By Carrie Andersen | March 14, 2013 at 4:35 pm | 3 comments
AUSTIN -- Hoo boy, y’all. I know I’ve complained about the oddly-dressed masses who infiltrate the city for SXSW music, but I take it all back for a brief moment, because yesterday, my face was thoroughly rocked off at a kickass performance by the American heroes of...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 18, 2013 at 10:56 am | 5 comments
Hot on the heels of their Grammy nominated album Rize of the Fenix, Tenacious D – Jack Black and Kyle Gass – have announced plans to curate a comedy music festival this Fall! “We’re working on a festival, called Festival Supreme,” Black tells Rolling Stone. “It’s...
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By Dana Sitar | May 18, 2012 at 4:20 pm | 2 comments
“When the Pick of Destiny was released it was a bomb, and all the critics said that The D was done. The sun had set and the chapter had closed. But one thing no one thought about was The D would rise again -- just like the phoenix.”
These words enticingly open Tenacious...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 1, 2012 at 1:58 pm | No comments
Although the their long-awaited new album won't be available for proper purchase and download until May 15, Tenacious D has just made Rize of the Fenix available now to stream-- for ZERO dollars.
As you may know, this is their first album since their 2006 release The Pick of...
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By Jake Kroeger | May 2, 2011 at 9:05 pm | 2 comments
Simply put, High Road is hilarious.
The audience adored the film at its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Friday, and showed their appreciation with frequent swells of laughter.
There's been plenty of speculation and Internet buzz about the Matt...
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By Jake Kroeger | April 28, 2011 at 12:46 pm | 3 comments
After the landing of the first trailer for Matt Walsh's highly anticipated improvised movie High Road, people were excited, but a little confused as to what an amazing cast was up to. With a cast boasting the likes of Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Horatio Sanz, Abby Elliot, Zach Woods,...
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By Jake Kroeger | April 25, 2011 at 9:40 am | No comments
Improvisation in cinema has been tried a few times over history. The films of auteur Robert Altman were noted to use a script as merely a blueprint from which the actors improvised from. As the sophistication of certain audiences has risen, improvisation on screen has become...
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