Happy Easter, everyone! From us… [audio:http://www.paulandstorm.com/news2us/09-The%20Easter%20Song.mp3] …and from M&Ms back in the 1980s…
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You Really Ought to Give Iowa a Try
Just a reminder, we’re Corn Belt-bound this week; we heartily recommend that you purchase tickets and attend one (or several) of our Iowa performances. Wednesday April 8 at 8 pm Diamond Jo Casino (Dubuque, IA) Tickets available at door Thursday April 9 at 7:30 pm 4th Street Theatre (Des Moines, IA) Tickets available at door […]
GEEK MADNESS: Congratulations, Mr. Secretary
After a long campaign against the best and brightest geek luminaries, Wil Wheaton has emerged as the people’s choice to hold the office of the (yet to be officially recognized) Secretary of Geek Affairs. Nearly 90,000 total votes were cast in determining the Geek Madness Tournament outcome, and Mr. Wheaton vanquished an impressive list of […]
12:00:00
What started out as a simple question on Twitter… “There’s a hole in the English language: how to greet people when it’s exactly noon. Good Noon? Hi, Noon? G’Nooner?” …has blossomed into a gripping intellectual exercise. So we’ve extracted some of the best suggestions from the dozens of @ replies and put them into a […]
Expanding Our Horizons
It’s no secret that we never planned to confine ourselves solely to the world of novelty music. We’ve got our eyes on much, much bigger prizes. For starters, we’re forming a new cover band with Jonathan Coulton; we fully expect this new project to be our full-time musical endeavor withing the next several months… Even […]
And Yet More Shows
Here’s a quick rundown of the remainder of our busy, busy Spring… Friday March 13 at 8 pm House of Blues (Houston, TX) with Jonathan Coulton Tickets: tinyurl.com/cxdf8s Sunday March 15 at 7 pm Antone’s (Austin, TX) with Jonathan Coulton Tickets: tinyurl.com/ama6l7 (This is not an official part of SXSW, you must buy tickets to […]
Operation Blue Mountain
Thanks and accolades to all of the Certified Minions and unregistered partisans who participated in the very successful Operation Blue Mountain on Tuesday, March 10 (Paul’s birthday). You answered the call in droves (specifically, 62 of you; how many droves in 62?), and carried out the mission with the determination, guile, and creativity that is […]
Go, Child’s Play, Go!
Although they are no longer in the running for Secretary of Geek Affairs, Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade (or, more accurately, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik) can console themselves with the resolution passed by the Washington State legislature in recognition of their Child’s Play Charity work (Slashdot link). So congratulations to Jerry and Mike […]
GEEK MADNESS: Penultimate Four
Almost there, folks! Winners will meet next week in the Final Battle, and then at last the new Secretary of Geek Affairs will be able to break through all of the gridlock that’s been plaguing geekdom. All results to-date are on the main Geek Madness page. Review all the matchups and go vote, after the […]