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New Release Roundup – Drive-By Truckers, Bob Weir, Luke Winslow-King, The Wytches, Mike DeStefano
MUSIC 1. Drive-By Truckers – American Band The Drive-By Truckers may be the definitive American band. Others may have a rootsy sound, or...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Handsome Family, The Upper Crust and The Grannies, Hands Off Gretel
MUSIC 1. Ian Hunter & The Rant Band – Fingers Crossed Rock and roll is alive and well and living in Ian Hunter....... Read More
New Release Roundup – Music from The Beatles, Dex Romweber, The Zomba Prison Project, and Nots
MUSIC 1. The Beatles – Live at the Hollywood Bowl The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl occupies a special place in Beatles...... Read More
New Release Roundup: The Divine Comedy, Angel Olsen, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Warhaus
MUSIC 1. The Divine Comedy – Foreverland The Divine Comedy’s latest Foreverland is definitely a pop record, but of what age? The ornate...... Read More
DoT Minicast: Interview Flashback with Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly is a true legend in comedy. Rambling, profane, and hilarious, he allows himself to go wherever his brain will take him...... Read More
New Release Roundup 7/15: Frank Zappa and Joe List
MUSIC 1. Frank Zappa – The Crux Of the Biscuit and Frank Zappa for President Being a Frank Zappa completist is a damn...... Read More
Department of Tangents Podcast Ep9 – Reformed Whores and Music from Tom Snyder
Reformed Whores is a really fun, silly, raunchy duo currently based in New York City. Les Claypool of Primus is a big fan,...... Read More
Department of Tangents Podcast Ep7 – Comedian Steven Wright and Music from Robbie Fulks
I’ve interviewed Steven Wright for a couple of different publications over the years and always enjoyed the strange and wonderful twists in the...... Read More
Zombie Movie Colin Proves the Simple Tricks Are Still the Best
A few years back, I was searching Netflix for new horror movies and came across an ultra-low-budget film called Colin (2009). The description...... Read More
Perfect Poor Decision: “Reviewing the Situation” from Oliver!
It was somewhere around third grade when I fell in love with Oliver!, the musical made from the Dickens classic Oliver Twist. I’m...... Read More
Department of Tangents Podcast Ep5 – Filmmakers and Musicians Michael J Epstein and Sophia Cacciola
My guests for Episode 5 are filmmakers and musicians Michael J Epstein and Sophia Cacciola, who have been working at the hellish pace...... Read More
Perfect Inspiration: Levon Helm
By the time Levon Helm’s music really struck me, he had already lived several lifetimes. He’d had his wild days on the road...... Read More
First Minicast: Trevor Williams, Writer/Director of “The Jane,” Out Today on UCB Comedy
Trevor Williams wrote and directed the short film The Jane, which debuted on the UCB Comedy Vimeo site April 13. Funny thing about...... Read More
Music and Comedy: Bob Odenkirk Interviews/Interrupts Robbie Fulks
You won’t get too much information about Robbie Fulks’ new album, Upland Stories, from The First Bob Odenkirk Interview Quiz Challenge Show: Robbie...... Read More
Podcast Theme Song – “Tangential”
I’ve gotten some positive feedback on “Tangential,” the the Department of Tangents Podcast theme song, so I thought I would post it for...... Read More
Interview Flashback: Amy Schumer Moves Into the Spotlight
Amy Schumer had only been doing comedy for three and a half years when we spoke in 2007. She was coming off of...... Read More
Comedy horror and Music in Shaun of the Dead
Comedy, music, and horror don’t intersect all that often (thus the name of this blog). I guess you could count “Monster Mash,” which...... Read More
Close Personal Friends: Joe Kowan
I am lucky to have many talented friends. From time to time on DoT, I will feature some of them I would like...... Read More
DoT Podcast Ep1: Comedian and Author Brian Kiley
Episode One of the Department of Tangents Podcast is up! This month, we feature and interview with comedian and author Brian Kiley, who...... Read More
New Release Roundup: Josh Gondelman, Reformed Whores, Iggy Pop, Dave Cobb, and Richmond Fontaine
COMEDY 1. Josh Gondelman Physical Whisper I was at the taping for this, and Gondelman was very much on his game. He’s a...... Read More
PERFECT ALBUMS: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes
If Tom Petty never recorded another note, never wrote another song, never picked up a guitar or sang again after he released Damn...... Read More- 3 of 3
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