Dive Bar Mitzvah Ian Rans

We're in one of my favorite dives with one of my favorite guys: Nate Abshire! In preparation for his shows this week at Acme Comedy Company with Bryan Miller, he and I chat about eating alligator, "Strokin'" and how an appreciation of Randy Newman isn't a crime. Grab a cold one, share, comment and listen along!

Baby it's cold outside and thankfully, it's nice and toasty inside Cuzzy's. In this episode I chat with Minneapolis' titans of garage rock, the Batson brothers! From their start as kids in the early 70s to today, they can be counted on to k.o. any other band on the bill. Listen as we chat about how to get an audiences attention with blood, how Sha Na Na was the best band at Woodstock and getting pelted with bottles by Husker Dü while opening for the Ramones. It's got all that and more! Listen now, comment, like, share and follow us on twitter @divebarmitzvah!

Warning: this episode is 40% laughter. I let the guest pick the bar this week, and he did a great job. We're at Schuller's Tavern in Golden Valley, MN with comedian Kjell Bjorgen! We talk about being a carny, my brief career with Girls Gone Wild, his brief career in horror movies, and the wonder of Cyndi Lauper and other 'strong female vocalists.'

You can hear the sizzle in this episode of Dive Bar Mitzvah-- we're at Matt's Bar, 'the home of the Juicy Lucy!' There's a nearly unspoken history of Minnesota's role in modern computing and in this episode I chat with one of the trailblazers: Bob Alberti! From helping to develop multiplayer online role-playing games to working on the revolutionizing the internet with Gopher, he was there in the trenches. Today he's still working with computers but he splits his time with the insult comedy troupe Vilification Tennis! He's a well rounded guy.

I took a week off and regrouped as only we could.. at Adrian's Tavern! I meet up with comedian, writer and friend Bryan Miller after drinking our way through a horrible election. We chat with him about plagues of frogs, trying to hit a heckler with a car and opening for Dave Chappelle! It's the salve that heals. Listen now and follow us on Twitter at @divebarmitzvah!

Fall brings many bounties but one of the best is the Sound Unseen film festival! This is our second year chatting about SU and organizer Rich Gill is here to tell us about all of the great films this years fest, working with Mitch Hedberg and the joys of Men At Work. Listen along to this and people playing pool in this soon to be award winning episode of Dive Bar Mitzvah! Also, follow us on Twitter at @divebarmitzvah!