SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA
11:00PM – 12:30AM KASKADE
12:45AM – 2:00AM DEADMAU5

circuitGROUNDS
1:00PM – 2:30PM JASON BLAKEMORE
2:30PM – 4:00PM ANDROID CARTEL
4:05PM – 5:25PM SAVOY
5:30PM – 6:55PM AFROJACK
7:00PM – 8:00PM Z-TRIP
8:05PM – 9:30PM BASEMENT JAXX
9:45PM – 10:45PM INFECTED MUSHROOM (Live)
11:00PM – 12:45AM MOBY
1:00AM – 2:00AM BT (Live)

neonGARDEN
3:30PM – 5:00PM LOW END SPECIALIST
5:00PM – 6:30PM MANUFACTURED SUPERSTARS
6:30PM – 8:00PM VIVE LA BUNNY
8:05PM – 9:05PM THE JAPANESE POPSTARS
9:10PM – 10:40PM FELGUK Feat. SPORTY O
10:45PM – 12:20AM AVICII
12:20AM – 2:00AM CLAUDE VON STROKE

cosmicMEADOW
2:00PM – 3:30PM HYPHY CRUNK
3:30PM – 4:40PM BREAKDOWN
4:40PM – 5:40PM AUTOEROTIQUE
5:40PM – 6:40PM CONGOROCK
6:45PM – 7:45PM SPANK ROCK
7:50PM – 08:50PM STEVE AOKI
8:50PM – 09:50PM DADA LIFE
09:50PM – 10:50PM BART B MORE
11:00PM – 11:45PM TRAVIS x A-TRAK
11:55PM – 12:55AM JACK BEATS
1:00AM – 2:00AM ARMAND VAN HELDEN

bassPOD
3:30PM – 5:00PM CIRCUIT
5:00PM – 6:30PM XAMPLE & ARMANNI REIGN
6:30PM – 8:00PM MARCUS INTALEX vs CALIBRE
8:00PM – 9:00PM EVOL INTENT (LIVE)
9:00PM – 10:00PM EXCISION
10:00PM – 11:00PM 12th PLANET
11:00PM – 12:00AM SHY FX
12:00AM – 2:00AM DIESELBOY & MESSINIAN

SATURDAY, JUNE 26
kineticFIELD
1:00PM – 3:00PM JOAQUIN BAMACA
3:00PM – 4:00PM BART B MORE
4:00PM – 5:00PM DADA LIFE
5:00PM – 6:00PM AFROJACK
6:00PM – 7:30PM WILL.I.AM
7:30PM – 9:00PM LAIDBACK LUKE
9:00PM – 10:30PM BENNY BENASSI
10:30PM – 12:00AM ABOVE & BEYOND
12:00AM – 2:00AM ARMIN VAN BUUREN

circuitGROUNDS
1:00PM – 2:30PM JASON BLAKEMORE
2:30PM – 4:00PM AVICII
4:00PM – 5:15PM CHUCKIE
5:15PM – 6:45PM ROGER SANCHEZ
6:45PM – 8:00PM JAMES ZABIELA
8:00PM – 9:30PM GROOVE ARMADA
9:30PM – 11:00PM SASHA
11:00PM – 12:30AM FEDDE LE GRAND
12:30AM – 2:00AM BOYS NOIZE

neonGARDEN
2:30PM – 4:00PM MARS
4:00PM – 5:25PM SEAN TYAS
5:25PM – 6:50PM ALY & FILA
6:55PM – 7:55PM SECOND SUN (LIVE)
8:00PM – 9:30PM GARETH EMERY
9:30PM – 11:00PM CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
11:00PM – 12:30AM JOHN ”00” FLEMING
12:30AM – 2:00AM SIMON PATTERSON

cosmicMEADOW
2:00PM – 3:00PM THEM JEANS
3:05PM – 4:05PM TWO FRESH
4:10PM – 5:00PM DAEDELUS
5:05PM – 6:05PM HUOROTRON
6:10PM – 7:10PM SOUND OF STEREO
7:10PM – 8:10PM FELIX CARTAL
8:10PM – 9:10PM HARVARD BASS
09:10PM – 10:10PM LA RIOTS
10:10PM – 11:25PM WOLFGANG GARTNER
11:35PM – 12:35AM DUCK SAUCE
12:45AM – 02:00AM MSTRKRFT

bassPOD – SATURDAY
2:30PM – 4:00PM SUBFLO
4:00PM – 5:30PM FURY
5:30PM – 6:30PM LOGISTICS
6:30PM – 8:00PM DIRTYPHONICS
8:05PM – 9:25PM LTJ BUKEM
9:30PM – 11:00PM FRICTION
11:00PM – 12:30AM MARKY
12:30AM – 2:00AM ANDY C

Psychedlic Furs w/ She Wants Revenge @ The Wiltern

UPCOMING:
6/26 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
7/21 The Gaslight Anthem
7/31 Wolf Parade
9/24 Dirty Projectors
10/15 Miike Snow

06-22 Lille, France – L’Aeronef
06-24 Cornwall, England – Eden Project
06-25 Pilton, England – Glastonbury Festival
06-27 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Rockin’ Park Festival
06-29 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Medis
07-01 Borlange, Sweden – Peace & Love Festival
07-02 Arendal, Norway – Hove Festival
07-03 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-04 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-05 Montreux, Switzerland – Montreux Jazz Festival
07-08 Manchester, England – Orange RockCorps Festival
07-09 Naas, Ireland – Oxegen Festival
07-10 Kinross, Scotland – T in the Park
07-13 Lyon, France – Les Nuits de Fourviere
07-15 Nimes, France – Nimes Festival
07-16 Benicassim, Spain – Benicassim International Festival
07-17 Lisbon, Portugal – Super Bock Super Rock Festival
07-18 Southwold, England – Latitude Festival
07-30 Icheon City, South Korea – Jisan Valley Rock Festival
08-01 Naeba Ski Resort, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
08-27-28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Malkin Bowl *^
08-29 Redmond, WA – Marymoor Amphitheater *^
08-31 Troutdale, OR – Edgefield Amphitheater *^
09-01 Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater *
09-02 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue *
09-03 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater *^
09-05 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom *^
09-06 Bloomington, IN – IU Auditorium*^
09-07 Toronto, Ontario – Molson Canadian Amphitheater *^
09-08 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis Theater ^
09-10 Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory *^
09-11 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *^
09-12 Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion *^
09-13 Holyoke, MA – Mountain Park *^
09-15-17 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall *^
09-25 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre *%
09-26 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl *%
09-28 San Diego, CA – SOMA *%
09-29 Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl at the Palms *%
10-03 St Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena *%
10-04 Tulsa, OK – The Brady Theatre *%
10-06 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom *%
10-07 Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre *%
10-08 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10-11 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live *%
10-13 Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore *%

* with Beach House
^ with Dum Dum Girls
% with the Very Best