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My apologies for the lack of posts, and that "test" one I put up there last week. Basically, there was a system error on my site that was basically Web.com's fault and it took them an inordinate amount of time to fix it. But, I'm back and have a few gigs to report for this coming week.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2 - LAUGHBOX @ INDIGO
I'm performing with the always-great Erin Jackson, Roger Mursick, Aparna, and a few others at the Atlas Theater's Indigo Cabaret spot! This should be an excellent show, highly recommended. It's on H St NE, right next door to the Rock n Roll Hotel. Tickets and more info here.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5 - TOWSON UNIVERSITY
I'm doing a Geek Comedy show at the Student Union Building in the Potomac Room. The address is 8000 York Road, Towson, MD. Jake Young, Evan Valentine, Hampton, Aparna, Eli Sairs, and Mike Eltringham, and Chris Barylick equals a good time. 7:30, and FREE.

More possible announcements to come as they roll in. In case you haven't seen it or volunteered yet, HEXAGON 2009: WHAT SO PROUDLY WE BAILED, a comedy revue directed by Chris Bauman, produced by Becca Bergren, and other things'd by yours truly, is entering is final week! Get tickets to Wednesday or Thursday night here! I'll be reading the Newsbreak jokes along with my good friend (and Hex09 Music Director) Omar Latiri this Wednesday. Not to see the bar too high, but that's going to be AMAZING.

I gotta run. More soon. For now, just in case you haven't heard this record yet, TBOBPAH IS LOVE. Click the artwork to understand.

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Around the turn of the millenium, ballsy math-rock trio Frodus called it quits, leaving behind a batch of frantic albums and singles basically about corporate greed, government-bred inertia and paranoia of the masses, and the decline of humanity. Keep in mind that this was done during the DOT COM BOOM, well before 9/11, when shit seemed like it was alright, and that this was done by a group of dudes (Shelby Cinca, Jason Hamacher, and Nathan Burke) barely out of their teens. At an age which most of their contemporaries were singing about girls, farting, parents, and more farting, they were building the legend of the Frodus Conglomerate International. Recently, Shelby decided that time had rendered his old messages scarily relevant (greedy-ass bankers spelling the end of society) and he wanted to play these songs again. So, they're going to South by Southwest! They didn't want to deny their hometown Arlington people a fitting preview, so Shelby and Jason picked up a friend (Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson) and played a one-off gig upstairs at Murky Coffee (with support from the Andalusians and Tsarina) before heading down to Texas ridiculously early Friday morning. Photographic evidence follows.




WE LIKE!! EXPLOSIONS!!


YOU try confining this band to focus. Also, Jason wears drummin' gloves.


Shelby actually devoured this microphone as a warning to the pigs at AIG.



There were about 25 cameras rolling on this show, a few of which probably got broken when they busted out "Explosions" and "The Awesome Machine." But I may post some links to better photos or videos.

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Happy March 16thweek, ladies and gentlemen. On Saturday night I went to check out the Caps-Canes game at the Verizon Center. Read my coverage of the game here. Clearly, I'm looking to forge a new, introspective, analytical form of sports journalism. I think I'll call it "unprofessional."

You ever play that whole "who do they look like?" game with yourself. Like, as Sports Illustrated pointed out, Alex Ovechkin does look an awful lot like veteran character actor Richard "And YOU can count! On me waiting for you in the parking lot!" Keil.



Hanging around the press area afterwards, I also noted that Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Niclas Wallin looks a lot like local theater personality Matt Baughman of the Landless Theatre Company!



I also noticed that Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour looks like a California Condor.



ZING! You ready for this? Herewego, herewego. One's endangered by deforestation and land development, and the other's endangered by hip-checks, and coach Paul Maurice's temper. One's face looks like a scrotum, and the other is a large bird! SLAY! Take that, one of the NHL's best defensive forwards!

DID YOU KNOW THAT...

Tom Kenny and Jill Talley were the couple in the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" video? Yes, the great couple of "Mr. Show" and the voice of Spongebob? Make fun of me all you want, but I rewatched this video recently and it gave me the chills. Man, the 90's ruled so hard.

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I'll get the audio of the Spring Special online soon, but here's the playlist of the March 10, '09 episode of The Big Takeover.

1. copyrights - face for radio
2. dropkick murphy's - a few good men
3. be my doppelganger - convertible girls
4. lifetime - northbound breakdown
   [Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers calls in!]
5. vic ruggiero - innocent girl
6. penfold - i'll take you everywhere
   [Buck Carter, economist, gives Evan some advice]
7. riverdales - judy go home
8. tasty habits - summer friend
9. dusty springfield - only want to be with you
   [Chris Bauman, director of Hexagon 2009, calls in]
10. mxpx - cristalena
11. idlewild - a modern way of letting go
    [Buck Carter advises Evan on what to do with his remaining money]
12. groovie ghoulies - have your way with me
13. lykke li - dance dance dance
14. st. andrews new orleans jazz band - what am i living for
15. the lovin' spoonful - pow
16. smog - teenage spaceship

I don't have a whole lot of time to write at the moment, but I wanted to share some exciting news. Shelby Cinca, Jason Hamacher, and the bassist from the Dillinger Escape Plan (whose name eludes me at the moment) are getting together for a rare post-millenial Frodus gig at Murky Coffee in Clarendon on Wednesday, 3/18 at 9pm. Some of you may have heard Shelby talk about their upcoming vinyl reissue on my show a couple of months back. [ABOUT 25 MINUTES IN] Frodus are playing South by Southwest in Austin this year, which is very exciting. According to his FB invite, Shelby said they're unearthing all of the stops from 1997-1999, many of which should result in scenes like the one you see below. Come and check it out.

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THE BIG TAKEOVER

Spring Kickoff Special - TONIGHT @ 9pm ET
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The Hoyas have scattered for a week or so, and we're converging on their radio station tonight. Stuff's been crazy lately, and we're looking to capitalize on what could be one of our best shows ever on WGTB. It's going down tonight at 9 ET. Here's a smattering of what we've got lined up!

Calling in tonight, we gots:
VIC RUGGIERO!

If you've listened to the show before, you have probably heard some form of Vic Ruggiero work on there. He's the leader of the seminal NYC trad ska band The Slackers (one of my favorite bands, hitting the Rock n' Roll Hotel this Friday ftw), has played with dozens of bands, and is quite the musician and songwriter in his own right. So listen to what the dude has to say!

Also, CHRIS BAUMAN, Director of Hexagon 2009: What So Proudly We Bailed!
I've been going on about how great this year's show is, but don't take my word for it. Chris is a class act all around. And by that, I mean, he's a hairy dude who's got a tremendous sense of humor and artistic vision. He's calling in as well...

Plus, we've got the usual cast of characters stopping in- Jake, Anupama, Herbie, Evan, I think, maybe a surprise appearance from "Gator n' Tha Gooch" or a call from the Frederick Towne Mall. That, and there's going to be lots of incredible music that you may or may not have heard before.

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Holy crap things are happening! One way to feel incredible and give yourself a much-needed boost? Listen to some Stone Roses walking around on a beautiful spring day. Just so it, especially "This is the One" and "Bye Bye Badman." You'll feel like you can punch a truck, and then fly away.

Need to laugh at a surprisingly un-corny political satire/sendup that's all-original and blows shows from previous years out of the water?
Try Hexagon - PREMIERING TONIGHT. After months of painstaking preparation by Producer Becca, Director Chris, an ensemble of dedicated, talented volunteers, and yours truly, "Hexagon 2009: What So Proudly We Bailed" is hitting the stage for a monthlong run at the Burke Theater at the Navy Memorial/Archives Metro. See the website for schedule and ticket information. By buying a ticket, you're making a tax-deductible donation to Rebuilding Together DC.

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Bah. Another embarrassing loss, after such a cool win up in Boston! Downed 6-2 by the Panthers. At least the Panthers are a respectable team, and the Caps were a liiiitle worn down from beating the only team in the Eastern Conference better than them (Lex Semin continues to haunt Tim Thomas' dreams), but COME ON! Show the hell up! And yes, George McPhee deserved to be shitting a brick right now. DEFENSEMAN! GOALIE! AND BRING ALZNER UP. Jeff Schultz has all the makings of a serious goat and he needs to go so we can load in a Pronger or a Niedermayer. These next few days leading up to the trading deadline should be interesting...

Okay, I hadn't done a "Profiles in Douchebaggery" Entry in some time. But much like the twitching corpse that is the Republican Party (bonus points to anyone who wants to poke it with a stick), Don Cherry's inanity have made me laugh and strangely feel bad for him. The xenophobic asshat assailed Alexander Ovechkin for his flowery goal celebrations. He called him "goofy."

Don Cherry attacked Alex Ovechkin for being goofy.

This man:


verbally berated this man:


...for being goofy. Yeah, go teach those kids the "Canadian Way," Don Cherry. Most of those Canadians you seem to think are the ultimate race only watch your commentary because they want to see what crazy old man-isms you're going to spit out tonight. And didn't you recently compliment the Caps on how nice and professional they look?? Because clearly, you are the expert on professionalism:



I know some gay people who would call you a faggot for that jacket.

And I'm done. Have a great week, world. Talk to you guys soon.