High-Dere

High-Dere! This week we're "hot and ready" like Little Caesar and announce the launch of our Kickstarter campaign for our short horror film, Thoughtform. Before jumping out of the gate, we pay homage to legends David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Lemmy Kilmister who've recently passed away this month… with a little surprise visit by Severus Snape of Harry Potter!

Nothing is safe as we debate the ridiculousness of the explosively popular Hoverboard, How to properly ride a unicycle and snapping your ankle while wearing Heelys. We talk about the importance of flowering your creativity, Take a stroll through the evolution of The Beatles and share Joe's cover of When I'm Sixty-Four. We get into some of the details about our Kickstarter campaign, how you can support and what all of this hard work has meant for ElfTree Media.

Between the contemplations of mother birds throwing up in their babies mouths and the importance of raising a child without tainted titty milk, Ian shares some amazing financial advice his mum instilled within him while growing up. We round things out by sharing the importance of nutrition, exercise and what happens when you decide to get "back on the bike" and make healthier choices. All this and more on this weeks episode of High-Dere!

Support our film on Kickstarter | thoughtformfilm.com

Visit our blog | blog.highdere.com

Shout out: Kickstarter Supporters, BloodyDisgusting.com, The Projection Booth

This week High-Dere is back with a vengeance, and a special guest, Martyn. Come with us in the first show of 2016 as we give everyone the low-down on what ElfTree Media has been up to in the weeks we’ve been gone; fabricating a short film, Thoughtform, based on the Olivia Mabel story heard in Ep #52. Hear us go on about our process developing the story, orchestrating the test shoot for the teaser, and compiling a top-notch Kickstarter campaign to raise our $10,000 goal. 

From January 18th-February 17th, 2016, go to thoughtformfilm.com and support our drive to make Thoughtform. Donate and/or share our efforts; let’s try and get as many eyeballs on this as possible.

All that, and a little more on this week’s episode of High-Dere.

Shout out to Monica for Feeding the Tree and being our first ElfTree Podcast Network supporter, and to Jennifer for her invaluable suggestions on our Kickstarter campaign.

In this week’s SPOILER FREE episode of High-Dere, we talk about our short film, 2015 as a whole, and we visit a galaxy far, far away... After an early morning viewing of Star Wars The Force Awakens, we sit down and celebrate 60 episodes by doing what we do best. Chilling and talking. That’s why you love us, and what we’ve loved about 60 episodes of the show! Starting with Tiny houses and how our trip to Texas went, we spontaneously reviewed Adele's new album 25. 3 out of 5. 

And then we moved on to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And boy was it fun! We loved seeing Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and lightsabers again. But where was Luke Skywalker? We wind 2015 down with a look forward to Christmas and a look back on our favorite High-Dere moments. And a special appearance from the birthday girl herself, Joe’s mother Gayle! 

A lot of new things coming in 2016! We wish you and your family a happy holidays and a fruitful new year! 

All that and more on this week’s episode of High-Dere.

Shout out to Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz for being the voice of BB-8.
Also shout out to Teresa, Simon and Monica, for listening and giving us feedback on 60 episodes and counting!

This week on High-Dere we look at solutions vs. band-aids and as if Marilyn Manson’s music can be considered art. Hint: Yes. In a time where the world is giving thanks, we take a look at things that are broken about our system, like the Federal Reserve, the band-aids being put on things, like surgeries or medications for a lifetime, and possible solutions to the human illness, such as viewing your own actions as those of a young innocent being. Through a battle between emotion and logic, we wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. Let the Holiday Season BEGIN, with this week’s episode of High-Dere. 

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.”
-Woodrow Wilson, some time after signing the Federal Reserve Act

Special Thanks to Tara Brach for her concept of conversing with yourself as if you were a 7-year-old.

This week on High-Dere we reflect on the November 13th events in Paris, and end up not giving a shit about Ronda Rousey!

On the evening of November 13th, a series of coordinated attacks were executed in Paris and, at the time of recording, claimed 139 lives. In reflection of this, we try and wrap our minds around why human beings and religious groups enact acts of violence toward other groups of fellow man…or woman.

We keep it plain and simple on this week’s episode of High-Dere. But if you want to get deeper, click on some links below!

November 13th Attacks on Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks

V for Vendetta | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta

Some Videos To Watch (from Shortest to Longest)

Rand Paul Speaks Out | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oidaJHwZZgs

Documented CIA-ISIS Connection | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqIyJycXxOo

Project Camelot Interview with Scott Bennett | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo8Xm46s62I
Link to PDF | http://elftree.co/shell-game-pdf
PDF Courtesy of Project Camelot

Alex Jones: Paris Attacks were Western Backed | http://www.infowars.com/breaking-paris-attack-was-western-backed/

An Inconvenient Truth | http://www.infowars.com/the-inconvenient-truth-about-the-paris-attacks/