By Jeff on Dec 5, 2010 in Books, Gift Ideas, Press | 13 Comments

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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By Jeff on Aug 10, 2010 in Comedy, Podcast | 0 Comments

Topics: Joys of Canned Beer, Pop Culture, Reality TV, Old Guy Section at Rock Shows, Musicians’ Day Jobs, Comic-Con, Green Super Heroes, 3-D Movies, Jeff is Not a Fan of G. Love, Local Philly Celebrities, Crying During “Annie,” Michelob Ginger Wheat Detergent Beer. Playlist: We Are Scientists, 1000000 A.D., Adam Franklin and The Bolts of Melody and Vertinsky Dogs.
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By Jeff on Dec 17, 2009 in Podcast | 0 Comments

Musical Guest: Brian Seymour. Playlist: Dismemberment Plan, Sufjan Stevens, Brian Seymour, Centro-matic. Topics: Scott’s Mister Microphone, Jeff’s Made-Up Belgian History, Todd’s Perv Mustache, Brian’s Man Voice, Most Popular Holidays Albums, Top Songs of The Year, Billy Squier, Hall & Oates, Kings of Leon’s Very Bad Song, Chinese Music Fans, Feast of Seven Fishes, Ethnic Holiday Foods, Home Recording vs Studio Recording, Donut Thursday and Movie Talk!
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By Jeff on Mar 11, 2009 in Podcast | 2 Comments

Topics: Gene Ween, Pirate Bay File Sharing, Eating Humans, Conan & Late Night TV, SXSW, Music Festivals, That Dumb Journey Song, Al Pacino Stinks, Sci-Fi Philly! Playlist: The Spinto Band, O Pioneers!!!, Fiction Family, Heartless Bastards and Dog Day.
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By Jeff on Feb 19, 2009 in Podcast | 0 Comments

UsedWigs Radio Podcast 58: Topics: Sharing Too Much on Facebook, Sam Adams Utopias Tasting, “The Thing with Two Heads,” Ellipsis, Depressing Places, Todd’s Criminal Dentist, Shepard Fairey, Ticketmaster Boo! and Springsteen is corny. Playlist: The Answering Machine, Bishop Allen, Boy in Static, Youth Group and Andrew Bird.
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By Jeff on Dec 19, 2008 in Podcast | 0 Comments

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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By Jeff on Sep 4, 2008 in Podcast | 0 Comments

Guest: Nicole Brewer from CBS3 Philly! Interview: El Vez. Topics: Dated Olympics Talk, Stormtrooper Eating Habits, “Beauty Contests,” Geekadelphia, New Facebook, Philly Accents, Russ’s Africa Trip, Small Audiences, Todd’s Hair Update, Cologne, Polyphasic Sleep. Playlist: Bound Stems, Jukebox the Ghost, Spoonfork, El Vez, Johnny Foreigner.
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By Jeff on Jul 25, 2008 in Podcast | 0 Comments

Topics: Russ Likes Sex and The City, “Ultimate Washington Insider” SM Shrake, The Count Censored, Smartass Darth Vader, Going Acoustic and The Bon Jovi Effect, Night Ranger, RCRD LBL. Playlist: Ninja Gun, Sparky Dog. Preview: “You may or may not know, but you can’t tell what a puppet is saying by reading its lips…” Play [...]
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By Jeff on Mar 3, 2008 in Music, Podcast | 4 Comments

Topics: Epcot, Dark Sky Parks, The Smurfs Movie, Scandinavia, Puppet Comedians, Daytrotter, Perfect Whopper Construction, Album Covers. Playlist: Bob Mould, Wolfkin, Vampire Weekend (Daytrotter Session), Say Hi, Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band and Ferraby Lionheart. Preview: “That sounds like the worst trip anyone could ever go on.” Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast44.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes Website: www.usedwigsradio.com [...]
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By Jeff on Oct 16, 2007 in Lists | 0 Comments

Every day milestones are reached but sometimes go unnoticed. Here are some lesser known yet still impressive events we caught using The Wigometer 3000™, our super-powered, pop-culture-detecting radar system. 200th time this week someone told you, “You must watch Mad Men!” 1,000th time today Kanye West has impressed himself 500th Thriller group dance routine performed [...]
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