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MARK A RICHARDSON interview (prop master for Rob Zombie's Halloween, the Devil's Rejects, Power Rangers and more!)

Jim and Mike INTERVIEW Prop Master, Actor, Singer  - Mark A Richardson

 

Mark is an actor, musician and prop master.  He's worked on such movies as The Devil's Rejects, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, Pirahna 3-D and the tv shows Power Rangers (he created all the props for the show) and the current tv show Queen of the South.  

 

He's also the lead singer in the bands Hypnotics and 647F.  Hypnotics had a slight novelty hit with "Jerry's on Drugs" which was played on Dr. Demento (we play some of the song).  

Also our friend Darren Auck joins us to sit in on the interview.  Darren is a great illustrator and former Marvel Illustrator.

ANYTHING BOX interview / JUSTIN SKYLER interview / Top 10 from Sept 1985 - SHOW #12

Segment 1: America's Top 10 from the week of September 21, 1985

FEATURED SEGMENT : INTERVIEW with Claude S. of the band ANYTHING BOX (1990 epic recording artist) talking about his early days and the beginning of his band.

Claude also shares memories from back in 1988 when Jim's band opened for them at a small club in Allentown, PA.  We also talk about the recording process and touring.

Segment 3: INTERVIEW with up and coming artist JUSTIN SKYLER talking about his song "Let me help you out" and his new album "Village Idiot" (out now)

Our podcast is available on Itunes, Amazon Music, Pandora, (our host site) Podbean and YouTube (with some video of the interview with Claude S.) and many other podcast apps.

THE GRIPWEEDS talk about the new album "Jem Records Celebrates JOHN LENNON"

Today we interview with KURT REIL and RICK REIL from the great New Jersey Band THE GRIPWEEDS!  

We talk mainly about the upcoming album "JEM RECORDS CELEBRATES JOHN LENNON" coming out October 9th (what would of been John Lennon's 80th Birthday).  

Also we talk about the Beatles, the Monkees, and the recording process .. we might even ask Kurt and Rick about their hair

CHUCK NEGRON formerly of THREE DOG NIGHT Interview - SHOW #11

Our FEATURED SEGMENT is our Interview with CHUCK NEGRON (formerly of Three Dog Night).  Chuck tells us of his beginnings playing basketball, the Rondells, three dog night, puppets, John Wayne and what he's been up to recently.. we also play one of chuck's recent recordings.

We start the show with THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (August 15th) and then we end with THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE GUILTY.  This segments feature is the band THE WEEKS from Tennessee, with their brand new song, Bobbie (audio only - sample of the song).  We also talk about 21 pilots, the Weeknd & Abisha Uhl.

So sit back, grab a drink and listen to us talk.

You can find us on Itunes, Spotify, Iheart, Pandora and other podcast platforms.

There is a special version on YouTube with 11 minutes of video of our interview with Chuck Negron.

SEINFELD, Timothy (the Buoys) & the Top Ten for July 18, 1970 - SHOW #10

On today's show we start off with a new music segment called "ODD SONGS" - today we talk about the 1971 hit song "Timothy" about 3 guys who get trapped in a coal mine and end up eating Timothy. Written by Rupert Holmes (The pina colada song) this is truly an "odd song". Bill Kelly (lead singer of the Buoys and lead singer on Timothy) talks about his time in the recording studio working on Timothy.

Our MAIN Topic is the great TV show SEINFELD.  We each talk about our top 5 favorite Seinfeld episodes and give some history on the show.

Our last Segment is America's TOP 10 Hits singles from July 18, 1970. We go into some detail about each song.

You can find us on Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, Pandora .. anywhere you listen to podcasts and also YouTube.

... Jazz Pianist JAY ROWE interview - SHOW #9

Jazz Pianist Jay Rowe talks about his beginnings in music, meeting Pat DiNizio and his collaboration with Pat on his 2006 album "THIS IS PAT DINIZIO", we also talk about The Smithereens, Jay's benefit concert "Smooth Jazz for Scholars" and what he's been up to lately.

The show also features one of Jay's songs from his album "Red, Hot and Smooth". The show starts off with "this day in Music History" and ends with some Movie Trivia.

You can find this podcast on Itunes, Spotify,  Iheart Radio, Stitcher, Podbean & YOUtube

... The MUSIC SHOW - Top 10 - Music History - Album Releases 50 years ago - The Groundhogs - Quatermass - Music Trivia - SHOW #8

On today's show Jim and Mike talk all about MUSIC with the top 10 singles from May 16th, 1970, Music History May 16th, and cover two fairly obscure 70s bands THE GROUNDHOGS and QUATERMASS, also some Music Trivia and a (sort of guest appearance by Sir Paul McCartney 

... COVID 19 (Corona Virus) and the SPANISH FLU Special Edition

Today we talk about the Corona Virus (Covid 19), The Spanish Flu and comparisons with modern day influenza.  We also let everyone know what we've been up along with some celebrity talk and Jim is concerned about Ben Affleck.