Anyone out holiday partying/shopping/whatevering last night missed perhaps the most surreal TV moment of the year. 'Twas the long-awaited face-off between Stephen Colbert and the Decemberists, originally stemming from Colbert claiming the band stole his idea of a fan-driven green-screen video contest. Well, not only did Decemberist guitarist Chris Funk show up to take on Colbert in a guitar solo-off, but a whole bevy of other notables appeared also. Who were they? Apples in Stereo headman Robert Schneider, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis, New York Governer-Elect Elliot Spitzer, 60 Minutes' Morley Safer, and even, via sattelite, that crazy little troll Henry Kissinger. It's official: the apocalypse is on its way. Head over to the show's website for video footage of all the insanity.
All manner of musical madness breaks out on Colbert
Anyone out holiday partying/shopping/whatevering last night missed perhaps the most surreal TV moment of the year. 'Twas the long-awaited face-off between Stephen Colbert and the Decemberists, originally stemming from Colbert claiming the band stole his idea of a fan-driven green-screen video contest. Well, not only did Decemberist guitarist Chris Funk show up to take on Colbert in a guitar solo-off, but a whole bevy of other notables appeared also. Who were they? Apples in Stereo headman Robert Schneider, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis, New York Governer-Elect Elliot Spitzer, 60 Minutes' Morley Safer, and even, via sattelite, that crazy little troll Henry Kissinger. It's official: the apocalypse is on its way. Head over to the show's website for video footage of all the insanity.
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January 15, 2007 at 3:16 p.m.
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[...] Robert Schneider fans have had a lot to smile about in the past few weeks, from the Apples in Stereo mastermind’s Colbert Report ditty/appearance, to announced tour dates, to the overall goodvibery anticipation of a new Apples record, New Magnetic Wonder, out on February 7th on Simian Records, the Elijah Wood-helmed subsidiary of Yep Roc. [...] |
[...] Robert Schneider is a fun guy. Did you see that happy little ditty he did in praise of Stephen Colbert on the Report? Fun. [...]