Topics: Bands Overcoming Novelty Songs, Bridesmaids, The Oscars, Technology Overload, Answering Machines, Party Lines, NPR Slinging the Guilt, Russ’s Spreadsheet Update, Punk Bands and Terrible TV Product Placements. Playlist: “Waiting for Something” by Nada Surf, “Lightshow” by Plants and Animals, “Forever Won’t Wait” by the Steve Adamyk Band and “UsedWigs” by Eli Braden. Play Now: [...]

Topics: Holiday Fun, Worst Gifts Ever Given, Worst Gifts Ever Received, Dating Do’s and Don’ts, Gift Cards, Homemade Bikes, Fruit Presents, Hiding Twitter from Coworkers, People Being Horrible on Twitter, Men’s Fragrances, Tiny Husbands, Awkward Hugs, Best-Selling Christmas Music, Uncanny Valley, New Year’s Eve Hookups and The Kinks.

Our UsedWigs Holiday Shows are always super fun! We’ll have gifts, awesome guests and lots of (snow)ball busting! Plus, you can eat holiday crepes filled with roasted chestnuts or snow or tinsel or any other fillings you want, we don’t  judge you on what you eat at our shows. Unless it’s reindeer, that is awful [...]

Hi loved ones, in addition to my laborious UsedWigs nonsense-spewing, I’m very excited to be contributing to the mighty Low Times. Here’s my first bit of business for them: Good Cover / Bad Cover – “Someday I Will Treat You Good” For every good cover version of a song, there is a bad one. Sorry, [...]

Guests: Madame Fromage and Nikki Walter. Topics: Cheese, Cheese Tastings, Cheese Pairings, Cheese Angels, Cheese Caves, Cheesemongers, Raw Milk Cheese, Stinky Cheese, Falling Accidents, Running Accidents, Songs Stuck in Your Head, Fresh Beat Band, Chumbawamba, Red Lobster, Eli Braden, Michael Ian Black and More Cheese!

Three of my most favorite people – Maggie Serota, Daniel Ralston and Tom Scharpling – just launched a new music podcast, Low Times, and as you would expect, it’s super duper! What is it exactly? Well, silly, I’ll let them tell you: Low Times is a music podcast hosted by Tom Scharpling (The Best Show on [...]

Guest: Jon Solomon has been playing and promoting top-notch indie music for years on the mighty WPRB. He can be heard every Wednesday night from 7:00 – 10:00 pm ET. Listen at wprb.com! Topics: Pumpkin Chucking, Russ “Fireballer” Starke, Fruit Slingshots, Halloween Superstores, Gig Posters, Jon’s 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show, Lenny & Squiggy, Ric Flair, [...]

Todd sits down for a quick chat with the always delightful Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel of Mates of States at the POPPED! Music Festival in Philly. They discuss digital music, Spotify, marriage, parenting, Daniel Johnston and being the house band on “This American Life.”

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!

Topics: Novelty Sleeping Bags, Bad Camping Tips, Children’s TV Hosts’ Clothes, Comedy Improv, Puppet Hands, Junk Drawers, Story Telling, Barbra Streisand, Washington D.C. Etiquette, Adam West, Eyebrow Plucking, Joke Thieves, David Bowie’s Patented Brush Off Technique. Playlist: “Philadelphia (The City of Brotherly Love)” by We Are Augustines and “Bobby” by Butcher The Bar