Damian sits down and chats with Producer Aaron B Koontz, co-director of Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge for this Bite Sized episode of Mostly Harmless. In this quick chat we cover the DIY/Punk rock ideals that helped inspire the creation of these films, Rad Chad’s Legacy, and how there’s a little Rad Chad inside us all. All of this and more in today’s episode.
Author: Dammit Damian!
You may know Damian as one of the Managers at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You might know him as the Former booking agent for The Triple Nickel Tavern in Colo Springs. Or maybe you've met him on the road, where he has Traveled with Drag The River, Two Cow Garage, Michael Dean Damron, Austin Lucas, Harrison Bergeron and The Rightaways.
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms – Director Alexander Phillips
Super excited for this week’s chat with Alexander Phillips, the director of the future cult classic, ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS!
We chat about the making of the film, how someone decides to make a fucked up drug trip of a film, how you find your community, mental health and oh so much more in this early morning chat about a late night movie.
Jason Pargin Author of If This Book Exists, You’re In The Wrong Universe // David Wong John Dies At The End
Jason Pargin is our very special guest for this week’s episode! Jason, once known to the world as the enigmatic writer DAVID WONG, and the author of the John Dies At The End Series of Novels as well as his Zoe Punches The Future in the Dick novels! Jason is on the show to promote his fourth novel in the John Dies At The End of The Universe series, IF THIS BOOK EXISTS, YOU’RE IN THE WRONG UNIVERSE. If This Book Exists… is out October 28th from Macmillan books!
We chat about the work ethic needed to be a writer. We talk about how Jason developed his author’s voice and how that differs from his true self! We even get into the finer points about Douglas Adams and his classic novel, THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. All of this and more in today’s episode!
Queen Kwong // Carré Callaway on her new album, COUPLES ONLY and her artistic pursuits
Queen Kwong aka Carré Callaway joins us this week to talk about her new album, COUPLES ONLY. Along the way we meet her pet squirrel Walter and learn about how she used her art to work through her divorce, growing up in Denver’s Rock Island, finding her voice and oh so much more in this vulnerable chat.
Worthington’s Law: Nick Faber & Scotty Sandwich on making friends as an adult & creative struggles in your 40’s.
Worthington’s Law: Nick Faber (Writer/Actor/DAD) & Scotty Sandwich (Almost People / Death To False Hope Records/ Alcoholic) join us to talk about making friends in your forties, continuing to make art as an adult, and the importance of making and finding community! All of this and even a drunken improv game that you won’t want to miss at the very end of this episode!
Scott Barber Interview // This Is Gwar & The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story // How did DIY punk help the documentary director?
Scott Barber joins us this week just in time for the July 21st SHUDDER premier of THIS IS GWAR, a documentary on the infamous heavy metal sci-fi monster band from Richmond, VA!
Scott is also the director of the acclaimed Nickelodeon TV network documentary, The Orange Years, currently streaming on Hulu.
We chat about Scott’s early DIY punk years and how that prepared him to jump into the deep end of documentary filmmaking with very little experience and the lessons he has learned along the way.
Aaron Draplin interview // Life lessons from Draplin Design Co’s founder!
This is one of the interviews I get to cross off of my DREAM WISH LIST. Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co!!
Aaron Draplin is a modern day Mark Twain. He’s the creator of the ever popular Field Notes brand of notebooks, but not only that. He’s designed postage stamps, album covers, worked with Obama, and has even taken his ever popular design Ted Talks on the road, in his ever popular stage show!
He’s just a regular joe who loves art, loves making it and shares his love of making art in such an infectious way. I want to be like that, but for movies, comics, music, art. How do I become Damian Draplin?
Clay McLeod Chapman – Podcast Interview // Novelist – Whisper Down the Lane
Links:https://claymcleodchapman.com/https://twitter.com/claymcleodhttps://www.facebook.com/claymcleodchapmanhttps://www.instagram.com/claymcleod/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/205631.Clay_McLeod_ChapmanOrder Whisper Down The Lane: https://bookshop.org/a/21194/9781683692157 Pre-Order Ghost Eaters:https://bookshop.org/a/21194/9781683692171 Or Listen at: Apple * Stitcher * Spotifty Episode 149 – Novelist Clay McLeod Chapman Two of my favorite future horror icons, director/writer/podcaster Brea Grant and novelist Shaun Hamill, recommended Clay McLeod Chapman’s 2021 horror novel Whisper Down the Lane, and I put it on my very long list of To Be Read books. When I found it magically at the library a few weeks back, I snatched it up after reading the novel’s first sentence: “They found Professor Howdy spread across the soccer field. What was left of him, anyway.” […]
Interview // NATHAN GRAY on REBEL SONGS, Mental Health & Authenticity
This week we are very excited to be joined by NATHAN GRAY, the lead singer behind BOYSETSFIRE & I AM HERESY joins us to chat about his newest musical project, NATHAN GRAY & THE IRON ROSES, and their new album REBEL SONGS.
Interview: Hellbender directors / stars Tobey Poser & John Adams on their punk rock style of Do It Yourself Horror filmmaking!
Links:wonderwheelproductions.cominstagram.com/Adams.family.filmstwitter.com/adams_filmsHellbender:Trailer: YoutubeRotten Tomatoes: rottentomatoes.com/m/hellbenderShudder: shudder.com/movies/watch/hellbender/3c76506a2fbbb433H6LLB6ND6R band: Listen at Spotify 16 year-old Izzy leads an isolated life on a lonely mountaintop. All she’s learned is from her protective mom and the wilderness that swallows them. Questioning her illness and starved for companionship, Izzy sneaks down the mountain where she befriends brazen Amber. Izzy is in heaven, until a cruel drinking game with a live worm unleashes a new kind of hunger. Confused and scared, Izzy appeals to Mom for answers. But Mom’s secrets are as old and dark as the bloodline from which they’re born, and her grip is tight. Nature […]
Interview // Mikey Erg! On The Ergs Return, working with Steve Albini & more!
Mostly Harmless is back and this week join us for late night beers and conversation with our dear old friend and professional punk rock troubadour, Mikey “Erg” Yannich!
Mikey is most famously known as the Drummer/Front-man for New Jersey’s own Power-Pop Punk Rock Group extraordinaire, THE ERGS! Not to mention Mikey plays in way too many bands to list, and we tried! Some of those groups include: WORRIERS, Jon Snodgrass, All Away Lou and oh so many more!
In this late night call, we sit back and sip IPA’s and chat the night away. We cover a lot of ground. We talk about SPARKS, Growing as a songwriter, Working with Steve Albini, Descedents and oh so much more! But most importantly we talk about one of the BEST pop-punk bands of all-time, THE ERGS, and how they came to start (occasionally) playing/recording together again!
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