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Hello again, Spuds!


Krom willing, a few of you remember about a month or so back when I was kicked firmly in the ass by the news that the greatest band in the history of the universe, DEVO,  had released their first new album in 19 years this past June, and I'd been completely oblivious to this auspicious occasion.

As penance for my laxity, I wrote a long overdue article about my hallowed Spudboys, featuring inteviews and videos spanning their nearly four decades of history.

And today I learned that completely without my knowledge they'd done an appearance on one of the funniest shows currently airing, starring Comedy Central's most brilliant comedic mind since Joel Hodgson...



HOW THE FUCK DID I MISS THIS?!?!



I was putting together some material for a piece on Elvis Costello's recent visit to The Colbert Report.
As you may remember I'm a huge fan of Stephen Colbert, and both times Elvis Costello(who I'm also a longtime admirer of) has been a guest something remarkable occurred: We got to hear Stephen sing! But I'll save the details and video of that for tomorrow--I can't do it justice as a digression.

Anyhoo, while digging through the archives at Colbertnation.com, I discovered that indeed my favorite band had performed for and been inteviewed by my favorite satirical Right-Wing pundit!


Ever have that feeling where you're simultaneously miserable and elated?

Well, elated won (it usually does--positive emotions are stronger than negative), and I'm delighted to present to my dear, dear readers Stephen Colbert's interview with Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale of DEVO!

(sorry for the quality, or lack thereof--the embed code for the Colbertnation.com clip refuses to play nice with my blog, so I had to do it the old fashioned way. The beeping in the background is my cell, I was getting a text message while recording this. Also, yer gonna have to really crank this one. My roommate was asleep so I couldn't record at the volume I wanted)

Vids after the Jump:



We Are Scoot





I need to start a band. Today...Now...Just so I can name it "Intelligent Decline". I don't care if we ever play a note of music, I just want to be able to tell people the awesome name of my band.




Unfortunately, the clip of DEVO's performance which followed the interview was unavailable. In its place I've got a special treat: It's another song off the new album "Something For Everybody" called "No Place Like Home", and it is without a doubt the best fan-made music video I've ever seen.

Oddly enough, the individual who edited this inter-cut scenes from DEVO's past videos with footage of the very "fountain of filth" Mark and Jerry talk about in the interview. Weird coincidence...






Tune in tomorrow to hear Stephen sing!