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Your Next Favorite Band<\/p>\n
“Your Next Favorite Band” podcast will present Winter WonderJam 4 at Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem on Dec. 6. Tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n
Comedy, books and more<\/p>\n
Horner, who graduated from Northampton Area High School as Eric Horner, was working as an author and graphic designer for a Philadelphia publishing company when he auditioned for “America’s Got Talent.”<\/p>\n
With his bookish, businessman appearance \u2014 thick, horn-rimmed glasses and suit \u2014 and a bushy beard and nasally, pitchy voice, he initially was jeered by a hostile New York crowd.<\/p>\n
But he won them over, with the episode becoming an Internet sensation, and later won over the skeptical celebrity judges. <\/p>\n
Even after viewers voted him off the show, he was brought back as a \u201cwild card\u201d before finally being voted off again.<\/p>\n
He illustrated a series for Quirk Books, with titles such as \u201cKid Presidents,\u201d \u201cKid Athletes\u201d and \u201cKid Artists,\u201d then released a book he wrote and illustrated, \u201cSome Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren\u2019t Aware Of.\u201d<\/p>\n
He later released “A Die Hard Christmas,” a cartoon-illustrated retelling of the hit 1988 action film “Die Hard” starring Bruce Willis.<\/p>\n
Most recently, he is author and illustrator of “The Adventures of Invisible Boy,” a graphic novel series.<\/p>\n
Horner later moved to New York and became a full-time stand-up comic, and has released three comedy albums, “A Delicate Man,” “Dad Max” and “The Bee\u2019s Knees.”<\/p>\n
Night’s other performers<\/p>\n
Kull, a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, was a founding member of the band Echolyn, which since its 1991 founding has released 12 albums, most recently this year’s “Time Silent Radio vii.”<\/p>\n
Weston is its lead vocalist and bassist.<\/p>\n
Kull also is a member of Grey Eye Glances. <\/p>\n
Alt-folk singer Katie Barbato also is based in Pennsylvania, as is singer-songwriter Lef. Lemon released the EP “Tailspin” in 2021.<\/p>\n
Philip Reese, host of “Your Next Favorite Band,” has said that Winter WonderJam “came together out of a hope to reflect on the various interviews from the year and invite any prior guest of the show to provide a message and a recording of a seasonal tune for the audience to enjoy.”<\/p>\n