Email Author Emilie Mutert

2013 Stories by Emilie Mutert

• Bigger Than 8-Bits

  published May 29, 2013

  Daaa, da-da-da-da-da-da. Sound familiar? That's the sound of video-game music sophisticated enough for the symphony. If you've ever... More >>

• Naughty Talk

  published May 29, 2013

  Dan Savage, most famous for his syndicated Savage Love advice column (which runs in the sexy section at the back of this newspaper... More >>

• Love Comes To Town

  published May 15, 2013

  Thank goodness Loni Love quit her electrical engineering job to pursue a career in comedy. Electrical engineering is cool, sure; I mean,... More >>

• Doc of the Bay

  published May 15, 2013

  If you are so excited about documentaries that you always can’t even wait another minute to see one, you’re in luck. Two of the most... More >>

• One Night Stand-Up

  published May 8, 2013

  “One time, I met a really wild human via the Internet. He or she had lavender-scented dreadlocks and a bicycle with a basket on the front.... More >>

• Please sir can we 
have some Mohr?

  published May 8, 2013

  Jay Mohr is performing at the comedy club. He’ll be telling jokes, probably into a microphone, possibly in front of some projected... More >>

• Must-See Before TV

  published May 1, 2013

  One thing you should probably have on your bucket list is seeing comedian John Mulaney perform. The former Saturday Night Live... More >>

• Lolcats IRL

  published May 1, 2013

  Some people work their whole lives as entertainers, but their acts never live up to the purity that is a cat-related pratfall. The Great Wall of... More >>

• Bob's Burgers For All

  published May 1, 2013

  The cast of the Fox animated comedy series Bob’s Burgers, which centers around an eccentric family that owns a struggling burger restaurant,... More >>

• Wading Into the Deep End

  published April 24, 2013

  Is it true that neurological conditions like depression, anxiety, dementia, and schizophrenia can heighten people’s creativity and... More >>

• One Last Lecture

  published April 17, 2013

  Public radio celebrity and folksy raconteur Garrison Keillor joins writer Calvin Trillin and unspecified friends for The Last Foxtrot, a... More >>

• Drool School

  published April 10, 2013

  Best-selling gross-out science writer Mary Roach, whose popular nonfiction books Spook and Stiff covered ideas about the... More >>

• Brian as "Brian"

  published April 3, 2013

  Comedian Brian Posehn looks like that guy from your local comic shop or from the last metal show you went to (where you might have... More >>

• Big Fish Stories

  published March 27, 2013

  Does your sleeping life bore you? Are you less than satisfied with how weird your dreams are? You might get some much-needed inspiration if... More >>

• Show Tunes

  published March 27, 2013

  Stephen Lynch is a talented musical comedian. His songs are well-constructed, like maybe you think it’s going to be a Third Eye Blind... More >>

• Swinging Both Ways

  published March 27, 2013

  The Hella Gay Comedy Show is normally a once-a-month event featuring LGBT comics, but this month the tables are turning and straight comics... More >>

• One-Manly Show: Nick Offerman Talks Acting, Woodworking, and Bear Fights

  published March 20, 2013

  If you're like me, you probably remember Nick Offerman best as the environmental activist from a 1999 episode of The West Wing, during... More >>

• Hilarity, Meat Sincerity

  published March 13, 2013

  Nick Offerman’s no luddite, but as a woodworker he’s wary of the ways 3-D printing technology could diminish the authenticity... More >>

• Paddling Faster

  published March 6, 2013

  Scientific historian George Dyson was a boat-builder in Canada in his young adult years, an expert on kayaks. He lived in a house he built high in... More >>

• Thuned Up

  published March 6, 2013

  Seattle-born and L.A.-based Nick Thune is young and tall and white and has cute facial hair and a guitar. Despite all this he is pretty likable... More >>

• Maria Bamford: Comedy's Wild Orchid Works From Home

  published February 6, 2013

  For alternative comedy fans, Maria Bamford's many-voiced, stream-of-consciousness performances are well-known. Casual viewers may recognize her... More >>