Juvenalia

Niamh Farrell from Ham Sandwich returned to Juvenalia to talk to Alan and guest co-host Cassie Delaney about cult classic Empire Records. We talked about music shops, how the film misleads young teens about what being an older teen is like, the soundtrack, how Ham Sandwich is a great band name, about how Empire Records is bad in a lot of ways but still very, very good, and how you should never google Rex Manning’s age.

Follow Niamh on Twitter @niamhsandwich. Ham Sandwich have a series of Christmas gigs coming up. You should go to one. The dates are at hamsandwichmusic.com

Alan is @alan_maguire. He’s doing standup at the Rogue Gallery in Waterford on Nov 11th and Lady Grew’s Sound House Sunday on Nov 17th. You should come.

Cassie is @CassieLorraine. She co-hosts The Creep Dive and runs Tall Tales Podcasts. Thank you Cassie.

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts.

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Sarah Corcoran from Pillow Queens joined us to talk about the sexiest trash monster of 1999, Cruel Intentions. We had a great chat about Ryan Philippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Selma Blair, and all the gang; Sarah told us about being a film student whose favourite film is Cruel Intentions, and we talked about the amazing soundtrack. It was fun, you’ll like it.

Follow Sarah on Twitter @broccolidoggo and go to pillowqueens.com to find out where Pillow Queens are playing near you next (you should definitely do this, they’re brilliant)

Alan is @alan_maguire. He does standup sometimes but this is his main thing.

Sarah is @griffski. Her novel Other Words For Smoke is out now and her plentiful zines are available at sarahmariagriff.com

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts.

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Ber Quinn is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the likes of The Divine Comedy, Villagers, John Grant, and Lisa Hannigan. He joined Alan and Sarah to talk about Disney’s Aladdin. We talked about the art style, the origin of Disney’s version of the story, Robin Williams, Alan Menken’s liberal borrowing of his previous work for the songs in Aladdin, Disney’s queercoded villains, and just generally had a good old Juvenalia chat about the diamond in the rough and his friends and enemies.

Follow Ber on Twitter @berkwin

Alan is @alan_maguire. He does standup sometimes but this is his main thing.

Sarha is @griffski. Her novel Other Words For Smoke is out now and her plentiful zines are available at sarahmariagriff.com

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts.

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Bosco’s friend and puppeteer Paula Lambert joined Alan and Sarah for a very special chat. We talked about what it was like making Bosco in the 80s, Bosco’s friends, how Paula developed the character of Bosco after she took over the role from her sister, the experience of the Bosco live show, and how Bosco chooses when to engage with topics like marriage equality. It was an absolute dream to talk to Paula and she couldn’t have been more welcoming to us. Thank you Paula.

Follow Bosco on Twitter @boscosbox. Bosco is on tour! You can see them all over the place. Check out Bosco’s website for details.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now.

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts.

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Filmmaker Paul Duane joins Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary to talk about the NME in the 80s. We talk about how to find good music in pre-internet Ireland, political music writing, working class autodidacts, owning music vs streaming it, whether boxset rarities are ever worth it, and Paul’s current work with Bill Drummond. It’s a wide-ranging and it was a delight to record.

Follow Paul on Twitter @MrPaulDuane. His latest film, Best Before Death, will be showing on Friday 27th September at the IFI Documentary Festival.

Alan is @alan_maguire. He does standup sometimes but this is his main thing.

Andrea is @AndreaCleary_. She co-hosts the Nialler9 podcast and her music writing can be found at Nialler9, The Thin Air, Goldenplec, and other places too.

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts.

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

(Note: there are some sound issues with this episode. It gets better after a couple of minutes so you should stick with it. Sorry about that, it's all Alan's fault)

Author and podcaster Lucy Vine joins Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary to talk about Star Trek: The Original Series. We talk about Tribbles, Joan Collins, Spock, and wonder if maybe Captain Kirk has gotten an unfair rep from pop culture history.

 Follow Lucy on Twitter @lecv. Her latest novel Are We Nearly There Yet is out now and her podcast Hot Mess Clubhouse is excellent and on all the podcast places 

Alan is @alan_maguire. He does standup sometimes but this is his main thing.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

Ríona Gallagher joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Disney’s Hercules, which we all agree belongs in the top tier of Disney films. This is one of those ones where we wildly enthuse for about an hour so if you like Hercules then welcome, relax, and Go The Distance with us.

Follow Ríona on Twitter @tangeriona

Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now. 

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts. 

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Patrick Freyne, features journalist for The Irish Times, joins us to talk about the big weird uncle of British comics, 2000AD. We talk about British comics vs US comics, the wild experimentalism of 2000AD’s artwork, and the influence of 2000AD’s sense of humour, along with Smash Hits and Viz, on a generation of writers.

Follow Patrick Freyne on Twitter @PatrickFreyne1 and find his excellent writing in the Irish Times.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now. 

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts. 

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

YOU get a podcast episode and YOU get a podcast episode and YOU get a severe talking to because Oprah wasn’t all fun and games. Writer Sarah Hagi joins us to talk about the wonder of Oprah. We talked a lot in particular about the Tom Cruise episode because how could we not? We had a good time.

Follow Sarah Hagi on Twitter @geekylonglegs.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now. 

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @Tall_Tales_Podcasts. 

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia

Ellen Coyne, Head of Politics at Joe.ie, joins us to talk about the Rosetta Stone of Irish millennial thinking, the one piece of pop culture that unites every Irish millennial (who only had two channels)...BOSCO! This is one of our favourite episodes ever and we hope you like it.

Knock knock, open wide,

Knock knock, any more,

Follow Ellen Coyne on Twitter and Instagram @ellenmycoyne.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now. 

Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.

Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell

This episode was produced by Tall Tales @TallTalesPodcasts. 

Also we have a Patreon! We have good rewards! It’s patreon.com/juvenalia