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NEWS Summer 2002 "S.U.V." MP3 AVAILABLE COUGARSTEIN RAMBLE FEATURED ON LIBERALOASIS.COM "SMILE HOUR" ON SUMMER HIATUS Spring 2002 THE COUGARSTEIN MEDIA BLITZ CONTINUES Winter 2001-02 NY PRESS REVIEWS HAPPY HAPPY SMILE HOUR AND A HALF "FONZIE" HITS TOP 5 FOR 2001 HAPPY HAPPY SMILE HOUR HAS NEW DAY, NEW NAME NEW HOLIDAY SONG AVAILABLE Fall 2001 The "John Cougarstein & Friends Happy Happy Smile Hour," a wild mix of every performance form imaginable, will take the stage at the Brooklyn Lyceum on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. Audiences will savor more than just John Cougarstein's tuneful ditties, but also stand-up comedy, performance art, poetry, circus acts, opera, rock and much more, which each artist forced to suffer through being interviewed by the host, a humiliation sure to delight audiences aged 8 to 80. Click the "Appearances" section of this site for more details. "TOTAL COLLAPSE OF DICK'S HEART" HITS NUMBER ONE The weekly top 5 list of the "Oldies and Oddities" show, heard on KKSM in San Diego, found John Cougarstein's "Total Collapse of Dick's Heart" gracing its top spot for its Sept. 2 show, finally dethroning its nemesis, "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" by Ed McMahon. Previous Cougarstein singles "Fonzie" and "I Kissed A Squirrel" have hit the top 5, but "Total Collapse..." marks his first number one. "Total Collapse..." cannot be found on any CD, but can be downloaded at IUMA.com. Summer 2001 Top morning shows in New York and San Francisco spun some Cougarstein during the week of August 5, proving you don't need to be an anorexic teenager with silicone breasts to be heard on corporate radio. WPLJ 95.5 in New York and KFOG 104.5 in San Francisco both aired "Total Collapse of Dick's Heart" (only available to the public on the internet) and WPLJ also aired "Livin' Like Deepak Chopra," a cut found on Cougarstein's debut CD, S.U.C.K. In The U.S.A. COUGARSTEIN MUSICAL TO HIT OFF-OFF BROADWAY "Andy" a new musical written by John Cougarstein and Reg Flowers is scheduled to hit the stage in spring 2002. Public readings of the show are happening periodically at the Brooklyn Lyceum (www.gowanus.com) throughout 2001. Keep checking this site for additional information. ONLINE RADIO STATION DIES FOLLOWING COUGARSTEIN APPEARANCE EYada.com, a pioneering online talk station, totally collapsed in July 2001, just a few days after John Cougarstein gave a wholly unremarkable interview and performance on the station's Lori Kramer Show. Cougarstein performed unreleased material such as "Donna Hanover" as well as classic cuts like "Stein, Any Stein," none of which helped stave off the eventual demise of the station, and probably contributed to it. Lori Kramer still has a career however. She can be found on the Metro Channel's "New York Central." |