Who is Dave Hill? It’s a question I ask myself often, which is strange considering the kind of access I have. This much I can tell you though- I am the new Hollywood “It” girl, the next Leo, America’s fresh-faced boy next door, and your new best friend all rolled into one. I am a poet, a dancer, and- perhaps most of all- a thief. Soon I am to steal your heart.

More to the point however, I am a writer, performer, musician, actor, comedy-type person, artist, and thinking man living in the Big City, New York to be exact.

On the writing front, I have written for the New York Times, Salon, HBO, Blender, The Huffington Post, FHM UK, XXL, Guitar World, Guitar Player, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, VH1, Spike TV, The Learning Channel, Court TV, and a bunch of other people too. I also wrote "The Black Metal Dialogues", which is pretty much the biggest thing to happen to the Internet since that one picture of the guy with puke coming out of his nose. Additionally, I am the author of the award-winning coffee table book “Down On The Farm: Barnyard Animals Of Note.” It’s pretty incredible.

On the show business front, you might recognize me as the star of the wildly popular “King of Miami” program on the MOJO network (which comes to you in the futuristic high-definition format), or perhaps you’ve seen me on Court TV’s comedy news show “Smoking Gun TV,” which was canceled. I’ve also shown up on the popular MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Cartoon Network, Sundance Channel, TLC, Current TV, and Spike TV networks a few times. Deal with it. Sometimes I miss being able to walk into the free clinic and stuff without being harassed by people who watch TV really late at night, but for the most part I gotta say this “fame thing” suits me well. Really, really well.

When I’m not busy being on TV all the time, I perform in New York City clubs. I get up on stage and talk about stuff, read something I wrote, dance around a little bit, show a short film I made, or just sort of touch hearts in general. I am also the host of a live chat/variety/donkey show called the Dave Hill Explosion, which is pretty much #1 in its time slot as far as I’m concerned. And one time, during a routine flight layover at the Newark airport, I staged an impromptu one-man interpretation of the award-winning musical Cats entirely within the confines of my trousers. As long as we’re on the topic, I should probably also mention that I have appeared at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and was named by Variety Magazine as one of their “10 Comics to Watch” in 2007. I’m not messing around with this sh*t.

Aside from all of that stuff, I have also rocked America (and even parts of Canada) as a member of such critically-acclaimed-but-not-so-popular-as-to-be-considered-a-sellout bands as Uptown Sinclair, Cobra Verde, and Sons of Elvis. Lately, I have been rocking people into submission as the singer and guitar player for Valley Lodge and also the guitar player for Children of the Unicorn. There is talk of stickers.

Anyway, so yeah, that's pretty much the deal with me. I could go on but I really don't like talking about myself that much. However, if you would like to go on without me, you can check out my website on the Internet at www.davehillonline.com. Or- if you are a young person- you can "get with" my incredible MySpace page. That would be so great.



Blog Entries by Dave Hill

Animal Report #2

1 Comments | Posted December 8, 2009 | 01:38 PM (EST)



I've just returned from my corner deli where once again, against all odds, I happened upon another cat who was shopping. As many of you who have been following my career from the very beginning are well aware,...

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The Birds in Review: A Review of The Birds

9 Comments | Posted September 29, 2009 | 05:07 PM (EST)


Last night I watched The Birds, the popular Alfred Hitchcock film in which a bunch of birds are total dicks to every human in sight for no apparent reason other than the fact that they are birds and they have been putting up with people's bullshit for way too long...

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Dear Hugh Jackman #2: A Bump in the Road

Posted September 14, 2009 | 10:31 AM (EST)


Dear Hugh Jackman,

Mondays -- am I right? Do not even get me started on this topic. Before I go getting all whiny about things though, first things first -- how are you? Awesome, I bet. After all, you are Hugh Jackman. I imagine "awesome" is pretty much the default...

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Animal Report

13 Comments | Posted September 9, 2009 | 09:32 AM (EST)



Yesterday, I went shopping at my local grocery/deli type store on the corner and saw this little kitty cat shopping at the same time I was. A lot of people think kitty cats pretty much never go shopping,...

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Dear Hugh Jackman

4 Comments | Posted September 2, 2009 | 04:01 PM (EST)



Dear Hugh Jackman,

You were in the hit movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" the popular film that- as hinted at in the title- chronicles the origins of your popular X-Men character Wolverine, which is awesome. They put you underwater...

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The Gayest Day of the Year

5 Comments | Posted June 29, 2009 | 08:14 PM (EST)


It's Monday and I am still coming down from the gayest day of the year (Gay Pride Day in New York City, in case you happen to live here and didn't leave the house) in a city that is already pretty gay year round if you really think about it....

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How I Learned To Be Super Successful

Posted April 24, 2009 | 04:14 AM (EST)


Success--will we ever really understand it? Probably not, but as long as we're on the topic, it wouldn't kill you to put on a pair of pants. I say this not to suggest that pants are by any means the sole key to success. In fact, depending on the situation,...

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Shark Attack!

Posted December 16, 2008 | 01:32 AM (EST)


"Shark attack! Shark attack!" That is what the people of Sydney, Australia were heard to say recently when there was a shark attack in their popular town. As is often the case when a shark attacks somebody, everyone was really surprised by the shark attack, especially a man by the...

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Beach Babes

Posted December 3, 2008 | 02:20 PM (EST)



If there is one thing I have seriously been getting into lately, it is beach babes.

For the uninitiated, beach babes are not unlike regular babes except for the fact that they are...

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Possibly Gay Socks Now Living In My Apartment

Posted September 23, 2008 | 04:45 PM (EST)



Last night, after a seriously killer workout at one of the many gyms near my house that I routinely tear up like a motherfucker to the delight and amazement of pretty much everyone else at the...

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On Killer Molasses

Posted April 11, 2008 | 02:26 PM (EST)


I was speaking with fellow show business professional Dan Allen today on the topic of Postum, the elusive coffee substitute invented by cereal magnate C.W. Post and made available to the public from 1895 to...

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The Death of Postum

Posted January 16, 2008 | 07:24 PM (EST)


It has come to my attention that Postum, the elusive wheat and molasses-based coffee substitute invented by known Seventh-day Adventist and cereal magnate C.W. Post as an alternative to the popular caffeine-based beverages (tea and coffee, mentioned earlier) that many Americans tend to start their day with, is no more....

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Intervention

Posted January 16, 2008 | 11:46 AM (EST)


Last night on cable, I watched an exciting episode of "Intervention," the incredible program that shows some drug addict doing a bunch of drugs for at least half the show until the drug addict's entire family shows up at his house, bangs on his door, and starts crying and blowing...

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Bodies: The Exhibition

Posted January 9, 2008 | 04:18 PM (EST)


Yesterday, I went to see "Bodies: The Exhibition," the popular exhibition of bodies advertised on most phone booths and other flat surfaces here in New York City. As hinted at in the name, "Bodies: The Exhibition" is totally an exhibition of human bodies only instead of being made up of...

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Exciting News From The Shark Community

Posted November 13, 2007 | 12:07 AM (EST)


Shockwaves rippled through the scientific community and also through most of my apartment today when I read a story on the Internet about a hammerhead shark in Omaha, Nebraska that had experienced a "virgin birth," which is to say that it totally gave birth to a baby hammerhead shark without...

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Steely Danned

Posted May 23, 2007 | 09:41 AM (EST)



As you can see from the photo above, last night I took a vacation from my problems and went to see Steely Dan at the Beacon Theatre here in scenic New York City. Predictably, the show was...

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Osama bin Laden the Elephant

Posted January 18, 2007 | 10:45 AM (EST)


Yesterday, I read a story on the Internet about an elephant in scenic India who had gained a reputation around town for being a total dick to pretty much everyone in his entire neighborhood. He ran all over the place crushing houses, trampling people to the point where they were...

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Awesome Physical Fitness Update #2

Posted August 1, 2006 | 12:35 AM (EST)


I should probably just file this one under "Do Not Even Get Me Started On This Topic," but as long as I'm sitting here in cool down mode I might as well bring you up to speed on what's going on in my world at the moment: I have just...

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Is It Hot Enough For You?

Posted July 7, 2006 | 12:58 PM (EST)


Is is hot enough for you? Now there is one question I find myself both asking and answering with increasing regularity this time of year, especially on days when it is seriously hot outside.

As questions go, "Is it hot enough for you?" is a pretty good one for any...

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Bringing Bastards to Justice

Posted May 18, 2006 | 02:04 PM (EST)


Yesterday was the most exciting and important day of my entire life, at least as far as putting people behind bars goes anyway.

It all started a few months ago when I got an exciting letter in the mail from the people who run the courts here in New...

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