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Mitch Hedberg.net remodeled
MitchHedberg.net got a facelift from Lynn (no “e”). Mitch died more than six years ago (3/30/2005). His jokes will live on. Go ahead and take a stroll down memory lane with the new content on the page…
http://mitchhedberg.net/Also, check out some of the funny new Mitch merch…
Sorry for the convenience.
~Dan – np: The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain 
Vegan Black Metal Chef #1 – Pad Thai
This was uploaded 4 days ago, and I thought it fitting to post for Friday the 13th. Behold, the first episode of Vegan Black Metal Chef… making vegan pad thai!
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~Dan – np: Poundhound – Massive Grooves from the Electric Church of Psychofunkadelic Grungelism Rock Music
Death Metal vocalist warming up in the studio
’nuff said…
~Dan – np: Porcupine Tree – In Absentia
Maybe the worst song/music video of all-time…
Do our children have the dumb?
Yes, they have the dumb. Rebecca Black’s “Friday” came out yesterday. Lyrically, it’s not much worse than an AC/DC song (or any other “let’s rock” or “working for the weekend” type song). Sure, it is worse, but not by much. Visually, it’s like Disney broke into a Skittles factory and broke things. My brain hurts so much… I mean, this is far worse than the usual pap music that tweens listen to, right?
Sure, it’s not geared for me. I’m sorry for exposing you to this, but until we face the facts, we can never know, “is our children learning?”
Sidenote… someone needs to edit Thom Yorke dancing to this tune. STAT!
Update 3/18 (Friday)… Matt Mulholland’s version rocks…
The original is dreadful, but this version is kind of fantastically great… still waiting for a Thom Yorke dancing version of the video… come on, folks!
~Dan – np: Jonny Greenwood – Norwegian Wood
Thom Yorke Smashes Dead Fish on Washer-Dryer
I could watch this on loop forever. Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke smashing a dead fish on washer-dryer, playing tennis, gettin’ slapped around… parody edit from the “Lotus Flower” video…
I could do without the fart sounds… kinda of takes away from the humor of the piece, IMO.
Watch the original video HERE. Find out about Radiohead‘s new The King of Limbs album HERE. Find more Thom Yorke crazy dancing memes on YouTube (Beyonce’s “All the Single Ladies” and more)
~Dan – np: Mike Patton – A Perfect Place 
Happy New Year – 2011!
Happy New Year!
(photo credit: unknown)
Thanks for reading my blog this past year…
all 156,000+ times (SPAM-bots included).
2011 has much more music & greatness in store!
~Dan
REVIEW: Yard Dogs Road Show @ WOW Hall (Eugene, OR – 11/5/10)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
Great show last night by local bellydance favorites / friends Audralina & Luminessah followed-up by a melting pot of sights and sounds from the headliner – Oakland’s Yard Dogs Road Show. [I have to apologize, as due to a “user error” I lost about half of my photos when transferring to my computer. Luckily Margarita was also snapping away.]
Opener Dela Project suffered the most from the lack of photos due to my error… sorry! They were a great gypsy-folk duo… nice sound and a wide array of instruments including saw, wood block, cello, as well as a traditional bag of tricks. Up next was a beautiful set of bellydance numbers by Lila, Regina & Ali of Luminessah with Audralina doing a couple of songs as a set break.
The bellydance set was more intimate than the last time I saw a MEDGE show at WOW Hall. Both Luminesseh and Audralina danced on the floor (not the stage), surrounded by candles and tunes coming from DJ Layla. Layla mixed it up for Luminessah’s last song (total improv!!).
The capper for the night was the Yard Dogs energetic set. I had never experienced the Yard Dogs, but they were equal parts street band, roaring ’20s flapper show, burlesque, hipster steam-punk, and rock circus – including a sword (and chair leg) swallower. It was a completely fun experience, and a nice set-up on the WOW Hall stage. The YDRS banners seemed to box the group in pretty tight on stage, but they pulled it off amazingly.
many more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- YDRS’s Site
- YDRS’s Social Media Links (see below)
- Luminessah’s Site
- Luminesseh’s MySpace / Facebook / Twitter
- Audralina’s Site
- Dela Project’s Site
- Dela Project’s MySpace
- WOW Hall‘s Site / Facebook / Twitter
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~Dan – np: Elliott Smith – An Introduction to…
LUMINESSAH, AUDRALINA &
YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2010 Margaret OBrien (emobie photography)
& Daniel Temmesfeld, you may use freely
under a creative commons attribution
(click for larger)
Higher Resolution (15 pics)
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Bill & Ted’s 3?
In the “really? is that necessary?” column…
Keanu Reeves is in talks to reprise his role as a dopey teen for another installment in the Bill & Ted movie series, according to his co-star Alex Winter. (The Guardian)
It won’t be the same without our beloved Rufus (George Carlin).
~Dan – np: Andy McKee – One World
Glen Phillips on Adam Carolla podcast
Glen Phillips, lead singer of Toad the Wet Sprocket, made an appearance on the crude but hilarious Adam Carolla podcast… here’s the teaser video:
Here’s the podcast link (or subscribe in iTunes).
I haven’t listened yet, but I’m a big fan of both Glen and Adam… and it is bound to be interesting nonetheless.
http://glenphillips.com/
http://adamcarolla.com/
~Dan – np: Massacre – Funny Valentine
Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” death metal version
Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” death metal version…
Brilliance.
~Dan – np: Isis – Panopticon
Ben Folds Live on Chatroulette
Ben Folds and a crowd in North Carolina on Chatroulette… improvisational pop songs…
’tis a tribute to Merton’s original piano on Chatroulette…
~Dan – np: Chris Anderson – Free: The Future of a Radical Price (audiobook)
Conan O’Brien’s Prohibited Tour 2010
Late night comedic legend Conan O’Brien got booted from his late night gig, and is hitting the road… most of the shows are already on-sale (and sold out), but I’m sure more tickets will become available via legit (and otherwise) channels as the dates approach… they start off in my home town of Eugene. Tickets sold out within hours. D’oh!
Conan O’Brien PROHIBITED 2010 tour dates:
4/12, Eugene, OR (Hult Center for the Performing Arts
)
4/13, Vancouver, BC (Orpheum Theatre
)
4/16, Spokane, WA (INB Performing Arts Center)
4/17, Edmonton, AB (River Cree Resort & Casino
)
4/18, Seattle, WA (Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
)
4/22, San Francisco, CA (Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium
)
4/24, Universal City, CA (Gibson Amphitheater)
4/29, San Diego, CA (San Diego Civic Theatre)
4/30, Phoenix, AZ (Dodge Theatre
)
5/1, Las Vegas, NV (Pearl Concert Theater)
5/4, Reno, NV (Grand Sierra Resort and Casino)
5/5, San Jose, CA (San Jose State Event Center
)
5/6, Sacramneto, CA (Sacramento Memorial Auditorium)
5/9, Boulder, CO (Mackey Auditorium
)
5/10, Denver, CO (Ellie Caulkins Opera House)
5/13, Dallas, TX (McFarlin Auditorium)
5/14, Austin, TX (Austin Music Hall
)
5/15, Tulsa, OK (Brady Theater
)
5/16, Kansas City, MO (The Midland)
5/18, Minneapolis, MN (Orpheum Theater
)
5/19, Chicago, IL (Chicago Theatre)
5/22, Toronto, ON (Massey Hall)
6/1, New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall
)
6/4, Boston, MA (Wang Theater)
6/6, Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Arena)
6/7, Upper Derby, PA (Tower Theatre)
6/8, Washington, DC (Dar Constitution Hall)
6/11, Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo Music Festival
)
6/14, Atlanta, GA (Fox Theatre)
~Dan – np: Charlotte Gainsbourg with Beck – IRM
REVIEW: Popovich Comedy Pet Theater @ the Hult (Eugene, OR – 1/31/10)
FYI… A FEW PICTURES from the HULT SHOW at the BOTTOM
So, we got the flyer for the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater in the mail and had to go. It’s sponsored by Greenhill Humane Society – a great pet-friendly organization in Eugene. The show started at 2:30pm and was the same day as the Oregon Truffle Festival. Ack! Quandary! We opted hit the OTF 2010 beforehand. Amazing time at OTF, as usual. Check out my review of last year’s Oregon Truffle Fest, including the Lagotto Romagnolo (truffle dog) demo.
Anyway, back to Popovich… or as I like to call it… Pupovich…
Gregory Popovich has been featured on tons of television shows (Leno, Letterman, America’s Got Talent, et cetera), featuring his amazingly trained pets (all rescue animals – even the geese). Most notably, he has actually managed to train house cats to do tricks.
Let me let that sink in for you.
House cats. Here’s a USA Today article/interview with Gregory with a cat-training Q&A.
The show started shortly after 2:30pm… with a little doggie announcer (see video below). The first set was about 45 minutes until the intermission. It was jam packed with juggling, acrobatics, tight-rope walking animals, and more. Some of my favorite bits were the train intro (cute stuff going on), the snowy park scene, and the class scene (full of about 8 dogs). The end of the train scene with the dog dressed up as an elephant was hilarious. I’m more of a dog fan; so the way they were all working together with Gregory in the class scene was really cute. The dog & cat interaction during the snowy park scene was also really endearing.
(more pictures below)
The second set (about 30 minutes) started off with a cute doggie balloon soccer game. Up next was an adorable doggie medical clinic set, followed by impressive human rope jumpers. The finale was the cat show… about a dozen cats climbing posts, jumping through hoops, tight rope walking, parallel bar work, and all around being cats! At the end one of the cats didn’t want to leave; so Gregory brought out a dog and it got on its hind legs, and then the cat jumped on its shoulders and rode away on the walking dog.
Overall, the afternoon was highly entertaining and adorable! If you are in Vegas or if the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater comes to your town… go!
The Promo Reel:
Now, we need to get our cute, but lazy, dog to do some tricks…
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
- Greenhill Human Society (Eugene, OR)
- The Hult Center
- The Oregon Truffle Festival
~Dan – np: Mycale play John Zorn’s Masada Book Two: Book of Angels, Vol. 13 – Mycale
POPOVICH COMEDY PET THEATER PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2010 Margaret O’Brien,
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution
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RECIPE: Simple Apple Pie (from Scratch)
I love this recipe…
For those not in the know… watch/listen to this…
If you like it, you can buy it on vinyl…
Or download the mp3 for free…
filled with 400 billion suns…
~Dan – np: Nina Gordon – Bleeding Heart Graffitti
obliquity of the ecliptic
“obliquity of the ecliptic is the
reason for the season.“
On today, tomorrow, and the next 180 or so days, have a wonderful day that is now longer than the day before. If there’s anything else going on this weekend… well, have fun. Hopefully you are warm, fed, and with loved ones.
Oh, and if you celebrate Christmas, here’s a traditional Icelandic Christmas song for you, covered by Sigur Rós [courtesy of SR’s official webpage]:
- ég fæ jólagjöf (original) <- listen to this one first
- ég fæ jólagjöf (Sigur Rós’s cover, live in 1999) <- much different
♪♫ ég fæ jolagjöf
jólajólagjöf
einn pakka frá afa og ömmu
og líka frá pabba og mömmu ♪♫
And finally… don’t eat the red snow…
~Dan – np: Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy – Spirit Moves
PS- the quote at the top of the page is an adaptation of one of Mr. George Hrab‘s funny tweets…
Happy Festivus!
Happy Festivus 2009!
May your Feats of Strength be mighty and may you have many Festivus miracles!
~Dan – np: Ori Dakari – Entrances
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), George Hrab’s Geologic Podcast (not about geology), and Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier’s SModcast in my “must listen once they get downloaded” queue.
OK, enough podcast talk… I also love what Bill Maher did last year with his comedy / documentary Religulous. It was more comedy than an actual documentary for me, and it was quite entertaining from a non-believers point of view. While I don’t think it’ll change (m)any minds, I still enjoyed it quite well.
When Bill gets time off from his show, sometimes he hits the road. When I found out about his Eugene date, I already had tickets to go see Cincinnati band Over the Rhine up at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge. I was torn. I mean, I’ve seen Over the Rhine fifty times (no lie), but I really love them. Well, my wife had a Eugene art community show conflict the same night as OTR; so I sold our tickets and opted for Maher instead (sorry, Karin & Linford, we’ll catch you next year).
There was no opener, and Bill Maher hit the stage right around 8:15 and did a solid hour and a half of his crude but poignant comedy. He touched on many topics and comedic bits from New Rules… the economy, politics, religion, and food culture in America.
Some of my favorite bits were on religion, specifically the Mormontology bit, the Muslim Dior fashion show, and the Pope’s Facebook relationship status (“it’s complicated”).
Some of my favorite lines:
“Crocs – for people who find flip flops a little too dressy.”
“Those liberals, always wanting to get across the river in one piece.” (sarcastic re: the politics of spend, i.e.- wanting to build crazy things like infrastructure)
“The Republicans have looked to the future for their political leadership and found… radio.”
“Ronald McDonald has killed a lot more people than Osama Bin Laden.”
I don’t agree with all of Bill’s stances, specifically some of his thoughts on medicine. I don’t think he’s being all too scientific in his vocal stance against vaccines, for example. However, he really didn’t bring those topics up last night.
Overall, I think Bill Maher’s stand-up is a lot like George Carlin – many of the same topics – crude, cutting, and powerful humor.
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Bill Maher’s Official Site
- HBO’s New Rules
- Bill Maher on MySpace
- Bill Maher on Facebook
- The Hult Center
~Dan – np: A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms
|:. 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 the TFT site above…
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 workers.
- I wonder how frogs describe it to each other when they hear someone died.
- If Al Green where Indonesian, I think he should have sung “Let’s Satay Together.”
- Both Philip and Ira’s faces momentarily lit up when they saw the sign for “Glass Blowing.”
- When I was your age my idea of X-Box was what I used for break dancing.
- You ever hear the one about the Eskimo who didn’t like making igloos? He just wasn’t that Inuit.
- I would love to watch Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei play Jenga.
- Chunky peanut butter: appealing. Chunky regular butter: not so much.
- Personally, I’d rather think outside the envelope and push the box.
Well, Geologic Podcast #137 (link) has a special feature where it mostly consists of the Twitter Concerto #1 – his reading of some of his tweets over some improv music. It’s funny. (Warning: not for kids – there is some dirty language).
George Hrab – Geologic Podcast #137 (Twitter Concerto #1)
- Check out his Podcast
- Follow Geo on Twitter
- RSS for the Twitter feed
- Be-friend him on Facebook
~Dan – np: Flight of the Conchords – I Told You I Was Freaky
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…
~Dan – np: Floratone – Floratone
-Eyvind Kang
-Frank Zappa
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