It’s an intimate vibe, further accentuated by the plush living room decor. The room was packed, which doesn’t take much, as this little club only holds 49 peeps.
The emcee for the evening mentioned that the comedians are all students, and that The Layover is their training ground to try out new material. We saw 5 comedians, each with about a 15 minute set, and I can honestly say that four of them were quite hilarious. We went on a Tuesday night, which is comedy night… live stand-up comedy, followed by live music… no cover charge.
It’s a pretty new joint in downtown Oakland… they opened a little over 3 months ago on October 9th in the old spot occupied by Pat’s, Franklin Street between 15th and 17th. So my friend invited me to The Layover the other night. But I went to the website to check it out, and the one thing I’ll say is, it does have a cool soundtrack… kind of like that to a Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie. The second is for a Nintendo game, which I can’t say much about because I don’t play video games. It’s what the original artist, Shepard Fairey, would call a “bootleg.” You can see more here.
#The layover oakland movie#
And interestingly enough, shot in Hamsterdam.Īnyway, the first poster is for an upcoming Dreamworks movie (Megamind), which actually looks pretty entertaining (Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, and Brad Pitt). For example, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this damn hamster car commercial! It’s hilarious. I’m the person who typically mutes commercials, because, for the most part, they strike me as manipulative and banal. But then again, there are some amazing creatives working in advertising, so I didn’t feel too bad for being duped. Upon closer inspection, they both turned out to be ads. So I didn’t really to take the time to slowly explore like I might under different circumstances, but these two large what-appeared-to-be-wheatpastes were so striking they made me stop and take a quick snap. I was downtown last night for dinner and a drink with a girlfriend… specifically we were in the Oaksterdam area of 16th and Franklin, meeting at The Layover, and I guess I haven’t been down there for a little while but it just seemed that everywhere I looked, there was something I wanted to document or photograph or check out further… tons of flyers, posters, stickers, wheatpastes… it was kind of overwhelming because, frankly, I was late… and thirsty.
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