{"id":877,"date":"2016-09-15T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=877"},"modified":"2016-11-08T23:54:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T04:54:20","slug":"department-of-tangents-podcast-ep13-comedian-musician-and-author-dave-hill-new-music-from-walter-sickert-and-the-army-of-broken-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/09\/15\/department-of-tangents-podcast-ep13-comedian-musician-and-author-dave-hill-new-music-from-walter-sickert-and-the-army-of-broken-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Tangents Podcast Ep13 – Comedian, Musician, and Author Dave Hill, New Music from Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy to present to you my conversation with author, comedian, and musician Dave Hill<\/a>. Hill is a busy guy these days. He just released his second book of essays, Dave Hill Doesn’t Live Here Anymore<\/em>, he’s on the road doing stand-up and storytelling, and developing a new television pilot. Hill has a distinctive voice as an essayist \u2013 he can give himself over to silliness and then comment on something more serious in a way that leaved you no choice but to stay engaged, if only to make sure you\u2019re following his tone correctly. Among the praise heaped on Hill’s writing from Michael Ian Black<\/a>, Malcolm Gladwell<\/a>, Jim Gaffigan<\/a>, Todd Barry<\/a>, and his sometime touring partner Janeane Garofalo<\/a> is this from Dick Cavett<\/a>: \u201cThe next president\u2019s first official act should be to declare Dave Hill a living national treasure. He is a major figure among American comic writers, past and present. When reading his stuff, I laugh so loud, the neighbors complain.\u201d <\/p>\n

Here’s Hill’s dad playing “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin on piano, with an assist from Hill:
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