print
Eugene Mirman, Isaac Brock, James Mercer, Todd Barry to Play Cancer Benefit in Seattle
Getting defriended sucks. As we rack up friends on Facebook, Twitter and all the other myriad social media outlets cropping up, defriending is reserved for the worst of the worst—the scourge of the earth. Really, who could deserve such a fate more than cancer?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsComedian Eugene Mirman to Host SXSW 2010 Film Awards
This year’s SXSW festival just got a little funnier. Paste’s eighth favorite comedian of the last decade and all-around hilarious dude, Eugene Mirman, is slated to host the 2010 SXSW Film Awards in Austin, Texas on March 16.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsHow to Survive the Next Year, By Eugene Mirman
In 1996 we all thought that by 2010 the world would be an unrecognizable dystopia... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesJohn Oliver's TV Show to Feature Eugene Mirman, Paul F. Tompkins, Janeane Garofalo, Many More
Comedy Central certainly can recognize when it’s found talent. First, it spun off the popular Stephen Colbert into his own Colbert Report, propelled from his success on The Daily Show. Now, the cable network has offered another one of Jon Stewart’s correspondents the chance to go solo.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe 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, News
The 17 Best Romantic Comedies This Decade
The 10 Greatest Anti-Heroes: #1 Omar Little
The 10 Greatest Anti-Heroes: #2 Batman
Guess the Album We're Obsessed With
Our Favorite Musicians-Turned-Authors
The Fifty Best Living Directors
MTV President Defends Network's Motives, Disses Generation…
Justin Townes Earle - Do I Ever…
Seabear - Lion Face Boy
Jolie Holland - Mexico City
Avett Brothers - The Avett Brothers -…
