Too Much Effing Perspective: Comedian Rebecca Corry – The Pitfalls and Pit Bulls of Comedy

Rebecca gets our tails wagging with stories of the time she auditioned for Mad TV with Kristin Wiig and Melissa McCarthy.
Read moreRebecca gets our tails wagging with stories of the time she auditioned for Mad TV with Kristin Wiig and Melissa McCarthy.
Read moreNeed a quick infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Don’t miss TMEP Show Quick Taps – short episodes with short stories for short attention spans.
Read moreOn this TMEP Show Classic, Rhett Miller talks about his “Most Messed Up” Spinal Tap Moments.
Read moreWe steal a few moments with Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek who tells us about the time his band recorded an album on a Texas pecan plantation.
Read moreIn this rock-solid episode, you’ll hear three stories from three different artists who all got “stoned” by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone.
Read moreActor, comedian, and author Rhys Darby holds a band meeting about the day a pack of wild children nearly murdered him at a New Zealand Christmas parade.
Read moreAhmet Zappa, musician, writer, and producer, shares stories from his life, including an incident where he insulted Salman Rushdie at Eric Idle’s dinner party, viewing Elvis Presley’s collectible mole, and the reason for him not being re-invited to Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show.
Read moreWe celebrate the release of “In Utero” — 30 years ago on September 21, 1993.
Read moreIn honor of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, we’re spinning this TMEP classic with Def Jam Records’ original president and co-producer of Public Enemy’s “Yo Bum Rush the Show.”
Read moreEl Kempner from Palehound almost dies twice in a Twilight Zone encounter on a snowy Midwestern cul-de-sac; Cory Branan proves that touring musicians need ice in their veins and chains on their tires; and Amaara’s Kaelen Ohm has a mother-of-a-time on the road.
Read moreThe Lumineers’ co-founder Jeremiah Fraites lights us up with tales of the time Elton John gave him a love tap on the Grammy Awards red carpet.
Read moreA founder of Seattle’s Grunge Scene, Steve Turner, “axes” poetic about passing up the opportunity to be Nirvana’s lead guitarist.
Read moreRenowned record producer and Garbage drummer, Butch Vig, tosses out some tales about the difficult birthing of the Smashing Pumpkins’ hit song “Disarm”
Read moreKerry Alexander from Bad Bad Hats takes on Canadian border guards; Maureen Herman from Babes in Toyland suffers a guitar malfunction in Barcelona; and Citizen Cope pulls a Jason Bourne on his Russian hosts.
Read moreThe Replacements’ original manager Peter Jesperson gives us a few doses of thunder when he tells us about the origins of the “Mats” rivalry with REM.
Read moreSpinal Tap Musical Director CJ Vanston who gives us the inside scoop on the upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap slated for release in 2024.
Read moreTommy lays it down to us clowns about the release of his new album “Wronger” with Cowboys In The Campfire.
Read moreIn this episode, hear why lying about Steven Seagal doesn’t put you Above the Law; how knocking on wood isn’t necessarily good luck when auditioning at NBC; and whether Pink Floyd really needed oversized bonsai trees in Antarctica.
Read moreJohn Martin stops the presses to give us the scoop on how the newly rebooted CREEM magazine walks that fine line between stupid and clever.
Read moreWe hear about the time Flavor Flav brought MadTV to a halt in the name of Michael Jackson; why it’s not fun giving Christopher Walken a lift; and what horror it is to ride the elevator with Marlon Brando.
Read moreIn this TMEP classic, the legendary Pixies guitarist riffs on how he reclaimed his name from a bully named Joey; the time when David Letterman gave the band a one-word review – “Outfits”; and why his least favorite Pixies song to play is “Monkey Gone to Heaven.”
Read moreWe have a heart-to-heart with this Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer about the time their record label tried to release the band’s second album before it was done(!) why their hit song “Barracuda” was inspired by a “slime ball”; and how the music of the 1980’s was ruined by overthinking and cocaine.
Read moreHear about the time singer Madisenxoxo got overexposed during a photo shoot; pro diver Tom Haig discovered the desert might not be the best place for aquatic sports; and actor David Lascher, and his co-stars Jeff Bridges, Ryan Phillippe, Jeremy Sisto, and Balthazar Getty, got pinkeye from a septic leak while filming a Ridley Scott movie.
Read moreGrammy-winning rocker Dave Pirner bares his soul with stories about the time he deftly avoided a dispute between three of his bandmates’ girlfriends; how his first taste of the big time was on a couch-surfing tour with Hüsker Dü; and when he knew it was time to leave the hotel room of Rolling Stone Keith Richards.
Read moreYou’ll hear about the time The New Pornographers were haunted by the late Levon Helm during a recording session; when a writer novelizing Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist caused an electrical storm with mere words; and the day Marvin Gaye’s song “Let’s Get It On” was played at the house where he just so happen to have been murdered.
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