Scharpling and Wurster’s new 3-CD set, The Art of the Slap, is out now.
You can pick it up at your local record store or online at Stereolaffs.
Click on the following links for some recent Scharpling and Wurster press:
The Art of the Slap out now!
April 17th, 2007 by Roger Devlin
Scharpling and Wurster’s new 3-CD set, The Art of the Slap, is out now.
You can pick it up at your local record store or online at Stereolaffs.
Click on the following links for some recent Scharpling and Wurster press:
Tom Reviews Every James Bond Movie #6 - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
April 7th, 2008 by Tom Scharpling
Yes, I know. It’s been ages since I knocked out one of these Bond reviews. I was pondering this very thing the other day while applying a second coat of Thompson’s Water Seal to my new gazebo, wondering how the unstoppable tsunami of blog momentum I had going down the stretch of Q4 2007 was reduced to a lonely dripping faucet in a Panera Bread men’s room a mere eight weeks later. More…
Okay, That Sucked.
March 29th, 2008 by Tom Scharpling
I’m not going to belabor this point because I’m going to talk about it on the radio this Tuesday. But tonight I did something very very bad. And I paid a price for it. More…
Okay, Here’s How This Goes Down.
March 24th, 2008 by Tom Scharpling
I know I’ve been pretty slack in getting these James Bond reviews done. It’s as embarrassing to me as it is disappointing to you, assuming you actually care. More…
I Will Remember The Bands Who Scabbed On Late Night Talk Shows.
February 2nd, 2008 by Tom Scharpling
You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Especially since so many of the writers on said shows are huge music fans who go out and ’support the scene’. More…
Tom Reviews Every Bond Movie #5 - You Only Live Twice (1967)
January 24th, 2008 by Tom Scharpling
I know what you’re asking. I know what you’re thinking also. Partly because the movie ZAPPED was based on my life*, and partly because I am a student of human nature. More…
Oh, Tom. What Happened?
December 29th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
You said you were going to blog all the time! Then after your Thunderball review you vanish into the mist like that movie The Mist. More…
Happy Hoagie Days!
December 24th, 2007 by Roy (Philly Boy) Ziegler
Hey everybody,
How yez doin’? Just wanted to wish you and nem others yez might be with a Mary Chrismiss and Happy New Years. 2007 and was pretty strange for me, I gotta say. In retrespect it wasn’t a good idea for me to go Amish. Too many rules and I don’t like not havin’ no electricoty. I mean, a man’s gotta have his ghetto blaster, right?
So, I’m back in Roxboro (Rox City!) and enjoyin’ life with Rhoda, Rhoda Jr. and little Royda. You may have noticed I left one Roydon Ziegler the second offa that list. I’m so mad at him right now. What kind of son takes his dad’s last Kandy Kake? Sure I did it to my dad, but these kids today are supposed to be cool! If he don’t watch it I’m gonna bed slap him (this is an old Ziegler family tradition –the parent tucks the child in bed, sings a nice song and then exacts revenge for whatever bullcrap the child did earlier that day by slapping him or her in the face exactly one minute after they fall asleep).
Anywayz –hope yez all have a *Philly-style Chrismiss!
Philly Boy Roy
*the best kind!
Tom Reviews Every Bond Movie #4 - Thunderball (1965)
December 4th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Am I allowed to feel winded already? I’m what, only twenty percent of the way there and my head is spinning already? Yeesh, what kind of shape will I be in around OCTOPUSSY? More…
A Tale Of Two Dons - One A Tribute To A King, The Other The Last Go-Round For A Douche.
December 2nd, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Tonight I’m pinning all my hopes for everything I’ve ever hoped to hope about on the Don Rickles special on the Home Box Office tonight. More…
Tom Reviews Every Bond Movie #3 - Goldfinger (1964)
November 30th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Before I get to my exciting review of Goldfinger, I need to tweak a thing or two regarding this endeavor. More…
Land Ho/Enemies List #1!
November 29th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Oh, hi all! If you’re wondering why this isn’t another James Bond review, fear not. I just watched GOLDFINGER and I’m gonna have it up sometime tomorrow. I’m gonna tear through these things like something hot that goes through something that’s easily cuttable by said hot thing. More…
Tom Reviews Every Bond Movie #2 - From Russia With Love (1963)
November 27th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
I’m two movies and four hours into this James Bond movie marathon, and the only word that comes to mind is WHY. More…
Philly Boy Roy vs. Patton Oswalt!
November 26th, 2007 by Roger Devlin
Tom Reviews Every Bond Movie #1 - Dr. No (1962)
November 25th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Never let it be said that I’m not a man of my word. I just watched DR. NO, the first of the Bond movies. And I can say that it delivers! More…
Oh, The Things I Have Thoughts On.
November 25th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I know I said I would keep posting daily… but then there was this thing called Thanksgiving that fell in the middle of the week, and it threw me off my schedule a little bit. More…
A Quick One While I’m Away.
November 19th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Yes, the weekend watched all my blog momentum dry up. But trust me, young people. The Blog Will Be Back. I’ll be traveling today so I might not get a chance to enter something. More…
Okay, THIS One Is Really Sick! Not For The Easily Disturbed!
November 17th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Hey everyone! Apparently I gave my last thread a misleading title - A Little Sick But Check This Out. It made it sound like I was posting something that was a little sick, but I dared you to take a peek nonetheless. More…
A Little Sick But Check This Out!
November 16th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Hey, all! I’m feeling kinda sick while staying here at this undisclosed location on my peacekeeping road trip. I can’t say what city I’m in on the advice of my pastor - who I am traveling with - More…
Taking It To The Top!
November 15th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Hey, it’s Tom, now settting a world record of four posts in four days. And now I’m kinda realizing why I don’t do this more often - More…
Good Help Is EASY To Find!
November 13th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Just go to your local DVD retailer and ask for a copy! Hahahah! Oh Tom, you kill me! And THAT is the kind of writing that The Hollywood System is going to have to live without until this strike is settled! More…
Scharpling Penned/Produced Ted Leo Video Premiere!
November 12th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
I wrote and produced a Ted Leo and the Pharmacists video back a month or so ago. And I am excited to announce that it has made it’s world premiere over at www.stereogum.com! More…
I’m Back/Look Out!
November 12th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Sorry for the disappearing act, everyone. I’ve been buried underneath more work than I’ve ever had to deal with. But now that something callled ‘The Writers Strike’ has finally arrived, all of my problems and work opportunities have gone away. More…
RAMBOCKY!
October 12th, 2007 by Roger Devlin
Some of you may recall Philly Boy Roy calling into the Best Show recently to pitch Tom’s in studio guest Patton Oswalt a role in a new film called Rambocky (a combination of Rambo and Rocky). Roy’s idea was that Patton would play Gus, Rambocky’s elderly trainer.
Roy and Patton ended up reading a few pages from the Ramobocky script. Below is a link to an amazing visual depiction of the scene:
JW w/NPs
September 15th, 2007 by Roger Devlin
Jon is currently playing drums on a West Coast tour with the rock music band The New Pornographers. More…
The Roots of the Rock and Comedy Connection
August 21st, 2007 by Scharpling & Wurster
Tom and Jon,
The “rock and comedy” thing has gotten so out of hand it seems I can’t open an issue of Spin, Fader or Bass Player without seeing an op-ed piece by Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Eugene Mirman or one of the guys from that sketch show I don’t like.
“That’s one small step for a baked man…” The Best Show Video and Art Contest is in full swing!
August 20th, 2007 by Roger Devlin
Listeners have been submitting their entries for the Best Show on WFMU Video and Art Contest for the last few weeks. They’re great! Several of the entries even show visual representations of Scharpling and Wurster bits.
Kenny Dupree Pt. 2 (May 27, 2003)
August 18th, 2007 by Roger Devlin
Tom prank calls country singer/patriot Kenny Dupree and tries to get him to write pro-Iraq songs.
Winning/Our Forefathers’ Arrogance
August 16th, 2007 by Jon Wurster
Why, hello,
Firstly, I just want to take a second to reiterate what Tom posted in his blog about the good guys winning.
It’s already starting!
More…
This Will Not Stand.
August 13th, 2007 by Tom Scharpling
Blog fans -
I know I have all but vanished from the S&W site for over a month. It’s an insult to everyone who is bored in an office, looking to drain a few more minutes out of their workday.
I was in vacation mode for the bulk of the month; even if I wasn’t technically on vacation, not doing certain things came as close as I might come to being on a beach sipping a Barq’s anytime soon.
The blogging shall return this week. And the blogging shall be better than ever. Eggs will be broken, omelettes will be made. I don’t care anymore. It’s time to start fighting. The return of Tommy Tornado is nigh, and it’s time for Good Guys to start winning again.
Tom.