#amanda tannen

[stevenvenn]

Cheekface - I Feel So Weird (from Too Much To Ask) John played this last Friday on his KEXP morning show and I thought it was hilarious. I love finding out about songs that make me chuckle. This is certainly one. I wish there was a live action video for this, guess we’ll have to wait.

[devanitoland]

DEVANI TOLAND - the inspirations

isabela (dragon age II)

if you're not going to get drunk with me, i'm afraid i can't take you seriously

del boy trotter (only fools and horses)

i've always been an achiever. i've never actually achieved nothing, mind you, but i've always been in with a shout.

hermes (greek mythology)

god of the golden wand, why have you come? a beloved, honored friend, but it’s been so long, your visits much too rare.

eleanor shellstrop (the good place)

but I was a good person for six months. That’s like five years.

amanda tannen (ugly betty)

friends don't let friends wear glitter before noon

d.w. reed (arthur)

francine, can I ask you a question? why don't you go back to your own house and stop bothering us?

alex russo (wizards of waverly place)

look, i’ll handle it like i handle all of life’s problems. ignore it until it goes away.

miguel and tulio (the road to el dorado)

you know that little voice people have that tells them to quit when they're ahead? you don't have one!

[screamingay]

me listening to cheekface on shuffle as my life falls apart

[finchagain]

Not only is Amanda Tannen really good on bass, and has a beautiful voice. She’s also super hot!

[kuheli93]

Where is season 5????

I finished Ugly Betty and am not okay 😭😭😩

[the-infinite-jukebox]

Cheekface - Too Much to Ask (Album Review)

(Album Review #412, August 3rd [2022]) Too Much to Ask is the latest studio album from quirky indie rock band and highly beloved oddball band Cheekface. After the very strong Emphatically No. hinted at some serious excellence coming from the trio last year, Too Much to Ask is Cheekface filling their own shoes and creating something that truly stands out.

Much of the band's charm relies on something that may initially be perceived as novelty. After all, Cheekface's preppy instrumentals and song lyrics that would give Lewis Carrol a run for his money in terms of surreal engagement can be equally off-putting to new listeners. However, there is something significantly more self-enduring that latches onto Too Much to Ask. Despite the record's bouncy and often somewhat humorous nature, the band pull things off with a sense of grace that elevates them above the vast majority of their similarly self-aware peers. Amanda Tannen's bass work is consistently groovy and never falls out of place, while you couldn't ask for a more constantly tight and practiced drummer than Mark Edwards. Frontman Greg Katz's guitar work walks a cartoonish line between punk and pop rock, not unlike acts such as the Minutemen and Gang of Four that came long before the Cheekface name ever existed. This leads to a sort of evolved dance-punk sound for Too Much to Ask that allows the three-piece to grow as musicians while never straying too far from what made them such an endearing act in the first place. It also helps that Katz's vocal delivery is as endearingly deadpan as ever. The aforementioned dance-punk influence is something that cements Too Much to Ask's place as Cheekface's most stand-out listening experience to date. It has been an undeniably relevant sound in recent years, with some of the most successful artists of this kind including Parquet Courts and most recently Viagra Boys. There have, of course, been less successful ventures into this subculture of punk as well. Paired with Cheekface's signature brand of humor, this sound works extremely well. Hearing a song like "I Feel So Weird!" come across as so ridiculous and brilliantly left-field yet distinct and attitude-filled is great. It all just goes to show the progression that Cheekface have been making in becoming a better band with each passing record. The trio have always verged on Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! levels of out-there, so an off-kilter sonic aesthetic perfectly fits everything that Too Much to Ask is about conceptually. Speaking of which, the band's humor is just as successful as it has been in the past on Too Much to Ask. Nothing new is done here in that regard, meaning that people polarized or even turned off by Cheekface's nonsensical comedic style will likely continue to feel the same throughout the entire Too Much to Ask listening experience. Then again, a record with songs like "Vegan Water" and "You Always Want to Bomb the Middle East" should hopefully make this aspect of Cheekface aware to anyone before even hearing them. While the notion of a band sticking to a lyrical style that could easily grow stale over the course of a single record, Cheekface always manages to keep things interesting. There is enough variety and self-restraint that Too Much to Ask never goes into the realm of total pointlessness sans the semi-transitional filler track "Noodles." Songs like the single "Pledge Drive" are even pretty intelligent at times, further developing the band as one of the most underrated and under-estimated in indie music at the moment. In conclusion, Too Much to Ask is by far Cheekface's best album yet. While they may be far from getting any major accolades, it isn't hard to see why this three-piece is continuing to gain a loyal fanbase and traction within the indie community. Too Much to Ask is a beautifully executed slice of chaotic humor and dance-punk adjacent sounds made all the more exciting with the knowledge that Cheekface can still pull off even better works in the future.

Final Rating: 4/5 (Great)

Essential Tracks: “Vegan Water,” “We Need a Bigger Dumpster,” “When Life Hands You Problems”

[justfornowokaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

That has been my every few months attempt to convince you Greg Katz and Amanda Tannen are making great music with Cheekface. 

[and-then-there-were-n0ne]

Essays

Leora Tanenbaum, I am Not A Slut: Slut-Shaming in the age of the Internet [x]

Hadley Freeman, From shopping to naked selfies: how ‘empowerment’ lost its meaning [x]

selling feminism, consuming femininity, amanda m. gengler [x]

Karla Mantilla, Let them eat text: The real politics of postmodernism [x]

Catherine Mackinnon, Points Against Postmodernism [x]

Martha Nussbaum, The Professor of Parody [x]

Derrick Jensen, Liberals and the New McCarthyism [x]

Catherine Mackinnon, Liberalism and the Death of Feminism [x]

Jess Zimmerman, Hunger Makes Me [x]

Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change [x]

Deborah Tannen, There is no unmarked woman [x]

Johann Hari & Naomi Klein: Does Capitalism Drive Drug Addiction? [x]

‘Hope is an embrace of the unknown’: Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times [x]

Aisha Mirza, White Women Drive Me Crazy [x]

The Burkini-Bikini False Equivalence and Your Disproportionate Outrage [x]

Lili Loofbourow, The Kavanaugh Accusation Has Men More Afraid Than Ever [x]

John Holt, How Children Fail [x]

Future generations deserve good ancestors. Will you be one? | Psyche Ideas [x]

Robert Epstein, The Empty Brain [x]

4W, Are You Being Silenced, or Silent? [x]

Chimamanda.com IT IS OBSCENE: A TRUE REFLECTION IN THREE PARTS [x]

George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism [x]

George Orwell, The Freedom of the Press [x]

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World [x]

Elena Ferrante and the Politics of Deference [x]

Sir Peter Medawar, The Phenomenon of Man [x]

Is the Culture War Lost? [x]

The Case Against the Trauma Plot [x]

Lunedì magro | Non è vero che ciascuna è carina a modo suo, però possiamo anche fregarcene [x]

[indie-addict]

dry heat/nice town by cheekface from their album therapy island (2019).

“you sound good when you’re screaming

you don’t need to dress up

it’s laundry day anyway and you can wear what you’re wearing

you can’t cover late capitalism over with makeup anymore

plus you’re richer than god, and more handsome!

too good to work in a business

too good to work for anyone

nice town, a lot of anarchists

we’re takin’ two of everything at the 7-11

nice town and it will end like this

the green juice is free now”

cheekface is an alternative indie rock band from LA made up of singer greg katz, bassist amanda tannen, and drummer mark edwards. their music commonly has a sarcastic tone to it, making fun of everyday life and its absurdities. in an interview, singer and songwriter greg katz says that he and amanda tannen co-wrote dry heat/nice town after attending a women’s march. he explains the meaning behind the song pretty well in this quote, saying, “i think the only way a more utopian society can happen is through mass protest movements. the central question of the song is, what would happen in LA if a public demonstration resulted in socialist utopia? and the answer is, there would be free green juice at 7-11.” so far, therapy island is cheekface’s only album.

[scottwellsmagic]

661: MagiFest - Day Three Report

Saturday 22nd January 2022

110:00am - 6pm Dealers Open

10:00am - 11:00am Magifest University Session One

Choose from: • Designing Miracles with Darwin Ortiz • Marketing Magic with Kent • Thoughtful Card Magic with Bernardo Sedlacek • Gambling and Cheating with Jason England

11:15am - 12:15pm Magifest University Session Two

Choose from: • Designing Miracles with Darwin Ortiz • Marketing Magic with Kent • Thoughtful Card Magic with Bernardo Sedlacek • Gambling and Cheating with Jason England

2:30pm - 4.00pm Jeki Yoo Show and Lecture

4:30pm - 6:00pm Apollo Robbins Show and Lecture

8:00pm - 9:00pm Neils Dunker One Man Juggling Show

9:00pm - 10:00pm The Fool Us Gala Show

Featuring Stuart McDonald, Ben Seidman, Jeki Yoo, Garrett Thomas, and Amanda Nepo.

10:30pm, 11pm, 11:30pm Mike Pisciotta Bar Magic Performances

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Edmund Apperson and Jeff Kowalk review last evening’s show

00:15:43 - Steve Chezaday and John Wolfe discuss the format of this year’s convention and talk about why they came

00:35:53 - Adam Blumenthal from Tannen’s represented the dealers from the Dealers’ Room as he talked about some of the best seller tricks at their shop

00:39:27 - Nick Diffatte was a last minute fill-in for David Gerrard and he talks about his show last evening

00:44:06 - Don Wiberg has been attending the MagiFest for over 40 years and he tells us why he returns each year

00:50:14 - Carissa Hendrix (aka Lucy Darling) made an unexpected appearance in the crowd. She talks about her MasterClass which will be filmed tomorrow.

00:56:03 - Amanda Nepo opened this evening’s show and in our chat talks about her experience with fooling Penn & Teller

01:00:10 - Mike Thornton and Scott Wells give a wrap to the afternoon and evening’s activities.

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Bedenime Ayak Uydur! (on Wattpad) http://my.w.tt/UiNb/Hms3ZqBjfB O bir Shapeshifter. On sekiz yaşında hayallerini gerçekleştirmek için evden kaçtı. İsteği için günlerce uğraştı. Bedenini değiştirerek ilk önce bir kahraman olarak anılmak isteyen Mark Tannen bir anda Dünya'nın en çok aranan paranormal suçlusu halini alıverdi. Kurnazlığı ve bedenlendiği karakterleri maske gibi benimsemeyi başaran Mark'ı hiçbir asayiş kolu zaptedemedi. Fakat Dedektif Amanda Watson bunu bir takıntı haline getirmişti. Bir anda ikisi için Dünya Av ve avcı oyununa dönmüşecekti. "Bilirsin Watson'cuk kovalamaca iki kişi ile oynanan bir oyundur. Tek başıma kendi kuyruğumu kovalayamam ya. Dur bir dakika ben onuda yapabilirim..." -Mark Tannen

[doniubfan]

[vinsh]

MARC! That is the absolute cruelest thing I've ever seen....

Someone's getting a raise.

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Bedenime Ayak Uydur! - Watson (on Wattpad) http://my.w.tt/UiNb/Fh5V7BlzkB O bir Shapeshifter. On sekiz yaşında hayallerini gerçekleştirmek için evden kaçtı. İsteği için günlerce uğraştı. Bedenini değiştirerek ilk önce bir kahraman olarak anılmak isteyen Mark Tannen bir anda Dünya'nın en çok aranan paranormal suçlusu halini alıverdi. Kurnazlığı ve bedenlendiği karakterleri maske gibi benimsemeyi başaran Mark'ı hiçbir asayiş kolu zaptedemedi. Fakat Dedektif Amanda Watson bunu bir takıntı haline getirmişti. Bir anda ikisi için Dünya Av ve avcı oyununa dönmüşecekti. "Bilirsin Watson'cuk kovalamaca iki kişi ile oynanan bir oyundur. Tek başıma kendi kuyruğumu kovalayamam ya. Dur bir dakika ben onuda yapabilirim..." -Mark Tannen

[biobabe]

Ugly Betty’s best moment so far.  

[rashad-93]

I like this video cause it shows the concept of karma, and that you reap what you sew.