I don’t have time to write much, and for the reason I don’t have much time to write, I am a crazy person for committing to three of these things this week. You, YES YOU, can see quality comedy for (ostensibly, but please donate a couple bucks if you can) free in Knoxville this week! … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2015
The Ageless and Unintentional Nostalgery of James Alexander
Some people tell me I overly romanticize rock & roll. That I have too much of a dreamer head. I’ve never apologized for that. Nah, not even once. I’ve always been fairly uncertain of James Snyder’s age. I’ve also never been as embarrassed about inquiring about someone’s age on the handful of times I’ve had … Continue reading
Mommy, What’s a Gagortion?
Sometime in 2006, before my buddy Wes left DC to return to St. Louis, we made it a point to hang out at his place in Gaithersburg, MD and catch up. Wes was a very talented singer/songwriter and we worked together at a books-on-tape place. I had also just directed a music video for his … Continue reading
Appearance on a Special Episode of “Everything’s Coming Up Podcast!”
Matt Chadourne and I recently made an appearance on a special mini-episode of Julia Prescott and Allie Goertz’ Simpsons podcast. Julia is an LA comic who recently stopped through Knoxville to do a show on her “Please Laugh: This is for my Album Recording” tour. Seeing as how Knoxville is one of a handful of … Continue reading
Appearance on The Bones Lair Podcast
J.C. Ratliff and “Bone” recently had me on their Bone’s Lair podcast, and it was a great time. We did the episode as a companion piece to my upcoming appearance on a Knox Comedy Mixtape project JC has undertaken with recordings of myself, Boston McCown, Jay Kendrick, and Sam Donnelly. I’ll post a link to … Continue reading
MINOMB1: The Secret of Life (The Actual Best of The Dead Milkmen)
MUSIC IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS #1 The column title “music is none of my business” is a Marge Simpson quote (from ‘Homerpalooza’) that Dillinger Four appropriated into a song title, thereby combining elements of two things I dearly love. I’ve decided to start writing music blogs on this site because (1) I’m going to … Continue reading
Photo I Actually Kinda Like: September 28, 2015
Here’s a cool grainy, happenstance photo that Shane Rhyne snapped of me, in full pop-punk cosplay, doing the 5-minute warning before the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour show at the Pilot Light as JT Habersaat lurks in the background before I thought to close that door. Continue reading
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