Something Rather Than Nothing

The Music Episode 🎼 

Music from: 

Kym Gouchie

 Spaaceweed

Kinneret Ely  

Peter Sund  

Well Bred Mongrels

 Theo B. Veeus

Greg Clifford

Ricardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis. He uses his art as a form of political medicine to support individual and collective healing from the injuries and ongoing reality of oppression.

He was born into the anti-colonial movement in his native Puerto Rico and was drawn into activism in Chicago when his family moved there in 1967.

Ricardo left high school early and worked in various industries, and over time began to use his art as part of his movement work. This activism has included support work for the Black Panthers and Young Lords and participating in or acting in solidarity with farmers, environmental, labor, racial justice, antiwar and other struggles for peoples empowerment. He was a founding member of the Northland Poster Collective (1979-2009).

He also leads workshops on creative organizing, social justice strategy and sustainable activism, and mentors and supports organizers. The worker members of RLM Art Studio are represented by the Newspaper and Communications guild/CWA.

Ricardo’s work is widely used by grassroots movements, organizations and communities.

https://www.rlmartstudio.com/

Emily Coupe is an Australian born Eurasian actress, singer, model, and film producer who has worked consistently in both Australia and Los Angeles.   Emily's 1st acting credits include a co-star role on Channel 10's 'Offspring' and lead in short films ‘Heavy Tackle’, ‘The Story of Jack’, ‘I Remember The Future’, & ‘Cybersmart’ directed by Tropfest award winner Chris Benz. She made her theatre debut in the sold out season of 'Tales of a City by the Sea' At La Mama Courthouse.  She has recently been cast as the lead in feature films 'The New Hands', 'Lilith', 'House Bound' and 'Dark Haven', as well as booked co-star roles on A&E's Cold Case Files and Netflix's Corrupt Crimes. She also appeared in the latest online McDonalds Commercial. 

Emily recently completed feature film The Crossroads in Arizona, in which she played one of the leads, and is co-writing/producing the music. Emily is also developing multiple pilots/feature length projects through her company Couped Up Entertainment. She has been cast in upcoming film 'The Locket' shooting mid May 2021.  She released her first album 'Revolutuon' in late 2019. In the past couple of years Emily has also played over 100 gigs at various venues around L.A, including to 3,000+ people at Warner Center Park & sold out show at The Viper Room.

She is signed with music management co. Sparam Entertainment.

http://www.emilycoupe.com/

This episode is a Team-Up including Martin Michaud-Couch, Sean Wynn, Ethan Slayton and Ken Volante. Featuring the following characters - Conan, Spider-Man, Shang Chi, Nick Fury, The Punisher, Gwen Stacy, The Green Goblin, and so much more!

The premise is that we each describe a WHAT IF issue of Marvel Comics. What If comics explore different chains of causality in Marvel Comics in order to entertain alternate realities. These comics are really strange and run from the profound to the half-assed.

Strap yourself in for this carnival ride. 4 issues of WHAT IF. 4 geeks recording in the pure and natural environs of Portland, Oregon USA. 

This episode was deeply fun and it is still tough to believe that this team was able to sit down together for the first time, in the same spot, EVER.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10168312/

“My name is Gabriel Valentin and when it comes to comics and video games, I am a hopeless romantic. I’m talking rose petals on the bed, champagne in the ice bucket and of course a little bit of mood lighting before I stock up on potions and head into the next dungeon. My deepest passions have forever been music and storytelling. I’ve spent over a decade touring, working with writers and assisting music producers in their recording sessions. In 2014 I decided to unite my loves of music and storytelling together, to create the live art show known as Digital Lizards Of Doom. It has and always will be a love letter to the sci-fi/fantasy genre. At every D.L.O.D. performance I feature silly songs that build upon the world of the two main characters, a heroic lizard named Dizzy Doom and an evil robot named Commander E.K.O. 

Within the first year of D.L.O.D.’s conception, I had completed three national tours, was showcased on six different cable networks, secured a record deal with Noize Cartel Records and was asked to create a pop culture YouTube series for Meltdown Comics and Collectibles, a noted Hollywood comic store. Having the chance to work with Meltdown only added fuel to my passion for the arts and gave me the ingredients needed to feed my hunger for all things nerdy. I have helped develop entertainment for channels like Nerdist, SYFY, SPIKE TV, Warner Bros and Nintendo. With all of the relationships that I have made in the entertainment industry, I sincerely believe I have the ability to work in any environment of the entertainment world, so lets get together and write another sappy love letter to all things wonderful and exciting.”

https://dlodworld.com/

Kristina King is an amateur weirdo based out of Portland, Oregon.

 Professionally, she is a former English teacher who now manages a technical support team for a leading developer of effects plugins and 3D software. While she’s had a video camera in her hands for much of her life, she is most passionate about making community and getting folks to create together. 

She’s been producing for Fetus in Fetu Productions for a dozen years and will say “Yes" to any project a Fetoid asks her to take part in, whether it’s acting as a fighter in a D&D play or opening her house for some pickup shots for a schlocky vampire movie. Creating art with any medium is awesome, but it’s even better when you build relationships at the same time—at least, that’s how she copes with existential crises.

Frances McKee is a Scottish singer / songwriter best known for her work with the band, The Vaselines. 

Frances is also a Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher and runs her own studio at The Yoga Extension, based in Glasgow.