As I kid I remember being flabbergasted at the fact that my father would almost exclusively listen to talk shows when in the car, as opposed to music. I just couldn’t see the appeal of listening to a bunch of boring people talk about boring things. I still don’t see the appeal (who would) and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eric Bachmann and crew return with another EP of cover songs, in the tradition of the first Reservoir Songs EP released in 2002. This album contains Bachmann’s signature gravelly voice over a variation of musical arrangements. Such experimentation has been a Crooked Fingers constant and it especially works for Reservoir Songs II in which they cover […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This blog is all about writing. I need to write and I’m just not finding the ability to sit down and crank out one of the many novels in my head (silly job/family getting in the way). I have struggled for a long time with trying to find an outlet. I listened to a podcast […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Paul F. Tompkins has a long legacy of being the best podcast guest on the podcast circuit. Never Not Funny, The Best Show on WFMU, Superego to name a few. But then the landscape of podcasting began to change. For months PFT has been teasing us with promises of his own podcast, dropping hints during […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ice-T calls Andrew Lloyd Webber – so funny I almost pulled a Hodgman
I wasn’t going to post about this, but I have to. Too many funny things going on with the new video from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. If you read the not-so-brief history of a punk guy post from Ted Leo on Friday in which he prepares the world for his majorly massive career shift […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This came out of recently listening to a great episode of Comedy Death-Ray Radio starring Ted Leo, Aimee Mann, Paul F. Tompkins and Jon Wurster. A funny, off-hand comment mentioned the idea of Superchunk Fan Fiction. I’m not a big fan of fan fiction, but this could be fun.
Weird podcasting coincidence today. I have been catching up on some of my podcasts today. I started with the November 16, 2010 episode of The Best Show on WFMU. Philly Boy Roy called in and his call is interrupted by the mega-bass alarm on his Swatch playing a song by The Hooters.
