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The only recording artist to appear on both NPR's Sound and Spirit and The Dr. Demento Show, Tom Smith combines high-energy folk rock, SF/fantasy, popular culture, progressive politics, cartoon voices, unbelievably bad puns, and the occasional recipe into a show you will never forget. Winner of fourteen Pegasus Awards , three OVFF Songwriting contests, and a spot in the Filk Hall of Fame , no one is likelier to break your heart with one song, your head with the next, and your funny bone with the one after that. If you only catch one concert this year, well, you should get out more -- and, when you do so, go see Tom Smith live!

Besides the songs listed above, you can hear the first four tracks from Tom's comic opera (as in, superheroes), The Last Hero On Earth . Not to mention....

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Member Since: 14/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.tomsmithonline.com
Band Members: Tom Smith: Vocals, guitar, MIDI/loop programming
Additional vocals by Anne Schneider and Karen Underwood
Influences: Just about everything is an influence: Stan Lee comic books, Harlan Ellison short stories, my Sunday School being unable to explain dinosaurs ’n’ stuff, Lola Falana dancing, Julie Newmar in a Catwoman suit....
Oh, musically? "Creatively" would be more accurate, because the music comes from lots of things. I get as much from Carlin and Cosby as from Tom Lehrer, from Robin Williams and Jim Henson as from Allan Sherman. Some of the obvious influences beyond that are "Weird Al" Yankovic, Meat Loaf, The Beatles, Barenaked Ladies, Christine Lavin, Uncle Bonsai, Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, Frank Gorshin, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Steven Sondheim, Howard Ashman & Alan Menken.
And whatever’s on the Internet this week. ;)

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Sounds Like: Jonathan Coulton with different (and way more) jokes; "Weird Al" Yankovic with a bigger book collection; really, like nothing you've ever heard before, only different.
Record Label: Self-published (Pretzel Productions)

My Blog

Prop 8 / "Two Guys Kissin'" Video Contest

So, California's Proposition 8 was upheld. (Except that the existing marriages still stand. Ah, the fun.) And efforts to overturn it by election in a year or two are beginning.Let's help.I've recor...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 13:37:00 GMT

New FuMP Song, and Calling All Podcasters

Morning, all -- I hope your week is going well. I had a traumatic experience, and i just had to share it with you in a song.Truly, that most terrifying moment in a comedy-based career: when everythin...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 05:23:00 GMT

New Album, New(ish) Web Site

Hey, everybody! Hope you're doing well. It's been a long, beautiful spring, and here's to a long, beautiful summer.Just so you know, I have a new downloadable album today! More Than FuMP: Songs of...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 08:14:00 GMT

New FuMP Song: "Cruisin' For Chicks On Google Maps"

New song today! And it's a hard-hitting investigative piece on privacy issues, sexual objectification, and the blurred line between mischief and the criminal misuse of technology.Okay, it's actually ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:35:00 GMT

New Song: "Tea Hee"

The Ides of Taxes are upon you! Hope your week is going fine, gang. Just a quick note, as a new song hit today. Couldn't have hit last week when I could've maybe gone viral, no no no no no, that wo...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:02:00 GMT

Assembly Line Concert, March 31

So, there's this benefit concert coming up, starting this Friday. At least 12 days long, 24/7 (it's also a legit attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest continuous conc...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:45:00 GMT

New Album: Sins of Commission 2

Sorry it's been awhile since I posted anything here. It's been a busy time. But I figured today was a good day to hype some friends and their work: the online journal Anthrozine; new stuff up at Acc...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Holiday Sale!

Greetings, all! I hope your holiday season is fun, festive, safe and affordable, with precisely as much snow as you want. (I'm in Ann Arbor, MI, and somebody apparently confused cubic inches and met...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:07:00 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving, and a New FuMP Song

Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you. I hope your day is excellent, and I hope you've got a lot to be thankful for.An unexpected circumstance led to me having a new song at The Funny Music...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:09:00 GMT

New FuMP Song

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, but October turned out kinda busy. Fortunately, I've at least got a new song up this morning at The Funny Music Project. And, it's completely nonpolitical in any w...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:39:00 GMT