It's the sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn. We recorded this set from comedian Matt

Bronger at the Benson Ball in Washington, D.C. Let's go to the stage and Matt Bronger.

Hello!

I should say, for the people listening, my enormous eggplant head is too big for this stage.

I can't. The stage is a little low into these lights and my head fits exactly between these two lights, which is kind of a neat thing.

It's kind of awkward, but I kind of thrive on awkwardness. I once had to watch Brokeback Mountain with my dads.

Stop kissing!

I'm a big music fan, but I don't know exactly where I fit in the world. Mostly because I lift weights to the smiths.

Anyone else?

No, don't raise your hand. No one does raise your hand. How dare you? I am a snowflake in that regard. There's nobody else.

I'm doing that. Am I really girlfriend and a coma doing curls?

You know? But it's just what I'm into. I should be probably lifting weights to slayer or public enemy or something crazy.

But I like exercising, listening to an angstriven Britpop with lead vocals by the darkest fairy in the woods of sorrow.

It's kind of my thing.

I don't know you guys know this. I live in Los Angeles and I live on the east side of Los Angeles. Not east east, you know?

Not crazy. I'm not that idiot white guy that's like, I can live wherever I want. Bullet, bullet.

But I notice like the cholos, like the gangster, Latino guys love the smiths.

Do you guys know that? Like they love the smiths. Which is kind of proof of God to me. That's like so beautiful.

Incredibly random, you know? But I was in this bar in Boyle Heights, which is in East LA.

And these guys were leaning against the jukebox, listening to the smiths, you know?

Listen like how soon is now or something like that, nodding their heads, you know?

And my friend goes over to them and she's all wasted and feels like she can ask anyone anything.

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