Indie Infestation

Welcome back to your favorite Indie Genre Podcast!  This week Zane and Joe bring the heat with a special "Livescreamers" episode with writer/director Michelle Iannantuono and actors Michael Smallwood and Evan Michael Pearce.  This film did NOT disappoint and the acting, directing and effects are superb; Michelle and the cast have done some amazing things! As a special bonus before the livescreaming begins your earbuds will get a special treat with some short live interviews done at GenreBlast including Jamal Hodge, Tim Troemner, Jeremy Herbert, Mike Lombardo, Chris Warner and last but certainly not least Joe Reilly.  All of these people have put together some amazing stuff so if you get the chance to see or read their stuff, DO IT!

You are all in for a treat this week as the boys are back with one of their favorite episodes to record annually.  The best Indie film festival teams with the best Indie genre podcast!  That's right GenreBlast 8 is coming in less than a month!  Zane and Joe are joined by super special guest co-host Rakefet Abergel as they interview the man behind the Blast, Nathan Ludwig.  The gang discuss the 12 features and 99 shorts showing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, VA on Labor Day weekend.  This is a festival not to be missed so make you plans to get there!

The boys are back at it again this week as the welcome the Dynamic Duo that is the Barber Brothers, Nate and Matthew.  The guys discuss their new short film that is sure to make you feel claustrophobic entitled "Sempre Avanti" that will be showing at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles next Saturday June 24th!  If you have not witnessed the genius of these boys check them out at a film festival coming your way; everything they do is stellar!  So get ready as Zane shares his love of the "Baby Geniuses" franchise and Joe pitches his marketing to have Matt and Nate put there stuff on a Blu-ray for public consumption.

The boys have finally come out of hibernation!  Who brought them out you ask?  Why, none other than the awesome writer/director/actress Rakefet Abergel!  Rakefet discusses her upcoming short she is making entitled "Still" and how writing it was therapeutic to her.  The boys are up to their old tricks as Zane's head mysteriously floats and Joe pines for PJ, Max and Dan.  So go get your track shoes and sprint on over to where you listen to the apex predator of podcasts and prepare for consumption!

Also please go support Rakefet in making "Still" at:

www.seedandspark.com/fund/stillshortfilm

Buckle up because Joe is back this week with a special guest host from the Lone Star State, Paul Adams.  Paul fills in admirably as Zane is off getting his hair did....again.  Back this week is favorite guests of the show, PJ Starks and Eric Huskisson as they discuss their current crowdfunding campaign for New Fear's Eve which sports a really cool villain concept; Plague Doctor meets Jack the Ripper.  The fellas also get into Halloween Ends and why it is so polarizing amongst its audience and Joe gets into why Terrifier 2 is so rad!  So buckle up for some Zane bashing, PJ-Eric love and Lance Wagner murder shed action as Paul tells people to stop being babies and make something original!

This week your two favorite gents are back as Zane and Joe grab a hold of Nathan and Matthew Barber's shorts and dig in!  If you have not seen any of the Barber Brother's shorts: "Go Back", "No One is Coming", "The Specter of Weeping Hill" or "Get Out of There"; you need to get a hold of them and implore them to share a way to see them!  The Matthew and Nathan are super cool dudes and Joe and Zane had great time chatting about their films and what makes them tick.  On the episode Zane may or may not be pants-less and Joe may or may not love PJ Starks.  You all heard it here first....THE BARBER BROTHERS ARE THE NEXT BIG THING! 

On this week's episode Zane got his hair and beard did and is finally back along with Cookie Lips Lombardo and Joe.  The guys get a boost with 3 guests this week to assist in the wrap up in the forms of the GB Guru Nate Ludwig and excellent writers/directors Jeremy Herbert and Tim Troemner.  Nate discusses the festival that was GB VII and what it was like producing his first feature for GenreBlast Films, "Worst Laid Plans", Jeremy speaks about the struggles and victories in doing his segment "Taylor Family Vacation '93" and Tim gets jacked as he talks about his awesome short "Swole Ghost".  Cookie Lips gets into what it was like watching the last 10 years of his life on screen in "The Brilliant Terror"; this one will take you on an emotional ride.  Also included in this episode are live interviews from GB VII with the Fabulous Barber Brothers and the most excellent Michael Smallwood (look for future feature length episodes with these fine gents).  Now get geared up and let Zane, Mike and Joe be the groove that makes your booty move!   Get Consumed!

Weeeeeeeeeee're baaaaaaaaaaack!!!!  What a way to come back with the annual GenreBlast episode.  Joe and Mike aka Cookie Lips welcome aboard Nathan Ludwig, Chad Farmer and Raygan Ketterer to get everyone stoked up for the festivities beginning on Thursday September 1 at 4 PM.  Some of the films are previewed including Justin Seaman's "The Barn2" and Jonathan Straiton's "Johnny Z".  As always the Indie Infestation podcast "Goes There" as Chad discusses his upcoming book "Earth Truckers are Easy" with subject matter that will make Justin proud,  Nate discusses his Love Potion and Handbook of Dark Fiction, Raygan talks about her haunted house, Mike asks you to Please Not Tap on the Glass and Joe signs his guitar picks for a special GenreBlast give away. 

Oh boy did your weekend just get taken up a few notches, that's right friends, it's the latest episode of Indie Infestation! This week Joe and Zane welcome the crew behind the film "The Andy Baker Tape" which is currently tearing up the Indie circuit. Director/Write/Actor Bret Lada and writer/producer/actor Dustin Fontaine join the fellas and let them in on the inner workings of the Jeff/Andy dichotomous relationship that makes the film thrive. Zane finally meets his hair match in Bret, Dustin sheds his beard and gets Blue and Joe reveals the true inspiration for young Seth's phallic drawings in "Superbad".

The boys are back for their annual GenreBlast Extravaganza with fetival gurus Nathan Ludwig, Raygan Ketterer and Chad Farmer.  GenreBlast is a can't miss film festival at the Alamo Draft House in Winchester, VA from Thursday through Monday over Labor Day weekend.  Nate and Chad talk about some of their favorites as well is how hard it is to pick from over 1200 submissions.  Zane talks about what it's like to be Teen Wolf's dad, John talks about his effects in "Ghost Note" and Joe tells of his "Tipsy Tiki" experience.