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Postal Service band auditions from 2002

David Pescovitz at 9:32 am Thu, Mar 7, 2013

With all the hubbub around the reuniting of The Postal Service, Sub Pop has released this delightful footage of the band auditions from March 2002. Weird Al! Duff McKagan! Moby! Ben Gibbard?

(Yes, I know it's a joke.)

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David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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Directed by the great Tom Scharpling, no less!
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I’ve never even heard the Postal Service, and this was funny.
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