"Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Put down that chainsaw and listen to me! My guests and I are spending this episode talking all about the life and career of a singular American artist: "Weird Al" Yankovic! "Weird Al" has been making music for over forty years now and I think his story is genuinely one of the most interesting in music - he's outlasted pretty much everyone he's ever parodied, he's won five Grammys, and he seems to be more popular than ever, selling out Madison Square Garden on his most recent tour. I’m joined by returning guests and "Weird Al" superfans Kevin Eldridge from the great podcast The Flopcast [https://flopcast.net/] and by musician and writer Dana Stinson to talk all things Al - the videos, the parodies, the non-parodies, the movies, the just-announced Broadway show, and more! Check out Kevin Eldridge's podcast here: The Flopcast [https://flopcast.net/] You can check out Kevin's comedy music band here: The Sponge Awareness Foundation [http://www.spongeawareness.com/] Dana's on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/bimbokatan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/bimbokatan.bsky.social] Dana published a "Hamilton" parody song about Dragon Con last year! Go check it out: You Will Wait [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfaFrmaFu_8] Our theme music is by Mister Michael Brousseau Per usual, You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Programme 4 (with Rachel Lichtman)

We are talking to writer, designer, filmmaker, editor and other multi-hyphens I can’t come up with right now Rachel Lichtman! Rachel’s latest project is Programme 4 [https://www.programme4.tv/] - a multimedia video project that creates an entire world centered around the fictional tv station Programme 4. Rachel has been touring with a roughly 90 minute Programme 4 compilation featuring ads, music videos, and opening credits to shows that don’t exist. Rachel’s able to bring to bear her design skills and her filmmaking skills on Programme 4 and I can honestly say there’s not really much like it. Rachel does a better job describing Programme 4 in the interview than I’m doing here but it’s really unique and cool and she collaborates with a ton of awesome and talented folks like Aimee Mann, Juliana Hatfield, Ted Leo, Eugene Mirman, and way more than I can list here including former guest of THIS show Josh Kantor [https://shows.acast.com/the-best-stuff-in-the-world/episodes/red-sox-organist-josh-kantor-talks-music-and-baseball]. She’s been taking it on the road so if it comes to your town make sure to check it out. Check out Programme 4 here! Programme 4 [https://www.programme4.tv/] JULY 16 IN NEW YORK! MAKE THE SCENE WITH WITH DAVE HILL, JOSH GONDELMAN, TED LEO, TAMMY FAYE STARLITE, ANGELA DICARLO, NATH ANN CARRERA, ESZTER BALINT, AND ERIC DRYSDALE + MUSICAL DIRECTOR, DAVID NAGLER: HTTPS://KYDLABS.COM/E/EV6B612B7E-4B07-468C-8C61-C1560B02B180?REFERRAL_ID=G-2F289B97-E394-4114-AB7F-C002E7F82474 [https://kydlabs.com/e/EV6b612b7e-4b07-468c-8c61-c1560b02b180?referral_id=g-2f289b97-e394-4114-ab7f-c002e7f82474] Per usual, You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Musician Chris Principe

This time out I am talking to musician Chris Principe about his time in the band Hooray for Earth and his new solo digital release under his own name - Judge and Jury and Us vs. Them! It was great talking to Chris about the music that inspired him and the music he’s making. You can find the new single on Bandcamp here: https://chrisprincipemusic.bandcamp.com/album/judge-jury-us-vs-them [https://chrisprincipemusic.bandcamp.com/album/judge-jury-us-vs-them] Find out Chris's various goings-on over at his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/chrisprincipemusic/ [https://www.instagram.com/chrisprincipemusic/] Per usual, You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

House Plays (with Alexia Rowe)

I’m excited to talk to musician and playwright Alexia Rowe! Alexia describes herself as an award-winning third-culture kid playwright and singer-songwriter who got her first production professionally produced while still in college. Alexia is currently running a crowdfunding campaign for her House Plays initiative - an attempt to make theater more affordable and accessible by embracing diverse performances, community engagement, and unique venues. Check out the link to her kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiarowe4/house-plays-no-gatekeepers-just-great-theater] in the show notes - in addition to House Plays Alexia is a musician, and wrote the award winning site-specific show This Is Not A Bill. She is up to a ton of cool stuff and it was great to talk to her about all of it. Alexia's House Plays Kickstarter can be found here [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiarowe4/house-plays-no-gatekeepers-just-great-theater]. You can find out about more of Alexia's projects at her website: Alexia Rowe [https://www.alexiarowe.com/] You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Theme music by Mister Michael Brousseau ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Punk Rock: History, Theory, and Practice (with Micah Huang)

I’m excited to talk to Micah Huang about the upcoming course he’s teaching at Tufts University: Punk Rock: History, Theory, and Practice! The punk rock class was what brought Micah to my attention - I love talking about the punk scene with people and I was curious about how someone builds a syllabus for a course like that (what do you include, what do you leave out?) but in addition to his punk course Micah’s a musician, storyteller and community advocate so we also talk about how he took what learned from the punk scene for events he’s involved with like the LA Hungry Ghost Festival, a community-driven cultural event held in Chinatown. This was a super interesting conversation and I hope you enjoy it. Check out the course here: Punk Rock: History, Theory, and Practice [https://www.micahhuangmusic.com/new-page] Check out the Hungry Ghost festival here: LA Hungry Ghost Festival [https://www.micahhuangmusic.com/la-hungry-ghost-festival] See all the other amazing stuff Micah is up to here: Micah Huang Music [https://www.micahhuangmusic.com/] You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Theme music by Mister Michael Brousseau ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.