Don’t play this one for your mother Almost two years after the infamous 9/11 release of The Best Of The Red Peters Comedy Music Hour, Vol. 1, the reviews keep rolling in. Let me just flip through some of the reviews here…hmmm, don’t have any. Must have misplaced them. Fortunately, though, Red’s timeless comedy still rates with “world-traveling German mother of two (beagles)” and prolific epinions.com author knotheadusc, whose July 19 review raves, Red Pete... Read Full Story

Don’t play this one for your mother Almost two years after the infamous 9/11 release of The Best Of The Red Peters Comedy Music Hour, Vol. 1, the reviews keep rolling in. Let me just flip through some of the reviews here…hmmm, don’t have any. Must have misplaced them. Fortunately, though, Red’s timeless comedy still rates with “world-traveling German mother of two (beagles)” and prolific epinions.com author knotheadusc, whose July 19 review raves, Red Pete... Read Full Story

Just imagine what Poland's besieged Jewish community might have accomplished with the informational and emotional resources of Twitter and Psychology Today, had they been available back in 1944. Oy! The tragedy! Even today, Twitter, with its inexhaustible cache of self-styled #lifecoachweasel(s) and green-themed avatars, has stoked me with the emotional support to weather such traumatic events as Iran election riots and the John and Kate divorce. Speaking of which, we finally hold one honest... Read Full Story

How to survive Auschwitz “The camps were not universities,” explains a helpful Holocaust survivor in The Reader, an Oscar-winning film from 2008. “There was nothing to learn from being in them or from visiting them.” Fortunately for us stressed-out recession survivors, Psychology Today rejects such harmful negativity while dealing life lessons from Auschwitz! Just imagine what Poland’s besieged Jewish community might have accomplished with the informational and e... Read Full Story

"And now it's time for the blues portion of our show," I warned the collected faithful at Bill's Records, mid-way through the Nov. 1, 2008, show that continues to spit out (now classic) video singles. "This next here song's called My Fat Ass Itches — 'cause it does." Guitar tip: Capo the E-chord up to the sixth fret, and you can actually play My Fat Ass Itches in the key of B-fat. Really wows the crowd! I paused during the lead break to recommend, "This would be the time now,... Read Full Story

Do we have any asses here today? “And now it’s time for the blues portion of our show,” I warned the collected faithful at Bill’s Records, mid-way through the Nov. 1, 2008, show that continues to spit out (now classic) video singles. “This next here song’s called My Fat Ass Itches — ’cause it does.” Guitar tip: Capo the E-chord up to the sixth fret, and you can actually play My Fat Ass Itches in the key of B-fat. Really wows the... Read Full Story

Podcast: BugcastDates: March 27 and April 10, 2009Titles: Episode 54, Episode 56Download the show: Episode 54, Episode 56 Dave Lee probably figures he's built a solid foundation of work and a loyal audience over 65 weekly episodes of the U.K.-based Bugcast. I, on the other hand, have absolutely nothing invested in the chat-and-music program, and see Dave's archive as a soundbed of coughs, sighs, belches, grunts and assorted exclamations I can combine with a few non-sequiters to completely mi... Read Full Story

Another podcaster pays the price Podcast: BugcastDates: March 27 and April 10, 2009Titles: Episode 54, Episode 56Download the show: Episode 54, Episode 56 Dave Lee probably figures he’s built a solid foundation of work and a loyal audience over 65 weekly episodes of the U.K.-based Bugcast. I, on the other hand, have absolutely nothing invested in the chat-and-music program, and see Dave’s archive as a soundbed of coughs, sighs, belches, grunts and assorted exclamations I can comb... Read Full Story

Seems like its only been a century since Tyrone Kahn took up podcasting, but he's actually concluded two seasons of the Kahn Man's Comedy Corner. As the Season 5 (including three seasons streaming on the Live365 network) Finale drops on iTunes, the excitable Kahn Man is already planning new business for his return in September. For one thing, the Season 6 opener will introduce Tyrone's latest single. Can't tell you the title, but think Beatles parody, following his 2008 mega-hit Let Me Pee. ... Read Full Story

Whooo! Kahn Man drops Season 5 Finale Seems like its only been a century since Tyrone Kahn took up podcasting, but he’s actually concluded two seasons of the Kahn Man’s Comedy Corner. As the Season 5 (including three seasons streaming on the Live365 network) Finale drops on iTunes, the excitable Kahn Man is already planning new business for his return in September. Tyrone Kahn interviews Raymond and Scum’s Jeff Smith For one thing, the Season 6 opener will introduce Tyrone&... Read Full Story