5x2 - Episode Two

This week Mike and I take a look at 10 songs from a variety of soundtracks. We were joined by Mike's roommate Danny during the second half of the show who kicked it up to 5x3. Enjoy the 5X2 podcast, soundtrack style.

Playlist
1) Wig in a Box - Polyphonic Spree from Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2) Dark Days Theme Spoken Word - DJ Shadow from Dark Days
3) Storytelling - Belle and Sebastian from Storytelling
4) De Usuahia a la Quiaca - Gustavo Santaolalla from The Motorcycle Diaries
5) Don’t Make Me a Target - Spoon from Stranger Than Fiction
6) Higher and Higher - Craig Wedren and Theodore Shapiro from Wet Hot American Summer
7) Don’t Look Down - The Sugarplastic from The Powerpuff Girls
8) The Goonies are Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper from The Goonies
9) There Goes My Baby - The Walkmen from Stubbs The Zombie
10) Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime - Beck from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

5x2 Episode One

Howdy! A friend of mine, Mike Doig and I are doing a podcast, a weekly recording of our favorite 10 songs of the week. Each of us gets to play 5 songs, hence 5X2.

Playlist
1. The Poets of Rythm - Smilin’ (While You’re Crying)
2. Darius Rucker - Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
3. Ima Robot - Here Come the Bombs
4. The Kinks - Care of Cell 44
5. Ropeladder 12 - Dreaming (of Tranquility)
6. Ponies in the Surf - Ventricle
7. Fat Jon and the Ample Soul Physician - I and the Queen
8. Islands - Rough Gem
9. Imi - Strap
10. Abba - Take a Chance on Me

This will be on iTunes shortly, so you can subscribe and get it every Tuesday!

Liveblogging the Oscars

I will now be live blogging the Oscars. Please check back often and refresh.

7:53 EST - The Oscars have not yet begun.

11:52 EST - The cable went out. What happened?! GODDAMMIT.

My weekend.

I went to a bunch of fun stuff this weekend!

Friday - The Greg Johnson/Larry Murphy Show at Rififi
- Saw Demetri Martin, Patrick Borelli and others. At the bar I had a conversation with Bobby Tisdale who gave me some tips on starting out in comedy, was super nice and invited me to play bingo on Sunday.

Sunday - Bingo Bobby and the O-69s
- Played Bingo at the Black Rabbit bar in Greenpoint. Bobby Tisdale called the games, performed some chants here and there (Example: When it was time to check the person's card his chant was: "Check check, checkcheckcheck, checkitycheckitycheckcheckcheck..." Most were more clever than that.)

Monday - UCB Sketch Show (iBadger and The President) - Human Giant
- Pretty good sketch show, included an Emmy award winning writer for 30 Rock.
- Saw Aziz Ansari, personal hero Leo Allen, and Rob Riggle. Kristen Shaal of Flight of the Conchords handed me a snack cake in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rob Heubel said that I look like a guy who would ride a recumbant bicycle.

Tuesday - BACK TO WORK.

I can assure you that I have not died. A massive update will follow, two months from now.

Today I had my first exciting celebrity sighting since moving to NYC. In front of the Virgin Megastore on 14th St. was:

That is Mr. Kanye West looking at me.

NOT PICTURED: His body guard, police officer, large group of people staring at him.

Somebody Made a Mistake on the Internet

Found here. PS. The movie is good.