May 30, 2016
When I spoke with Nathan Fillion in 2010 for a site called Culture Mob, Castle was still early in its run and there was talk about a sequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. There is still occasional talk of a sequel, but Castle has just ended its run at ABC. I remember tossing out a few references to see what might...
May 15, 2016
This was one of my favorite interviews, not only because Carl Reiner had so much to say, but because he and his crew were such warm and gracious people. I sat for a couple of hours in Carl Reiner's living room, asking questions about every aspect of his career, from Sid Caesar's Caesar's Hour and Your Show of Shows to...
May 13, 2016
My guest for Episode 6 of the Department of Tangents Podcast is musician and filmmaker Brendan Boogie. When I sat down with Brendan in his living room in April, he was about to release a new album called Last Words with Brendan Boogie and the Broken Gates, and launch a Kickstarter project for his latest film, Sundown....
May 9, 2016
I interviewed Margaret Cho back in October when she was stopping through Boston on tour. At that point, she was still months away from releasing her new album, American Myth, which came out April 29. We spoke a bit about the songs on the album, especially one of the singles, "I Want To Kill My Rapist," and about her...
May 5, 2016
My guests for Episode 5 are filmmakers and musicians Michael J Epstein and Sophia Cacciola, who have been working at the hellish pace of writing, producing, and directing one horror film a year for the past three years. Two of them, Ten and Magnetic, are available to stream now, and the third, Blood of the Tribades,...