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The CulturePulp Podcast, Episode 1: Cort and Bobby -- The Exit Interview

About a month after Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts ended "Welcome to that Whole Thing" -- and their 10-year broadcasting partnership -- they also pulled down the websites hosting their show archives. Which meant a lot of people missed their final Dec. 1, 2014 episode -- in which I interviewed them about their entire history as a radio/podcast team and we flipped each other a bunch of good-natured crap.

Anyway, I’ve re-uploaded it here as an mp3. Enjoy.

(You may also consider this the first episode of “The CulturePulp Podcast.”)

The CulturePulp Podcast, Episode 1: Cort and Bobby -- The Exit Interview (Dec. 1, 2014)

State of the Union

Catching up as we lurch into 2015:

• Obviously, I've taken an extended hiatus from writing/talking about movies. On a related note...

• ... I recently joined Periscope Studio, where I've been quietly working on a few comics projects for the past several months. One project is "Sabertooth Vampire" Season 3. Two of the other projects are secret.

• I wrote about my strange relationship with a single copy of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle for the Uprise Books blog.

• On the final episode of "Welcome to that Whole Thing," I interviewed Cort and Bobby about the end of their 10-year podcasting partnership.

• I made some Lady Killer fan-art.

• I joined Joe Cortright and Adrian Wallace on KBOO's "Words & Pictures" to talk about our educational comic, Clusters and Your Economy.

• Despite my "Live Wire!"-professed ambivalence about all things "Star Wars" nowadays, Bill Mudron keeps having me on his podcast to talk about it.

That's it. More soon.

An interview on 'Karl Show! (Starring Jason),' with music

So last September, "Karl Show! (starring Jason)" invited me into their studio for an interview, some beer, and also to spin a few songs I like. They’ve finally posted the discussion as a podcast.

We talked for an hour and a half about "The Sabertooth Vampire," being adopted, finding your birthparents, "CulturePulp," "Mr. Do & Mr. Don’t," the single toughest night of cartooning I ever pulled off, my working relationship with Bill Mudron, the changing state of film writing, tips for interviewing filmmakers, the brand-driven cineplex, why “Eyes Wide Shut” is underrated, and a bunch of other stuff.

Also we played a lot of funk. After the jump: the playlist I put together for the show, at their request, if you’re curious.

BOY HOWDY PODCAST: 'The Star Wars Episode VII Spectacular'

Bill and Annie invited me back on the "Boy Howdy Podcast" (along with the delightful Conley Smith and Jimmy Presler) for a riotous multi-generational discussion of all things "Star Wars." From the show description:

This week we’re switching up formats a little bit as we ditch the "Geek Week In Review" for a 90-minute chat about "Episode VII," "The Clone Wars" and all things "Star Wars" with Mike Russell, Conley Smith and Jimmy Presler. Specifically, we talk about May the Fourth silliness, try to gush about "The Clone Wars" without spoiling Anne or Mike, the gender politics of marketing "Star Wars: Rebels," what we’d like to see happen in "Episode VII," and our favorite characters & elements of that galaxy far, far away.

But before that, we talk about seeing John Williams live and in concert, "Captain America," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," the terrible writing in "Child of Light" (also: Anne’s pickiness regarding how limericks should be composed) and Bryan Fuller’s plans for "Hannibal."

Boy Howdy Podcast, Episode 124 – Star Wars Episode VII Spectacular (May 4, 2014) [ iTunes ]

A few thoughts on 'creativity.'

[UPDATE: When the lads ended their podcast in 2015, they took their entire podcast site down almost immediately, so you can't listen to the episode any more. But all the other links should work.]

So this week I had a mini-reunion with Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts on their new podcast "Welcome To That Whole Thing." Great (and a little weird) to be back in that studio again a year-and-a-half after the end of "Cort and Fatboy."

The lads' assigned discussion topic was a big one: "creativity" -- how I work, along with any Deep Additional Thoughts we might have on the topic.

On the morning of the taping -- in an attempt to get my game face on and wrap my head around a concept I frankly found a little nebulous -- I sent Bobby an email that slapped together a few lessons I've learned (usually the hard way) about doing creative stuff -- particularly as it applies to writing/drawing and trying to get paid for it. We got to some of it on the show. An edited/expanded version of the whole email is after the jump. There will be no test later.

'Ham-Fisted Radio' #200, featuring the voices in Dawn's head (and a hen purse)

The 200th "Ham-Fisted Radio" podcast — in which host Dawn Taylor is feted/analyzed by pals Eric D. Snider, Bobby Roberts, Jaime Kirk and yrs. truly. This episode can be enjoyed as Dawn in the studio, alone, with the rest of us playing assorted voices in her head.

(Also my first time in the “Cort and Fatboy” studios since that show ended 10 months ago.)

Thanks for having us, Dawn, and congratulations.

Ham-Fisted Radio, Episode 200: Thank You For Being a Friend (Oct. 7, 2013)

THE CULTUREPULP Q&A: Dylan Meconis.

(Photo by Glenn Peters. “You’ve got a little piece of lettuce on your face here.” “Here?” “No, HERE.”)

(UPDATE 6/22: Dylan's podcast site hit its bandwidth limit, so you can now download the podcast from here.)

I interviewed Dylan Meconis for her panel at the last Stumptown Comics Fest. Now it is a podcast. From the panel description back in April:

Dylan Meconis first popped up on the webcomics scene with her French-revolution vampire comedy ‘Bite Me!’ and cemented her reputation with dark historical drama ‘Family Man.’ Along the way she’s also redrawn the ‘Danse Macabre’ for a new generation and spun her own fable of corruption with the Eisner-nominated ‘Outfoxed.’ Mike Russell of CulturePulp.com will interview Meconis about her style and genre-hopping comics, world-building vs. storytelling, coming of age as an artist online, and her influences outside of comics.

(I've been half-toying with the idea of starting an interview podcast somewhere down the line, and if I do, this is more or less how it would go.)
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Dylan Meconis Spotlight Panel: Stumptown 2013  (quirkybird.podbean.com)

Alternate mp3 download link

BOY HOWDY PODCAST: Movies we liked, 2012.

Got to sub for Anne Moloney on my pal Bill Mudron's "Boy Howdy Podcast." Show description:

Anne’s visiting family in Texas this week, so Mike Russell steps in to chat with Bill about 2012′s crop of movies. Also on the menu: the future of the "Star Wars" franchise, and whether or not we may’ve already seen a glimpse of Khan in the "Star Trek Into Darkness" trailers.

It's two-and-half hours long, so, you know, apologies in advance.
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Boy Howdy Podcast, Episode 62: 2012 Movie Wrap-up (Dec. 30, 2012) [ iTunes feed ]

 

'cortandfatboy is dead': the final, live episode.

So here's the video of the final "Cort and Fatboy" show -- recorded Friday, Dec. 7 at the Bagdad Theater in front of a live audience. 

Starring Cort, Fats, Robert Wagner, Lisa and Brian Wood, Leia Weathington, Big Jim Willig, Ryan Fleming, Jefferson Smith, Erik Henriksen, Courtenay Hameister, Byron Beck, David Walker, and yrs. truly. Video by Doc Normal and his camera crew.

I turn up about 2 hours in with a slideshow I drew for the occasion (thanks to Bill Mudron and Adrian Wallace for the last-minute art assists).

You can find video and audio versions of the show and (buried in the comments) a downloadable PDF of my slideshow right here.
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cortandfatboy is dead (Friday, Dec. 7, 2012) [ iTunes feed ]

 

CORT AND FATBOY: My final studio episode. (Plus: Movies we liked, 2006-12.)

So the Friday, Nov. 30 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast was my final sit-down in our studio space above the Roseway Theater. Instead of getting all maudlin about how much I loved being on their show most Fridays for six-and-a-half flippin' years, we just talked for 90 minutes about movies, Coppola, Wes Anderson and for some reason "Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor."

I also provided a massive, unsorted list of a bunch of movies I dug that came out during my 2006-12 run on the show. It's reproduced here and also after the jump.