"I got an Ant Farm, them fellas didn't grow shit!" Mitch Hedberg July 18, 2003 on XM Stand Up, Sit Down

Mitch Hedberg was a stand-up comic in the late 1990's - mid-2000's. With a style that consisted of short one-liner jokes and observations of absurd situations; all delivered with an abrupt delivery that became Mitch's trademark.

Unfortunately, Mitch passed away in early 2005. Before dying he had recorded 2 CD's ("Strategic Grill Locations" & "Mitch All Together") and was working on a third CD. In 2008, a CD was culled from recordings Mitch was doing for the new CD; "Do You Believe in Gosh?" Mitch had also started crossing over into acting, including spots in Almost Famous & Lords of Dogtown.

I remember hearing Mitch about a year before he died; the local record store was playing "Mitch All Together" because it had just come out. I heard his bit about contractions/do not disturb signs and was sold.

One of the things left behind was an interview Mitch did in 2003 with the XM Radio show "Stand Up, Sit Down." In the hour of the broadcast, the interview is inter sped with tracks from the first cd as well as material from an unreleased show. Enjoy the interview as it has some really funny stories from Mitch as well as his wife, Lynn.

I have some unreleased Mitch sets & other interviews that will see daylight in this blog as well.

Enjoy! Mitch Hedberg interview & stand-up


Some videos as an added bonus:

"Read Your Bible, Smoke Your Bong" Pukes Discography '98-'99

Seeing as how I just did a Biography over at LastFM I will just do a little bit here and link the lastfm profile. Pukes were a local Riverside band with a ties to a lot of other local bands, including the long running WC/Rotting Stiffs

This band was full of good friends of mine who played fun shows and was exactly what you would expect; teenage punk rock with a HC Punk feel. Fake blood, Misfits influence, snot, sarcasm, and some 16 year old's ideas of wit. Most of the time it worked, sometimes it flopped. Looking back more than 10 years later, the Split songs still resonate with me. Unfortunately, the "unreleased lp" tracks were recorded with a slightly different line-up and Bryan (singer) was sick. It shows. However, "Fuck James Dean" still comes through and its nice to have "This Place" as it holds a lot of fond memories and reminders of some of the few bright spots of high school.

Fuck James Dean was originally "Destroy", when Rudy left it became FJD. Same music, diff. lyrics. This Place was also a Rudy song, but it remained, and if memory serves it was mostly intact from when he sang it. Riverside Chaos was a joke directed at exactly the type of song that it is. I believe that local band Narcoleptic Youth actually took a shot at the Pukes in an interview referencing the reasoning behind their song "Banks Go Bust." A bit ironic.

more info: http://www.last.fm/music/Pukes

The songs should have info. embedded in them, but in case they don't (or you aren't that savvy):

All tracks recorded 1998 - 1999

Vocals: Bryan
Bass, Vocals: Rudy (1,2,4,9,12)
Guitar, Vocals: Kenny
Drums: Nick
Bass: Dan (3,5-8,10,11,13-15)

1,2,4,9 from "Riverside Chaos" Split EP w/ WC/Rotting Stiffs

12 from unreleased End of the World Records comp & sourced from a 10-12 year old 1st gen. dubbed tape

3, 5-8, 10, 11, 13-15 from unreleased full length lp


PUKES "Discography 1998 - 1999" (DOWNLOAD)

"i'm so tired i can't sleep..."

BLOG IS BEING RE-TOOLED... as of April 2010 this is going to be a bit of Hodgepodge. Still plenty of music; probably mostly music related, but it's going to be a little more loose and contain more content other than just downloads. As my grandmother said when we were kids... sit down, shut up, and hold on... nicely said, of course.