Music Buds

Composer Osei Essed joins me to chat about starting out in music and his work on fascinating documentaries such as Will Smith's Amend: The Fight for America, Tower, and Jim: The James Foley Story.

Illustrious composer Gareth Coker joins me to chat about starting in music, his extensive work in video games including Halo Infinite, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Ori and the Blind Forest, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and Ark, plus the importance for him in understanding video games before making the music, his favorite composers, and much more.

The North Carolina-born rock band By George (Tyler Ford, Henry Moldenhauer, Chaandmon Croft) join me to chat about making their debut album "Mighty Mango," the exhilaration of their first shows and connecting with fans, producing music while in college, plus their upcoming concept album.

Dolly Daggerz, the incredible lead singer for Tokyo Taboo, joins me to chat about the band's start, her iconic pole acrobatics on stage, deep-faking Donald Trump for their single "American Dream," and much more.

Pop singer-songwriter Girli joins me to chat about her beginnings in music and first inspirations, loving to reinvent herself, her new single "Dysmorphia" and fighting against body shaming, how the pandemic changed her life, upcoming concerts, and much more.

Vukovi lead singer Janine Shilstone joins me to chat about the band's start, getting diagnosed with OCD and dealing with thought-action fusion, crafting their recent album 'Fall Better,' upcoming tours, loving sci-fi entertainment like Alien and Marvel, and much more.

Composer Adrian Corker joins me to chat about his start in music, scoring Tin Star: Liverpool, Clean Break, Way of the Morris, and more.

Singer-songwriter Bosque Brown (a.k.a. Mara Lee Miller) joins me to chat about her start in music, getting songs featured in David Lowery's The Old Man and the Gun, Pete's Dragon, and Ain't Them Bodies Saints, how becoming a mother changed her music career, her upcoming EP, and much more.

Make sure to also check out my weekly movie review podcast, The Film Buds! We defuse homemade bombs in Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker and try to keep our sanity in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H plus we also discuss the struggles of critiquing war films and our favorites in the genre, Transformers, Aliens, Body Heat, Blood Simple, A Quiet Place Part II, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Sleepy Hollow, Spider-Man 2, Funny People, and Billy Madison.

0:00 - Intro: Paul's Script Completion / Henry's 3rd Spec Ops Fitness Test + New Theater Experience

5:35 - Retro Review: The Hurt Locker (2008)

25:16 - Retro Review: M*A*S*H (1970)

41:05 - Mail: Critiquing War Films + Best of the Genre

1:01:36 - Picks of the Week: Transformers, Aliens, Body Heat, Blood Simple, A Quiet Place Part II, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Sleepy Hollow, Spider-Man 2, Funny People, and Billy Madison

1:12:39 - Outro

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Mille and Mie, a.k.a. The SoapGirls, join me to chat about growing up in South Africa, the many troubles and trials of their early tours, producing over 200 livestream shows during the COVID-19 pandemic, what continues to inspire their music, their upcoming album, and much more.