Guests: Peter Cortner (Dag Nasty), Bevan McShea (The Phoenix Veil) and comedian Rachel Bensen!

Topics: Female Comedian Problems, Bobbleheads, Hobo Overkill, Comforters, Bad Roommates, Annoying Marathon Runners, Popcorn Cooking Tips, Cheap Trick, Fugazi, City Gardens, Punk Shows, First Punk Bands You Loved, Dinosaur Rock and Bands You’ll Always Go See.

Playlist: “Dag Nasty,” “Under Your Influence” and “All Ages Show” by Dag Nasty. “A Novel Idea” and “Fathers” by The Phoenix Veil.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast95.mp3

iTunes: Download, Listen and Subscribe

Links:

• @rachelbensen
• The Gerunds
• The Phoenix Veil
• Rock-afire Explosion
• Descendents in Philly
• Bun E Carlos Coffee
• Fugazi
• Bad Brains
• Randy Now and City Gardens
• Scott Reynolds
• JFA
• You’re Gonna Miss Me
• Toy Cannons
• Damon Hamilton Project

You ready to rock? Not a lot of rockin’, just a bit. (It’s a weeknight for goodness sake!) Still, you deserve an early night out with comedy and music and crepes and sexy furniture. Join us this Tuesday at a Special Earlier Time: 7:00pm. (There’s a children’s puppet show at 9:00pm, we need time to clean up after our confetti canon.)

We’re very excited to have these fine folks join us!

Just added! Peter Cortner from Dag Nasty and The Gerunds!

Rachel Bensen is an up-and-coming standup comedian based in Philadelphia. She enjoys puns, fried food, and webcomics. Rachel performs wherever people will let her near a microphone – most recently, that’s included Philly Improv Theater, Tabu, World Cafe Live, and Helium Comedy Club. She tweets irreverently and irregularly at @rachelbensen.

The Phoenix Veil is the acoustic project of Bevan McShea, an artist, musician, and poet from Philadelphia. Bevan has collaborated musically on many projects spanning many styles and genres, the most notable being the hip hop and spoken word personae Lightborn. Bevan’s latest release is The Blood of August featuring Peter Cortner (Dag Nasty, The Gerunds) and Chuck Treece (McRad, Bad Brains, Underdog).

Let’s Do This!!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 – 7:00pm (Please note, one hour earlier!)
L’etage
624 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Admission: FREE!

Also, join us on our new Facebook Page! It’s filled with baby and food photos just like you asked for!!

Podcast: www.usedwigsradio.com

Philadelphians and people in the greater Philadelphia area, join us on Tuesday night, March 20th, for another fun and free show at the lovely L’etage. Team UsedWigs Radio and Miss Sassypants herself, Nikki Walter — a.k.a., @TurboGrandma and the future Mrs. Billy Joel — will tell some action-packed, danger-filled “Wow, That Was Close!” stories as you sit back and safely enjoy crepes and a wonderful selection of drinks.

Plus! A special guest comedian will also pop up to tell a harrowing tale of survival. This just in… it’s Dan Eastman!

Let’s Do This!!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 – 8:00pm
L’etage
624 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Admission: FREE!

Also, join us on our new Facebook Page! It’s filled with baby and food photos just like you asked for!!

Podcast: www.usedwigsradio.com

Tasteful Nudes by Dave Hill: The Incredible Music Video

Yup, Dave Hill wrote a book called “Tasteful Nudes” and it will be making sweet, consensual love to other books (mostly chick lit) on bookstore shelves in May. I read an advanced copy and it’s extremely funny and filled with lots of life-affirming stuff that will inspire you to be a better person, get in shape and take up guitar. Pre-order now!

I never really enjoyed a TEDx talk until this one. Really inspirational, very touching. Starring Ted Travelstead, directed by Scott Jacobson.

Good Luck Everyone: Book Club

Get More Good Luck Everyone with Andrew Condell at andrewcondell.com.

Originally posted 2/23/11, updated 1/7/12.

Remember when comedian Dave Hill came to Philly last February at Connie’s Ric Rac and the March before that at the World Cafe Live during the UsedWigs Live Show and blew the doors off? And remember how much your sides, belly and palms hurt from laughing and high-fiving your pals during Dave’s killer set? Yeah, that was crazy! Well guess what laugh lovers? Dave is coming back to Philly this Thursday, January 12th, at the Tin Angel because he loves this city so god-damned much. UsedWigs pals, ball-busting Nikki Walter and the always elegant Daniel Eastman, will also be performing. A few tickets are still available, get em now.

I asked Dave what are his five favorites things about Philly. Here are the top 5 of the 73 answers he supplied.

1. That really big mural of Dr. J on that one building:

I have never really followed basketball, but I still totally know who Dr. J is and I think it’s really great that there is a seriously large painting of him on the side of a building right there in your town where pretty much anybody can roll up on him any time they want and just say to themselves or whoever else is with them at the moment “Look — there’s Dr. J, the famous basketball player, a man we still talk about to this day. Talk about scoring points — he was great at it.” I also like that Dr. J is dressed in a cool suit in this mural. It’s like he’s just hanging out or something, instead of dressed up in one of his professional basketball outfits. This makes him seem more approachable to me, even though he is two stories high and if a person were ever really that big they could crush you without even thinking about it.

2. This one store I went to:

A couple years ago, I got dim sum (the popular Chinese brunch-like meal) with my friend Maria (who pretty much just bitched about how much she hated Chinese food the whole time. Whatever.) Afterward, we wandered around town and happened upon this one store that sold all sorts of cool stuff. The guy who ran the store told us there was a whorehouse next door, which made us giggle. Anyway, I can’t remember the name of the store, but it had a stuffed hyena in it. Odds are they are out of business by now as the hyena wasn’t for sale and you can’t exactly have a hyena in your store and not expect everyone to want to buy it a whole lot more than anything else you might be selling. Anyway, I did end up buying something else anyway, specifically a DVD of a French movie called “Don’t Deliver Us From Evil,” which is about a couple French schoolgirls who decided to align themselves with Satan instead of listening to the nuns at their school, who are total bitches. As you can probably imagine, that one pretty much writes itself. The nuns lez out, the two Satany girls kill some guy with a log, and they even set themselves on fire at the end. In short, it pretty much has everything. Run, don’t walk, to see this movie.

3. Terry Gross:

I like that Terry Gross, host of the popular “Fresh Air” public radio program, is living right there in your town. I’ve never met Terry (what I call her), but I love the idea that by coming to Philadelphia it suddenly becomes a possibility that I might run into her, cool glasses and all, in her natural habitat. And if that ever happened, I’d probably just say “Hey, Terry. You want to go get a sandwich or something?” Most people probably would have stopped at saying hello. Not me though — I swing for the fences.

4. A low tolerance for bullshit:

Whenever I step off the train and into the train station in Philadelphia (You know —  the one featured in the hit movie “Witness” starring Kelly McGillis in the role of a lifetime and I think she takes her top off at one point) and then out into the streets of Philadelphia, one of the first things I am struck by is how much the people of Philadelphia pretty much have no time for bullshit. I wish I could say the same for the people of Baltimore. Those people are so crazy for bullshit it’s not even funny. Crab cakes at a baseball game? Bullshit. Get over yourselves, Baltimorians. Anyway, that shit and a lot of other shit would never fly in Philly because pretty much everyone there hates bullshit. And I love that they hate bullshit, because I hate bullshit too. When I come to Philadelphia this weekend, I hope to round up a bunch of Philadelphians and just stand around with them while giving the finger to bullshit in all its forms. It’s gonna be pretty great.

5. Non-cheesesteak food options:

A lot of people think cheesesteaks are the only food item available in Philadelphia. This is crazy. I’ve had all sorts of food here and it was delicious. And guess what- none of it was cheesesteaks. In fact, you know what? Fuck cheesesteaks- they are doing fine without me. Another thing is that Questlove lives in Philadelphia. He is a great drummer with great hair, which is great for him and a lot of other people. One time I played a show in Philadelphia with the Walter Schreifels Band at Chuck Treece’s rock club/arts facility place. Questlove was there and I was excited to tell everyone how Questlove was there but then he left. I have other stories. Not about Questlove, but stories in general.

More:

• Keep Twitter Funny: Follow Dave Hill, Todd Barry and Jon Wurster
• Interview with Dave Hill
• @mrdavehill

Referees from Robert Barocci on Vimeo.

Your much-needed sports b-ball fix!

“During a timeout, two college basketball referees discuss the finer points of bringing their off-court hang-ups to bear on their on-court performance.”

Hooray for Ted!

Just two ten dollar bills? That’s an insanely good bargain! If it wasn’t for the talent that is Eli Braden, you would have to pay tens of thousands of American dollars to a team of Weird Al’s to create the high-quality, catchy-as-all-get-out, custom jingles that spew from the throat (and dark black heart) of this man.

Eli just created a Song for UsedWigs Radio Podcast (click link to hear or play below) and thanks to this jaunty jingle, we are now top of the charts and millionaires!

Seriously, check out Eli’s work and enjoy or get yourself a song.

Subscribe/Download: iTunes

Web: asongaday.libsyn.com

Twitter: @elibraden

Pictured: Brian Seymour and Rich Kaufmann at L’etage!

Topics: Food Trucks, Facebook Faux Pas, Email Nudity, Cafe Press Junk, New Music Tuesday, Vinyl & Cassettes & 8-Tracks, “Kink Drink!”, Playing Music in China, Living in a Geodesic Dome, Touring in a Van and The Never-Ending Need to Rock!

Playlist: “Ruby,” “Speak to Me of Young Love” (live), “Coffee Song” (live) and “Every Tomorrow” all by Brian Seymour.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast88.mp3

iTunes: Download, Listen and Subscribe

Brian’s new CD, “Speak to Me of Young Love”, features twelve new songs. Record Release Parties at the Living Room in NYC on October 1st and at Tin Angel in Philly on November 3rd!

Website: www.usedwigsradio.com