The Daily Riley

I knew today was going to be a challenge. I committed to challenging myself on Friday. I had my Clown Hall scheduled, and I had no plan....

Here. Let's try this. I'm going to experiment with an online group discussion on what I've been working on. It'll either be on my Twitch...

in·spi·ra·tion noun the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. the drawing in...

I have a waste paper basket tucked in the corner of the living room. This basket doesn't usually get a lot of action. And when it does,...

Consistency wins. It's a bitter pill to swallow. I've had long stretches of adrenaline-fueled highs and crashes. Procrastination turns to...

I took another clown workshop. How nice! To circle up and learn names, share laughs, solve little theater puzzles. It feels good to...

If I'm going to keep blabbing about I'm a clown this, I'm a clown that - it's imperative that I get out of my mind and into my body....

For two weeks in January 2011, I lived on an RV for The Chris Gethard Show Cross-Country Adventure. The experimental, confrontational...

I've been taking creative license in bending, twisting and widening the definition of clown to fit my Clash Clown narrative. But The...

I arrange my T-shirts neatly folded and crammed like library books into a cube that slides in and out of our shelf. Today, like most days...

On Friday I wrote about my hopes and intentions to shake out the analysis-paralysis cobwebs by getting out from behind the screen and...

In West Virginia when I was still buzzing from having the idea to build Clash Clown, a friend advised me on field study. Seeking out...

It was brought to my attention that my reading list is very cis/hetero-centric. The glaring omission to the Clash Clown stew is Drag....

I'm going to approach the joys of the anti fascist and clowning intersection, where do I begin? Counterculture: Wavy Gravy and The Hog...

I was uncomfortable opening the wrestling+clown toy chest. And then, I made it fun for myself and I got comfortable. That was a sign that...

I'd like to wrap up last week's riff on the clown and wrestling connection by bringing it full circle. Last week I wrote about Orange...

Now that I've introduced Orange Cassidy and explained some of the little hidden intricacies common in wrestling matches, I wanted to...

Okay, sure! Let's dig into Malenko vs. Guerrero, minute two. The bell rings. The wrestlers circle each other before locking up in a...

This could be my favorite wrestling match. Years ago I wrote about it to explain the shared DNA of sketch comedy and wrestling. Today,...

My head is a cement mixer. It's tumbling my idea mush round and round. I have this big lumpy amoeba mess of Clash Clown ideas churning....