Needless Things

Phantom

Troublemaker has been trying to get in with the folks of the Great

Atlanta Toy Convention for a while now.

Last

year things didn’t work out due to his work schedule, but this year

it looks like Needless Things will be well represented at the con in

March. Before that happened, Phantom wanted to get to know the folks

who run the show and they, rightly, wanted to know what they were

getting into by working with us.

This

is how Phantom ended up getting invited to one of the group’s

secret meetings.

Every

so often, a group of Atlanta toy enthusiasts meets in an undisclosed

location at undisclosed intervals to talk toys. Today, for the first

time ever, the outside world gets to listen in on one of these

meetings and learn a little bit more about the folks who run the

Joelanta toy convention and how they came together with the Atlanta

Toy Convention to form one of the best toy shows in the Southeast; as

well as how that combination of shows has continued to grow over the

years. 

 

Listen

in now and learn more about how a group of collectors and enthusiasts

created the popular and rapidly expanding Great Atlanta Toy

Convention!

To

join the group and learn more about the show, check out their

Facebook page:

Great

Atlanta Toy Convention

Plus

– Listen to today's episode and learn how you can win a Zenescope Entertainment prize pack consisting of an Alice in Wonderland action

figure by Clayburn Moore, the Wonderland board game, and Wonderland

trade paperback collections!

“Procrastibate”

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“Big

Time” by Webb Wilder

Earlier

this year Phantom Troublemaker became quite taken with the idea of

Record Store Day.

If

you don’t know, Record Store Day was started by a group of

independent store owners as a way to draw attention to independent

shops and create hype around the hobby of record collecting. For more

information visit the website:

RecordStoreDay.com

We’re

doing things a little backwards, as the actual Record Store Day

occurs in April. The subject of today’s episode is Black Friday and

what special Record Store Day releases will be hitting then. That’s

why, just a few days from the event, Phantom Troublemaker recruited

local expert Joel Brody to talk about the event, the releases, and

music in general. Listen in and learn about this great event!

For

the full list of releases go here

and to find a store near you go here. 

 

Phantom

and the rest of the Needless Things crew will be visiting Joel at his

home base at CD Warehouse on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth, GA. Check

them out here.

Not

all participating stores will be carrying all releases, so be sure to

contact your local stores between now and then to find out who is

getting what. 

 

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“The

Maestro” by The Beastie Boys

On

this week’s Needless Things Podcast, Phantom Troublemaker sat down

with Emmy winning television host, restaurateur, chef, artist,

musician, writer, and comedian Jim Stacy of Offbeat

Eats with Jim Stacy. 

 

Jim

talks to Phantom about growing up in a hardworking Southern family,

playing in bands like Greasepaint and Grand Moff Tarkin, and the long

journey to opening his unique, freestanding restaurant Pallookaville.

As always, Phantom is fascinated by such an impressive drive and work

ethic, especially from a man like Jim with so many fields of

expertise.

Listen

in as the guys talk food, art, and rock n’ roll!

Offbeat Eats with Jim Stacy

can be seen on The Cooking Channel on Thursday nights at 10:30 PM.

Jim’s restaurant, Pallookaville, can be found in the Avondale

Estates area of Metro Atlanta and has a website here

and a Facebook page here.

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“Shake

Appeal” by The Stooges

If

you read Phantom Troublemaker’s post about The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow,

then you know about his recent visit to the Center for Puppetry Arts

in Atlanta.

 

After

the puppet show Phantom was able to sit down with the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers – siblings Robin Erlandsen and Brian and Erik

Torbeck – to discuss the fourteen year history of Silly

Hollow

as well as their own backgrounds in puppetry.

 

Listen

in and find out what goes into a puppet show and how it evolves over

time, as well as what motivates the puppeteers. The siblings also

discuss some of their other family oriented shows, including a

Western and one about pirates!

“Procrastibate”

by LeSexoflex.com

“The

Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by The Monotones

In this week's episode we divert from Halloween festivities (sorry, boils and ghouls) to address what is potentially the biggest news the toy industry has seen in over a decade - Scott Nietlich - AKA Toy Guru - has resigned from Mattel due to an offer from an as-yet unnamed competitor.

On hearing this, Phantom Troublemaker scrapped plans for a horror toy episode and assembled the Needless Things Toy Irregulars - Mr. Beau Brown, Ryan Schweck, and Jay Hornsby, the Belligerent Monkey.

The quartet discuss the announcements from Mattel and Hasbro at this year's New York Comic Con and then delve into a discussion about the past, present, and future of the toy industry's most recgnizable name. No matter what you think of him, there's no denying that Scott Nietlich had a huge impact on the collectors' market and the way that collector toys are marketed and sld. He was passionate and innovative and worked hard to see his visions come to life and be delivered onto the shelves of fans and customers.

Tune in now ans the Needless Things crew discuss NYCC 2014 and the man known as Toy Guru!

"Procrastibate" by LeSecoflex.com

"Heavy Scene" by Meg Lee Chin

Morton has been a fixture of the Atlanta scene for pretty much all of

his adult life. From rock n’ roll to tattooing to haunted

attractions, he’s always stayed busy and contributed to many

different art forms.

this episode Phantom Troublemaker traveled out to the Morton

homestead to talk about Shane’s many pursuits over the years. He’s

rocked in the bands Super X-13 and Gargantua, owned Black Cat Tattoo,

and entertained and delighted people from all over the country with

the Silver Scream Spookshow and Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse. They also

touch on Shane’s world travels and some of the legendary names he’s

met and worked with.

listen in as Phantom and Shane talk tattoos, haunts, and rock n’

roll!

episode is sponsored by Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse.

Join us for our final year of creating the most unique and innovative

haunted attraction in the Southeast! And be sure to come out for the

grand finale on November 1st

for the grand return of Atlanta’s own Monster Bash!

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Fever” by Super X-13

In

this week’s episode Phantom Troublemaker sits down with “Howdy”

Mike Gordon, host of the Earth Station One Podcast

and creator of Tiki Zombie.

Phantom

and Mike discuss the creator’s history, his views on the art of

creating comics, and which franchise he'd galdy take over given the

opportunity. It's a great conversation that gives a great insight

into the mind of a great creator and a talented podcaster.

Listen

now or check the podcast out on iTunes and Stitcher!

“Procrastibate”

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“A Fistfull of Terror”

by The Bomboras

This

is literally the biggest episode so far!

Needless

Things wanted to do something really cool for the first October

episode, so we gathered a whole bunch of folks together to talk about

horror and fear. Featured in this episode are:

Phantom

Troublemaker – Your Host

Beth

V – Needless Things’ Top Reporter

R.T.

Ewell – Author

and Needless Things Contributor

Ryan

Cadaver – Lead Vo-Kill-Ist for The Casket Creatures

Nathan

Hamilton – Son of Celluloid

Jonathan

Williams – Wrestling With Pop Culture

The

crew discuss their own histories with the horror genre, favorite

movies and events, and personal fears and how they’ve been

reflected in media. We also get the lowdown on what everybody will be

up to this Halloween season.

Listen

now or check the podcast out on iTunes and Stitcher!

“Procrastibate”

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“Judgment Night” by ONYX & Biohazard

"Zombie Werewolves From Outer Space" by The Casket Creatures

Con is over and I may only have one podcast to show for it!

to many different factors – one of which was me neglecting to turn

on my digital recorder – I only recorded one panel. But

that's okay because it was a great one!

felt very fortunate to once again be at the table with the wonderful

and talented William Stout, this time for a discussion of Conan

the Destroyer.

Listen in as Tegan and Gary from RevCast and I talk with Mr.

Stout about his work on all of the Conan-centric films!

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the Barbarian Theme” by Basil Poledouris

you ever wondered what it would be like to be part of a conversation

with the DCW Hooligans? Today’s Needless Things Podcast is your

opportunity to find out!

course, none of that may mean anything to you. If you’re not a

regular visitor to NeedlessThingsSite.com then you probably don’t

know what the heck a DCW Hooligan is. The DCW Hooligans are a group

of people that attend Dragon Con Wrestling (DCW) every year. We

started off as a tight-knit group of probably ten friends, but as of

this year we have forty-five members. Last year we got our own

section.

fucking love

DCW. We have shirts made, we make signs, and we are the loudest and

most ridiculous people there. That’s saying something, because the

audience at a DCW event is the loudest and most ridiculous audience

you’ll ever see or be a part of. That’s because DCW itself is the

very best and most insane wrestling event of the year.

I sit down with Beth V, Ryan, Jay, and Noel to discuss Dragon Con in

general and DCW specifically. But before we talk I have a very

special interview with none other than the booker for Dragon Con

Wrestling himself, Slim J!

J is a veteran of the Georgia wrestling scene and has been with DCW

since its second year in 2002. 2014 brings the thirteenth

year of DCW and we couldn’t be more excited. Listen in as J talks

about the history of DCW and his plans for this year.

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by Elastica