http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2019/10/09/detail/no-joke-absurd-comedy-as-political-reality/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
the way Tim's On Cinema character keeps failing upward while insisting the world is always conspiring to take him down feels pretty spot on
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 September 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPaB02WpueM
― Evan, Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
yellow river boys is by far tim's best music work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tYvGfF1Gkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAabeb0XxkU
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 25 November 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
Yes!!! "Someone To Piss on Me" and "Truck Stop Piss Club" are legitimately great songs. In fact I honest to god enjoy this entire album aside from "Mr. Mudd"
on a similar note the Neil Hamburger covers album from 2019 is way way better than it has any right to be
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
Beef House
https://i.imgur.com/zZmF8kQ.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
can't wait
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 20 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
this Douggpound sketch is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zyeoeIif68
― frogbs, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BeefHouse.jpg
BEEF HOUSE
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
LOL, I didn't even check to see whether anyone had already posted basically the exact same thing I just posted. Apologies 2 pplains.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
My Beef House was bolded.
― pplains, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
True, true. Apologies rescinded.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Ha, I didn't even recognize Meadow Soprano!
― pplains, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
stayed at home with Beef House last night and I'm glad I did cause it was the most fun I had staying at home since I stayed at home every Friday night from 1989 to 1997 with my friends Carl, Harriette, Eddie, Laura, Judy, Richie, Rachel, Estelle, Waldo Faldo (occasionally), Myra (from 1993 until her tragic death in 1998), and of course who could forget Steve :)
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/beef-house/army-buddy-brad
Meadow Soprano totes the voice of reason in the house.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
was sorry to see Brad leave so soon tbh
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 01:12 (four years ago) link
if you miss him that bradly you can see more of him as the main brad guy on season five of Breaking Brad
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 01:21 (four years ago) link
I am kinda ashamed of how hard I laughed at ep 2 of Beef House.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
Ep. 1 - oh I get it, but I don't think I can watch this.
Ep. 2 - shit pipe
Ep. 3 - literally died laughing. had to get my brain remapped to post this.
― pplains, Sunday, 19 April 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link
Okay, got it on the dvr, had a couple beers, guess I'm finally going in.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Sunday, 19 April 2020 01:24 (four years ago) link
i'm putting down money tonight to watch 2 & 3, not because I want to know what can remap a brain, but because I need to know what shit pipe means
― the burrito that defined a generation, Sunday, 19 April 2020 01:48 (four years ago) link
i just found out. it’s worth it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 April 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
shit happens
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 April 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
baby boro bit that kid bad
― the burrito that defined a generation, Sunday, 19 April 2020 03:22 (four years ago) link
oh my god
https://marionswish.com/marions_wish.pdf
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 20 April 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
Wow I laughed harder at that than uh anything in years
― silby, Monday, 20 April 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
Don’t usually like their gross out humor but ep 2 had me dying
Let’s just say I blew two loads that night
― frogbs, Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
This show is the funniest thing on TV right now.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
Looks like this was the season finale. What a cliffhanger!
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 May 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
I like how it's not spoofing sitcoms in general but rather the late seasons of sitcoms where it's not clear any more what the premises of the show is, half the punchlines are weird inside jokes, and all the characters are just one or two grossly exaggerated traits
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
quite ironical that the man famous for his song-and-dance cautioning about the gastrointestinal dangers of consuming spoiled meat would use a diarrhea pipe for his mayonnaise pipe
― the burrito that defined a generation, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
this song from the new Tim Heidecker solo album is uh...really good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvDssCCJT5c
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
Yeah that's really nice.
But I generally have a hard time responding to Tim's music.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 26 September 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
Didn't know he had a new album out. That's a great track. Is that Weyes Blood on vocals (from a quick google)? He definitely writes some great songs. I absolutely adore 'When I Get Up' from the previous album.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 26 September 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
"Fear of Death is a Serious Album about Serious Topics..."
On the basis of that one track, I'll take this statement at face value (perhaps not wise) and I'm keen to hear more.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 26 September 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
I think most of his music is pretty serious. the Heidecker & Wood stuff seemed to lean into its AOR campiness sometimes but I think his three solo albums are all pretty genuine. and based off one listen on Bandcamp I think this is clearly the best of the three
certainly he's not the first comedian to have a go at "serious" music but he might be the first one whose brand of comedy is particularly dry, where you kind of have to look for the jokes, which I think has led a lot of people to listen to his music for the wrong reasons.
― frogbs, Sunday, 27 September 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
'What The Broken-Hearted Do' is the album I know, so commenting in terms of that, I take it as both serious/genuine and playful at the same time. I think there is definitely some of that dry humour you mention at work and a deliberate ambiguity to it, which I enjoy. Mainly when I listen to it though I just enjoy it at pretty much face value - I like the tunes etc.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 27 September 2020 11:18 (three years ago) link
yeah agreed with that
listened to it a few more times, definitely made the leap from "pretty good for a comedian" to "actually good" on this one
― frogbs, Monday, 28 September 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
dare I say it is as good as the Yellow River Boys album
― frogbs, Monday, 28 September 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Even going way back to the music on Awesome Show - Great Job, Tim's music has always been decent to great. He can make a throwaway song like Decker's "Our Values Are Under Attack" an earworm for the ages.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 28 September 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
you wave a flag on christmas day, they'll throw you in jail!
ah na na na na na naaaa
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 28 September 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
Decker's gonna get laid mon
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 28 September 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
listened to some of these songs and can't help wondering if ppl would be digging it if it weren't Tim
Really the vocals are so up front in the mix, which can be cool I guess with a good singer...but...I don't get it. His phrasing and emphases seem just kind of sloppy and rote. I appreciate some of the flourishes and other aspects of the production but I'm just not sure where the hooks are here that it's meriting so much high praise?
Anyway also not big into Warren Zevon or Randy Newman, and those seem to be his touchstones, so probably just me
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
he kinda went all out on this new video, even got himself a snazzy vintage non-Padres San Diego ballcap
song is completely forgettable imo but video is fun to look at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6tpI1_ASE
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah that song, I don't mind earnest Tim, but as <trenchant> lyrics go...oof
This guy has given me countless hours of joy over the years so I feel weird slagging him off, and he should do whatever he feels like doing...I just hope he doesn't become convinced that *this* is where his talent lies at the expense of so much genius elsewhere
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
Still haven't heard a note from the album that betters "Brick By Brick"
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say this guy is a big fan of Harry Nilsson
― frogbs, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Nilsson is his favoritev artist after the Beatles I think
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
lyrics are very DO YOU SEE? like, can someone really even ever *own* land, maaaan?
I'm glad he's having fun but frankly I have more fun when his songs are about drinking your own piss
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
His lyrics are so unwaveringly matter of fact that when he started making non-comedy music I think almost everyone was looking for his trademark drydecker parody underneath it somewhere. And part of it is the production as Hadrian said. The upfront vocals somewhat resemble how his comedy songs are mixed in Awesome show etc. So combined with the commonplace lyrics there's nothing transcendent. Just straightforward song arrangements and subject matter with a plain-speaking approach.
― Evan, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
yeah I remember watching the video for "Work From Home" on youtube and it seemed like all the comments at that time were from adult swim fans who didnt quite get it, like "lololol this is hilarious, tim is the master of fucked up surreal satire, this is perfect!"
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link