Modern Man

"Filling the void between The Three Tenors and The Three Stooges..."

Modern Man is a New Jersey-based folk-comedy trio currently composed of David Buskin, George Wurzbach and Rob Carlson, active 1998-2010 and again 2014-present. When the group first formed in 1998, it also included screenwriter Andy Breckman, creator of Monk, who has since gone his own way.

Described as "terrific instrumentalists with gorgeous voices and hilarious wits", they eagerly launch themselves at topics no one would normally associate with folk music, such as the Three Stooges, the Taiwanese attitude toward dog meat and BDSM. Not all of their work is comedy, though -- in between the laughter can be found moments of surprising beauty like the song "A Much Better View of the Moon".

Learn more about them (and hear samples of their music) at their website.

Not to be confused with the Indie Rock act of the same name based out of Washington, DC.

 Discography 
 * The Wide Album (1999), recorded live at New York's "Bottom Line"
 * Modern Immaturity (2004)
 * Assisted Living (2007)

"I haven't had a woodie since 1965..."
 * BDSM: "The Worst Dominatrix in L.A."
 * Foreign Queasine: "Dog in Taiwan"
 * Pastiche:
 * "Inappropriate Singing Styles/Life Sucks" is all about this, and ends with a dead-on impersonation of Neil Young's voice and lyrical style.
 * "Channel Surfin'" uses the classic style of the Beach Boys to lament getting old.
 * Song Parody:
 * "Eggs Like These" uses a parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" to lambast a brief-lived New Jersey law outlawing the sale of runny eggs by restaurants.
 * A Worldwide Punomenon: A frequent feature of their humorous songs:
 * The title of "Back Into Cattle Again".
 * From "Channel Surfin'":