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News + Tapes = Napes

Do you like upbeat, rock-and-roll-styled music concerts?  If you said “yes” to any of those question, come to New York City tomorrow night and watch my band sing all your Chris Merritt favorites!  Songs!  Want some info for the gig?  It’s at Bar East Ale Hous which is located on the Upper and Eastern side of New York City.  It will be at 9:30, PM.  Here’s the event on facebook and here is the tour page!

Goofin’ around in a piano lesson yesterday:

DownloadElevator

Here are some pretty bitches I found:

DownloadMally

DownloadOn My Own

Komix

Doin’ comics about my heroes.  Last week was Frank Black Francis.  Here’s a nuther:

It’s hard to fit everything I like about these guys in a single comic.  They take freakin’ forever to draw as it is.  Here are some links.

This is the best talk-show appearance in the history of man, and I’m not exaggerating (watch till the end):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLm-vD89SQ

Norm did the roast-thingee of Bob Saget.  One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b6b82a06aa/outtakes-from-bob-saget-roast-1-from-normmacdonaldfan

Unfortunately, most people don’t really seem to understand satire, including the deceptively named channel Comedy Central, who cut his brilliant performance from their actual show.

Norm explained later in an interview: “There was nothing outrageous in that at all. It was the opposite of outrageous, but a lot of people didn’t get it, even though it was a simple grade- two arithmetic concept. People thought I was mentally ill or something. It just occurred to me, because I didn’t really want to do it and Bob kept asking me to do it. And the producer told me it should be shocking. I watched a tape of it and saw everything on it was vulgar and filthy, so I thought the only shocking thing to do was the antithesis of that. So it’s pretty simple.”

More favorites:

Early stand-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV4Bpgia8vM

New stand-up: http://youtu.be/_gC7KIdxyUs

Weekend Update:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcj6AZMJvyE&feature=related

The View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otai1BhLSSM

Dirty Work (my favorite comedy film):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXVCiT9rZU&NR=1

Geez, there’s lots.  The hours I’ve wasted away watching Norm MacDonald interviews.  Now I’m doing it again looking for good videos….ENOUGH!!  Back to work!!!!  Those songs ain’t gonna write themselves, now are they???  Although they probably will in the not-too-distant future.  Damn Kurzweil.

 

 

 

Komix / Tapes

HEROES – Issue #1

Drawin’ comics about my heroes.  I got a handful of ‘em.  People I look up to, emulate, respect in a profound way.  This week: Frank Black.

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Listen to the man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPXnUCn7SSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8cXwlFDfk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzsdttq5hdc

Pixies song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkWJZf33UY

Deeper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1yBMQ_bLng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVxUiArfPMk

Here’s a song I wrote about FB, sort of.  Specifically about lame album reviews.  When girly boys write about manly boys.  Is what I should have titled it.

Chris Merritt – Try To See The Good by ChrisMerritt

 

 

 

 

Tuesday Tapes

A new song called The Bump, the foundation of which comes out a Demo Of Nod called Sherlock Holmes.  This song is loosely about The Colbert Report, a television show with which the vast majority of my band is obsessed.  I started watching for research, and I think the man is a comedy genius.  Send him a tweet and a link!  @ColbertReport @StephenAtHome
The Bump by ChrisMerritt

Them old melancholies:

BrightNewDay

Sanctuary