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John Roderick's Funniest Tweets

John Roderick’s band The Long Winters hasn’t released a record in a while—probably because he’s too busy being the funniest guy on Twitter. Our editor-in-chief buried him in a list of ten Twitterers last month, but a winning Tweet and a runner-up hardly does Roderick's hilariousness justice. My top 13 probably won’t satisfy you, so check him out for yourself. I have a Twitter now too! Twitter.com/katekiefer is where I'll RT Roderick's greatest hits. 1. Whenever I'm struggling to write lyrics I think of JET's #1 hit "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" and I'm reminded that no one cares...  read more

The Long Winters emerge from hibernation for tour, album

The snow has fallen—and melted—twice since we last heard from The Long Winters. In that time, though, silver-tongued lead singer John Roderick's freelance music criticism hustle has put bloggers to shame. He covered Bonnaroo, in hilarious gonzo journalist fashion, for CMJ in '06 and MSNBC in '07, and fired up a semi-weekly column for Seattle Weekly in February of this year....  read more