The Eugene Mirman thread?

[ASR]

Originally Posted by Cameron

Coolest commemorative plate ever.

I was in line to get a shirt at the Conchords show in Detroit tonight, when I hear some young kid read the text from that plate aloud right next to me. I thought he was talking to me. I leaned over, saw the plate, and laughed.

[DJ Sam]

Eugene Mirman will be on this week's Naked Comedy

Enjoy!

[Cameron]

Eugene was within a few hours of me tonight, but I couldn't afford to go. I am incredibly sad about this and have to keep reminding myself that I just him at SXSW to make myself feel better.

Boo me.

[amiright??]

As with Naked Comedy, Eugene in on Am I Right?? tonight...

Listen in at www.cjsw.com at 11pm MST or PM me for a copy! It's a lot of fun!

Evan

[DJ Sam]

DIRECT COMPETITION! WHICH EUGENE INTERVIEW WILL WIN????

... luckily, podcasting avoids that drama

[amiright??]

I guess you win - we have no podcast!

[apostilleus]

Opening the second AltCom show on Friday night in Somerville — that’s in the Greater Boston area — Eugene Mirman skewered the debate over what’s “alternative” perfectly as he read from a manifesto strictly defining the rules of alternative. The list included items like “art before commerce” and “smash old items and make new ones out of the bones of the status quo, human hair, and glue, and then smash that again.” The reading concluded with the requirement that every time an alternative comedian performed, he was duty-bound to have Janeane Garofalo come out and shoot him with a Spider-Man web gun and yell “The Patriarchy is her-story,” and, sure enough, there appeared a laughing Janeane Garofalo with a malfunctioning web gun to fulfill the Alt-obligation. And, so, AltCom was ready to (alt) rock again.

[Alex Mac]

Originally Posted by apostilleus

Opening the second AltCom show on Friday night in Somerville — that’s in the Greater Boston area — Eugene Mirman skewered the debate over what’s “alternative” perfectly as he read from a manifesto strictly defining the rules of alternative. The list included items like “art before commerce” and “smash old items and make new ones out of the bones of the status quo, human hair, and glue, and then smash that again.” The reading concluded with the requirement that every time an alternative comedian performed, he was duty-bound to have Janeane Garofalo come out and shoot him with a Spider-Man web gun and yell “The Patriarchy is her-story,” and, sure enough, there appeared a laughing Janeane Garofalo with a malfunctioning web gun to fulfill the Alt-obligation. And, so, AltCom was ready to (alt) rock again.

You could just watch the video of it.

[Eugenem]

Here's my commencement speech at my old high school's graduation yesterday and a link to the video of it:

Graduation speech for LHS Class of 2009

Hello, little dragons. Congratulations! You are now free from your 12 years of Knowledge-Prison. Today you begin the next phase of your life — whether it’s college, a job, or a program abroad — where you build a schoolhouse for underprivileged children, while hooking up with each other.

The main difference for you, between life yesterday and life tomorrow, is you can go to the bathroom whenever you want. It’s a pretty big responsibility, but you’ve earned it. A few more things: you can vote, start a family, go to war, even buy a beer. Just kidding, you’re only mature enough to shoot our enemies in the face.

Your parents are proud of you, but they’re nervous — 2009 is very different from when they grew up — most of them still remember exactly where they were when Lincoln was shot.

But here we are today — amidst several wars, with history’s largest deficit, in the worst recession since families gathered around radios to learn about evolution. On behalf of the generations who came before you, we’re really, really sorry. We made some oopsyies.

I won’t lie to you, there is an asteroid heading for the earth and you only have four days to live. I’m sorry, where was I?

Oh yeah, it will be up to you to lead America into the future. And I don’t mean your generation. I mean the 326 of you. You alone must fix the whole world. Tonight — relax, celebrate — have some Manischewitz. Tomorrow, start fixing.

Good news! This is the point in the graduation speech where I tell you a personal anecdote about perseverance and then quote a song. What’s the worst grade you’ve ever gotten? A D? An F? When I was in eighth grade at Diamond Middle school, on a homework assignment, I once got a -8. I did my assignment worse than not doing it. But did I let getting a grade lower than the lowest possible grade stop me? No. I was put into Recourse Room (Special Education) and turned my F into a D.

So, you see, sometimes you can fail, then barely pass, and then become a comedian. Also, I recommend being on television occasionally, because people treat you nicely.

Lastly, some tips for life —

1) Don’t forget to follow your dreams — unless your dreams are stupid — like eating all the cake in Arlington.
2) Be kind to people.
3) Don’t get too excited when you read the Fountainhead.
4) In this time of recession, it is the time for invention. Did you know both the telephone and the automobile were invented during recessions? So was “talking dirty.”
5) Things can kill you. So just keep that in mind, you fearless-know-it-alls.

Good luck with everything and don’t become addicted to heroin, unless you want to be a great songwriter.

And now, as promised, I’ll quote a song. Garden Party by Rick Nelson. It’s about him getting booed off stage at Madison Square Garden in 1971:

“it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself
lott-in-dah-dah-dah, lot-in-dah-dah-dah”

[kevin]

+8

[scamboogah]

From SubPop.com;

God Is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's

Brooklyn resident, comedian and really great guy (and Russian immigrant) Eugene Mirman has, among a great many other things, released two previous albums: Suicide Squeeze Records’ The Absurd Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman (voted best of 2004 by Time Out New York and The Onion) and the 2006 genre-bending (not really) follow-up En Garde, Society! on Sub Pop Records (which Eugene thinks reached an Amazon ranking of about 2,045 in music!). Now, three years later, The Mirm (that’s what the crew on the Flight of the Conchords tour called him) is releasing the possibly offensive, but most likely charming God Is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger’s. Recorded live in Chicago (the city where Abraham Lincoln lost his virginity) at the Lakeshore Theater (an intimate alt-comedy theater) in super-late 2008, this album is a collection of Eugene’s funniest new stuff.

Released: 2009-10-06 (CD)

TRACKS

1. Hello and Several Jokes on Topics Ranging from Elevators to Goofing Around on a Whale Watch
2. My Gas Got Shut Off—Boo!
3. Vancouver, Detroit, and Bears!
4. Divisive Online Banner Ads
5. America Is Better than Abortion
6. The Questionable Polls of Russia Today
7. I Found an iPod
8. The Will to Whatevs Book Tour and an Amazing Boy with Asperger’s
9. Classmates.com
10. Sex, ??? AirLIES, and Videotape: A Three-Part Radio Play Very Based on a True Story
11. My Letter to ??? Airlines, Your Postcard to ??? Airlines

[tuggboat]

yes yes YES!

[Dr. Feelgood]

Just saw that you can get a free Eugene Mirman tote bag if you pre-order before Oct. 6. Whatever that means.
http://www.subpop.com/releases/eugen...with_aspergers

[ResilientRabbit]

Originally Posted by Dr. Feelgood

Just saw that you can get a free Eugene Mirman tote bag if you pre-order before Oct. 6. Whatever that means.
http://www.subpop.com/releases/eugen...with_aspergers

It's the same one they were selling at the Mirman festival. It's a nice bag.

[Eugenem]

I am having a CD release party/ show at PAs Lounge in Somerville this Tuesday October 6th for my new album, God Is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy With Asperger's. The tickets are $10, the show is 18+ and doors are at 8:30, with show at 9. It'll be me and some friends doing comedy and then afterwards we can all hang out, listen to music, have a drink and talk about the health care crisis.

-Eugene

[Cameron]

No vinyl? Bummer.

[ResilientRabbit]

Just listened to the CD this morning and it is absolutely wonderful. By turns, it is absurdist, charming and inspired. Enjoyed every minute.

[conundrum]

you can download a track that John Wesley Harding did that was intended for the end of the album called "12 Delta Delta Delta (Nothing Rhymes With Delta)"

http://eugenemirman.com/archives/313

[chimeinhere]

The new CD is awesome. I've listened to it 3 times through since last night. Thanks Eugene.

I'm going on a fuck break.

[Shauno]

Just checked amazon.ca and apparently it's released on October 13th in the Canada part of the internet.

Interesting.