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Dear or Dears or some variant thereof can represent many things.

Dear may refer to:

• dear (manga), a Japanese manga series by Cocoa Fujiwara.
• Dear (Shion Miyawaki), a 2008 pop album
• Dear (surname), a surname
• "Dear", a salutation (greeting)
• Drop Everything And Read, a form of school-based recreational reading

Dears may refer to:

• The plural of "dear", see the above section.
• DearS, a Japanese manga series by Peach-Pit.
• The Dears, a band

See also[link]

• Dear... (disambiguation)
• Dear Dear
• Deer (disambiguation)

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Kate Micucci
Micucci performing at Hollywood's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, February 2009
Born	(1980-03-31) March 31, 1980 (age 32) New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Actress Artist Comedienne Musician
Years active	2001–present

Kate Micucci (pronounced /mɨˈkuːtʃi/) born March 31, 1980) is an American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter, whose first major television exposure was as Stephanie Gooch in Scrubs, and later as Shelly in Raising Hope. She is half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates.

Early life and education[link]

Born in New Jersey, Micucci was raised in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, where she first learned to play classical piano. She graduated in 1998 from Nazareth Area High School.^[1] She then received an A.A. in Fine Arts from Keystone College in La Plume, Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in Studio Art in 2003^[2] from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. As of 2008, she resides in Los Angeles.^[3] She is of Italian descent.^[4]

Micucci graduated from high school with Jordan White. Her mother taught both classical piano.^[5]

Acting and music career[link]

Her TV credits include numerous television commercials, as well as Toni the barista on NBC's Four Kings, and guest roles on Malcolm in the Middle, 'Til Death, How I Met Your Mother, Cory in the House, Campus Ladies, and recurring roles on Scrubs and Raising Hope. Her film credits include The Last Hurrah, Bart Got a Room and When in Rome.^[6] She plays "Lily the IT girl" on Elevator Show produced by HBO's Runawaybox, which can be seen on YouTube.^[7] In early 2009, she released a five-track EP entitled Songs.^[8]

Micucci appeared in five episodes of Scrubs — "My Lawyer's In Love", "My Absence", "My Chief Concern", "Our Histories", and "My Finale" — as Stephanie Gooch, a ukulele player with whom Ted Buckland begins a relationship. She performs her song "Mr. Moon" as well as an adapted version of "Fuck You" (retitled "Screw You" for ABC), a song she typically performs with Riki Lindhome as part of the musical duo Garfunkel and Oates.

In 2009 she starred in the short Imaginary Larry, co-written and co-directed by Riki Lindhome, her partner in Garfunkel and Oates. In August 2009, Micucci appeared in an advertising campaign for Hillshire Farms, and in January 2010, for H & R Block.

Micucci performs "Playin' with Micucci" on third Mondays at the Steve Allen Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood, California,^[9] most recently in August^[10] and October 2011.^[11] In the act, she presents "songs and stories in [a] musical variety show."^[12][13]

She can also frequently be seen performing with Lindhome in "An Evening with Garfunkel and Oates" at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles.^[14]

She performed with William H. Macy on the ukulele to promote the DVD release of the film Bart Got a Room. The video has been circulated around the Internet on sites such as YouTube and The Huffington Post.^[15]

In 2010, she appeared in the Kristen Bell film When in Rome and also in an episode in the 6th season of the TV show Weeds as a slightly sedated waitress. She appeared in some episodes of the HBO series, Bored to Death, and appeared as the babysitter/dogsitter/eldersitter Shelly in the series Raising Hope.

In February 2011 Kate appeared briefly in a Progressive Insurance ad as a waitress. ^[16]

She has also voiced a character on Pendleton Ward's animated series Adventure Time.

Awards[link]

On December 30, 2009, G4TV named her the #1 Woman of Comedy.^[17]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Garfunkel and Oates
• Kate Micucci at the Internet Movie Database
• Kate Micucci on Twitter
• Kate Micucci at TV.com
• Kate Micucci on MySpace Music
• Facebook Fan Page

Matthew Dear
Dear performing at Roskilde Festival, 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Dear
Also known as	False, Audion, Jabberjaw
Origin	Texas, U.S. Detroit, Michigan
Genres	Glitch Microhouse Electropop Tech house
Occupations	producer DJ
Years active	1999 to present
Labels	Ghostly International Spectral Sound M nus Perlon Plus 8
Website	matthewdear.com

Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.

History[link]

Texas- (Kingsville, Texas) born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno. Dear met Sam Valenti IV at a party while attending the University of Michigan, after which the two started the record label, Ghostly International, based on a shared love of electronic music. Dear’s first single was 1999’s "Hands Up For Detroit" (co-produced by ghettotech pioneer Disco D, who performed under the name Daisha). Successive singles, such as "Stealing Moves" and the chart-topping "Mouth to Mouth" (as Audion) were issued on Spectral Sound, Ghostly’s offshoot that focuses on dancefloor music.

Dear’s first album Leave Luck to Heaven appeared in 2003 and was praised widely as a seminal fusion of pop and minimal techno. The album’s single "Dog Days" became one of Spectral’s best sellers and a favorite of international DJs like Richie Hawtin.^[1] Dear followed the album with Backstroke in 2004 and has also begun working under the harder-edged Audion alias, apart from additional monikers False and Jabberjaw.

In 2007, Matthew Dear released his sophomore full length, Asa Breed. Matthew and his band, Matthew Dear's Big Hands then began a US promotional tour tour and a European tour as the opening act for Hot Chip. 2008 saw the re-release of Asa Breed as the Asa Breed Black Edition. This re-release added 5 new songs, including a remix of Don and Sherri from Hot Chip and the video for the song, shot in downtown New York City.

Matthew Dear's latest album, Black City, was released on August 17, 2010. It conceptualizes a futuristic metropolis that never sleeps. Dear describes 'Black City': "Well, there's a kind of timelessness to it in the sense that I don't want things to run on a 24-hour clock. It seems like a city that's always awake, maybe always dialled in electronically, and cannot be turned off. It's this imaginary weird never-sleeping town. But yeah it's full of lust, and love, and dark shadows. Weird things around the corner…"^[2]

Dear is a graduate of Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan.

2011[link]

Matthew is currently opening for the NYC band Interpol, performing on their first three dates in the UK.

Influences[link]

Matthew Dear has listed Talking Heads, David Bowie, Adonis, Nitzer Ebb, and Roman Flügel as inspirations.^[3]

When asked who he is influenced by as Matthew Dear, "Definitely I'm influenced by Brian Eno and a lot of his work. I've said it before but he is one that is so interesting to listen to on all formats whether it be his production with other bands, whether it's his solo work or whether it's his collaboration work with other artists. He's probably the number one."^[4]

Discography[link]

As Matthew Dear[link]

Solo[link]

Albums:

• 2003 Leave Luck to Heaven (Spectral Sound)
• 2004 Backstroke (Spectral Sound)
• 2007 Asa Breed (Ghostly International)
• 2008 Asa Breed Black Edition (Ghostly International)
• 2010 Black City (Ghostly International)
• 2012 Beams

EPs

• 2003 EP1 (Spectral Sound)
• 2003 EP2 (Spectral Sound)
• 2007 Don and Sherri (Ghostly International)
• 2012 Headcage

Singles

• 2000 Irreparably Dented (Spectral Sound)
• 2001 Stealing Moves (Spectral Sound)
• 2003 Dog Days (Spectral Sound)
• 2004 Anger Management / Future Never Again (Spectral Sound)
• 2007 Deserter (Ghostly International)

Compilations

• 2008 Beginning of the End: Spectral Sound Singles (Spectral Sound)

Tracks featured on[link]

• 1999 Hands Up For Detroit (Ghostly International)
• 2003 Idol Tryouts: Ghostly International Vol. 1 (Ghostly International)
• 2003 State of the Union EP (Spectral Sound)
• 2005 Spectral Sound Vol. 1 (Spectral Sound)
• 2006 Idol Troyouts: Ghostly International Vol. 2 (Ghostly International)
• 2007 Chuck (TV series) Season 1, Episode 4 (NBC)
• 2007 "Gossip Girls (TV series) Season 1, Episode 1"
• 2008 Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered

Remixing[link]

• 2004 DJ Minx A Walk In The Park (M_nus)
• 2004 Håkan Lidbo Clockwise Rmxs (Shitkatapult)
• 2004 L'usine Flat Remixes (Ghostly International)
• 2004 Monobox The Remixes (Logistic Records)
• 2004 Osborne Bout Ready to Jak Remixes (Spectral Sound)
• 2004 Someone Else + Miskate Rip It Cookie Muenster EP (Foundsound)
• 2005 Circlesquare / Colder 7 Minutes / Shiny Star (Remixes) (Output)
• 2005 The Postal Service We Will Become Silhouettes (Sub Pop)
• 2006 Hot Chip No Fit State (EMI)
• 2006 The Chemical Brothers Do it Again (EMI)
• 2007 Black Strobe "I'm a Man" (Playlouder)
• 2007 Terence Fixmer "Electrostatic" (Planete Rouge)
• 2007 Dubfire "I Feel Speed" (SCI + TEC Digital Audio)
• 2008 Matt John "Olga Dancekowski" (Bar25)
• 2008 Sasha "Park It In The Shade" (emFire)
• 2008 Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid "People Be Happy/Rhythm Dance" (Domino)
• 2008 Spoon "Don't You Evah" (Merge Records)
• 2008 Liquid Liquid "Optmo" (Domino Records)
• 2009 The Juan MacLean "Happy House" (DFA Records)
• 2010 The XX "VCR" (XL Recordings, Young Turks)
• 2010 Charlotte Gainsbourg "Time Of The Assassins" (Because Music)
• 2010 The Drums "Me And The Moon" (Moshi Moshi/Island)

As Audion[link]

• 2004 Kisses EP (Audion I, Spectral Sound)
• 2004 The Pong EP (Audion II, Spectral Sound)
• 2005 Just Fucking (Audion III, Spectral Sound)
• 2006 Suckfish (Audion IV, Spectral Sound)
• 2006 Fabric 27 (Fabric)
• 2006 Mouth to Mouth (Audion V, Spectral Sound)
• 2006 Just a Man / Just a Woman [with Ellen Allien] (Audion VI, Spectral Sound)
• 2007 Mouth to Mouth (Remixes) (Audion R1, Spectral Sound)
• 2007 Noiser/Fred's Bells (Audion VII, Spectral Sound)
• 2008 Billy Says Go (Audion VIII, Spectral Sound)
• 2009 I Am The Car (Audion IX.I, Spectral Sound)
• 2009 Look At The Moon (Audion IX.II, Spectral Sound)
• 2009 It's Full of Blinding Light EP (Audion IX.III and X,Spectral Sound)
• 2009 Stoplight (Audion IX.IV, Spectral Sound)
• 2009 Instant In You (Audion IX.V, Spectral Sound)
• 2009 That's That (Audion IX.VI, Spectral Sound)
• 2009 Push (Audion IX.VII, Spectral Sound)

As Jabberjaw[link]

• 2003 Girlfriend (Perlon)
• 2009 The Connie Shake (Spectral Sound)
• 2009 The Garden Of Eden (Spectral Sound)

As False[link]

Singles/EPs:

• 2002 .WAV Pool (Plus 8)
• 2002 Warsaw Bread (Plus 8)
• 2003 You Wouldn't/Beginner's Luck(Plus 8)
• 2004 Sink the Ship EP (M_nus)
• 2005 River Camping (M_nus)
• 2007 Fed on Youth (M_nus)
• 2009 Love Letters (M_nus)

Albums:

• 2003 False (Plus 8)
• 2007 2007 (M_nus)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Matthew Dear

• Official Home Page
• Matthew Dear on Myspace
• Review of Asa Breed at Grooves Magazine
• Review of False's River Camping at Grooves Magazine
• Review of Audion's Mouth to Mouth at Grooves Magazine

Demetri Martin
Demetri Martin at Northeastern University on April 11, 2007
Born	(1973-05-25) May 25, 1973 (age 39) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Years active	Since 2002
Genres	Observational comedy, surreal humor, musical comedy, wit/wordplay, sketch comedy
Subject(s)	Everyday Life, American Culture, Random Subjects
Influences	Steven Wright, Eddie Izzard, Emo Philips, Mitch Hedberg, Socrates
Notable works and roles	· Demetri Martin. Person.  · Correspondent on The Daily Show  · Himself/Various on Important Things with Demetri Martin  · Elliot Tiber in Taking Woodstock (2009)
Website	www.demetrimartin.com

Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on The Daily Show and for his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Early life[link]

Demetri Martin was born to a Greek American family^[1] in New York City, New York, and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. He is the son of Lillian, a nutritionist, and Dean C. Martin, now deceased, a Greek Orthodox priest.^[2] Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Although he was accepted into Harvard Law School, he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship.^[3]

Career[link]

In 2001, Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase Premium Blend. At the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe he won the Perrier award with his show If I....^[4] The show was turned into a British television special in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Martin wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.^[5] In 2004, Martin had his own Comedy Central Presents stand-up special. His special was divided into three parts. In the first, he performed in traditional stand-up comedy fashion. In the second segment, he used humorous drawings as visual aids, which would serve either as the punchline or a background. During the third segment, he played a guitar and put on a pseudo-play where he would strum his guitar while alternating between playing harmonica and talking; some of his comedian friends dressed as fairies and dragons acted according to the story he was telling, detailing the magical land where his jokes came from. Martin's mother and grandmother also appeared.

Since late 2005, he has been credited as a contributor on The Daily Show, on which he has appeared as the named "Senior Youth Correspondent" and on which he hosts a segment called "Trendspotting". He has used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookahs, wine, guerilla marketing and Xbox 360. A piece about social networking featured his profile on MySpace.^[6] On March 22, 2007, Demetri made another appearance on The Daily Show, talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube.

He has recorded a comedy CD/DVD titled These Are Jokes, which was released on September 26, 2006. This album also features Saturday Night Live member Will Forte and stand-up comedian Leo Allen.

Martin returned to The Daily Show on March 22, 2006, as the new Youth Correspondent, calling his segment "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin". In 2007, he starred in a Fountains of Wayne music video for "Someone to Love" as Seth Shapiro, a character in the song. He also starred in the video for the Travis single "Selfish Jean", in which he wears multiple t-shirts with lyrics written on them.

On September 2, 2007, Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords. He appeared as a keytar player named Demetri.^[7]

He also had a part in the movie The Rocker (2008) starring Rainn Wilson. Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video.

In 2009, he hosted and starred in his own television show called Important Things With Demetri Martin on Comedy Central. Later in June, it was announced his show had been renewed for a second season.^[8] The second season premiered, again on Comedy Central, on February 4, 2010. Martin has stated that Important Things will not return for a third season.

Prior to completing work on his second season, Martin starred in the comedy-drama film Taking Woodstock (2009), directed by Ang Lee, which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In the film Martin plays Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay artist who has given up his ambitions in the city to move upstate and help his old-world Jewish family run their Catskill Mountains motel. The film is based on the book written by Tiber.

On April 25, 2011, Martin released his first book, titled This Is a Book by Demetri Martin.

Martin was slated to portray Paul DePodesta as Oakland Athletics assistant GM to Billy Beane in the 2011 movie Moneyball, however was dropped and Jonah Hill took his place in the movie.

Plans[link]

Martin sold his movie concept Will to DreamWorks; he is expected to play a key supporting role.^[9] He will play the lead in the film Moon People, a pitch that he sold to Columbia Pictures.

Martin also signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.^[10]

After CBS was shown the pilot for the series, they decided not to air it.^[11]

On August 11, 2011, Fox ordered a presentation of a new animated show they might air.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] If I

If I is a Perrier Comedy Award-winning comedy one-man show written and performed by Demetri Martin at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.^[12] It was also aired on British television as a special. The show is an autobiographical examination of Martin's life, as seen through various definitions of the word "if."

The title of the special comes from a lengthy palindromic poem that Martin wrote; the words "if I" are at the center of the poem.^[13]

Comedic style[link]

Martin is known for being an unconventional stand-up comic. He uses one-liners and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele, or tambourine, sometimes all at once.^[14] He has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence (both use deadpan one-liners in their acts) and he is also a fan of Bill Cosby.^[15]

Personal life[link]

According to a July 2011 interview on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Demetri had a short-lived marriage to a girl he knew from high school. They began dating after high school and got married when he was in NYU Law School and she was attending NYU Medical School. He was aged 25 and in the end of his marriage when his stand-up career began.^[3]

He is extremely allergic to nuts and peanuts.^[16]

Martin moved to Santa Monica, California in 2009.^[17]

Filmography[link]

• Invite Them Up (2005)
• These Are Jokes (2006)
• Demetri Martin. Person. (2007)
• Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009–2010)

Filmography and television work[link]

Written works[link]

• This Is a Book, April 2011, ISBN 978-0446539708.

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official website
• Demetri Martin on Myspace
• Demetri Martin at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview from November, 2006, in Onion AV Club
• Interview from October 2006, in The DePaulia
• Article, in The Scotsman
• Article, in Gelf Magazine
• Interview by Brian M. Palmer
• MP3 Audio Interview on The Sound of Young America public radio show and podcast
• Interview Believer Mag
• New Jersey Monthly Magazine
• Fresh Air, NPR.org