The Kaiju Transmissions Podcast

Byrd and Matt are joined by Ron Bonk of home video label SRS Cinema to talk about their history and recent kaiju film releases. SRS has been an established video label for obscure independent genre films for years and just recently they have dipped their toes in the world of tokusatsu/kaiju with the Reigo/Raiga Trilogy, Attack of the Giant Teacher, and their upcoming release of Norman England's film the iDol. We talk to Ron about the origins of SRS, his work as a director, his love of horror, SRS' recent line of kaiju home video releases, and much more. Relax and join the conversation!

First up for our October horror series this year, Byrd, Matt and Tom discuss everyone's favorite hungry glob of goo, the Blob! We discuss the original 1958 indie sensation, its completely bonkers 1972 sequel Beware the Blob, and the gore drenched 1988 remake from Chuck Russel and Frank Darabont. We discuss the history of all three films, the real life inspiration for the Blob, and the canceled Blob films that almost were (including remakes from Rob Zombie, Joe Lynch and Simon West). Enjoy the conversation!

Byrd, Matt, and Tom are joined by returning guests composer John DeSentis and Akira Ifukube biographer Erik Homenick to discuss and reflect on the Kaiju Crescendo concert that took place this past July at G-Fest 2019. The concert featured music by Akira Ifukube and Masaru Sato, as well as Michiro Oshima performing her own Godzilla music in her first ever live performance (including new Godzilla music written for the event). We talk about what it takes to organize an event like this, working closely with Michiru Oshima, music selection, creating the suites, and Godzilla fighting serpents in Lake Michigan, as well as insights into these three iconic composers and their creative methods. We also discuss the piano concert held at G-Fest by Patrick Godon and Ifukube student Reiko Yamada, and what went into that event. Enjoy!

Byrd and Matt are joined by Trev (Days of Future Podcast: Examining the X-Men) to discuss kaiju in the world of pop music. We have an eclectic list of songs that we will play samples from and give our thoughts on. We have popular and obscure tracks from artists in genres such as pop, heavy metal, punk, hip-hop, and more! We have something for everyone with this diverse track list, so relax and enjoy the show!

Song list:

Blue Oyster Cult – “Godzilla”

ABBA – “King Kong Song”

Flaming Lips “Godzilla Flick”

Ke$ha – “Godzilla”

Green Day- “Brain Stew (Godzilla Remix)

Frasier Theme (Godzilla remix)

Tom Waits -“King Kong”

The Creatures- “Godzilla”

Michale Graves- “Godzilla”

Barbarellas- “Giant Godzilla”

Damon Alexander & the Ten Cent Rentals- “X from Outer Space”

Fishbone – “V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F”

Sepultura “Biotech is Godzilla”

Carnal Forge – “Godzilla is Coming Thru”

Anvil – “Mothra”

MOD- “Godzula”

Raven- “Destroy All Monsters”

Devo- “The Words Get Stuck in my Throat”

The 5.6.7.8’s- “Mothra”

Sepultura- “Ultraseven No Uta”

King Geedorah “Fazers”

King Cesar – “Put it on Smash”

Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara – “King Kong (Your Song)”

Jimmy Castor Bunch- “King Kong”

Jimmy Castor- “Godzilla”

Jad & David Fair- “Rodan”

Jad & David Fair- “Godzilla”

The Towels- “Godzilla Christmas”

Those Darn Accordions- “Mothra”

Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom- "NoZilla"

Byrd and Matt are joined by guest hosts Tom and Trev (of Days of Future Podcast and If It Bleeds We Can Kill It) to dig into the new Godzilla anime film that was just released worldwide on Netflix. In this film, mankind has abandoned Earth, only to return and find that Godzilla has reigned supreme for 20,000 years. For years, people have wondered what a Godzilla anime would be like and now we finally have the answer! So how did the first part in Toho's Godzilla anime trilogy turn out? Listen and find out! We also discuss several details about the prequel novel that was released in Japan. But first, we have the sad news of the passing of veteran actor Yosuke Natsuki.