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Jessica Delfino (born June 8, 1976 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a controversial singer, songwriter, and comedian based in New York City. Her songs tend to ridicule taboos and typically include jokes about vaginas and other sexual or dark topics. In her act, she plays an assortment of instruments including guitar, flying V ukulele and a rape whistle. She is also an illustrator and attended Philadelphia's Art Institute, as well as the University of Maine. She has won numerous awards, including beating out Flight of the Conchords to win the Best Musical Act at the 2005 ECNY awards,〔("ECNY Awards" ) ecnyawards.com, 2005〕 and a 2005 Village Voice "Best of" Award,〔("Best Potty-Mouthed, Guitar-Slinging Comedian - JESSY DELFINO" ) The Village Voice, 2005〕 in which the Village Voice declared her to be "fall-off-your-chair hilarious." She has appeared on ''Good Morning America''〔("The Vagina Dialogue" ) The Philly Edge, March 6, 2007〕 as a finalist in a national comedy competition. She has also won many other competitions, some of them unusual, such as The Stoned Spelling Bee in Brooklyn, the Madagascar Institute's Catholic high school talent competition〔("nonsense nyc: 6.10 to 6.16" ) osdir.com, June, 2005〕 and the Arlene's Grocery "Gong Show," which later became The Gong Show with Dave Attell on Comedy Central.〔("Meet 'The Bard' and Horny Judges at 'The Gong Show' at Arlene's Grocery" ) New York Press, March 7, 2008〕 ==Music and Performance== Jessica Delfino's first CD, ''Dirty Folk Rock'' came out in 2004 on the Soundcakes International label. It received excellent reviews all across the United States, including in ''Jane Magazine'', ''High Times'' (Best "unsigned" Act of The Week),〔("HIGH TIMES' UNSIGNED BAND OF THE WEEK" ) High Times Magazine,〕 ''Arthur Magazine'' (in a fawning review by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore)〔("Arthur Issue #17" ) Arthur Magazine〕 and ''The Onion'' (describing her as "Redd Foxx meets Jewel"). Delfino's second CD, ''I Wanna Be Famous'', came out in June, 2008 on the Loudmouth Records label, and was officially the first CD ever to be released by that label. It has received praise from Time Out New York,〔("Minstrel Cramps" ) Time Out New York, June 12–18, 2008〕 Time Out London, and Blender Magazine's Rob Tannenbaum, who described Delfino as "The Joan Baez of the Vagina Song." Animator Nick Fox-Gieg's (video ) for the title cut of the song, ''I Wanna Be Famous'', has been viewed more than one million times on YouTube.〔("I Wanna Be Famous" ) YouTube Video〕 She has appeared on Opie & Anthony's radio show,〔 UK comedian Russell Brand's radio show, the Sundance Channel, BBC's Loose Ends Radio Programme, the Montreal Comedy Festival,〔("Come for the comedy, stay for the birthday party/spankings" ) In The Flesh Erotic Reading Series, October 9, 2006〕 the (Scotland) Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Galway (Ireland) Comedy Festival, the Bud Light Comedy Festival (Dublin, Ireland), the NY International Children's Film Festival〔("The New York International Children's Film Festival" ) gkids.com〕 and toured the USA with Lisa "Suckdog" Crystal Carver, Dame Darcy, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and Corn Mo as their opening act.〔("Foul-Mouth Folk Singer's Album Pure Essence of Comedy" ) The Drexel Triangle, January 21, 2005〕 She has also appeared on the Fox News Channel show, "Red Eye" with Greg Gutfeld. Delfino, together with Meatcake author and fellow musician Dame Darcy created ''Naughty Nautical Nite'', a monthly maritime-themed cabaret show at (The Slipper Room ) in New York City, which showcases off-beat acts from around the world, such as ventriloquist Carla Rhodes and world-renowned thereminist Pamelia Kurstin. In September, 2008, she appeared in sold-out performances of her show, ''Dirty Folk Rock'', at the Soho Theatre in London, for which she received a "Critics Choice" from Time Out London.〔("Jessica Delfino" ) Time Out London〕 Delfino is also known for performing as various unusual characters, including "Bilge Baron" in her histrionic fear-metal band Haunted Pussy〔("Haunted Pussy" ) hauntedpssy.com〕 and "T-Top Trans-Am"〔 (her white-trash burlesque act) amongst many others, some of which appear in "Skits N Tits" the monthly sketch comedy show she co-produces in NYC with Diane O'Debra Langan and Steph Sabelli. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jessica Delfino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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