Hello, my name is Shawn. This is where I put things. This site has been active since 2002. A lot has changed since then but basically I'm still writing ridiculous articles about ridiculous things. You can also look at my Flickr photostream which is a lot of fun if you aren't blind.
Continuing the tradition of naming our episodes after random foods, episode 25 of the Maniacal Rage Podcast is officially the fish taco episode after a mysterious mid-episode interruption.
We get a call from our friend Kevin Pang at the Chicago Tribune and help him spread the word about an important cause. Then Shawn and Garrett each reveal new inventions and we discuss bullet teeth and what not to wear.
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Forgot to mention that Episode 24 of the Maniacal Rage Podcast was released on Monday.
[W]e talk about popsicles and sea monkeys, children and soy ice cream. And we’ve got a commercial for an awesome new product.
Garrett and I are guests on the latest Moldawer in the Morning Podcast! We had a lot of fun and had some really good topics to work with:
We discuss hot moms, drunk teens, and smart monkeys.
Check it out.
The Zima episode has arrived.
Check your feeds, cause we just smacked you (metephorically) in the face with episode 21 of the freshly renamed Maniacal Rage Podcast. Download or subscribe.
Even cooler is that the fine folks at iTunes have chosen to feature us on the podcasting page this week! Check it out. How cool is that? Thanks iTunes!
I finally got around to uploading the sketches from my sketch comedy show. It was only 2 weeks ago but somehow feels like it was last year. Anyway, my two sketches were SeaWorthy and Terrorists. And while we’re at it, I might as well go ahead and embed my first YouTube video here. So 2006. Oh and I forgot to look down at the camera while this was recording so the framing is all messed up. Oh well! (View all vids from the show)
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Homeless scientists, a Nor’easter that tries to drown Garrett, martinis, sandwiches and more. Plus a contest reminder and Shawn has a… well.. an incident. Let’s just put it that way.
Tonight is my sketch show “Let’s Pee On This Baby, Y’all!” at the PIT theater in New York. If you live in New York and love comedy or peeing on helpless children, you should come by. There will be more of one than the other… guess which!
I’m extremely thrilled with the name of the show and this flyer, which was designed by the lovely and talented Adele who was in this crazy sketch comedy class with me.
Hope you can make it, y’all!
[UPDATE: We’ve sweetened the pot, see below]
We’ve had a podcast in us just dying to get out and it finally happened. Episode 18 is now available.
Of note in this episode is the second official Garrett Murray podcast contest.
We are changing the name of the podcast and need your help. That’s right, you can name the podcast anything you’d like. “Bees Are For Kids” could be your submission. Or “Wax Paper Sandwiches.” Or both. Submit 10. Whatever. If we like it, we’ll use it AND you’ll win a brand new iPod nano.
We’ll also pick two random submissions and give them iPod shuffles just ‘cause we’re super good guys like that. So you have no reason not to enter.
Check out the contest page for full details.
Could it get any sweeter than that? No. No it can’t.
The only condition is that if we don’t find a new name, we will kill three listeners*. We realize this might hurt our fan base but we thought you guys might need a kick in the ass.
Good luck!
* Kill with comedy, not knives
Every once in a while we do an episode that I’m especially proud of and this is one of them. Subscribe if you haven’t yet or listen to the episode instanteously using the built-in player. (You can also download an MP3 directly from that page.)
We talk about things made out of plastic, chewing tobacco, nicknames and crappy super heroes. We’re also lucky enough to be visited by our dear friend, Hobo Jones.
Forgot to mention that we released Episode 15 of the podcast this week. Head over to the website for subscription options or conveniently listen to it in your browser if that’s more your style.
It was also very exciting to see Jon Hicks pick The Garrett Murray Podcast as the best of 2006. Thanks Jon!
Andy Samberg’s Digital Short delivers every time. (Worth the one ad you have to sit through. Also, Safari seems to have issues with their player.)
Instead of Christmas shopping this year I decided that everyone’s gift will be a podcast. Specifically Episode 13 of the Garrett Murray Podcast.
This is your gift.
SO ENJOY IT.
The Onion’s humor kinda wore off a few years ago, but these are fresh and made me laugh. (via)
Wow, I think by year’s end we’ll average over a podcast per month this year. Not quite the 1 per week rate we’ve striven for in the past but not bad. Granted, we also skipped 3 or 4 months this summer so we should be able to do a lot better in 2007.
As usual you can get all the details at the podcast site. Enjoy!
In case you missed it, Episode 10 of the podcast went up.
New microphone allows us to muse on surround sound, problems with the subway system and American culture. While we’re at it, we give the ladies a life-saving tip.
Listening tip: Light some soothing scented candles and enjoy the podcast while taking a warm delicious bath. WARNING: DO NOT DROP IPOD INTO BATH. DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION WILL ENSUE. (PAINFUL)
Not sure if the show will be any good, I’ll definitely give it a shot, but these promos they’ve been airing crack me up.
New podcast episode (Codename: “The Egg”) just released for your ear-based pleasure!
Silly Things My 3-Year-Old Said That I’m Certain the Rest of the World Would Find Sweet and Cute:
HIM: […] I can turn you inside out with one phrase: What have you done since 2003? Do you feel the sting of it? The reckoning is coming.
ME: Do you like SpongeBob? Is SpongyBobby silly?
After taking the summer off we return with a new episode. More of the same. If you loved the old stuff, you’ll love this episode and if you love this episode you’ll love the old stuff. We also recently re-acquired a 5 star rating at iTunes. Seriously, read through that feedback. It’s truly amazing and we appreciate every last hyperbolic adjective. Thanks to all our listeners for the support!
This is a full episode of a 1991 TV show called Lookwell written by Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel. Adam West’s acting is hypnotizing and it’s very funny in a very Conan kind of way. Did anyone else know this existed?
What else have I been working on? A teaser for the first ever Guns ‘n’ Roses kids tribute band is now up.
And, even better, if you watch it and can’t get enough, come down to CBGB’s Gallery this Sunday, December 14 at 6:30pm. Lil’ G ‘n’ R will be making their world debut live here in New York City. Come down if you live nearby.
The full length documentary will also be shown on Sunday and we’ll play it at our regular show early next year. Check the FNInews page for details on future shows.
Yesterday my boss authorized me to purchase a OWC Mercury Pro DVD-RW so we can make DVDs for the clients to walk with. It arrived this morning (fast, fast, fast). I popped in the CD that contained the DVD burning software (Dragon Burn). Up pops a disc labeled “Audio CD 1.” Huh, did I put the wrong disk in? Eject, scrutinize. Nope. It is labeled “Dragon Burn 3.0 for Mac OS 9 and X.” Pop it back in, double click: 10 tracks of an audio CD. So I open up iTunes and it queries CDDB for the album and track listing.
It is an album by Grupo Miramar, apparently a traditional Mexican band as all of the songs were in Spanish. So I started laughing.
I called tech support:
“OWC Tech Support, this is Chris, how may I help you?”
“Hi, yeah, um, I just bought one of your Mercury DVD-R drives.”
“OK.”
“And I put in the CD to install the burning software… and it was full of Spanish music.”
“It was… there was no data on it at all?”
“Just music. In Spanish. Has this happened before?”
“No.”
“Track 9 is called ‘El Burrito Borracho’”
“Hold on a moment.”
muffled laughter, a click, on-hold music
(BTW: One would be well advised to lookup the translation of El Burrito Borracho)
The Governator
Conan The Candidate
“Vote For Me If You Want To Live.”
“I’ll Give Back”
Total Recall 2 (also Totally into Recall)
and as-is, “The Running Man”
Sadly, that’s all I can find. Have I missed any? There’s something to be done with “End of Gray’s” but damned if I can do it.
If I owned a gun, I would shoot myself in the feet. If I owned large knives I would run them across my palms, causing horrible pain and bleeding. If I owned nunchaku I would bludgeon my face rapidly. Why, you ask? Because apparently I am a masochist. Apparently if given a day off (say, the 4th of July) I will decide to wake up BEFORE NINE after having gone to bed AFTER TWO after having consumed OVER FIVE gin and tonics. Apparently being generally sleep deprived means that I should get LESS SLEEP on weekends.
And why you ask? I am going to Coney Island to watch a small asian man eat an unreasonable quantity of hot dogs. Which really only continues the theme of self-torture.
And, in some inexplicable way, this makes it all seem quite sensible. Sleep can wait. There are hot dogs to be eaten.
For more information, or to peruse a career of your own: IFOCE.
(Pictures hopefully to follow.)
Sam Adams Winter Lager is truly a superb December beer. Crisp yet warm. Flavorful yet sweet (but not too sweet). I drink it and feel like I should have a fire going and a dog asleep at my side; snow lightly drifting down from the sky.
Not to get sappy, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of Christmas this year. And I sorta got inspired. I made some Christmas cards for you to send to your friends and family. Maybe, just maybe, my thoughts on Christmas will help you feel a little closer to your loved ones this holiday season. Enjoy.
Lil’ Romeo Honey BBQ is my favorite.
