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John Hodgman

Author & Deranged Millionaire 5 albums picked

John Kellogg Hodgman is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his work as a contributor on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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What John Hodgman said · 5 records

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Former Lives
Benjamin Gibbard ·2012
"I'm in love with this song 'Teardrop Windows' that he performs on this album and I can't wait to hear all of the other songs."
Watch this moment 1:03
Megafaun
Megafaun ·2011
"this is megaphon by megaphon their third well their second album and I think they had an EP in the middle there's a band of bearded dudes from North Carolina and they make really great awesome country rock music that also is deeply spiritual and then has a lot of cool noise associated with it."
Watch this moment 2:05
One Christmas at a Time
Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick ·2012
"There's a Christmas album that has not come out yet that I want very much and it is called One Christmas at a Time by Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick, both of them absolutely brilliant, funny, smart, amazing, clever songwriters."
Watch this moment 2:38
Shut Down the Streets
A.C. Newman ·2012
"AC Newman AKA Carl Newman of New Pornographers new solo album Shut Down the Streets heard about this guy on the best show on WFMU with Tom Sharpling, one of the most important comedy and music shows that you can listen to."
Watch this moment 3:20
Transcendental Youth
The Mountain Goats ·2012
"I wrote some liner notes for this. I'm not ashamed to admit I'm biased; I love these guys a lot. John Darnielle is one of the most amazing writers of any kind that I've ever encountered, never mind writers of songs and words."
Watch this moment 3:44
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