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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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 71: UsedWigs Live Part II Announcement, Movie Talk and The Future of The Printed Book! »

Topics: 2001 & 2010 Space Odyssey, Stupid New Year’s Resolutions, UsedWigs Live Part II, Movie Previews, Saturday Night Live’s Awful Movie History, The Mule Voice, The Mac Tablet, Future of The Printed Books, Go Team Conan! Playlist: Aloha, Starlight Mints, Dawn Landes, Drink Up Buttercup and Malcolm Middleton.

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Gift Idea: UsedWigs “Quality Workday Distractions” Book »

I’m pretty certain the Internet will blow up soon, and with that, millions upon million of nonsense-filled webpages and countless gigs of nut-punching videos will be lost forever. Sad, but it’s inevitable.
That’s why I gathered up some of my favorite musings from this website and put them in book form.

They shall be preserved for the future generation of belligerent, ferocious apes who will one day enslave all humans and rule the earth… and learn to read. In that exact order. So, that’s why this book is staring you in the face. It’s for the apes.

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 69: Talking Music, Radio, Comedy and Wrestling with Guest Jon Solomon of WPRB »

Topics: Jon Solomon’s Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show, Reunited Bands (Good Ones), Tegan and Sara Love, Albert Brooks & Comedy Minus One, Old Comedy Records, Gallagher Too, Macho Man Randy Savage & Top-notch Wrestling Music, Professional Radio Voices, Remembering Jerry Fuchs, Horrible All Star Tributes. Playlist:Tegan and Sara, White Rabbits, Kurt Vile, Obits and Maserati

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 68: Interview with Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio, Rain Machine) and Russ Gets Trapped in a Cave! »

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Interview: Kyp Malone. Playlist: The Lawrence Arms, The Swimmers, TV on the Radio, Rain Machine and Alkaline Trio. Topics: Man Chins, Pangaea Beer, Smokey and The Bandit, Shuttered Businesses, Haggling, Car Buying Tips, Scary Movie Trivia, Russ Gets Trapped in a Cave!

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 67: TV Spin-Offs, Football Talk, Canned Beer, Beatles Rock Band and Worst Smell Ever! »

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Topics: Best TV Spin-offs, Football Talk (not really), Disappointing Gifts, Planet of The Apes, uStream Video, Canned Beer, Classic Albums with a Great 1-2-3 Punch, Twitter Celebrity World News!, Todd vs. Conservative Blogger, Aziz Ansari, Beatles Rock Band and The Worst Smell Ever!
Playlist: Sky Larkin, Cursive, Colin MacIntyre and All Smiles. [...]

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 64: Interviews with Joshua Winstead of Metric and Actress Erin Gray (at Wizard World!) »

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Interviews: Joshua Winstead from Metric and Erin Gray (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers). Topics: A Visit to Wizard World, Tales of Youthful Geekiness, Dungeons & Dragons, Best Trackball Video Games, Homemade Junkyard Dog T-shirt, Scoop Starke: War Correspondant, Lou Ferrigno, Old Pro Wrestlers, Chewbacca is a Bore.

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"UsedWigs Live" Recap »

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Team UsedWigs, Inc. pulled off our first “live” show this past Friday night and it was a ton o’ fun. Critics raved, “They sure drink a lot, especially in a coffee house.” and “The seats were very comfortable.”

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 56: World's Shortest Holiday Spectacular! »

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Guests: Jim Gladstone and SM Shrake. Topics: The Outsiders, Kegs and Party Balls, Scaring Orphans, Favorite Stuff of 2008, Philly Boy Roy, Emo Philips, The Pretenders, Records and 45s, Podcast-killing Technical Difficulties. Playlist: Friendly Foes, Little Jackie, The Hush Now, The Futureheads and Cliff Hillis.

Preview: “Third Rock from The Sun is my favorite [...]

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Adios Grandmaster Mow Mow »

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Besides the expected bike, car and machine gun, is there a piece of machinery that you’ve grown attached to? Something you’ll have a hard time parting with as you put it out next to your disgusting garbage cans awaiting the final death crunch of the garbage truck’s massive crushy-crushers?

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