In which KC and Jeff make the acquaintance of one Mr. Cameron W. Kobes, author, student, and escaped farmboy; Cameron takes up writing at age 12; he describes the difference between rural life and university life; boludos and Argentina stories; Red Walls mice and rodents as the enemy; he didn't know about the gritty fairy tale trend; Baskin-Robbins is a wrist workout; kc speaks some silly words; Cameron comes home to find sub-par transit; Jeff and KC meet Cameron at Creative Colloquy; KC has Cameron's birthday deja vu; Cameron lived on a farm til age 18; work ethic is different between farmboys and the higher classes; Cameron is the only non religious one; the church of the invisible pink unicorn; he works writing like a job; Jeff remembers meeting KC, so fly; the power of spoken word heard in the proper setting; and more!
Closing Song: "Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys
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Buy Cameron's book! Tales of Cynings, Volume I on Amazon.com
March 18th - Dockyard Derby Dames Championship Bout, Pierce College, Steillacoom, WA
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In this thrilling mini episode, KC joins Jeff on a trip to a roller derby bout and they get to talkin'; KC makes sure Jeff knows it's Southside Revolution not "South Sound" Revolution; the event is called Dr Who, the Unearthly Bout; we learn all the names of the Revolution and Marysville Derby Demons skaters; KC and the windshield get frosty; KC wonders when the Tacoma Dome will get a Warhol facelift, while Jeff thinks it should be more O'Keefe-y; KC sees a Warhol monument in Las Vegas; Jeff makes a new hit song; it's a pretty drive to the place; it's coed derby so we talk gender identity; KC kills it on the mic as an announcer; KC talks about the push and pull between making derby inclusive and letting people speak freely; and more!
Closing Song: "Edge of Town" - Middle Kids
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In which Jeff continues his chat with Amy Sheppard of the Earbuds and Earworms Podcast; he shares with her the song that means the most to him; Amy gets whimsical with the literal jams; it's a new Amy's Book Club selection; Jeff reads a poem about jaded journalists; getting rid of stuff; Jeff's life is much less cluttered; Amy wants to give these guys a hug; Tennessee Liquor Laws; it's Amy and her husband's anniversary; and she didn't have to invite either mom for the occasion!
Closing Song: "Rescue" - Alysha Brilla
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In which Jeff welcomes podcaster, TBTL ten, and all-round groovy chick Amy Sheppard to the world of Everything is Awesome; Jeff has seen LEGO Batman and it is legit; KC and Jeff are fixin to sing a song from the movie; KC wants to learn the ukelele; Amy thinks guitarists look cool; Amy has a podcast (Earbuds and Earworms); Amy clowns on Jason's love of Deep Purple; Everything is Awesome has a rich history of audio screwups; the only iMacs Amy thinks of are the big blueberries; Memphis is all blues and Elvis; Nicole Kidman can't clap cause she's Nashvillian; Amy has a lot of alcohol; fun "facts" about alcoholism; bleedin heart liberals surrounded by Trump voters; Amy counsels "don't look at twitter before you go to sleep"; Amy goes on a treasure hunt with maps made by a child; they found a worm, a spider, and a classic bottle of pop; don't sniff the inside of the bottle; Amy prices things low to move product; she has a helpful mailman; Jeff talks Zine Symposium, Neely Bat Chestnut and Mend My Dress publishing; KC is in New Orleans; she hasn't found a ghost yet; Amy had a sweet roller derby name for the league she didn't start; Jeff has a new derby name: High Larryous; it's the first time Jeff and KC have been apart in a year; Jeff luxuriates slobstyle; that feeling when your food baby doesn't leave in the morning; meeting Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh in Chicago; meeting Christy and Jeremy in St. Paul, Minnesota; her mom saw a lot of shooting victims; "It's midtown Memphis. They're probably gunshots"; Jeff recalls his drug dealin neighbor; mom was a trauma nurse, and a sociopath; dudes get more love for the fiber arts; Trump can't wear clothes right; Hitler wasn't that bad (wha?!!! jkjk); Amy's cat attacks her; Sphinxes are the sweetiest, ugliest cats; "I've got my bourbon, my mint, I'm ready"; Amy tells her tale of woe; her kid loves getting xmas trees as presents; Methodists believe in drinkin and donuts; Tumblr porn and selfies; Gaga gets political; December is Mental Illness Awareness Month; oh btw Amy was in a psych ward once nbd; and more!
Closing Song: "With Your Two Hands" - The Wind and the Wave
Plugs:
Earbuds and Earworms - the podcast for people who like music, and the two goons that host it! eandepod.com
Podcasts:
Rank and Vile
TBTL
Little Red Bandwagon
ADHD Rewired
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In which KC travels to New Orleans, leaving Jeff to enjoy the city of Tacoma alone; Jeff drives to Destiny City Comics for the Winter Zine Symposium; turns out Tacoma needs more condos; Jeff meets zine distributor and author Neely Bat Chestnut; we learn about Mend My Dress Press and their various offerings; Mike has Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2 and it's terrifying; Jack Cameron and Mimi Levenson say hi; KC reminds the listener that Jeff used to have an embarrassing last name; everyone in New Orleans calls each other "bebe"; the Lyft driver has a "Daddy"; Ocean Sauce at Adolpho's is super good; Creole food like Jambalaya and Gumbo is all over; KC gets a selfie with Bianca del Rio; baby alligators are adorable; KC gets scientific with the people and the culture; there was some snapping; Andrew Jackson did something at the Battle of New Orleans; Madame Le Veau lived where they stayed; we learn some cool Napoleonic history; there's some strong military history in New Orleans; Jeff gets rabbit hole-y; and more!
Closing Song: "Bless the Telephone" - Labi Siffre
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In which Jeff and KC welcome Seattle comics Reid Clark and Meredith Armstrong to the studio to discuss a broad range of topics; Jeff and KC engage in some podcast foreplay; Reid and Meredith have an open relationship; Reid has mad sad pieces; Jeff is uncomfortable with the whole topic; a uhaul truck is a great way to pick up free stuff off of Craigslist; roller derby is the Doug Stanhope of sports; Reid and Jeff discuss talkin ish and burnin bridges; KC contends that one can be honest without being offensive; the possibility of making a perfect statement; Reid quotes the first memo; Reid advocates approaching life like a press secretary; getting lost in your own con; y'all should come on down to the Chuckles Factory; KC uses an authoritative tone with Louis; Reid thinks we should keep sex, religion, and sports out of social conversation; we discuss the new bread and circuses; Lady Gaga doesn't get up to any Super Bowl shenanigans; Meredith talks about her first standup set; Reid tells Meredith she's a natural and later gets all romantical; "she came, and then she came"; they've been boring ever since; Meredith is a delight! Ugh; they are a very confrontational couple; Jeff reads from Shattered Worlds; The Serpent's Kiss; KC's goin to Mardi Gras in New Orleans; fluoride calcifies the third eye; Meredith is a goldurn delight; "we'll run a train on your podcast"; and more!
Closing Song: "The Church of What's Happening Now" - Sia
Plugs:
February 20 - Creative Colloquy, 7 pm at B Sharp Coffeehouse in Tacoma
February 22 - Top Shelf Show ft Sam Talent, 7 pm at The Rendezvous Seattle
February 25 - Destiny City Winter Zine Symposium, 2 pm at Destiny City Comics
March 18 - Dockyard Derby Dames Championship Bout, 6 pm at Pierce College Steillacoom
Podcasts:
Doug Loves Movies
Getting Doug With High
The Dollop
The Greatest Generation
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Stuff You Should Know
Smart People Podcast
ADHD Rewired
Drink Champs
You Made It Weird
Comedy Bang Bang
The Church of What's Happening Now
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In which the second part of our chat with Stuffy Doll's Jupiter Zirkua and Jey Cieri unfolds; there are lot of Americans with terrible ideas who want to kill people; we could have used these anti-Trump people before the election; could we hate Mondays instead of refugees?; KC asks if there's ever been a separation of church and state; do we have to like the Pope now?; KC talks about her parents being refugees from Vietnam; her mom travels to four other countries before coming here; it hurts KC because she wouldn't have existed if this nonsense was happening; muslims are being treated like savages; Jeff thinks if more people knew refugees the idea that they are terrorists would lose traction; Jupiter says something amazingly incisive about ole DJT and capitalism; psychopathy and narcissism lead you nowhere good; Dandy from American Horror Story: Freakshow is Trump with a knife; nothing gets done without people power; Jey and Jupiter extoll everyone to call and write their legislators, to vote and raise heck; Kirsten Gillibrand for Prez 2020; Jupiter wants YOU to run for office; we hear about In Porch Taste, Jupiter and Jey's biweekly comedy show in Bremerton; we get into the writing process: Jeff shares his latest chapter; the group discusses heroism and is it real; what makes an artistic hero worth cutting off; Woody Allen was great in Antz; Jupiter feels bad for watching Carnage, one of Polanski's finest; he also mentions Kanye and Kim Kardashian for some reason; Jey does NOT bust out a sick freestyle; we get deep into the development of a Stuffy Doll song; and Florida is the Australia of the US.
Closing Song: "Helena" - My Chemical Romance
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In which Jeff and KC welcome Jupiter and Jey of Stuffy Doll to the studio for an extended chat; Jey moves from Japan to Oklahoma to Alaska to Jupiter’s attic; KC gives a derby update; Jupiter hates physical altercations and being on wheels; Stuffy Doll was named after a magic card; Vin Diesel plays Dungeons and Dragons and KC is shocked; Jeff gets embroiled in a heavy duty Facebook debate: are violent factions a necessary part of a resistance?; "this argument is a millenial"; Jupiter thinks civil war is less than a year away; will Florida seceding from the union?; KC and Jeff catch some racism during Lunar New Year; the boys talk up In Porch Taste and the Patreon campaign; Jeff's hair is pretty good for 40, but is it a Trumpian combover; #Jeyisfat; Jupiter's dad is super dead; both of them products of dead dads; Jupiter would move to Canada for their sexy prime minister; Jupiter likes mountain goats, John Darnielle, and the Hamilton soundtrack; Jey mowed lawns at age 12; humans are cockroaches with nuclear weapons; there has to be a worse thing than being a human; lil Jey liked classical guitar, My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails; we talk about the band; Jupiter has some Taylor Swift sheet music for Jey; Jey couldn't keep a rhythm; "it's like the fart of guitar jokes"; Jeff namechecks Battersea; we talk drummers; the Slipknot dude has enormous setup; Jeff throws a shoutout to Steve Dombrosky; Jupiter’s narcissism isn't just for him, it's for other people; Jey gives a shoutout to Limp Wizards (they do not have a ghost writer); lil Jeff tries to impress a lady by talking about the fucked up state of the world; the podcast movement brings back radio but not lame; Jeff plugs Ear Buds, the Podcasting Documentary https://store.comedyfilmnerds.com, and more!
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In which Jeff and KC welcome LA comedian Ryan Reaves to the studio; it's Black History Month; KC makes some money with her side biz; Ryan's dad brings the Jeri Curl to Michigan; KC didn't have siblings but it's okay because she didn't have friends either; the streets of LA were quiet on 9/11; Jeff asks Ryan the "Black Question"; KC talks about colorblind racism; immigration bans and the movement against them, there are also Canadian racists; KC reads her poem; Jeff reads from his 9th grade autobiography; the gang talks movied; KC watched the news as a kid; and more!
Closing Song: "White Street" - Kristin Kontrol
Podcasts:
Drink Champs
Fresh Air
The Greatest Generation
Cory Holcomb and the 5150
Breakfast Club
Drake Nashid
Doug Loves Movies
The Trouble With Trivia
Comedy Film Nerds
How Did This Get Made?
Cinema Sin
TV:
The Crown
Movies:
What Lies Beneath
Frailty
Don't Breathe
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Guys! Jeff has a new side project and it's called Shattered Worlds RPG! If every played tabletop roleplaying games or you'd like to hear how they work, this might be the show for you! Or if you just like hearing Jeff be smart and tell fun stories and stuff. Cause boy howdy is he smart. Just kidding. Ah man, someone else should write these things.
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In which Jeff and KC tell tales and celebrate cool artistic creations; they hop in old Eloise for a road trip to Sunny Olympia; along the way they talk about their dating life and other things a bit too personal for this editor; they find Chase Roper and confront him about his show; Derek Sheen headlines; Tony Lewis always makes Jeff laugh; Nicole Ash Bailey changed her look and her material got even better; we went home and took her easy; Jeff plugged some stuff; and more!
Closing Song: "Democracy" - Leonard Cohen
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In which Jeff and KC introduce the show and talk about their week; Jeff and Steve Mathews of the Shattered Worlds RPGcast travel around Tacoma; Steve tells morgue stories; Jeff points out various vistas and things to visit; the Five is Drived, Steve hasn't seen the beach in twenty years; we see Vashon Island, Gig Harbor, the bridges, and Ruston; Ruston used to have the ASARCO smelter but it poisoned everything and they had to reclaim the land; now there's a movie theater; more morgue stories; Steve is a vapehead; shoutouts to Proctor Business District, the Post Office, Cafe Brosseau, Magoo's, University of Puget Sound, The Spar, Metronome, Farelli's, Mary Mart, Frisko Freeze, Tacoma General, The Red Hot, Ice Cream Social, The Old Pancake House, Taco Time (better than Taco Bell), Jazzbones (boo), Shakabrah Java, MSM, Tacoma Games, Tacoma Little Theatre, The Parkway, Cosmonaut Coffee, WA State Historical Society, Stadium High School, Stadium Video (RIP), Wright Park, 1st Presbyterian Church, and Destiny City Comics.
Order all your comics and other nerdy type materials at destinycitycomics.com ! Tell em Jefe sent you!
Plugs:
Dockyard Derby Dames, 7 pm, Saturday January 28th at Pierce College in Steillacoom, Washington
Podcasts:
Out of the Fridge
My Favorite Murder
The Trouble With Trivia Podcast
Thanks for everything, you dummies! Just kidding, we love you ;")
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Happy New Year!
For this first episode of 2017, we wanted to have one of the most positive people we know set the tone. KC and Jeff do a little catchup pre and post to get us all up on what went down over the holidays. And we get ready for that ball droppin, yo!
In which Jeff and KC welcome HugLife podcast cohost, Renton's own Monica Nevi to Mailman Studios for a chat about her life and all sorts of other business; the Hug Life origin story; Mike says this thing and she calls it that; positive spin can help give some antidote to all the heavy news; she was into sports and exercise science; Jeff got fired for sleeping at work, hence he's not a doctor; KC sees difficulty returning to work; Jeff tries to make her rest, but she can't (until she gets a sty); Jeff and KC go to a dirty derby brunch party; Booty Trap should have a bakery; we learn all about Monica's journey to standup stardom; she actually likes salad more than McDonald's; Jeff reminds customers to call police if they expect theft of mail; Monica likes brewery shows, like Casey McLain's Last Call Comedy show at Wingman Brewing; we learn about aural hugs and lexical embraces; Monica knew she was a basketball player; she also did golf and track; got hurt halfway through her career at Seattle U; kept playing on a high ankle sprain and got wrecked; "There's more to me than a jump shot"; Monica creates the Seattle Super Secret Standup Show and misses running it; road work makes more money than LA work; we get some inside show biz info; KC and Monica talk about depression and anxiety; antidepressants take longer to work than benzos; Jeff recommends frozen peas to help with flooding panic; Christmas!; Monica and her brother are super close now, but he keeps moving; we get heavy and talk about kids stuck in Remann Hall with no visitors; KC makes the analogy to Syrian refugees; we get into the writing process; people didn't realize Monica was a writer until after she got into comedy; she started her blog and shit got heavy; she did some competitive erotic fan fiction with Brian Cook; KC reads Self Doubt again and we get into it; Jeff reads more from Shattered Worlds; plugs, podcasts, and more!
Songs in this episode:
"Expanding Anyway" - Morning Teleportation
"What Christmas Means To Me" - Hanson
Plugs:
Her website: Monicanevi.com
twitter: @monicanevi
Jan 28 - Dockyard Derby Dames bout @ Pierce College
New Year's at the Valley Pub - metal!
Get your comics straightened out at Destiny City Comics: destinycitycomics.com
Podcasts:
Mental Illness Happy Hour with Paul Gilmartin
Lore
American Mythology (new episode!)
The Nar Bar with Josh Firestine and Narin Vann
Slumber Party with Allie and Georgia
My Favorite Murder
The Jackie and Laurie Show
Dork Forest
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