Tue, 15 May 2012
What other podcast has 3 diverse interviews? This week’s audio show I have an interview with Mayer Hawthorne, who started in Ann Arbor a few years ago doing hip hop, today he’s a hip and soulful singer whose song “The Walk” is quickly becoming a hit. At C2E2 I did a number of interviews I am getting to, Cinema Jaw was a podcast that had their booth down the same aisle I was spending most my time at. As a big movie fan I jumped at the chance to hang out and talk movies with the hosts, Ry and Matt. At the past few comic conventions I’ve been to the Suicide Girls website have had a booth and I’ve heard them interviewed on podcasts. Since I like to cover the offbeat and interesting I thought I’d spend a few minutes talking to a suicide girl about what it’s like to be a part of the website and what kinds of things she's into, as it turns out she likes a lot of the same things I do. This weekend is Motor City Comic Con, I’ll be there Saturday and Sunday doing some interviews and hanging out with friends. I just found out my friends, I Love Lightning Bugs will be there too! Music: My podcast affiliate for this episode is Champs Sports where you can get great sporting goods for 10% off when you use my coupon code AFMPV1CH and save 15% when you spend $75 or more with coupon code AFMPV2CH. See all my podcast affiliates to save money at my mevio coupon site.
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Mon, 7 May 2012
Here's my first video from C2E2, an interview with two of the hosts, Sapph and Spaced, of the Nerd Girls Eye View Podcast, a podcast about comics and whatever else is on their minds. On the video we talk about what they like about podcasting, their favorite new comic books and movies. Be sure to check out their podcast. My podcast affiliate for the episode is GoDaddy where you can save money using these promo codes: DJ101 to get up to 3 .com web domains for $7.49 each Category:vidcast
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Fri, 4 May 2012
 I have put everything else aside for the moment to be sad. I just heard Adam Yauch, better known as MCA of the Beastie Boys died today of cancer. Adam’s death for some reason touches me almost as much as the death of a good friend. Maybe because in a lot of ways that’s what he as part of the Beastie Boys were to me. Good friends I had grown up with and shared some of my most memorable experiences with them playing ecstatically in the background.
The Beastie Boys with License to Ill, really were my (and those around me in the 80’s) teenage party band. I recall more than a few parties where the only music played was License to Ill, Side A to Side B then back to Side A again. I’ll still sing along with “Brass Monkey” like that sickly tasting, cheap concoction is the best drink money can buy and I’m not even sure I have ever even drank it. I saw them play on the Check Your Head tour where the crowd was dancing and moshing so intensely, after the show there was mountain of discarded shoes we had to sift through to find our own. These days I buy 1 to 2 CDs a year as I get most my music sent to me through bands or I download it, but Hot Sauce Committee P. II was a CD I bought and immediately slammed it into my car CD player to listen to loudly with windows down.
Adam Yauch was my favorite Beastie Boy. To start he had a gruff voice that separated him from King Ad Rock and Mike D. In the early days, there was also a real menace to MCA in that he could be the Beastie Boy that might really be a beast. He had a persistent 5’O Clock shadow, wore the leather jacket and his raps were tough. He might really had been the one to carry a gun and really used a whiffle ball bat. Of course that was all really a laugh and the MCA we got to know later was the introspective one of the band. He was a practicing Buddhist, became deeply involved in free-Tibet movement and would talk karma about how even killing an insect was beyond him.
I’ll miss Adam Yauch because in a strange way I know it signals another blast that my youth is fading whether I want it to or not. For tonight though, I’m going to have a drink in Adam’s honor, it won’t be Brass Monkey, but I’m going to shout and dance along with it like it is. RIP Adam Yauch.
On an end note Paul’s Boutique will always be one of top 5 albums. If you have never listened to it, that funky rhythm buried somewhere in your body has been suffering some without it.
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Sat, 28 April 2012
Did I really just title my episode citing a KISS lyric? Well, yes I did! It seemed appropriate see as this episode includes an interview with Deuce the former singer from Hollywood Undead who has just released his first album "Nine Lives." I talk to Deuce about touring, growing up in LA and his crazy video for "Lets Get It Crackin." Then, there's a review of the tour Deuce is on with Blood on the Dance Floor and Brokencyde, you can read the review and see the pics here. I also have a short conversation with Ed Sheeran, a singer-songwriter from the UK who is touring here in the US with Snow Patrol. And I have some a real small conversation with big comic artist and writer Jimmy Palmiotti. music: My podcast affiliate for this episode is Champs Sports where you can get great sporting goods for 10% off when you use my coupon code AFMPV1CH and save 15% when you spend $75 or more with coupon code AFMPV2CH. See all my podcast affiliates to save money at my mevio coupon site.
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Mon, 23 April 2012
 On a day with a series of mishaps it only made sense that I would drive out to Boss Club in a worked up frenzy to see Felix Da Housecat, only to find a barren parking lot. Retaining my “last to know” status, my friend and I quickly scoured our cellphone internet apps to see what happened to the show. After a few minutes of “where the hell is Felix playing” we found out the concert was at the last minute moved to Bleu Detroit, due to a facility problem at Boss Club.
The change in venue was maybe a blessing in disguise as Bleu is a small but comfortable club that already had a fine night planned with Anthony Atalla DJing, so, Felix was the icing on the cake. The night was packed with a well-dressed crowd showing high spirits on the dance floor. Also on high risers were dancers adding some appealing sights to the already impressive night.
  Anthony Atalla’s set was a fast moving barrage of percussive house, with several moments of hands in the air and cheers as his set progressed. As the night was running a bit late, we had some thoughts about cutting out before Felix Da Housecat but decided to at least see the beginning of his set. Felix took to the laptop and boards a little after 1am and played a set of eclectic and aggressive dance music, the crowd got an influx of renewed energy and while the space to move was small, everyone was making the most of it.
Felix manages to avoid all the current clichés attached to electronic music and play his own brand of music that pulls out early acid house, electro, even 70’s and 80’s hits, all weaved together in a frantic mix. Several parts of his show were culled from his latest release “Burn the Disco,” Felix remains one of those rare DJ artists to release high quality original material year after year, never slowing down or repeating himself. After 2am with weary eyes and weak legs we left the night knowing there’d be hell to pay the next day, but we wouldn’t have had it any other way.
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Mon, 23 April 2012
This week's show features host Heather Forgioneinterviewing with Lady Fuchsia an ariel performance artist. The interview took place at an Art Audio Angst event, if your in the Detroit area you can look forward to another Art Audio Angst this weekend. My podcast affiliate for the episode is GoDaddy where you can save money using these promo codes: DJ101 to get up to 3 .com web domains for $7.49 each You can find more offers at my Mevio Coupon page Category:vidcast
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Sun, 22 April 2012
To keep my life interesting I am all for taking odd adventures and excursions to places I probably have no place setting foot in. So, it was with that spirit I made my way down for an evening visit to my favorite concert venue, The Crofoot, to take in what might be called the most “exuberantly perverse” show of the year. As an all-ages show, which by the likes of this crowd was defined by kids under 18 accompanied by shell-shocked parents over 40, the bands started playing early, I already missed 3 bands by my arrival at 7pm. I did hear from quite a few people that Bunny the Bear is a band worth checking into.
The first band I saw was Polkadot Cadaver, which were really a throwback to the aggressive hardcore bands of my youth. The lead singer sang the entire set at the front of the audience, literally shouting at their faces. I dug their energy and the guitar player that climbed the pipes above the audience would probably do well at a Hunger Games event. Near the end of their set they did a head-scratching but stellar version of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”
  Former Hollywood Dead singer, Deuce, played next, and his set was a mixture of hip hop with rock beats and some screaming thrown in for good measure. Having interviewed Deuce a few weeks ago, he was who I came to see and his show was a real knockout punch that had the crowd fist pumping and jumping to the music. Deuce performed most the songs of his album “9 Lives” (comes out this week!) onstage with a MC, keyboard player, guitar and drummer. His performance proved he has a sound and audience of his own.
  Brokencyde played next, and I want to say these guys were great because they had the coolest t-shirts on sale, but it all came across a bit too chaotic for me. Their opener was a long real minimal beat hip hop song with various members of the band running up and rapping verses. Each member had their own trademark scream but their rapping wasn’t very distinctive. The kids in the crowd loved it as they even formed a pit at one point and did some polite moshing.
 Maybe the most perplexing band for me was the headlining Blood on the Dance Floor. Their sound is a collision of synth, hip hop, metal and emo. Yes, all that at once, with really X-rated perverse themes delivered in a cartoonish way that makes it all somewhat acceptable for the PG-13 crowd. The two main members, dress like Motley Crue crossed with anime characters and trade vocals while dancing around stage looking like their having the best time ever. They had “sud” cannons that continually covered the crowd in white foam (there’s definitely a not so well hidden meaning going on) and confetti blasters. BotDF was like an amusement park ride that flew you through some dangerous rapids, covered you in goo and left you with a beaming smile because you were strapped in and safe the entire ride.
   You can see all the pics including some crowd shots at my flickr page for the show!
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Wed, 18 April 2012
I was going to call this post “My Weekend Hanging with Shia LaBeouf” but that would probably be a bit a bit of an overstatement as I only spent about 2 minutes with Shia, but I did get that great picture with him. What can’t be overstated was the incredible time I had this weekend at C2E2 – Chicago’s best comic and entertainment expo. Here’s a rundown on what I saw and took part in:
So, let me just say that Alison Haislip of G4 and the Nerdest Podcast Family is one of the cutest women I’ve had my picture taken with. She was part of the Nerdist Panel on Friday where Chris Hardwick talked about his growing Nerdist empire. Chris has several podcasts, a Youtube Channel, his ongoing Nerdist BBC show and Talking Dead shows. Which all makes me wonder if he doesn’t have clones sharing his workload, how else does he get it all done? The panel was an inspiration to media content creators, like myself who take what they are passionate about and turn it into a viable media outlet. To hear more on this, Chris is in town at Royal Oak Music Theatre this Friday, April 20, with his Nerdist Podcast show.
It’s not a comic convention without cosplayers (nerds in superhero costumes) and C2E2 has scores of cosplayers, especially on Saturday, where cosplayers could be seen with every head turn and some of the costumes definitely turned heads.
Two of my favorite “everyman” actors from my generation spoke at the show. Nicholas Brendon who played the ever amusing Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and can be seen today on Criminal Minds was very entertaining as he spoke about his times on the set of BtVS and his acting life. I was surprised how candid and “blue” he spoke about things. John Cusack on the other hand was pretty low-key as he talked about his upcoming film “The Raven.”
 The floor was filled with comic artists, writers and vendors, all which made my weekend fly by and my wallet a little thinner. C2E2 is definitely a con I will come back to. Some big recognition should go to the show promoters and staff as they made this show one of the best cons I’ve been to yet. Look for plenty of more of my C2E2 adventure in upcoming podcasts and videos.
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Fri, 13 April 2012
I’m back from my vacation in Florida and ready to bring you a special episode this week that features an interview with lead singer David Gedge of the Wedding Present. I interviewed David a few years ago on MPAD#164 and was very fortunate again to talk with him when they played here at the Pike Room on March 26. The show was a special night for me because they played the entire Sea Monsters album, and new songs from their latest release, Valentina. David and I talk about SXSW, recording Sea Monsters then broader subjects like relationships and comic books. As a surprise interview I also talk with the Jet Age who were opener for The Wedding Present. It turns out Greg the bass player owns 4 comic stores in the Wash DC area. So we geek out a bit about comic stores and the type of music the Jet Age play. I also catch you up on my vacation and what else I’ve been up to like my trip this weekend to C2E2! Songs: Mentions: My podcast affiliate for the episode is GoDaddy where you can save money using these promo codes: DJ101 to get up to 3 .com web domains for $7.49 each Category:podcasts
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Thu, 12 April 2012
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