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Amusing Voter Video Also Features Patton Oswalt, Kenny G, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords), Vanessa Bayer, Caroline Polachek, Tunde Adebimpe (of TV on the Radio), and Others
Oct 07, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Yesterday on social media The Postal Service teased that something was coming today. Calm down, no it’s not a long awaited new album from Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis. Instead they have shared an amusing video to encourage you to vote in which various notable people audition to join the band via Zoom, including Anne Hathaway, Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast), Huey Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Kenny G, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords), Vanessa Bayer, Caroline Polachek, Tunde Adebimpe (of TV on the Radio), J Mascis, and others. More
Parody Video Also Features Fred Armisen, Sarah Silverman, Al Franken, Patton Oswalt, Jack Black, and Others
May 14, 2020
By Samantha Small
A boat load of comedians have covered “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Eat It” (which itself is a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”). They include Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Fred Armisen, Sarah Silverman, Al Franken, Patton Oswalt, Jack Black, and Yankovic himself. More
Theme Song to Amazon Prime's Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm
Nov 28, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Okkervil River have shared a new song, “What Friends Do.” It’s the theme song to Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm, a new Amazon Prime Christmas special based on the children’s book series Click, Clack, Moo, by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, which is about farm animals who go on strike and send messages to their farmer via a typewriter. More
Featured on Deluxe Edition of Weezer (The White Album)
Oct 10, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Back in late June Weezer released a brand new patriotic song, “I Love the USA,” just in time for Independence Day. The song was commissioned by NASA and Apple Music in honor of the Juno unmanned spacecraft, a probe sent several years ago to study Jupiter that entered the planet’s orbit in July. More
Recreational Love Due July 17
May 06, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The Bird and the Bee (aka Inara George and Greg Kurstin) have announced their fourth album, their first album of original material in six years, since 2009’s Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future (in 2010 they also released covers album Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates). More
Also Patton Oswalt and Portlandia's Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein
Dec 10, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Last night on The Simpsons the town of Springfield was invaded by a whole mess of special guests. More
Reviews
Apr 22, 2016
By kyle Mullin
The shouty, stocky, pulverizing funny Patton Oswalt is in prime form during his new standup special for Netflix, Talking For Clapping. Taped sixth months ago at The Fillmore in San Francisco, where he first began to hone his comedic chops, Oswalt deftly mixes high and low brow humor throughout the set, and sometimes within the same bit. More
