My friends over at Metal Injection are celebrating Black Metal History Month, so I did my part by listening to some new black metal bands and explaining to everybody where they went horribly wrong. Basically, I school people all the time without even really trying and this is just one more awesome example of that.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself in this life, it’s that I can’t stop rocking. As part of this affliction, I am constantly on the hunt for sweet guitars (or axes as they are known by us rocker types) that will aid me in my quest to melt faces whenever possible. Since I’m not Liberace (a man without limits) or anything, I have to keep things under control and just can’t let any old axe into the arsenal. As a result, I decided to let one go recently so that I could make room for the sweet axe pictured above. It is made by a company called LSL Instruments and it is their T-Bone model, which is pretty much like a sweet Telecaster from the ‘50s only it was made in modern times. In my youth, I always shied away from Telecasters because no one in Ratt ever played them, but as I grow older, I have come to appreciate their sexy ways. My friend Tim hipped me to this particular brand, so I went and played a big pile of them in New Jersey and ultimately decided to buy the one above because the blue color goes really great with my eyes and also most of my outfits. I haven’t unleashed this guitar on the masses yet, so I really don’t know what its IPR (Instant Panty Remover. My friend Patrick taught me this the other night. It’s very classy) quotient is just yet, but I have a feeling it’s pretty high. I myself have removed my underpants in the presence of this guitar several times since it has started living with me at my apartment. Also, it goes really well with the cabinet behind it, so there’s that too. In short, I’m pretty excited about it. More as this story develops.
As many of you who have been following my career from the very beginning are well aware, I spilled a large Coke on my laptop last month, an incident that ended up frying my computer, hurting my feelings, and stopping many of my regular futuristic activities in their tracks, including the production of my incredible podcast. Now, $2500 and lots of swear words later, I have a new computer with new programs on it and stuff and, as a result, have resumed making my incredible podcast in my spare time. In celebration of all of this, I have recently posted Episode 35 of Dave Hill’s Podcasting Incident up on the Internet for all to consume however they feel like. This time around, I sit down with my good friend Walter Schreifels, an unstoppable musician you no doubt know from such bands as Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools, Walking Concert, the Walter Schreifels Band, and a lot of other bands besides all those I just mentioned. Pull your loved ones close as Walter and I discuss topics including but not limited to the Yakuza, ham radio, the Minutemen, Nazis, music, and Morse code. Also, brace yourself for the very first installment of “Your Life is Bullshit” with my secretary Shaina Feinberg, taped live at the Talent Show at Littlefield in Brooklyn. You can listen to everything I just talked about right here. I hope you enjoy it so much.
In keeping with the times (both past as in circa 2004 and also the present times we are living in now), I have started a vlog or “video blog” as it was known in simpler times (2003). Why? Why not? Anyway, about once a week or so I will post a new episode on my YouTube channel and just brace myself for the inevitable mayhem. You can watch episode 5 above and then go back and watch every episode I’ve done so far here. Okay, that about covers it. Thank you for joining me in this futuristic endeavor from space.
Hi. Remember how a few posts ago I showed you first episode of the new and popular “Brooklyn Comedy Social” web series I did with my close personal friends Gabe Liedman and Janeane Garofalo? Okay, great. Anyway, here is part two of that first incredible episode. Watch it again and again right now.
Recently, I put my incredible acting chops to work for the incredible final episode of “Little Darlings” written by Brian Donovan and Ed Herro and directed by Brendan Colthurst. My co-star in this incredible video is Ryan Karels. We have a lot of wild stories from the set that day. Anyway, watch this video now because you will like it so much.
Hi. It’s Dave again. From before. Anyway, as part of my ongoing quest to make the world a better, sexier place, I am hosting my groundbreaking Smiths speed dating event that I like to call “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” this Sunday at the Black Rabbit in Greenpoint, the popular Brooklyn neighborhood, at 8pm. Here’s how it works: I play Smiths and Morrissey songs on my laptop while I get hammered and people speed date for a song or two (this will be dictated by my whim) and then I make everybody switch. You can come and speed date or just come and hang out. It’s free, fun, and I will totally be there, smelling great and probably dressed incredibly. Also, the Black Rabbit is the best bar in New York City, which is reason enough to come, and I’m not just saying that because they almost never charge me for drinks. Okay, see you Sunday I hope. Just show up by 8pm and stop running from happiness.
The other day I sat down for the inaugural meeting of the Brooklyn Comedy Social, something that is going to start happening seriously often, with my close personal friends Gabe Liedman and Janeane Garofalo. We chatted about Republicans, grease fires, and about 500 other things and also drank tea. You can and should watch the whole thing above and then subscribe to the channel too or I’ll stab you.
Hi. It’s me, Dave, again. I’ve mentioned this on Twitter previously, but now that I have this new website and everything, I figured I’d mention it here- I am currently appearing on a new program called “Would You Rather? with Graham Norton” on the popular cable television channel BBC America, which is great for me. The show is a British-style panel show with a cavalcade of stars (e.g. Alan Cumming, Stanley Tucci, Cyndi Lauper, Whoopi Goldberg, Judah Friedlander, Scott Adsit, and more) as well as several “cult figures” like myself. I appear on four out of 13 episodes and I am the best at it. The show is on Saturday night’s at 11pm usually, but go to BBC America’s website to find out the exact where and whens of it all. Oh yeah, and there is a little preview clip of me on the show above that you and your loved ones should watch over and over again.
Hi. Mondays- am I right? Anyway, I just wanted to shamelessly mention that in yesterday’s New York Times Magazine, there was a great article about comedy podcasts by Paul Brownfield. At the end of it, there is a “highly subjective, by no means definitive list of five (or so) comedy podcasts worth checking out” and my Dave Hill’s Podcasting Incident is totally one of them, clocking in at #5 along with the great and ridiculously attractive Julie Klausner. I totally took a picture of the page it was on (page 45 if you’re playing along at home) and posted it above so you know I’m not just making this stuff up. Okay, great- that about covers it for now.
