Your Daily Awesome

This week I had the great pleasure of seeing New York-via-Seattle artist Reggie Watts perform here in Portland. (I liked his show so much that I scrapped my plans for the following night and caught him twice.) A classically trained musician, a brilliant improv artist, a stand-up comedian (of sorts), and an astounding beatboxer and vocalist, Watts defies any easy categorization, and was truly unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. This clip of a fairly recent performance from Seattle hardly scratches the surface of his bizarre, hilarious beauty, but it gives a bit of an idea of his range. (Be sure to stick with the video at least until the 2:00 mark.)