Lebowski Podcast

The 10th Anniversary Edition of The Big Lebowski comes out and Eddie Chung talked to us about his documentary that's included in the special features. Like our music? Check out The Steepwater Band at http://thesteepwaterband.com

Whitney Matheson from USA Today's Pop Candy joined us via bag phone to talk about her Lebowski experiences. Next month Brandt tribute. Check out http://www.daxnorman.com.

Tom gives us his Sunday update after returning home.

Tom gives us his Saturday update after the Garden Party, cake unveiling, trivia and costume contests. Tom doesn't mention it, but he won Best Dude.

Tom and Brad give us their update from the Opening Party. Talked to Scott, one of the founding dudes. He gave us some insider information about the East Coast fest coming up.

We couldn't make it, but Tom agreed to be our special correspondent. He and Brad arrive in Louisville a little early for the 7th annual Lebowski Fest. They got Jim Hoosier, Liam, on the phone with us. More updates to come.

Rocco is helping to plan a Cystic Fibrosis fund raiser in the Balitmore area this summer. The podcast headquarters now resides in New Hampshire. If you're in the area, we'd love to meet you.

Part 1: We took a trip down to Tom's house for a chat with him and Brad about Achiever Etiquette. As a bonus, he also showed us his Lebowski shrine and we rolled a game afterwards. Part 2: I gave Daniel, from Everthus the Deadbeats, a call and learned all about his band, their upcoming tour, and their upcoming performance at the 7th Annual Lebowski Fest. Daniel also lent us some tunes for the episode. Check these guys out.

Joe Blevins hopped a bus to Indianapolis to talk with us about cinematography, set design, and costume design. We recorded in a downtown mall and were heckled by some teenagers. Luckily we were calmer than they were.

Jason is setting up a *FREE* Lebowski event this summer in Houston, TX. If you have nothing to do on June 21st, you need to swing by and tell them Chalupa from the Lebowski Podcast sent you. Jason is still in need of volunteers, bands, and even some flooring to complete his bowling alley. Check out their site.

Steve and Nancy from the RCPCC in Vermont are holding a Lebowski fund raiser May 23-24, 2008 in Rutland, VT. Details can be found at their website. Please consider attending or contributing in any way you can. They need help getting the word out.

Aaron Jaffe and Ed Comentale, creators of the Lebowski Academic Symposium, tell us about their experience and their upcoming book. We also found some other movie related topics to talk about. New music by The Steepwater Band.

We made it to the first ever Lebowski Fest in Chicago. We were there for Friday night and interviewed a lot of fellow Achievers.

If you haven't seen The Amateurs yet, you need to rent or buy it. Jeff Bridges latest movie released in the US on DVD. Next month interview with the Lebowski Academic Symposium guys.

This month we took a trip to Louisville, KY to meet up with Scott Shuffitt and Will Russell, the founders of the Lebowski festivals. We talked about the cult status of The Big Lebowski as well as their book and their festivals.