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Video: Michael Showalter’s Project Top Chef Model
Leave it to Michael Showalter to craft the perfect ridiculous reality show signoff tagline. The comedian has paired with Atom.com on a new comedy short called Project Top Chef Model – a satire of almost every reality show Bravo specializes in. The best part? When on of the wannabe model/chef/cooks gets kicked off, they get one of these: Sayonara Fuckface! More »
Celeb Tweetup: How’s The Weather?
It’s autumn… no it’s summer… no it’s autumn AND summer. The most amusing part of Twitter today was all the wildly different weather tweets from celebs on either side of the country. It’s raining in New York and super sunner in L.A. — and somewhere in the middle in the middle. Bet you can guess where these celebs are living just from their tweets. More »
Best of Crushable
This week in Crushable: Baby-Sitter’s Club by Bret Easton Ellis, college tips, and Jersey Shore (as read in CliffNote form)! More »
Exclusive: Comedian Michael Showalter on Backstage Egos And Internet Comedy
We here at Crushable love weird, subversive comedy, so finding out that Michael Showalter (The State, Wet Hot American Summer, Michael and Michael Have Issues) was doing a web series about the mania behind the scenes of our favorite television commercials, we were like “Bring It.” And the first episode of Michael Showalter Presents: The Making Of Commercials on Babelgum definitely did not disappoint, with comedians Zak Orth and Andrea Rosen as choir directors brought on to the Intel computer commercials. We recently caught up with Michael about comedy, commercials, and what it’s really like behind the scenes of your favorite films. More »
All Points West: Coldplay, Beastie Boys, Tool, and More
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Andrew Bird at All Points West Festival 2008
The dates and lineup of the second year of All Points West Festival has finally been announced. Here are the deets:
It’s at Liberty State Park In NJ again (they promised better trasnsportation this year) and will take place on July 31, August 1 and 2. But you want to know the lineup don’t you? Here it is:
Friday, July 31: Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT,… More »
NY Mag’s Upcoming Events
This weekend was New York Magazine’s highbrow BBQ with Islands, and now they have a few more things up their sleeve. On September 28 Jose Gonzalez and members of the Upright Citizen’s Brigade will be at the Yard for a “Campfire by the Canal.”
Then, in honor of their 40th Anniversary, the National and Grizzly Bear will be playing a show hosted by Stella (Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain) at Hammerstein Ballroom on October 10. (via Life Vicarious)… More »
This Weekend
While I am in Chicago this weekend for the Pitchfork Music Festival I’ll be missing plenty great shows in NYC:
Friday
Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las @ South Street Seaport (free)
Matmos @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Deerhoof @ Prospect Park Bandshell (free)
Dizzee Rascal @ Highline Ballroom
Chris Garneau @ Joe’s Pub
Saturday
Village Voice Siren Music Festival with Broken Social Scene, the Dodos, Stephen Malkamus and the Jicks, Islands, Beach House, and more @ Coney Island (free)
Warm-Up Party with Au Revoir Simone @ P.S. 1
Enter the Dragon… More »
Best NYC Shows of 2007
Okay, I know I just did a list yesterday…but things are slow here around the holidays and lists are all the rage at the end of the year…So, I present my 2007 Top 15 Best Shows in New York (that I saw…which obviously makes this a very biased list:)
Honorable Mention ( It was hard to narrow down!): Rodrigo y Gabriela, Central Park, July 1: A beautiful summer day in a beautiful park, in a beautiful city with two amazing guitarists…. More »