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    I didn't know where else to post this, and I doubt anyone will see it, but BIG Analyze Phish shout out in the NYT today!

     

    "Perhaps he’s better off doing his own thing. His most audacious work of comedy — and cultural criticism — has been a series of four podcasts called “Analyze Phish.” In the show Harris Wittels, a writer for the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” and a devoted fan of the jam band Phish, tries to convince Mr. Aukerman to share the passion.

    Explaining the setup during the second episode, Mr. Aukerman said: “I thought it was ridiculous that a grown man, an educated man — by all accounts who went to Harvard — would enjoy the band Phish, and I thought it was so weird, and so we thought of this idea to do this show where you play me Phish songs and try to get me to like it. And I’m coming in with an open heart and open mind.”

    Mr. Wittels — who actually attended Emerson College — pointed out that Mr. Aukerman’s heart wasn’t that open: “Not really anymore. You really hate them more than anybody, ever.”

    The series culminated with Mr. Aukerman and Mr. Wittels attending a Phish show at Madison Square Garden. But even under the influence of various mood enhancers Mr. Aukerman could not embrace the band.

    “I think I owe you an apology,” Mr. Wittels says during one episode, “I feel like I did you a disservice.”

    “Fantastic!” Mr. Aukerman replies. “I feel that I’m owed one.”

    Huzzah !

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    Who Charted? Makes it on Andrew Beckerman 's best comedy of the year list from (the math rock aficionados) Dusted Magazine.

    http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/1012

    In terms of breezy affability, there’s no other podcast that’s as fun to listen to as Who Charted? The chemistry between co-hosts Howard Kremer and Kulap Vilaysack sets the tone; Kremer’s genuinely bizarre comments and asides and Vilaysack’s overjoyed reactions to them are one of the most fun things on any podcast. The concept’s also unique, as each week, the two countdown music and movie charts and use those charts to get to know their guests. While it sounds like it could be shallow, counting down something like Billboard’s top five chart jumpers gets a truthful, off-the-cuff response from their guests, one that standard interview questions often don’t elicit.

    Congrats and keep up the good work.

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