​This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 12, 2019

Published Jul 12, 2019

Mourning and marvelling at Kawhi, the Celtics go low and very high, a sawfish seems like a weird guy, Rip Torn says goodbye, and much more f...

Purple Mountains Purple Mountains

Published Jul 09, 2019

Ten years since retiring Silver Jews and retreating from public life, David Berman has triumphantly returned as Purple Mountains, with a rev...

Pat Burtscher Patty Cakes

Published Jul 08, 2019

Though he downplays his smarts with a dumb guy affectation, Pat Burtscher cannot hide an enlightened perspective on his own life and our sha...

'Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am' Finally Gives a More Complete Picture of an Amazing Life Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Published Jul 08, 2019

After reading Toni Morrison's groundbreaking 1987 novel Beloved, Oprah Winfrey was so fixated on locating the author to discuss it, she conv...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 5, 2019

Published Jul 06, 2019

Some cats do weird things, the end of MAD stings, a subway car pongs and pings, the Knicks don't want championship rings, and much more from...

The Rolling Stones Burl's Creek, Oro-Medonte ON, June 29

Published Jun 30, 2019

"It's buck-a-beer time," Mick Jagger said at one point. "Thanks to Doug Ford." And the boos rained down at this local reference. Jagger, per...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 28, 2019

Published Jun 29, 2019

The wrong neighbourhood for Robert Crumb, wondering where Marianne Williamson came from, how far Teen Vogue has come, a Juggalo does somethi...

​David Berman Discusses Every Song on Purple Mountains' Self-Titled New Album

Published Jun 27, 2019

Ten years since retiring Silver Jews and retreating from public life, David Berman has triumphantly returned with a fantastic and revealing...

Shellac The End of Radio

Published Jun 24, 2019

A live recording captured inside of a studio makes quite a bit of sense when it comes to Shellac, of North America, and these documents of t...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 21, 2019

Published Jun 22, 2019

The NBA Champion Toronto Raptors visit Springfield, Kawhi Leonard's sense of humour revealed, the gifts that Father's Day can yield, a suitc...

Richard Reed Parry Quiet River of Dust Vol. 2

Published Jun 21, 2019

In a slow-motion zone, the Sadies' Dallas Good duets with his friend Richard Reed Parry on a song called "In a Moment," and the harmony is a...

Bill Callahan Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

Published Jun 17, 2019

To be a fan of Bill Callahan, of late, feels a lot like being on a glorious winning streak. Since retiring his Smog handle in 2007, Callahan...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 14, 2019

Published Jun 15, 2019

The Toronto Raptors are world champs, Stephen Malkmus goes after your amps, Rob Delaney imagines Chernobyl revamps, a hopeful suitor risks l...

Bill Callahan Wanted to Make an Album Encompassing "All of Life" on 'Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest'

Published Jun 12, 2019

"Don't you get sick of talking about parenting sometimes?" Bill Callahan asks, and then chuckles.   We're about half an hour into our inte...

'The Dead Don't Die' Scores Climate Crisis Points via Zombie Calamity Comedy Directed by Jim Jarmusch

Published Jun 10, 2019

About three-quarters in to the satiric farce that is Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die, characters played by Danny Glover and Caleb Landry J...

Badge Époque Ensemble Badge Époque Ensemble

Published Jun 10, 2019

It's heartening to hear a Toronto band like Badge Époque Ensemble cutting an album that's just an instant stone cold classic. Led by Max "Tw...

Tim Heidecker What the Brokenhearted Do...

Published Jun 10, 2019

A true blue fan of rock music, Tim Heidecker draws upon some of his influences for this clever, catchy concept record about many of the ways...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 7, 2019

Published Jun 08, 2019

Neil Young rides his bike, Richard Dreyfuss tweets a funny psyche, a dish sponge Paul F. Tompkins seems to like, the Toronto Raptors cause a...

Mavis Staples We Get By

Published Jun 04, 2019

Entering her eighth decade as a music icon, Mavis Staples sounds inspired by the songs that her producer Ben Harper composed for this collab...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: May 31, 2019

Published Jun 02, 2019

Drake trashes Draymond Green, the Raptors give Toronto something it's never seen, how websites work in 2019, what men twitching in their sle...