The Blow Show

A real treat, straight from the past, the Naked sewers if you will, we have Hadyn Johnston with us. The real one, too. Low key, we talk about the live entertainment industry, music cultur, the Fender IP court cases, social media and some brading stuff... did we talk about the kinder eggs and condoms? idk Much love. 

It's been oil crunch time! Straight olive oil with hummus. Not crude oil from Hormuz Straight. Ahaha... that's how tired everyone is. Jokes. We take an hour or so to chill and decompress with heated rants over print errors, oil prices, bank runs, overseas manufacturers, the world's orange preseident and crypto scams. Delightful.

You must be wondering what the title of this audio podcast could possibly be refering to. Surely, not this overcompressed and undergained shitshow of a recording. No one could be so full of hubris. But let me ask you this: No one? After a semi-long hiatus we're back(!) to finally (finally) talk about how everyone else in this industry needs to step up, step on AI or be stomped down on on our way to the top.

Who's there?  It's hmnmhm.. mhmn... What?! I said hmnhmmm... nhmmm... Just get in here... Lionel!    

The Bros' are having a noise-gated, agitated and conflabberated get together. A real mind-melt on streaming shows, movies, relatiosnhips, visas, martial arts, restaurant and game reviews.

It's been a while, but we've caught up to comaplain about how bad everything is – how refreshing! MacOs, Nightreign, Elden Ring movie, Floppy Disks, Original Negroni, Alex Garland, everything is trash!

We launched Skingraphica and basically, we couldn't be more proud – amazing effort by the whole team. It's set up for success and insha'Allah it will cover us all in gold – or at least copper. Nick is making coffee now, and that's great.  You gonna hear all about that. March is too big for his new Kwoon, and how is that surprising?   Enjoy.

This, guys, is a banger of a show! We have our good buddy here and we're talking about a brand we're about to laucnh and we're clearly not bound by any non-disclosure agreement, which would us prevent from gettign into juicy discusison – so, liek I said it's a banger! We talked about all sorts of things and... it's great – a banger! So, yeah. We talked about a lot.

We have two of March's Kung Fu Master buddies (long-tome friend of the show, Big John and Alexander of the Iron Chamber) as guests – who he carelessly calls friends. As we will find out however, after disecting the intricacies of the side boob sidekick, the accidental re-choke and a chicken intermisson, they are not.  A real masterclass in gaslighting, psychological manipulation, dating advice, prosopagnosia, partial amnesia, body dysmorphia, experimental mixology and IT DIY ensues in the shitty part of the podcast.

Yeah, what was that? Just a quick solo podcast – rambling about upcoming TV shows and maybe a good movie or two. Hey, listen to March react to trailers of things he does not hate! It's fascinating. Stay tuned (yuk!).

Maybe it's a sign of the times but we go from war to tariffs to interest rates to imports to Superman to fridge doors opening on the wrong side. Anyway. Always good to chat with Lionel.

We discuss anything di-, bi-, co- or duo. Storylines, video games, movies, lenses, cameras absolutey nothing is safe.  

We're just chillin really, talking a bit about Dark Mofo in Hobart last weekend and some of the new stuff at Mona – which is fabu-fuckin-licious as always. Hobart is. In June. Maybe all of Tasmania?

We catch up with the masked contender on the (quasi) Bachelor Fantasy Island and talk shop – It's no one other than... the CEO of Puaka Pork, the White Goods King, the Swollen One, the Other Brother and so on. Aboard!

What is it with Mr Fantastic? How the hell does he even make sense? The smartest "man" in the universe? Cool story.  But we also find out what the surprising highest grossing animted movies of all time (in the universe) are... you won't believe what's #1!

Just chit chat about workflow, effectove comms and the latest movies and games, but interestingly, it cuts off cause we forgot to press the record button after a quick break... but it's about an hour in, hardly cause for concern.

We are late with this one. Two weeks late, really. And only God knows if anything is relevant anymore... with these tariffs, in this economy?

Gaetan, the raging Frenchman, is our guest and we catch up and yell over some of the latest popular politics, but mostly car and game design. It's loud.

Not going to bullshit anyone with self-glazing this episode – this is just us riffing for 2h.

Hey Gubers, we're so cracked at everything we do, we don't need to keep glazing just one topic. It's the Blow Snow.. and Show + Guests! #sleep

Sorry, but David O is visiting from Canada. He and March are seizing this opportunity – and a pack of cigarettes, Canadian ones – to revive an old time classic: the Out The Window podcast format.  David, having lived in Canada for this long, picking up various exciting DIY projects around his block cabin, designing comms for the local government and working as freelance animator and video editor on the side, having had a kid and bumping into the most unlikely ex-people from all over the world in his home town, Victoria, you will be surprised by how much March is talking over him with stuff we've all heard a million times. Some things never change. Eventually, the conversation meanders to more interesting places around the digital lifestyle, art, creativity processes and what a level of mastery can add or subtract from your experiences. 

We chit chat for a bit about Paul v Tyson – not a fight,  Jones v Stipe – a fight, why Trump won, what ugly people can do and how to hear time.

We catch up after along while to recap the last few sponged months of follwing every cross-eyed point of view any of the click-baiting pundits could possibly (insanely) esposue, regarding the US presidential election, so closely, YouTube should've issued a restraining order – you're welcome, Alphabet Inc.  Only dystopian highlights from here on out.

Lionel and March, catching up low key over the phone. Island life and politics, Apple's new line up and some movie recommends are but a few of the topics covered. This was a test run on Riverside to record calls. Looks promsing and maybe we can have more of these in the future. 

Wha' happened?! Nothing, really. We skip right over the attemopted Trump assssination and the Harris Tag In, going right back to talking about video game design and maybe food.  Ah. Some things will never change.

We got plenty to catch up on with the Wallisian, the Original Aquaman, the Merman, the Island Boy, the Coconut Shaman  – expect a longer and slightly more inebriated hour than usual.  

Just found this lost episode from sometime in the downtime. Update, Fincher's The Killer, Streamwars, Ana de Armas, Merman 2, Cybertruck, Green Message Bubbles, Friendship Advice, Gonzoil Exchange Heist – March has it covered from the couch, recorded straight from a laptop.. .

It's been a while, but isn't Thanksgiving weekend a great segue to ruin everybody's good mood with a brief non-spoiler review of Marty and Leo's Killers of the Flower Moon? Well, it is. Say what you will about that DiCaprio boy, but he clearly does not give a fuck about looking hot in movies anymore. He looks like shit, contorts his face like a ball-less monkey on a tight rope and acts his fucking ass off. Hollywood! The Killer is maybe smarter,  but is it better – March will address this too. A bit at least.

March shares his initial thoughts on Apple's latest update on their product line-up with Apple Watch S9 and iPhone 15. Later: Aquaman 2 (trailer) – Finding Amber

Trump is nuts.  SYD Contemporary is boozy. March is Pac Man. Coinicidence is rampant.  

We couldn'tt leave it alone after two failed shows, so now we have March rambling about Barbenhimer and how both movies are somewhat and somemore disappointing.  

The new microphone has arrived and is getting an easy-in topic with a, somewhat lengthy, discussion about the gaming mechanics of TOTK and the uniuely Japanese aspects of its storytelling. We also touch on the origins of podcasting and some of the original icons of the technology.    

Think about socks.  Tis all.  

Words are exchanged around Apple's WWDC, especially the latest OS features, some of the hardware and, por supuesto, the Vision Pro – March is tryting to pump the stock so hard, no one can get a word in. Why is it so visionary anyway, without giving you anything genuinely 'new'? That's what we ask Mark Zuckerberg on the phone... For Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom,  we need to get our explorations aligned, not to spoil the fantastic adventure this game truly is.    

Finally, the sequel for Breath of the Wild has been released – Nick and March consequentially catch up to exchange their first impressions of 'the new Zelda game'. Spoilers pretty much only if you have played less than 3 hours...

Solo podcast, March only. What have we got, lets see... Commbank loosing out on this HNWI Audio solutions built-in AIR preview review Quantumania review   XOXO

What a week it's been...  Now. Apple Air Pod Max issues aside, let's take a look back at the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise – how is Vol.3's wrap of the trilogy making us feel? Thoughts on Wick 4 Art v Design process Dune 2 Trialer with Dead Air Commentary post recording (which should become a thing) It is what it is. = /

It's almost 2020 again – we're doing a regular show before watching Interstellar. It's so retro, it does not fit in your case. Too big.  Anyway, we talk about the ep to ep flow of The Last of Us and how generally impressed we are with the creativity of this adaptation. It's going to be a sad day when this wraps. Then we review the 2018 and 2022 remakes of the God of War franchise. This is a tricky one as, again, the boldness of the approach is well-received, but man, did they double-down on some of the worst tendencis of modern AAA games.

Books are back. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. Mythos by Stephen Fry. The age of TV continues. Chernobyl is a banger of a show and it looks like this Maizin guy is someone to watch... he could make it big at some point.  That's it, really. Oh yeah, I flipped over three times falling from two benches in a Sauna.

Another Solo Podcast.  Apple's new lineup for MacBook Pro, Home Pod and Mac Mini – shoud anyone upgrade? At the movies and on your couch: - Operation Fortune - No Sudden Move - The Last of Us What's up with all that? Mostly good things, actually.  

What was supposd to be an audio equipment test for the Apple AirPods Max quickly turns into a rant over other podcasts disussing the lab leak theory and Logan Paul's crypto scam being exposed – at last, this has become commentary. Wow. Just wow.    

Yeah, maybe.  Let's see, March is doing some in the dark podcasting with a drink or two to wrap up the year.  He just came back from US, CH, GER and there is not much out there in the world (except maybe for old friends, but who cares?) that is better than a Sydney summer, honestly. Now, Ye... has he lost it and what to make of crypto in general and mote specifically of SBF and Trim trading cards?   That's sort of it. Told you.

It's a horrible podcast. Seriously, the worst. March inserts himself into Bill Maher's 'Club Random' podcast with guest Jimmy Kimmel.  Will have to look at the audioa at some point as it's really getting underworldly lately... We'll, I'll, look into it.

The guys catch up with local gaming expert, Gaetan, and soapstone about Nick's introduction to the Dark Souls series and Souls games in general. In the end, we all agree BOTW is a better game than Elden Ring and that's ok. Nobody needs to feel like tarnished shit all the time and put those foolsih ambitons to rest if you can be instead a grossly incandescent, gay, little elf'ish thing with saucers for eyes.  

Solo Podcast.  March rambles on about some of the latest movies and shows. - French Dispatch - Doctor Strange  - Moon Knight - Elden Ring Basically, CGI, SFX and opwm worlds.. ? Yes?   Yes. Solo, guys. 

Goodbye, Lionel... Oh! Hello, Dave. The ultimate and final DVD Edition of Lionel's last in person appearance on the Blow Show – at least for a while. More importantly, this beautiful and manly man's last day on the job – at least for a while. It's not a wobbly sob story of a podcast however, as juste in time Dave O. decided to parchute in from Canada and save the silliness.

We're back'ish, talking about movies, building houses, the latest Mac OS software update, theme parks, creative writing etc

Agnes, our accountant ex officio, has finally left her yoga cult and is catching up with is on what's been happening in the world ever since... - the MCU - a new Bond movie - new streaming services - Rick and Morty - The Morning Show - Corona  - Super Mario is now 3D - PS4 and now, 5 sort of - anal sex - new pronouns - the whole space thing and Mars, I guess... It's a longer podcast. You might have guessed that.

We gave it a fair go, an honest try, a good crack, a handsy rub, a firm run, a solid jiffy, a straight shot, a rock-hard clubbing, a clear-eyed wink... but in the end, we don't solve the climate crisis. Shame, really. New MacBook Pro What specs should you be looking for as an allrounder in the design and creative space? We'll tell you! Although it is pretty obvious, all things considered. Latest TV shows? Oh, we look at YOU, the Morning Show and Shrink Next Door. All pretty good shows – although Apple+ is clearly killing it with the Morning Show; production value alone.  

Yay! 2-Man-Podcast. Back to the old crunchiness and wild snacking.  We talk about lockdowns, Gupta on the JRE, population control and about some of the upcoming movies we're excited about.  Don't watch the final DUNE trailer, btw.