Anyone wondering what comedian Brian Posehn has to do with either stoner culture or heavy music need only listen to a given 30 seconds of his material for their answer. The veteran of Mr. Show and The Comedians of Comedy can currently be found on Comedy Central’s The Sarah Silverman Program, but with his second album of live-recorded standup, Fart and Wiener Jokes (Relapse), Posehn shows the wit and self-deprecation that has carried him along a steady stream of successes since the ‘90s (and I’m sure it was that simple, all the time).

He might just as easily have called it Pot and Metal Jokes, but his title is catchier. The album is a collection of more recent wares (his last Comedy Central special had at least some of it), and as a follow-up to the hilarious Live in: Nerd Rage, fans of Posehn’s work should basically know what to expect by now. His timing and dry delivery do more for him even than what he’s saying; stories about cuddling with his wife, leading, naturally, to a wiener-centric punchline, and hitting people in the face because they use the phrase “Party like a rockstar” would probably fall flat in the hands of a less capable comedian, but Posehn deftly navigates a realm of comedic misanthropy that has as much charm to it as the title of the record would lead you to believe.

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