[Ayatollah Colm Meaney strokes neck beard]

[Ayatollah Colm Meaney strokes neck beard]

I saw them in March of this year. Patrick announced that TA were recording an album in a few weeks and the short tour was to help them polish the new songs. And those new songs were pretty damn good, though quite different than the epic blue-collar songs of The Monitor. The songs were definitely more upbeat, about 4…

I saw them in March of this year. Patrick announced that TA were recording an album in a few weeks and the short tour was to help them polish the new songs. And those new songs were pretty damn good, though quite different than the epic blue-collar songs of The Monitor. The songs were definitely more upbeat, about 4…

Truuue stor-ay!

Truuue stor-ay!

Spoiler alert! The cameo is Matt LeBlanc and the monkey from Ed.

Spoiler alert! The cameo is Matt LeBlanc and the monkey from Ed.

From Bzooty to Whiskeyclone.

From Bzooty to Whiskeyclone.

Their Information Retrieved 7" has a hell of an easter egg on it. There is a track titled CLOAD Q (which is a command in TRS80 BASIC to load a file named Q) that sounds like computer data, so someone converted the sounds into ones and zeroes and the result is a Pinback video game. Here is a picture of the game: http://…

Their Information Retrieved 7" has a hell of an easter egg on it. There is a track titled CLOAD Q (which is a command in TRS80 BASIC to load a file named Q) that sounds like computer data, so someone converted the sounds into ones and zeroes and the result is a Pinback video game. Here is a picture of the game: http://…

Says O'Connell: You'll never guess my secret identity.

Says O'Connell: You'll never guess my secret identity.

Similarly, I am going to imagine what Tim Heidecker's song sounds like without listening to it, and my imagination says that it's not funny. 

Similarly, I am going to imagine what Tim Heidecker's song sounds like without listening to it, and my imagination says that it's not funny. 

As a Deerhoof fan, I would suggest that you do not listen to anymore Deerhoof albums. There's at least one "Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back" equivalent on each of their records. I find those songs to be cheeky fun, no different than They Might Be Giants' output, though I understand how a listener seeking a more…

As a Deerhoof fan, I would suggest that you do not listen to anymore Deerhoof albums. There's at least one "Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back" equivalent on each of their records. I find those songs to be cheeky fun, no different than They Might Be Giants' output, though I understand how a listener seeking a more…

The above scene for the non-Futurama crowd: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The above scene for the non-Futurama crowd: https://www.youtube.com/wat…