Nardwuar vs. Hannibal Buress



AMDAL isn't dead, it just waits for the internet to catch up. When incredibly talented and hilarious comedian Hannibal Buress (who we've covered in the past, ah 2009) meets equally talented and hilarious interview expert Nardwuar the Human Serviette, the sleeping giant wakes. Both Hannibal and Nardwuar seem on their game this time around. If you want to lose a day, go backwards and check out every interview Nardwuar has ever done. In the age of the internet, I'm surprised celebrities don't respond to questions they've answered 100 times with "google it" or beaming them a link to the last 10 interviews where they've responded with some half-hearted answer for which their publicist has already prepped them. Not so with Nardwuar - this Canadian mastermind pulls shit from their past that has elicited surprise, horror and even anger (in BaBy CuDi's case). Since he usually covers musicians, many times the Human Serviette will pick up on artists that are buzzing, but often he will find acts who I haven't even heard of. If Nardwuar likes them, we probably should.

Anyways, enjoy the above. If you are more psyched on Hannibal than Nardwuar, check out the mini documentary leading up his first 1 hour Comedy Central special.


UPDATE: Ask and I shall receive: Rapper El-P at 1 second in:
"Can you just say to a m%@#$f4#$ "Just google me please. Google me and call me back."
Related: Noisey's "Back and Forth" is an exciting version of the interview - I like KRIT and El-P seems cool, but the A$AP Rocky x Danny Brown Back & Forth series is an instant classic (1-2,3-5)

Dollar Shave Club


This feels pretty live to me.

Jan 20, 1992 was THE Good Day


According to Vulture:
"Using flawless deductive reasoning, Murk Avenue has concluded that the good day in question was January 20, 1992. The logic is as follows: The song, which was released on February 23, 1993, references Yo MTV Raps, which began airing on August 6, 1988, creating a potential five-year window when the titular good day could have occurred. The lyrics of the song also reference the Lakers beating the Sonics on the day in question: Of the instances when the Lakers beat the Sonics in that five-year period, only four happened on smogless days in Los Angeles. Of those four, two took place before beepers — also referenced in the lyrics — had been adopted. On one of the two remaining days, Ice Cube was hard at work on the set of Boyz in the Hood, leaving January 20, 1992 as the only possible "Good Day." Vulture salutes this truly impressive piece of detective work and hereby inaugurates a campaign to make January 20 a national holiday, complete with parades consisting only of tricked-out lowriders."

New York Times Crossword Puzzlemaster Schooled on Definition of ‘Illin’


Classic AMDAL news fodder here.

Hat tip: Blloyd via FB

Update:Beastie Boys' Mike D settles the issue: