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2011-10-19
Manic Mondays Returns
by Devo Spice
On Saturday night during his performance at Con On The Cob Devo Spice surprised the room by announcing the return of his podcast Manic Mondays and performing the first new episode in 2 years right there during his set. Click here to listen to the new episode.Manic Mondays is a 15-20 minute comedy show which is released late Sunday night so it's ready for your commute back to work Monday mornings. The show features funny songs, a weekly segment called News Of The Stupid, and other comedy bits as Devo thinks of them. The new version of the show features a new theme song by Possible Oscar.
You can listen to the show online at Devo Spice's web site, or you can get the show automatically via podcast using this RSS feed: feeds.feedburner.com/manicmondays
For more information on the show visit ManicMondays.net. (A new web site is in the works.)
2011-09-21
The FuMP Volume 28 Now Available
by Devo Spice
The FuMP Volume 28 includes all the songs posted at TheFuMP.com in July and August of 2011, including an 11 minute Weird Al parody by Steve Goodie, two new sketches by Cirque du So What, new recordings of classic songs by Lemon Demon, new songs by Consortium of Genius, Positude, plus the first new Rob Balder song in two years! What more could you possibly want?!What, that's not enough? Fine. This CD also has a video shot at Nerdapalooza of Insane Ian, Carrie Dahlby, Devo Spice, and Schaffer The Darklord performing "We're All Gonna Die."
Still not convinced? How about this: songs about Monty Python, Harry Potter, Gilligan's Island, and freakin' Bikeman! Bikeman, people!
Just buy a copy already. Jeez.
2011-09-12
New FuMP Promo
by Devo Spice
We have created a new 60 second FuMP promo for you podcasters to run on your shows. This one features music from the FuMP Volume 28 compilation CD. You can download it here:http://www.thefump.com/podcast/fump_promo_2011-09.mp3
We are planning to update this promo every two months with new music samples so keep an eye on the web site for updates.
2011-09-02
Announcing the 2011 Logan Awards
by Rob Balder
The first annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music will be held on October 15, 2011 in Akron, Ohio, as part of the music program at Con on the Cob. The awards are sponsored by the Funny Music Project (The FuMP).
Categories
The awards will be presented in 3 categories:
Outstanding Parody Song
Outstanding Comedy Music Video
Open Public Nominations
Suggestions for the best songs in each of these categories can be made through September 15, 2011 at the Logan Awards website.
Chair
The 2011 awards are chaired by musician and webcomic author Rob Balder.
Jury
The award will be decided by secret ballot of a jury of three fans and three musicians, plus permanent juror emeritus maximus Dr. Demento. The 2011 jurors are:
Danny Birt
Dr. Demento
Will Frank
William "Whimsical Will" Simpson
Jean
2011-08-24
Mink Car Cover: TMBG tribute album for FDNY Foundation
by Nuclear Bubble Wrap
A new They Might Be Giants tribute album called Mink Car Cover has just been released! The album is a complete song-by-song cover of TMBG's album Mink Car, which was released on September 11, 2001. All proceeds from the album go to the FDNY Foundation to support New York's emergency personnel.
The album contains a cover of "Older" by Nuclear Bubble Wrap, as well as a cover of "Mr. Xcitement" by Devo Spice featuring TV's Kyle! Other artists on the album include Hank Green, MC Frontalot, Molly Lewis, and Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire.
Buy the album on Bandcamp or iTunes!
2011-08-05
Luke Ski says "BE AMUSED BY ME"!!!
by the great Luke Ski
2011-08-02
The Funny Music Podcast Nominated For A Parsec!
by Devo Spice
The FuMP is pleased to announce that our companion podcast The Funny Music Podcast has been nominated for a Parsec award!The FuMPCast, as we like to call it, is a weekly show hosted by Devo Spice and the great Luke Ski which discusses the two most recent songs posted to The FuMP, as well as funny music news, and user feedback. Whenever possible the artists who posted the songs are invited on for live interviews to discuss their work. The show is broadcast live every Thursday night on Dementia Radio at 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific. The show is then served as a podcast, or users can listen directly from our web site.
The Parsec Awards celebrate excellence in podcasting and in 2009 added the music category which The FuMP won! We are thrilled that The FuMPCast has now been nominated. Good luck to all the other nominees, which are The GeekSpin, Radio Free Hipster, and Renaissance Festival Podcast.
2011-07-26
Stupid Cowboy Thing Volume 1, GRANDMOTHER! Now Available For Pre-Order
by Devo Spice
Cirque du So What's long delayed follow up album is now available for pre-order! Stupid Cowboy Thing, Volume 1: GRANDMOTHER! features an hour of hilarious sketches, phony commercials, and bizarre music. The Guess The Context series continues unashamedly, and of course there are appearances by The Tile Guy. There's also a really inappropriate song that you will find yourself singing at all the wrong times because it will get stuck in your head and will surface and the most inopportune times.Stupid Cowboy Thing, Volume 1: GRANDMOTHER! is now available as a pre-order. If you pre-order the CD now you will receive the digital version of the album immediately so you don't have to wait to hear it. Additionally, you will receive a special digital bonus CD with another 40 minutes of sketches, live performance recordings, and outtakes. Once the physical CD of Stupid Cowboy Thing ships the bonus material will no longer be available, so order now!
Click here to order your copy.
2011-07-22
The FuMP Volume 27 Now Available
by Devo Spice
The FuMP Volume 27 is now shipping! It was sent off to our Level 2 subscribers today. For the rest of you who wish to get a copy of the CD you can order it now from our store. (The digital version will be available next week.)Volume 27 contains the songs we posted from the new Weird Al Tribute Album (of course, volume 27, duh), plus The FuMP's 500th song "We Are The FuMP!" as well as the Moneyshot Cosmonauts song "If I Could Be Weird Al" which contains cameos by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Dr. Demento!
2011-07-05
Cirque du So What? - Second album is on the way!
by the great Luke Ski
On June 25th, 2011, Devo Spice, Chris Mezzolesta of Power Salad, and the great Luke Ski along with Carrie Dahlby journeyed to Rochester, NY to the home of ShoEboX of Worm Quartet so they could record about 40 more sketches. Once Chris finishes producing them, we'll be relelasing the second album by Cirque du So What?, accidentally titled "STUPID COWBOY THING". There will be a bonus CD of extra material available to those who pre-order the album, visit http://cirquedusowhat.net for forthcoming details. And yes, there will be tile.
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