Bleu McAuley had his first (and only) brush with the mainstream back in 2003, when his shifty ode to insecurity, “Somebody Else,” found its way onto the hugely popular soundtrack to the first Spider-Man movie. The tune was also on Bleu’s second album, Redhead, a delectable slab of power-pop bombast and one of the most unjustly overlooked albums of the early 2000s. Seven years and one falling out with Columbia Records later, Bleu knows better than to go sniffing around for scraps amidst the carnage of a dying industry. Recently, he averted any future label shenanigans altogether, appealing directly to his fans for money to make his latest CD, Four (The Major Label). They responded by forking over almost $40,000 via online funding platform Kickstarter. Over the years, Bleu has found highly entertaining ways to celebrate his knob-twiddling heroes. Alpacas Orgling is the 2006 product of his Jeff Lynne-loving collective known as L.E.O. And for LoudLion, he’s recruited Rooney’s Taylor Locke, the Donnas’ Allison Robertson and some other L.A. pals to shamelessly emulate Mutt Lange. The band’s contributions to the Balls Of Fury and The Hills Have Eyes 2 soundtracks couldn’t sound any more like circa-Hysteria Def Leppard if they had spots. Bleu will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.
Bleu: I know Louis C.K. is kinda hot right now, but he’s been around for years, and he deserves it. The stand-up is gut-busting, and I’m loving the show (Louie). The tone is so odd. I sometimes honestly don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I feel like he’s taken the Larry David thing to another (or at least a different) level. I hope they make more seasons of it.
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2 replies on “What Kinda Man Bleu Is: Louis C.K.”
Hi Bleu…couldn’t agree more…Louis has been around for years but has just recently started to get his due. Funniest dude I’ve ever seen and a real artist in his approach cause there’s so much TRUTH! One of his openers…”Good evening . Hello. Thanks for being here, everybody. It’s funny that you’re here because I fucked all your mothers….”
Anybody who has any real edge will inevitably slog it out on the comedy circuit for awhile before getting their due–and even then, there is no guarantee. I think it’s because most people in America who claim to like humor will be found in a theater watching a David Spade movie and not in a comedy club looking for the true geniuses.