Episodes
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PPA - Trond Jervell (Norwegian Radical Ambient Musician)
Today on the show we've got our buddy Tripp Nasty's friend, Trond Jervell! Trond lives on a remote island in Norway and had to wake up at 4am to talk to us, which also required us postponing 2-3 times over the past few months, so I think he's earned your time. Trond does a mix of "Radical…
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PPA - Jon Moritsugu Pt 2 (Godfather of Punk Cinema)
After this we'll start releasing episodes all at once. I don't fully remember why I was breaking them into two and I'm tired of doing it. Also, we think a lot of the best stuff actually came up in this part. Lots of talk about America's Sweetheart, James Duvall, Gregg Araki/Sundance stories, and…
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PPA - Jon Moritsugu (Godfather of Punk Cinema) Pt 1
Hi, We talked to Jon Moritsugu, the Godfather of Punk Cinema. Director of My Degeneration, Mod Fuck Explosion, PBS's Terminal USA, and most recently, Numbskull Revolution... what more should I say? He rocks. In this first half we talked about his roots in Hawaii, Asian punk/cinema, semiotics…
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PPA - Lorena Bitar (Brazillian photographer)
Hello again. Our guest made it this time, but we had some technical difficulties so this runs long and I dunno, we talk about most of it in the episode. Though I also had a bunch of issues with my mic, which will sound distorted and weird and then suddenly fine. So it goes. But today, at long…
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PPA - Waiting on a friend
Nothing's working today, so I'll keep this brief. For one, the page I write this in keeps kicking me out, so I'm rewriting this for the fourth time. I also lost my hard drive with our episodes, so I don't have our normal audio cues, and I lost my DVD drive, so I wasn't able to include the new...
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HTM - Tripp Nasty/Trading Places/Buddhism
Hi, hello, we're back. We're exploring a new movie-focused series we're calling "Hey That's Me!" (after the Deerhoof song). We're trying to get people with important facets of their identity, mental health, or beliefs they've found reflected in films in deeply personal ways. We're kicking it off…
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PPA - It's Beginning to Sound a lot Like Doug Tilley's Brain Death
We're home for the holidays, joined again by the soft iconoclast, early podcast innovator, Doug Tilley of Cinema Smorgasbord. This time he's here to talk about a few Christmas movies we forced upon him and to teach us how exactly one formats a movie podcast. He in turn holds us hostage, refusing…
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Edgar Allan Poecast 2025
At long last, Jennifer and Brandon convinced me to organize a new Edgar Allan Poecast, our third (not second). If you don't know the deal, we take submissions from whoever (mostly noise musicians and those adjacent) to do readings of Edgar Allan Poe stories however they like, with whatever music…
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PPA - Prof A. (Bison Squad) Pt. 2
We've got PART 2 of our talk with now Philly, formerly Harrisburg, noise musician and... I guess he probably doesn't want me to say horrorcore rapper, but I've never heard him rap and I don't actually know what horrorcore means, so I guess I have no reason to say it anyway. We talk more about...
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PPA - Professor A (Bison Squad) Pt 1
We're back with another noise musician that Jennifer has no idea how to listen to. As he notes in the episode, I met Professor A while he was touring with his duo Bison Squad while we were all sleeping on Bucko Crooks's floor during his Milwaukee Noise Fest. If you're not familiar, this is when…
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PPA - Greg Saunier (Deerhoof, etc) Pt 2
And we're back with part two of our talk with the Questlove of Deerhoof, Greg Saunier. Like a Grateful Dead show, the second set is a little looser but also more to the point. We further discuss Deerhoof's accessibility, The Roots, Justin Theroux's 2007 directorial debut, Dedication, and some of...
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PPA - Greg Saunier (Deerhoof, etc) Pt 1
We’re extremely excited to present part one of our talk with the Phil Lesh of Deerhoof, Greg Saunier. Deerhoof has been a favorite band of Brandon and me (Rob, the guy Greg keeps making fun of for saying dumb shit) for roughly 20 years. Although Deerhoof was an integral element of us becoming...
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Story Time with Laura Squirrel - Erica's Discovery
It's Laura Squirrel's birthday and we're celebrating the only way we know how--doing whatever she asks us with this podcast feed. Today we're presenting the first ever public release of Laura's fan fiction about the obscure 80s cartoon the Get Along Gang, which was on CBS for one season and was...
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PPA - Bucko Crooks Pt 3
Short one today, punctuated by some longer music clips, including the last(???) track to be released by The Smudge. He kept it going for 25 years and, as he noted in one of our last episodes, he just wants to shut the fuck up and pump gas for a while. Though I did see he's got some other gigs...
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PPA - The Smudge Pt 2
I meant to upload this last week but I was in Australia losing my mind crossing the outback like the narrator of What's Rangoon to You Is Grafton To Me (which no one out there seems to know, let alone have any interest in ABC radio, TISM, Wake in Fright, Ozploitation cinema, that guy that walked...
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PPA - POTUS of Noise, Bucko Crooks/The Smudge Pt 1
Today we have part one of our talk with Milwaukee's iconoclastic POTUS of Noise, Bucko Crooks aka the Smudge aka Billy War Haul and member of too many recording and performing projects to fit within the 4,000 character limit here. Bucko comes out roaring, but he softens up a bit as we go along…
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PPA - Liam O'Donnell (Cinepunx) Pt 3
We've got one last roughly 30-40 minute episode with the flying Frenchman himself, Liam O'Donnell. This time we talk more about God, but Liam also gives his thoughts on SEX, and PORN, and MOVIE PUNS. If you enjoy listening to Liam pontificate on the frivolities of cinema, well, you're in luck…
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PPA - Liam O'Donnell Pt 2
We've got more of Liam. A lot more. Mostly him. Jesus, mewithoutyou, Philly. It's all here. Also he leaves to pee at one point. Check out more of Liam at Cinepunx and Cinema Smorgasbord. Want more about mewithoutyou and lefty christianity? Check out Jennifer's companion blog,mewithoutYou might be...
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PPA - Liam O'Donnell (Cinepunx)
We finally wrangled Liam back to talk to Jennifer about God, mewithoutyou, and other stuff she's interested in, instead of being stuck listening to people name a bunch of noise musicians she's never heard of. Liam, temporarily unburdened of his faustian bargain to have friends in his 40s but only...
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PPA - Darryl W. Bullock Pt. 2 (In Memorium)
We were all deeply saddened by the news of Darryl's passing in the weeks after we first spoke to him. We all had a great time talking to him and were in reverence of the deep well of his knowledge and dedication to exploring the deepest corners of pop culture. After we had finished recording, we...
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PPA - Darryl W. Bullock's World's Worst Christmas Records
Today we spoke to WFMU DJ and one of the last great music blogspot writers, Darryl W. Bullock, about some of the awful Christmas music he's presented on his radio program and blog over the years. We play a few clips of some grating little nepo babies slurring their way through asinine lyrics…
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PPA - Doug Tilley Pt 3
Last chance to hear Brandon's original theme song about Doug! But also, all of us speaking emphatically about bad movies, good movies, and about talking about movies. We touch a little more on Eric Roberts and Doug's other podcasting ventures and and and... I forget. Many things. We had fun. Hope...
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PPA - Doug Tilley Pt 2
This week we talk to Doug about Eric Roberts (natch), his early internet communities, making a short feature film on video in the early 2000s, and Newfoundland accents! And now all the other stuff I wrote last time: But, Doug Tilley's back! One of the first guests on this feed something like 9-10...
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PPA - Doug Tilley is a man Pt. 1
I forgot while writing this that Doug said Eric Roberts is the Fucking Man got pulled from iTunes because of the name, so, there's your title. But, Doug Tilley's back! One of the first guests on this feed something like 9-10 years ago, he actually turned on this camera this time and told us all...
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PPA - Sara Century's SCREAM Zine pt 3
Hello, I'm very tired, so I'm sorry to be reusing the same description again. Our old friend Sara Century is back to talk about her massive SCREAM zine, over 60 pages dissecting the themes of all six Scream films. It rocks. Everything Sara does rocks. I'm not really sure what else to say…
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PPA - Sara Century's SCREAM Zine pt 2
Hello, Our old friend Sara Century is back to talk about her massive SCREAM zine, over 60 pages dissecting the themes of all six Scream films. It rocks. Everything Sara does rocks. I'm not really sure what else to say about it except it's worth your $14 for the physical copy with the cool,...
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PPA - Sara Century's SCREAM Zine pt 1
Hello, Our old friend Sara Century is back to talk about her massive SCREAM zine, over 60 pages dissecting the themes of all six Scream films. It rocks. Everything Sara does rocks. I'm not really sure what else to say about it except it's worth your $14 for the physical copy with the cool…
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PPA - Indiana Noisefest 2014 pt 2
10 years ago I filmed a "documentary" about a noise festival being held in the community center of a 4H fairgrounds in the middle of nowhere, I Indiana and attended by no one. The organizer of that event, Laura Squirrel, wanted to come back on to mark the 10th anniversary of that show no one...
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PPA - Indiana Noisefest 2014 w/ Laura Squirrel
10 years ago I filmed a "documentary" about a noise festival being held in the community center of a 4H fairgrounds in the middle of nowhere, I Indiana and attended by no one. The organizer of that event, Laura Squirrel, wanted to come back on to mark the 10th anniversary of that show no one...
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PPA - WFMU DJ Austin Rich (pt 2)
Good Hello, Today we present part two of our talk with musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, and the host of WFMU's Mid-Valley Mutations, Dimestore Radio Theater, and occasional other programs, Austin Rich! We talked a little about his work at...
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PPA - WFMU DJ Austin Rich (pt 1)
Good Hello, Today we talked to musician, radio playwright, zine maker, postcard sender, plunderphonicser, former centrist, and the host of WFMU's Mid-Valley Mutations, Dimestore Radio Theater, and occasional other programs, Austin Rich! How he even has time to talk to us for a couple hours, I...
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PPA - Christian Long pt 2
We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. But now I'm back and I've edited part two in Jennifer's living room. Today we have part two of our talk with Jennifer's friend from her days at...
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PPA - Former jaded writer, Christian Long
We recorded this a month ago but then I had to go to a bunch of midwestern noise shows and meet Jennifer in New Mexico to go to the Lightning Field. But now I'm back and this is edited and... it's online as soon as I hit the purple or mauve button on the right side of my screen. Today we talked…
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PPA - Jazmin Castañeda Pt 2
Part two of our conversation with Jazmin, this time more focused on her own story and artwork. We learn about the origins of some of her recurring characters, her highly personal work with her father, and what it's like teaching art to elementary school kids these days. Be sure to check out...
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PPA - A Fundraiser for Palestine w/ Jazmin Castañeda
We talk to artist Jazmin about her Fundraiser for Palestine set to take place at the Matilija Lending Library in El Monte, CA (near LA) on Saturday 4/27. We focus almost entirely on the fundraiser in this episode. Next week we'll have more about Jazmin's background as an artist and the usual...
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PPA - Poet Anthony Thomas Lombardi Pt. 2
Part two of our conversation with Anthony Thomas Lombardi in which we delve more into how he got into poetry, rap music, God, and his involvement with different facets of the Free Palestine movement. For more on the latter, check out the Google Doc he references in the episode. For more on his...
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PPA - Brooklyn Poet Anthony Thomas Lombardi
Today is the first part of our talk with an old friend of mine, the poet Anthony Lombardi. We've known each other for about 16 or 17 years (he takes poetic license to claim 20) but have lost touch several times, only for him to reemerge in a completely different stage of his life. Now he's a…
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PPA - Leslie Keffer Pt 2
The second half of our conversation with esteemed noise musician Leslie Keffer. In this part we talk about noise music (of course), touring, stained glass, and spend a good chunk talking about AI. Nothing anti-AI this time. Sorry. Same opening and closing tracks as last time since I've got a lot...
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PPA - Leslie Keffer (Noise Musician)
We finally had just enough of a break from all the horrible, complicated, and annoying things in our lives to sit down and talk to esteemed noise musician, and mutual friend of Arvo Zylo, Leslie Keffer. We talk about how she got into noise music, touring, and some about her process, but the…
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PPA - Rob's old friend, a die-hard Disco Biscuits fan
Not really sure how to title this because we don't want to give his name considering the stuff we discuss. But this is one of my oldest friends, someone I used to travel around with to festivals and to see the Dead, but who has lived a much more interesting life than me. He notes that he's seen…
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PPA - Bullshitting with Kelly of Indubitably
Just like evolution will inevitably lead to crabs, our conversations will inevitably lead to breast milk and cannibalism. We discussed cell steaks, again, but also veggie burgers, idiosyncratic small towns across America, the Pacific Northwest, and Brandon and I both got incredibly excited by the...
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PPA - Kelly of the Indubitably Podcast
Hello, we're back. I moved and my cat got cancer, Brandon got a job, and Jennifer quit hers, so... here we are. Now. Instead of earlier. This week we had Kelly from the podcast Indubitably talk to us about debating and how she does it without crying. And who wins if someone does cry. Honestly, I...
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PPA - Brandon Noel (Olney Magazine) Pt 2
Part two of our talk with Brandon Noel about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine. Plus a little more about religion, but not much. We also talk about how reality TV is made. Olney recently released their fifth issue, which you can pick up on their website as a $5 PDF or the...
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PPA - Brandon Noel (Olney Magazine) Pt 1
We brought Brandon Noel on to talk about his working class background, poetry, and Olney Magazine, but our Brandon and I can't stop fucking talking about religion. So, in this part Brandon Noel speaks primarily about how he founded his own church in his early 20s, his amusingly pedantic theory on...
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PPA - Melissa Guevara (El Salvadoran Multi-Media Artist) (English/Spanish Version)
Hi, hello, sorry, yes, we're late again. I hope this edit makes sense because I'm still too busy to start from scratch. But this edit cuts out most of Ileana and leaves Melissa's answers intact for any bilingual listeners. I'm sure our reactions aren't going to really make sense. Sorry. If you...
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PPA - Melissa Guevara (El Salvadoran Multi-Media Artist) (English Version)
Good hello again and sorry again for the delay. Life is hard, but it goes on, whether I want it to or not. Today on the show we talk to a mutual friend of former guests Ileana and Ernesto Bautista, Melissa Guevara. Her and Ernesto's work have a lot of overlaps (death, experimental video, large...
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PPA - Christian Chiakulas Pt 2.
We talked to Christian about a month ago about this book, The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian Reconstruction of the Jesus of Nazareth. Afterward we talked for another 45 minutes about a bunch of bullshit, as we generally do. So, we've started recording that, cause, why not. The episode starts off...
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PPA - The Carpenter's Son w/ Christian Chiakulas
Happy Good Friday, if that's something I'm supposed to say. For our Easter special we've got Jennifer's friend, author Christian Chiakulas talking to us about the Jesus guy everyone's talking about right now. I'd offer a synopsis of his book, but the title The Carpenter's Son: A Proletarian...
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PPA - Ernesto Bautista (El Salvadoran Multimedia Artist) Pt. 2
Part 2 of our chat with El Salvadoran director, poet, musician, multimedia artist, etc. etc. etc., Ernesto Bautista. In this part he discusses his work with his old collective, organizing a soccer match between survivors of both sides in the El Salvadoran Civil War. He also digs a little deeper...
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PPA - Ernesto Bautista (El Salvadoran Multimedia Artist) Pt. 1
Today on the show we talk to filmmaker, poet, and multimedia artist Ernesto Bautista, who I almost certainly mispronounce the name of in my introduction despite Ileana sending me a WhatsApp message with the correct pronunciation. I still can't say her name either, though. As I mention in the…
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