Y’all, these are tough times. There are all kinds of heavy news events that deserve our full attention right now. But while the rest of the world frets over elections an economies, I’ve been needing something a little different. Thankfully, I can usually rely on the “Diversions” section of NPR.org to have something [...]
Dear Brooke and Bob – Hey, y’all. How’s it going? I’m doing alright. I’m sitting in my kitchen, baking some cookies and listening to the most recent episode of your show. Brooke, Bob, I hate to say this, but I feel like we’re growing apart. It’s not that you’re not doing a great job – [...]
 ’Cause that’s what they do. Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, the Penetrators gotta penetrate. I’m behind on my podcasts. There was an episode of “All Songs Considered” released on Sept. 29 that I’ve just now got around to. Which surprises me. Kerry and I have been huge Okkervil River fans since last year’s fantastic [...]
When I was a kid, my jetlagged father would wake up at 3 a.m. and go sit in the den and watch music videos that he had taped from MTV onto a VHS tape. Occasionally, I would wake up and go upstairs and we would watch child-appropriate 80′s videos. As I remember the 80′s from [...]
We’ve been playing the Presidential debate drinking game. So we’re drifting, topically, and my typing ability is waning. Meanwhile, Kerry just started knitting with five needles. He passes to the man, and boom goes the dynamite. (It should be noted that this video is exactly why we are both proud to be graduates of Ball [...]
One of the great joys of Monday mornings is listening to the new “This American Life” podcast. It tends to go well with my morning work routine. Today, though, I just couldn’t do it. Meaning, I listened to it, but tried not to listen too carefully. This week, TAL brought back Alex Blumberg and Adam [...]
Thursday was one of the very first nights off of work that I’ve had in a very long time. How did I spend it, you ask? Did I watch the Chicago Cubs game? No! I couldn’t even tell you what happened, despite an avowed affinity for the team. Did I drink myself into a stupor [...]
Tonight, vice presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Sarah Palin squared off at Washington University in St. Louis. Five hours away, Matthew and I squared off against Miller High Life while watching the debates at Zach’s house. Matthew live tweeted the entire assault on the English language over on our twitter. He’s really grumpy about the [...]
Edit: I’ve edited the beginning of this post. I have my reasons. -Matthew Something that needs to be said: I feel that if this blog has proven anything, it’s that Kerry and I are deeply in love with this particular form of media. To realize that NPR’s communications department might think we don’t like them [...]
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 That’s a bit grandiose. I don’t feel like this is as huge as Hendrix at Monterrey Pop – or even Hendrix opening for the Monkees. But it’s still very, very cool. Last week, I posted about the Penetrators’ song,”The Scandalizer” and its appearance on NPR’s “All Songs Considered.” I’d mentioned how Will Sheff of [...]