Episode #148: Fairy Tales Aren't Just For Kids - A TED-Style Talk for Former Kids on Creativity, the Transition to Adulthood, and What Gets Lost in Between

Episode #147:Making The Terminator Theme Part 2 To piggyback off the last few weeks talking about 80s memories, this week (and last), we're making a version of Brad Fiedel's Terminator theme.

Episode #146: Making The Terminator Theme Part 1 To piggyback off the last few weeks talking about 80s memories, this week (and probably next), we'll be making a version of Brad Fiedel's Terminator theme.

Adam from the Instagram account that he runs, mom_gave_them_away (dedicated to 80s toys, mostly action figures, and other 80s memorabilia), rejoins us this week for the second part of our conversation on 1980s childhood nostalgia.   If you grew up during that era or just have an interest in some of the things kids were playing with back then, do yourself a favor and check out his site - it's a virtual encyclopedia of information on toys and other memorabilia from the 80s!  This episode, we again cover a diverse array of topics - starting with molding and casting, to Adam's custom action figure business (see below), and many more 80s toys and their obscure associated cartoons ...

Adam from the Instagram account that he runs, mom_gave_them_away (dedicated to 80s toys, mostly action figures, and other 80s memorabilia), rejoins us this week for the second part of our conversation on 1980s childhood nostalgia.   If you grew up during that era or just have an interest in some of the things kids were playing with back then, do yourself a favor and check out his site - it's a virtual encyclopedia of information on toys and other memorabilia from the 80s!  This episode, we again cover a diverse array of topics - starting with molding and casting, to Adam's custom action figure business (see below), and many more 80s toys and their obscure associated cartoons ...

Episode #144: A Conversation with Adam from Mom_Gave_Them_Away – 80s Toys and Cartoons Extravaganza https://archive.org/download/Podcast144_201805/Podcast%20144.mp3 This week and next, I’m joined by Adam from the Instagram account that he runs, mom_gave_them_away, which is dedicated to 80s toys, mostly action figures.  If you grew up during that era or just have an interest in some of the…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #144: A Conversation with Adam from Mom_Gave_Them_Away on Instagram

Episode #143: A Conversation with Synthwave Artist Starfarer https://archive.org/download/Podcast143_201805/Podcast%20143.mp3 This week, synthwave musician Miguel Iniguez, a.k.a. Starfarer, joins me on the show for a conversation all about music, the creative process, his influences, and his self-titled debut album (which reminded me of the soundtrack to a dark and fast space shoot’em up, like Gradius for…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #143: A Conversation with Synthwave Artist Starfarer

Episode #142: Snippets from a Live Show https://archive.org/download/Podcast142_201804/Podcast%20142.mp3 This weekend, I took a bunch of my songs plus a number of (mostly) 80s songs and played at a local arts festival for about 4-5 hrs.  I had about 26 songs ready for the keyboard and the guitar and ended up playing most of them at…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #142: Snippets from a Live Show

Making Thirteenth Graphic and the Case of the Almost Assassination 4

Episode #140: Creating “Aurora’s Lullaby” https://archive.org/download/Podcast140_201804/Podcast%20140.mp3 This week, we’re making a lullaby that was partially written as something to help my children go to sleep.  But it was also a little song that Aurora, from The Thirteenth Hour books, sings to help young children in the orphanage (where they are living as children) go to…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #140: Creating “Aurora’s Lullaby”