REVIEW: Bill Maher @ the Hult (Eugene, OR – 11/13/09)

I don’t have HBO, but my love for Bill Maher has grown exponentially in the past 2+ years with the advent of podcasts.  His HBO show, New Rules, gets released for free in audio version about a few days after it airs (iTunes link).  He’s right alongside Keith Olbermann & Rachel Maddow (both from MSNBC), [...]

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|:. Musical Stairs .:|

“We believe that the easiest way to
change people’s behaviour
for the better is by making it fun to do.
We call it the fun theory.”
- TheFunTheory.com

Stairs temporarily a piano.
Sorry for the convenience.
~Dan – np: Tegan and Sara – Sainthood thainthood

PS- The Bottle Bank Arcade and World’s Deepest Trash Bin videos are also on [...]

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Twitter Concerto #1

George Hrab puts out the best almost hour of new content each week via his Geologic Podcast.  As of late, he also tweets roughly 10 jokes a day, too (amidst working on his 6th studio album, Trebuchet).  His tweets are usually quite punny… which means… awesome!
Some of my starred feeds from him:

Owls make great census [...]

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Andy Barker, D.V.D.

More than a year ago, I asked if there was going to be a DVD release of the great Andy Barker, P.I. show.  Well, today I got an email and… yay, it’s up for a November 17th release…
(pre-order on the Amazons)
~Dan – np: Floratone – Floratone

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REVIEW: David Cross @ Newmark Theatre (Portland, OR – 9/25/09)

David Cross is on a little fall tour to promote his new book, I Drink For a Reason.  You may know him from Mr Show with Bob & David, or as Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development (i.e.- the best television show of all-time), or his stand-up specials, or a glut of parts in television and [...]

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REVIEW: Patton Oswalt @ Newmark Theatre (Portland, OR – 9/13/09)

OK, so you may have heard of Patton Oswalt from Pixar’s Ratatouille.  He was the leading… um… rat.  You may also know him from the newly hitting the cinemas flick called Big Fan, and well… tons of other stuff.  He just released a new CD/DVD of his Comedy Central special, My Weakness is Strong.
(available on [...]

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The Concert T-Shirt Etiquette Guide

My brother and I always had these rules as we went to shows… I’m glad we aren’t the only ones…
Reposted from Each Note Secure blog:

1. When wearing another bands t-shirt, try to keep the same genre or influence.
ex. a) David Bowie @ NIN
ex. b) Placebo @ Futureheads
2. The ironic concert t-shirt is the big exception. [...]

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Get Cross…

David Cross was playing at the Newmark Theatre in Portland, OR, on a day that I already had local Eugene plans (Th, Sep 24 – Raquy and the Cavemen).  Well, David’s show sold out so fast that they added a 2nd show the next night (Fri, Sep 25)… yay!  Needless to say, I already blue [...]

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Attack Attack!’s Stick Stickly

This is the best worst thing I’ve seen in a while.  I kinda love it…

(Note: if the YouTube video above doesn’t work,
let me know and I’ll refresh the link)
So amazingly, A+ horrible that it’s A+ good… poop squat guitarist moves, jumping around flipping guitar over head, death metal vocals, dance breaks, [...]

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tons of news

Nine Stories!
In this episode: The new Masada Quintet with special guest Joe Lovano, the Jenny Owen Youngs‘ video that I somehow missed, Nellie McKay’s Election musical, Fanfarlo for $1, the deaths of JazzTimes & Jeff Hanson, the resurrection of Futurama, a new Wussy video, and Asthmatic Kitty’s most excellent Library Catalog Music Series…
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The new Masada Quintet [...]

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REVIEW: Jerry Seinfeld @ Hult Center (Eugene, OR – 5/21/09)

Mini-review…
It’s been a while since seeing Jerry Seinfeld live.  I was always a big fan of that television show that he was on… you know… um, what was it called?  Oh, yeah… Benson.  I hear he kinda “faded away” after that early-80s stint on Benson [hulu 1 / 2 /3].

The opener was Larry Miller.  [...]

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REVIEW: Flight of the Conchords @ the Schnitzer (Portland, OR – 5/14/09)

Well, let’s just say… this show was mutha’uckin’ AWESOME!!!
Before the show, there was a spot-on Murray look-a-like in the crowd.  A little bit younger looking, but definitely pretty damn close.  At around 7:45pm, the lights dimmed and what sounded like Jemaine (from FOTC) announced the opener.  Arj Barker, who plays Dave on HBO’s Flight of the [...]

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a great web comic

Well, I’ve been a fan of XKCD for a while (it’s waaaay geeky)… but this one (The Rut) popped up on my radar due to being in the recent issue of Adbusters.  Fun stuff, odd sense of humor… RSS feed = added.

http://bigeyedeer.wordpress.com/
~Dan – np: Stabat Akish – Stabat Akish

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Sufjan’s Sofia’s Song / Strong Bad Game

Unrelated…

Sufjan Stevens has posted a new essay and song, “Sofia’s Song,” to the sidebar blog on Asthmatic Kitty.  Read it HERE.  The song can be downloaded from HERE.
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And Telltale Games has just announced pre-order for the DVD of their previously download-only game Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People.  You can read more about the pre-order [...]

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Talk about bumcakes…

Spinal Tap are touring with a stripped down acoustic, unwigged show this spring…
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
David St. Hubbins (played by McKean), Nigel Tufnel (played by Guest) and Derek Smalls (played by Shearer) will be playing songs from the Spinal Tap catalog (This is Spinal Tap album & movie & Break Like the [...]

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Secret Band Project

Well… this originated as a chain mail thingy on the Facebooks.  Mine actually turned out really well (if you ask me)…
My Secret Band Project

The Rules:
1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 – Go to “Random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or [...]

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Drawing Illusion

It’s a fake-out drawing… good stuff… but get your mind out of the gutter.

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Flight of the Conchords Tour 2009

Flight of the Conchords tour dates:
4/6, Tampa, FL, (Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center)@
4/7, Coral Gables, FL (University of Miami BankUnited Center)@
4/8, Orlando, FL (UCF Arena)@
4/10, Nashville, TN (Ryman Auditorium)@
4/11, Atlanta, GA (Fox Theatre)@
4/13, Washington, D.C. (Constitution Hall)@
4/14, New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall)@
4/17, Boston, MA (Agganis Arena)@
4/18, Philadelphia, PA (Tower Theatre) (two shows)@
4/19, Kent, [...]

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Isis, Geo 100, and a Secret DVD

A trio of music news about Isis, George Hrab, and the Secret Chiefs 3…

As foretold in Pitchfork, post-metal band Isis is due out with their follow-up to the amazingly great In the Absence of Truth (2006) on May 5th on Ipecac Recordings.  The release is April 21 for the special edition vinyl.  Wavering Point is [...]

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comedy that just writes itself

To George W Bush,
Comedians everywhere hope you stay in the public eye for years to come… the rest of us 78% who don’t approve of the job you’ve done hope you just go away.

Good riddance, #43.  Don’t let the shoe hit you on the way out…

Here’s hoping #44 is better.  Quite frankly, it’d be hard [...]

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