This week we have a little Rhythm Section and Screen Worthy combo episode, were talking to one of the best music video directors in the past 15 years Shomi Patwary. We talk about his early days of filmmaking, working with artists like Pusha T, Asap Rocky, Nas, and Beyonce as well as a gratuitous nerding out on movies and music.

Hosts:

Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Coburn Blair: T: (@TheSlowBurn) I: (@TheSlowBurn)

Special Guest:

Shomi Patwary: T: (@shomipatwary) I: (@shomipatwary)

Website: Illusive Media

Produced by The Mind Refinery: www.themindrefinery.com

Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha  and  visit the Tailored Pants Design Website

This is the penultimate episode of our in depth look at the creative world of Kanye West! Coburn and I are joined once again by Mind Refinery creative Andrew Lanca to talk about "Yeezus".

Hosts:

Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Coburn Blair: T: (@TheSlowBurn) I: (@TheSlowBurn)

Andrew Lanca: T: (@ElAenciae) I: (@ElAenciae)

Chapters:

(01:10) Initial thoughts

(09:10) Standout tracks

(13:10) Yeezsus and Ye's pursuits outside of music

(17:00) Choice in collaborators

(21:05) Yeezus and Kanye's career

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Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha  and  visit the Tailored Pants Design Website

Life isn't all about the big titles like Destiny and Cyberpunk, sometimes a diamond in the rough grabs your attention and causes you to ignore all of your responsibilities. These are our hidden gems.

Special Guest Bojan Nedic

Hosts:

Andrew Lanca: T: (@ElAenciae) I: (@ElAenciae)

Sam Hall: I: (@samunderscorelastname)

Bojan Nedic: T: (@teh_bojangles)

Chapters:

(00:01:10) - Hidden Gems Intro + Star Wars and EA News

(00:16:09) - Crazy or Not So Crazy Star Wars Game Ideas! (And other Star Wars Tangents)

(00:19:38) - Bojan's 1st Hidden Gem: Deep Rock Galactic

(00:24:38) - Sam's 1st Hidden Gem: Tron 2.0

(00:29:17) - Lanca's 1st Hidden Gem: Vice Project Doom

(00:39:59) - Bojan's 2nd Hidden Gem: Satisfactory

(00:47:35) - Sam's 2nd Hidden Gem: Dystopia

(00:54:23) - Lanca's 2nd Hidden Gem: Beyond Good and Evil

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Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Edit: Bojan Nedic: T: (@teh_bojangles)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha  and  visit the Tailored Pants Design Website

This week on the show we talk about what we can expect from pop music's heavy hitters in 2021!

Hosts:

Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Coburn Blair: T: (@TheSlowBurn) I: (@TheSlowBurn)

Chapters:

(00:01:23) - Drake

(00:08:54) - Pusha T

(00:18:03) - Lana Del Rey

(00:23:12) - War on Drugs

(00:32:33) - Rihanna

(00:37:04) - Beyonce

(00:40:46) - Frank Ocean

(00:45:54) - Kendrick Lamar

(01:03:22) - Adele

Produced by The Mind Refinery: www.themindrefinery.com

Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha  and  visit the Tailored Pants Design Website

This episode we're wrapping up the clusterfuck that was 2020, looking back on the important shows we watched while taking a look at some of the anticipated releases of 2021.

Hosts:

Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Jon Neal: T: (@Jtnealer) I: (@Jtnealer)

Bojan Nedic: T: (@teh_bojangles)

Chapters:

(00:00:50) - What Kind of Shows Did You Turn to Early Pandemic?

(00:06:26) - Honourable Mentions List

(00:17:54) - Best of the Year: Queen's Gambit

(00:29:37) - Binge Watching vs. Episodic Release Tangent

(00:33:36) - Best of the Year: Mandalorian

(00:43:01) - Best of the Year: I May Destroy You & Lovecraft Country

(00:51:28) - Best of the Year: The Last Dance

(01:00:09) - What we're looking forward to in 2021

(01:06:34) - Warner Bros & Releasing to Streaming Discussion

Produced by The Mind Refinery www.themindrefinery.com/podcast

Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Edit: Bojan Nedic: T: (@teh_bojangles)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha Tailored Pants Design Website

This week we're wrapping up gaming in 2020 - What it meant for us and what it meant for the wider gaming culture.

Hosts:

Andrew Lanca: T: (@ElAenciae) I: (@ElAenciae)

Sam Hall: I: (@samunderscorelastname)

(00:00:24) - Sam Blasphemes Against One of the Father's of Cyberpunk and calls out William Gibson for not liking a videogame/tabletop that wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Gibson.

(00:01:44) - Start of 2020 Wrap-Up Review

(00:11:57) - Sams Games of 2020 and Best Of

(00:12:45) - Sams Game of the Year ASS CREED: VALHALLA

(00:13:27)- Lanca's Games of 2020

(00:21:52) - Log Drivers Waltz and Millennial Nostalgia Tangent

(00:23:34) - Games of 2020 Lanca- Continued

(00:28:08) - Division 2 was supposed to be a fictional reference to pandemic and political shit - discussed as the Capitol in DC was getting stormed.

(00:29:38) - SPOILERS START - Cyberpunk Minor Sidequest

(00:30:16) - SPOILERS END

(00:31:33) - SW:Squadrons And how come EA isn't being EVIL?

(00:33:55) - Games You Missed Out That you Wanna Play [Lanca Asks Sam]

(00:37:10) - What are you looking forward to in 2021?

(00:42:52) - Games Lanca is Looking Forward To

(00:53:11) - Gaming Moment Of the Year

Produced by The Mind Refinery www.themindrefinery.com/podcast

Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Edit: Bojan Nedic: T: (@teh_bojangles)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha Tailored Pants Design Website

We're at it again after a little break for the holidays with our inaugural year end spectacular - The Rhythm Section Album Draft 2020 where we each pick our ten favourite albums of the year along with some Honorable mentions and a couple things we could stand. The honourees are curated into a playlist we put together that you can find in the description or on our social media. It’s two hours of some of our favourite music from this year.

THE PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uRkUZDLVxGQSFlN9ayrur?si=dbS6kXvyQoaTdLIXTD0HBA

Hosts:

Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Coburn Blair: T: (@TheSlowBurn) I: (@TheSlowBurn)

Chapters:

Criteria (1:50)

Ten (3:05)

Nine (4:50)

Eight (8:35)

Seven (10:55)

Six (13:40)

Five (17:50)

Four (20:00)

Three (22:30)

Two (27:05)

Dishonorable (28:10)

Honorable (38:35)

One (44:36)

Final Thoughts (50:00)

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Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha Tailored Pants Design Website

Welcome to The Off Court Podcast! In this short introductory episode Abdul and Eytan discuss the process of making the show, what you're going to hear over the course of season one and some shout-outs to the people who helped make this possible. Hope you enjoy - look out for episode one dropping soon!

Hosts:

Abdul Malik (T: socialistraptor)

Eytan Tobin (T: rabbiDieHardman)

Produced by The Mind Refinery www.themindrefinery.com

Executive Producer/Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Executive Producer/Edit: Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha Tailored Pants Design Website

This episode we're doing a full Star Wars nerd out. We're talking about the emotional and fantastic season two of The Mandalorian as well as an updated look at the Future of the Star Wars IP!

Kyle Bodanis: T: (@KyleBodanis) I: (@flowdanis)

Jon Neal: T: (@Jtnealer) I: (@Jtnealer)

Andrew Lanca: T: (@ElAenciae) I: (@ElAenciae)

(00:01:43) - Season 2 Mandalorian Initial Thoughts/Review

(00:11:32) - Mando S2 Season Highlights

(00:22:18) - Lanca Needs More Space Battles

(00:25:02) - Season Highlight Continued + De-Aging Tech

(00:36:26) - How has Mandalorian Changed Perception of Star Wars IP

(00:45:50) - Untitled Star Wars: Taika Waititi Fan Club

(00:46:27) - Rian Johnson Benioff Weiss Fake News

(00:48:17) - Book of Boba Fett

(00:49:37) - Bad Batch Discussion

(00:51:25) - Kenobi

(00:53:11) - Cassian Andor

(00:54:06) - Ahsoka Series

(00:58:17) - Lando

(01:01:05) - Old Republic Movie - The Acolyte

(01:02:33) - Star Wars Visions

(01:06:20) - Concluding Statements

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Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Edit: Bojan Nedic: T: (@teh_bojangles)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha Tailored Pants Design Website

This week is the pod everyone has been waiting for - a deep dive into the "Cyberpunk 2077". CAUTION SPOILERS.

Andrew Lanca: T: (@ElAenciae) I: (@ElAenciae)

Sam Hall: I: (@samunderscorelastname)

Deep Dive into Cyberpunk (01:35)

The Release (14:47)

Initial Thoughts on the game. (27:12)

Game Tips From Sam (32:51)

Undeveloped Game Systems (39:39)

Thoughts on the Look and Feel of Night City (43:58)

Characters, Writing, Dialogue, Voice Acting, Keanu Reeves (58:03)

Bugs (1:01:34)

Final Thoughts and Judgements (1:11:05)

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Mix: George Lagos (T: geo_lag42)

Design: Samantha Clark eMail Samantha Tailored Pants Design Website