Category: Comedy
Today’s Special: Eddie Izzard’s Dress To Kill
Eddie Izzard’s Dress To Kill was released June 13, 1999. I hadn’t been in Boston long when a lot of my plans fell...... Read More
Happy Birthday, Alan Bennett
Author, playwright, and sketch comedy pioneer Alan Bennett was born May 9, 1934. If your fandom of British humor starts with Monty Python,...... Read More
David Cross Donating Proceeds from New Special to Ukraine Charity This Weekend
David Cross’s new special, I’m From the Future, has been on my watch list since it came out last month, and now I’m...... Read More
S2EP6 – Comedian and Late Night Writer Jon Rineman
Jon Rineman started his career with as tumultuous and triumphant a 15-year run as a comic could envision for themselves. He started in...... Read More
S2EP1 – Comedian and Daily Show Writer Josh Johnson
I first spoke to Johnson in 2019 for The Boston Globe, and back then he was already an established headlining comic with a...... Read More
The Department of Tangents Podcast – A Brief (Re)Introduction
Season Two of the Department of Tangents Podcast coming Tuesday June 29! Six episodes, guests are comedians Josh Johnson and Jon Rineman, Stay...... Read More
Gary Gulman On Writing Through the Pandemic, Chris Fleming’s Refreshingly Surreal Comedy
It has been a while since I posted here, but I have a couple of bits of comedy-relating news I wanted to share,...... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP8 – Bethany Van Delft: Comedian, Storyteller
This week I speak with Bethany Van Delft, a comedian and storyteller and so much more. Bethany hosts Artisanal Comedy every Wednesday on...... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP6 – Corey Rodrigues: Comedian, Actor, Host of Corey’s Stories
This week I speak with comedian, actor, and now kid’s show host Corey Rodrigues. Corey was working on a cruise ship as late...... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP3 – Don White, Musician, Storyteller, Author
My day job is talking to artists for different publications, which means I know a lot of people whose livelihoods have been impacted...... Read More
The Artist Check-In Podcast EP1 – Dave Rattigan, Comedian, Booker, Teacher
My day job is talking to artists, mostly comedians, for different publications, which means I know a lot of people whose livelihoods have...... Read More
Streaming Spotlight: Artisanal Comedy March 25, 8PM EST
Streaming music and comedy shows keep popping up by the dozens. I’ll be spotlighting them to help you sort through them. Tonight! In...... Read More
Streaming Spotlight: Comic Isolation – Saturday 3/21 at 9PM EDT
Streaming music and comedy shows keep popping up by the dozens. I’ll be spotlighting one a day to help you sort through them....... Read More
Artist Spotlight: Dan Crohn’s Hysterical “It’s Enough Already”
As I said in the previous post, it’s a good day to stock up on music from your favorite indie artists. BandCamp is...... Read More
Lost Atari Games
It may be tough for the kids to believe it today, but the Atari 2600 unit was the Netflix of its day. It...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Trick or Treating with “My Friend Josh”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: A “Full Moon” Fever
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP111: Lamont Price On the Joy of Halloween and Horror, Plus New Music from Even Twice
This is the Department of Tangents special joy of Halloween and horror episode with Lamont Price. I love Halloween, and so does Price....... Read More
DHFF 2019: “The Horribly Slow Murderer” Returns in “Spoon vs. Spoon”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: “The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP110: Monster, She Wrote Authors Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson On the History of Female Horror Writing, Plus New Comedy from Corey Rodrigues
If you ask a random reader to name foundational women horror writers, you might get two or three names. Mary Shelley. Shirley Jackson....... Read More
DoT EP109: Sue Costello On Staying Positive, Sexism, CBS, and Simmah Down, Plus New Music From Rebecca Turner
Sue Costello is someone I saw early on in Boston, specifically playing a show organized by Jimmy Tingle that featured Costello, Patrice Oneal,...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Tuneful “Hateful Goo”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP108: Dave Ross On Smart and Dumb Comedy, Punk, Masculinity, and Kale, Plus Newly-Released Early Dead Kennedys Music
Dave Ross has a fantastic new album out now called The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex. You can download it, but...... Read More
DoT EP107: Mike Watt on Jumpstarted Plowhards, The Minutemen, and Keeping the Creative Juices Flowing, Plus New Comedy from Dave Ross
Mike Watt is a bona fide punk rock legend. And he probably hates being described like that. His work with The Minutemen and...... Read More
DoT EP105: Steve Poltz On Songwriting, Goat Singing, Spirituality, Tom Cruise, and Much More, Plus New Music from Secret Shame
I have met my tangenting match. I went into this interview, backstage at the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a slate...... Read More
DoT EP101: Why Save MAD? with Michael Gerber and Ian Scott McGregor, plus New Music from Twin Peaks
In early July, rumors started to surface that MAD Magazine was going to cease publishing new material and just reprint old stuff with...... Read More
DoT EP96: Lamont Price on Godzilla, P-Funk, Ringo, and Rambo with New Music From Lucy Isabel
If you want to make anything funnier, just add Lamont Price. It certainly made watching Godzilla a much more enjoyable experience, which is...... Read More