Suggest a Topic, Win a T-shirt!

We talk a lot on our podcast about stuff we know well (good music, spreadsheets) and stuff we don’t (so we make it up). Since we can’t take live phone calls (yet), we would love to hear your ideas for some scintillating show topics. And yes, we’re also a bit lazy, so please do some show prep for us.

Best idea will win a t-shirt and some sweet-ass swag. Hit us up in the Comments Section below.

On Vacation! Back Next Week, Until Then…

Todd is chatting with Colin Hay tonight!

Need a fix? Enjoy some of these popular past ‘casts  featuring some super-duper human beings:

• Joshua Winstead of Metric and Actress Erin Gray
• Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons!
• Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
• Of Montreal
• Mike Birbiglia
• Langhorne Slim

UsedWigs Live Update!

Hi folks! For all of you attending our extravaganza tonight, June 12th, at Milkboy, here are a few things you should know:

Music Change! Sadly, our musical guest Audible had to cancel on us due to an emergency situation for two band members. We hope everything works out for them and hope to have them back in the future.

Luckily, our good pals The Grundles canceled their plans for a group spa/pedicure weekend, and will be joining the fun tomorrow night. They are insanely entertaining and high energy, so bring your dancing shoes.

Come Early! Get there early if possible, between 7-7:30pm to settle in, grab seats and enjoy a lovely video we’ve prepared for you.

BYOB! This is a great coffee place with yummy eats, but you can also drink! So bring your favorite alcohol and it will make us all the more entertaining.

See ya there!

UsedWigs Live! June 12th

We finally have our first “Live” show all set and ready for you to enjoy. We’d really love for you all to come out, it’s a majorly fun line-up that should please all of your senses.

The Details:

On the evening of Friday, June 12th (8-10pm), The UsedWigs Radio Team will take our award-deserving podcast to the stage. Ardmore’s MilkBoy Coffee plays digital and physical host as we simultaneously broadcast, record and perform our first LIVE show.

In addition to our typical podfoolery, the talk-variety-show-style bill includes:

• live music by Philadelphia’s Audible
• literary musings by “Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook” bestselling author Josh Piven
• knee-slapping humor from comedian Don Weir
• thrilling science demonstration by PuttyWorld’s Crazy Aaron
• visit from our “Ultimate Washington Insider” Scott Shrake
• audience participation, prizes, FREE original art, awkward fist bumps and much more!

Tickets: a measly $7, buy them here

(pretty intimate venue, so get them ASAP!)

Plus, great food and coffee available and you can also BYOB (encouraged!) Lastly, there is a great Irish Bar next door for a post-show gathering.

Hope you can make it. Please spread the word.

Audible to Play “UsedWigs Live” on June 12th at MilkBoy!

One of our favorite Philly bands Audible released a splendid new record today. Take a listen to “In Simple Intervals” and bask in its sunny glow, a perfect soundtrack for some serious springtime adventures or just kicking back on the patio with a few cocktails.

What? You want more Audible? Us too, that’s why the band will be playing the much-anticipated “UsedWigs Live” shindig at MilkBoy in Ardmore, PA on June 12th! How great is that? Buy their new album now, learn all the words, then come to the event and sing along (but not too loudly).

Save that date and/or buy tix now (only 7 measly bucks)! More juicy details to come in the next couple days. Comedy, chat, audience particiaption, giveways, free art and of course, lots of awkward hugs and failed fists bumps.

Miles, We’ll Miss You Little Fella

UsedWigs New Book: “Quality Workday Distractions”

“Hey Jeff, why a book?”

I’m pretty certain the Internet will blow up soon, and with that, millions upon million of nonsense-filled webpages and countless gigs of nut-punching videos will be lost forever. Sad, but it’s inevitable.

That’s why I gathered up some of my favorite musings from this website and put them in book form.

They shall be preserved for the future generation of belligerent, ferocious apes who will one day enslave all humans and rule the earth… and learn to read. In that exact order. So, that’s why this book is staring you in the face. It’s for the apes.

Bonus reason: If you ever wanted to take UsedWigs to the bathroom with you (many have inquired how), well, kids, here’s your chance. Added Bonus: Michele Melcher created the lovely cover design.

Price: $12

Buy Here: www.lulu.com

(Still time to get before Christmas, order today!)

Russ Goes Mac! New Podcast Soon!

Dear loyal UsedWigs Radio listeners,

This posting is to apologize sincerely for the delay of Podcast 51, which you are no doubt highly anticipating since you know that CBS3’s Nicole Brewer and the fabulous El Vez are our guests! You know that it’s “in the can” and you’re probably wondering WHERE THE HELL IT IS. I have to take ownership of this one. It is my fault. Because my friends, I am a sinner. I have been sinning for over ten years now. And here is my confession.

For years, I tried valiantly to use a PC for advanced multimedia…fresh new computers would arrive on my doorstep and I would immediately have them in pieces on the floor, courageously breaking warranty stickers, jamming their bellies full of soundcards and other doodads… violating their PCI slots! Good lord! I’m shivering now just thinking about it.

Oh, the combinations of foreign software and hardware that I tried to make communicate! It was like brokering peace deals in the Middle East. The truces I managed to establish were tenuous at best, and often dissolved for no good reason in a flurry of error messages, missing drivers, and endless reboot cycles.

Many tried to intervene. Some, like Jeff, tried to talk sense to me and would walk away in disbelief and disappointment when I just couldn’t/wouldn’t see the light. Others, like Todd, used peer pressure and ridicule. How could I call myself a serious multimedia producer if I was using a PC?

Couldn’t those thankless hours (years) of my life spent with tech support asking me the same questions over and over, walking me through their scripts, sounding like they were talking to me from inside the wreck of the Titanic…couldn’t they have been spent doing something more productive?

Like any addict, I defended something that was doing me harm and had no intrinsic value in my life. Like a rebellious teenage girl, I wanted to hang out with PCs just because my family and friends knew I could do better. Perhaps that was my problem. I needed to “rescue”… I needed to “fix”…

As I write this, the tears are streaming down my face. I see now how self destructive it was! Dear friends… I … I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!!!!

I am ready for something that just WORKS, dammit. I’m tired, PC. I’m burnt. You’re just no good for me.

The new Used Wigs Radio tricked out Mac will be arriving shortly. We will then commence kicking more aural buttocks. Thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,

Brother Russ

UsedWigs Video Interview Featured on CBS3 in Philly!

It must have been a slow news week in Philly… but we’re not complaining. The lovely, talented and extremely patient Nicole Brewer of CBS3.com spent some time with with Team UsedWigs (sorry, we did not have the cash to fly in Scott) and she produced a great video highlighting our little nonsense-filled website and our podcast.

Please read Nicole’s blog “What’s Brewing” on a daily basis for the latest and greatest in Philly-based fun. She Rules!

Watch the video here (be warned, the camera adds ten pounds… to my nose.)

• www.cbs3.com/brewer/
• www.cbs3.com/brewer/used.wigs.radio.2.796669.html

This was no softball interview! Brewer hits the boys hard in this startling exposé!

Nicole also took part in our podcast which we be available next week!

Please check back.

Todd is a Dad! Be Back Next Week!

Todd’s lovely wife gave birth to a baby, so he’s a bit busy learning what this is. We’ll be back next week with more nonsense, great tunes and an exclusive interview with the newest Marrone.

In the meantime!, enjoy the “Best of” Show (see below) featuring Tom Morello, Amiina and Schoolly D.

Podcast Update!

Hey kids, our back catalog of podcasts are being revamped and will be back online in a bit. Go check out the new CD from The Weakerthans in the meantime, it’s quite good!

UsedWigs Radio at PodCamp Philly!

Our boys Russ and Todd entertained the fine folks at PodCamp Philly this past weekend with a live art show. Check out these super fun videos by fellow poddy mouths:

• Eric Skiff at Glitch NYC
• Steve Garfield’s Video Blog
• Christopher Penn