Thunderant - Episode 2: "Feminist Bookstore"
We're sure you remember the nice date between Fred Armisen and Carry Brownstein in Thunderant's debut, "This Is Nice." Well, the Sleater-Kinney ex and SNL funny man are back at it, this time with a bit more hair.
Carrie dropped us a line this a.m. to explain the duo's second short film, "Feminist Bookstore"...
"We filmed it this summer in Portland. Fred and I play bookstore owners who are more concerned with our politics than making a sale." Your hosts Toni and Candace are also into cat 'n' dog yoga and firewalking, not so into yoga for kids or flyers that talk about anuses.
Watch it at thunderant.com, which launched today. Carrie tells us, "Aside from videos, the site features notes on the sketches, MP3's, outtakes, photos, and eventually we'll put the obligatory blog up there." We hate seeing "obligatory" and "blog" in the sentence, but you won't regret visiting the Feminist Bookstore. While you're there, make sure to stock up on vegan cookbooks 'n' a new set of crystals.
Posted at 1:29 PM in Video
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney | Thunderant
I'm sorry, but all of these clips are really half-baked, overly long, and a little unfunny in a painful way. Shame.
Posted by: Scott at September 17, 2007 2:13 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I thought this one was great.
Posted by: Bif at September 17, 2007 2:54 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Far better than the first one, but that still ain't saying much.
Posted by: Ed at September 17, 2007 3:10 PM | ReplyScore = 0
i just really dont like fred armisen. i mean, everyone tells me how funny he is...i dont see it.
Posted by: jdubs at September 17, 2007 3:14 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I huge improvement over the first two installments! Now I have hope that this may turn out to be a funny series. I still want to see them do a music video, maybe something early 90's with flannel, high waisted jeans, and over the top angsty lyrics.
Posted by: mesosoup at September 26, 2007 10:29 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Happy Birthday, Carrie!
Posted by: Adrienne at September 27, 2007 10:13 AM | ReplyScore = 0
love thunderant...quirky and fun
and fred as saddam hussein in 'boink' looks almost as good as he did as ahmadinejad in snl's 'iran so far away'
more thunderant, please!
Posted by: shannon at March 1, 2008 9:19 PM | ReplyScore = 0