Employees Must Wash Haiku
Beyond serious classical music I make a lot of other stuff, most of it very silly. These Three videos are art song settings of haiku written to replace the “Employees Must Wash Hands” signs in the bathrooms of Journeyman. By the way, if you’re anywhere near Boston and haven’t been to Journeyman, go. It’s amazing.
The Song of Newt
Newt Gingrich was in trouble, and he thought releasing this press release would help. It’s so operatic, I had to set it to music. Jason Buckwalter tore it up as he always does, and we were finished mere hours after Stephen Colbert got John Lithgow to read it on his show. Okay, they win, but ours has a Richard Strauss joke.
Actually Happening
I also work on Actually Happening, a current events and history panel game podcast hosted by Victoria Nece. She and I edit it together, and I am one of the team captains. We were briefly the top-rated explicit history podcast on iTunes. We really do earn that explicit tag. If that doesn’t scare you, subscribe on iTunes or check out or latest episodes:
- Actually Happening Ep 18 — Joe Biden’s Extra Pandas
This Week: – The drunkest of hats – Joe Biden brings back the jort – The Chinatown bus is lacking in magazines – “I wish I could have been a heretic back when it actually meant something.” – Extra pandas – The severed limbs of your enemies plus two forms of ID and three references [...] - Not Actually Happening Ep. 8 — Mechanical Turk
The most incredible thing about this episode (and it is a good one!) is that it exists. Yes, the Lost Recording of Actually Happening has finally been rescued from the dark recesses of a corrupted SD card. Thanks Rob! - Not Actually Happening Ep. 7 — Hitler Diaries
Yes, it’s another Not Actually Happening, a mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. This week we Godwin ourselves for eight solid minutes.
