10 Essential Podcasts (Not Called WTF)

By Evan Minsker at 2:18 PM on April 23, 2012

It’s no secret at this point: the comedy-podcast market has become completely over-saturated. To help wade through the ocean of laughs, here’s a quick round-up of some essential podcasts, sporting all the colors of the comedy rainbow.  read more

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Natasha Leggero’s Re-Invention & Self-Improvement Tips

By Scott Gordon at 8:21 AM on April 22, 2012

The sordid and the fabulous become one on Natasha Leggero’s debut stand-up album, 2011’s Coke Money. The hilarious comedienne recently took some time to explain to the rest of us heathens how to keep it classy—and mask any déclassé regional accents you might have.  read more

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TV's Girls: A Venn Diagram

By Brooke Hatfield at 4:00 PM on April 21, 2012

A look at the intersection between Girls, New Girl and Two Broke Girls.  read more

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Exquisite Tweet: A Story Told 140 Characters at a Time

By Austin L. Ray at 2:00 PM on April 20, 2012

We reached out to 15 great Twitterers to play a game of exquisite corpse, telling a story in 140 characters or fewer apiece. The result is bizarre. And hilarious.  read more

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From The Vault: Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Long Time Gone"

By Paste Staff at 1:00 PM on April 20, 2012

From the preliminary planning stages of Crosby, Stills & Nash, the musicians had always planned to pursue solo projects in conjunction with working together.  read more

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Hannibal Buress: Way More Work To Do

By Austin L. Ray at 8:26 AM on April 20, 2012

Buress discusses performing in sold-out theaters with Aziz Ansari, his upcoming special, Animal Furnace (Comedy Central, May 20), the two television shows he's now working on, and the difficulties that come with portraying a homeless man.  read more

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Marc Maron’s Five Comedians to Watch in 2012

By Austin L. Ray at 2:24 PM on April 19, 2012

We asked Marc Maron for a few of his favorite up-and-coming comics—the folks we should all be seeking out for laughs in 2012. When he got talking about these young talents, his passion for the craft took over in the same informed, thoughtful way it does every week on WTF. No one cried, though.  read more

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A Little Dirtier: Ukes and Yuks Duo Garfunkel And Oates on Foul Mouths & HBO Dreams

By Michael Tedder at 10:10 AM on April 19, 2012

Kate Micucci didn’t swear “at all” until she started working with Riki Lindhome. The pair have since recorded three albums: Slippery When Moist, All Over Your Face and their 2009 debut, Music Songs, which was early enough in their creative process to not have a dirty title.   read more

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Arkells: Michigan Left

By Kristen Blanton at 4:19 PM on April 18, 2012

Dan Griffin has detailed Arkells sophomore album _Michigan Left_ with the sonic complexity of a live performance. While recording at legendary Bathouse Studios in Kingston, Ontario the keyboardist/producer had one apparent intention - capture the live-off-the-floor moments he'd experienced within the quintet during their 2011 tour that took them across America to SXSW, up the coast and back to Maine.   read more

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Dinosaur Feathers: Whistle Tips

By Adam Vitcavage at 2:06 PM on April 18, 2012

Deeply rooted with ‘60s harmonies and foreign drum beats, Dinosaur Feathers’ Whistle Tips puts the Brooklyn quartet in line with a recent slew of pop bands who pull inspiration from everywhere and anywhere. Throughout the album the band, led by Greg Sullo, sounds like a modern fuzzy version of the Beach Boys. Whereas so many bands have recently taken to the beach-pop phase, this band knows to push their vibe into a solid state, leaving little room for dreamy sounds.  read more

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