Tbtl – Live!
Just got back from ‘tbtl live’ at The Neptune theater over in the U-District (by UW). VERY fun! Although they made us wait in the cold a wee bit too long before getting in, it was definitely worth the wait.
For those not familiar, TBTL (too beautiful to live) was a radio show on KIRO back in 2008-9, then was cancelled. But the hosts (Luke Burbank and Jen Andrews) + Sean DeTore (engineer and effectively ‘3rd host’) decided to soldier on as a podcast-only show. Through persistence, hard work, home studios and the continued help of KIRO (web hosting and podcast streaming) they have now made it to 1,000 shows – hence this celebration.
Along the way they have had several ‘live’ shows both here (Seattle) and elsewhere (L.A., NYC, Chicago, etc.) – I attended one here in Seattle last year with Kerewin, and she has attended one in NYC as well as several other events in Seattle over the past few years. These are fun events – many smaller in scope than tonight’s, but definitely unique and part of the tbtl ‘tens’ culture (‘tens’ of listeners).
Tonight had some trivia, some long-time tbtl staple bits (tbtl players – where they ‘act’ out movie scenes; Awesome/Not Awesome – passing judgement on news items with sound effects;), a couple interviews and The Dusty 45’s played a few songs. Great band!
If you haven’t checked out tbtl yet – download a podcast or two and join the ‘cool crowd’ – they stream live Mon-Fri at 1pm PST for an hour, or download them anytime from TBTL.net.
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