The GribCast

The Gribshnobler and The Contrarian watch one of their favorite cartoons: Regular Show. After viewing episode 33 of Season 4, The Last Laserdisc Player, they also reminisce about antiquated movie formats (especially VHS) and their time working at Blockbuster.

My apologies for those still waiting for part 2 of my Chris Squire tribute. I have been so busy with work and school that I have not yet been able to finish it. Even this episode has been released unedited so I could get it out quickly.

In this episode I am joined by musician Rand Kelly to discuss the recently passed Chris Squire, an amazing bass player and major force behind the progressive rock band Yes. Ultimately we ended up talking about every Yes album ever (though without losing sight of Squire's contributions to each one) and the discussion went on for so long that I had to split the episode into two parts. In part 1 we go from Yes' self-titled debut, up to Relayer, and top it off with Chris Squire's solo album Fish Out of Water. Also included is more wonderful music by Squire fan John Demarkis, and a tribute statement from The Musika Family.

New to Chris Squire? Check out this amazing tribute from Roman's World: http://romanguzman.podomatic.com/entry/2015-07-06T08_18_26-07_00

Also be sure to check out The Gribshnobler's appearance in this episode: http://romanguzman.podomatic.com/entry/2015-07-26T13_08_30-07_00

Chris Squire Tribute Sung by The Musika Family

Get all of John Demarkis' music from http://www.johndemarkis.com

Demarkis Songs included are "Johnny Quest", "Piece of Peace", "Island Hopping", and "Somethings Will Change"

You can subscribe to Progtopia and The Prog Squad through itunes or check them out here: http://www.progtopia.com

Here is the early rehearsal version of Turn of The Century.

You can also watch Chris Squire and Steve Howe on The Old Grey Whistle Test: Part 1 and Part 2.

Thanks everyone and stay tuned for part 2 of Chris Squire: The Remembering, coming soon.

The Gribshnobler and the Contrarian settle down to watch the first episode of Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wresting, which may be one of the worst cartoons we've ever seen........ok it is, but the Contrarian does get to showcase some of his Professional Wrestling knowledge.

You can watch the show on the WWE network if you have a subscription: http://www.wwe.com/wwenetwork

The Junkyard 500 is not available on Youtube, but you can watch another episode that we had watched previously: Ballot Box Boneheads

Also an amusing random live action clip featuring Andre the Giant and some music oddly reminiscent of The Residents: Rock N Wrestling - Live Action Clip #3

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dusty Rhodes.

The Gribshnobler & The Contrarian are joined by their friend Bungle for the first Swap episode to discuss three different music albums: Birth Choice Death by South Korean rock band Genius, Opus Eponymous by Swedish metal/hard rock band Ghost, & Red by English progressive rock band King Crimson. Includes songs from Genius and an interview with producer and bandmember Casey the Jerkman. Stay tuned to the end for outtakes.

You can listen to or download Genius: Birth Choice Death (as well as their other albums) on Bandcamp: https://geniusxisxrock.bandcamp.com/album/birth-choice-death

You can purchase Ghost: Opus Eponymous here from amazon on CD, MP3, or Vinyl (prime members can listen for free).

You can purchase King Crimson: Red here from amazon on CD.

Be sure to check out the new episode of Star Trek Wars featuring The Gribshnobler: http://gonenerdin.com/2015/06/07/39-mo-quatloos-mo-problems/

Also be sure to check out Jeremy's other podcasts at http://gonenerdin.com

Check out bookbub here and find customized e-book deals.

Due to my end of the semester business I wanted to put something together fairly quickly, so I decided to showcase some of the great music made by some of the many people and bands I know, many from here in Myrtle Beach and South Carolina in general, as well as some I have contacted online. The music ranges different genres including rock, gypsy punk, progressive rock, electronica, post-rock, and experimental dark ambient. Here is a list of the bands and songs as well as related links.

Aidan Connell & The Noonday Parade: Requiem for Love

Facebook, www.aidanconnell.com

T. C. Costello: The Earth Shall Not Be Moved/Field Recording From Bear Island

Facebook, Bandcamp

The Gribshnobler: Strange Haberdashery

Bandcamp, Twitter, The GribCast on Facebook

The Hartford Pussies: Thunder Lizard/State Tengo Champion

Facebook, Bandcamp

Body 13: Things You Can't Find in Books/Sometimes My Arms Bend Back

Facebook, Fire Walk with Me on Archive.org album inspired by Twin Peaks

Thbpt!! Something Down the Hall, What Fungus Grows, Sleeping in the Arms of Hubert Cumberdale

The Izm: Orbital Motion

Facebook, www.theizm.com

John Demarkis: Chicadeebop/Vimana in the Sky

www.johndemarkis.com

Machines Dream: The Session

Facebook, Twitter, www.machinesdream.com

Electric Bird Noise: Introduction/Neetruof

Facebook, Bandcamp, Silber Records

Body 13: Part 1-Merely a Shell Now/Part 2-Lift Your Legs to the Skies and Just Let Go/Part 3-Ants From Up Here

Facebook, Learn How to Float on archive.org, Body 13 on archive.org

Silver Screen Orchestra: Glassĕra

Facebook, Bandcamp

Thanks for listening!

This unedited monstrosity of a GribCast, released because grad school is kicking The Gribshnobler's butt, features the unveiling of The Contrarian's Book Quest: to read 100 books in a year. Here we discuss his first 13 completed books, plus a few more that come up tangentially.

The Contrarian's first 13:

Isaac Asimov: Foundation, I, Robot, and The End of Eternity

The Annotated Brothers Grimm

Richard Matheson: Somewhere in Time

T. C. Boyle: The Road to Welleville

Bruce Campbell: Making Love the Bruce Campbell Way

Fantastic World War II (anthology)

Bram Stoker: Dracula

Michael Flynn: Eifelheim

Mick Foley: Countdown to Lockdown

Chris Jericho: How to Become a World Champion in 1,394 Easy Steps

James Michener: Texas

Other things mentioned tangentially: Terry Pratchett's Mort, Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Twilight Zone, Frederick Pohl, and more!

Note: The Mindwebs story I talk about was actually written by Frederick Pohl alone and is called "The Meeting". You can get the mindwebs version for free from Internet Archive, along with the rest of the series, which is basically psychedelically twinged readings of speculative fiction stories with music, occasional sound effects, and sometimes multiple readers. https://archive.org/details/MindWebs_201410

I am joined by musician Rand Kelly for an epic-length conversation about progressive rock, Genesis, and their classic prog album Foxtrot (back when Peter Gabriel was still in the band) including references to Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End and attempting to interpret the epic album centerpiece Supper's Ready. Along the way we get an intro with Lady Ms Gee (we talk about the difficulties of recording a podcast about Beloved and get ready to watch the oscars) several pieces of music by Rand Kelly, another surprise appearance by Lady Ms Gee, and to top it all off a newer song by John Demarkis and John Marsden.

Update: My initial upload featured a blank space where one of Rand's songs was supposed to be. I have re-uploaded the episode with the song in place. If you have the original you may want to re-download.

Listen to the album Foxtrot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS0WS9mM7YM

Rand Kelly songs used in the show

Two Hands One Take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjKmbFq2xE

Moogprovisation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJgArG19hc

Gimme Five For....: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SU0hAVhVGU

Airshift Live featuring Rand Kelly

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3S9TANs4WE

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh-GA4ARsrk

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vllNRfdDBmY

Don't forget Rand's many Yes groups on Facebook! This one will connect you with all of the others: https://www.facebook.com/groups/YesGatewayToTheYesGroups/

John Demarkis and John Marsden: Rhyme & Reason: https://soundcloud.com/john-demarkis/rhyme-reason

Genesis related videos

Genesis on Genesis - Foxtrot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlCN2gBKazI

Genesis performing Supper's Ready: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58wE8GTGp4

You can also check out a new playlist I put together specifically for GribCast related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu4Ei7kM19lRYgjdQSi0Q6YDJQvgAahgK

I need just a little more time to finish up the next episode (Rand Kelly and I discuss the album Foxtrot by Genesis), so for now I present...........(dramaticpause).......The Last of the GribClassics!! This version has been converted to 64 kbs, if you would like the original 128 kbs version you can get it from here. YA materials part 2 is available as the 2nd episode in the feed, and from here.

Original description:

The Gribshnobler read a whole lot of Young Adult books for one of his grad school courses, and Lady MsGee went ahead and read most of the same books just cuz she's cool like that, and now they're gonna talk about it! Along the way they also share some new music and The Gribshnobler's dystopian booktalk. Be forewarned, there are some spoilers. Books and authors discussed include Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers, Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, Divergent by Veronica Roth, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Weetzie Bat & The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time by Mark Haddon, and more! Don't forget to listen to the bloopers at the end and stay tuned for part 2.

Once upon a time, during the FX Every Simpsons Ever marathon, The Contrarian and The Gribshnobler convened to watch and review three of The Contrarian's favorite episodes. Now you can finally join us as we talk about "Itchy and Scratchy Land", "The Lemon of Troy", and "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show", along with talk of Tress Macneille, Phil Hartman, Frank Welker, and others, and some songs by our favorite newly discovered band THBPT!!

Happy New Year everyone.

The Gribshnobler watches "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice," one of his favorite episodes of The Critic with The Contrarian and LadyMsGee. Afterwards we talk briefly about Jim Jarmusch and (WARNING) get a little obnoxious about obscure sexual terms, thus earning this episode an explicit rating. Aren't you curious?

Watch along with us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fAVEz-Y34

Or purchase the entire series on DVD here at amazon for only $15 (at the time of this posting).

Now that my grad semester is over stay tuned for some more full lenght episodes of The GribCast coming real soon.