Ian Mackaye recently made a guest appearance at the Upright Citizens Brigade 's new U.C.B.East space in New York City's East Village, for the theater's grand opening. The format of the show features a monologue based on a random word given by an audience member, and improvised skits based on the monologue; MacKaye was invited to tell the monologues for the opening night. The New York Times reports: Mr. MacKaye, standing in the club's narrow green room, seemed satisfied with his unlikely foray into comedy. "I'd never heard of it, I [...]
Photo by G. A Harry Potter Musical I actually saw this flier pinned up to a trash can, which in and of itself is amazing. I was able to get a photo without getting my hands dirty! And please note, if you like what you read below, this performance will be happening on July 15, 2011 so follow the links and get your tickets while you can! After a quick spin on the Google machine, I found out the following info which [...]
Ken Marino, David Wain, and Joe Lo Truglio look back at the comedic legacy of Wet Hot American Summer. The under-appreciated gem is beloved by those that have seen it. AVC: At the time of the film's theatrical release, did you have faith that the film would find the "right" audience? David Wain: The fact that it came out in a theater at all was more than we expected from what we were doing. It was such a tiny movie, and [...]
I am a strong believer in the healing and soothing effects of tea. I drink it all the time. So I was tickled by this "commercial," which praises tea while deftly lampooning both pro-wrestling and metal culture. I have no idea who actually did the V.O., but doncha think he sounds exactly like The Ultimate [...]
I don't really get Justin Bieber. Or rather, I don't really understand the adulation for him. He's a child in an adult's world, showered with affection from other children, and somehow adults are supposed to care. I don't really have a problem with him either. He's just another in a long line of famous teenybopper idols. But it's hard to escape the Bieber-osity with his new 3D movie (3D means it's great!) coming out about his life. Lulz aplenty in this UCB parody. [...]
My company has a drug testing policy so I don't think that I have been able to fully appreciated Gold. - Mike Gold: Before Woodstock is one of those 'lost' movies - it was in theatrical release in London in 1972 but the film 'disappeared' for years and it wasn't shown in the US until the 90's. This DVD marks the movie's home video debut. I've wanted to see Gold for some time simply because the film soundtrack contains the last studio recordings of the MC5. The band [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Another great skit from UCB . [ via ]
Day 2 nearly killed me. There will be much fewer pictures in this post about the day I walked far far too much at SXSW. Has anyone else ever walked about six or more miles in the wrong direction, then tried to wave to hail a cab, only to have the cab driver wave back at you with his empty cab and keep driving? Hmmm... well I did. Part 1: Darren Hanlon Darren Hanlon and [...]
MERCYCAT at UCBT NY (01/31/10) Tickets to the early MERCYCAT show are already sold out, get your late show tickets while you still can! Every dollar raised at this show will go directly to Mercy Corps and will be used to help those in Haiti affected by the destruction. This show will feature performers from "Saturday Night Live", "The Colbert Report", "30 Rock" , and more! Mercy Corps is an international relief and development organization that [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. This episode of A&E's " Hoarders" takes a look inside the life of a man unable to part with his digital belongings, featuring Upright Citizens Brigade members Nate Dern, Brett White and Michael Martin.
Also first seen on the excellent Metal Injection: this video, originally posted on College Humor, of stand-up Adam Newman schooling the attendees of a show at UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade - which MI correctly dubs "the mecca of alternative comedy in NYC") on the ins and outs of Mayhem. Some tr00 kvltists might not find this [...]
Coming up this Memorial Day weekend is the 2009 Sasquatch! Music Festival , held at The Gorge up in Washington. I've got a few friends heading up for the event but I won't be able to make it there first-hand, yet again. I opted to save myself for Phish a bit, but for the folks that are heading up to the festival this weekend, you're in for a serious entertainment treat. With some top-tier music acts headlining the festival, some amazing smaller-stage stuff like Battles and Rogue Wave, and a set of comedians bound to make [...]
Longtime contributor and friend of The Sly, Scotty D., played "zombie in the left window" in this UCB short. Giant kudos bar to you, sir.
What if the famous comedy sketches "Who's on First," "Ministry of Silly Walk" and "I'm Crushing Your Head" were retold by Wes Anderson, Michael Moore and Quentin Tarantino, respectively. Is that something you'd be interested in? Thanks UCB. Click here to view the embedded video.
"How can a slumdog possibly find a flag in a belgian waffle covered in pudding?" What if the sequel to Slumdog Millionaire featured a teenage Jamal Malik going on Double Dare? This looks so heartwarming and about a million times more entertaining that the original. In a way, it also points out the obvious absurdity/fairytale nature of the Oscar-winning movie. Plus? Mark Summers.
Merge Records will celebrate its upcoming 20th anniversary in operation with SCORE! Merge Records: The First 20 Years. Preorders for this deluxe subscription-only box set, which includes special artwork and packaging, begin September 8th and quantities will be limited to the number of subscribers enrolled between Sept. 8th and the January 2009 delivery of the [...]
This post is long, and overdue, but I wanted to be thorough and include all the bands I saw. I missed most of Wednesday due to work, but packed in enough free shows Thurs.-Sun. to more than make up for it, although I am getting kind of old and took it easy in the evenings for the most part. I've finally gone through hundreds of pics (click on pictures below for larger image), and will include mp3s from each band below and hopefully a link to some of their live SXSW sets, since they did almost all give me free [...]
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