Too Many Records

Gil is Matt's hip-hop partner in crime. The two of them reminisce about concerts they've seen together, including seeing one of their favorite rappers Lil' Ugly Mane and sneaking into the green room. They also go back to the infamous "Mount Rushmore" question and discuss who would be on the Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore. Leave a rating of the podcast and post what your picks would be!

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Chris Kramer is one of Matt's closest friends, and the two of them bond over food, Star Wars, and of course, music. Hear about Chris's dream job working on a traveling Food show, a debate about if Luke is a Jedi Knight or Master at the start of Return of the Jedi, a trip down memory lane recalling the incredible musical adventure that was the Desert Trip festival, and Matt touches on the Jesse Lacey/Brand New situation for the first time, publicly, in this awesome episode of the TMR podcast.

Make sure you follow Chris @producedreality and at @theactionstars for his hilarious Star Wars visual series.

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For those who have watched Matt's YouTube channel for years, you may remember Tyler Taormina AKA Cloud come on the show to talk about his last LP, Zen Summer. He's back now on the heels of an excellent new album, Plays With Fire, and he talks to Matt about his music career up until now, his excellent film-making (highly recommend Suburban Legends for fans of Pete and Pete: https://youtu.be/5pVeEGLAkvg), and of course about the psychedelic indie pop powerhouse Plays With Fire, out on Audio Antihero on March 9th (Pre-order that Vinyl now!): http://www.audioantihero.com -- Stick around til the end of the episode to hear the first single from the album, Wildfire!

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The COO and Operations Manager of metal/rock label Sumerian Records, Amanda Fiore and Ralphie Jollette pop by the show to talk about vinyl, early concert stories, and to laugh at the concept of the genre "Powerviolence!"

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You may have seen him in a few episodes of Too Many Records talking vinyl with Matt, however, Chris Diaz is actually the man behind the scenes, responsible for filming most episodes and doing graphics/editing many of them as well. As Matt's partner for the show, he's been through it all with him, and the two of them talk details behind the scenes of TMR, future plans, and all sorts of neat nuggets of information for TMR fans to grab ahold of. Make sure you follow Chris's channel AskVFX if you have any interest in the VFX industry!

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Video Game music is great, and Matt and guest Tom McLaughlin share some of their favorite Video Game soundtracks seeing as they are both gamers. Going one step further, the two of them discuss the history of rhythm games, starting with an obscure Aerosmith game from the 90s, going into Matt's deep dark Dance Dance Revolution phase, and leading into the powerhouse that is the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises. Tom also has a podcast with his wife, Andrea, called The Other Castle, where they talk about weird video game storylines -- one of which being the Def Jam Vendetta series where real-life rappers beat the crap out of each other.

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One of Matt's oldest friends of 13 years, Mike Tumbles comes on the show to talk about their shared musical history: through car rides and concerts, they've heard a lot together. Mike also was living with Matt when he first got into records, so he tells us about how that saga unfolded. From Mikey's delicious mistake at a Journey concert to seeing Ke$ha guest appear at a Guster show (of all places) -- they tell it all. Check out Mike's acting career at www.miketumbles.com

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Matt has been traveling around the holidays, but didn't want to leave you dark for too long. Visiting his father for Thanksgiving, he sat down with him to discuss music. They talked about their mutual love for Doo-Wop, his dad going to Woodstock and seeing Jimi Hendrix, the otherworldly nature of Bob Dylan's songwriting, and debated who would be on the "Mount Rushmore of Music".

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Nikhil and Matt talk fondly about vinyl records and discuss whether or not the vinyl bubble is going to pop anytime soon. Additionally, learn about how Nikhil snuck into a Metallica show and had a very strange experience involving their wives and exercise bikes. Learn about Brendon Small (of Metalocalypse fame)'s upcoming Galaktikon 2 and Hope for the Day, an amazing charity that raises awareness about mental health in a unique and powerful way.

Check out the charity here: http://www.hftd.org/

Find Nikhil on social media @professionalchild

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Richard Houghten doesn't just make incredible music under his name and the monikers "Bloomypetal" and "A Cosmic Gift", he also owns a lathe cut machine and painstakingly (and masterfully) cuts his own releases to vinyl. Going beyond that, he incorporates forward-thinking techniques like etchings, holograms, and liquid-fills to turn his releases into bonafide multi-dimensional art.

In this Podcast, Matt and him discuss those techniques, the ethics of bootleg records, and Richard gives an EXCLUSIVE look at three tracks off the upcoming A Cosmic Gift release, "A Journey to the Purple Planet."

For more background on Richard, make sure you check out the mini documentary on the Too Many Records YouTube channel entitled "Talking Sound + Cutting Records", and to hear more of Richard's amazing music, you can find him at https://acosmicgift.bandcamp.com and https://bloomypetal.bandcamp.com

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