As a delayed birthday present, a friend took me out to see Paul & Storm and John Hodgman at the Birchmere on Friday. I wasn't expecting too much, because Mr. Hodgman has the one schtick, a variation on The Confident Idiot. Turns out he's a fine raconteur? It wasn't stand-up per se, but I wasn't bored a minute.

Highlights:He started the set by ( Read more... )

HAR HAR. I was listening to Spider On The Web #31 on the train home last night, and this morning, I dreamt I was watching a bunch of old hippies sitting around on big striped pillows and lying to each other about The Old Days. Janis Joplin was there, despite being dead, and Mr. Robinson, too. He was trying to convince her that they had had made ( Read more... )

Greetings from Nurnberg, y'all ( Read more... )