I knew about him for "Still Alive" and Artificial Heart, but I hear him most as the musical performer for NPR's Ask Me Another.

Starring Chelcie Ross.

As an erstwhile transplanted Hoosier whose parents (and parents-in-law) live next door to Evansville, I've driven past this house and many other historic/old-timey homes in the area. As a newlywed whose wife skims Trulia listings for old houses, I find $129,000 to be a pretty good deal for a house that old and with…

Except louder and deeper.

After hearing the album four times in a week (twice streaming, twice on my turntable), I think this album will benefit from a long-term acquaintance. The first two times, it felt long and undistinguished in the second half—I thought "Cake" was the closer until three more songs came on. (In a similar vein, the Beastie…

The A.V. Club
As Seen on "The Simpsons,"
Heard on NPR,
and Read on WFMU

I heard Rabin on NPR a while back, though I can't remember what he was talking about aside from movies. It was kind of a morale-booster for me, even though I had nothing to do with it. (Yeah! We made it!)

♫ Eeeeev'ryonnnne is an aaaastronaaaaaut… ♪

Is it too early to cast a vote for best Newswire? This is fuckin' great.

I'd have trouble telling their voices apart.

Wait wait…don't tell me! Okay—ask me another.

A Prairie Home Companion did it!

Breaking Better

Or the Family Guy shot of the family sitting on or near the couch facing the TV with vague smiles and thousand-yard stares with no blinking.

What I want to know is:

This aside bothered me a little, too. Musical greeting cards aren't plugged in, but they must use some small power source.

GOLIMAR!
GOLI-MAR-MAr-Mar-mar-mar…

MAH'-INNNNN
MAH'-INNNNN

Spike Jones wouldn't flag it—he'd just make a series of odd gestures, facial expressions, and vocal noises.

This was what I thought of, though I couldn't remember the movie (and who remembers that one, anyway?).