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Tuesday Dec 15 | Best of New Orleans

Gift Hoarse

Judith Owen and Harry Shearer lead their annual sing-along. Rudolph may have Santa's pity, but when it comes to nasal afflictions, he's got nothing on Judith Owen.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, New Orleans, LA

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Creative Loafing

Weekend Arts Agenda: Events around the city

November 20, 2009 at 4:12 pm by Julia Victor in Around town , Dance , Events , Free Shit , Sheer Awesomeness , Visual Arts Teenage girl in dress sitting on step #309, 1982 by Oraien Catledge TGIF, the weekend is here! Get some of your workday yayas out at one of these art events.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Emory University

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Village Voice

UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED

Enter to win an UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED LIVE CONCERT DVD! UNWIGGED & UNPLUGGED: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer has the legendary musical and comedic trio performing music from heavy metal's loudest band Spinal Tap along with the folk music from A Mighty Wind, and more.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Shelbyville Times-Gazette

DVD deals

I've bought two new DVDs in the past two weeks for a total of less than $12. And they were both movies I actually wanted to see! The first movie was the summer blockbuster "Star Trek," which I pre-ordered for $9.98. Walmart.com has started an online price war with Amazon and Barnes & Noble for pre-orders of hotly-anticipated books and DVDs.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Christopher Guest

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Notes from a Different Kitchen

Rakim on the Conspiracy Worldwide Radio Friday Night Live Podcast

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Listen back to the Nov. 6 edition of THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW iTunes PODCAST featuring live guests, Rakim, RA The Rugged Man, Scorzayzee, Harry Shearer , Mykil Miers and more! " Rakim joins us for one of his most deep and lengthy interviews of his entire career.

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Related Topix: Jay-Z, Black Entertainment, Rap, Nas

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Port Folio Weekly

Q & A with the voice behind 'The Simpsons' Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and more

Few cult films have had as big an influence on pop culture as the 1984 mockumentary, a oeThis Is Spinal Tap,a about a floundering hard-rock band whose amps go to 11.

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Related Topix: Animated TV, The Simpsons, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean

Richmond.com

Harry Shearer Speaks at the Byrd

The guy behind Seymour Skinner, Spinal Tap and the Folksmen is coming to Richmond.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, This Is Spinal Tap, Richmond, VA, Christopher Guest

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Lantern

Politicians and celebrities uncensored in new Wexner Center film: - The Silent Echo Chamber'

A new art installation at the Wexner Center gives the viewer a new look at political candidates and well-known figures from broadcast media.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Hillary Clinton

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Television Without Pity

a DJ Saved My Life

With the release of the movie Pirate Radio happening this week, and all of the crazy trailer footage of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Nighy and Nick Frost as loose cannon radio personalities in the swingin' 60s, we got to thinking about our favorite fictitious DJs in movie history, and decided to make a little list of them all.

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Related Topix: Pirate Radio, Christian Slater, The Fisher King, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Pontypool

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Songs That Paul Shaffer Knows

It Ain't Me. Babe. Musician-band leader Paul Shaffer answered almost all of my questions during a recent hour-long interview to promote his memoir "We'll Be Here For The Rest of Our Lives " [Flying Dolphin/Doubleday, $26] with one exception.

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Related Topix: Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night With David Letterman, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, David Letterman, Life, Food, Pizza

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Silver Bullet Comics

The Simpsons #159

Bongo Comics After a near death experience, Montgomery Burns worries what will happen when he finally shuffles off this mortal coil.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

Video installation | Footage captures preening public figures

Images of TV talking heads in candid and sometimes-awkward silence form the basis of a new video installation at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Entertainment, Television, This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, Ridgefield, CT, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, John McCain

Mon Oct 12, 2009

DVD Talk

Unwigged and Unplugged Live Concert DVD

In 10 Words or Less None more entertaining Reviewer's Bias* Loves: Basically anything these three do Likes: Concert films Dislikes: When DVDs aren't in Dobly Hates: Stuff these three aren't involved in The Show I'll say right off the bat that this is probably going to be one of my least biased reviews to date.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Michael McKean, Waiting for Guffman, Christopher Guest

Fri Oct 02, 2009

4 WWL-TV

N.O. in the News: Actor, musician, director -- and blogger? Shearer on nation's love of disasters

The goal of the New Orleans in the News blog has been to highlight occasions when the national media has decided to shine its spotlight on Louisiana, New Orleans or its citizens.

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Related Topix: Blog News, New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Best of New Orleans

Harry Shearer's Le Show

Spinal Tapper, voice of The Simpsons , Huffington Post blogger and all-around advocate for New Orleans, Harry Shearer continues his quest for multimedia domination.

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Related Topix: Animated TV, The Simpsons, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA

Wed Sep 09, 2009

The Motley Fool

A Conversation With Harry Shearer

In the latest installment of our Motley Fool Conversations podcast, I spoke with Harry Shearer, author-satirist-actor-entrepreneur and the man behind the voices of over 20 characters on The Simpsons .

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Related Topix: Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock

Wed Aug 26, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Lego refuses permission for Spinal Tap YouTube hit to be used in anniversary DVD

A popular YouTube clip of a group of Lego characters playing a song made famous by the satirical rock legends Spinal Tap, has been banned from use in an anniversary DVD.

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Related Topix: This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean

Sat Aug 22, 2009

Times-Picayune

Comedian says New Orleans' story is not being told right

Efforts to accurately explain to the nation what happened in New Orleans on Aug.

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Related Topix: New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA, Blog News

Thu Aug 20, 2009

Bits & Bytes

Behind the "Unwigged" DVD: "It shouldn't be a surprise how well they...

NOTE: Tom Roche was the editor on "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," the cartoon parody that was the basis of what eventually became known as Cartoon Network's late night entertainment block, Adult Swim.

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Related Topix: Media, Television, A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!

Tue Aug 18, 2009

Best of New Orleans

The Rising Tide Conference

Rising Tide organizers believe an appearance by part-time New Orleanian Harry Shearer, an avid blogger about New Orleans, will expand interest in the fourth annual conference.

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Related Topix: Blog News, New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA

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