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About Me

Hola. I'm Rachel Arieff. I'm a U.S. expat living in Spain since 2004.

I was born and raised in Milwaukee but spent my adult life in Austin -- where I began my career as a stand-up comic -- New York, and L.A.

I now live and work as a comedian, show-woman and writer in Spain.

For the past six years, I've been performing stand-up comedy (in Spanish) in the Café Teatre Llantiol, the only independent cabaret theater of its kind in the rapidly modernizing, self-cannibalizing city of Barcelona. My comedy shows are usually the last Thursday of the month.

The Llantiol is located in the so-called "Chinese Neighborhood" in the Raval section of Barcelona. I'm not sure why it's called the Chinese Neighborhood. No Chinese people live there. My guess is they're trying to lure back the Jews.

Every Monday, I also host a fun, theatrical, rock-n-roll karaoke show called Anti-Karaoke, in the Apolo club in downtown Barcelona.

The first week of every month, I travel to Madrid to present Anti-Karaoke at El Sol club.

You can learn everything about my shows here.

I also write for the original Spanish rock-n-roll magazine, Popular 1. I've interviewed such diverse personalities as Lips Kudlow and Robb Reiner of Anvil, the surviving members of the Seattle punk rock band The Gits, porn divas Nina Hartley and Veronica Hart, the late Bill Aucoin (ex-manager of Kiss), funny/sexy performance artist Ursula Martínez, and legendary photographer Neil Zlozower.

My blog, Immigrant Song, is on the Popular 1 website.