I perform at Upright Citizens Brigade, write for NTSF:SD:SUV:: & Funny or Die and drink milkshakes. Now you know me. Find me on Twitter, Funny or Die, or at UCB.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Sea of Love is my favorite song off of the album that is currently pretty much the only thing that I’m playing in heavy rotation.
Also, the kid in the video is the best.
Here’s The Version of Psycho Killer featuring Arthur Russell on Cello That You Didn’t Know You Needed Until Now
Were you always like “I LIKE Psycho Killer by Talking Heads, but I just wish it had some more ominous cello playing in it”? Well, you’re in luck! Here is an outtake version of Psycho Killer featuring Arthur Russell playing cello and it is really, really good.
This whole album is what I’ll be listening to with all my windows open for the next few weeks…
Marvel night!
This was a thing that happened this weekend!
True story: When I was a kid, I DESPERATELY wanted to play this Marvel RPG but was severely hampered by the fact that you need other people to play it with and I had no friends. It was a severe source of stress for me, that there was this game involving my favorite comic characters and there was no one who would play it with me. So instead, I just read the game books and THOUGHT about what might happen if I actually got to play the game. Sometimes, I’d just move figures around the map and improvise scenes between heroes and villains by myself.
Yep… I was a pretty cool kid.
After working in the comedy web video coal mines of Funny or Die for three years, I’m moving on to other things*! So, now that my time of spamming my social media presence with new videos every week is over, I thought I’d conveniently re-post a list of my favorite videos I got to work on while I was there!
- Children’s Theater Critic w/ Alfred Molina
- Kids Songs w/ Cat Power
- Cop-puter
- Lenny Kravitz Is Angry
- Quirky Girl
- Valentine’s Day Writer’s Room
- Rufus Wainwright Does Gum
- A video I shot with Jean Dujardin called Jean Dujardin Will Steal Your Girlfriend that never got released but trust me, it was pretty good!
Also, bar none, my favorite two videos that were made during my time at Funny or Die are Scott Gairdner’s Eyehole Paintings and Steamrollers. If you haven’t seen them, watch them and let your day get better!
*”Other things” means playing Bioshock and coming up with new and more interesting songs about my dogs.
Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper (the creators of Look Around You) have a new video and that means that you should stop what you’re doing right now and watch it.
Henry is the greatest character in the history of cinema.
I just discovered that, unbeknownst to me, this Sendak exhibit has a quote from me on the wall. I don’t know why and they ALMOST got my name right! And hell yes, I’m bragging.
I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress. I know what a complicated issue is; I know what it feels like to take a tough vote. This was neither. These senators made their decision based on political fear and on cold calculations about the money of special interests like the National Rifle Association, which in the last election cycle spent around $25 million on contributions, lobbying and outside spending.
Gabby Giffords on today’s vote that shot down expanded background checks for guns.
Read her whole editorial in the NY Times. It should be required reading.
In case you’re wondering who to blame for the failure to pass strengthened gun control background checks, here’s a handy guide to exactly who is completely owned and operated by the NRA.
