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The 10 Best Comedians of the Decade (2000-2009)
Being a funny person on a stage is not easy. It takes a unique determination to stand in front of complete strangers and hope they get it the way you get it... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPaul Banks, Eugene Mirman, More Perform at Second "It Came From Brooklyn" Concert Tonight
Looks like the folks at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Manhattan have another night of Brooklyn artistry in store for this evening. The night of music, literature, comedy and art arrives as the second installment in the museum's "It Came from Brooklyn" series, a component of its 50th anniversary celebration held in the famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda. It will feature performances from Julian Plenti (as in Interpol frontman Paul Banks, who recently released an album under said pseudonym) and I'm In You, as well as readings by writers Hampton Fancher and Rivka Galchen. All the while, absurdist comedian Eugene Mirman (whom you might recognize from... read more
Found in: Music, NewsEugene Mirman Preps New Album, Comedy Festival in Brooklyn
Eugene Mirman, everyone's favorite comedian/sketchy Flight of the Conchords landlord/occasional three-star general, is currently prepping the release of a brand-spankin'-new comedy album. Always a politically correct comedian, Mirman has titled his latest record God Is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger’s. Hey, wait a second...... read more
Found in: Culture, News10 Funniest Twitterers: Comedians Worth Following on Twitter
There's an art to being interesting in 140 characters. Informational is easy. Poignancy is near impossible. A couple of weeks ago, I published a list of 10 Musicians Worth Following on Twitter, and you turned me on to the Tweets of Fleet Foxes' @rpecknold, who recently gave us five consecutive <140-character musings on the upcoming lunar eclipse in Southeast Asia. But the best Twitterers are funny, and the funniest, naturally, are comedians. So for our second guide to the Twitter-verse, we look at The 10 Funniest Twitterers: Comedians Worth Following on Twitter. (Oh and it looks like Zach Galifianakis just... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGaffigan, Gondry, Wiig to fly with Conchords
Looks like the United States' most popular show about New Zealand's fourth most popular folk-parody duo is cashing in on some of the comedic capital earned by its hilarious first-season run, pulling in some pretty funny guest stars to appear throughout the show's second season.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsEugene Mirman has an album and a book on the way
Eugene Mirman, poster boy for absurdist comedy, is nothing if not prolific. After working with Stella, 236.com, and Modest Mouse (to name a few,) Messr. Mirman plans to expand his ouevre with a book and follow-up album.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsWilliamsburg's Barack Rock to feature Andrew Bird, Eugene Mirman, more
If American voters valued musical taste as much as political prestige, Barack Obama would win a landslide presidential victory this November. On that note, Andrew Bird, The Fiery Furnaces, Guster and others (including some "special secret musical guests") will play at the Barack Rock fundraiser tomorrow at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg to help Obama and VP nominee Joe Biden on their way to the White House.... read more
Found in: Concerts, News, Local:NYCSasquatch 2008: Day 3
It was the last day of Sasquatch and you bet we made it count. From shout-along choruses to Swedish showmen to bearded guitarvaganzas to British soul men to naked people to much, much more, it was all there. Read on...... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusEugene Mirman takes on tour, Sasquatch, SP20
What is better than watching Eugene the Landlord on Flight of the Conchords? That would be watching Eugene Mirman live, before your very eyes. Quite possibly, it will be leaps and bounds better than just watching the YouTube clips, or perhaps even listening to his inaugural Sub Pop release, En Garde, Society!, which is saying a lot. Mirman will not go it alone, either. Andy Kindler and Marc Maron will be joining him for a substantial part of the trip. Todd Barry might document his stint via his online receipt museum. And finally, Patton Oswalt will be sharing the stage... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsEugene Mirman - En Garde, Society!
New York comic milks sly non-sequiturs for laughs read more
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