Mere days after receiving the highest praise from Fresyes, we were pleasantly surprised to see "Daily Show" correspondent Ed Helms take the stage Saturday night at Moonwork, the most underrated comedy show in New York -- if not for its top-notch comics, then its all-you-can-drink Sam Adams. (Feel free to discuss whether our sobriety level affects our decision to label them "top-notch." We are easily amused drunks.)

Despite his serious journalistic credentials, Ed Helms is not the slightest bit political in his off-camera act. He spent the entire 15-minute set discussing the greatness of Yanni, reading through the liner notes of the "Ultimate Yanni" album and having the DJ skip track-by-track through the disc. It sounds annoying, but it was hilarious. Also that night, Demetri Martin cracked us up with a story about biting the dust while skateboarding on the Brooklyn Bridge (here's some related video), and Tom Shillue (who's normally our favorite) had only a mildly amusing story about rats invading his house.

In other news: Go spend your rock dollars at The Hook, a great new venue in the most unfortunate location on earth -- deep in the shipyards of Red Hook (aka the next Williamsburg), far away from civilization or a subway stop. We played with some pretty f-ing cool out-of-towners: The Business Machines out of L.A. and Transparent out of Providence (accents and all).

While New York mag named The Hook best new rock club, what got me was how utterly nice and accommodating the owner, soundguy and employees were to the bands. A real anomaly in NYC.

Also, here's a FRESNOTES UPDATE: We now learn that Adrienne Robillard has outed herself as the Fresnan in San Francisco's Citizens Here and Abroad. And according to their message board, she once worked at the Taco Bell on First and Nees. (She apparently went to my high school, but my friends and I preferred the Taco Bell on Cedar and Shaw.)