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Ep. #166: Tom McCaffrey

Post author By vish
Post date February 19, 2015

Tom McCaffrey is a renowned comedian, writer, director, and performer based in New York City. Over the last two decades, McCaffrey’s work has appeared on Comedy Central, VH1, Funny or Die and he’s written for the Onion and Huffington Post among others. He’s acted in and directed films as well and his latest venture is a documentary about his life and work called Adventures in Comedy, which features insights from Jim Gaffigan, Janeane Garafolo, Aisha Tyler, Michael Che and more. Adventures in Comedy will be available on most streaming sites beginning February 20 via Comedy Dynamics and here, Tom and I talk about snow mountains in Manhattan and Guelph, the climate of civil and authoritarian unrest in Bill de Blasio’s NYC, mock and doc, Larry David and the first Curb Your Enthusiasm special, weird small shows, big-talk entertainment managers, starting with Dave Chappelle, explaining the film’s concept to comedians who speak earnestly about comedy, everyone knows a Larry David, how stand-up and comedy has come into vogue, the live album Adventures in Comedy, the rap album Streets Aren’t Watching that Tom made as well, Nas, Eminem is too fast, people like us rapping in public, Morgan Freeman’s influence on Adventures in Comedy, inspiring stories, the Last Exit to Brooklyn podcast that Tom hosts, the star-studded TMC song “I’m a Headliner” and then the adventure is over.

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Tags Adventures in Comedy, Aisha Tyler, Bill de Blasio, Comedy Dynamics, Dave Chappelle, Eminem, Janeane Garafolo, Jim Gaffigan, Larry David, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Michael Che, Morgan Freeman, Nas, Streets Aren’t Watching, Tom McCaffrey

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Ep. #165: Bob Nastanovich of Silver Jews

Post author By vish
Post date February 18, 2015
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Bob Nastanovich is an American musician who currently lives in Des Moines, Iowa. Though best known for playing keyboards, auxiliary drums, and shouting in the hugely significant and influential rock band Pavement, Nastanovich also co-founded another immensely important band called the Silver Jews. Highlighting the inimitable songwriting and singing of the American poet David Berman, Silver Jews called it a day in 2009 after a remarkable 20-year run. In the past few months, after cryptic social media posts and photographs, there seems to be something stirring in Silver Jews land and the band seems to be active again in some capacity. Here, Bob and I discuss repping Des Moines, dogs and kids, Pavement’s juvenile sound, Stephen Malkmus’ attitude towards reunion tours, how the Pavement reunion tour ended, a failed pitch to get the band going again, the history of Bob, Stephen, and David and the NYC scene of the early 1990s, an infamous Nirvana show that Bob and David disrupted by heckling the band and angering Krist Novoselic, Kim and Thurston’s home phone number, when Kurt Cobain asked Pavement to play the Reading Festival, recording horse racing calls utilizing the same technology as the Silver Jews on their early releases, Drag City might be magic, David’s new obsession with making unique sculptures, the times David has kicked members of Pavement out of the Silver Jews, Harmony Korine and David are close friends now, David is writing new songs and it sounds like he’s going to record them, Cassie Berman and therapy for horses, wi-fi addiction, funny people on the internet, Tanglewood Numbers, when David feels like things are getting too Pavement-y, not talking to David for over a year, why Bob is releasing little tidbits about this new Silver Jews activity, music for sculptures and people, pushing Brian Kotzur, Searching for Berman, the night owl, @silverjews, @dronecoma, @bnastanowich, the song “New Orleans,” and that was all.

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Tags Bob Nastanovich, Brian Kotzur, David Berman, Des Moines Iowa, Drag City, Harmony Korine, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Pavement, Silver Jews, Stephen Malkmus

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Ep. #164: Long Night with Jesse Brown, David Heti, and L CON

Post author By vish
Post date February 17, 2015

Here’s another live episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna recorded before an audience at the Great Hall on Friday February 13, 2015, as part of Long Winter in Toronto. Listen to hear the talk show band stylings of the Bicycles, the talk show sidekick stylings of James Keast, basically my first ever attempt at a stand-up set, the debut of a game I made up called “Celebrity Impressions on the Spot,” the return of comedian David Heti, a conversation with CANADALAND host Jesse Brown, and performances by L CON (a.k.a. Lisa Conway). The final regularly scheduled episode of Long Night this year takes place on March 13 so please come see it at the Great Hall.

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Tags "Celebrity Impressions on the Spot", CANADALAND, David Heti, James Keast, Jesse Brown, L CON, Lisa Conway, Long Night with Vish Khanna, Long Winter, the Bicycles, the Great Hall