Arts & Seizures

This week on Arts & Seizures Mike and Judy welcome Gary Lucas to the program. Gary is widely recognized as a world class guitar hero, a Grammy nominated songwriter and composer, and international recording artist with over 20 acclaimed solo albums to date, as well as a soundtrack composer for film and television. Mike and Judy talk to Gary about his recent book, Touched by Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley, as well as other memorable stories from his incredible career. Tune in for a music-filled episode! This program has been brought to you by Roberta’s.

“Touched by Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley… covers the period when I worked with Jeff on Gods and Monsters… anything you want to know concerning my relationship with him: up close and personal.” [9:03]

—Gary Lucas on Arts & Seizures

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Judy McGuire takes on co-host Mike Edison and his co-author Patrick Martins to talk about their new book, The Carnivore’s Manifesto, out now on Little, Brown, and Company. Hear how Patrick became involved with heritage breed preservation after studying under Slow Food’s Carlo Petrini. Find out how Mike and Patrick came to collaborate on the book, and how their personalities fueled the pace and content of the book. Will Mike & Judy collaborate on the sequel? Find out on this week’s edition of Arts & Seizures! This program has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

“Something tells me that commodity foods were better in the 70’s before industrial food emptied all of the calories from them.” [4:00]

“You have to eat these heritage breed animals in order to save them. They’re meant to be food, so in order to keep them alive, you have to make a market for them so they can be raised in larger numbers.” [5:30]

— Patrick Martins on Arts & Seizures

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Today is a special edition of Arts & Seizures as we have musician Jessica Delfino giving us a live in-studio performance! Also on today’s show is comedian/musician Micah Sherman, and long time Arts & Seizures friend Lux Alptraum to discuss how far is too far with racy jokes. Tune in to hear the full discussion! Today’s show has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

–Lux Alptraum on Arts & Seizures

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It’s a heavy metal Mother’s Day on Arts & Seizures. Katherine Turman, author of “Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal”, and journalist & author Larry Getlen are today’s guests who discuss the evolving metal scene and tell us about the book. This program has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

–Katherine Turman on Arts & Seizures

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This week on Arts & Seizures, Mike & Judy welcome Kieran Turner, director of Jobriath A.D.. Kieran tells us about Jobriath’s short-lived career and the recent documentary about this 70’s glam rock musician. After the break, Mike & Judy ask Kieran about his web series Wallflowers, a comedy web series about a support group for people who can’t get dates. Today’s program has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

Kieran Turner on Arts & Seizures

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Norton Records, a New York City based independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller, maintains a focus on primitive, retro rock’n’roll, rockabilly, garage punk, garage rock, lounge music and early R&B. Tune in to this week’s episode and hear from Miriam and Billy who debut a few new tunes from Norton Records and talk about their paperback book company, Kicks Books. This program was sponsored by Roberta’s.

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Danceteria was the place to party in the 1980’s. The bands and personalities that frequented the 4 floor night club went on to become legendary. Everybody from Keith Herring to The Smiths could be spotted at Danceteria, and fortunately there’s an entire library of video footage from those days that have been digitized and preserved at NYU’s Fales Library. Pat Ivers is responsible for most of the videos in this collection and she’s this week’s guest on Arts & Seizures. Tune in to hear what the scene was like, how NYC has changed and why it’s so important that these videos were preserved. This program was sponsored by Robertas.

–Pat Ivers on Arts & Seizures

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It’s the greatest day of the year – Wrestlemania 30! Today we speak with Brian Solomon and Keith Elliot Greenberg, both former employers of the WWE. We also hear from Natalie Baker, author of Bake and Destroy, who gives us her take on putting together a great spread of food to enjoy during Wrestlemania. This program has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

–Keith Elliot Greenberg on Arts & Seizures

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What is the greatest food on earth? Pizza, obviously. Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau is the owner of Dimo’s Pizza in Chicago, as well as today’s guest on Arts & Seizures. Dimitri, Mike, & Judy talk about the wondrous world of pizza and how it can enrich the lives of every man, woman and child on this planet, no matter your preference. This program has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

“We think everything will work until proven otherwise.” [9:00]

Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau on Arts & Seizures

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This week on Arts & Seizures, Mike and Judy bring in Rosie Schaap, author of Drinking With Men, and they talk St. Patrick’s Day. Guiness, pub crawls, and Irish bars. Tune in to hear Mike’s miracle hangover cure! This program has been sponsored by Roberta’s.

“For the most part, no one in New York is gonna wait as long as one expects to wait for a Guiness in Ireland.”[9:20]

“Day drinkers are the best people.” [30:15]

Rosie Schaap on Arts & Seizures

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