Too Much Effing Perspective

In this one-story wonder, Jill tells us about the time the great John Candy took her and her Second City castmates out to dinner in Chicago. Find Jill on IG: @the_real_jill_talley -------------------------------------------------- Get 30% OFF your first year subscription to DISTROKID: http://distrokid.com/vip/tmep It's the easiest way for musicians to get their music into Spotify, Apple, Amazon, T...

Bobby reports to us LIVE FROM NEW YORK with stories about having pizza with Paul McCartney; how Elton John got him to stop smoking; and getting Jason Sudeikis’ finger stuck up Bobby's you-know-what just as they were about to go on-air in front of millions of people. Subscribe to Bobby's podcast "WHO ME? An Extremely True Crime Podcast with The Batmin" on https://www.comedybangbangworld.com Bobby s...

You may or may not have Sympathy for the Devil after hearing first-hand tales about The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger from The Posies Ken Stringfellow, All Day Sucker’s Jordan Summers and Morty Coyle and outlaw guitarist Jesse Dayton. More about Ken Stringfellow: https://kenstringfellow.com Hear new music from All Day Sucker: https://www.alldaysucker.net Jesse Dayton's plays his blues the Hardway: h...

Peter turns the decibels up to 11 when he tells us about the time he was left behind at a gas station during a Hootie and the Blowfish tour; how he bugged the crap out of Big Star’s mythic singer, Alex Chilton; and what it was like to play with REM when they were the biggest band in the world. Order The dB's seminal album "Stands for deciBels" on splatter vinyl here: https://propellersoundrecordin...

In this one-story wonder, Nelson Bragg tells us about the time Brian Wilson went from Good Vibrations to "shitty vibrations." -------------------------------------------------- Too Much Effing Perspective is proud to be sponsored by DISTROKID, the easiest way for musicians to get music into Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, YouTube, and more. Get 30% OFF your first year subscription with this...

Ed Roland goes from Here to Eternity telling us about the time he thought Kenny Rogers was just some guy dressed up as Kenny Rogers; how he got punked by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler while trying to impress a girl; and what freaky thing happened the night Lisa Marie Presley died while the band was recording their new album at Elvis’ Palm Springs home. Get the new double album, Here to Eternity: https:...

On this particularly arresting Quick Tap (short episodes with short stories for short attention spans), Lyle Hysen and Jim Walters from Das Damen get pulled over and accused of smuggling human contraband; The Children and Cop Shoot Cop’s Jim Coleman almost gets busted over a band name; Gravity Studios owner and chief engineer Doug McBride gets swatted by the competition; and Foghat bassist Nick Ja...

On our last of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, musician Jim Cushinery gets into a little schmilsson over a Beatles song with John Lennon's pal Harry Nilsson at Madame Wong's. See Jim Cushinery's photography on IG: @cushimages -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com S...

On our tenth of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, musician Citizen Cope saves a woman from getting burned alive, only to get burned himself by action hero Jason Statham. IG: @citizencope -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad...

On our ninth of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, Comateens guitarist Ramona Jan almost gets a Sex Pistol to misfire. https://comateens.com -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On our eighth of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, Gren lead singer, Brett White, learns that cover bands get all the fun. Hear the hit, "She Shines": grentheband.bandcamp.com -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad choices. V...

On our seventh of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, "Whose Line is It Anyway?" star Gary Anthony Williams, balances out a huge compliment from Samuel L. Jackson with the criticism of some rando he meets at the grocery store. GAW on the grams: @garyanthonywilliams -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow...

On our sixth of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, "According to Jim" star Larry Joe Campbell gets asked for an autograph, only it’s not his. Larry Joe on IG: @larryjoe -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

On our fifth of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, JC Wendel from "Dave's World" gets a room in Hollywood’s glorious past only to find that past catching up with her. Find JC on IG: @jcwendel -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about you...

On our fourth of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, multi-talented musician J. Wilms tells us about going to Nigeria to perform the music of hometown legend Fela Kuti with Fela’s son Femi. However, Femi wasn’t exactly on the same page as the rest of the band. Hear J. Wilms' album, The Fighter: https://www.jeremywilms.com -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch w...

On our third of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, David Corn, author of New York Times Best Seller "Russian Roulette", tells us about the time he lost his ticket to a 1970’s born-again Bob Dylan revival concert when some stranger offered him his own. Was it a case of divine intervention? Or was it just the handiwork of a guy named Tim? -------------------------------------------------...

On the second of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, opera librettist and Broadway lyricist Michael Korie learns not to cry over spilt Milk. #harveymilk #opera -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

On the first of eleven consecutive days of Spinal Tap Moments, Jesse Dayton tells us about the time Johnny Cash asked him if he liked aliens. Get Jesse's album The Hardway Blues: https://www.hardchargerrecords.com/collections/jesse-dayton -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Soc...

On this TMEP Show Classic celebrating Sleater-Kinney’s new album “Little Rope," Carrie and Corin reflect on whether it’s better to get electrocuted than to cover your mic with someone’s sock; who stunk them out of their dressing room at Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks; and how the glamour and the squalor sit side-by-side on tour. Find Sleater-Kinney's "Little Rope" and tour dates: www.sleater-kinne...

In this painfully funny Quick Tap (short episodes with short stories for short attention spans), Book of Boba Fett's Dave Pasquesi tells us about having a bloody tough time on a movie set; MADtv’s Stephnie Weir reveals why she didn’t have too much fun with Dick and Jane and Jim Carrey; and New Model Army’s Justin Sullivan dies on stage...literally. New Model Army album, Unbroken, and tour info: ht...

Actor Amy Brenneman goes all method on us when she recounts becoming the first person in network television history to take off their clothes onscreen; the embarrassment she felt trying to snap a selfie with punk rock icon Patti Smith; and what it's been like to work with some of the greatest actors in history including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jeff Bridges, and John Lithgow. Amy IG: @amybrennem...

11-year Saturday Night Live vet Fred Armisen steps out of character for a moment to tell us about the time the Beatle's George Harrison dropped a reference to Spinal Tap; what's his all-time favorite drummer joke; and how he nearly became road kill during a Portlandia sketch. Fred grams: @sordociego Fred webs: http://www.fredarmisen.com -------------------------------------------------- Get in tou...

Need a quick infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Don’t miss Quick Taps - short episodes with short stories for short attention spans. In this episode filled with close encounters of the Bowie kind, Allen overuses David's song titles to set up moments when the Man Who Sold the World was at a grocery store during the LA riots; in a nightclub acting inappropriately; in another nightclub acting very appro...

311 singer/guitarist Nick Hexum cruises through a mosaic of stories like the time his entire band nearly combusted like a gaggle of Spinal Tap drummers; how he got to play with his idol, Joe Strummer from The Clash, along with a supergroup of Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Bonebrake from X, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, and Benmont Tench from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; and what...

On March 2nd, 1984, This Is Spinal Tap hit the theaters to universal acclaim including *Two Thumbs Up* from Siskel and Ebert who said, “It feels like a documentary, works as a great comedy, and succeeds in telling us the story of this very badly confused rock band.” To celebrate this momentous anniversary, Alex and Allen replay a countdown of their 11 favorite moments from the movie. Did any of yo...