Worst Gig Ever With Geoff Garlock And Mike Pace

"Sweetheart of the Sideshow" Lady Aye sits down to share a slew of awful gigs; from performing with hack comics in Jersey to breathing fire at the All-American Rejects.  The Lady tells us how she moved from a career in "the business world" into burlesque, sideshow, and comedy and we delve into the finer points of some of her talents, from sword swallowing and double blockhead to laying on a bed of nails and fire eating/breathing.  Step right up and take a pre-Pesach peek at all of the oddities on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

The singular Sean Tillman bounds "backstage" with a bounty of bad ones, from being pelted with coins while supporting the "Chi Peps" in Australia, to getting arrested after opening for Incubus, to Ben Stiller's unkept promise to continue dance lessons after the filming of Starsky & Hutch.  We also discuss his creative evolution from the noisy punk rock of Clavin Krime to the power-pop of Sean Na Na, and the unbridled sexual prowess that is Har Mar Superstar, with detours into comedy, acting, and podcasting along the way.  Lots of lovely lothario life lectures on this week's WORST GIG EVER! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Comedian Max Silvestri drops by to gab on bombing in front of his parents, eating it at weird New England comedy competitions and in front of older, bitter comics, making MC'ing shows personal, and not limiting himself to stand-up.  He's also celebrating his show Big Terrific's fifth anniversary this week (it's sold out, btw), so give it up for birthdays!  Lots of blustery hilarity on this week's WORST GIG EVER! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Andy Shernoff, bassist/songwriter for the legendary New york proto-punkers the Dictators, makes an appearance "in the pit" and mesmerizes us with tales of growing up in Forest Hills, Queens (the epicenter of rock 'n roll) in the 60's and 70's, being a huge record nerd, getting signed to Epic Records without having played a single show, songs about cars and girls and burgers, getting booted off a Rush tour, confronting a crowd of angry Billy Preston fans, almost getting goosesteeped by the polis in Germany, getting dropped from multiple major labels, and working as an A/V technician during a penis implant screening.  We also gab about the new videos he's working on.  There's so much good stuff in this ep of WORST GIG EVER you may have to listen twice!

The lovely and talented Phoebe Robinson makes a pitstop "backstage" to rhapsodize on dealing with racism and sexism in the stand-up scene and working through the after effects of bombing, plus explains her hilarious alterego Blaria, shares a few impromptu movie reviews, and wistfully recalls the glory days of 2004.  Lots of chatty delights on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

On the eve of his solo tour, Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly swings by the "studio" to talk about his acclaimed band's highest highs and lowest lows.  And boy, are those tales terrific; from booking and playing basement shows in New Jersey to being "broken" by MTV to dealing with L.A. Reid to performing in front of thirty Thursday diehards in a huge venue ten years into their career, Geoff's anecdotes are hilarious and heartbreaking; classic WORST GIG EVER fodder!  Lots of scene speak in this week's ep! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Carla Rhodes - perhaps the world's only self-proclaimed "rock ventriloquist" - settles down "backstage" to talk about bombing in front of a class of first graders, her Mick 'n Keef puppets, the origins of her fascination with ventiloquisim, and how she found her partner in crime, Cecil Sinclair.  Cecil himself makes a special appearance, promptly insulting Mike and Geoff, sharing some of his own worst gigs, and possibly even defecating in the studio.  Lots of moving mouths on this week's WORST GIG EVER! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Sassy sprite Christian Owens, singer/guitarist of the awesome all-girl band Bad Girlfriend comes on down to share an EPIC tale of the "local benefit show for a dog gone horribly wrong."  It's all the minutiae you love and loathe about playing local shows on the Lower East Side and then some, including talk of working for Cyndi Lauper, LL Cool J, and the birth of the Omnichord.  There's a pound of mirth on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

It's s very special episode of the show taped LIVE in front of a studio audience as part of NYC PodFest!  Join Mike and Geoff and their guests, Keith and Chris from the popular rock 'n roll act WE ARE SCIENTISTS as well as noted film critic Gene Shalit for a rollicking conversation full of hilarious anecdotes and guffaws.  You're gonna love the way you look when you listen - LIVE! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Quotable Queens of quomedy Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson make a special appearance "backstage" to yak about the comedy community in New York, dealing with hecklers during their live show, the similarities and differences between being in a band versus a comedy team, and turning their hilarious web series into a full-blown Comedy Central tv pilot produced by Amy Poehler.  Lots of little rays of positivity shine through on this week's WORST GIG EVER! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Former Get Him Eat Him frontman and freelance writer Matt LeMay arrives backstage with a ton of torturous tour tales; everything from getting electrocuted onstage to being the unwanted live band at a "dance party" to fighting for guarantees and then being forced to watch Toto live DVDs while staying at Blood Cow's house in Nebraska.  Matt also talks about the trials of touring the States in a band where every member was under the age of 21.  We wind up having a terrific discussion about how people consume music, and how dem's the breaks for those of us trying to do something different.  Lots of sprited riff-raff with a dash of melancholy on this week's WORST GIG EVER! ITUNES USERS: GO HERE NON-ITUNES (LO)USERS: GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD MP3s!

Crazy cook (er, kook) Craig Rowin takes a break from watching tv to hash about running for Student Council, slaving away at awful "DataComm"-esque companies, turning down work, looking up "comedy" on Craigslist, finding improv, being upstaged by Borat impersonators in the audience, writing for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," plus the upsides and downsides of winning one million dollars.  Craig also gabs about his hilarious It's That Episode podcast.  There's 57 channels and everything on and this week's WORST GIG EVER!

Start the New Year off right with an assblast of chaotic craziness from John Liam Policastro of Boston-based hardcore punks, New Lows.  Some kooky, killer tour stories about band members quitting onstage, losing passports in Europe, vans with blown out windows, Boston beatdowns, the lack of humor in hardcore, and Body Count.  John also talks about writing a hilarious column for Vice and just being an all-around boss dude (he doesn't talk about that, he just is).  Lots of floorpunching in this WORST GIG EVER!

Mike 'n Geoff ask for a minute of your time...to get wet 'n wild in the holiday spirit!

Comedy comes naturally to wunderkind Jermaine Fowler, who swings by with a stocking-load of some of the shittiest worst gigs we've heard yet; from slingin' sugar in a huge candy store, to working retail in Times Square, to the trials and tribulations sticking it to the man while prepping sandwiches at Quiznos.  Plus tales of getting heckled, bombing onstage, making videos, encouragement from Grandma, and maintaining some semblance of a "regular life."  Lots of fudge cutting on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

Dirty debutante Sam Jayne brings his twenty-some-odd years worth of playin' shows to the program this week, touching on everything from his time in legendary NW teenage indie punk phenoms Lync, to the multiple iterations of his passion project, Love As Laughter (who shared a near-legendary North American tour with Mike's band, Oxford Collapse), to being Alice in Chains' frontman Layne Staley's cousin.  Lots of mossy greatness on this WORST GIG EVER!

Force of nature Dan St. Germain hunkers down with some fruit salad and a couple great tales of eating it onstage in far-flung locales like Johnson City, Tennessee.  We also talk about the similiarities between stand-up and pro wrestling, the differences between doing comedy and playing music, slugging it out in the open mic circuit, the truth behind his hilarious web series Kicking Dan Out, the meaning behind Mike's fever dream about Dan showing up to do the podcast with a seventy person entourage, and how handsome St. Germain was in high school.  Lots to chortle about on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

Gentle giant Jared Warren makes a pitstop at WGE headquarters to yak about the big business behind playing in Big Business and the Melvins, among others.  There's also plethora of stories from his days playing in legendary heavier than Led power-trio KARP, as well as his taste for comedy, and his thoughts winning the Caldecott medal for Best Band in Los Angeles.  Lots of hair and bellowing on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

Ubermenschy writer/entertainer Julie Klausner gives us the scoop on how her improv, sketch, and video beginnings got her where she is today, while peppering in some great crummy job stories both pre- and post- 9/11.  We talk about the origins of her great podcast, How Was Your Week? and the true meaning behind the title of her book, I Don't Care About Your Band, Toblerone, and her very tasteful bat mitzvah.  Lots to be thankful for on this week's WORST GIG EVER!

Tanlines is a group on the rise, but in this episode, brothers from another mother Eric and Jesse dish out tasty morsels of touring terror; playing on boats in Europe, driving around the world in a 4x4, and possibly sleeping in Anne Frank's attic.  They also chat about their previous bands, the difference of touring in your 30s, Eric's studio and producing days, and Jesse's time as a stock photo model and archivist, as well as the duo's love of comedy.  Plus Mike and Geoff discuss Genesis's underrated 1978 album, "...And Then There Were Three" in a new "Dusty Grooves" segment.  Lots to love on this week's WORST GIG EVER!