Amazon.com named my album one of the top 10 comedy albums of 2009 (along with Bob Dylan’s Christmas album!) Click here for the full list.

A few days ago thousands of people (journalists, business folks, NGO reps, etc) were denied access to the Bella Center, where all the negotiations are happening. Much of what’s in the Bella Center (along with the negotiations that few are allowed near) is a trade show, mediocre open-faced sandwiches and people looking for a story that is not always there. I went to the Bella Center and made a little video of my experience. I met a man in a bear suit, gave a presentation to an empty room, and found the unmanned booth of the “United States” and and answered people’s questions about US climate policy. Here’s the video:

Here’s my video from the protests this weekend. They were actually very nice and peaceful, but of course, full of kooky folks as well as families with nice haircuts. Warning: this video contains a cute dog, a man with dreads, and a yelling lady.

Two days ago I arrived in Copenhagen for the COP15. I’m covering the conference for Grist.org. It’s a very beautiful (and expensive — hot dogs are $1600!) city that has been flooded with delegates, lobbyists, journalists, activists and an assortment of oddballs and kooks. I’ve spent the last few days exploring and adjusting from jet lag (Copenhagen is 30 hours ahead of New York). Here’s a video of my first day here:

I’ll be posting videos over the next week and a half from Copenhagen and the COP15. I still haven’t seen any Vikings, but I also haven’t stumbled through a time-travel-hole — YET! Here are a few photos:

I will be in Copenhagen from December 9th to the 19th covering the climate change conference (in a charmingly unruly, balls-out way) for Grist.org. Here’s a little promo video I made:

I’m very much looking forward to this trip. I’ve been reading and listening to countless things about climate change and Denmark. For instance, did you know that Denmark is so concerned with global warming, they tip-toe everywhere, so they don’t scare their trees from absorbing carbon dioxide? Wow! That is amazing. Okay. Bye bye for now.

Here’s a review of my new album in Blurt Magazine. It got eight stars, which I’m assuming is out of 10, but maybe it is out of 7 (which would be amazing) or out of 4302 (less impressive).

It began with seeing a few posters at bus stops around NY: Steven Seagal is about to have a TV show on A&E where he is a deputy sheriff in the south (near New Orleans I think). For those who don’t know, Steven Seagal is a celebrated marksman and a 7th-degree black belt in Slappity-Slap-kido (a form of Aikido that involves some magic and a lot of harsh slapping and dodging). Here’s a preview for his show:

One of my favorite lines, “I’ve studied martial arts for most of my life, so I have a lot of confidence in myself, but I really worry about my own team members sometimes. So, today I’m going to teach these boys some new tricks.” Unlike most policemen, Steven is so confident in his martial arts training, he’ll brazenly approach armed men — but he’s worried that his team might not have that same unnerving confidence (so he’s going to teach them how to flip tiny Asian men). I think he’s confusing himself with Batman.

As far as I can tell, this show is mostly Steven Seagal driving around, acting unreasonably cocky, and arresting slightly inebriated, somewhat-pleased-to-meet-him poor people. I don’t mean to make fun of him, considering from this short clip he was one of the three lead detectives who stopped a man from doing donuts in a parking lot and then sort of helped wrestle him out of the car, or not, can’t tell from the quick cutting.

In conclusion, here’s a Steven Seagal song that shines a light on the clash between religions (he suspiciously leaves out Wickens and Protestants?). I can say with certainty that Steven thinks violence is a bad way to solve religious conflicts. However, with his career as proof, he does think it’s a good way to stop corporate environmental abuse, corrupt cops, and Eric Bogosian.

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The lyrics, for those who don’t have time to listen to the whole song:

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Also, the Village Voice wrote a nice thing about me for their Best of 2009 issue (I am listed as NY’s best ice cream parlor!!!!! — not true, sorry).

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Would you like to hear a great cover? Press play below! Plus this song proves that Scientology doesn’t negatively affect your singing or ability to cover the Velvet Underground. In fact, it probably takes a Level 12 Thetan to do such a good job. Anyway, enjoy:

Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico ‘Sunday Morning’ from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.