Andy Kaufman

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Islander

Julie Hecht’s self-help
There’s still time to spend some of your summer with Julie Hecht.
By JON GARELICK | July 22, 2008

As the AltCom Festival arrives at the Somerville Theatre, we look at the roots of the indie comedy boom.
“Ashlee Simpson’s new album sold so poorly,” snorted the headline on Yahoo! this past week, that “it was beaten by a comedy album.”
By MIKE MILIARD | May 08, 2008

A philosopher in bunny ears

Steve Martin’s new memoir unlocks the freaky logic of his comedy
Martin’s new memoir, Born Standing Up , grants us our best access yet to this remote and brilliant figure — the cool architect of the comedy.
By JAMES PARKER | December 31, 2007

Masters of Muppets

The 20 best musical moments on the original Muppet Show .
Here are some of our fave muppet musical moments.
By CARLY CARIOLI AND RYAN STEWART | August 27, 2007

Post-punk pantheon

Daydream Nation tops our list of 10 landmark albums that made indie rock
They were, by definition, misfits.
By PHOENIX STAFF | July 16, 2007

Putting the ‘art’ in ‘fart’

‘Pull My Finger’ explores the dark vortex where comedy and poop jokes meet
Everybody poops.
By SHARON STEEL | July 06, 2007

Heavy-metal chill out

Growing and SunnO))) crawl to the drone
Drone metal. Cats love it, and probably unborn children, too, hearing it buzzed through the womb wall. Boris, "Farewell" (mp3) Sunn O))), "It Took The Night To Believe" (mp3) Growing, "Green Pasture"
By JAMES PARKER | June 15, 2006

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