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| | Capitol Steps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | They have been performing since 1981, and have released several albums consisting primarily of song parodies. | | | The bulk of the Capitol Steps' material is in the form of parodies of well-known songs, usually introduced with a short skit. | | | The Capitol Steps released six albums during this presidency. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Steps
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| | American Voices Foolproof Performing Arts |
| | Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 24 albums, including their latest, "Papa's Got a Brand New Baghdad." People love to laugh at the foibles of public figures and satire including songs such as "Son of a Bush", "You're So Vague" "Cheney and the Jets" and "Iraq Around the Clock". | | | Each live performance of The Capitol Steps involves five performers including four singers and a "deadpan-comedic" pianist all of whom offer us ingenious musical and non-musical sketches. | | | he Capitol Steps is a bipartisan troupe of former congressional staffers-turned musical political satirists. |
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http://www.foolproof.org/2004-2005/season/press/09.8.04.html
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| | Capitol Steps wrap up Hancher season with political song parodies |
| | The Capitol Steps satirical song parodies, on the other hand, derive from the largest comedy-writing team you could imagine. | | | Capitol Steps wrap up Hancher season with political song parodies | | | The result has been an inexhaustible supply of sharp-stick silliness that has kept audiences entertained for almost two decades through live performances, radio and TV broadcasts and nearly 20 recordings. |
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http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/2002/april/0416capitol-steps.html
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| | Comedy/Novelty Artists A-Z: The Capitol Steps |
| | Capitol Steps / Audio CD / Released 1992 | | | Capitol Steps / Audio CD / Released 2000 | | | Capitol Steps / Audio CD / Released 1991 |
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http://www.davesfunstuff.com/funnycity/capitolsteps.htm
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| | 'Capitol Steps' humor mocks politics, culture, terrorists |
| | To find out who and what is the latest target of "Capitol Steps" humor, access the Web site, www.capsteps.com, and listen to selections from their current show. | | | Poking fun at politicians and current events through song, the "Capitol Steps" put new lyrics to old standards to hilarious effect. | | | The political and topical humor they're known for requires a savvy and politically astute audience to appreciate the insider jokes, skits and songs. |
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http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/pentagram/7_09/features/14715-1.html
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| | Capitol Steps 76 Bad Loans - Buy used cds, rare vinyl records, LPs and music albums |
| | Capitol Steps 76 Bad Loans - Buy used cds, rare vinyl records, LPs and music albums | | | Buy rare Capitol Steps 76 Bad Loans Vinyl Records, Hard to Find CDs & Out-of-Print LPs and Albums | | | buy cds by capitol steps, rare records, vinyl music, LPs, CD's, imports, videos, posters, out of print, used capitol steps cds |
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| | The Capitol Steps News |
| | In the tradition of news-oriented musicals like Capitol Steps and Newsical, Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular: On Democracy and Other Fictions, Featuring Patriotic Acts and Blue Songs from a Red State will be... | | | Here is a selection of the top CDs of the Capitol Steps, a group of former congressional staffers who perform a... | | | The Colonial Theatre's 2005 summer series will feature an exciting mix of diverse offerings including: The Capitol Steps, a musical political satire that puts the "mock" in democracy; The Cottars, a talented... |
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http://rss.topix.net/who/the-capitol-steps
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| | capitol steps will break it down washington style on Tuesday |
| | One of Capitol Steps most recent songs include a remake of the popular song “I like big butts.” The group created new words to poke fun at Bush. | | | A group of White House staffers put together some skits and songs about life on the ‘Hill’ in 1981 and today they are taking their satire nationwide. | | | The song is retitled, “I like big cuts and I can not lie.” |
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http://www.elon.edu/e-web/pendulum/Issues/2004/9_16/features/capitol.xhtml
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| | Guy At Next Table Won't Shut Up About The Capitol Steps The Onion - America's Finest News Source |
| | As few at Gino's could avoid knowing, the man has been a fan of The Capitol Steps ever since he heard a friend's copy of the group's 1994 Clinton-skewering album Lord Of The Fries. | | | Growing more excited, the Steps fan told nearly 40 people, including the kitchen staff, that his love of the troupe peaked with the 1997 release of Sixteen Scandals. | | | Spitting a small piece of ricotta from his lasagna across the table, the man went on to describe the "Lirty Dies" sections of most Steps albums. |
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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29238/print
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| | Capitol Steps Bring Political Humor To A&I Sept. 30 |
| | The Capitol Steps will perform its special brand of musical satire at 7:30 p.m. | | | Since the troupe was founded in 1981, it has recorded 20 albums, including the latest, It’s Not Over ’Til the First Lady Sings. | | | Left, right, or center, this musical troupe of satirists from Washington, D.C., has a laugh and an insult for everyone. |
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http://www.siue.edu/O/ARCHIVE/A&I22.htm
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| | Review of the Capitol Steps |
| | Most of the appreciative crowd knew the Capital Steps from their albums and television appearances. | | | For great political humor and song parodies pick up the new CD by Capital Steps, just released last week. | | | They also do quarterly shows on NPR, broadcast to between one hundred and two hundred stations, as well as concerts at different venues throughout the country. |
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http://www.rtpnet.org/cahaha/CapStepsreview.htm
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| | Capitol Steps Come to MHC December 12 |
| | The group went on to record more than twenty-one albums and to be seen in more than 500 live performances across the country per year, including an off-Broadway stint last summer. | | | WFCR (88.5 FM), public radio for western New England and a National Public Radio affiliate, will present the zany music and satire of the Capitol Steps Thursday, December 12, at 8 pm in Mary Woolley Hall's Chapin Auditorium. | | | The musical comedy troupe is composed of Congressional staffers-turned-comedians who satirize the people and places that once employed them. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/120602/steps.shtml
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| | ON CAMPUS: Capitol Steps -- The wistery of the hurled |
| | Five members from the group perform at any one show, with the group’s particular brand of humor coming in the form of musical parodies. | | | The latest Capitol Steps recording Unzippin’ My Doo-Dah features clever parodies like “My Pants Go Down,” sung to the tune of “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba, and “Happy Monica,” sung to the tune of Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song.” | | | Since then, the group has recorded eighteen albums, appeared on Good Morning America and The Today Show, and traveled all over the country, spreading their unique brand of political humor. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N21/Capital_Steps.21a.html
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| | Capitol Steps : We Arm the World - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | The Capitol Steps, a musical political satire group, was still a fairly new concept at the time this LP was released in 1986. | | | Capitol Steps : We Arm the World - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect | | | This live recording was made in what is evidently a nightclub (the Artist's Room in Washington, D.C.). |
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http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,61076,00.html
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| | Capitol Steps - Your Vote Don't Mean a Thing - Last.fm |
| | Of all 407 people that have listened to songs by Capitol Steps, this represents 2.9%. | | | 12 people have listened to Your Vote Don't Mean a Thing by Capitol Steps. | | | Click a button below to tune in with the Last.fm Player: |
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http://www.last.fm/music/Capitol+Steps/_/Your+Vote+Don%27t+Mean+a+Thing
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| | Poking Fun at Politics |
| | An hour before the show, the Capitol Steps are rehearsing a new song, "He Works Hard for the Country," a parody of a 1980s popular song, "She Works Hard for the Money." The new version of the song was written as a response to Mr. | | | Group members fuse popular music with satirical lyrics about political life in the nation's capital. | | | "Capital steps is an organization made up of current and former Capitol Hill staff members that does musical, political comedy. |
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http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/fa/2005-03-28-voa37.html
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| | Guardian The Capitol Steps |
| | Since 1984 they have been in the business of lampooning everyone in a position of power in the US and beyond, and now you can get their 24th album, aptly named Papa's got a Brand New Baghdad. | | | When it comes to nibbling away at political institutions, this 30-strong musical troupe is right at the coalface. | | | The self-proclaimed "only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the Congress", the Capitol Steps are formed entirely from current and former members of its staff, five of whom are pianists. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4986783-110760,00.html
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| | Capitol Steps - 2005-2006 Performing Arts Series - Appalachian State University |
| | If your idea of a Friday night out on the town includes a Bill Clinton impersonator dressed as Elvis singing "Return to Center, Viewpoint Unknown," then Farthing Auditorium is the place for you on Friday, October 21, as the political satire/comedy troupe Capitol Steps takes the stage by storm, leaving no political stone unturned. | | | They have recorded 23 albums including, It's Not Over 'Til the First Lady Sings, Georgie on My Mind, All I Want for Christmas is a Tax Increase, Fools on the Hill, and most recently, Four More Years in the Bush Leagues. | | | Since this auspicious debut performance, the Capitol Steps have played to packed houses across the nation, including Boone, for 24 years. |
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http://oca.appstate.edu/pas/capitolsteps.php4
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| | Capitol Steps: Between Iraq and a Hard Place, a CurtainUp review |
| | The sketches are mostly aricatures of world leaders, punctuated withg jokes and rewritten lyrics for tunes from popular songs all aimed at satrizing the subjects behind the headlines. | | | Some highlights include a rather sweet love song between Yassar Arafat and Ariel Sharon and the Steps’ signature double-speak story-telling act, which delivers the edgiest and most intelligent comedy along with the biggest laughs of the evening. | | | Though the John Houseman venue has been home to the Capitol Steps' annual visit, it strikes me as too large to suit the group's antics which seem better suited to a cabaret space or comedy club -- especially, since the simple and charming set, conceived by well known cartoonist R.J. Matson, is under used. |
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http://www.curtainup.com/capitolsteps2003.html
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| | Capitol Steps Tickets - Concert tickets |
| | If you would like to attend a concert or to view concert schedules and information, Ballparks and TicketTriangle is your source. | | | The Capitol Steps in concert - (Jan 27, 2006 12:28AM) | | | Ballparks is now proud to announce our affiliation with TicketTriangle.com, an independent ticket agency offering Capitol Steps concert tickets for all bands and performers at all venues. |
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http://www.ballparks.com/tickets/concerts/capitol_steps_tickets.htm
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| | Cal Poly Arts Brings Capitol Steps' Satire to Campus Sept. 28 |
| | Capitol Steps' latest release, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Baghdad,” with | | | The Cal Poly Arts evening will feature musical satire and skits from | | | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA -- Cal Poly Arts presents the back-by-popular-demand engagement of The Capitol Steps -- the only group in America that attempts to be funnier |
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http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2004/2004_news_releases/sept_04/steps.html
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| | MetroActive Stage Capitol Steps |
| | And thus were born a thousand jokes, songs and Jay Leno monologues. | | | Here Come the Highsteppers: Washington, D.C.'s favorite musical comedians invade San Francisco. | | | "We've got the most local material that we've ever done in a show outside of Washington," says Bill Strauss, a Steps performer since the group's 1981 founding. |
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http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/07.97/stage-97-7.html
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| | Capitol Steps Albums |
| | he Capitol Steps are pleased to announce the release on April 15 of our latest album, | | | Stop by our table even if you're not buying --- say hello, and let us know you heard us on the Internet. |
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http://www.capsteps.com/albums
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| | AllPolitics - Capitol Steps |
| | But few of them are as consistently funny as the Capitol Steps, a 16-year-old musical political comedy troupe that has become a minor industry here. | | | The song was a big hit, and troupe members split their time between day and night jobs until Paul Simon stepped up in 1984, tossing Percy from the Senate and converting part-time Steps work into full-time. | | | The troupe has blossomed from just a few members holding down day jobs to a full-time group of 20 holding forth in three cities and on 17 albums. |
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http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/06/30/capitol.steps
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| | Jokes & Comedians: Capitol Steps - Spoonerism based comedy |
| | I can answer questions about who is performing which role in sketches and songs on albumns and can help identify a routine (and which albumn or radio show includes it) based on partial lyrics. | | | I can answer questions about The Capitol Steps, a political (mostly musical) satire group based in Washington, DC which performs in Washington, around the U.S., and four times a year on public radio. | | | I can also provide tips and suggestions for those interested in writing and performing spoonerism-based comedy similar to the Steps` "Lirty Dies." If you are interested in owning Capitol Steps recordings, I can refer you to their website to purchase them. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/1535/3610508.htm
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| | Capitol Steps to Perform |
| | The musical troupe has created 24 albums including their latest, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Baghdad.” They have been featured on radio and television as they dig into the headlines of the day and create song parodies and skits. | | | While they appear regularly to sold-out crowds in their home base of Washington, D.C., it is their hundred’s of concerts around the country that have made them a national resource. | | | This special pre-election production is part of the College’s annual Family Weekend and is open to the public. |
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http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/2004/04capitolsteps.php
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| | Sixteen Scandals (Capitol Steps) |
| | What the Steps do is they take current political situations--usually scandals--and satirize them by chaning the words to popular songs--hence "The Loonies of the Right" is a spoof on "The Music of the Night" and so on. | | | Whether in the car, office or home this album is sure to bring a smile to your face. | | | Capitol Steps should have a release of all the Lirty Dies by itself. |
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http://johnkeyes.com/a/B000003JOW-sixteen-scandals.html
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| | The Capitol Steps |
| | At tonite's Web site, you can listen to several of their original parody songs using RealAudio. | | | If so, then the Capitol Steps -- a comedy troupe composed of current and former Congressional staffers -- will really make your day. |
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http://www.eldar.org/~ben/cool/html/195.html
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| | Arts & Issues bringing political humor to SIUE with Capitol Steps |
| | They have recorded 20 albums, including the latest "It's Not Over 'Til the First Lady Sings," and travel around the nation performing more than 500 shows annually. | | | The group consists of 22 cast members, five of whom are on stage for any one show. | | | At 7:30 p.m., the musical satire group Capitol Steps will invade the Meridian Ballroom on the first floor of the Morris University Center. |
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http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/FALL2000/september26/phumor.html
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| | Capitol Steps |
| | The troupe digs into the headlines and hot topics of the day to create new lyrics for familiar tunes, skewering everyone, left, right or center. | | | The Capitol Steps has a laugh and an insult for everyone. |
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http://www.speakersrus.com/speakers/capitolsteps.htm
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| | Humor fills 'Capitol Steps' |
| | Each 90-minute production has 30 songs, which means actors have rapid-fire costume and character changes. | | | "Capitol Steps is political satire, so they use music and popular songs we all know to spoof everybody and everything all across the board," said Kathy Hotchner, vice president and director for the Scottsdale Center. | | | That's a line from an actor playing President Bush in the upcoming performance by Capitol Steps at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. |
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http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0406sr-arts06capitolZ8.html
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| | Capitol Steps |
| | Putting the "mock" in democracy, the Steps leave no issue untouched with their own special brand of satirical humor and scathing parody. | | | The Steps will also perform on Friday the 5th at 8:00 p.m. | | | This troupe of former Congressional staffers returns to Caltech for the 16th straight year, bringing three hilarious performances that are sure to upset those right, left and center. |
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http://events.caltech.edu/events/event-2456.html
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| | Capitol Steps coming to Lexington |
| | They have released 23 CD’s with titles ranging from “When Bush Comes to Shove,” “Sixteen Scandals,” “Between Iraq and a Hard Place,” and their latest effort, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Baghdad.” Their latest radio program, “The Capitol Steps Halloween Special,” will air on WUKY (FM 91.3) at 6:30 p.m. | | | Well, not exactly the real luminaries, but they'll be parodied by the Capitol Steps. | | | The Capitol Steps have appeared in public radio specials, PBS television specials, and countless in-person performances around the nation. |
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http://www.uky.edu/PR/UK_News/Oct_18_2004/capitol_steps.html
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| | Capitol Steps Bring Political Humor to MCCC |
| | They dug into the headlines and hot topics of the day to create new lyrics for familiar tunes. | | | home > faculty and staff > legislators and industry > press releases > capitol steps | | | What emerged was a special brand of satirical humor that is enthusiastically received by audiences nationwide. |
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http://www.mc3.edu/cr/mc3news/2005/oct/steps.htm
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| | Capitol Steps / Programs / Vermont Public Radio |
| | Sunday, January 1 at 10 a.m., with an encore broadcast at 8 p.m. | | | The Capitol Steps promises to over-expose 2005 in their annual hour-long year-in-review, featuring such loveable characters as Karl Rove, Howard Dean, the Supreme Court Justices (and nominees), Prince Charles and Camilla, Tom "I'm So Indicted!" Delay and more. | | | Former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Scooter Libby has leaked advance word that the Capitol Steps New Year's special is "funnier than the look on that guy's face when he found out I told everyone his wife was in the CIA." Now that's high praise! |
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http://www.vpr.net/programs/capsteps.shtml
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| | Capitol Steps |
| | The trio dug into headlines and created song parodies and skits, which soon became very popular. | | | Capitol Steps began in December 1981 when three staffers for Sen. Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party. | | | The Capitol Steps is the next group to perform in the Fowler Center Series at Arkansas State University. |
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http://asunews.astate.edu/fccapitol.htm
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| | Between Iraq and a Hard Place - By Capitol Steps |
| | They have recorded 23 albums and have been featured on television and radio, nationwide. | | | Next time Capitol Steps is in town, RUSH to buy a ticket for the beginning and the end of the run, since they change the songs and spoofs daily to match the ongoing news and current events. | | | The Capitol Steps, appropriately based in Washington, DC, used to be Congressional staffers and are now comedians and dancers, singers and performers, who present over 500 shows/year all over the country. |
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http://www.exploredance.com/capitolsteps72203.html
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| | Apartment Ratings Capitol Steps Ratings and Reviews |
| | I have never, ever felt unsafe in either the complex or the neighborhood. | | | I was burglarized by another tenant while living there and the managers did nothing to assist me, did not notify other tenants after the burglary, would not let me out of my lease, did not even know who was living in the... | | | From Meirin: Iand#39;ve been a resident for nearly a year now and never had a problem with the Capitol Steps management. |
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| | Capitol Steps |
| | No songs have been posted by Capitol Steps. | | | To become a fan of Capitol Steps, add them to your favorites. | | | Be the first to post a review » |
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http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=4860
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| | Capitol Steps’ Bill Strauss on political satire and the inauguration |
| | Inaugural events -- which include a parade, concerts and balls — began Thursday, January 18, and continue through Sunday, January 21. | | | Actually, most years the parade goes from the Capitol to the White House. | | | That would sound the death knell of the political satire business. |
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http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/2001/01/19/strauss
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| | Homeschoolers for Kerry and Edwards - A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling - 9/28/04 |
| | The entertainers, The Capitol Steps, always have some lyrics that hit current events. | | | Hundreds of Denver-area mothers and their families will be marching peacefully at noon on Sunday, October 31, from 14th Ave. | | | Got music and satire lovers in your household? |
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http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/092804.htm
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| | NPR : The Capitol Steps Sing Satires of Bush and Kerry |
| | The group will soon release a new CD of songs such as "Electile Dysfunction" and "Both Sides." The material has been honed in live shows, which sometimes include a parodic debate featuring the question, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" | | | The Washington, D.C.-based comedy troupe the Capitol Steps has been in the thick of it, writing songs and skits that bring out the silly side of the campaign trail. | | | She says even ardent Bush or Kerry supporters will often laugh loudly at songs that make fun of their candidates. |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4121665
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| | Capitol Steps Tickets - Theater Tickets - Capitol Steps Ticket Broker |
| | Tickets 4 Concerts has been in Business since 1982 with over 100,000 tickets sold for several sports, concerts, events & shows nationwide. | | | Capitol Steps will be performing in the following cities. | | | Capitol Steps will be performing in the following venues. |
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| | CAPITOL STEPS - Musical Political Satire - Corporate Entertainment Booking |
| | Music Store – albums you can buy on-line | | | The Capitol Steps - book Musical Political Satire - Political Humor - © P ** | | | The Capitol Steps perform more than four hundred shows per year all over the U.S., covering territory from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. |
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http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/capitol-steps.htm
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| | Capitol Steps on the Air |
| | The shows are broadcast on most of the stations listed below. | | | When do the Capitol Steps record their radio shows? | | | The Capitol Steps record four radio shows a year: New Year's, April Fool's, 4th of July & Halloween. |
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http://www.capsteps.com/radio
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| | Main Attractions - Capitol Steps - October18 |
| | More than 20 albums (choose from “When Bush Comes to Shove,” “The Joy of Sax,” “Working Nine to Ten,” “Stand By Your Dan,” “First Lady and The Tramp” and lots more!) testify to the Steps’ unstoppable ability to stay on top of absolutely every blemish on the national radar screen. | | | Former Congressional staffers-turned-comedians and songwriters, the Steps have produced numerous specials for NPR, three national public TV specials and have appeared on every major news and talk show on the circuit. | | | Would you really rather see famous public figures yourself — or just see Capitol Steps make fun of them? |
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http://www.thalianhall.com/MACapitol_Steps.html
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| | The Capitol Steps - Christmas '99 |
| | From the album All I Want For Christmas is A Tax Increase | | | he Capitol Steps began in 1981 as a Christmas party on Capitol Hill and have a long tradiiton of holiday music. | | | Like most things in Congress, we never knew when to stop. |
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