EP2 - Kyle Nicolaides (aka Beware of Darkness)

Explicit content warning

04/19/19 • 58 min

Deep Listening Club with Bright Antenna Records

Music, depression, yoga & video games. Kyle Nicolaides, also known as BEWARE OF DARKNESS, talks with Tiffanie DeBartolo and Braden Merrick about being in a band versus playing solo, battling depression, yoga, learning cord progessions from video games and more. And he plays some songs.

SHOW NOTES:
Cocktail: *The Vulnerable *(4 count mezcal, 2 count bitters, slice of orange)

Listen to Kyle Nicolaides
Listen to Beware of Darkness

TOPICS

Playing acoustic versus electric
Making cocktails versus playing Mario Kart
On being nicknamed The Queen
Being on tour solo w/ Alec Benjamin versus being on tour with Beware of Darkness
Embracing feminine energy
Learning chord progressions from video games
Battling depression and anger
Yoga and meditation
Authenticity
Kyle plays "All is Right in the World Tonight" and "Space Between Us"

Kyle Nicolaides: Web Instagram Facebook
Beware of Darkness: Instagram Facebook
Bright Antenna Records: Web Instagram
Facebook

Intro/outro music: "Desperate Dance" by In the Valley Below

SHOW NOTES:
Cocktail: *The Vulnerable *(4 count mezcal, 2 count bitters, slice of orange)

Listen to Kyle Nicolaides
Listen to Beware of Darkness

TOPICS

Playing acoustic versus electric
Making cocktails versus playing Mario Kart
On being nicknamed The Queen
Being on tour solo w/ Alec Benjamin versus being on tour with Beware of Darkness
Embracing feminine energy
Learning chord progressions from video games
Battling depression and anger
Yoga and meditation
Authenticity
Kyle plays "All is Right in the World Tonight" and "Space Between Us"

Kyle Nicolaides: Web Instagram Facebook
Beware of Darkness: Instagram Facebook
Bright Antenna Records: Web Instagram
Facebook

Intro/outro music: "Desperate Dance" by In the Valley Below

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EP1 - In the Valley Below

A new album & an erotic film? Oh yes! Angie and Jeff of the indie electro duo IN THE VALLEY BELOW talk with Bright Antenna's Tiffanie DeBartolo and Braden Merrick about art, love, life, their new album, THE PINK CHATEAU, and the erotic film of the same name they made to go with it. And they play some songs for us!

SHOW NOTES:
Cocktail: Whiskey and ginger ale

Link to The Pink Chateau, the new album.
Link to The Pink Chateau film
Listen to In the Valley Below
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TOPICS

Songwriting
Working as a couple
Sleeping together makes better music
Following your dreams vs getting stuck in life
The difference between needs and wants
What success means
Using social media
Meeting your idols
The marriage game
The band plays "The Pink Chateau" acoustic and the "Rise" music video is shown

MENTIONED:
Robbie Robertson, Jim Wilson, David Bowie, Sinead O'Connor, Simon and Garfunkel, Peter Gabriel, Jimi Hendrix, Rush, Air Supply, The Eagles, Patty Griffin, Prince

Intro/outro music: "Desperate Dance" by In the Valley Below

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EP3 - Second Line Vinyl

Vinyl sperm? The vinyl market keeps growing. It must be the vinyl sperm! Zane and Lyz from Second Line Vinyl join Pat Spurgeon from Rogue Wave to talk with Tiffanie DeBartolo about vinyl, the challenges of building a vinyl pressing from scratch, the beauty of vinyl, vinyl sperm and more!

SHOW NOTES -
Cocktail: La Solamente Margarita
(1 part fresh squeezed lime juice. 1 part agave syrup, 1.5-2oz good reposado tequila, a splash of Cointreau. Shake and pour over fresh ice, garnish with lime.)

Second Line vinyl website.

TOPICS

Why vinyl?
Collecting vinyl
Why it's better to DJ with vinyl
Tequila and margaritas
Making sausage?
Vinyl as an event
Undercover Presents
Why vinyl is not like Ikea
Changing music habits
Vinyl seeds or vinyl sperm?
Music geeks and vinyl addicts
What's your vinyl height?

MENTIONED:
Kiss, Sly and the Family Stone, U2, Pearl Jam, A Tribe Called Quest, Buddy Holly, Guns 'n' Roses, Talking Heads, The Bee Gees, The Carpenters, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Nina Simone, Rancid, NOFX, Donny Osmond, Joni Mitchell

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Intro/outro music: "Desperate Dance" by In the Valley Below