Topics: Winter Olympics, We Are The World Part II: Who Is 2010’s Dan Aykroyd?, Lionel Richie’s Giant Hand, Olympic Sex & Giant Bag of Olympic Condoms, Discontinued Dumb Olympic Sports, Bad Mascots, McDonald’s Grimace and Man Babies
Playlist: The Soft Pack, Magnetic Fields, Half Acre Day, The Holy Mess and Rocky Votolato
Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast72.mp3
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.
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.
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!
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. [...]
Topics: Fall Fashion, Stupid J Crew Barn Jackets Revisited, Dungarees, Long Trail Beer, Overly-Coddled College Kids, Classic Childhood Meals, Beatles Reissues and Favorite TV Comedies of All Time! Playlist: Mystery of Two, Blind Pilot, Anavan, Owen and The Traditionist.
Two Interviews! Music: Nickodemus! and Comedy:Bert Rotundo of Generation Awesome Topics: UsedWigs Live Recap, The Fleeting Fame of Megan Fox, Golf Ruins Everything, LARPing, Todd Gets Angry at Magazines, Pavement, Doug Benson’s “I Love Movies,” iPhone ToyCamera, iPhone Pano and Paste Magazine. Playlist: Kevin McAdams, Oppenheimer, Nickodemus, We Were Promised Jetpacks and Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
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.”
Interviews: Zach Condon of Beirut and The Presidents of the United States. Topics: Spray Tans, Summer Job Catastrophes, Knife Salesman, Best Philly Concert Venues, “UsedWigs Live”, Steve Forbert, Rob Corddry, Sports Illustrated Football Phone, An Event Apart. Playlist: Ice Palace, Beirut, Iron and Wine, The Presidents of the United States and Greycoats.
What are the necessary aims of a good topical Facebook status update? It should entertain, delight, challenge, blow a mind or two. This is all about realizing and fully accepting that Facebook is a stage, and we’re all players.
