Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show each week.
Are you ready (to be done with) some football? How many of you spent the Superb Owl furiously searching for Stephen in his pistachioed-spokesman glory? It is enormously exciting to see Stephen in such a high profile American pastime, and just as good to move on to a new week of really exciting guests. Before we do, congratulations are in order for the awesome writers, who have once again been recognized for their greatness by the Writers Guild. Bravo!
This week on the Report features a contributor to New York Magazine with an intriguing book on the modern state of parenting, members of the polemic Russian rock band Pussy Riot, indie pop/jazz group Lake Street Dive, and former Republican-turned-Democratic Governor Charlie Crist.
On The Daily Show, populist NYC mayor Bill de Blasio makes his first appearance. Actors Elizabeth Banks and the professionally handsome George Clooney will be talking up their new films. Finally, Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolittle will be on hand to discuss her new book chronicling the antics/impact of her town’s entertaining and controversial mayor, Rob Ford.
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Lake Street Dive will release their next album, Bad Self Portraits, on February 18. The band have also announced a tour in support of the release, as well as appearances on The Colbert Report and Late Night with David Letterman.
Lake Street Dive will kick off their outing at The Mug in Poughkeepsie, NY on February 6 before making their way across the country over the next few months before wrapping up the tour with a two-night at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom on March 31 and April 1. They will then perform at the Old Settler Music Festival in Driftwood, TX on April 12.
Lake Street Dive will take the stage on The Colbert Report on February 5 and they will perform on The Late Show with David Letterman on February 21. Their song “Rental Love,” which appears on Bad Self Portraits can be heard below.
Source: Jambands.com
Lake Street Dive
Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show each week.
Are you ready (to be done with) some football? How many of you spent the Superb Owl furiously searching for Stephen in his pistachioed-spokesman glory? It is enormously exciting to see Stephen in such a high profile American pastime, and just as good to move on to a new week of really exciting guests. Before we do, congratulations are in order for the awesome writers, who have once again been recognized for their greatness by the Writers Guild. Bravo!
This week on the Report features a contributor to New York Magazine with an intriguing book on the modern state of parenting, members of the polemic Russian rock band Pussy Riot, indie pop/jazz group Lake Street Dive, and former Republican-turned-Democratic Governor Charlie Crist.
On The Daily Show, populist NYC mayor Bill de Blasio makes his first appearance. Actors Elizabeth Banks and the professionally handsome George Clooney will be talking up their new films. Finally, Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolittle will be on hand to discuss her new book chronicling the antics/impact of her town’s entertaining and controversial mayor, Rob Ford.
Continue reading