Along with David Cross, Zach Galifianakis and Patton Oswalt, Eugene Mirman has liberated stand-up comedy from the zany fratboys and sweater-clad neurotics. Mirman’s latest album, God Is A Twelve-Year-Old Boy With Asperger’s (Sub Pop), isn’t representative of a “new breed” of comedy or a supposedly edgy advancement in humor; it’s a collection of smart, imaginative bits that embody the anger, absurdity and awkwardness of everyday life. You might also say it’s full of guffaws. Mirman, who also published a book this year (the mock-advice tome The Will To Whatevs) and regularly appears on HBO’s Flight Of The Conchords, is guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week. Read our Q&A with him.
Mirman: The Dutchess And The Duke, a Seattle-based, ’60s-folk-rock sounding duo, has everything a great band needs: a boy, a girl, a guitar, a drum, a guitar again, a tambourine, a violin and super-stripped-down simple production. I’m pretty sure they also have an organ. (Or a guy, possibly Michael Winslow, who sounds exactly like an organ.) Sunset/Sunrise is their second album. I am almost out of information I know about this band, but I like this album a lot. This is the perfect record to listen to while sipping whiskey in a rocking chair on a porch. It’s also probably not a bad choice if you’re trying to put together a fairly relaxed orgy. Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upYvVKAADA0
