Episode #22 Oly | Slippin' and a Slidin'

This episode I had a very quick intro where I mention my new drum set then go to Skype where I had a great conversation with longtime friend and musician/photographer Oly (ooLyyyy). Oly and I talk about her new to-be-released album, the Miami weirdness phenomena, the differences between playing music live and recording and hearing alligators in the sewers while on acid, plus much much more! We also hear two great tracks by ooLyyyy and one off my album Blood Reef.

Links:

Oly’s work:

http://o-l-y.tumblr.com/

http://mysocalledinternetlife.tumblr.com/

Crazy Joe Davola (How Florida people act) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-nNRJ-w_0s

Justin Robert – Blood Reef cassette https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blood-reef

Episode #21 Frank Meyers | History of Japanese Electric Guitars

For this episode I talk briefly about my new musical equipment purchases. I also talk about starting a surf rock band with my sister and co-worker/friend. Then play a song where I used a homemade electronic drum set.

After that I’m joined by Frank Meyers on Skype, the author of History of Japanese Electric guitars! Frank shares his experiences of writing the book and talks about his own guitar addiction. Frank traveled to Japan and met the people responsible for crafting his very first guitar and talked to a bunch of amazing people along the way!

I close the episode with a song by the 90s cult indie rock group, The Excitables (coming soon to Anthill Recordings)

Links:

Frank’s book http://tinyurl.com/huj25l7
Frank’s website http://drowninginguitars.com
Justin Robert – The Life of a Goldfish https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/it-was-totally-evil-me-the-best-of-justin-robert
The Excitables – 3AM (coming soon) https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/3-00-am

Episode #20 - Chad Sine Halloween Extravaganza!

Podcast Episode #20 better late than never Halloween Special with Chad Sine!

I made it to 20 Episodes! I start off the show by talking about the Dan Hosker Continuum and play a crazy, scary, trippy song by Dan Hosker off of his album “They Call Me Damn Hostage” that very much fits the Halloween spirit!

Afterwards (but actually before) my old friend and sometimes Co-Host, Chad Sine stopped by on Skype to share some scary Halloween stories. We talk a bit about The Mothman, the weird old Bugs Bunny witch episodes with that big orange fuzzy thing, the really bizarre story of Elisa Lam, Chad’s friend who seemed to draw while possessed and witnessed multiple dark spirits. We also talk about when objects fall or seem to fly across the room for no reason whatsoever.

All of that and more with awesome music by Dan Hosker, Subtle People, and Big Figment!

Links:

Dan Hosker Music Continuum https://danhoskermusiccontinuum.bandcamp.com

Mothman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1rI6EupIac

Subtle People https://subtlepeople.bandcamp.com/album/unconventional-beauty

Big Figment https://bigfigment.bandcamp.com/album/chim-rics

Chad Sine / Bixby Studios http://www.bixbystudios.com/Home.aspx

Podcast #19 - Dino Felipe!

For podcast #19 I talk about my trip to Delaware, then the greatness of the Ventures and an awesome documentary I saw on youtube about them. I also talk about my love of instrumental music and how I was never able to successfully start a surf rock band. 

After that, Miami based experimental musician, Dino Felipe stopped by on skype and we had a talk about creating music, the woes of performing live as a solo musician, and just joke around a bit too! Dino is a super creative guy and glad he came on to talk about his work!

Music by, Lover and Dino Felipe

Links:

Ventures documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtMcOuoKmU

Dino Felipe https://dino-felipe.bandcamp.com/
Dino's Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/dinofelipe

This Heart Electric (Dino on drums) https://thisheartelectric.bandcamp.com/album/age-of-aquarius

Lover https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/everything

Podcast #18 - Agni Zotis | Art and Meditation

I return after a 3 week hiatus for podcast number 18 with an amazing guest, Agni Zotis! Agni is a brilliant visual artist who has been living in NYC since she was 4 years old. In addition to art she has started a meditation after-school program for teens called M.A.Y Kids Transform. Agni and I had an amazing talk about art, her late 20s explorations through India and the middle east, spiritual journeys, concepts of time, the simultaneous enlightenment and insanity of society and many other topics. This was a great podcast and an awesome way to come back!

Before I had Agni on Skype I talk about my recent experience as a Grand Juror, the USA’s mass shooting problem, and the moon landing hoax.

Help put a stop to gun violence! http://www.bradycampaign.org/

Project Apollo archive https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/

Apollo Landings Fake http://apolloreality.atspace.co.uk/

Agni Zotis: http://www.agnizotis.com/ and http://www.maykidstransform.org/

Music:

The Year Zero https://myspace.com/theyearzero/music/album/oceania-i-will-return-20359932

Dor and Alt 40 https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/anthill-recordings-vol-1

Podcast #17 - Neale Hoerle - Corporate Salesman Turned Brazilian Jujitsu Instructor

On this episode I say thank you to everyone who helped me meet my goal for my vinyl LP kickstarter, then I talk about the complexities of mastering for vinyl. Then I had a great guest, Neale Hoerle, who is a Brazilian Jujitsu instructor based in Morgantown, WV. Neal and I had an amazing talk about him leaving his full time corporate sales position to become a jujitsu instructor. We talk about living life the way you want, and what really matters and brings fulfillment to one’s soul. We also talk a bit about drug addiction and the corrupt pharmaceutical industry in the USA. Amazing music this episode by Derrick Hart, Emorej, and Markus Midnight!

Links discussed:

Manasota Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882086168/manasota-lp-vinyl
Neale’s website http://www.anuacademy.com/
If Money Was No Object https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSyHWMdH9gk
The Four Agreements http://www.miguelruiz.com/

Music:
Derrick Hart – 0073735963 https://derrickhart.bandcamp.com/album/the-shock-you-experience-at-the-sudden-recollection-of-the-moment-you-were-conceived
Emorej – Touch The Sky https://emorej.bandcamp.com/album/listen-2009
Markus Midnight – RX one https://markusmidnight.bandcamp.com/album/death-at-midnight

Podcast #16 | Robert T | Ambient Air Traffic Controller

Electronic musician Robert T stopped by on skype for a great interview where we talk him leaving his job as an Air Traffic Controller where he had worked for 20 years and then becoming a musician. Robert now has a Bandcamp page and just released a new cassette EP!

Robert and I had a great talk about the healing effects of music, massive gear nerd-age about synths, using hardware to perform, remixes, cassettes, vinyl, cds, digital music, and creativity. We also talk about getting over fears to do pursue your artistic goals and my problem with procrastination.

Robert T’s live performance on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDpij0mLbbQ

Music by:

K Paul Boyev – Pound The Table https://soundcloud.com/otolathe/pound-the-table

Robert T – Mikrospace https://robertt.bandcamp.com/album/miasma

Manasota – Maze https://soundcloud.com/moai-9/maze

Other things talked about:

Kiss Live Tokyo 77 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7k2UMXeYEc

Colorbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bwRuQIbF_E
Iasos tips for aspiring musicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rym4CSw-XkU 

Podcast #15 – J Marinelli | booking shows and touring

Podcast #15 – J Marinelli | booking shows and touring

For episode 15 I talk about my Manasota Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882086168/manasota-lp-vinyl then guest Jay Marinelli stopped by to talk about being a one man band, our UFO sighting, how to get over playing a crappy show, tour booking and playing in Europe.

Music by:

Robert T – Seraph II https://robertt.bandcamp.com/album/seraph

Rita Ro – Animal https://ritaro.bandcamp.com/album/milk

J. Marinelli – Lockdown Town https://jmarinelli.bandcamp.com/

Podcast #12 Will Scecina | being a working musician and the meaning of life

Episode #12 - Will Scecina | Being a working musician and the meaning of life

My old friend Will Scecina stopped by on Skype and we had an amazing chat about being a professional "working musician" and the things that it takes to make a living playing music in today's world. This is what Will does. He plays corporate gigs, weddings, entertainment gigs, covers and nearly all other types of live gigs that generate income.

We also talk about the public's value, or lack of value towards music in general, and how somebody who understands the details of an art form will most likely value it more than those that do not.

We also touched on homelessness, poverty, economics, animal rights and how to get started in becoming a professional musician. Will was a great guest and we had a great talk. Will's website http://www.willscecinamusic.com/

Charity I talked about but couldn't remember the name http://www.alphahouseoftampa.org/

Music:

Fulkramic - Fession https://fulkramick.bandcamp.com/
Us Four - Keep Your Head Up Julsie http://www.usfourband.com/
Enderhall - Little Jimmy's Straight Up Crazy https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/demo-20th-anniversary-remaster
Justin Wierbonski - Deadlines (Nervous System) https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/work-e-p

Podcast #11 Wolfenstein OSX | Vaporwave: A Brief Interview

Podcast #11

Guest Wolfenstein OS X, creator of the documentary “Vaporwave: A Brief History”

Documentary link https://youtu.be/PdpP0mXOlWM
Wolfenstein’s awesome short film “Asylum” https://vimeo.com/126222356

Music:
Deluxepaint 418 - M@6ic https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/418
Wolfenstein OS X – Simpsonitus https://wolfensteinosx.bandcamp.com/album/delusional-reruns
Moai – Maze  https://soundcloud.com/moai-9/maze
Candstandya – Ocean http://anthillrecordings.com/2015/01/08/candstandya-slow-motions/

 We had a great talk about his documentary, what Vaporwave is, how the younger millennials are exposed to far more media than all generations of the past, how intellectual property is a dying concept. We also speculated about what media and the internet will be like in the future, performing live, effort or lack of effort in music, is Vaporwave music or art, or both, or neither? is it stealing?what makes certain types of Vaporwave unsettling, and how the internet is making younger generations far more global reaching than those that came before them.

Demonic Sweaters Podcast #9 - Jesse Vance - Being a freelance creative & not working for the man

Me and Jesse had an amazing conversation about the shrinking American Dream, Trade school vs Bachelor’s Degrees, student debt, running a DIY experimental music and art venue, non-profit corporations, the difficulties of being an artist and not getting paid, and being a venue and not making enough to pay, building custom sound installations, dealing with things outside of your control and how not to lose sight of your goals, 9 to 5 vs freelance, facebook addiction vs promotion, meditation, large companies demanding you care about things that are impossible to care about, police brutality, private prison industry, war on drugs, and herd mentality.

Jesse’s links:

The Venture Compound http://theventurecompound.com

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/VentureCompoundFL

Music:

Subtle People – Promise to Keep Your Promises https://subtlepeople.bandcamp.com/album/the-oracle

Demonic Sweaters – Obsessive Forgetfulness https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/demonic-sweaters-ii

ccCaffeine - BRULEE https://welcomebeautysounds.bandcamp.com/album/cccaffeine-xx-1995

DC9V (Jesse) – An Air On Persistence  

Weird News:

Alien Hybrid Found Dead in LA http://demonicsweaters.com/2015/07/alien-hybrid-cia-agent-found-dead-in-la-okay-this-is-some-weird-news/

All scientific papers published by only 6 corporations http://demonicsweaters.com/2015/07/nearly-all-scientific-papers-are-published-by-only-6-corporations/

Episode #8 - Frickin' Chad Sine

Chad Sine of Bixby Studios stopped by once again, this time we were plagued with some Skype technical difficulties, but they were a pretty humorous. We talked about 3D printing, Ash vs Evil Dead, Sharknado Trilogy, awful comic book movies of the 1980s, whether or not Tom Cruise is leaving Scientology or starting a 24 hour Scientology propaganda news network, Scientology's occult history, and misleading movie trailers.

MUSIC:

Thundertronix-Nitemare - Dr. Capris & the Medicine (Welcome Beauty Sounds) https://welcomebeautysounds.bandcamp.com/album/thundertronix-nitemare

Panaphonix - Tandy Teng (Anthill Recordings) https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-vhs-chronicles

Fornax Void - Castle On The Sea (fornaxvoid.bandcamp.com) https://fornaxvoid.bandcamp.com/album/memory-machine

Justin Robert - Running Out Of Paper (Anthill Recordings) https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fireant

Demonic Sweaters - Radiant Dream https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sol-lepidoptera

Chad Sine - www.bixbystudios.com

Tom Cruise & Scientology's CNN http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/07/13/tom-cruise-scientology-tv-network-not-quitting-religion-for-suri/

The Babalon Working https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon_Working

Ash vs Evil Dead Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnLg1TPCYM

Trial of the Incredible Hulk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNxdE3m-Nw8

Sharknado 3 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAmYUt1-5Rg

Demonic Sweaters Podcast #7 - K Paul Boyev - Ear Surgery, Florida Noise Music, Coffee, and Gear

 Podcast #7 Sunday July 12th 2015 with special guest K Paul Boyev. K Paul is an experimental musician and Neurotologist / Inner Ear Surgeon. He stopped by on Skype to talk about what it’s like to be a surgeon, operations that cure deafness, the isolated Florida noise music scene, guitar amplifiers, recording and production, coffee and many other interesting topics.

This was a really fascinating interview and features some great music by ExoticModulationSky, Kate Morris, K Paul Boyev, and Those Damn Bloodsuckers!

Topic Links:
Sonic Circuits https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sonic-Circuits/22582971437
K. Paul Reads J. D. Nelson to Noise https://youtu.be/0trUDTWt5XA
Quarn http://www.quorn.com/about/


Music links:
Hideaway – Exotic Modulation Sky http://hamon30.wix.com/exoticmodulationsky
Where the Wild Lilacs Grow – Kate Morris https://katemorris.bandcamp.com/
Appalachian Bride - K Paul Boyev https://deadbellsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/antiquities
Dale Cooper Bleeds Out – Those Damn Bloodsuckers https://thosedamnbloodsuckers.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-lodge-ep

Demonic Sweaters Podcast #6 - Chad Sine, art, being mistaken for a serial killer, pop culture, and fucked up job interviews

 

For this episode my best friend Chad Sine is my guest on Skype and talks about his Special FX art studio, Bixby Studios and some of the crazy things that happened to him while transporting a life-sized Samurai model he made in Tampa. We also get into the return of Twin Peaks and X-files, Dexter, Breaking Bad, True Detective, and Bloodline.

I share some weird job interview stories and how Brittany Spears gives me the bad music equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome. Then Chad gives us more insight into what it’s like being a freak magnet. We had a great time on this podcast and it’s definitely entertaining!

All of this with a great soundtrack by The Always People, The Children of Mu, and Justin Robert.

Bixsby Studios

http://www.bixbystudios.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Bixbystudios?fref=ts

David Lynch on iphone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

David Lynch coffee commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRFJNpAff_A

David Lynch cigarette commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vor65mNB8Uk

Surprise motherfucker! http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/james-doakes-surprise-motherfucker

Music featured this episode:

The Always People – Bat Boy https://welcomebeautysounds.bandcamp.com/album/mirage

The Children of Mu – Mound Builders https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sessions-2011

Justin Robert – The Life of a Goldfish https://anthillrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/coruja