Portlandia: A Guide For Visitors Hey folks, sorry for the lack of updates lately, but I’ve actually been out of town for a few days, so the site has been languishing a little. Thankfully bumpershine HQ was unaffected by hurricane Sandy, and now that I’m back and the kids are in school, and everything is…
Tag: Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen’s Playlist, Live at Union Pool (Residency)
Fred Armisen's Playlist, Live SNL regular player, ex-Trenchmouth drummer, and Portlandia star, Fred Armisen, is putting on an cool looking music series at Union Pool on Feb 5, 12 and 26. Fred Armisen’s Playlist, Live promises live “…songs from the Damned, The Stranglers, The Clash, Devo, Husker Du, and others…” During this residency, Fred will…
Big Comedy Update: Year End Edition
It may be December, but there’s still a lot quality comedy left before we close out the year. Here’s what I found interesting this month for one reason or another: PS According to their Twitter, The Bell House has a big comedy announcement coming this morning at 10AM. (Could it be another set of surprise…
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Appearing at Apple Store, Wild Flag Playing Rock Shop and Radio City
Portlandia Portlandia stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will be making an in-store appearance at the Apple Store in SoHo on Friday, January 28 at 7PM. Join Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live”) and vocalist/guitarist Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney) as they discuss their new comedy series for the Independent Film Channel (IFC), “Portlandia.” The six-episode series, inspired…
New Year, New TV: Archer and Portlandia
Archer Archer is an animated, half-hour comedy that revolves around the spy agency known as the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) and the lives of its employees. Although their work of espionage, reconnaissance missions, wiretapping and undercover surveillances is daunting and enigmatic, every covert operation and global crisis are actually unmitigated occasions for the ISIS…
Tell Your Friends! Haiti Comedy Benefit Announced (Fred Armisen, Janeane Garofalo, Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal, Todd Barry, Tracy Bonham & Liam McEneaney)
Tell Your Friends! Haiti Comedy Benefit at Lolita Bar (01/25/10) The good folks at Tell Your Friends! have lined up a particularly sweet bunch of headliners for their January 25th Haiti benefit show at The Lolita Bar. I’m sure they’ll be turning people away for this one, so get there early folks! Tell Your Friends!…