Penn and Teller don’t update their road essays very frequently . . . but when they do, they’re always worth reading. Two recent entries by Teller (first, second) detail the story behind an intimate two-day concert of Bartok quartets performed by the Colorado Quartet, an affair Teller originally organized for himself and a few friends, but opened up some pricey tickets to the public to share the music and help fund the event. I received a notice about the concert a few days before it happened; I wish I could have gone.

Penn recently published his annual year end list — not a best-of list, exactly, but a breakdown of the show business-type stuff he saw and experienced throughout the year. He includes on his list the fact that he saw a video of Team America, “unfinished with Trey singing and acting it out”. Penn & Teller once gave a nod to South Park on their own TV show, Bullshit!, but it’s cool to know Penn is this much of a fan:

This year was a LOT of South Park. I don’t think there are smarter people alive. Every one of these shows takes my breath away. Genius. Real, no kidding genius.

Maybe it’s a little too circle-jerky for a libertarian (me) to celebrate the fact that another libertarian (Penn) is such a big fan of a couple other libertarians (Trey & Matt) . . . but I’ve been such a big fan of them all for so long, it’s nice to see them digging each other.