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It's time to clear the docket! Beard stubble, shower hair, Friendsgiving, sleeping while listening to podcasts, the difference between SUVs and trucks, and much much more! Check out Ryan McDonough's (aka "Cuervo Man") film LAST NIGHT IN ROZZIE at lastnightinrozzie.com! And check out Election Profit Makers, available where you get your podcasts! For more David Rees, take a look at Get Your War On!
Shonali Bhowmik and Christian Felix co-host a chat, music, variety talk show with guests comedian and oversharer Calvin Cato; humorist, cartoonist, artisanal pencil sharpener and tv host David Rees along with music by Tigers and Monkeys. Christian Felix is back in his co-hosting seat after a trip to Singapore where they know how to deal with the heat. Calvin Cato, a self professed oversharer, explains how as a premed major, he made his way into the world of comedy. Calvin wrote an open letter to his white male friends and WDEK endorses his sentiment. Get It Off Your Chest with audience member Martina Potratz. If you ever wondered, strangers really do yell things out at pregnant women in the streets. David Rees is a master of many trades including a fact checker, an artisanal pencil sharpener, the creator of the cartoon Get Your War On, the host of a tv show called Going Deep (find it online) but one of his most important works was his Financial Transparency - Journey Into Hell presentation. Both David and Christian protect themselves from the heat with help of a handkerchief. Tigers & Monkeys, a band led by WDEK's own Shonali Bhowmik just released their third full length album titled Saturday Destroyer. Shonali along with bandmates Jason Lam, Anthony Cangelosi and Russell Dungan perform stripped down versions of their songs Over The Sun, Magic Marker and Dinosaurs Surrender.
The blackest of Black Fridays to you! This week's episode of HOW WAS YOUR WEEK kicks off with a talk with the very funny DAVID REES (How To Sharpen Pencils, Get Your War On) about his career path from cartoonist to artisanal pencil sharpening, and how the census and his divorce played a part in that unique journey. Then, Tony-winner and fabulous actress LAURA BENANTI (Gypsy, Go On) is here to tell us about why she thinks cats are face-eaters, the time she got wasted with Patti LuPone and woke up in the shower, and what it's like to have a womanly face. Also, humidifiers and why/how they frustrate! Stuffing's status as a fine holiday food! The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and its wan offerings! And a treatise about boy-puss. A fine, non-turkey of a show!
Yams! This last Tuesday, Lizz Winstead, creator of The Daily Show, founder of Air America Radio and author of Lizz Free or Die; David Rees, author of Get Your War On and How to Sharpen Pencils; and Carl Newman of The New Pornographers joined us for a fantastically fun episode taped live at UCB East. Beginnzers, buckle your hearing-enjoyment nodules to your skull 'cause this a real barn-burner as we get in deep about The Shaggs, Paul McCartney and vaginal teeth. Hakuna dentata, friends! (also, next live episode is October 9th, 8pm, UCB East - we'd love to see you there!)
Beginnzers! This episode was totes fun, hun! Last Tuesday, we were joined live at UCB East with some of our favorite comedians (and people! all nice and friendly!) including Thu Tran, creator of IFC's Food Party; James Adomian, stand-up and Comedy Bang! Bang! favorite; Nikki Glaser, stand-up and co-host of the great podcast You Had to Be There and my new favorite band Swearin'. This is a super-fun episode, so break out your Enjoyment Slacks and dig in!Also! Don't forget the next live episode on September 11th at 8pm at UCB East - Lizz Winstead, creator of The Daily Show and Air America, and David Rees, cartoonist and author of Get Your War On and How to Sharpen Pencils plus more!
David Rees joins us to discuss Afghanistan and his new installment of Get Your War On for New York magazine. Plus, Bill Scher and Traci Olsen analyze Obama's negotiation strategy during the lame duck congressional session and his reaction the deficit commission's final report.
What's more important, Obama's personnel or his policies? Plus, David Rees talks about the final Get Your War On book compilation.
Who knew that taking benign clip art of office toadies and filling their word balloons with blisteringly profane political commentary would propel you to the upper echelons of contemporary American satire? David Rees, apparently. His comic strip, "Get Your War On," is carried by Rolling Stone and alternative newspapers across the country (including, FYI, lawrence.com at one point) and has recently been adapted into an animated series appearing online at The Huffington Post and 23/6 News. "Get Your War On," filthy and Bush-bashing as it is, has exhibited in museums and been praised by the New York Times as a "glorious excoriation of our post-9/11 loony bin." To celebrate the release of "Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror, 2001-2008," David Rees graciously joined us to talk shit on a bunch of things.
Show #15: Alan Moore's Top 10, Brad Rader, TEX!, Get Your War On