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'Spinal Tap Fans' Celebrating Nov. 11 (11/11/11) As 'Nigel Tufnel Day'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Christopher Guest, David St. Hubbins, Evan Conway, Harry Shearer, Derek Smalls, Hollyweird, Video, Spinal Tap, Holly-Weird, Adam Gimbel, Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean, Onelouder, Weird Hollywood, Nigel Tufnel Day, Jeff-Musser, Weird News News

The year 1984 gave the world popular movies like "Ghostbusters," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Beverly Hills Cop." It also introduced...

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New in New Orleans: No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Maple Street Book Shop, New Orleans Levees, Hurricane Katrina, Harry Shearer, John Kennedy Toole, Walker Percy, D.H. Lawrence, Extreme Weather, Hurricane Irene, Katrina, Natural Disasters, Books News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new li...

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Another Katrina? Not Funny

Susanna Murley | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Katrina Anniversary, The Big Uneasy, Harry Shearer, Hurricane Katrina, Planet Forward, Maria Garzino, US Army Corps of Engineers, Video, Green News
Susanna Murley

The destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was a man-made disaster, and we haven't done anything to stop it from happening again. This is the premise behind Harry Shearer's new movie, The Big Uneasy.

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USA 3.0

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: 4th of July, Harry Shearer, American Exceptionalism, Third World America, Independence Day, July 4th, American Dream, Politics News
Harry Shearer

We're three trillion dollars down, the latest reports say, in trying to -- to what? Protect ourselves? Export freedom? Make the world safe for our oil interests? It's hard to know. This America would be impossible for the Founders to recognize.

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Louis C.K. & Harry Shearer Discuss Tracy Morgan

Posted 08.17.2011

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In case it wasn't painfully obvious, HuffPost Comedy is run by comedy nerds. We love nothing more than an in-depth philosophical conversation about co...

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Eight-Track Museum Gives Slice of Music History a Place in the Sun

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ian Hunter, Buick Skylark, Eight-Track, Record Business, Music Business, George Albert, Deep Ellum, Al Kooper, Jerry Reed, Cashbox, Truckers, Bucks Burnett, Wax-Cylinder, Jimmy Paige, Pete Freedman, Cash McCall, Deep South, Ronnie Lane, Pontiac Firebird, Spinal Tape, Cloud 8, Harry Shearer, Red Sovine, Marmalade, Cd, Spinal Tap, 8-Track, Car Culture, Edward Lear, Dallas Observer, Earl Muntz, Lear Jet, Brian Setzer, Bob Hiemenz, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

My Eight-track's pumpin' out a country song/ About a girl that's done me wrong/ My Eight-track's playing all your favorite songs/ So come on honey sin...

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NPR Rejects Ad For Harry Shearer's Katrina Documentary

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shearer, the voice of Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders, wanted the ad to say "a documentary about why New Orleans flooded," but NPR would accept only "a doc...

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Consider the Source

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Big Uneasy, Harry Shearer, South Park Movie, Individualism, Healthy Living News
Jamie Lee Curtis

As parents we all need to remember that we are our children's most important source, and the greatest gift we can give them is the permission to have their own opinion backed up by good debate, and of course by asking good questions.

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Harry Shearer & "The Big Uneasy" At The Silent Movie Theater

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, The Big Uneasy, Harry Shearer, LA Events, Los Angeles News

Who: Actor, comedian, writer, director, and longtime New Orleans resident Harry Shearer. What: Shearer screens parts of his latest film, a document...

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Q&A With Harry Shearer: Voice of The Simpsons Speaking Up for New Orleans

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joshua Kors

Shearer spoke with me about his movie,The Big Uneasy, a look at how New Orleans flooded, and the anger stirred by media that came to his new hometown but overlooked the Army Corps' role in flooding it.

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The Katrina Bookshelf

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Shearer

As we approach the 5th anniversary of the flooding of New Orleans, it's clear that, though the city has seen a profusion of "Katrina" art and music, the major enduring presence of the catastrophe has been on the bookshelf.

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'The Big Uneasy' Documentary Explores How Hurricane Katrina Could Have Been Prevented

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hurricane Katrina is often referred to as a "natural disaster," one of the deadliest and most costly in our nation's history. Though the hurricane was...

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Jazzfest Weekend One: David Simon & Garfunkel

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spinal Tap, Simon & Garfunkel, Alison Miner, Terence Blanchard, Alex Chilton, Treme, Wilco, George Clinton, Bobby Charles, Spike Lee, New Orleans Musicians, Harry Shearer, Dr. John, David Simon, Marva Wright, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

At New Orleans' Jazzfest, Dr. John let loose, and the Huffington Post's own Harry Shearer spoke about Treme, Spinal Tap, and moving on after the hurricane.

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Trusting the Army Corps of Engineers?

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Georgianne Nienaber, Harry Shearer, The Weather Channel, Mary Landrieu, Army Corps of Engineers, David Vitter, Politics News
Sandy Rosenthal


If both of Louisiana's U.S. senators expressed frustration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers doesn't does not say enough, you might take the word of Barbara Danielle, a New Orleans resident.

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Fey's Fantastic, But Never The Twain She'll Meet

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

I love Tina Fey, but there was something a bit Obama-getting-the-Nobel-Priz-ish about the news that she'll receive the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for Humor...

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On Exhaustion and a Month of Oil

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NewOrleans.Com, Green Living, Fishermen, BP Oil Spill, New Orleans Candlelight Vigil, Harry Shearer, Huffington Post, Green Energy, Global Green, Google, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Maybe it's a byproduct of watching live BP oil footage streamed from the ocean floor for too long, but it feels like desperate times call for desperate measures as the leak rolls on.

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Harry Shearer Grades Palin's Standup Comedy Performance On 'Countdown' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Noted comedian, and HuffPost blogger, Harry Shearer joined Lawrence O'Donnell, who was guest hosting "Countdown" last night, to critique Sarah Palin's...

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Pilgrim's Progress: 10 Reasons to be Thankful for New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.17.2011

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

I was taken aback when a CNN commentator conjectured that New Orleans residents are now looking for their "Pound of flesh." Our diaspora is not Shakespeare's Shylock character.

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"Glimmers Of Hope": Geithner Goes Gospel To Make Us Feel Better About The Economy (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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With Barney Frank laying down the beat and a gospel chorus singing backup, Harry Shearer has taken over the body of Secretary of the Treasury Timothy ...

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Bobby Jindal: Soaring to New Heights For New Orleans

Patrick Sauer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Helicopters, New Orleans, Harry Shearer, Louisiana, Separation of Church and State, Bobby Jindal, Evangelicals, Southern Decadence, Parishes, George W. Bush, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, Army Corps of Engineers, Barack Obama, Big Easy, Superdome, Comedy News
Patrick Sauer

When I was a teenager, I overcame my Hindu upbringing to become a Catholic. Jesus spoke to me and told me Vishnu doesn't vote.

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Amazon's Perfect Mistake

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1984, Kindle, Edison, Columbus, Big Brother, Amazon, Perfection, Harry Shearer, Media News
Michael Sigman

Amazon screwed up last month when it sold Kindle users an unlicensed version of a book. The online behemoth then compounded its goof.

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Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, This Week's New Album Releases, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Dre, Insane Clown Posse, Cookie Monster, Christopher Guest, Heroes, Aerosmith, Mary J Blige, Donovan, Tiki Lewis, Sylvia Massey, David Bazan, Alex Turner, Sony Music, Herbiew Hancock, Derek Webb, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Edgar Winter, Les Sabler, Queen Latifah, Beijing's White, Chris Young, John Fogerty, Jamie Cullum, Rod Stewart, Chuck Ragan, Katherine Mcphee, Led Zeppelin, Harry Shearer, Holywood Undead, Ozzy Osbourne, Joshe Homme, H Is Orange, Queens of the Stone Age, Jawnee Burx, Radney Foster and the Confessions, Marshall Tucker Band, Andy Warhol, The Pretenders, Pitbull, They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Susana Baca, System of a Down, Blue Oyser Cult, Soulja Boy Tell'Em, Yonder Mountain String Band, Reverened Horton Heat, Pink Floyd, Buddy Guy, Michael McKean, The Factory, James Ford, Trey Songz, The Black Crowes, Adam Block, Richard Lloyd, The Wiggles, Farewell, Heavy Young Heathens, Carlos Santana, Andrew W.K., Los Lobos, Queen, Jonny Lang, Arctic Monkeys, Whitney Houston, Sam Baker, Crack the Sky, Experience Hendrix, Staurday Night Live, Mariah Carey, Legacy Recordings, Feist, Universal Music Group, Duran Duran, Hafez Nazeri, Motown, Brandi Shearer, CuCu Diamantes, Simian Mobile Disco, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Paul Rogers, Robin Guthrie, Matt Dillon, Van Cliburn, Vanilla Fudge, Canned Heat, Jay Skinner, Denny Doherty, Alice Cooper, 3 Doors Down, Paul Morrissey, Jamie Cook, The Doors, Strawbs, The Apples in Stereo, Diana Krall, Lady GaGa, Jimi Hendrix, Drive-by Truckers, John Phillips, Tool, Chevelle, Echospin, Sylar, Datarock, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.

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Spinal Tap On the Road, But Without The Wigs

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Spinal Tap, Music, Entertainment News

The purpose of their costume- and character-free tour, which the trio has called "Unwigged & Unplugged" and which comes to the Beacon Theater in Manha...

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Spinal Tap To Reunite For Tour

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Spinal Tap, Music, Unwigged, Entertainment News

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The amps won't be turned up to 11 for Spinal Tap's reunion tour. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer _...

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The Tone of Washington

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Obama, Bush, Politics of Illegitamacy, Washington Politics, Harry Shearer, Tone in Washington, Barack Obama, Politics News
Harry Shearer

The magnitude of Obama's popular and electoral-vote victory means that we have seen the end, for now, of the politics of illegitimacy.

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