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May 16, 2012
PUT A BIRD ON THIS
Fred Armisen plays his favorite songs
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May 8, 2012
Mike Bloomberg Would Probably Like to Host SNL; Seth Meyers Makes No Serious Promises
Forget the cast of Gossip Girl, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and Lady Gaga. Mayor Mike Bloomberg brought in some serious entertainment power to really spice up his press conference this afternoon: Saturday Night Live. Well actually, it was just Seth Meyers. But he got to use the whole stage of S ... More >>
Music
April 18, 2012
Questlove's Quest
The always-working bandleader puts the world on shuffle at BAM
Blogs
March 22, 2012
Russia Still Going About Things All Wrong, and More in our Scientology Stats Roundup
Back in October, we reported that Russian law enforcement agents had raided a Church of Scientology in Moscow, breaking down doors to get into store rooms (see the photo at right). A court there had found L. Ron Hubbard's literature to be "extremist," and called for a ban on his books in Russia. Y ... More >>
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March 9, 2012
Sandra Bernhard Outs Whitney
On Rosie O'Donnell's show on OWN, Sandra Bernhard appeared. Must have been lesbian comic night. And Sandra said something to the effect that Whitney Houston's demise stemmed from an inability to accept her sexuality and the weirdness that resulted from that.
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Live: The Secret Policeman's Ball Speaks Freely At Radio City Music Hall
The Secret Policeman's Ball: Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, and many others Radio City Music Hall Sunday, March 4 Better than: Watching the Lohan Saturday Night Live on DVR. Going to a live show that's actually meant to be broadcast on television can be a deadly propositio ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 15, 2012
'Fred Armisen's Playlist Live!'
The Secret Policeman's Ball: Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, and many others Radio City Music Hall Sunday, March 4 Better than: Watching the Lohan Saturday Night Live on DVR. Going to a live show that's actually meant to be broadcast on television can be a deadly propositio ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Live: Fred Armisen And Carrie Brownstein Turn The Music Hall Of Williamsburg Into Brooklandia
Portlandia: The Tour Music Hall of Williamsburg Friday, January 20 Better than: Watching television (but who has one anyway?). In the middle of a nearly two-hour set of live sketches, improv riffing, and unseen clips, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, the stars of IFC's Portlandia, strapped on g ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
PUT A BIRD ON IT
Portlandia live on stage
Voice Choices
December 7, 2011
DOUBLE THE FUN
Plenty of Mirman for all
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March 24, 2011
Live: Yo La Tengo (and David Byrne! and Glenn Mercer!) Come Together For Japan at Maxwell's
David Byrne and Yo La Tengo care. All photos by Jesse Jarnow.Yo La Tengo Maxwell's Wednesday, March 23 Better than: Sitting home alone fretting about cataclysmic awfulness. It's been 26 years since Yo La Tengo played every Wednesday at Maxwell's, and a last-minute benefit for Peace Wi ... More >>
Music
March 2, 2011
Carrie Brownstein, Renaissance Grrl
Life after Sleater-Kinney includes a comedy sideline and a new not-supergroup
Voice Choices
March 2, 2011
WTF IS THIS?
Podcasting with indie greats in Gowanus
Blogs
December 13, 2010
Fred Armisen's Portlandia to Poke Fun at Food Culture in Portland
From freeganism to hyper-locavorism, food culture in Portland is like Brooklyn dining on organic housemade crack. Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Life and Carrie Brownstein write and star in Portlandia, a comedy show premiering on IFC next month that pokes fun at, among other things, food culture i ... More >>
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September 25, 2010
Gov. David Paterson Coming to SNL Tonight
"Fuck SNL and the whole cast," New York governor David Paterson rapped in his comeback single "Power," continuing, "Tell 'em David said they can kiss my whole ass." Now, after years of being somewhat mercilessly tortured by a Fred Armisen caricature (pictured) -- focused on the governor's bli ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
This is What You Get for Saying "Fuck" On Your First Episode of Saturday Night Live: The New SNL Cast Primer
Saturday Night Live is switching up their cast, and the New York Times has confirmed the new lineup. Who's out and who's in this season, which everyone will tell you is worse than the season before regardless?
Voice Choices
June 15, 2010
IS THIS A JOKE?
Comedy actors finally score a film break!
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Tim Gunn Added to Ludicrous Smurf Movie Roster
As Tim Gunn would say, "This worries me." However, because we love nothing more than to keep you updated with regard to this godforsaken, East Village-invading Smurf movie, you ought to know that adorable Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn has been added to the cast.
Blogs
April 27, 2010
East Village Braces for Smurf Attack
E.V. Grieve alerts us to this one: Signs are now posted on 7th Street and Avenue A warning residents that their cars will be towed if they're not moved by 10 p.m. Wednesday evening, because come Thursday morning, a Smurfy good time will ensue!
Voice Choices
April 27, 2010
STARRY NIGHTS
Celebs show the downtown theater scene some love
Blogs
April 15, 2010
The Census Is a Lot Like the Time You Lost Your Virginity
Soooo awkwardSo today's your last day to fill out the census (supposedly) before you can expect some lovely government-enabled body to come pound on your door demanding facts and figures and being generally pushy and bureaucracy-oriented. And since we personally have been alternately bored/co ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Q&A: Marielle Heller, Star and Playwright of The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Spills Her Guts
At only 15, Little Minnie -- the main character of Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl -- is growing up way too fast. She's failing school, hanging out with the wrong crowd, and has begun an affair with her alcoholic mother's boyfriend. Yikes! Marielle Heller, who stars ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
New St. Vincent Video: "Laughing With a Mouth of Blood," Featuring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein
Not news that St. Vincent's Annie Clark has all kinds of special friends--she just came off a week in NYC that involved performing with everyone from David Byrne to Bon Iver's Justin Vernon to the National. So of course she pulled ThunderAnt, who go by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein when not d ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 2, 2010
JUST BETWEEN BROS
Dudes hug it out with Paul Rudd
Voice Choices
January 26, 2010
LIVE FROM NEW YORK . . .
Skip 30 Rock and head downtown
Music
December 15, 2009
Lunch With Jawbox
Jimmy Fallon boasts a bizarre but wonderful D.C. punk reunion
Blogs
May 11, 2009
"Spitzer" Joins "Paterson" on SNL
Are we awful for enjoying the Saturday Night Live Paterson gags? They're certainly dopey, focusing as they do on Paterson's blindness, drug and sex history, and epochal unpopularity. And New Jersey! But we like dopey sketches, and are pleased that Fred Armisen has found a political character that ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 31, 2008
KEEP YOUR SHORTS ON
Eat your heart out, Andy Samberg!
Blogs
December 29, 2008
Live: All Eight Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo
photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2008
SNL Mocks Paterson As Bumbling Cokehead; Gov Raps Blind Jokes
photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2008
Don Draper Drinks PBR, Owns an iPhone?
photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2008
Times Joylessly Analyzes Lack of Obama Jokes
photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 23, 2008
INSIDE JOKE
A comedy festival that can laugh at itself
Film
September 10, 2008
Wayne Coyne's Christmas on Mars
A comedy festival that can laugh at itself
Film
August 19, 2008
Rainn Wilson Goes Metal in The Rocker
A comedy festival that can laugh at itself
Voice Choices
February 26, 2008
BACK TO WORK
Fred Armisen performs just for us one last time
NYC Life
October 24, 2006
That '70s Show
'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown
Columns
November 1, 2005
NY Mirror
'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown
NYC Life
July 6, 2004
Prog Rock
Musical youth support Kerry-Edwards victory with nationwide concerts

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