Whenever I've recommended The Best Show on WFMU (91.1 FM, WFMU.org) to friends, I've been confronted with the complaint that the show is three hours long. And that they do not have three hours every week to listen to the... CONTINUE READING THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU FUNDRAISER 3/10/09»
Posted on March 11, 2009 in (17 comments)
Tags: Aimee Mann | Interpol | John Hodgman | Julian Plenti | Paul F. Tompkins | Ted Leo | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling
Tonight's your last chance to open your wallet and save Tom Scharpling's brilliant indie rock friendly WFMU program. Pledgers get an exclusive Paul McCartney covers comp with tracks by Death Cab For Cutie, Ted Leo, and Aimee Mann. Ted and... CONTINUE READING TED LEO, AIMEE MANN JOIN THE BEST SHOW FUNDRAISING MARATHON»
Posted on March 10, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Aimee Mann | Passion Pit | Ted Leo | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling | Weezer
There is generally one thing every comedy nerd I know agrees on, and that is The Best Show On WFMU with Tom Scharpling being the best three-hour investment a person who likes smart and funny things can make on any... CONTINUE READING DEATH CAB, TED LEO, PORTASTATIC, COVER PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU'S PLEDGE DRIVE»
Posted on March 3, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Death Cab For Cutie | Maserati | Paul McCartney | Stephen Malkmus | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling
Old chums and videomates Zach and Fiona make a promo. "Up In Them Guts" comes to us via the giving hands of the ever-great Chunklet magazine which -- after a three year wait -- is set to release its 20th... CONTINUE READING ZACH GALIFIANAKIS & FIONA APPLE - "UP IN THEM GUTS" »
Posted on September 18, 2008 (22 comments)
Tags: AD Miles | Fiona Apple | Jon Brion | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling | Zach Galifianakis
When Ted Leo and The Best Show'a Tom Scharpling get together, they expect you to give it up. Last time we checked in with the pair they wanted your money (for the WFMU's 50th anniversary pledge drive). This time out... CONTINUE READING NEW TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS - "THE WORLD IS IN THE TURLET"»
Posted on June 4, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | SXSW | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling
The excellent WFMU is in the midst of their 50th anniversary pledge drive, so last night the unlikely trio listed above variously stopped by Tom Scharpling's The Best Show to help raise cash. You can hear the 3-hour broadcast --... CONTINUE READING BEN GIBBARD, TED LEO, PATTON OSWALT VISIT THE BEST SHOW»
Posted on March 5, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Patton Oswalt | Ted Leo | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling | Yo La Tengo
We always knew Ted Leo was an intense performer, but never equated him with Sylvester Stallone until this Tom Scharpling-penned, Mike Bellino-directed video for "Colleen." In it, Mr. Leo sets up shop in a motel, applies a proper amount of... CONTINUE READING NEW TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS VIDEO - "COLLEEN" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on November 12, 2007 in (44 comments)
Tags: Ted Leo | The Best Show | Tom Scharpling