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Drummer, composer, producer and Grammy winner John JR Robinson, the most recorded drummer in history, discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. JR shares rare insight on his recent autobiography, KING OF THE GROOVE.

Topics include; Andre Agassi, Jude Cole, Cindy Crawford, Daft Punk, Miles Davis, John Fogerty, David Foster, Steve Gadd, Mick Guzauski, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Dean Parks, Buddy Rich (no beards!), Lionel Richie, David Lee Roth, Rufus, Bob Seeger, Rob Shanahan, Frank Sinatra, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Steve Winwood, Dony Wynn, the Carolina Reaper, Drum Workshop, E-mu SP-12, Istanbul Cymbals, LP, Nespresso, Otari MX-80 2" 24-Track Tape Machine, REMO, Roland, Slingerland Drums, We Are The World...and why Quincy said, "JR! You're dancing too much!"

Recorded September 2025 in Thousand Oaks, CA.

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Motion Capture Artist Deirdre Krupa discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life.

Topics include; Motion Capture, pick jackets, A.I., Unreal Engine, The Volume, Industrial Light & Magic, Star Wars, Ashoka, Skeleton Crew, Indiana Jones, Wicked, flying monkeys, mental health, ADHD, KISS, Pokémon, Detective Pikachu, The Drexel Motion Capture Club...and how once someone called Motion Capture "The Devil's Rotoscope."

Recorded September 2025 on the phone.

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Writer/Director/Producer Satie Gossett discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Gossett is storyteller, thinker and an image builder. In this episode, he expounds upon Pan and Zoom, his show where he interviews entertainment industry professionals about their career journeys. He is also currently filming a documentary about his late father, legendary actor Lou Gossett Jr. 

Topics include; Lou Gossett Jr., Sarge the dog, George Lucas, Steve Petersen, Wolfgang Petersen, Aaron Speiser, Shannon Sturges, Denzel Washington, Buddha Noir Entertainment, Dr. Maya Angelou Community High, Pan and Zoom, Syracuse University, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Big Lie: American Addict 2, The Color Purple, Enemy Mine, If, Star Wars, Watchmen...and what it's like having drinks with Kenny Baker aka R2D2! 

Recorded August 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.

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Music industry icon Joe Testa discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. As Vice President of Artist Relations at Zildjian/Vic Firth, Testa shares an impressive and humorous overview of his impressive career and longevity in the music business.

Topics include; Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, Balter Mallets, Yamaha drums, DCI Music Video, drum machines, 4 track recorders, fax machines, metronomes, book publishing, SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music, Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta, John Dechristopher, Charley Drayton, Sandy Feldstein, Steve Gadd, Marcus Gilmore, Nikki Glaspie, Matt Guarnere, Takashi “Hagi” Hagiwara, Steve Jordan, Manu Katche, Tif Lamson, Jerry Marotta, Rick Marotta, Russ Miller, Phil Rudd, Jay Wanamaker, The 3rd Annual Zildjian Jam at Tipitina's, growing up in Rochester, New York and a hilarious origin story that involves The Doctor, The Viper and The Fonz!

Recorded August 2025 on the phone.

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Steve Petersen is a Cuban-American, award-winning Creative Director known for producing work that combines live-action and visual effects. Petersen discusses with Malcolm how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Miami Vice, Syracuse University, Jenna Ortega, Star Trek, Ricardo Montalban, Walter Koenig, Judge Judy, The X-Files, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Future Cat, Viva (2022), HEAR NO EVIL (2025) by Vai Petersen,anamorphic illusion...and what it's like working with Martin the Geico lizard!

*Recorded August 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.

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Actor, public speaker and soccer player Pomona Cicco discusses how creativity affects her personal life and what it's like to be a teenage equestrian!

*Recorded August 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.

Topics include; Books, horses, dark chocolate, theater, pottery, Tiverton, CBGB, David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Kate Pierson, Andy Warhol, Lydia Lunch, The Runaways, Deborah Harry, Sid Vicious, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,  Les Misérables, Tai Quan Dao, Dance This Mess Around, Silverlake Children's Theatre Group and everything you ever wanted to know about a choreographed mosh pit...whilst being full glam in a bald cap!

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Percussionist, drummer and educator John McNeill discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. This one was very special to me because John was my drum teacher for nearly a decade in the 70's and 80's. He has greatly influenced my life and inspired me in myriad ways ever since then.

Topics include; The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, The Eastman School of Music, John Beck, Ruth Cahn, Bill Cahn, Tony Levin, Pete Levin, Steve Gadd, Chuck Mangione, Gap Mangione, Ned Corman, Gerry Niewood, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Henri Nouwen, Alec Wilder, King Crimson, Spinal Tap, Red Creek, The House of Guitars, Poco the dog, how to avoid making an oboe sound like a duck...and why Aaron Copeland kept yelling,"Kill them drums!"

*Recorded August 2025 on the phone between Rochester, NY and Palmdale, CA.

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J.C. Gabel continues to discusses with Malcolm how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 6, the final episode, focuses heavily on social media and how it affects book publishers.

Topics include; The Loved One, Gary Baseman, Brian Roettinger, David Lynch, Marc Maron, Noah Wyle, Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Barnes & Noble, the 21st century surveillance capitalism advertising agency...and how planned obsolescence is a huge problem in the tech industry!

*Recorded July 2025 in Silver Lake - Los Angeles, CA.

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Singer, musician, author and prolific composer Andy Toomey discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Zachary Alford, LuAnn Dunkinson, Rick Grice, Pete Levin, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Pat Mastelotto, Scott Petito, Iggy Pop, Markus Reuter, Goatika Creative Lab, Stick Men, Dreamland Recording Studios, Endangered Wise Men studios, NRS Recording Studio, Tuvan throat singing, how to avoid being nibbled to death by ducks...and why Duke Ellington asked Frank Zappa for $20!

*Recorded on the phone July 2025 between Jacksonville, FL and Palmdale, CA.

**Andy's song "Hater" (w/Tony Levin, Markus Reuter and Pat Mastelotto) is included after the interview.

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J.C. Gabel continues to discusses with Malcolm how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 5 of their discussion focuses heavily on the current global financial system and how it affects book publishers.

Topics include; The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Brian Eno, The Cure, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, Blur, Damon Albarn, Minutemen, A to Z Media, The Numero Group and the book Slash: A Punk Magazine From Los Angeles, 1977–80.

*Recorded July 2025 in Silver Lake - Los Angeles, CA.

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