JOHN HODGMAN is a writer, comedian, and actor. 

He is the author of three books of fake facts and invented trivia, all of them New York Times Bestsellers, and his writing has also appeared in The Paris Review, This American Life, The New Yorker, and Mad Magazine.

Yo La Tengo are in many respects the quintessential critics’ band: in addition to their adventurous eclecticism, defiant independence, and restless creative ambition - three qualities that virtually guarantee music press acclaim - the group’s frontman, Ira Kaplan, even tenured as a rock scribe prior to finding success as a performer.