Mike Adams has been getting reprimanded for giggling on the job since he worked at Dairy Queen as a teenager.
His comedic personality influences a lot of what he does, he said.
He’s the frontman for local band Mike Adams At His Honest Weight and is the host of his own talk show.
“The Mike Adams Show” will be a featured act at this year’s Limestone Comedy Festival.
The festival is a local comedy showcase running from June 2 to June 4.
The Limestone Comedy Festival will feature headliners such as the Legendary Bobcat Goldthwait, Roy Wood, Jr., Justin Willman and Doug Benson.
“I like to laugh at everything all the time,” Adams said.
His experience with the comedy show and band has amplified his knowledge of good entertainment, he said.
“It’s been interesting, having been in pretty serious bands for so long but also being kind of a cut up, to sort of see those things blend together and blur the line a little bit,” he said.
There’s no absence of comedy in Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, he said. His first album title, “Oscillate Wisely,” was a pun on the song “Oscillate Wildly” by the Smiths.
The band’s second album was called “Best of Boiler Room Classics.” The album was released in 2014, along with a promotional video that saw Adams performing short clips of each track like a greatest hits TV commercial.
He started the band as a solo project in 2010 and recorded all of the first album in his home studio.
When the time came to play live shows, he grabbed a few friends.
Since then, the band’s lineup has solidified, but Adams said the music still starts with him.
“It’s my project,” he said. “They’re just super cool dudes who like to play and are willing to play with me.”
Much like his band, Adams said his talk show is only possible because of all the friends involved.
“The Mike Adams Show” was the brainchild of Adams and his friend Jared Cheek, Adams said.
Cheek also owns Flannelgraph Records, which released the first two Honest Weight albums.
“We really just hang out together all the time, and it makes sense to work together,” Adams said.
He said the first few episodes were filmed in Cheek’s garage and used a laugh track.
“We just had our buddies come over and kind of do this silly, funny, weird thing, but it was a ton of fun,” he said.
The show has quickly evolved from its modest beginnings into a live event that often takes place at the Bishop.
The Limestone Comedy Festival invite was just the next step in this progression, and Adams said it was a complete surprise.
“I was so excited to get that call,” he said. “It was so flattering.”
Adams said support from his family and friends is the main reason he’s able to keep his music and show running.
“It doesn’t really feel like a balance so much as it feels like just what I do,” he said. “This is my existence.”
As long as the support continues, he said he will keep doing what he loves.
“I’m not very good at looking back or looking forward,” Adams said. “I like to just ride the wave.”
