Sadness Town! - David Tveite
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSadness Town is a live comedy podcast about nostalgia and embarrassment. Each episode, comedian David Tveite is joined by a funny friend in front of a live audience to revisit the music that meant something profound to them during their high school years. At the end, everybody hugs.
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Episodes
Episode 18: The First Three Bonarii (w/ Andrew Bucket)
April 11, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBAndrew Bucket is a very funny comedian from Washington, DC who hosts a regular standup show at the Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe. In this episode, recorded at that self-same venue, David and Andrew discuss rave legislation, European new age, and a shared admiration for the genius of Andre 3000.
Episode 17: Stick It Up Your Yeah (w/ Landon Letzkus)
March 21, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBOn this episode, David is joined by Landon Letzkus of Church Night to talk about growing up in a commune, going to military school, and whatever kind of national nervous breakdown made America fall in love with Limp Bizkit.
Episode 16: Absolute Power Corrupts Shagadelically (w/ Johnny Fantastic)
February 22, 2016 14:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBFor the return to Sadness Town following an 11-month government shutdown, David is joined by his friend Johnny Fantastic of DC-based electronic music outfit Stronger Sex. On this episode, recorded at the Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe in Washington, DC, Johnny and David discuss Christian rock music and mom jazz, and take Bob Dylan's kid to task for some poor life decisions.
Episode 15: Exploring Our Bodies and Searching for Inspiration (w/ Pete Bergen)
April 06, 2015 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBPete Bergen is a very funny comedian and improvisor from Alexandria, Virginia. On this episode, recorded at the Triangle Haus in Washington, DC, Pete brings some outstanding eighties percussion to the table, as well as an awful lot of honesty. Find out what it was like to be the subject of an organized team of haters in middle school, what happens when you put an unmarked tape in a girl's locker, and probably a lot more that you didn't expect to know about Pete.
Episode 14: Just a Lonely Man with a Single Spatula (w/ Blaine Josten)
March 16, 2015 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBBlaine Josten is a writer and humorist who has published his own annotated edition of "Sense and Sensibility." On this episode, Blaine and David discuss the high school carpool, the high school cover band, and the ongoing struggle of the working man. Shout-out to Modell's Sporting Goods.
Episode 13: How Justin Timberlake Learned to Beatbox (w/ Chelsea Shorte)
March 02, 2015 05:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBChelsea Shorte is a very funny comedian based out of Washington, DC. On this episode, she tells David about going to high school in Richmond, Virginia, where Latin champions are born. David takes a shot at cry-singing and the two take Justin Timberlake to task for some past indiscretions.
Episode 12: Planting a Hard Flag (w/Ahmed Vallejos)
February 02, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBFor the Bathtub Republic's first episode of 2015, David is joined by comedian Ahmed Vallejos. David tries to pick a fight with The Rock, Ahmed explains his love of musical theater and the two reminisce about the career of Gene Wilder. At the end, everyone is moved by the spirit of song.
Episode 11: Frothy Pleasures (w/ Stavros Halkias)
January 19, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBStavros Halkias is a terrific comedian from Baltimore, Maryland. On this episode, recorded in the Charm City at Hampden Mansion, Stav talks about his Greek dad and gets real honest about high school heartbreak. David does a lot of riffs about butt stuff.
Episode 10: Mr. Spartan (w/ Jheisson Nuñez)
January 05, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBJheisson Nuñez is a wonderful, absurd comedian who sleeps in the same basement where this podcast is recorded. In this episode, back at the Bathtub Republic to close out 2014, Jheisson recounts some difficult chapters from his political and athletic careers and David completely loses track of what is happening.
Episode 9: Plus, the Guys Were Sexy (w/ Linsay Deming)
December 08, 2014 05:00 - 67.4 MBLinsay Deming is a terrific lady who is a musician and cohost of Church Night, a fantastic and weird live show that has become a D.C. mainstay in a very short time. Back at the Bathtub Republic after a month on the road, David talks about some early sexual realizations and Linsay explains how teens rebel when they grow up in Iowa.
Episode 8: Penetration Music (w/ Jay Whittaker)
November 17, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBJay Whittaker is a very funny standup from Salt Lake City who is also a regular on the Geek Show Podcast. In this episode, recorded at Naked City Brewery in Seattle, David and Jay talk sex, metal and flamenco, and recap their exhausting first week at the Seattle International Comedy Competition.
Episode 7: His Nude, Regular Body (w/ Michael Foody)
November 03, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBMichael Foody is a wonderfully odd comedian and a trenchant social critic on Facebook. In this episode from the Bathtub Republic, he joins David for tangents including '90s wrestling and the rules of being a Dwight.
Episode 6: A Farting Clown, Squeegeeing a Window (w/ Chris Milner)
October 20, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBChris Milner is a standup comedian all the way from merry olde England. In this episode, David discusses a weird gig abroad and Chris details some advantages of impersonating disabled people. Also, a surprising guest appearance from Not Lorenzo Lamas!
Episode 5: The Tapeman Cometh (w/ Jamel Johnson)
October 06, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBOn the first episode recorded in the show's new digs at the Bathtub Republic, David clumsily attempts to start his first ever hip-hop beef before being joined by Jamel Johnson (comedian, frontman of the musical comedy experience Romane & Lettuce, namesake of a sandwich at this one place in Vienna, Virginia). David and Jamel reminisce about a more primitive time for file-sharing and Jamel tells the tale of a mystical figure from his past.
Episode 4: Quell Your Boner & Your Doubts (w/ Bengt Washburn)
September 22, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBBengt Washburn is a fantastic comedian who has been performing all over the country for the past two decades. On this episode, recorded in the overwhelming purplitude of the upstairs room at Little Miss Whiskey's Golden Dollar, Bengt tells David about growing up Mormon in Utah during the '70s and '80s. Power ballads are played and the king of groiny songs is crowned. NOTE: Sorry about the audio. There was a fan behind the stage that came on intermittently during the show so there are a couple...
Episode 3: Seven Inches Long, Eight Inches Thick (w/ Andy Kline)
September 08, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBAndy Kline is a veteran comedian and cohost of the 3 Guys On podcast. On this episode, he joins David to talk about '80s hip-hop and marvel at the fact that, although more than a decade older, his high school music has aged way, way better than David's.
Episode 2: Do You Voodoo? (w/ Ryan Schutt)
June 18, 2014 15:46 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBFor Sadness Town's sophomore episode, David is joined at the Bier Baron by friend and fellow lanky, white comedian Ryan Schutt to discuss middle school dances, cornfields and Mudvayne.
Episode 1: SO INSECURE (w/ Matty Litwack)
May 20, 2014 20:16 - 1 hour - 99 MBOn the first episode of Sadness Town!, David is joined by his friend Matty Litwack for a somewhat inebriated evening of scat singing and 9/11 riffs.