Bitches In The Beehive: “I Think It’s Just A Matter of Exploring”

This is a performance and interview with Bitches In The Beehive, conducted at KMUZ and in the Lava Lamp Lounge on 20 May 2017 & 2 June 2018 respectively.

This program is sponsored by LivBar, J Jean Portraits, & Peggy’s Vegan Hot Sauce. For more information about our sponsors, follow the link.

Topics Include:

Minda’s old tunes re-worked while jamming, mixed with new tunes written by the group, the band’s origin story, getting into music, recording the album, the political angle, solo vs band performance, practicing, the other band members, Album Release Party on July 19th at The Liquor Store w/ The Bevelers, Maurice and The Stiff Sisters and July 29th at The Space Concert Club.

Dashiell Thompson: “Well I’m Gonna Do This Forever”

This is my interview with Dashiell Thompson, conducted on the Lava Lamp Lounge Patio on 31 May 2018.

This program is sponsored by LivBar, J Jean Portraits, & Peggy’s Vegan Hot Sauce. For more information about our sponsors, follow the link.

 

(Performance Excerpts are from a show at The Space Concert Club on 13 May 2018.)

Topics Include:

Helium‘s “Dirty Dozen” show, three years in, the road to being good at comedy, The Space Show, working on material and pacing yourself, process-talk, Chaotic Amateurs w/ Bentley Michaels, actual play D&D games, Sneak Attack & Critical Role, improv & The Pilots, main cast improv team, Dash’s backstory, going up and performing anecdotes, figuring out improv, finding a good persona, trying to be somewhat “clean,” Date Night, open mic talk, killers & networkers, D&D talk, Friday Night Funny and other shows.

 

Emma Jonas: “I Have to Assume The Audience Does Not Agree With Me”

This is my interview with Emma Jonas, conducted on the Lava Lamp Lounge Patio on 27 May 2018.

This program is sponsored by LivBar, J Jean Portraits, & Peggy’s Vegan Hot Sauce. For more information about our sponsors, follow the link.

 

(Performance Excerpts are from a show put on by Jane Malone at The Drake in Eugene, OR on 25 May 2018.)

Topics Include:

Getting on the student team at The Capital City Theater, finding your voice, Dash Thompson & Chad Johnson, Salem Comedy Studios, The Pilots, Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, starting out advice, The “One & Dunn” cautionary tale, doing a lot of shows, Tony Meyer, working on material, DJing on The Moon Sundays at 6 PM, musical taste, musicality and playing instruments, Geoff Needs Something To Do, a cautionary tale about recording albums, Friday Night Funny, Front Street Inn, Emma on Facebook & Instagram, Truth or Dare Live, & Zach Chappell Everybody.

Little Fyodor: “The Human Condition is Hilarious”

This is my interview with Little Fyodor, conducted by phone on 18 April 2018.

This program is sponsored by LivBar, J Jean Portraits, & Peggy’s Vegan Hot Sauce. For more information about our sponsors, follow the link.

 

Topics Include:

The 10 Albums Meme, On The Beach and Neil Young, listening to the radio & records as a kid, starting out in radio in college, discovering punk, punk as a gateway to other stuff, what his early radio shows were like, Under The Floorboards, writing songs & feeling alienated, Evan Cantor & moving to Colorado, Ed Fowler, Walls of Genius, The Dave, cassette culture, releasing 30 tapes in three years, Little Fyodor begins to emerge, meeting Babushka, being funny and serious at the same time, writing “Everybody’s Fucking,” depression as an entertainment device, touring with Negativland, playing the SubGenius X Day Shows, making a name for themselves in Denver, fashion talk.