Ep. 78: Gregg Turkington & Erik Paparozzi (Seasonal Depression Suite Album 2023/Drag City Inc.)

Ep. 78: Gregg Turkington & Erik Paparozzi (Seasonal Depression Suite Album 2023/Drag City Inc.) *Buy this albumhttps://www.dragcity.com/products/seasonal-depression-suiteGregg Turkington first rose to prominence on San Francisco's avant-garde post-punk movement before becoming a cult stand-up, a regular collaborator with Tim Heidecker. Born in Darwen, Australia in 1967 to American parents, Turkington grew up in Tempe, AZ and San Francisco, CA, making a name for himself on the latter's underground scene as the co-publisher of cult zine Breakfast Without Meat and member of various obscure bands including Caroliner, Bean Church and Hello Kitty on Ice. Turkington remained an instrumental figure on the scene throughout the '90s, founding Amarillo Records, performing and recording with the likes of The Easy Goings, The Zip Code Rapists and The Three Doctors and serving as touring manager for Link Wray and Mr. Bungle. He co-created reate the successful movie review parody web series "On Cinema" (2012-) and play Bobby in Tim Heidecker vehicle "The Comedy" (2012). He played bombing suspect Lawrence Territo in the final episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS, 2000-2015) and landed a small part as Baskin Robbins manager Dale in Marvel movie "Ant-Man" (2015). In 2016 his web creation, "Decker" (2014-15), a spoof spy series in which he also played the CIA's movie-obsessed master of codes, made the move to the small screen on Adult Swim, while a year later he appeared as an advertiser in the biopic of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney, "A Stupid and Futile Gesture" (2017).Erik Paparozzi is a musician, composer, and producer who is now on tour with Cat Power and has played with her for years, as well as creates music for RuPaul’s Drag Race. CreditsEdited by Otter Castro    Produced, Research and Interview by Rich Wexler   Music   Richie by B.J Snowden https://bjsnowdenmusic.com/  I Never Feel Alone Instrumental by Stephen Bluhm  https://www.stephenbluhm.fun/https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/Cover Art by Jeff Brawn ⁠https://www.jeffbrawn.com/