Trauma Bonding with Jamie Kilstein
Comedy, trauma bonding, and the journal of an old school artist. Algorithms don't like me.
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For artists who get destroyed by social media (opens the original)
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I’m Opening 10 One-Off Coaching Sessions (opens the original)
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Aloha friends, Holy crap Edinburgh Fringe was way busier than I thought. From shows in front of 10 people to Ira Glass coming to one and becoming friends to sell outs and my first review this week (4stars baby!) It’s been insane and if you want to follow along check out my IG where I have been posting. I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about writing, comedy, performance, and how to actually finish the thing you’re trying to make. I wrote this show in about a month, plus a movie and blu
My last chance. Tour journal day 1. (opens the original)
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Woah. Jesus. Dramatic title Kilstein. Yeah yeah yeah. But it’s kinda true. I have been broke before and I have been successful before. But I have never straddled the line as thinly as I am now. Like that French lunatic who walks between buildings on wire. We are either heading towards the highest high or going splat in front of a handful of horrified tourists. So why not record some of it as evidence that my Hail Mary worked, or at least have a sad written record leading up to…well…splat. The fi
I am god damn incredible (opens the original)
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I’m on my couch meditating with a crumpled blanket folded terribly underneath me cause I can’t afford a meditation cushion. Yes yes yes, this post is supposed to be about being positive, stay with me. Earlier in the day I decided to restart my podcast (again). The podcast has had many self effacing names. “Advice not taken.” “A fuckups guide to the universe.” etc. Never once did I consider a title like, “Jamie Kilstein is actually kinda alright!”I have really owned this “fuck up” brand and am do
A beginner's guide to blowing up your life (opens the original)
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I’ve been a nomad before. When I was 24 my girlfriend and I decided we could no longer work at the bookstore that was sucking our souls and making us hate literature and words. We were artists, non minimum wage corperate junkies! And after stealing a copy of On The Road I devised a terrible, terrible plan. If we don’t have to pay rent… we would technically be making a living as artists. So LETS TOUR AND LIVE OUT OF OUR CAR. (A Saturn made out of literal plastic)I radioed for my girlfriend to mee
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