when comedy meets music

In February, Filter published an interview that The Office's John Krasinski did with The Shins... and I got around to reading it now. I definitely see the correlation between them with their hipster indie sensibilities in the mainstream, and their dorky funny cuteness. And who but filter would have thought to put that together. Well, maybe lots of people, but who would have actually had the connections to get them both at a Los Angeles hotel to chat about school plays and firewater...

But what I really like about this article is the introduction, which explains the many ways in which the alternative comedy world and the indie music world intersect. Honestly, I just finished writing my final paper for Media on the alternative comedy world, so I really don't want to write that phrase again, but the paper also happened to be a thesis proposal, so it looks like I will. If you ever want to read 80-100 pages on alternative comedy, ask me about it next May.