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UsedWigs Live at World Cafe Live on March 19th with Dave Hill and Audible! »

Save that date, caress that date, love that date. UsedWigs Live at Upstairs at World Cafe Live with Special Guest Audible and Dave Hill!

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My Favorite Mostly Modern Irish Music Videos »

Here’s some of my favorite bands from the Emerald Isle, both North and South, old and new.

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Conan O’Brien Comes to Philly June 7! »

Conan O’Brien comes to Philly — Tower Theater, Upper Darby — on June 7th. This comedy juggernaut is called “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television” Tour. Sweet!

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Dave Hill! Let’s Get to Know Him Better »

Dave will be performing at UsedWigs Live on March 19th at Upstairs at World Cafe Live in Philly!

Tickets still available!

Only $7! More Details!

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Sneak Peek at Twitter 2.0! »

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Twitter, the popular micro-blogging site made popular by Ashton Kutcher, will be unveiling a slew of new features when its highly-anticipated “version 2.0″ debuts next month.

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Damn, RIP Mark Linkous »

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse took his own life, very very sad. This is one of my all-time favorite tunes. Here’s a great cover version too.

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Free MP3 Friday – Nada Surf, Midlake, Roky Erickson, Titus Andronicus, Matt Pond PA & More »

Magically make your Friday much more mellifluous. Click the little blue arrows to listen then click the song titles to download these Free MP3s. Nada Surf, Midlake, Roky Erickson, Titus Andronicus, Matt Pond PA, Audible, Ben Sollee & More

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Short and Sweet Leno Show Descriptions »

Thanks to via @brad_sukala & @jimtaggart for pointing us to the awesomely and perfectly descriptive “Tags” for the Leno Show on Hulu. You can go to the site and add your own (please do!) For more Leno fun, please read Gabe over at VideoGum for his latest take on the Denim-Skinned Nightmare Monster.

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Actors Who Were Too Old to Play Teens But Did Anyway »

The Mathletes Club here at UsedWigs High have compiled a classroom full of actors who were well past their teenage years when they portrayed high-schoolers on the big and small screens

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Snow Day Distractions »

Photo: Lego my Steven Hawking!

I Laugh at Your Commute. I work in a coconut on my front lawn.

Giant Sad People: The hyperrealist sculptures of Ron Mueck haunt my dreams, but I can’t stop peeking at them.

Hippies with AuotCAD: Hmmmm… seems like a lot of work went into this extremely stupid, never-gonna-happen bike lane idea.

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