The Something Something Experience

This week, our guest is graphics and multimedia artist, club promoter, DJ, and creator of Bats Day in the Fun Park, Noah Korda. We discuss growing up Goth, club personas, the origins of Bats Day in the Fun Park, LA goth clubs, art shows, Gallery 999, media mashups, The Evil Dead, Oculus, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mickey’s Halloween Treat, and parenthood.

This week, our guest is LA club and event promoter, DJ, KJ, MP3J, and creator of Ground Control Karaoke, Andrew Holguin. Andrew has been a fixture in LA underground, goth, and industrial club culture for more than 20 years. He offers Ash and I unique insights into gentrification, Los Angeles Latino culture, the history and promotion of LA counterculture clubs, systematic racism, Ground Control Karaoke, and fundraising.

This week, Ash and Michael talk about Twin Peaks, David Bowie, counterculture music, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, emotional milestones, The Strain, the zombie genre, The Walking Dead, Doctor Who, Key & Peele, Mike Myers, socially relevant media, international media, Hyperlapse, Russian dashcams, reptilian biology, American vs. British TV documentaries, the biology of reading, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, The Lord of the Rings, Occult themes in music, American fear culture, and Bloom County.

This week, Ash and Michael sit down with podcasters Matt Blackwood and Mandy Di to talk about work schedules, British vs. American sitcoms, Jerry Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, TV vs. Movies, movie reviews, YouTube, comedians on comedy, standup, screenwriting, podcasting, foul language in media, premium cable TV series, canceled Fox series, fan fiction and slash fiction, contextual language, the nature of offense, personal privacy, female superheroes, The Over/Under, Tim Burton, M. Knight Shyamalan, Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Batman, Zack Snyder, Dredd, and DC vs. Marvel movies.

This week, our guest is comic book artist and graphic designer, Meaghan O’Keefe. We talk about freelance artistry, the film industry, comic book art, the artistic process, horror films, As Above So Below, special effects prosthetics, Rick Baker, the haunted attraction industry, The Hunger, Star Wars, Key & Peele, Meltdown Comics, amateur theatre, Paul F. Tompkins, The Killers, early punk rock, Clive Barker, and Doctor Who.

Our first official podcast guest is Los Angeles Artist, Kitty Brown. Kitty, Ash, and Michael sit down to discuss Tom Cruise, Paul F. Thompkins, goth club art shows, blue jeans, French cinema, European media, Karl Jung, cartoons, goth and horror culture, strong female characters, anime, Prince, and video games, as well as political topics like racism, classism, sexism in nerd culture, and the post-racial myth.

Episode 2 is here! This week, Ash and Michael discuss daytime TV talkshows, podcasting influences, Jurassic Park, Marvel movies, movie serial remakes, Batman, 70s Saturday live action series, Star Trek, monster movies, Goosebumps, Charmed, and of course, Star Wars. Enjoy!

In the first episode, Ash and Michael discuss True Detective, Sean Bean, David Lynch, afterschool TV in the 70s/early 80s, Doctor Who, American vs. british TV, Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, Robin Williams, The Richard Pryor Show, Paul Mooney, racial humor, comedians as villains, Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel vs. DC movies, strong female characters, Tim Curry, 80s horror remakes, local LA bands, Shoegaze genre music.