I've been meaning for some time to weigh in on the whole "shock-jock" (a term that pisses me
off) scandals lately with JV, Elvis, Imus, Opie, and Anthony all getting nailed to the cross. I've never really liked any
of their shows that much, especially not Imus, but Patrice O'Neal, as he demonstrates in this clip from Fox News (and one
of the greatest things I've ever seen on a television news show), condescention of the national audience and pointing fingers
are the two biggest problems now. Normally, I get uncomfortable watching people getting flattened in debates on TV, but I
savored every second of this:
Patrice is the man. I need to listen to me some Black Philip.
50 Years Ago Today, "That'll Be the Day" Hit Stores
[tyler sonnichsen]
I don't know what brought him back into my mind, but I can't get over how great Buddy Holly was. Actually, I do know what
it was. I had to place a bunch of calls to the vicinity of Lubbock, Texas at work this week, and the man was born, grew up,
and is eulogized there with his now-famous gravestone at the east end cemetary. From what I understand, Lubbock's a genuinely crappy place, and I think it's a testament to how
great Holl(e)y was that I want to stop there on a cross-country roadtrip to pay homage.
Holly, to me, is unquestionably an all-time great, if not THE greatest from when and where he existed. A lot of the greatest
artists of the past 40 years are great because they have challenged the norm, the archetype and shattered it wide open and
expanded the horizons (Little Richard, Can, Bad Brains, etc.) For Buddy Holly in 1957, there WAS no archetype or established
norm to challenge. He had to construct an entire horizon through six strings, a great knack for songwriting, and can't-fuck-wit
image. Brace yourself for 0:45 in this performance of "Oh Boy"...
It's bizarre how he was only about 21 here, and he performed like a man well beyond his years. And possessed. If I were a
parent in the 50's, I would have been scared shitless of this guy. Little Richard and Elvis were from another planet. Holly
was an average poindexter turned up to 11, and he was coming to get your daughter.
When he died in that plane crash that Don MacLean wrote about, he was only twenty-two and a half. He had pretty much changed
the world. Every guitar-bass band since can thank him for that standardized band setup, too. No, I am not going to deny you
all "Peggy Sue,"...
There are two reasons this video rules. Not only does he have a row of women lined up behind him who are all paying no attention
whatsoever to their boyfriends, but the drummer has got a protodevilock. Badass.
I'll release some details over the next couple of days on a bunch of random filming we've been doing! Now, enjoy your memorial
day and stay tuned for a ton of updates to this site over the next couple of days!
8pm - Solly's
at the corner of 11th and U St, NW DC
$5, I think.
Saturday, August
9th LAUGHING LIZARD COMEDY SHOWCASE 10pm, 21+ 1324 King St, Alexandria Lineup
TBA! Stay tuned for updates.
Saturday, August 16
RIFIFI COMEDY SHOW
@
TBD. The location at 11th St has bitten the dust so my friend Jake is looking to find a new spot. Stay tuned.
Wednesday,
September 3
THE FAMILY HEMERLEIN @
THE PALACE
OF WONDERS
**DJ SET**
9 pm
I'll be helping out my friend Matt Hemerlein's family band's
variety show on the tail end, but definitely come out early. You don't want to miss this. Site.
1210 H St. NE, DC
Friday and Saturday, November 14 & 15.
ARLINGTON CINEMA & DRAFTHOUSE
w/ Paul F Tompkins!!
$18 or so. This was the
show rescheduled from 7/25-26. Hope you see you out! Sorry for any confusion. Website.
2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA
Check out TDC on... Thanks to Josh! Sign the Guestbook! (It's been there for some time, but seriously, sign it).
Watch the video for Wes Mann's "If Only You Knew" right here! THROUGH THE WASH What happens to common appliances and gadgets mistakenly go through the wash and dry cycle? Do they come out alive?
Check out this handy site, with appearances from myself, Jake, and Aparna. Hosted by Chris and filmed my Joe "the man"
Deeley.
MUZAK!?
Listings coming soon. Once I have some damn time.
IF
YOU LIVE IN THE DC AREA, HAVE A SOUL, AND ENJOY GOOD LIVE COMEDY, I highly recommend these weekly/biweekly shows.
MONDAY 11TH ST. LOUNGE First and third mondays of every month. It's
intimate, friendly, and the servers upstairs are fine. Even an audience of 10 non-comics can whip the place into a frenzy.
Hosted by Lou Giglio, or Bart Voisin if he couldn't escape the calling. Oh Highland Dr, right across from the Clarendon
Grill.
SPY LOUNGE Eli "the man" Sairs and Tyler "da man" Richardson run this
open mic at a bizarrely posh but still fun place right in the heart of Adam's Morgan, on 18th St. Starts around 8pm.
CHIEF IKE'S MAMBO ROOM Run by the luminaries behind DCC4N. On Columbia Rd. right north of that intersection
in Adams-Morgan.
TUESDAY Nema is gone, but info about Takoma Station and the Library
(both in Northeast) coming soon.
Wiseacre's happens on this night, out in Tyson's.
WEDNESDAY Wiseacres will always be there, hopefully, out in Tyson's.
DR. DREMO'S IS DEAD. LONG LIVE DR. DREMO'S.
THURSDAY College Perk First and third Thursday of every month, this is probably
the most fun you'll have at an open mic in the area. Maybe because it's a college hangout with a liquor license. 9078
Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD
The TDC Archive of the Greatest Things Ever Said, Ever
"I'm gonna hire a fat
person to sit in the driver's seat whenever I'm not using the car. Maybe get a midget with ice in his mouth to blow
on the back of my neck while I'm driving." "If I ever won a source award, I would go onstage and speak
ebonics." "If you can be fat and do it, its not a sport." - Forest "Socrates"
Godwin
[Firth. It's pronounced Firth. Like the actor. Like our planet if it started with F.]
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