The Michael Showalter Showalter

So we heard through a few grapevines that the spinto band's second favorite comedian, (behind Bernie Mac circa 1993*) Michael Showalter is doing a show for College Humor. Now, we know a guy at college humor, and he did not tell us. For that, we are posting this picture of him on our web journal: We had to do our own research for this one. Let me tell you, I just watched it and I figured I'd post it up here for all of you to enjoy. I can't figure out a way to put it right on the page, so you will just have to click on this link! to watch it. While on the college humor website, feel free to look at some boobs or videos of guys getting hit in the nuts, but remember, show Showalter some love too. I didn't know anything about the guy he was interviewing, so I did a quick search for him and found some good stuff. Check out him singing Fiona Apple's Not About Love in the media section.

In other Michael Showalter news, he will be hosting and giving a lecture at Bennington College's Sunfest event on May 19th. The Spinto Band will be performing as well as the Teeth, Anna Oxygen, Deer Tick and some mud wrestlers. Come on out, should be a hoot!

Some more Showalter Goodness
Pizza
Raking Leaves
Saturday

alright thats enough crap to sift through.



*2007 Bernie Mac lost his mojo.

Soda Taste Test #3 with Mike & Orlando

So this past September we found ourselves back in Austin. When in Austin, the spinto band finds it difficult not to expand their tour-scorched palettes with a li'l texas tea... the carbonated kind!

Luckily for us the Music for Listeners guys were also in the area with a cooler full of carbonated sweetness. We filled our bellies with a Gulf Sea of soda, and let me tell you, within my sea, a Bermuda Triangle came about. However, we didn't let any baby-boy-belly-aches hold us back from kickin' it with Emo's later the night. Mike and Orlando were around for that too.

Oh ya, did I tell you they brought a tape recorder? If you can handle it, tune in at the location below.

The Spinto Band taste soda! bah da da daaah!

oh I think we had a couple special guests. One had e coli the other was the drummer for We Are Scientists.... Both loved making exotic metaphors to explain the soda extravaganza.

thanks a bunch Mike and Orlando- talk to you in March! any chance the root beer documentary will be viewable by then?

A Radio Show in 3 Parts

Sunday Edit: Corrected the links. They should be functional now. Sorry about the screwup, you know how it can be. -J

Hey all. I uploaded our performance on WVUD's roots show with Scott Birney. We talk a bunch about the upcoming show at University of Delaware which was great. Thanks to everyone who came out and thanks to Scott and Stevie for coming up for their awesome rendition of Shake Rattle n Roll (not to mention special thanks to all the people who chicken danced during it.) After the show my mom was ecstatic. She said she has listened to Scott play that song for more than 3 decades, which is longer than any of us have been alive. Katie took some splendid photos and put them up on her flickr account. It's also worth noting that Sam Hughes broke out the keytar for this show which went over quite well.

anyway, here are the files from Scott's show earlier that morning.

WVUD Roots Show hosted by Scott Birney
today's guest: The Spinto Band
Friday January 19, 2007

Part 1 - Direct2Helmet(live). Cats Pajamas(live). Can't Take My Eyes off of You(live). Crack the Whip(recorded)

Part 2- Oh Mandy(live). Airport(recorded). Brown Boxes(live). Spy vs. Spy (live).

Part 3- mouse talk. Late (live). Did I Tell You(live). Misogyny is Cool(recorded).

Each file is about 20 minutes long and it is in .m4a format whatever that means. Enjoy.

Batman and the Robins in NYC

Hey all- wanted to let everyone know that Spinto side project, Batman and the Robins will be performing at North Six in NYC on Wednesday. We are playing second of three after Overlord and before Frightened Rabbit. The show starts at 9pm and Batman and the Robins will be on sometime around 10 I am guessing.

Come on out, as Batman and the Robins rarely perform live and it should be a fun hang out.