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Ep. 74 - Robert Eggers / The Witch

073: Jon Schnepp As Jymuloxx Cortribbonz of Nickelodeon's "Real Gibbons" (Re-release)

072: The Long Kiss Goodnight + Creative Projects: How To Focus On And Complete Them

071: Wes Anderson's Asteroid City

070: Adult Swim-Style Writing - How Not To Do It

069: How Buddhism Makes Me Better Than Other People

068: Am I Autistic Yet? (A Personal Episode)

067: The Lost Sir Millard Mulch Documentary (Chat With Chewbode Part 4)

066: Chat With Chewbode: Part 3 (Let's Destroy The Music Industry)

065: If I Made A Mr. Bungle Documentary + How To Write Ugly Music

064: Chat With Chewbode, Part 2 (How Education Failed Us)

063: David Cronenberg's eXistenZ + Essay: What Is Reality?

062: Chatting With Chewbode: Part 1 (From The Swamp)

061: Music Is Not A Visual Art + David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983)

060: Don't Complain About Other People's Music + David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981)

059: Bernard Herrmann's "The Dragon" (1958) + Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023 Movie)

058: Mike Patton's Fantomas: Director's Cut + Robert Eggers The Lighthouse (2019 Film)

057: The Green Knight (2021) + Riley Green "If It Wasn't For Trucks" (2020)

056: Ali Wong in BEEF (2023) + Mike Keneally's "Potato" (1997)

055: Travis Orbin (Complicated Metal Drummer) on Recording, Composing, and Touring

054: Mike Patton's Unusual Melodies, Fargo S2E1, Setting Goals For Creative People

053: Steve Vai w/ Whitesnake "Now You're Gone" (1989) + Lair of the White Worm (1988)

052: Secret Chiefs 3 "The End Times" + Picard S3E3

051: They Might Be Giants "Synopsis For Latecomers" (2021) + They Might Be Giants THE FILM (1971)

050: MARK BORCHARDT Guest Interview (2023)

049: Danny Elfman's To Die For (1995)

048: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's "1997" and Summer School (1987)

047: Steve Vai Guest Interview (Vai/Gash Album, Lessons from David Lee Roth, Imposter Syndrome, Guitar Articulations)

046: Cate Blanchett in TAR (2022) and Steve Vai's "Greasy Kid's Stuff" (1990)

045: Jordan Peele's NOPE (2022) + Mr. Bungle's "Holy Filament" (1999)

044: Danny Elfman's "The Simpsons" Main Theme + Adam Driver in White Noise

043 - What The Heck Are Creative Busyness Units? (2022 Wrap-up / Analysis)

042: Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands + Danny Elfman Score Analysis

041: Mr. Bungle "Travolta / Quote Unquote" + David Lynch's Blue Velvet

040: Tim Burton's Wednesday Ep. 1 (Netflix) + Sarah Brand's "Red Dress"

039: The Dark Crystal (1982) + Devin Townsend's "Moonpeople" (2022)

038: Mia Goth in Pearl (2022), Cardiacs "Dirty Boy" (1995) Song Analysis

037: Metallica's St. Anger, Aubrey Plaza in Emily The Criminal, John Carpenter's Escape From LA, Creepy Ann Arbor Book Stores, and Evil Dead Suite

036: "Why I Hate This Song" - Listener submissions featuring hits by Billy Ray Cyrus, Kings of Leon, Scott Stapp, Rebecca Black, 4 Non Blondes, and... Radiohead?!

035: Films: Barbarian, Karen Gillan's Conventional, Mia Goth in X, Music: Trevor Dunn & Trio Convulsant's Séances.

034: Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Trio Convulsant) Interview + New Album "S​è​ances"

033: John Carpenter's The Ward, Werewolf By Night, Advice From Mark Borchardt, What The Heck Is Success?, StrangeCat Toys, Conlon Nancarrow

032: Lalle Larsson (Swedish Piano Virtuoso / Composer) On Musicianship And Individuality - Part 1

031: John Carpenter's The Thing & Wargames (Film Lessons), Vai Piano Reductions (Mike Keneally)

030: Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York (Filmmaking Lessons), Why Social Status Is An Illusion, Documentary Advice: Morgan Agren's Conundrum, Film Score: Godzilla!

029: Buckaroo Banzai, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dual, Goal Setting For Creative People, How To Mix Orchestra + Metal, Secret Chiefs 3 Book of Souls Folio A

028: 10 Myths About Introverts, Film Reviews (Thor: Love And Thunder, The Fly), Album of the Week (Star Trek The Original Series Vol. 1)

027: Forbidden Zone, A Dangerous Method, Songwriting Vs. Film Scoring, 5 Favorite Female Musicians, Scarecrow Video, Lux Part III, Steve Vai's Passion & Warfare

026: House of the Dragon Ep. 1 Review, Am I A Surrealist?, A Visit to Twin Peaks, Album of the Week: Sleepyime Gorilla Museum

025: Why Did 7-String Guitarist Pete Peterson Ride His Bicycle 500 Miles?

024: Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3, High Castle Teleorkestra) Interview, Film Review (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Album of the Week: Victims Family / White Bread Blues

023: Film Reviews (Prey, Crimes of the Future) Q&A (I Got Kicked Out Of Ween, Cubase Vs. Logic, If Money Were No Object), How I Conquered My Anger, Fantasy Fiction "LUX" by Chewbode, Eric Alexander Moore Tweets, Musical Artist of the Week: Igorrr

022: I Hate This Song, Film Reviews (Hellboy, Jurassic World Dominion, Black Bear), Creativity & Social Media, Travis Orbin, Via Mardot

021: New Carl King Book, Dale Turner's 10 Tales of Famous Guitarists, Sleep Apnea, Rant About Robots

020: Pat McDonald GoFundMe, Music Q&A (Practice, Notation, Finding Your Own Style), Skillet, Pantera, Hermit The Fraud

019: Flat Earth, Update on Carl's Hands, Organizing Creative Work

018: How To Sell A F#@!ing Audiobook, Holy Mountain, Titane

017: What Is Musical Creativity?

016: The Self-Consciousness of Self-Promotion

015: Brendan Davis (Film Producer, Director, Podcast Host)

014: Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Faith No More)

013: Brendon Small (Metalocalypse, Home Movies)

012: Free Salamander Exhibit (Previously Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)

011: Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse, Death of Superman Lives)

010: Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani)

009: Lindsay Artkop (Drummer)

008: Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Ringo Starr Band)

007: Tamar Halpern (Llyn Foulkes One Man Band)

006: Mark Borchardt (American Movie, Coven)

005: Travis Orbin (Drummer of Darkest Hour / Ex-Periphery)

004: Nils Rurack (Fusion Guitarist)

003: Dale Turner (Film Scoring, Exotic Instruments)

002: Zeke Piestrup (Documentary Filmmaker)

001: Steve Vai (Composer, Guitarist)