In this painfully funny Quick Tap (short episodes with short stories for short attention spans), Book of Boba Fett’s Dave Pasquesi tells us about having a bloody tough time on a movie set; MADtv’s Stephnie Weir reveals why she didn’t have too much fun with Dick and Jane and Jim Carrey; and New Model Army’s…
Read MoreActor Amy Brenneman goes all method on us when she recounts becoming the first person in network television history to take off their clothes onscreen; the embarrassment she felt trying to snap a selfie with punk rock icon Patti Smith; and what it’s been like to work with some of the greatest actors in history…
Read More11-year Saturday Night Live vet Fred Armisen steps out of character for a moment to tell us about the time the Beatle’s George Harrison dropped a reference to Spinal Tap; what’s his all-time favorite drummer joke; and how he nearly became road kill during a Portlandia sketch. Fred grams: @sordociego Fred webs: http://www.fredarmisen.com ————————————————– Get…
Read MoreNeed a quick infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Don’t miss Quick Taps – short episodes with short stories for short attention spans. In this episode filled with close encounters of the Bowie kind, Allen overuses David’s song titles to set up moments when the Man Who Sold the World was at a grocery store during…
Read More311 singer/guitarist Nick Hexum cruises through a mosaic of stories like the time his entire band nearly combusted like a gaggle of Spinal Tap drummers; how he got to play with his idol, Joe Strummer from The Clash, along with a supergroup of Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Bonebrake from X, Rage Against…
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On March 2nd, 1984, This Is Spinal Tap hit the theaters to universal acclaim including *Two Thumbs Up* from Siskel and Ebert who said, “It feels like a documentary, works as a great comedy, and succeeds in telling us the story of this very badly confused rock band.” To celebrate this momentous anniversary, Alex and…
Read MoreLess Than Jake frontman and fellow Evergreen Podcast Network podmaster Chris DeMakes doesn’t ska-daddle when we ask him about his band’s obsession with Pez dispensers; how he ended up hanging out with Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton one night in Tallahassee; and what happened when Little Richard accidentally walked into his hotel room. Follow the Chris DeMakes…
Read MoreTo celebrate Dan Wilson’s third Grammy Award (for Country Song of the Year with Chris Stapleton), we’re revisiting our conversation where Dan opens-up on how the demo version of Adele’s “Someone Like You” made it onto her album; why he’s not upset that Oasis’s Noel Gallagher dissed his songwriting partner Taylor Swift; and how the…
Read MoreThe Police drummer waives his rights and confesses to fracturing Sting’s rib over a copy of the New York Times; how many more albums the band could have cranked out if they hadn’t spilt up in 1986; and why it was necessary to call 911 when Cream drummer Ginger Baker paid a noisy visit to…
Read MoreJerry cools our swelling, itching brains with his tales about the time David Bowie wanted to produce Devo; when Virgin Records founder Richard Branson tried to get Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten to front the band; and what Rolling Stone Mick Jagger did the first time he heard their amazing version of “Satisfaction.” Chris…
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