UsedWigs Radio Podcast 68: Interview with Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio, Rain Machine) and Russ Gets Trapped in a Cave!

November 12, 2009

Kyp Malone Photo by Tiffany Yoon

Photo by Tiffany Yoon

Interview: Kyp Malone

Topics: Man Chins, Pangaea Beer, Smokey and The Bandit, Shuttered Businesses, Haggling, Car Buying Tips, Scary Movie Trivia, Russ Gets Trapped in a Cave!

Playlist: The Lawrence Arms, The Swimmers, TV on the Radio, Rain Machine and Alkaline Trio.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast68.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 66: The Men’s Fall Fashion Spectacular!

September 30, 2009

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Topics: Fall Fashion, Stupid J Crew Barn Jackets Revisited, Dungarees, Long Trail Beer, Overly-Coddled College Kids, Classic Childhood Meals, Beatles Reissues and Favorite TV Comedies of All Time!

Playlist: Mystery of Two, Blind Pilot, Anavan, Owen and The Traditionist.

Preview: “What color is your comforter?” and “Just make one new friend every day!!!”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast66.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 65: Interview with Colin Hay

September 11, 2009

Colin Hay on UsedWigs Radio!

Interview: Colin Hay

Topics: Back from Summer Vacay, Innis & Gunn Beer, Netflix: Mac to TV, Future of Album Cover Art?, Cracker Jack and Miracle Whip Stink, Classic Sports and Game Shows, Russ Introduces Food-based Shout Outs… Orange Marmalade!

Playlist: No Age, A Lull, Colin Hay, Daniel Johnston and The Very Best.

Preview: “Budweiser, it tastes like a beer burp.”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast65.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 64: Interviews with Joshua Winstead of Metric and Actress Erin Gray (at Wizard World!)

July 21, 2009

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Interviews: Joshua Winstead from Metric and Erin Gray (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers).

Topics: A Visit to Wizard World, Tales of Youthful Geekiness, Dungeons & Dragons, Best Trackball Video Games, Homemade Junkyard Dog T-shirt, Scoop Starke: War Correspondant, Lou Ferrigno, Old Pro Wrestlers, Chewbacca is a Bore.

Playlist: Constantines, Bears, The Avett Brothers, Why? and Mariachi El Bronx.

Preview: “I did make a homemade Tears for Fears hat.” and “I’ll tell you what we’re not doing today, fellas… building a fort again.”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast64.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 63: Interviews with Nickodemus and Generation Awesome

July 1, 2009

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Interviews: Music: Nickodemus, Comedy: Bert Rotundo of Generation Awesome

Topics: UsedWigs Live Recap, The Fleeting Fame of Megan Fox, Golf Ruins Everything, LARPing, Todd Gets Angry at Magazines, Pavement, Doug Benson’s “I Love Movies,” iPhone ToyCamera, iPhone Pano and Paste Magazine.

Playlist: Kevin McAdams, Oppenheimer, Nickodemus, We Were Promised Jetpacks and Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks

Preview: “Giant forearm tattoos? They’re so out.”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast63.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 62: Interviews with Beirut and The Presidents of the United States

May 24, 2009

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Interviews: Zach Condon of Beirut and The Presidents of the United States.

Topics: Spray Tans, Summer Job Catastrophes, Knife Salesman, Best Philly Concert Venues, “UsedWigs Live”, Steve Forbert, Rob Corddry, Sports Illustrated Football Phone, An Event Apart.

Playlist: Ice Palace, Beirut, Iron and Wine, The Presidents of the United States and Greycoats.

Preview: “I’ll take the Hot Dom package.”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast62.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 61: Interview with Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons! Plus In-Studio Guest Dave Walk of Comic vs. Audience

April 29, 2009

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Interview: Greg Fitzsimmons. Guest: Dave Walk of Comic vs. Audience. Topics: Duggars, Comedians Going Crazy on Twitter, Harry Kalas, Beer Label Readability, Comedy Albums, Stand-Up Comedians in Movies, Todd Quits Beer Making, Kevin Allison, God-awful Pop Country Music.

Playlist: Art Brut, Superchunk, Shout Magic, The Flying Change and Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (Daytrotter Session).

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast61.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 60: Interviews with Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales and Justin Rice of Bishop Allen

April 1, 2009

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Pictured: (L to R) Sam Calagione, Todd-Todd, Russ and Fatface McGee.

Topics: Dogfish Head, Preteen Beer Making, Terry Gross Likes Nude Scenes, Esperanto, SXSW Overkill, Bishop Allen, Hottest Funny Woman? and Wiretapping.

Playlist: Beast, Cursive, Bishop Allen and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band.

Preview: “It tastes like tongue kissing Laura Ashley…”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast60.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 59: File Sharing, Ween, Conan O’Brien, SXSW and Sci-Fi Philly!

March 11, 2009

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Topics: Gene Ween, Pirate Bay File Sharing, Eating Humans, Conan & Late Night TV, SXSW, Music Festivals, That Dumb Journey Song, Al Pacino Stinks, Sci-Fi Philly!

Playlist: The Spinto Band, O Pioneers!!!, Fiction Family, Heartless Bastards and Dog Day.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast59.mp3

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Artwork: White Rocket at Sci-Fi Philly by Todd Marrone.

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 58: Facebook Over-Sharing, Highest-Alcohol Beer Tasting & Evil Ticketmaster

February 20, 2009

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Topics: Sharing Too Much on Facebook, Sam Adams Utopias Tasting, “The Thing with Two Heads,” Ellipsis, Depressing Places, Todd’s Criminal Dentist, Shepard Fairey, Ticketmaster Boo! and Springsteen is corny.

Playlist: The Answering Machine, Bishop Allen, Boy in Static, Youth Group and Andrew Bird.

Preview: “We don’t bill ourselves as a beer and grammar podcast, but…”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast58.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 57: Comic Book Movies, Expensive Shows, Amateur Beer & Epic Sicknesses

January 27, 2009

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Topics: Philadelphia Podcasts Closures, Todd’s Amateur Beer, Expensive Ticket Prices, Mac & Cheese Contest, Food Network, Sad Guy Burrito Days, Epic Sicknesses, Comic Book Movies.

Playlist: Dartz, The SwimmersThe Get You, I’m From Barcelona, Mattowax.

Preview: “The beer?…it tastes like your basement.”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast57.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 56: World’s Shortest Holiday Spectacular!

December 19, 2008

World's Shortest Holiday Spectacular!

Guests: Jim Gladstone and Scott Shrake. Topics: The Outsiders, Kegs and Party Balls, Scaring Orphans, Favorite Stuff of 2008, Philly Boy Roy, Emo Philips, The Pretenders, Records and 45s, Podcast-killing Technical Difficulties.  Playlist: Friendly Foes, Little Jackie, The Hush Now, The Futureheads and Cliff Hillis.

Preview: Third Rock from The Sun is my favorite show…”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast56.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 55: Of Montreal Interview

December 5, 2008

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Interview: Bryan Poole from Of Montreal. Topics: Hooray for America, Todd Loves Sports, Pop Culture Overload, Potholder Scarf and Doilies, Phillies Phever, Todd’s God Complex, Right Brain/Left Brain Jobs, Robot Lawyers, Bad Movies and Obama Doodles. Playlist: The Sea and Cake, French Miami, Of Montreal, Tim Fite and Jon Snodgrass.

Preview: “Does that make us squares?”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast55.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 54: Beer Talk with John Ceccatti

November 13, 2008

Guest: Beer talk with John Ceccatti. Topics: Beer, What’s in Beer?, Cheap Beers vs. Quality Beers, Head Soccer, Czechs LOVE beer, Todd’s Wrong Beer Info, Session Beers, Beer Flights, Philly Breweries and Bars, Jeff’s blackout in Belgium, Eating bags of Barley and Malt. Playlist: The Actual Facts, Parts & Labor, Shugo Tokumaru, Auxes, Passion Pit.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast54.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 53: Science, Tech and Photography Talk with Crazy Aaron

October 27, 2008

Guest: Crazy Aaron from Putty World. Topics: Teri Garr, New Putty Colors, Stereoscopic Photography, 3D Movies, New MacBooks, Android Phones, The Noid, Theremins, Tap Dancing, McCain’s Steve Martin Impression, Please Touch Museum, Yo Gabba Gabba. Visit: “Ultimate Washington Insider”Playlist: Stuyvesant, Tilly and the Wall, Fredrik, Dillinger Four and The Black Kids (Daytrotter Session).

Preview: Russ declares, “I like dances.”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast53.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 52: Frank Stella Interview and Peter Holmstrom (The Dandy Warhols) Interview

October 13, 2008

Interviews: Artist Frank Stella and Musician Peter Holmström (The Dandy Warhols). Topics: Proton Accelerators, Cuddle Parties, French Orgasms, Major MP3 Recorder Mishap, Understanding BBC Accents and Ladder Accidents. Playlist: Little Death, The Los Dos Bros, Fleet Foxes (Daytrotter session), The Standard and The Dandy Warhols.

Preview: “How do you instigate a cuddle party? Do you have to wait for everyone to get there or is everyone just laying there on the floor when you arrive…do you just jump in like it’s a pile of leaves?”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast52.mp3

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UsedWigs Radio Interview with Mike Birbiglia

October 8, 2008

Comedian Mike Birbiglia brings his new show “Sleepwalk with Me” to Philadelphia’s Zellerbach Theatre this Friday, October 10th. This is a sneak peak performance before his big off-Broadway debut at the Bleecker Street Theatre in NYC starting October 17th. Mike is hysterical, so see him now before Big Time Fame snatches him up and forces him to make a bad movie with Jessica Alba.

Jeff chatted with Mike via cell phone as he trekked through the busy streets of Manhattan, dodging cars, taking taxis and dropping impressive names in his wake.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/Birbiglia_Interview.mp3

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Tickets: Some tickets still available for Philly, get them here. New York shows, get tickets here.

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 51 with Nicole Brewer and El Vez!

September 4, 2008

Guest: Nicole Brewer from CBS3 Philly! Interview: El Vez.

Topics: Dated Olympics Talk, Stormtrooper Eating Habits, “Beauty Contests,” Geekadelphia, New Facebook, Philly Accents, Russ’s Africa Trip, Small Audiences, Todd’s Hair Update, Cologne, Polyphasic Sleep.

Playlist: Bound Stems, Jukebox the Ghost, Spoonfork, El Vez, Johnny Foreigner.

Preview: Regarding Nicole Brewer’s “What’s Brewing” website, “You lucked out, what if your last name was Lipshitz?”

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast51.mp3

Read: UsedWigs Video Interview Featured on CBS3 in Philly!

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UsedWigs Radio Podcast 50 – Part Two: A Fond Look Back at 50 Shows!

July 24, 2008

Topics: Russ Likes Sex and The City, “Ultimate Washington Insider” Scott Shrake, The Count Censored, Smartass Darth Vader, Going Acoustic and The Bon Jovi Effect, Night Ranger, RCRD LBL. Playlist: Ninja Gun, Sparky Dog.

Preview: “You may or may not know, but you can’t tell what a puppet is saying by reading its lips…”

Please Note: If you haven’t heard Part One yet, click here.

Play Now: http://www.usedwigs.com/pod/podcast50_part2.mp3

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