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The end of the 20th century marked a cultural moment when people seemed obsessed with doom. The summer of 1998 saw two big-budget disaster films, “Armageddon” and “Deep Impact,” about

Joe Pera talks about the bands he likes, along with how music can connect with a comedy show ahead of his performance at The Englert Theater.

In a comedy business that's increasingly built for go-go-go, Joe Pera remains oh-so-slow. His cool, calm demeanor stands out onstage and onscreen, from his Adult Swim series, Joe Pera Talks With You, which ran for three seasons from 2018 to 2021, to his debut hour stand-up special, Slow & Steady.

Eric Andre recently crowned them “the next wave” of comedy. But meeting Grace Freud and April Clark means tackling a near-impossible task: trying to keep up with them.

Plus: Conway the Machine, The Magnetic Fields, Doja Cat / Ice Spice / Doechii, Cannibal Corpse / Mayhem, Afropunk Brooklyn, Steve Mason (Beta Band), Gorillaz, Orville Peck, & more tour and festival news.

Comedy isn’t typically described as subdued, or even beautiful, but that’s exactly how people have described Joe Pera’s style. Stephen Colbert of the “Late Show” said Pera’s “Adult Swim” television program is “one of the...

This weekend you can see a tribute to the Queen of Soul or meet one of the star's of HBO's House of Dragons.

“Mostly, it’s a shame that the characters’ stories can’t continue,” he wrote in a statement

'Joe Pera Talks with You' was canceled after three seasons. It didn't need to be.

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