In Harrisonburg Virginia?
Come join us! We play Bingo is Life - The Game Show every Tuesday night at 7:30 in Ruby's Arcade
100B 165 S Main St Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Contact us at: BrothersHowdyshell@gmail.com
Bingo Is Life: A Post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast
Join Mike and Chris Howdyshell with Jay Zehr, Dan Easley, and Britney ”Mumshackles” Mongold each week in a post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast. We discuss, music, theater, comedy, the Harrisonburg scene, and course the Bingo Gameshow! Links to our topics will be in the show notes.
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The Brothers Howdyshell
Welcome to this - our opus of absurdity. Each week on a Tuesday night at a basement bar in Harrisonburg VA we host a friendly little gameshow we call, Bingo Is Life!
We spin the Wheel of Fate, we ponder the Skulls of Destiny, we unleash the Swinging String Rings of Justice. And we sing about Bingo Heaven while we play Bingo.
After the show, we get together with our talented friends Jay, Dan, and Britney to discuss the zeitgeist of the day. Our podcast is hyper local, but universally accessible to anyone with a slight penchant for short, discussions on music, comedy, history, games, and of course- the scene in our little town of Harrisonburg Virginia.
Join us and enjoy the simple pleasure of living in a small town full of the most interesting and the most mundane. Take a break from the politics and any semblance of serious discussion. Laugh about something silly with us. Hearing is believing.
Episodes
3 days ago
3 days ago
With the big "Day of the Arts" coming to Harrisonburg this May 4th, we were fortunate to have Dr. Doe, Dorothee Polanz, PhD. join us tonight to talk about her part in this awesome event. She shares info about her upcoming performance, "The 3 Fairies of the Wind."
JP Gulla also chimes in about the "Day of the Arts" and we are excited to be a part of it!
Side note: A little bingo philosophy is shared in this episode, exposing the true nature and coexistence of both good and evil, light and dark. Pair this with a new featured game we call, "Is This Salad?" and it becomes apparent that tonight's gameshow and this podcast was something special.
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Providing pieces of art on a pie plate since 2016.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Dorothee Polanz PhD. -
https://www.dorotheepolanz.com/about
https://www.thedowntownrabbithole.com/
Dirty Harry Reference - Smith and Wesson and Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUcMejznMcc
Day of the Arts -
https://www.facebook.com/events/1155819532258594
Dr. How and the Reasons to Live -
https://www.facebook.com/howdyshellsrules
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
On this episode we invite Director of Theatre for Harrisonburg City Schools, Ken "Grinder" Gibson! Ken shares his thoughts on everything theatre! A few hot scoops here for the folks wondering how the public schools decide what direction to go! (Spoiler alert, they are planning to plan...)
Either way, this episode is a wonderful exploration of why Theatre matters, especially in our public schools! Go team theatre!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Harrisonburg's Pizza. Full stop.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Jay Zehr - Comedy at Eastern Mennonite University - April 24, 8pm at EMU
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160087149160920&set=a.10151139509845920
Hair Spray - the musical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)
https://hhsmusical.org/2020/
How Can Love Survive - Max and Elsa - The Sound of Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx93rTIYFaw
No Way to Stop It - The Sound of Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTaPVNybYJw
"Private" by Mona Pirnot at The Little Grill
https://www.facebook.com/events/936631361171793/936632764504986/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
This week we invite Jess Young and Maria Leckey from, "The Hot Mamas" to share their take on music, the art of performance, and how an eclectic mix of "junkyard instruments dumped from an old bathtub on skateboards" can become the awesome sound that is the Hot Mamas!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - the junkyard of amazing pizza
https://rubysarcade.com/
The Hot Mamas:
https://www.facebook.com/TheHotMamasCollective?locale=ga_IE
https://www.dnronline.com/lifestyle_and_entertainment/hot-mamas-quartet-of-staunton-to-host-women-s-songwriting-contest-at-court-square-theater/article_2036835b-1c49-5a1a-b72d-4fe2ae5f871c.html
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-hot-mamas/1683051651
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MvVOpzWukxeeRMDwKbqSG
Staunton Jams:
https://www.stauntonjams.com/
May 4th - Day of the Arts at Court Square Theater:
https://courtsquaretheater.org/event/day-of-the-arts/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0G86Jr6Q12OppucJtknnDiQp0ADkILgQagc9FbemrWxiYQmmyZoNT7aEU_aem_AS1_yL0xyCsLJfQu_XRVZp4QFkJTG9zBJEJ6hei8A6SP0iSfqoifmvhfva8UJo6f3ZDplxYnv3vrwriNdEz_fO38
Twin Peaks - for those who don't know:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tom King joins us to discuss a little theatre, a little sheep farming, and what the hell, let's talk about wild dogs too... Jay had a second night of auditions for his new production, "If There's A Rock-n-Roll Heaven" and Bingo was on fire tonight!
Yet another scattered showcase of the Harrisonburg scene and its interesting people. And last but not least - can you believe we hit episode 60!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - From Oscar Wilde to Samuel Beckett, no pizza gives the abstraction of Godot or the watercress sandwiches of Earnest like Ruby's. It's a theatre for your tastebuds - if you'll excuse the expression.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Emeritus Theater Professor Tom King
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1223&context=madisonmagazine
Auditions for "If There's a Rock-N-Roll Heaven" by Jay Zehr
https://courtsquaretheater.org/event/auditions-if-theres-a-rocknroll-heaven/2024-04-08/
Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares to You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk