Mindkiller

Mindkiller

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Mindkiller episodes

  • Anya’s Really Sick Mixtape

    I have some kind of nasty illness, probably a sinus infection. I am very sick, and I can't deal with life. So instead of posting an interview, I made this mix for you to jam in the studio. Track list is in the intro. I hope you find this music as comforting as I do, and if you don't, too bad! This is the best I can do. Check in next week for (hopefully) more hard-hitting interviews.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Dain Daller and Amanda Speer
    Dain Daller and Amanda Speer left Chicago to live off the grid in Abiquiu, New Mexico Eight years ago, and I recently caught up with them by phone. They're both skilled artists and artisans, and the home they built in the desert, out of salvaged materials, is full of unique and beautiful objects they've made by hand. After learning loom weaving at a local fiber arts center, they began producing exquisite scarves, wall-hangings, blankets and garments, and their work is sought after all over the world. Check it out at http://www.warpzoneweaving.com/
    If you've ever wondered what it's like to live off the grid, wonder no more-Dain and Amanda graciously answered all of my desert survival questions. At the end of the interview, you'll hear "Baby Wants to Ride" by Frankie Knuckles.
    1 hr 14 min
  • Deborah Garcia
    I met Deborah Garcia at Yollocalli Arts Reach, an organization dedicated to providing after-school arts programming to teens in the Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago. First at Yollocalli and now at Enlace, another local non-profit, Deborah has dedicated a large part of her life to making sure that kids in the community have the opportunity to express themselves in a safe, creative environment. She's graduating with a Master's degree in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute this Spring, and her thesis project is an ambitious series of murals that examines the problem of gentrification in the area. If you are feeling overwhelmed by everything that's wrong with the world, this conversation will remind you that there are brilliant people working hard every day all around us to make the future brighter and more peaceful for everyone.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Jessica Campbell
    Jessica Campbell, like all great comedians, finds the humor in abjection. Her comics and wall-hangings are darkly funny, mining daily frustrations and small humiliations for big laughs, and we discussed her influences, both positive (her partner Aaron, her friend Chuck Forsman) and negative (internet trolls and harassers) and her plans for the future. Where are the adults? Is life worth living? I'm still not sure, but I feel better after talking with Jessica.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Jessica Campbell

    Jessica Campbell, like all great comedians, finds the humor in abjection. Her comics and wall-hangings are darkly funny, mining daily frustrations and small humiliations for big laughs, and we discussed her influences, both positive (her partner Aaron, her friend Chuck Forsman) and negative (internet trolls and harassers) and her plans for the future. Where are the adults? Is life worth living? I'm still not sure, but I feel better after talking with Jessica.

    1 hr 9 min
  • Emma Sims and Hanna Elliott (HOGG)
    Emma Sims and Hanna Elliott are both visual artists, but they've chosen to devote a large part of their creative energy to HOGG, their collaborative music project. To date they've released two E.Ps of, in their words,  "Industrial Psycho-Sexual Abstraction, Ritualistic Anarcho Death-Dance", Bury the Dog Deeper and Solar Phallic Lion, but they spent several years before they began playing live and recording honing their sound and performance style in private. I was fascinated to learn about their unique approach to song-writing and their rare creative symbiosis, and I was deeply impressed by their insights on failure, meditation, femininity and transgressive art.
    1 hr 5 min
  • Emma Sims and Hanna Elliott (HOGG)

    Emma Sims and Hanna Elliott are both visual artists, but they've chosen to devote a large part of their creative energy to HOGG, their collaborative music project. To date they've released two E.Ps of, in their words,  "Industrial Psycho-Sexual Abstraction, Ritualistic Anarcho Death-Dance", Bury the Dog Deeper and Solar Phallic Lion, but they spent several years before they began playing live and recording honing their sound and performance style in private. I was fascinated to learn about their unique approach to song-writing and their rare creative symbiosis, and I was deeply impressed by their insights on failure, meditation, femininity and transgressive art.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Tommi Parrish
    I was lucky enough to catch Montreal-based cartoonist Tommi Parrish during their brief trip to Chicago in support of The Lie and How We Told It, their latest graphic novel. They've garnered praise for their finely tuned dialogue and innovative visual style, and we discussed their artmaking strategies, mental health tips, lifelong love of learning and much more! At the end of our talk you'll hear the song Extractor by Lungbutter, so stick around for that-it's a ripper!
    1 hr 8 min
  • Tommi Parrish

    I was lucky enough to catch Montreal-based cartoonist Tommi Parrish during their brief trip to Chicago in support of The Lie and How We Told It, their latest graphic novel. They've garnered praise for their finely tuned dialogue and innovative visual style, and we discussed their artmaking strategies, mental health tips, lifelong love of learning and much more! At the end of our talk you'll hear the song Extractor by Lungbutter, so stick around for that-it's a ripper!

    1 hr 8 min
  • Margot Ferrick
    Margot Ferrick creates sequential art that's haunting, poetic and utterly distinctive, and it was a joy for me to read back over her books in preparation for our talk and discover themes and recurring motifs. Although I had difficulty remembering the name of an Alejandro Jodorowsky film (Endless Poetry) and a Joseph Campbell book (Hero with a Thousand Faces), we had a moving and far-ranging talk about motherhood, prayer, ballet, Long Island, sex, Catholic ritual, the enduring appeal of Eva Hesse and much more.
    1 hr 12 min

About Mindkiller

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Interviews with creative people about their origin stories, fears and coping strategies for fighting anxiety, depression and burnout