When Dana became suddenly unavailable yesterday, Ken madly rifled through his Rolodex, desperately searching for a replacement. Not finding anyone "good," Ken was forced to swallow his pride and reluctantly ask Paul to step up to the mike.
The results can be found here. Lengthy discussions of Brian Blessed, hand ledges, angry kids’ show hosts, and terrible impressions shall be found within. Click on over and give a listen to Ken and Not-Dana.
The title above begs the question: is there a "Part II"? Stay tuned…
We can officially announce that we’re taking part in this year’s Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony on October 2nd. We’ll be doing a short pre-ceremony concert. There will be geeks aplenty, and more than a few actual Nobel Laureates in attendance. In case you can’t make it, the ceremony will be recorded and rebroadcast on November 28th on NPR’s Talk of the Nation/ Science Friday with Ira Flatow. So there’s that.
Completely unrelated to either of the above, an old and dear friend of ours, Mike Mendyke, is in a barbershop quartet with Dick Van Dyke. Yes, that Dick Van Dyke. Anyway, the group is called Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix, and they have a brand new CD out featuring children’s songs. We mention this fact because a) we used to sing a cappella, so this speaks to us where we live; and b) Dick Van Dyke is completelyawesome.
Just wanted to announce that we are officially going to the UK in late October as part of Jonathan Coulton’s "The Geeks Are Alright" Tour*. Tickets for Manchester and London are on sale already; a show in Oxford will be forthcoming, as well as a probable Nottingham date. Check the schedule for full details.
…then it’s time to act. So go see Act I of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog right now. Act II will be released on July 17, and then Act III on July 19. But seriously, do it now, because they’re taking it offline on July 20 (in preparation of releasing it as a DVD).
Straight from the "We Were Going to Be in Town Anyway" files, we have scheduled a last-minute show in Salt Lake City for this coming Thursday, July 17. If you’re in town, there are far worse ways to spend your Thursday evening. If you have any Mormon/teetotaling/BYU grad/industrial banker friends in the area, please point them in the direction of our show.
Thursday, July 17 at 8 pm Port O’ Call (Salt Lake City, UT)
Ages 21+
Tix: $12, available at door
Sponsored by KBER 101
We understand that several of these shows are either sold out or very close to being so; if you don’t have tickets yet, your best bet is to contact the venue directly and see if they will be selling any SRO tickets (policies vary from venue to venue). In Cleveland, on the other hand, we understand there are plenty of tickets available. (C’mon, Cleveland; represent!) So you also could just go on a road trip Cleveland to see the show!
Okay, maybe the above is a little presumptuous; but we’re hoping it’s close enough to a Coulton song to at least fit in the œuvre. Perhaps we get ahead of ourselves, however; let’s backtrack…
Our newest song was written for the Masters of Song Fu songwriting contest at Quickstop Entertainment. Our task this round was to write a song in the style of JonathanCoulton. (In turn, he had to write a song in the style of us; more about that in a second…)
Make no mistake, this one was hard. A lot like childbirth, actually: there was a lot of moaning, yelling, pushing, fainting husbands, random fluids, and an epidural involved…but in the end, what came out was, we like to think, worth it all. So without further ado:
Voting will be open until 11:59 EST on July 9th. But whether or not we win, we’re very happy with our new offspring. Len has already done a VTAW version of "Live"; but we will truly know that we’ve hit the mark if Spiff ever makes a WoW video for it.
As our nation’s 232nd birthday approaches, we invite you all to revisit our favorite Independence Day celebrant, Ten-Finger Johnny. Because there ain’t nobody better than America at blowing stuff up.
Our friend Ken Plume over at Quick Stop Entertainment hosts a weekly podcast with Dana Snyder (actor, raconteur, and voice of Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force) called the Ken P.D. Snyde-Cast.
Okay, maybe the above is a little presumptuous; but we’re hoping it’s close enough to a 
