It's A Brianstorm.

I went to the second LA show on Tuesday and it was magical. Special appearances by Kumail Nanjiani and Aubrey Plaza and Susanna Hoffs (whose birthday it was and who I found out later is married to Jay Roach) were delightful.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:06:02 -0800

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero.:

I know this has probably been all over the internet already because why wouldn’t it be, but I’m putting it here as the chief exhibit in the Museum of the Things I Wish I’d Written. (The MotTIWIW. There’s free admission on Tuesdays.)

The pug tag is dangerous.

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:32:25 -0800

The pug tag is dangerous.

alisonagosti: Pete Holmes as Batman. He is the best.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:22:55 -0800

alisonagosti:

Pete Holmes as Batman. He is the best.

-saturdaynightlive: Top Ten Podcasts of 2011 How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner WTF with Marc...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:04:20 -0800

-saturdaynightlive:

Top Ten Podcasts of 2011

How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner

WTF with Marc Maron

RISK!

You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes

Jordan, Jesse, Go!

Nerdist Writers Panel

Totally Laime

Hype Men

The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

Pop My Culture

This is a great list.

In particular, I’d like to say that Pete Holmes is absolutely killing it with You Made It Weird. Some of the most honest and interesting conversations I’ve heard on a podcast. And that even includes WTF.

"I love Los Angeles. I know a lot of people go there and they see just a huge sprawl of sameness. But..."

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:28:08 -0800

“I love Los Angeles. I know a lot of people go there and they see just a huge sprawl of sameness. But when you’re there for a while, you realize that each section has its own mood. The golden age of cinema is still alive there, in the smell of jasmine at night and the beautiful weather. And the light is inspiring and energizing. Even with smog, there’s something about that light that’s not harsh, but bright and smooth. It fills me with the feeling that all possibilities are available. I don’t know why. It’s different from the light in other places. The light in Philadelphia, even in the summer, is not nearly as bright. It was the light that brought everybody to L.A. to make films in the early days. It’s still a beautiful place.”

- David Lynch, Catching The Big Fish (via bbook)

kulap: There are still tix left for the show! $30 General...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:55:22 -0800

kulap:

There are still tix left for the show! $30 General admission tickets are sold out, but you can still grab VIPs for $100 and upper balcony for only $20.

Two foodtrucks will be parked out front all night, Me So Hungry & Dogtown Dog!

All proceeds will go to The Los Angeles Regional Foodbank .

So excited for this.

popculturebrain: If you’re digging fun.’s “We Are Young”...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:09:43 -0800

popculturebrain:

If you’re digging fun.’s “We Are Young” (thanks to Glee), go listen to this album. Then we can talk. Also while you’re at it, listen to fun.’s first album too.

Couldn’t have said it better.

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:09:28 -0700

lonelysandwich: Warby Parker “Home Try-On” When my photographer...

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:11:45 -0700

lonelysandwich:

Warby Parker “Home Try-On”

When my photographer pal Noah Kalina was in LA for our Everyday video shoot, I mentioned to him that I’d been contacted by the eyeglasses retailer Warby Parker, who happened to be one of my favorite companies. Noah goes, he goes, “I want to be in it.” And the idea came instantly, right there in front of Umami Burger. The good people at Warby Parker signed off on it, and out we went to Brooklyn to shoot the thing.

Honestly, it’s one of the most gratifyingly silliest ideas I’ve gotten to make, and in service of a product far more stylish and cool than I have any right to be a part of. They’re really good glasses. I wear three pairs interchangeably, including these from the new sunglasses line.

And I almost forgot to mention. REGGIE FUCKING WATTS. The narrator is Reggie Watts. I don’t know how it happened either. It just is, so let’s just go with it.

The UPS guy is the inimitably charming, Put This On’s own auteur-in-residence Benjamin Ahr Harrison.

Many excruciatingly talented people helped make this. Here they are:

DP: Benji Bakshi

Producer: Preston Clay Reed

Production designer: Dara Wishingrad

Music: Junk Culture (Deepak Mantena)

Sound designer: Emily Ridgway

UPM: Kids With Candy

1st AD: Schuyler Weiss

H/MU: Annamarie Tendler

Phony website: Brian Fernandes

Casting: Roxana Altamirano

So, so happy to be even a small part of this.

Photo

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:45:01 -0700

popculturebrain: Poster: WTF with Marc Maron Live at the...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:15:41 -0700

popculturebrain:

Poster: WTF with Marc Maron Live at the Bellhouse July 25th | Yfrog, Maron of Twitter

POW!