Pop Music Fever Dream bassist and girl-you-saw-at-the-door-at-Elsewhere-and-envied-her-vibe CARMEN CASTILLO is in studio with Ái Vy & Brandon this week to discuss coming up in the Brooklyn post-punk scene, her music & style inspirations, and why "Black Christmas" (1974) is a subversive feminist classic !!!!!!!
You can find Carmen on IG @carmenesperanza_ along with her band, POP MUSIC FEVER DREAM @pmfd.nyc -- their EP "Songs for Emotion" is NOW ON VINYL - LINK HERE OKAYYY???!!!!!!
PMFD also features our gorgeous stellar rock n' roll audio editor Nicole Harwayne on guitar xoxo
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Sampled in this episode:
- "Me and My Friends" by STAR'S REVENGE (writers Olive Faber & Emily Green)
- "Elegy for Memory" by POP MUSIC FEVER DREAM (writer Tim Seeberger)
- Cardi B on "Love & Hip Hop: New York"
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Since the topic of show notes is discussed WITH FERVOR in this episode, please enjoy this not-quite-exhaustive list of references:
- "Every Al Pacino Movie is Gay" by Drew Burnett Gregory
- "Jennifer's Body" (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama
- "Black Christmas" (1974) dir. Bob Clark
- "Scarecrow" (1973) dir. Jerry Schatzberg
- "Together" (2025) dir. Michael Shanks
- "Weapons" (2025) dir. Zach Cregger
- “The Red Shoes” (1948) dir. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
- “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story” (1987) dir. Todd Haynes
- “May December” (2023) dir. Todd Haynes
- Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! / “Transgender Dysphoria Blues”
- Brody Dalle of The Distillers
- "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" from "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" OMPS (writer Beck Hansen)
- "Summertime Sadness" by Lana Del Rey (writers Rick Nowels & Lana Del Rey)
- The Lana & Ethel feud
- RIPPERS burger shack, Rockaway Beach, NY
