The Digression Sessions - Ep. 172 - Live at Liam Fylnn's w/ Chuck Green, Bob Rose, Joel Murphy, & Lar Periwinkle
Episode Date: November 19, 2015Hola DigHeads! This week we bring you another live Digression Sessions recorded with a real audience as part of the Baltimore Fringe Festival! We have ourselves a plethora of guests on, including Bob ...Rose and Chuck Green of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Lars Periwinkle and Joel Murphy of fellow-Thunder Grunt podcast, Hobo Radio, and we even get a surprise little chat with the producers of Fringe Fest centerpiece, Ebon Kojo! Follow your boys, Mike & Josh, on Twitter and Instagram. Josh - @JoshKuderna on Twitter and @JoshKuderna on Instagram Mike - @MikeMoranWould on Twitter The Pod - @DigSeshPod on Twitter The Pod's Facebook page - Dig Sesh on Facebook For live stand up and improv dates, check out - DigressionSessions.com/Calendar
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hey everybody i'm josh kaderna and i'm mike moran and you're listening to the digression
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Yes.
Who's the guest this week? week oh the guests on this episode it's live michael yeah the guests are alive it's good wordplay there yeah we're having a good time
already all right yeah joshka dirner here guys welcome to the episode it's uh i think this is
our second or third live episode?
No, it's at least our third.
Yeah, maybe the second one might not have been released.
That might be in the Dig Sesh vault.
We'll find it at some point.
It'll come out with the box set.
Yeah, so stay tuned for that.
Yeah, so we did this as a part of the Charm City Fringe Fest.
It was a Monday night at a bar in baltimore and some people
were there to see us not too many but we won some people we converted a few it was a little bit of a
surprise uh show you'll get that with doing stand-up at a open mic at a bar sometimes where
people are like i'm just gonna go to the bar i'm gonna watch the game on the tv and just cut loose
and then all of a sudden it's like, surprise.
Nope, you're going to have to listen to all these guys talk about their dicks.
But what's worse than that is just a podcast where it's just a steady stream of talking
where there's some jokes sometimes, but there's going to be, you know, just some parts where
people are just talking and it's interesting.
But so it was definitely a little bit of a tough going in the beginning for us to find our footing,
but I think it turned out to be a good time.
I thought it went well.
Yeah, I had a lot of fun.
So we have four guests on the show.
We have Bob Rose of Bonus Disc, which is a podcast here on the Thunderground Network,
and not instant screaming as I introduce him on the podcast.
And then we have Chuck Green on the podcast as well,
and he's of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society,
one of the creative forces behind that.
He also does space bingo here in Baltimore,
which he's excited about.
And the bros' next rock opera that they're putting together
is called Chrono Shred, which will be out later this year.
And then later in the podcast, we are joined by Lars and Joel of Hobo Radio, also on Thundergrunt.
And then at the end, we have Nefri and Scott on the podcast, who put together a sci-fi tone poem for Charm City Fringe called Ibn Kojo.
That's what it's called, a tone poem?
I was trying to remember.
A tone poem, yeah.
So they were just in the audience,
and I forget what they were saying,
something like,
you're not going to have us on?
Well, fuck it, why not?
We'll have you on.
So they're on at the end of it, too.
Yeah, that went pretty well.
Yeah, I thought they were really cool.
And apparently this project they have
is a pretty big deal.
Yeah, it sounds pretty interesting.
So yeah, it was a good time.
And the audience wasn't miked, but I think we picked them up enough, which is good.
So, yeah, like I said, when we get going, it's a little slow, but we kind of find our footing, I think, throughout.
So I hope people enjoy that.
And, yeah, so let's plug a couple things here.
As always, you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
I'm on there as at josh
kaderna the podcast is at dig sesh pod on twitter michael i am at mike moran wood w-o-u-l-d on the
twitters yes so check that out and now we'll plug some upcoming uh stand-up shows and maybe some
improv stuff uh the 17th this will be out after that so don't worry about that uh on the 20th and 21st
i'll be at the harrisburg comedy zone and then on the 25th i'm going to do stand up in towson
somewhere i don't know where that is but uh that'll be up on our website digressionsessions.com
slash calendar for all our dates michael anything to plug uh the 19th of november i will be at the nerds night
out at the wind-up space okay it's nine o'clock nice uh and then i got a few improv shows the
28th of november with pop six will be performing at the mercury theater at eight and then at the
fourth of december pop six mercury theater at eight. And other than that, just read my column in Brightest Young Things DC.
And look for me in the latest issue of The Skeptical Inquirer.
Oh, very, very nice.
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Rate and review us on iTunes and Stitcher.
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We really appreciate that too.
And yeah, well now let's go to
Liam Flynn's Ale House
in Baltimore, Maryland.
Take me there, Josh.
Where struggling Josh Kudern and Mike Moran try to get a crowd to like them. go to liam flynn's ale house yes in baltimore maryland take me there josh we're uh struggling
josh gadern and mike moran try to get a crowd to like them what else is new just like every other
time all right thanks guys hope you enjoy all right thanks everyone
all right hello liam flynn's ale house hello How about a round of applause if you're here to see a live taping of the digression session?
Let's hear it.
Yeah. All right. Now let's hear another huge round of applause if this is a surprise to you and it's ruining your Monday night.
All right. That's what I thought. Either way, you're excited and I love it. I'm Josh Kaderna. This is my co-host Mike Moran.
Hola.
And we do a podcast called The Degression Sessions. And this is a live, it's like a live radio show. So we're just getting started and I hope you guys enjoy it.
Umar, I feel like you're laughing at, not with. Yeah. If you hear Umar's laugh, that's the canary in the coal mine as far as good times.
You know something bad is happening.
All right.
We're rushing these people out right now.
Okay.
Correct.
Clear in the...
No.
We don't want to disturb you with our microphone conversation.
I feel terrible about it.
But if you guys want to hang... I do feel terrible. But if you guys want to hang... I do
feel terrible, but if you guys want to hang
out, that'd be fun too, but...
This is a plug for your live show.
It's an awesome podcast.
Somebody wants us to plug
their... Alright, but are you going to pay attention
though? You got to enjoy it.
I'm here. Can I have a sandwich?
You have a sandwich coming?
I'm going to eat it. I'll be here. Alright, well, you better eat. Alright, eat? Alright, well you better eat
Alright, eat your sandwich
But you gotta enjoy the show too, alright?
And I'll plug your funky event
Ebon Kojo, The Last Tribe
Ebon Kojo, I'm sorry
This is why we rehearse
Ebon Kojo, The Last Tribe
Charm City Fringe Fest.
Hey, that's what we're doing.
November 12th through the 15th
at St. Mark's on 1900
St. Paul Street.
Will there be a live lion?
Like on the flyer?
Alright, Mike, let's refrain from interviewing people
that don't have microphones, though.
Good point.
Thank y'all.
Yeah, of course. Thank you. What's your name?
Nefri.
I'm Josh. Nice to meet you.
I'm not allowed to talk to you, apparently.
Apparently not.
Let's not keep up a part.
Nefri, thank you.
A round of applause for Nefri, especially her friends.
Yeah.
Alright, so what this show is, is like
a comedy chat show.
And Mike and I host it.
We've had a bunch of people from Baltimore on.
We had DDM on recently, local rapper.
We've had Patton Oswalt.
We've also had David Koechner.
David Koechner.
We've had Jen Wozner of Y.O.
All kinds of people.
And currently, we are joined by two other very artistic and hilarious gentlemen in their own right.
Right?
Huh? Right?
Sure.
Pretty artistic.
From the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Chuck Green in the glasses.
Say hello, Chuck.
Hi, I'm Chuck Green.
Oh, I'm really loud now.
Hi.
No, you're good.
And our podcast network mate.
Is there a way?
I want to say label mate.
I'm one of the people that created it.
Sure.
Whatever that title is.
So you're a boss.
Yeah.
And you have your own podcast, too, called Instant Screaming on the Thunder.
No, bonus disc.
Bonus disc.
Instant Screaming is Sarah Gorman and Justin Decker.
Fuck.
I appeared on both.
How many have you been on, Josh?
Your co-host has been on the show.
Well, I'm backlogged. That co-host has been on the show. Well, I'm
backlogged.
I've been obsessed with Iban Kojo
as of late. We're all going to go to that.
That's going to be great.
I'm actually really interested in it.
I've even appeared on that before.
Really? No. Anyway, Bob Rose.
Round of applause for Bob and Chuck Green, please.
Thank you.
Bob recently voted one of the three best celebrities in Baltimore, I believe.
The third best, actually.
That's not bad.
It's not bad.
It's not great.
Well, we were voted third best podcast, so that's pretty good.
So we have something in common.
We're like the second losers.
It's good, right?
Hey, it's a pleasure to be nominated.
And bronze is better than nothing.
Yeah, no, I think we all share something really special.
Better to be a loser than a spectator.
I just don't want to sit back while life happens, you know what I mean?
Yeah, sure.
We're going to be dead before we know it anyway.
Right.
All right, so Chuck, tell us about the next thing that the Baltimore Rock Opera Society,
the Bros, what's the next thing you guys are working on?
The Bros is producing an 80s sci-fi rock opera called Chrono Shred,
The Ballad of Stardust Laserdong.
Chrono Shred.
And it's opening in January, mid-January.
What make your name?
January 15th.
I'm also part of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society.
Yeah, now Bob is now.
Yeah, your name is Bros. My name literally, yeah, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society. Yeah, now Bob is now. Yeah, your name is Brose.
My name literally went B. Rose.
Yeah, yeah.
That's how they let me in, really.
Oh, yeah!
But yeah, it's opening January 15th.
15th?
15th.
Okay, I thought it was 16th.
So what date is it opening?
It's opening the 15th.
Okay.
That's a Thursday, right?
Sure.
Yeah, we're doing as many shows as possible because we got like a small capacity venue.
Right.
So we're doing like, what, like more than a dozen shows?
Yeah.
Yeah, no, it's like 17 shows.
Oh, okay.
Where is it?
Everyman Theater?
The old Everyman Theater, which was also rented by a single-carat theater next to the Charles Theater.
Nice.
It doesn't have a name.
Yeah, it's just like this empty art space.
They're calling it like Every Carat.
It's got a Prince thing going on, like doesn't have a name, so it's formally known as, you know. It's't have a name. Yeah, it's just like this empty art space. They're calling it every carrot. It's got a prince thing going on.
It doesn't have a name, so it's formally
known as... It's just a symbol.
Yeah. I'm with you.
So tell us about the show.
What's it going to be?
Without spoiling too much.
It's about an intergalactic time-traveling
rock god called Stardust
Laserdong, who's only good because he keeps
time-traveling and correcting his mistakes.
And this is based on real events, correct?
Yes.
It happened to Chuck.
This all happened to Chuck.
It's in the style of a Saturday morning cartoon.
It's episodic.
It's the first time we're going to do something
that's episodic where you have video
and then you have a live episode on stage
and the audience is supposed to be at home watching the weird shit happen.
But we also cuss, so it's not really like a Saturday morning.
Are you going to have commercials?
Do we have commercials?
There is going to be audio commercials in the style of Albs.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
There's a tenuous connection with my old podcast.
That's your old podcast, which was voted number one several times.
Well, whatever. Much to my chagrin. Who's your old podcast, which was voted number one several times. Twice.
Well, whatever.
Much to my chagrin.
Who's counting?
It's fine.
It doesn't matter.
It's all bullshit.
People can vote as much as they want.
I don't even know why the fuck the city paper does it.
But seriously, it'd be nice. If Bob Rose can't get number one celebrity,
then obviously something's wrong.
Yeah, obviously it's faulty.
I mean, the whole system.
Let's bring it down.
I know that John Waters was worried. He was
like, oh, fuck, Bob Rose and the cheap
ass beer guy are in the running this year.
I can't beat beer.
Who was second?
Josh Reynolds, the cheap ass beer guy.
Oh, that guy? Yeah. Oh, wow.
He's a cool guy. Yeah, I like him.
Good name. It's a good name, right?
I can't beat beer and John Waters, though, in Baltimore.
Yeah, he literally has a sign that says
cheap-ass beer, and it hangs out in front of
pickles, I think. He earned it.
It just undercuts him.
Does he just undercut everybody's prices?
I don't know. I think he's
advertising for a bar.
Or he's just, in general...
I thought he was just selling beers out of his car.
He essentially won based on his job.
Yeah. Yeah. It was him or that ice cold water
just one dollar guy.
You ever see him down at Camden Yards?
That ripped black guy?
Isn't he on every corner of Baltimore
for the whole summer?
I didn't realize I was one person.
Real specific boys.
Water being free really hurt that guy.
Faucets at home really took
him down. I'm glad we're doing this.
I'm really happy.
I feel like we're at the worst press
conference ever.
Like a Senate hearing, like
no, I did not do that.
You're trying your best to
confess that you were drunk during the flight
and nobody's listening or cares.
Yeah, exactly.
I drank the vodka.
I feel like we're the guy in, like,
12 Monkeys saying that the whole world's about to end
and no one's listening.
There's a virus.
You don't understand.
And they could give a fuck.
They're like, yeah, I got a pork sandwich.
Shut the fuck up.
I don't care.
I don't care.
Was that an IPA or a...
Or a...
Okay, so, Chuck, what's your role within Bros?
I'm like only artistic counsel that chooses what show we're going to do and stuff like that.
I do electronics and puppet making, puppetry stuff too.
Oh, nice.
You're a puppeteer?
And a writer.
And a puppeteer, yeah.
Nice.
And you had a...
Was it a trident that could shoot flames or a sword?
Oh yeah, no, I made a
flame-shooting trident for Artscape one year
because I had this costume. It was like
a God of the Sea kind of guy
with seashells all over me
called Typhoonicus, and I would
shoot fire. Typhoonicus. Yeah, and they didn't have
any law against it at Artscape, apparently.
I kept coming back with it. No one
ever stopped me. It was great. Wow. They're like, God damn, we should have put that flaming trident law in the books Artscape, apparently. I kept coming back with it. No one ever stopped me. It was great.
They're like, God damn, we should have put that flaming trident law in the books.
This guy's running roughshod all over.
I was shooting it a couple feet away from little kids
and nobody said anything.
I was really in control of it.
I was not a danger to anybody.
Great White said the same thing.
This was outside.
You can't light outside on fire.
To be fair, the parents weren't near the kids. They weren, well, so this was outside. Okay. You can't light outside on fire. That's true.
To be fair, the parents weren't near the kids.
They weren't being monitored, so it's fine.
Yeah, Chuck, he quit Great White before that show, right?
You had nothing to do with that.
What's that?
You played in Great White, right?
All right, we're...
No.
This is a one-off joke that's like nuts.
I'm trying, trying, trying anything.
It's turning into something way bigger.
Hey, it's two more people we can annoy.
So how long has Bros existed?
Bros did their first show in 2009.
So like whatever that is.
October 2009.
Oh, it's like just after October now.
So like 30 years ago, I think.
Yeah, like seven, eight years.
Is that...
Something like that.
Six years.
Yeah, it's about six years.
And when did you get involved, Bob?
I got mainly...
I mean, I've known everyone.
I've known a lot of people since it started,
but I mainly got involved during Electric Pharaoh,
which is the show Chuck wrote.
I started doing videos then,
and now I'm doing videos for the new show.
Oh, nice.
So that's what I'm...
And that's your main gig, right?
You edit?
Yeah.
Yeah, and for bros, that's all I do
because I'm not good at anything else.
Bob's the video guy.
I'm the video guy.
He's the video guy. The only video video guy. He's the video guy.
The only video guy I know.
Thank you.
Video guy or video guy?
The only video guy I need.
That's right.
I don't know about that.
If you like schlocky horse shit, sure.
For all my video needs, I go to Bob Rose.
Thanks.
Whether I need like a holiday.
Mike, I told you, I don't film people having sex, either by themselves or with others. Have you never
done that? Not yet.
Can you make a lot of money filming porn?
I've gotten requests
to film people fucking quite a few
times. Oh, wait. I think I know
who some of those people are.
Hold on. Is that going too far?
No, no. I want to break this down.
It's not a big deal. Somebody asked
me to film them having sex again. We're sponsored by Juicy Juice.
How does that work?
Well, they wanted me to film...
We're not going to talk about filming sex the whole time.
No, just a little side note.
It's tangential, really.
They're a couple, and they wanted me to film them fucking so they could make money.
But I told them, why don't you just start a cam?
Isn't that the height of narcissism?
We really need to get money.
People would love to watch us fuck.
I bet they do fuck good though.
I know these two are close friends.
Do you think you're allowed to say who it is?
They wouldn't care.
They just got engaged today.
Honestly, you could say anything in this bar and it'd be fine.
Well, it's recorded too, right?
This is being recorded, I hope, right?
So are all the other people here at a slightly lower volume.
No, they wanted me to film them fucking for money.
And because they probably wanted to have that document.
Now, what are we talking here?
Just one camera or multiple angles?
No, because I have a friend who is in a porn.
Really?
I'm not going to name names.
He just looked at Chuck.
I know.
Chuck Green.
But my problem with the porn was it was one camera angle.
I'm like, come on.
In this day and age?
Really?
Mix it up.
Right?
Yeah.
I mean, I realize it's just you two fucking, but set up a few more cameras.
I want that flying thing they have in NFL games that goes over, you know?
We can't get a drone in this fucking room?
No heat sensor shots.
No x-rays.
I like the porns where it's like
the guy who's in it is holding a camera.
You can see him in the shot holding the camera.
Then it cuts to the shot that he's doing
at that moment.
It's like super immersion.
Whatever.
This is what sex is like, finally.
When I'm watching porn
and there's a camera guy in it and I can see it,
sometimes I pause it to see
what kind of camera he's using.
That's what you jerk off to.
Oh, man.
A red, huh?
Somebody paid for HD.
Jesus Christ.
I wonder why this bokeh was looking so good.
A lot of times it has like...
So you had one couple ask you to do that,
and then you had another couple ask you to film them having sex?
Yeah, throughout my days as a videographer,
I've had people say, you know, you should film this porn.
And I'm like, eh, the money was never there.
I once got offered to shoot a Superman porn. That didn't happen.
The budget wasn't there.
It was going to be a Man of Steel parody.
I like that it becomes realistic. Budget sucked.
Pre-production was hell. So we just didn't shoot
the Superman porn. Me and the producer just couldn't agree
on the artistic choices.
The script was okay, but Jesus Christ.
Yeah.
How much would it take for you
to shoot a couple of
My name wouldn't be wanted.
Oh, okay.
We want to do a big set.
You wouldn't believe how many people come over to
record the podcast and think Mike and I live together.
Like, this is a nice place.
Like as a couple?
Yeah, you guys are doing good.
You have that rapport by now.
We do have bunk beds. Especially since that
rainbow picture of us hugging.
Yeah, people thought that was
real when the gay marriage
passed in the Supreme Court.
I did the rainbow picture of Mike
and I hugging. It already looked homosexual.
And a bunch of people commented like, that's great.
Good for you guys. Several people really
thought we were coming out. Like your cousins and stuff.
You fooled me for a minute, yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, we are in love, for sure.
All right, but now back to the question.
How much money would it take for you to film and edit?
I want a good product.
You want a good...
What does good mean?
You know, like properly produced.
Like am I adding special effects?
Professional.
Yes.
Lots of CGI.
Yeah, it wouldn't fucking hurt. Jesus Christ.
In that case, a thousand bucks.
A thousand. That's a good
price. For CGI included.
I mean, it's gonna be shit.
Yeah. Like, I don't want to be fucking on the moon.
You know, can you do that? I mean, yeah, you can fuck
on the moon. Can Jar Jar be there?
Yeah. Yeah, but you're gonna
mess up a green screen, because you gotta, like, fuck on a green
screen. I feel like the fluids would make the keying hard.
All right.
I can't work with you.
This is terrible.
I'm trying to find a new director.
The same way they use milk.
They use, like, glue instead of milk in cereal commercials.
What?
Yeah, because, like, milk doesn't show up well on TV or something.
So you can shoot other liquids that are coming out of your dick that aren't cum?
I'm sure we can work it out.
You have to, like, pack your urethra tight.
Have you seen Avatar?
The things they can do these days.
I just noticed somebody's eating French onion soup watching this.
I'm sorry, sir.
I apologize.
You did not expect us to be talking about cum and glue while you're eating your dinner, did you?
Is that okay?
Do you mind if we...
French onion soup is brown, though.
We've got a lot more to say about this.
It's got the covering over it.
It's got the cheese covering.
What is the weirdest thing you've filmed, Bob?
The weirdest thing I've filmed?
Yeah.
I would have to say...
If you're discounting stuff I did intentionally
from stuff I made,
which is all pretty weird,
I would say I've filmed plenty of people barfing.
What?
Why?
I find barfing really funny and my friends
always make sure I know about barfing.
They're like, dude, I'm about to barf.
Come outside quick. Film this.
To me, barfing and porno, that's not
a far...
It's technically Roman showers. That's not barfing and porno, that's not a far... That's not a... I mean, it's technically Roman showers.
Really? That's not barf for you?
No.
If a guy I know...
You have those saved under the same files?
If the barf guy wouldn't be like,
no, no, no, he's not going to do porn.
He mostly sticks to vomit.
I mean, it's a fetish.
Wait, do you have a video of 20 people vomiting?
I have a video of people vomiting on my YouTube channel.
Did you edit it all into one video or something?
It's edited to classical music.
Oh my God.
So it's beautiful.
Yeah, I'm sure.
I bet it was shot well.
No, it's not shot very well
because it was like 10 years ago,
but it's edited to classical music
and he's barfing all over Legos.
Oh.
What?
Did the Legos survive
or were they thrown out?
That was a statement back then.
That was a Lego movie promotion, right?
No, this was way before the Lego movie.
They changed my mind now.
I would never do that again.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
All right.
So that's the weirdest thing that you've just done on your own.
What's the weirdest thing anybody's commissioned you to make besides pornography?
Besides pornography?
Dude, it literally
would be
yeah my friends
yeah
anytime somebody
wants to pay me
to watch them
fuck I'm always
and not join in
I feel weird about it
you know
like I don't want
to just watch it
it sounds like
the price is changing
you're like
I'll film your porn
for a thousand
but if I can get in on it
you get a price cut
yeah you know
okay
yeah
it'd be a really weird brunch
the next weekend with your friends though, right?
Plus I gotta edit it.
Bob, how's the film coming?
It's gonna be like hours of me watching them fuck.
You know?
You know what I mean?
Do you not enjoy watching other people fuck?
It's not my friends.
I don't want to watch Chuck have sex.
Oh no? I kind of do. I don't want to watch Chuck have sex. Oh, no? I kind of do.
I mean, I'm sure you're fine.
Chuck's fired.
I'm not an expert or anything. Do you want to watch your friends
have sex, Chuck? Well, it actually
depends on the friends, yeah. Oh, okay.
Like the people you're talking about, I probably
would. No, the people we're talking about
would probably have really hot sex.
Yeah. They probably have to
invent something new every time they do it because they're just like...
They're into Roman showers
and shit, so they are into puking.
No puking. It would be a
rainbow
of positions and
things happening.
All right.
All right. Well, guys,
I think we're
going to bring up our next guest.
Let's talk about Space? Yeah, sure.
Let's talk about Space Bingo, though.
Let's talk about what?
I didn't get to talk about Space Bingo.
Oh, can we talk about that real quick?
Can we talk about stuff?
I want to plug it.
Yeah, go for it.
Space Bingo is a bingo that I host with my friends Meg and Jono every month at the Crown,
the second Sunday of every month, although this month it's the third Sunday.
It's next Sunday.
Okay.
We do, it's like just regular bingo, but it's space themed.
Okay. It's just regular bingo, but it's space-themed. Okay.
And Kathy Carson has called it the best shit show in town.
I don't think Kathy Carson has seen this show yet.
I guess you're right.
Look out, city paper.
Third best shit show.
Woo!
Third best shit show is really the first best shit show, though.
Yeah, it's confusing.
Okay.
Anyway, we do spacey stuff, and I have space facts that I say.
Okay.
I know a lot of space facts.
What time does it start?
Oh, it starts at 8 o'clock and ends at 11 o'clock.
Okay.
Third Sunday of November, 8 p.m., right?
Yeah, but it's usually the second Sunday.
Nice.
What's your favorite space fact?
Oh, do you want to hear a space fact?
Please.
I'd like to hear several.
All right.
What's my favorite space fact?
Space fact.
When you're exposed to the vacuum of space, you don't die right away.
The first thing you do is regret becoming an astronaut.
I don't have a symbol.
I wish I had a symbol on that one.
What was that sound? It was a hi-hat. It just sounded have a symbol. I wish I had a symbol on that one. What was that sound?
It was a hi-hat.
It just sounded like a glitch.
Let's do the bongos next time.
Hold on.
I have one more.
That wasn't really my favorite.
Here's my favorite.
Space fact.
Space fact.
I think you have to say space fact.
Space fact.
Space is a lot like the embrace of a lover,
except the other person is in your mind,
and you're dying of oxygen deprivation.
There aren't so much facts as jokes you would
find on
sticks that space pops come on.
Yes.
No, I made them up, though. I feel like Mike just didn't want to go
with it. What's that?
I feel like you just didn't want to go with the facts.
He comes from the no-butt school of improv.
That's his thing.
Can I plug something?
No. What the fuck is going on?
Sorry, Bob.
You fucking opened that door and in.
Check out my porno every third weekend of November.
What the fuck?
Showing my porno at the Wino Space.
Oh, it's a space porno.
It's voted third best shit porn of whatever.
Space fucks.
No, Bob, please plug away.
November 23rd at the Wind Up Space,
Adam's Family Matters.
We're showing both Adam's Family movies
and a bunch of holiday Adam's Family Matters episodes.
Oh, okay.
So we're showing Adam's Family movies
and Family Matters episodes.
Oh, yeah, there's a Thanksgiving tie-in there.
Sort of, yeah.
We'll show a Thanksgiving episode.
Yeah, but in the movie, too, in Returns.
Yeah, yeah, no.
Yeah, it's a Thanksgiving movie.
So there is pertinence.
There's a tie-in there.
Yeah, yeah.
I love that.
All right, well, a round of applause for Chuck Green and Bob Rose, you guys.
Yeah.
Thanks, guys.
Thank you.
Now get the fuck out of here.
Good kids.
Thank you for joining us. Enjoy the roast out of here. Good kids. Thank you for joining us.
Enjoy the roast beef.
Alright, now let's get up our next two guests
and get this thing over with.
This is our Vietnam.
What?
Were you looking for another plug?
I think she thinks you...
Well, maybe at the end.
I'll talk to you.
You saved the best for last.
You know what I'm talking about?
You're headlining. Yeah, you're the headliner.
Gee, we'll get another
sandwich. She just said
but my sandwich is gone. What do I have to do?
Everything? God damn it.
Welcome to the stage
right now. The two
co-hosts of another podcast on the
Thunder Grunt Network. Coming to the stage,
big round of applause right now for Lars Periwinkle
and Joel Murphy
of Hobo Trash Can Radio!
How's it going, guys?
That's not the name of our show. Thanks, guys.
What is it?
What'd you say? It was close.
You said Hobo Trash Can Radio?
Yeah. Hobo.
You know, if you search that, you'll probably find it. I mean, yeah, I think so. What is it? I'm sorry. It's Hobo Trash Can Radio. Yeah. Hobo. You know, if you search that, you'll probably find it.
I mean, yeah, I think so.
What is it?
I'm sorry.
It's Hobo Radio.
We're associated with HoboTrashCan.com.
Oh, Jesus.
Yeah, Hobos.
I apologize.
We'll fix all of it in post.
Whatever.
Welcome to the stage.
Dirtbag.
Mark Maron from WTF.
All right.
Well, for the listeners, Joel, say hi.
Hi. Lars, say hello listeners, Joel, say hi. Hi.
Lars, say hello.
Hello.
That's Lars.
So what's going on with you fellas?
I enjoy your podcast a lot.
It's very pop culture focused, and I enjoy that.
And I've also heard a couple episodes where you've talked shit about yours truly.
You know?
That's most.
That's most.
Yeah.
It's like 80%.
To be fair, that's 80% of most podcasts.
Yeah.
That's our podcast, too.
Yeah.
You've called me a monster at some point.
Wow.
I'll stop when you stop being a monster.
Wow.
How many times have you canceled on us at this point?
That's true.
No.
Canceled?
We're scheduling.
I haven't canceled.
We continue to schedule.
Look, we're going to do it Wednesday.
You know if he's supposed to be with my girlfriend, but I'll squeeze in an hour if you're going
to fucking roast my balls in front of all these people not paying attention and Liam
Blythe.
You know what people love?
When you do an unannounced podcast and then talk about the scheduling of a different podcast
that they don't know.
It's good times.
It's good times.
It's just quality entertainment.
Look, to answer your question, $80.
Okay.
That's how much it would cost for me to shoot your porn.
Oh, wow.
That's not bad.
And then does that cut in half if you get to be in it?
No, it's actually more if I'm going to be in it.
Yeah.
You value yourself.
Yeah.
Instead of Bob.
You got to.
Yeah.
You know, as the Joker said, if you're good at something, don't do it for free.
Yeah. Oh, did anyone have the time? if you're good at something, don't do it for free. Yeah.
Oh, did anyone have the time?
How long it took for him to reference Batman?
I believe it was five minutes.
That's not bad.
I'm sleeping up.
Maybe three or four.
Not bad.
So, yeah, tell us about your show and tell the people here about what your guy shows.
I don't know what to do with my hands right now.
What do you mean?
Usually no one's watching and I'm like fiddling with things.
I have a stand.
You can rub my knee if you want.
That's cool.
Rub Moran's.
No, hold your beer.
That's a good move.
Okay, cool.
Yeah.
Okay, now tell us.
Okay.
Feel better?
And clench your teeth together.
That's also a good move.
No, tell us about the show.
Go ahead.
You guys have been doing it for a while.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, well, we're kind of a unique podcast.
We're two white guys that talk about science fiction.
Finally.
Weird.
Cornering the market.
And probably about, we talk about our dicks a fair amount.
Uh-huh.
And the world, we just, we talk for an hour at a time and usually a lot about pop culture.
Hold that a little bit closer, Lars.
Stuff.
There it is.
I feel like you came in on stuff.
If I could wrap up our show.
But how long have you guys been doing your podcast?
Seven plus years.
That sounds right.
Really?
We started right before The Dark Knight came out.
Wow.
That's early on.
Yeah, that was a while back.
There's dead people who were in that movie.
Wow.
Okay, and you guys have had on some pretty big names as well.
I was pretty jealous of the Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland episode.
Oh, yeah.
In my mind, you and I, we have a rivalry.
As far as gets of gets?
Yeah, because you guys got Patton Oswalt, and I felt like that geared me up.
Like, oh, we got to do this now.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
You got to step up your game.
You understand?
No, Dan Harmon and Justin...
Especially after tonight.
After tonight, bro.
The bar is pretty high.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, this is the biggest audience
we've ever had for a podcast.
Us too.
Yeah.
No, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland
created Rick and Morty, which is one of my favorite shows.
Yeah.
And, yeah, you got to do a phone interview.
It's still so fucking cool.
Thank you.
No, yeah, like, that's, most of the interview stuff has been phone stuff.
But, yeah, we've gotten to do some cool stuff.
Did you notice, though?
Did you notice he had to put phone in there?
Because he does his interviews in person.
You see, he's a monster.
Yeah, yeah.
We're the only ones who know it.
I just don't want the people to think that they're going to get a good episode and listen to it.
You know what I mean?
You've got to set the bar low.
You know what I mean?
Jesus Christ.
No, they're fucking great.
I've done your show.
I had a good time.
Yeah.
And I'm going to come back.
I'll be there.
I thought it was weird that you forbid us from having Mike on.
I don't know what that is.
Yeah, it's just I've already put my flag up at Hoboland.
It's fine.
That's the name of your podcast, Hoboland, right?
Yeah.
I love, yeah.
By the end of this, you might have the name.
That's my main goal.
How'd you come up with that name, by the way?
I mean, there's not a good story.
It was literally just trying to think of something catchy. How did you come up with that name, by the way? I mean, there's not a good story.
It was literally just trying to think of something catchy.
You know, just like a website that was available and, you know, sounded evocative of something.
I wish I had a better story.
Well, you have a whole website, like a pop culture website for it, right? Yeah, it started with Hobo Trash Can as the website.
And it was, there was like print interviews and stuff on that.
And then eventually
we started the podcast from that.
The podcast has kind of grown into
its own thing. Lars has always only done
the podcast.
Just the podcast. I'm not involved
in interviews.
I don't do anything with the website.
You don't want to write an article or two?
No, I don't feel one way or the other about writing an article.
I know that Joel shows up to my apartment once a week and we talk for an hour, and then he leaves.
You didn't even realize it was being recorded for several years?
I had no clue.
He sticks this thing in my face.
Until the dark night arises.
Yeah.
And then he uses a microphone.
So, Lars, but, okay, so I know that Joel does improv,
and we've done some sketches together at Duke Claw,
which we don't have to get into.
Fuck Duke Claw, all right?
It's fine.
Duke Claw is the worst.
It's fine.
But Lars, you don't do stand-up or improv or anything, do you?
I'm a geologist.
Do you have any aspirations to perform or do improv or stand-up or anything, do you? I'm a geologist. Do you have any
aspirations to perform
or do improv
or stand-up or anything
or just podcasts?
Oh, I used to do that.
I did that
from when
I was in middle school
all the way until
like my early to mid-twenties
and then I stopped.
Uh-huh.
I don't know if you guys
know this or not,
not a lot of money in it.
What?
Yep.
I did improv to get rich.
And it paid off.
It works for some people. Well, I'm doing a podcast
in a bar that no one's paying attention to.
I've seen several people paying attention.
This guy is so into it.
I just want to give you credit.
He is so into it. Give it up for
Cream of Onion guy.
Turtleneck sweater looking good.
That's a hot sweater, dude. I like that. I love it.
I love it.
I saw Drake wearing that in that funny video.
That's a great visual.
Well done, Lars.
Oh, my God.
He's doing the dance.
He got up and started dancing.
Oh, I got it before Drake.
Drake ripped him off.
I saw him.
I was like, bitch, go home and change.
You say that's the only way you can make a pizza?
Is you have to put on a really nice sweater?
Well, that makes sense.
Like they used to do in Italy.
Yeah.
Give me my finest a turtleneck.
Mama, I gotta cut footloose.
You've seen good fellas.
They dress up for everything.
That's still the one ethnicity
you can still make fun of without reprising that talent.
Yeah, because they're still white people, but they're like funny white people.
Funny white people.
Yeah.
Okay, so tell me your weirdest geologist-related story.
What's one time where you're like, this is where we are.
Yeah.
I want to know
where you're like,
fuck, this is crazy.
Actually,
call that a geocarent.
Get out of my office.
My office.
So,
where I work
is kind of like
a wildlife refugee.
Like,
they don't,
there's no hunting
or anything on the property.
It's United States Army property.
So,
all of my quote-unquote crazy stories just involve, like, I have to leave now because there's a wild animal here.
So, like, three weeks ago I had to run because I saw a coyote in Maryland.
Uh-huh.
And so I ran away from it.
Sure.
Wait, so it was, like, on the premises of where you work?
Yeah.
It was walking right where I was a few moments earlier.
It was riding a rocket trying to capture you.
With a net.
I wouldn't be afraid of that particular coyote.
He buys faulty equipment.
It was taking a shit right where I was before,
and I don't know what that means,
but I know it means something to them.
That's disrespect for sure.
If it were just one of you guys,
it'd be like, ah, you knucklehead.
I don't know, but I was like, Lars, I shit
where you walk. You know what I mean?
Then you can call me a monster. I feel like that's
fair.
That's just what happens.
It's like a lot of weird animal shit. I had a
turkey attack my truck one time.
Here's the thing,
man. How does that even work?
I don't know what its goal was, but there was a whole group
of turkeys walking across the road.
So I stopped so I didn't
run into them like they're bowling pins.
And so I'm sitting there waiting
for them and two of them come over and start pecking at
my tires. They thought you were weak.
They're like, look at him. He's stopped.
I felt like it was a big fuck you to me.
Totally. But I just sat there and took it.
So coyotes and turkeys have both
disrespected you so far.
Yes, both of them have been very territorial with me.
I have no interest in their stuff, by the way.
Sure.
So, yeah, those are those things.
Those are the craziest work-related stories?
I suppose.
Like, the other ones are kind of, they're crazier stories.
Like, one time I accidentally stepped on a bomb.
What?
Yeah.
But it's not like you're using that.
One time I was blown up by a landmine. I like that you started with coyote. I also stepped on a bomb. What? Yeah. But it's not like you're using that. One time I was blown up
by a landmine.
I like that you started
with coyote.
I also stepped on a bomb.
The coyote probably
planted it.
Probably what it is.
It did say acne on it
now that you mentioned it.
You got turkeys
attacking your tires.
Pesky roadrunner.
It probably all stems
from that one coyote.
Yeah.
He's probably plotting
this whole thing.
Yeah.
He's organizing the animals.
The animals get organized.
We're horribly outnumbered and outgunned.
Just remember that when you're celebrating Thanksgiving.
All right.
So do you work for the Army or are you on Army?
The least interesting thing I can think of about anything is my job.
But I'll answer these questions.
Sure. I work'll answer these questions. Sure.
I work for an Army contractor.
So I work for an environmental firm.
And we have several contracts, the biggest of which is the United States Army in Aberdeen, Maryland.
Because they buried a bunch of rancid shit in the ground.
And I make sure that you guys don't drink it.
You're welcome.
Yeah.
See, that's not boring.
My girlfriend just said, aw.
No, you're good, man.
Alright, well, what's not
boring then, Lars? What do you want to get into?
Besides, what's not boring?
Oh, what's not boring?
Oh, okay. That's fine. You want me to take
over your show because you don't know how to do it right? That's fine.
So, Lars.
Oh, shit.
Lars, I was asking you questions.
And you were like, oh.
No, that's fine.
Really, thank you for asking me about my job.
No one does it.
Usually someone says, what do you do?
And I say, I'm a geologist.
And they say, what's that like?
And I say, it rocks.
And then they stop talking to me, which works out pretty well, thank you.
Wow.
Thank you.
When the lists are at home, everyone is applauding.
Wow.
You guys sit down.
Please, please. The listeners at home, everyone is applauding. Wow. You guys, sit down.
Please, please.
All right, and Joel, you used to work at Duke Claw.
Not anymore.
Yeah, hey, Josh, you used to perform with the Baltimore Improv Group. Yep, I'm saying it.
You used to do theater.
Yeah.
Yeah, Mike, what did you used to do that you're not doing anymore?
That you're not doing anymore? That you're not doing anymore.
I used to play a lot of Super Nintendo.
Sweet. You don't do that anymore?
No. A Link to the Past
is still one of my favorite games.
Never played it.
Zelda games are just dorky.
Can we trade seats?
Jesus Christ. I don't understand
you guys.
Is that a generational gap?
I feel like you're not... Zelda?
Come on.
Zelda's the best.
What's your favorite video game?
The guy's name wasn't even Zelda.
Never mind.
We're not talking.
Zelda's pretty whack.
My friend Ryan is actually here.
He's big into Zelda.
It's pretty stupid.
He's like, dude, I played the flute on this one song and now I'm a fool.
Ocarina.
Ocarina!
Exactly.
Who gives a shit?
Who gives a shit? Yeah. Who gives a shit? Who gives a shit?
Yeah.
Who gives a shit?
Like the Dungeons and Dragons of video games.
Yeah.
That's why it's awesome.
You know what's funny, though?
It's like the rush of video games.
In all the years that Murphy was working at Duke Law,
we always made it a point on the show to not say he worked at Duke Law.
Oh, really?
It floated up several times.
I think it's great.
What the fuck is Duke Law? Just say it. I don't care. It's a brewing company. Oh, okay. Oh, really? And he floated up several times. I think it's great. What the fuck is Duke Wall?
Just say it.
I don't care.
It's a brewing company.
Oh, okay.
Oh, why?
Just in case, like, it ever, like, anybody ever listened or anything like that?
In case anyone ever listened.
This is what I'm saying.
This is why Josh Coderna is a monster.
He pretends to be nice.
He's got his little braces and his dimples.
And he acts like a nice guy. but then he's like, in case
anyone listens. I mean, it'd be
nice, you know? Can you imagine?
See how it is.
One time, you showed up at a place
that Patton Oswalt was at, and you just
think you're...
I've shown up at that place
several times since.
He wasn't there, but I've shown up. He might, though.
He might come back. I sit there and wait.
And then Matt Walsh.
Where's Patton?
Yeah.
At least that way people...
Do you remember Patton, though?
Yeah, at least that way
people think I'm, like, cool
and I hang out with him
all the time.
Right.
Where the heck is Patton?
Ugh, I hate it
when he does this.
All right.
Classic Patton.
There's one of those cool guys
that hangs out with Patton
sitting over there.
Yeah, he's a real ball buster, you know, we're close
We can do that
Alright, you guys are into pop culture, let me ask you this
How do you feel about the Flash television show?
The pinnacle of pop culture
We nailed it
The Flash, I've never seen it
Alright, well that's our show
Let's bring up the
It just turns into whatever Josh is watching this week.
All right.
Well, thank you.
Is that it?
Are we really done?
Yeah, that's it.
I feel like we've got warmed up.
No, we can get into it.
I asked you questions.
You're like, boring.
I'm being a total dick.
We either talk about The Flash or we're finished.
Yeah, fine.
It's Jesse L. Martin's...
What are the thoughts on season one?
It's Jesse L. Martin's greatest work. your thoughts on season one? It's Jesse L. Martin's greatest
work. Is that what you want to hear?
That Broadway actor Jesse L. Martin
is doing fine work on The Flash.
Which one is he?
He's not The Flash.
Is he The Flash?
He's Barry Allen. He's definitely Barry Allen.
So he just runs fast, right?
That's it?
Mike writes descriptions for shows for Comcast.
The Flash on Monday.
He runs fast, right?
No, like, even as a kid when I was into superheroes,
I was like, what?
The Flash just runs a lot?
What superhero were you into?
Everyone but him, really.
Honestly, I was into Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
I was into X-Men.
What are you, like, an old...
Spider-Man, the Supermans.
I swear, I saw the Batmans in this guy.
He's really got it.
I'm telling you, I was into the Power Man 5000.
I was into...
Power Mans.
Mm-hmm.
Power Mans.
I was into Spiegelman.
I was into theiegelman. I was into the Omen.
Everything.
The Spider-Man.
Getting his webs all over the town.
I try to get a bagel, I'm covered in webs
from the Spider-Man.
I watched The Godfather.
Three.
So The Flash. we're all good.
We like it.
You guys are fine with the green arrow.
You're fine on that concept.
Yeah, you can shoot arrows like a badass.
That's way cool.
The Flash, that's where...
But The Flash can run fast enough he can go back in time, bro.
First of all, that's not how time works.
I'm pretty sure it is.
Not how running works, if you want to break it down.
You work with rocks.
How fast can he run?
Can he run the speed of light?
Look, listen, he's right.
As someone who's an expert on working with rocks,
I can tell you that if you run fast enough,
you will go back in time.
Thank you, Lars.
Really, some common ground.
Would he be able to run through the thing
who is made of rock?
I don't know.
I feel like this is getting too...
Yeah, if he had a TARDIS.
My girlfriend's a big Doctor Who fan.
She's been waiting for us to say TARDIS this whole time.
She just got up and...
That's what she was waiting for.
Alright, we're going to wrap this up soon,
but why not get into some Doctor Who talk?
Okay.
My dad is not happy about the new Doctor, though.
I'll tell you that.
Your dad doesn't like him?
I learned that recently.
We'll get him on the show.
Is it because he has an Italian last name?
Possibly.
Wait, the new Doctor, the actor does,
not like the new Doctor.
No, he doesn't have an answer.
It's not Doctor Who perfectly on him?
I'm not a fucking nerd.
I watch cool shit like The Flash.
I don't have time for fucking TARDISes.
You understand?
Tell me about this Doctor Who.
Tell me about the Doctor Who-man.
What is he?
I hear he's retarded or something.
He flies around like Bill and Ted
in a phone booth.
It's a police box.
Listen, guys.
I'm going to argue about semantics
about this. There was probably a phone
in it, for sure, but it's a police box.
The one we have down on here.
Don't look. You can't see it.
You pointed. The one that's been bedazzled by Micah's students.
Yes.
Also, I like that I looked.
The police are aware of it.
Is the police box here?
What is a police box anyway?
Do you go in there and blast you off to a police station?
If you have any troubles, they were put there so that you could maybe incarcerate someone
until the police showed up, or you could lock yourself in to protect yourself and call the
police and wait there. That's why they existed. That's awesome. We need that everywhere. How do you lock until the police showed up, or you could lock yourself in to protect yourself and call the police and wait there.
That's why they existed.
That's awesome.
We need that everywhere.
How do you lock the other person in there, though?
Do you trick them like Superman?
Yes, you trick them.
Did with the sun guy?
With the sun guy.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't go in there.
There's totally not a bunch of jewels in there.
Right, right.
That's what you do.
They're definitely looking for jewels, too.
Yeah.
That's what most crooks are looking for.
It's like bags of jewels.
They're looking for folk singers that used to live in vans.
All right.
Get the fuck out of here.
90 kids get it.
90 kids get it.
Is Doctor Who your favorite?
What's your favorite show?
Oh, favorite show?
Yes.
Of all time?
Currently?
Yeah.
The Wire is my favorite show of all time.
All right.
And currently?
Currently, I've really been enjoying The Leftovers.
Really?
Yeah.
Oh, so you're the one.
No, I'm just kidding.
I don't know anything about it.
Yeah.
Everybody runs at a normal speed on it.
Oh, it sounds fucking stupid, bro.
It's boring.
That's fucking dumb.
That's fucking dumb.
Lars, what's your favorite show of all time?
He has a tortoise, though, right? Lars. Yo. Favorite dumb. Lars, what's your favorite show of all time? He has a tortoise, though, right?
Lars.
Yo.
Favorite show of all time.
Oh, favorite show of all time.
I feel like I should have something cute up for this.
Sister, Sister.
Sister, Sister was pretty good.
I liked Facts of Life.
Favorite show of all time?
You know what?
It's probably 30 Rock.
Really?
Probably 30 Rock.
Interesting.
From the Sun.
Yeah, 30 Rock from the sun.
What?
Sean Lithgow in the writer's room.
Omar Khan is not happy with that answer in the audience.
Not happy.
Well, like, I don't even know its rival.
What would you have me say?
He was more of a...
The Flash.
What was the other...
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip?
Sorkin guy.
Fuck Tina Fey.
There's Sorkin.
Yeah.
Could Tina Fey have just walked and talked once?
Yeah, at least.
None of Tina Fey's characters know exactly what to say and exactly when to say it,
and they don't say it very quickly.
So fuck them.
I have no idea what you guys are talking about right now.
All right.
What do you like, Mike?
Everything that we've brought up, you're like, I don't know what it is.
It's stupid.
Thank you, Bob.
I don't know if you, you don't really watch TV.
I saw Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves thrice in the theater.
Was that a thrice?
Did I hear a thrice?
Hey, Rex.
Good to see you.
Thank you.
I think Rex is.
Rex Anderson, also of the Thunder Grunt Network, who's here at the show, not because it's a show.
No, it's totally on accident.
Somebody like, oh, these fucks.
That's how you know things are...
Yeah, you know things are going well.
Yeah.
Thanks for coming, Rex.
Thanks for the support.
Yeah, but fuck that guy there.
Am I right, guys?
Jesus Christ. We'll edit that out in post.
Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.
He's not going to listen. He could be listening right now and he walked
away. He's like, oh, I can't wait to download
that on Monday.
But for now, I'm going home.
All right. Round of applause for
Joel Murphy.
Thank you, guys.
This was fun.
And we are going to have our final guests on the stage.
Can we get up and go now?
Yes, please.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yesterday's news.
Well, we got a big guest here, and I'm pretty excited.
She's not even here.
She's right there.
She has to use the restroom first.
Okay, that's cool. Wow.
She's literally in the bathroom, and her friend went to go get her.
God forbid the seat get cold. So I'll just hang out. Yeah, that's cool. She's literally in the bathroom and her friend went to go get her. God forbid the seat get cold.
Yeah, hang out.
Ebon Kojo?
The Last Tribe is what I think it's called.
Hmm, okay.
Sounds kind of interesting. You think it's about like
a lion?
Oh, this is a lion astronaut.
Yeah, we have a flyer for
That says Ebon.
Have you been saying Ebon? for... That says Ebon. Wow. Have you been saying
Ebon? I think it's Ebon.
I think it's Ebon.
It's definitely, that's what that word is.
It's like Ebon flow. I am
Ebon.
Almost Ebon. Come on up.
Listen. Come on, stop
having so much fun. Ebon isn't
too far away.
Come on.
Come grab a seat. I have a microphone now. I'm officially Eben isn't too far away. Oh, Radio World. That should be the theme song.
Come on.
Yeah, sit down.
Come grab a seat.
We'll have somebody else up.
I have a microphone now.
I'm officially a part of your world.
Welcome to the digression sessions.
I like the name.
Hello, sir.
You're joining too.
Pass the microphone to your friend.
This is Eben Kojo himself.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I forgot your name.
This is much more exciting than paying my tab.
What's your name?
I'm sorry.
My name is Nefri Amini.
Okay. Got that. What's your name? I'm sorry. My name is Nefri Amini. Okay.
Got that.
It's spelled like that.
It sounds like Jeffrey, but starts with an N.
Oh, there you go.
Nefri.
Hi.
I forgot yours.
It's Josh.
Hi, Josh.
Hey, Mike.
Hi, Mike.
And you, sir, at the end?
I'm Scott Patterson.
See, Scott.
That's easy.
Scott Patterson is the writer, composer, and performer of Eben Kojo.
Tell me about Eben Kojo,
The Last Tribe.
Eben Kojo,
The Last Tribe is a sci-fi
tone poem.
Sci-fi what?
Tone poem.
Thank you, Nefri.
Scott, what is a tone poem?
Follow-up question.
How do you feel about The Flash?
The Flash?
The TV show.
The TV show? Seriously?
Yeah, you should check it out. I love that show.
Joshua really wants to talk about it. Are you serious?
You really want to talk about that?
Let's get to your show and then we'll talk
about The Flash. So, a tone poem.
A tone poem is a story that's based off of,
it's music that's written around a novel or a story or a play or something like that.
So it's storytelling through sound.
Oh, I like that.
I like that.
Sounded like you were scatting a little bit.
That's what that kind of sounded like.
I do that.
You know, when I've been drinking.
Sure.
But you know why we call it a tone poem?
I don't know what the show has turned into, but I like it.
That's actually one of the melodies that will be in the tone poem.
That was really pretty.
I like that, Scott.
Thank you.
I like that.
I want to say, though, there's a reason we call it a tone poem.
Okay.
It's because.
Nefri, you've got to eat that microphone.
So for a while, this is better,
we were calling it a musical.
A sci-fi musical. I was calling it a
sci-fi funk rock musical, but when you say
musical, everybody just gets to thinking like
Broadway, Cinderella,
Broadway. No,
it's not that. It's not that.
It's something totally
different.
And so worth your time and your gas money
for coming out the door.
Nice.
Now,
is this your guys' first
collaboration together?
It is.
How'd you guys meet?
We met in Harlem, New York.
We were teaching
together at a school.
And you ended up at an Irish bar in Baltimore.
That old cliche story
you know
I'm a composer
and pianist and I was teaching piano
to these kids in the school
in New York and I was teaching visual
arts and we got to talking
one day and it was totally cosmic
so how'd you get down here
Bolt bus
good deal good deal Cosmic. Oh, nice. So how'd you get down here? Bolt bus.
Good deal.
Good deal.
Shout out to our sponsor, Bolt Bus.
Okay, so are you doing the play in New York too?
We want to do it in New York, but I live here in Baltimore.
Oh, okay. So my wife and I, it's my wife.
Oh, hi.
Hey.
We started a company.
It's a music-driven performance art company.
What's the company called?
It's called Afro House.
Afro House.
Hey.
And we are now stationed here in Baltimore.
Nice.
So we wanted our piece to be done in Baltimore first.
That's awesome, man.
Nice.
Well, congratulations.
Thank you. It's nice, man. Well, congratulations.
It's nice that you guys are part of the Fringe Festival.
I feel like this is cool that you guys got to be on the show and we got to meet.
We're so happy.
Yeah, Nephri, Scott.
Round of applause for Nephri and Scott, everybody.
That was awesome.
Thanks, guys.
All right, well, we're going to end it there
because I don't feel like we can top that.
That was fun.
Perfect.
Come to the show Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
Yeah, the 12th to the 15th.
Awesome.
All right.
Yeah, we'll go to afrohouse.org slash projects.
Yes.
Yeah, nailed that.
Y'all are good.
Yeah, well, thank you.
He's good.
I'm great.
What's the name of our show again?
It's called The Digression Sessions.
Let me see if I have a card for you.
Yeah. Thank you for having us. Yeah, of course, Nefri. Of course, Scott. Thanks, guys. it's called the digression sessions let me see if I have a card for you yeah
thank you for having us
yeah of course
Nefri of course
Scott
thanks guys
alright guys
well that's been our show
I'm Josh Guderna
this is Mike Moran
check out the
digression sessions
on iTunes
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or digressionsessions.com
and check out the rest
of the Fringe Festival
it's going on all week
so thank you guys
for paying attention
and I hope we didn't
annoy you too much.
Thank you. Bye-bye.
Thanks, everybody.
Thank you.
Big presentation.
Come on, Julie.
For what it was, I think.
At first, I was like, oh, yeah, really.
That was okay.
Yeah.
.
Honestly, like the way, the way
the way it got to me, I don't know.
.
. Thank you. you