I haven't written about the They Might Be Giants show at The Egg in Albany! First of all, The Egg really IS that strange. Sean and I were standing outside of it thinking, "Is this . . . right?" Or as John Flansburgh says, "You can never get used to it." Also, Albany itself was very surreal. We were in what looked like a downtown district at 6:00 on ( Read more... )

This weekend was eventful but I'm exhausted now! Yesterday I spent most of the morning/afternoon aboard Randstad's clipper ship, The Stad. The company was founded in Amsterdam in 1960 and several years ago there was a shortage of jobs over there, so they commissioned a bunch of people to build this ship. The crew sails it across the ocean once ( Read more... )

Episode 273: In which Stacy attempts to reach into her own head and pull herself back up again ( Read more... )

Well, no post-show Flansburgh action for me. (Booooo!) But last night's show was really great and they varied the set a little bit, plus we didn't have to sit through an opening band! Plus, they had played a show for kids earlier in the day and Flans said "fuck" and "shit" a lot, and that was hot. The venue was neat. Even in the front row of the ( Read more... )

Last night Sean and I went to see They Might Be Giants at the Somerville Theater. I had never been to Davis Square before. There's a lot of stuff there! It's also where my comedy class is tomorrow, so I know exactly where I'm supposed to go. We left early enough, but traffic was crazy and there was NO PLACE TO PARK anywhere near the venue. We drove ( Read more... )

Dear The Kids in the Hall,

Why did you CANCEL the Providence show? Weren't you aware that I had a front row ticket?! Could you at least schedule another one? Laaaaammmmmme ( Read more... )

With as many sincere fan letters as I've written to the people I most admire in my lifetime, you'd think I'd be a seasoned professional by now. These days, I only write a letter like that when I'm going to be meeting the person somehow and I can physically place it in his hand. It's very tricky business, figuring out exactly how to word things. Do ( Read more... )

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The motherfucking heroes of my life, The Kids in the Hall, are doing another tour! It's too good to be true and I hoped against hope that this would happen but didn't think it would! I found out today via text message and I've never in my life come as close to hyperventilating as I did at that moment. I have a fourth row ticket to the Boston show ( Read more... )

I just watched the original "Funny Games" and I must be honest. Despite the fact that really awful things happen, the thought of Michael Pitt being the one wearing those white gloves and emotionally torturing people makes me pretty sure that I'll have to duct tape my hands to the theater armrests so that I won't feel compelled to shove them down my ( Read more... )