Episode 508 - Justin Kline of Dungeon of Skeletons
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07/12/23 • 63 min
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Do you like power pop? Well, we've got a band for you!
Dungeon of Skeletons!
Their album Patterns left Geoff speechless, and Keith thought it was the "best album of the year." And they both agree that despite the song title, "Doom and Gloom" is the song of the summer.
Once in a while, everything just clicks, and this episode is one of those.
Frontman Justin Kline stopped by to talk with Keith & Geoff, and the guys had a great chat about all sorts of things. And we're not speaking out of turn in saying some of the stories here might impress you.
This is a Rufus-approved, four-paw-rated episode!
Links
Book - Go All the Way
Do you like power pop? Well, we've got a band for you!
Dungeon of Skeletons!
Their album Patterns left Geoff speechless, and Keith thought it was the "best album of the year." And they both agree that despite the song title, "Doom and Gloom" is the song of the summer.
Once in a while, everything just clicks, and this episode is one of those.
Frontman Justin Kline stopped by to talk with Keith & Geoff, and the guys had a great chat about all sorts of things. And we're not speaking out of turn in saying some of the stories here might impress you.
This is a Rufus-approved, four-paw-rated episode!
Links
Book - Go All the Way
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Episode 507 - Annette and Tony from Venus Hum
On this episode, Keith and Geoff are joined by two-thirds of the electronic pop band Venus Hum, lead singer and lyricist Annette Strean and multi-instrumentalist Tony Miracle. Third member Kip Kubin wasn't able to join.
Venus Hum released their self-titled debut album in 2001, and its follow-up, 2003's Big Beautiful Sky, is firmly embedded on Geoff's desert island album list.
The band's wide creative and musical landscape has led to collaborations with the famed Blue Man Group and Hollywood A-lister J. J. Abrams, among others.
After the release of the EP Songs for Superheroes, Annette had developed painful vocal fold nodules and needed a speech pathologist to relearn her singing ability. The band didn't break-up but diversified.
After a two-year hiatus, Venus Hum regrouped and released a new album, The Colors in the Wheel in 2006, which they described as "unconventional, three-dimensional and completely five-sensual" featuring an edgier sound than their previous work. This was followed in 2009 with the release of Mechanics & Mathematics.
A remix album came in 2016, and in the second half of 2020 the band released a series of singles they later released on the album Kindness Rages On in 2021.
And to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their collaboration with Blue Man Group on a cover of the iconic Donna Summer disco hit, “I Feel Love,” they've recorded a brand-new version.
Annette and Tony chat it up with Geoff and Keith.
Stories were told and laughs were had.
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Episode 509 - Filmmaker Gorman Bechard
If you’re above a certain age, you recall when the world of music reviewing existed beyond the print pantheon of Robert Christgau, David Fricke, and Greil Marcus.
In other words, reviewing music was an actual job, and almost every newspaper or magazine had someone who did that. Gorman’s gateway to music examination began as a music writer for his hometown rag, The Waterbury Republican, in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Very quickly, Bechard set about blazing the creative path that has led him from “The Brass City” of Waterbury to the flashy world of Hollywood, to editorial vices of the New York City Publishing world, and eventually to independent narrative and documentary filmmaking.
Gorman has made a name for himself in the world of documentaries with the blog Too Loud proclaiming:
“What makes Gorman Bechard's documentaries work is that he takes these high falutin film concepts and uses them for film documentaries. While Bechard is an obvious fan of his subject, he shows them as is, and doesn't try to show them glossed over or hyped up."
Gorman stopped by to chat with Keith about all his music documentaries.
Pull up a chair!
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