Sonic Youth’s guitarist, Lee Ranaldo, just released a video for a song off his upcoming solo album, and it uses footage from Improv Everywhere’s Mp3 Experiment from last summer (see 1:58.)
The coolest part? Ranaldo shot the footage himself! I had no idea he was at the event. I don’t know if he participated, his kids participated, or if he just happened to stumble upon it. Whatever the case, I’m pretty excited that the man that Rolling Stone called the 33rd best guitarist of all time included a snippet of our event in his video.
Also, the song is great!
What happens when you set up a “Meet a Black Person” booth in the middle of the very white town of Aspen, Colorado? Watch the video here: Meet a Black Person
Since Aspen, Colorado has an African American population of 0.44%, Improv Everywhere decided to give the locals a chance to “meet a black person.” They put comedian Colton Dunn in an empty hot chocolate kiosk at the foot of the mountain to greet folks as they exited the slopes.
Loving the latest from The Gregory Brothers featuring lead vocals from everyone’s favorite windbag, Newt Gingrich!
That bird on the end is my favorite.
Tigers in the snow at the Bronx Zoo today.
These people made me fall in love with comedy at the age of 10. In 1989 I used to press record on our family VCR at 10 PM when I had to go to bed and let it run on SLP mode so it would get all of SNL.
RIP Phil Hartman. RIP Victoria Jackson’s brain.
Also, A. Whitney was never a full cast member. I don’t know how he made the photo.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love having a president who can actually be funny. Infinitely cooler than Robot Romney’s stump-speech recitation of the Declaration of Independence. Snooze!
The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips is my favorite album of all time. Pitchfork.tv made a really outstanding documentary about it. I’ve read the book about The Flaming Lips and seen their documentary, but this still had tons of new information and insight into the record. Highly recommended watching if you’re a fan.
Fingers crossed that they will play the album in its entirety live in NY sometime. They’ve done it around the world, but have skipped NYC!
