Whoa! It's already St. Patrick's Day weekend - Christian and Shonali have way too much to catch up on. We talk Riverdance, Bronies, and walking strategies for New Yorkers. Shonali is dissed by her dad. Christian is in a TMZ phase. Shonali bombed an audition and Christian booked his. We share diatribes on hipster diatribes. Our special guest this episode is comedienne and actress Bridey Elliott. She just returned from Austin, where the film in which she co-stars, Fort Tilden, just won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW. We talk animal handling, teen age angst, and growing up in a comedy family. Her father is Chris Elliott, sister is Abby Elliott, and grandfather is Bob Elliott. We also talk boyfriends, strategies for avoiding getting raped, Siri and butt dialing. In addition to acting, Bridey does stand up and is also performing in Absolutely, her Maude Night improv group at the UCB Theatre. We had so much fun having Bridey as our guest. You will hear Shonali laughing the ENTIRE episode. GAWSH! Our Episode 22 song is Sunshine Love by Rikki Ililonga.
We Don't Even Know - Episode 20 - Shalewa Sharpe - December 11, 2013 →
The trees, the lights, the people, the shopping ....ugh! Shonali has a new look. Marcellus Hall just had a release party and his Afterglow CD is available on Band Camp. Christian calls Shonali "perky." Holiday angst on the subways and streets of New York. Gift giving is not so easy. Christian uses the term "viral vids." Tigers & Monkeys have a new CD, The Animals Will Forgive Us Again coming out January 7, 2014. Episode 20 guest, Shalewa Sharpe is all about gift receiving this year. Christian calls Shalewa "perky." Some people are bold and break into millionaire's homes and throw parties. Some are even bolder and steal snow leopards. Shonali understands animal facial expressions. Did you see the fake sign language translator on the Mandela Memorial? Shalewa is a rising comedian, former adult video store clerk and a new New York transplant from Atlanta. There are some surprises to working in an adult video store. Long ago, Shalewa shared a very important video with Shonali. Shalewa had low expectations of her comedy career when she arrived to New York. Lots of comedians talk about their junk. Dad's stop understanding their daughters after they turn 9. Justin and Shonali are going to Minneapolis for a free Sardines Out of A Can screening party at Varsity Theater, Wednesday, December 18th at 7:30pm. Shalewa is at The Creek and The Cave, December, 16th in Long Island City for Caught On Tape. Deerhunter is a great band from Atlanta. Here is their awesome video Back To The Middle. Happy Holidays! Don't let your family get to you!
Episode 18 - Rashida White - October 8, 2013 →
Christian celebrates his birthday in a new graphical Urban Outfitters sweatshirt. Disclosure, WDEK Ep. 18 does not cover the Government Shutdown, Miley Cyrus or twerking. Shonali and Christian question the intentions behind gift giving. Christian is impressed by Shonali's first official home office chair with movable arm rests and lumbar support. Shonali is screening her short film Sardines Out of A Can in NYC on Oct. 24th at Wythe Hotel. Christian had a role on Guiding Light, better than that, he auditioned for All My Children via a self taped video and we have the proof. The next generation of techies are gamers. Kids today can sneak on to planes, steal SUVs and hack phones and tablets. The empathy sucker - smartphones as per Louis CK and Christian. Our special guest is a former Apple technician, teacher, writer, musician and DJ extraordinaire Rashida White. Rashida and Shonali met as volunteers at Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls. Have you tried Alchemy Vegan Ice Cream. Shonali tried to make a video letter for Bloomberg. Our song of the episode is Lazy Soldier by Sam Jayne (Love As Laughter).
Episode 17 - Greg Johnson - September 10, 2013 →
Christian and Shonali are back with a summer recap! Highlights include Chuck. E. Cheese, a 20 year old Ford Aerostar Van, a special summer care package and a dirty driver's license. Christian has a special relationship with the TSA and body scanners. The heated NYC Mayoral race brings out the best in our current Mayor. Robots are taking our jobs. Did Watson, the Jeopardy computer ever lose? We are hiring fact checkers at WDEK. Our special guest is comedian and longtime friend, Greg Johnson. Christian, Shonali and Greg worked in a major Manhattan lawfirm together. Greg is a former "Chron King" and "Bros Blog" writer. He is known as the "best blogger alive." Greg teaches us complex job exit strategies and how to get Cher to respond to your tweets. Greg coined "war dialing." Remember our story from Episode 16? What's with all the hoax viral videos these days? Our music this week comes from the American brother and sister folk duo (Brad and Jessical Lauretti),This Frontier Needs Heroes with a song called George Clooney.
Episode 15 - WDEK Moms - May 5, 2013 →
For our Special Episode 15 Mother's Day edition of WDEK, we talk to the WDEK Moms. Shonali avoids getting spit on in the subway. Christian shares a story about a boy and his piggy bank. We first talk to Shonali's mom, Shubha Bhowmik who lives in Nashville, TN. She loves comedy and tv shows on TV Land. Giving birth to Shonali was no big thing.
As for Justin, his mom, Dorie, lives in Walker, Minnesota and was a radio broadcaster and host of her own variety radio show. She tells us about Justin the lost adventurer. On one of his trips, Justin was confused when he was in Frankfurt, Germany instead of Frankfurt, Kentucky. Dorie also is a musician and has released some albums. We will play her Polka, Waltzes, and Foxtrots soon.
Christian's mom, Madeleine lives in Evanston, IL and tells us some unexpected stories about Christian. Madeleine like Christian has a beautiful way with words. Teasers are Mother Theresa, to-do lists, and a hole in the wall. We all love our mothers so much. Now that may seem obvious, but heck it's not true for everyone. We feel lucky. Thanks Moms! We love you. Tame Impala takes us out with Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind!
Episode 15: Shonali's Mom - Shubha, Justin's Mom-Dorie, Christian's Mom-Madeleine - May 5, 2013
Episode 14 - Nimesh Patel - April 21, 2013 →
Our hearts go out to the city of Boston and all those affected by the awful attack they endured last week. Due to the high pollen count in NYC, Shonali's asthma has been flaring up and Christian is of no help. Christian's barber knows foreign policy. Little things can get under your skin, like babysitting the babysitter or an entitled toddler in Prospect Park.
Our WDEK Episode 14 special guest is Nimesh Patel who comes straight out of Jersey. He is Indian, but grew up in Jersey, lives in NYC and is a comedy finance guy. Yup, very unique. He promised us on Friday he would be hung over on Sunday morning, and he accomplished his goal although we couldn't really tell. He was as fiesty and belligerent as he usually is. Ep. 11 guest Marcellus Hall turned Shonali on to Nimesh's comedy. Nimesh advises Shonali to use Vicks for her asthma and informs us on a number of Indian cure alls. Nimesh killed it at his office holiday party and gained mad respect. Ladies, Nimesh is on Tinder (the Grinder for straight people) if you need some tenderness. Ever heard of the "We Just Got of Jail" comedy show? Nimesh hosts a Monday night show in Williamsburg, at Bar Matchless called Broken Comedy. He wants you to come to his show on April 29th. He's hosting a special pilot taping of Minority Report. Our new music, comes from the amazing, Shannon Wright. She has a new release titled In Film Sound coming out next month. This is the first song, Noise Parade. She is currently on tour in Europe and will be in the US next month.
Episode 12 - Hadiyah Robinson - March 17, 2013 →
Top O' the Mornin' To Ya! I've always wanted to type that! Lucky for us, WDEK was recorded live on St. Patrick's Day, and Irish Christian Felix made us some tasty Guinness Chocolate pudding to enjoy during the show. Our special guest was comedienne, former MTV employee and all around awesome lady, Hadiyah Robinson. She claims she is Irish too. We are all frightened of bed bugs and roaches. Have you been to John Early's Showgasm? It is frighteningly wonderful. There are a number of ways to burn off your hair. Men, we've said it before, please don't groom yourself too much or too little. Easy enough, right? Hadiyah does not like male back hair. Shonali does not like ear hair. Christian tells Shonali to embrace her baby moustache. Do you have a kickstarter campaign? Justin was part of a terrible Kickstarter campaign. If you have one, let us know and we will post the link on to our FB page please. We just may donate to it. We'll have to think about it. Hadiyah is from Michigan. She performs stand up all around the city and on tv. Please check out Hadiyah's 365 Days for Oprah here. Crazy coincidence that Hadiyah is featured in the April issue of O Magazine, which drops on March 19th, her birthday. Today! There is a Brooklyn experimental jazz electronic duo called Live Footage. Their tune Nomadic Ant ends the show. Alright ya'll, we hope you enjoy.
Episode 7 - We Don't Even Know Ghost Stories - October 28, 2012 →
Happy Fall! For all you busy people out there, we shortened the show - so downloading won't be such a pain. Fall has begun. What's wrong with saying "Happy Fall," people? Weddings with comedians. Christian and his white button down. Psy is chubby, 34, a pop sensation and fabulous. Our wonderful guest is the lovely Katina Corrao. She is a standup, actress and comedy writer who just finished her first season writing for the Newlywed Game Show and is the star of Dance School and Separate Checks (check them out on YouTube). Why don't we know anyone that makes sex tapes outside of Christian's barber? Tony Danza is the Boss! New song by Prince Rupert's Drops - their newest release will be out in November!
Ep. 6 WDEK weathered the Storm with Magnum PI and Bagelgher
We apologize for being out of touch last month, but we promise that this episode of WDEK will prove to have been worth your wait. Episode 7 is a super special edition of WDEK. We taped the show outside in front of a live audience on the eve of Hurricane Sandy, a few days before Halloween on the Brooklyn deck of our good friend Stephen Vesecky. Stephen shared a Johann Wolfgang von Goethe scary story while ominous sounds of the city howl behind him, literally. Our special guests were the sexy Magnum PI and the one and only Bagelgher. Listening to their tales of fright and horror will make you shake and shiver. Christian finished up his run of shows for the play, Blacken the Bubble. Shonali's gym teacher needs advice about flights to Siberia. Have you heard Hot Cheetos and Takis? Shonali would like to touch Magnum's stache. Christian doesn't like being called a little girl. The Bagelgher doesn't like rap videos. Must see visuals are attached: Bagelgher's Bagelmatic and Bagel Gun. We were quite out of control and feel lucky to have enjoyed such a wonderful afternoon on what would be the eve of a devastating hurricane that ripped apart our city. For those of you that are still affected by Hurricane Sandy, our thoughts are with you and we hope that those of you that can help, contribute time and/or money to the relief efforts going on throughout our city. Special thanks goes to Tory Harris, Matt Carlin, Justin Joseph Hall, Ricardo Rosario and our live audience. Ya'll are the best!
WDEK Ep. 4 - Kenny Lienhardt - August 25, 2012 →
Kenny Lienhardt is a one of a kind individual! He's the legendary soundman of the Bowery Ballroom for 14 years. He is the host of the Urban Angler public access fishing show for 10 years. He was the front man of the death metal band Black Virgin in the mid 80's and he was the producer of Tigers & Monkeys' recent full-length release "The Animals Will Forgive Us Again" and co-produced "Loose Mouth". He is a character that you never forget. He was recently celebrated in the Jan 3, 2014 Village Voice and since we are still talking about how much we enjoyed having him as one of our first WDEK guests, we wanted to share some of the highlights from his visit to the WDEK Studio in Sept. 2012. In case you missed it or want to hear it again - enjoy! Some of the language is offensive, so turn down while listening. Sorry mom.
Ep. 3 Time Flies with John Early
WDEK’s studio (Shonali’s Crib) was graced with the presence of the very funny and brilliant actor, writer, comedian etc etc etc - John Early! His latest project, “The Witchelor” is a hoot and it is currently in the process of being brought back to the stage! Christian and Shonali adore this guy and they think you will too! Below is a screenshot from the Toni Collette Fan Page that John created and loyally maintained in his teen years… enjoy ;-)
