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Austin's Comedy Boom and the Joe Rogan Effect
from Bobby Kelly | The Tim Dillon Show #322 · #322
9 min
They discuss Austin's rise as a comedy hub thanks to Joe Rogan, his club expansion, the Vulcan comedy club experience, skyrocketing Austin housing costs, and fantasize about moving into Rogan's studio/home.
- Tim describes the Vulcan comedy club in Austin as amazing, with a young crowd of funny comics and off-the-chain atmosphere that reminds him of the old Cellar in New York.
- Joe Rogan's early prediction about Austin becoming a comedy hub was right, though the timeline was slower than expected, and his club opening in a few months will have two clubs inside it.
- Tim pushes back on characterizing Austin as the new New York or LA, calling it simply a growing small college town.
- Hotels in Austin are outrageously expensive at $400 a night, driven up by Elon Musk and Joe Rogan telling people it's the place to be.
- The Austin housing market recently cooled after years of insane bidding wars where houses received 30-40 offers and sold 30-40 percent above ask.
- Tim proposes that he, Joey Diaz, and others should move into Joe Rogan's house because it's big enough, or sleep in the sauna at his studio.
- Joe Rogan's studio is overwhelming with all its tech, deprivation tank, sauna, and gym, and has always been deliberately nondescript from the outside.
- Tim is considering selling his Long Island house and moving to Austin when Joe's club opens, which prompts advice about buying property near a lake instead.
- Tim previously trashed New Orleans food as bad gumbo, but later returned with Nick di Paolo and discovered it actually had some of the best food he'd eaten.
- Tim's mortgage in Texas is incredibly cheap at $2,900 a month, making him seriously consider relocating and staying at the property.
Joe RoganThe VulcanAustinNew OrleansRay DonovanElon MuskNick de PauloJoey Diaz