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
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Can you believe it? We are at episode 50! Celebrate with us!
And on this special occasion, we want to introduce two wonderful Bingo fans who took the love of the game to the highest of heights- holy matrimony Batman!
Hope and Conner, through the power of Tuesday night in Harrisonburg's finest basement arcade, found each other. Less than two years later, Hope is wearing Bingo shoes at her wedding and the reception has the Wheel of Fate!
"Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide Bingo, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is Bingo." - God, probably.
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - That's the power of love... and pizza.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Brook Imber - Art Show
https://www.facebook.com/brooke.imber
Rocktown Improv - Comedy at its improv-iest
https://www.facebook.com/rocktownimprov
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
We welcome Bill Howard to the show! He shares all the juicy goings on of the local music scene. Ever-present, the big discussion continues: Harrisonburg or Staunton? Lots of local talent mentioned in this show!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Still the best pizza and duckpin bowling joint this side of the Mississippi!
https://rubysarcade.com/
Hero and Muse - Our friends and a wonderful duet!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550063846176
Brook Imber - Art Show
https://www.facebook.com/brooke.imber
Rocktown Improv
https://www.facebook.com/rocktownimprov
Friendly Fermenter - Open Mic Stand Up Comedy
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=941147914444967&set=a.573729591186803
Queen City Music Studios
https://www.facebook.com/makemusicmakers
The Findells: Allan Moyé, Andy Easley, Paul Cline, Carl Brooks, Sera Petras, Pablo Olivieri.
https://www.facebook.com/TheFindells
The Judy Chops
https://www.facebook.com/thejudychops
Into the Great Wide Open - A Tom Petty Tribute
https://www.facebook.com/events/1653534821838497?ref=newsfeed
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Chris, Dan, and Mike are at it again! Sharing music, thoughts, and even a few laughs, the trio can't help but take a deep dive into what makes music the awe inspiring art it is. Another vanity of vanities episode!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night shall keep our pizza from your sight.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Dan Song: My Nuclear Car from Historic Shoreline Motor Hotel
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=OLAK5uy_k4895ZHtl8JD7ToZLERfI514KbdA5Qlug
Mike Song: Cozy Roses by Trouble in the Trailer Park from What More Do You Want
https://open.spotify.com/track/2DnJXO3AFurcL4Mavm9WId
https://music.apple.com/us/album/cozy-roses/1099397421?i=1099397438
Hotel Appalachia
https://www.facebook.com/HotelAppalachia/
Illiterate Light
https://www.illiteratelight.com/
Chris Song: The River by Basement Rebellion from Volume 2
https://basementrebellion.bandcamp.com/album/volume-2
The River was recorded at Echo Hollow Art and Sound - Staunton VA
https://www.eccohollow.com/
Alan Watts - The book
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Taboo-Against-Knowing-Who/dp/0679723005
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
We officially start off the 2024 year! This week we have Chris, Dan, Jay, and Mike talking Bingo, Comedy, and Harrisonburg goodness. Even in the horrible rainfall we had a spectacular group out tonight!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - 2024's most likely to succeed in pizza!
https://rubysarcade.com/
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g
Generation Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones
https://www.generations.com/insights/early-boomers-generation-jones-meet-the-two-boomer-subgroups
Open Mic Comedy nights:
Harrisonburg
https://www.reddit.com/r/harrisonburg/comments/17814u4/comedy_open_mic_night_at_brothers_craft_brewing/
Staunton
https://www.facebook.com/BricksRestaurantandPub/
Charlottesville
https://www.thesoutherncville.com/events/detail/lyao-comedy-open-mic-night-hosted-by-chris-alan-5
Buffalo Farm outside of Harrisonburg
https://www.breezejmu.org/culture/alumni-look-back-on-memories-of-local-buffalo-ranch/article_61b88d10-3a4e-11eb-bf61-43ebc77bdc64.html
Leave it to Beaver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfs8LD-GS8