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One Day or Day 1 Podcast with Nick RiccoEpisode 28: All About Franchising - Interview with Franchising Consultant Brett HickmanIn this episode, Nick interviews franchising consultant Brett Hickman. They discuss franchising options, how to start looking, and success stories of those who have already paved the way.Connect here with Brett:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-hickman/bhickman@franchoice.com919-623-1882
2025-05-0334 min
Passionate Pioneers with Mike BiselliAddressing Social Determinants of Health with Brett HickmanEpisode Sponsor:---This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Catalyst. To virtually tour Catalyst and claim your space on campus, or host an upcoming event: CLICK HERE---Episode Overview: After years of experience and becoming a nationally recognized healthcare executive leader, our next guest has married his expertise with his passion for helping make health and care more accessible in communities across our country. Brett Hickman, Chief Commercial Officer at Modivcare, joins us to discuss his storied journey and why he is so passionate about Modi...
2022-09-1229 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E04 - filmmaker Richard Wong (The Valet) [Eugenio Derbez, Samara Weaving, Max Greenfield, Carmen Salinas]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Richard Wong about his new film, The Valet, starring Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included), Samara Weaving (Mayhem), Max Greenfield (New Girl), Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad) and the late legend Carmen Salinas.
Wong talks about coming on to the project somewhat last minute and the chance to break into another level of filmmaking with a bigger budgeted movie. He also speaks about his days at film school and the jobs that led him to become an in-demand cinematographer.
The...
2022-07-0141 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E02 - filmmaker Gaz Alazraki (Father of the Bride)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Gaz Alazraki (HBO MAX's Father of the Bride). Alazraki discusses his goals for the remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, including the desire to not just make a film about a Cuban family and a Mexican family coming together in marriage, but a universal film about families.
The film, a smash hit on HBO MAX since debuting before Father's Day, surprised this viewer with both its hysterical humor and it's emotional resonance. In particular, star Andy Garcia stands out in...
2022-06-2825 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S10 E01 - musician Omar Doom (Straight Razor) [Quentin Tarantino]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/actor Omar Doom (Straight Razor) to discuss the release of the ep Straight Razor Vol. 2.
Doom discusses making the new ep, his days in fashion design, which led to him meeting Quentin Tarantino, which in turn led to his roles in Tarantino's films (Deathproof, Inglourious Basterds), as well as his upcoming touring schedule.
Links:
Omar Doom Official Site
Omar Doom Instagram
2022-06-1724 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost Archive Interview: Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included) [Overboard, The Valet, How to be a Latin Lover]Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast presents an archive interview with actor/filmmaker Eugenio Derbez from 2013 when he was promoting his hit film Instructions Not Included. His newest film, The Valet, is on Hulu now.
Links:
Eugenio Derbez on Instagram
2022-06-1013 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S09 E10 - 100th Episode! - The Loyal Seas (Brian Sullivan & Tanya Donelly) [Dylan in the Movies, Belly, The Breeders, Throwing Muses, 4AD]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, our 100th (!!!) the Ghost speaks with musicians Brian Sullivan (Dylan in the Movies) and Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, The Breeders, Belly) about their new collaboration, The Loyal Seas.
Out now via American Laundromat Records, The Loyal Seas' Strange Mornings in the Garden, is an absolutely beautiful set of songs that showcase both Sullivan and Donelly's talents.
The pair discuss how they met and began to collaborate, how the album came together during the pandemic, their influences, tour plans and Donelly hints that her...
2022-06-0341 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E09 - Chef Nick Wallace (Nissan Cafe, Nick Wallace Cafe, Top Chef Houston)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with chef Nick Wallace (Nick Wallace Culinary, Nissan Cafe, Top Chef Houston).
Chef Wallace discusses his time on the current season of Top Chef - including his bond with fellow cheftestant Damarr Brown (Chicago's Virtue Restaurant), his early years growing up in Mississippi that influenced him as a chef, as well as the path that got him to start Nick Wallace Culinary and how he came to open Nissan Cafe (by Nick Wallace) inside the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, MS...
2022-05-2030 min
The Sports ObjectiveBrett Hickman, West Brunswick HS Head Football CoachWe catch up with East Carolina alum and current West Brunswick HS Head Football Coach Brett Hickman on a variety of topics!
2022-05-191h 33
The Sports Objective PodcastBrett Hickman, West Brunswick HS Head Football CoachWe catch up with East Carolina alum and current West Brunswick HS Head Football Coach Brett Hickman on a variety of topics!
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2022-05-191h 33
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E08 - Filmmaker Alex Hardcastle (Senior Year) [Rebel Wilson, Angourie Rice, Alicia Silverstone, Sam Richardson, Chris Parnell]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Alex Hardcastle about his feature debut Senior Year, starring Rebel Wilson and available now on Netflix. Hardcastle discusses his love of working with the film's star, Wilson and how prepared she was every day.
He also talks about the film's multitude of teen movie influences and how setting the beginning of the film in 2002 was a thrill to go back to.
Links:
Senior Year on Netflix
Alex Hardcastle
Alex Hardcastle on Instagr
2022-05-1337 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E07 - Filmmaker Naveen A. Chathapuram (The Last Victim) [Ron Perlman, Ali Larter, Ralph Ineson]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Naveen A. Chathapuram who discusses his film, The Last Victim, out today in select theaters and available nationwide on digital platforms.
Naveen talks about his beginnings as a filmmaker - working behind the scenes to fully understand the process, as well as the journey it took from story concept to the film's release, including casting of the film's three leads (Ron Perlman, Ali Larter and Ralph Ineson).
Links:
The Last Victim on Digital
Nave...
2022-05-1319 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost Archive Interview: Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast presents an archive interview with rock legend Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) from 2007 to promote his solo album, Carry On.
Links:
Chris & Vicky Cornell Foundation
2022-05-0619 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E06 - Filmmaker Martin Shore (Take Me To the River: New Orleans) [The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Snoop Dogg, Irma Thomas, Rebirth Brass Band]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Martin Shore about his new film Take Me To the River: New Orleans featuring performances by The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, 5th Ward Weebie, G-EAZY, Snoop Dogg, Irma Thomas, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band and more.
Shore discusses how the project came to be, delving into how he and others managed to get all four of the Neville Brothers (Aaron, Art, Charles & Cyril) into one room, his time as a touring member of Bo Diddley's band and w...
2022-04-2930 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E05 - Actor Michael Rispoli (The Godfather series The Offer, The Sopranos) [James Gandolfini]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Michael Rispoli (The Sopranos) about his new role in Paramount Plus' series, The Offer, about the making of the historic gangster film The Godfather. In the film, Rispoli plays real life crime boss Tommy Lucchese, who was central to the film's producer Albert S. Ruddy's needs to film in New York City.
Rispoli discusses his role in the series, but digs deeper when discussion hits on his time on The Sopranos, including his nearly being cast in the role...
2022-04-251h 09
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E04 - Actor Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Snowpiercer, Better Call Saul, Grand Theft Auto, Westworld) [Jeffrey Dean Morgan]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Westworld, Grand Theft Auto, Snowpiercer, Better Call Saul) about his career and the TV shows he's been a part of.
Ogg also discusses being in the here and now - he follows basic Buddhist principles (though, for clarity's sake, is not an actual Buddhist) to get through both his professional and personal life. All of this while he's on vacation in Palm Springs, CA.
Links:
Steven Ogg on Instagram
Ste...
2022-04-1521 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E03 - musician Jimmy Gnecco (Ours) [Alt-Rock, Rick Rubin, Steve Lilywhite]Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Jimmy Gnecco, founder/lead singer/guitarist for the alternative rock band Ours.
Gnecco talks the band's latest self-titled release, the band's history, recording part of their debut album. Distorted Lullabies, with Steve Lilywhite (U2, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel), recording Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy with Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and now touring across the country, with a stop at Chicago's Beat Kitchen on April 14th where the band will play th...
2022-04-1123 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E02 - Coda Collection's Creative Director Greg Kot (Taylor Hawkins, Mark Lanegan, Lollapalooza, Sound Opinions)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Greg Kot, creative director of The Coda Collection, a streaming music film channel available for Apple, Android and more.
Kot, the former Chicago Tribune music critic and current co-host, along with Jim DeRogatis, of the music-focused radio show Sound Opinions, discusses his role at The Coda Collection. He also discusses the recent deaths of musicians Mark Lanegan and Taylor Hawkins, as well as the upcoming music festival season, how he keeps up with current music and being an active part of...
2022-04-0837 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S9 E01 - actor Brent Sexton (Deadwood, Justified, Bosch, The Killing, Life)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Brent Sexton (Deadwood, Justified, Bosch, The Killing, Life, The Expanse).
Sexton discusses how he got started in acting - including being a part of Burt Reynolds' theater school, his lean years in the beginning, almost getting the lead role in Alexander Payne's Sideways as well as his Nebraska, and his move to character work on so many critically lauded TV shows.
Links:
Brent Sexton on IMDB
2022-04-011h 16
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E10 - Interview with actor/screenwriter Johnathan McClain (The Outfit)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/screenwriter Johnathan McClain about his new film The Outfit, which he co-wrote with Graham Moore (Oscar winner for The Imitation Game). McClain discusses his writing process with Moore, how the film went from idea to financing to filming and then on to release.
McClain also discusses how much he loves the film's star, Mark Rylance, and the impressiveness of co-star Johnny Flynn. He also gives his picks for his favorite film and the best things he's seen in the...
2022-03-2232 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E09 - Interview with musicians Paul Rivera & Mani Marte (La Armada)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musicians Paul Rivera and Mani Marte of Chicago hardcore band La Armada.
The band members, who hail originally from the Dominican Republic, have recently self-released their new album Anti-Colonial Vol. 2 on Mal De Ojo Records. This is the first album of the band's to feature vocalist Casper Torres and it was recorded at legendary musician Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios.
Links:
La Armada
La Armada on Tour
Mal De Ojo Records
2022-03-2222 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E08 - Interview with filmmaker B.J. McDonnell (Studio 666 with Foo Fighters)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker B.J. McDonnell, director of the new horror/music/comedy film Studio 666 starring Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters.
McDonnell discusses first working with the band on a video for their single, "Run," how the project came to be, as well as working with the band to hit the right tone for the hybrid style of the film. Studio 666 is in theaters now.
Links:
Studio 666
B.J. McDonnell
Foo Fighte
2022-03-0443 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E07 - Interview with filmmaker James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range, House of Cards) about his career and the project he's waiting to shoot, Reagan and Gorbachev, which will star Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz and Noomi Rapace.
Foley talks about his early days making Reckless (Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah) and directing Madonna in a iconic videos (Papa Don't Preach) and the box-office bomb Who's That Girl. He is also quite frank in his original disliking of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels he...
2022-02-141h 51
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E06 - Interview with musician Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Mark Lanegan)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, R.E.M., Tuatara) about his path towards becoming a Zen monk, Buddhism and the state of the music industry.
Martin also touches on his time in alternative era bands Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara and as part of R.E.M. - including his decision to decline taking over for original member Bill Berry. He also reflects on some of the friends he lost and confirms that he and fellow Screaming Trees m...
2022-02-0757 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E05 - Interview with musician Patrick Keenan (Wrong War)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Patrick Keenan of Chicago hardcore band Wrong War. Keenan discusses the band's sophomore album, Once Upon a Weapon, available now as a split release on Atomic Action Records and Council Records. Once Upon a Weapon was recorded and mixed by Michael Manthei at Eberly Studios, mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room and features art by John Yates/Stealworks.
Keenan discusses the band's formation, the recording of Once Upon a Weapon and the ease of the band members...
2022-02-0447 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E04 - Interview with actor Paul Ben-Victor (Pam & Tommy on Hulu)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Paul Ben-Victor (The Wire, In Plain Sight) about his role in the upcoming Hulu limited series, Pam & Tommy, about the stolen celebrity sex tape featuring Motley Crue's Tommy Lee (played by Sebastian Stan) and Baywatch's Pamela Anderson (played by Lily James). The tape sparked a nationwide feeding frenzy about the pair and was the first huge internet craze.
Ben-Victor plays the couple's inept attorney, and he discusses his role in the show, working with the cast and his memories o...
2022-02-041h 13
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E03 - Interview with comedian Joe DeRosa (Joey Roses NYC)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with comedian Joe DeRosa about his new sandwich shop/social club, Joey Roses on the Lower East Side in New York City. DeRosa discusses how he went from making just making sandwiches with his family, to opening a pop-up at comedy club The Stand, to pulling the trigger and opening a brick and mortar. Joey Roses has seen great success since opening last November.
DeRosa and the Ghost also get into some Star Wars talk - they're both huge fans of...
2022-01-2150 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E02 - Interview with screenwriters Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers (Spider-Man: No Way Home)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with screenwriting duo Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Ant-Man and the Wasp) about their latest film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is in theaters beginning today.
McKenna and Sommers discuss where they left Peter Parker in Far From Home and how that sets up his desire to make everyone forget that he's Spider-Man. In the Jon Watts-directed film (his third go round as well), Parker enlists Doctor Strange to help, but things go sideways and h...
2021-12-1629 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S8 E01 - Interview with musician Jeff Pezzati (Naked Raygun)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun about the band's new album, Over the Overlords, out now on Wax Trax! Records.
Pezzati discusses the recording of the album, the final one with bassist Pierre Kezdy, touches on the band's past and potential future, and also gets into the wildlife rescuing that he and his fiancée do.
Naked Raygun Link Tree
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2021-12-1019 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E10 - Interview with musician Randy Schrager (Jesse Malin band)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Randy Schrager of Jesse Malin's band. Schrager discusses the work on Malin's new album, Sad and Beautiful World, as well as his time in the band. He also talks about his start into music, who inspired him and charts his work over the years, including time with acclaimed eletro-pop band Scissor Sisters.
Links:
Randy Schrager Instagram
Jesse Malin Official Site
Purchase Jesse Malin's Sad and Beautiful World
Contact...
2021-12-031h 07
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E09 - Interview with pizza chef Anthony Scardino (Professor Pizza)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with acclaimed pizza chef Anthony Scardino, aka Professor Pizza. Scardino has been making pizza for years now and will be slingin' pies at Chicago's The Blind Barber (948 W. Fulton Market) Wednesday, November 24, Friday, November 26 and Saturday November 27. Pizzas available are Margherita, sausage and pepperoni ($18 each).
In the interview, Scardino discusses his path to becoming Professor Pizza, his run-ins with celebrities like Chance the Rapper, Kevin James, Jeff Garlin, JB Smoove, as well as why pizza is so important around the holidays.
2021-11-2335 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E08 - Interview with musician Steve ConteWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Steve Conte about his new solo album, Bronx Cheer, out now on Wicked Cool Records.
Conte talks about his songwriting process - some of the songs on the album date back to the early 90s - and how he works out the recording process. He also looks back at his early years as a member of Company of Wolves, his various bands with his brother John (who, along with Charley Drayton, forms the core group on Bronx Cheer), as w...
2021-11-191h 04
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E07 - Interview with musician John DeServio (Black Label Society)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician John DeServio of Black Label Society.
John discusses the current tour the band is on, their upcoming album - Doom Crew Inc out November 26th, his music upbringing and the two even get to talking about East Coast pizza.
Links:
John DeServio Instagram
Black Label Society Official
Doom Crew Inc Pre-Order
2021-11-1225 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E06 - Interview with actor Jose Maria Yazpik (Narcos: Mexico)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Jose Maria Yazpik about his return to the role of Amado Carrillo Fuentes on Narcos: Mexico's final season, debuting today on Netflix. Yazpik details the complicated situation of identifying with a real life character who did, and was a part of, many things that were evil and violent.
The character of Fuentes was first seen in the third and final season of the original Narcos series. On Narcos: Mexico he starts off simply as a pilot before rising to t...
2021-11-0532 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E05 - Interview with actor Sarah Minnich (Intrusion)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Sarah Minnich about her role in the new Netflix thriller, Intrusion starring Frieda Pinto and Logan Marshall-Green. Minnich discusses her role in the film, along with working on Zach Snyder's Army of the Dead released earlier this year.
Links:
Intrusion on Netflix
Intrusion Trailer
Sarah Minnich Instagram
Sarah Minnich Facebook
Sarah Minnich Twitter
2021-10-2937 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E04 - Interview with actor Eric Roberts (Hard Luck Love Song)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Eric Roberts about his role in the new film Hard Luck Love Song, as well as his incredible 40+ year career in entertainment.
Roberts discusses working on such films as The Specialist (with Sylvester Stallone, James Woods, Sharon Stone and Rod Steiger), Runaway Train (with Jon Voight and Rebecca Demornay), and goes in depth about his work on two of his most well known films, Star 80 (with Mariel Hemingway) and The Pope of Greenwich Village (with Mickey Rourke), revealing the i...
2021-10-2246 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E03 - Interview with actor Melora Walters (Hard Luck Love Song)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Melora Walters about her role in the new film Hard Luck Love Song.
Walters has appeared in several of Paul Thomas Anderson's films, including Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia and The Master. Other credits include Venom, The Lovers, Short Term 12 and Cold Mountain. She also wrote and directed the 2018 film, Waterlily Jaguar, starring James LeGros, Mira Sorvino and Dominic Monaghan.
Currently residing in Los Angeles with hopes of moving back to New York City, Walters is also...
2021-10-221h 12
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E02 - Interview with filmmaker S.J. Chiro (East of the Mountains)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker S.J. Chiro about her new film, East of the Mountains, starring Tom Skerritt (Top Gun, Alien). The film was adapted by Thane Swigart, from David Guterson's (Snow Falling on Cedars) novel of the same name. Chiro discusses the path that led her to the film, location shooting in Washington state, working with Skerritt (in what is officially his first lead role in his long and illustrious career) and co-stars Mira Sorvino and Annie Gonzalez, as well as wrapping the film...
2021-10-1947 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S7 E01 - Interview with musician Baz Warne of The StranglersWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Baz Warne, guitarist/vocalist of The Stranglers. Warne discusses the band's latest release, Dark Matters, available now for purchase and streaming.
A member since 2000, Warne also discusses the passing of original keyboardist Dave Greenfield last year to Covid-19 and the band's honoring of Greenfield on this final album and forthcoming shows. The two also get side tracked on myriad topics, including British food and TV.
Links:
The Stranglers Official Site
The Stranglers on S...
2021-10-1552 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E10 - Interview with Glenfiddich brand ambassador Kevin CancholaWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Glenfiddich brand ambassador Kevin Canchola.
Canchola discusses his role at Glenfiddich, his background that led him to his job, a brief history of Glenfiddich and of Scotch whisky, as well as Glenfiddich's final entry in its Grand Series, Grand Couronne, a 26 year-old whisky from the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland.
Links:
Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich Grand Couronne
Kevin Canchola on Instagram
2021-10-0829 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E09 - Interview with filmmaker Joe Carnahan (Copshop)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Joe Carnahan (Narc, The Grey, Smokin' Aces) about his newest film Copshop, as well as the forthcoming restored release of his debut film Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane.
Carnahan discusses the behind the scenes issues on Copshop's release, including that the version in theaters now is not the version he cut, the film's lackluster marketing and his desire to get his edit of the film out for people to see. He also looks back to the making of Blood, Gu...
2021-10-0152 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E08 - Interview with musicians Tre Nation & Johnny Baab of Ghost HoundsWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musicians Tre Nation and Johnny Baab of the rock/blues band Ghost Hounds. Tre and Johnny checked in to discuss the band's new album, A Little Calamity (Maple House Records), discuss going back out on tour in the age of Covid - which includes several key dates opening for the Rolling Stones, what they did before forming the band and much more.
Links:
Ghost Hounds Official
Ghost Hounds Instagram
Ghost Hounds Spotify
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2021-10-0129 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E07 - Interview with filmmaker Harry Greenberger (Here After)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Harry Greenberger about his new film Here After. Starring Andy Karl, Christina Ricci and Nora Arnezeder, Here After tells the story of Michael (Karl) who dies without being in love. In the afterlife, he's told by his counselor Scarlett (Ricci) that, in order to move on to heaven, he has to find love - something that proves harder than it seems.
Greenberger discusses making Here After, his work in music, including music videos, and touches on his time before h...
2021-09-2447 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E06 - Interview with actor Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds, The Godfather Part III)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds, House of Games, The Simpsons, The Godfather Part III). Mantegna discusses his career, touching on behind the scenes of David Mamet's Things Change, his time on Broadway doing Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow, as well as working with Francis Ford Coppola on The Godfather Part III.
The Chicago actor also touches on his time on Criminal Minds as well as his upcoming Amazon series from Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights), Forget Normal (also k...
2021-09-1755 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E05 - Interview with musician Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation) about his latest solo album, out now, Ceremony. Ceremony is Hilton's 3rd album released in the past year and he tells the Ghost that he's anticipating releasing a few more in the same span of time.
Hilton discusses making the new album, how he tends to record a lot of music with thematic intentions that get collected for individual albums - one day he could record a song for one possible release, the next another...
2021-09-1042 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E04 - Interview with filmmaker Andrew Baird (Zone 414)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Andrew Baird about his new film Zone 414 starring Guy Pearce (LA Confidential, Memento, Iron Man 3) and Travis Fimmel (Vikings, Die in a Gunfight). The film concerns a man (Pearce) sent on a mission to find the daughter of a wealthy man (Fimmel) in a walled off area, Zone 414, that is primarily inhabited by synthetic humanoids. As he gets deeper into the search, things aren't what they appear to be.
Baird discusses making the film, the switch of Pearce and F...
2021-09-0356 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E03 - Interview with Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy (Chicago's Ever)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with two Michelin-starred chef Curtis Duffy, of Chicago's Ever, about opening a high-end restaurant in the middle of a global pandemic, how the restaurant business has changed in terms of respect and behavior, the constant need for change and improvement, working alongside his right-hand man for years - Ever's general manager Michael Muser, and what he actually likes to do when he's not spending every minute in his restaurant.
Links:
Ever Restaurant
Ever Restaurant on Facebook
2021-08-2738 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E02 - Interview with musician Andrew Xcellence (aka Xcellence!)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Andre Xcellence (aka Xcellence!) about his career, the new music he's working on, his new single and video "Buy Me Some Love" and its direct answering to The Beatles, why he doesn't want to be pigeonholed as an "out" artist as well as the airport incident that led to a trip to the dentist's office right before our interview.
Links:
Andre Xcellence on Spotify
Andre Xcellence Official Site
Xcellence! - "Buy Me Some Love...
2021-08-2034 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S6 E01 - Interview with filmmaker Martin Campbell (The Protege)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Goldeneye, The Mask of Zorro) about his latest film, The Protege, starring Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton, exclusively in theaters August 20th.
Campbell, speaking from Budapest where he was in pre-production on his next film, Memory, starring Liam Neeson, discusses making The Protege, including the various production changes that needed to be made causing some upheavals during shooting.
He also dives into his past work, frankly admitting that he shouldn't have...
2021-08-2045 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E10 - Interview with musician/actor/author David Duchovny (Gestureland)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/author/actor David Duchovny (Truly Like Lightning, The X-Files, Californication) about the release of his third album, Gestureland (King Baby/Westbound), out August 20th.
Duchovny discusses his late foray into music, his level of expertise on the guitar, how he writes his songs, incorporating his bandmates more since his debut and the enjoyment he gets from touring.
He also touches on his next acting role, in Judd Apatow's upcoming Netflix movie, The Bubble, about the making of...
2021-08-1326 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E09 - Interview with filmmaker Peter Segal (Heels)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Peter Segal (Tommy Boy, Naked Gun 33 1/3, 50 First Dates, My Spy, Anger Management) about his work directing six of the eight episodes in the debut season of Heels (begins August 15 on Starz).
Starring Stephen Amell (Arrow) and Alexander Ludwig (Vikings), Heels is about a Georgia family involved in independent wrestling and the drama that surrounds them. Segal discusses making the show in the era of Covid-19, how Jack Nicholson got cast in Anger Management opposite Adam Sandler, Leslie Nielsen forgetting w...
2021-08-1346 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E08 - Interview with musician Steve Kilbey (The Church)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Steve Kilbey (The Church) about his newest release, Steve Kilbey and the Winged Heels' The Hall of Counterfeits.
Kilbey discusses making the album with funding from a patron, working with the guys in the Winged Heels in shaping the far ranging musical stylings found on The Hall of Counterfeits, as well as charting the ebbs and flows of The Church over the past 40 years.
Links:
Steve Kilbey Official Site
Steve Kilbey and the Winge...
2021-08-061h 02
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E07 - Interview with filmmaker Collin Schiffli (Die in a Gunfight)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Collin Schiffli (Animals, All Creatures Here Below) to discuss his latest film, Die in a Gunfight starring Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario, Wade Allain-Marcus, Travis Fimmel and Billy Crudup. Die in a Gunfight is available now via video on demand.
Schiffli goes into detail about the long process it took to get the film, written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp) made from his first read of the script through mere weeks before production began...
2021-07-301h 09
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E06 - Interview with filmmaker Bill Duke (HBOMAX's No Sudden Move)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Bill Duke about his acting role in Steven Soderbergh's HBOMAX movie, No Sudden Move (available to stream now). Duke is among a stellar cast that also includes Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Kieran Culkin, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta and many more.
Duke discusses No Sudden Move's political side, his character's relationship to Cheadle's and working with Soderbergh for the third time. He also dives into his breakout film Deep Cover, starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum, which...
2021-07-1634 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E05 - Interview with filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire, Breathless, David Holzman's Diary) about his career in film.
McBride reveals what he's been up to in the years since leaving filmmaking, insight into how he began his career, and dives deep into filming his three iconic works The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire and Breathless, including working with Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin and Richard Gere (and a look at how Robert DeNiro was almost in Breathless).
2021-06-251h 45
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E04 - Interview with photographer/author Beau Patrick Coulon (Revel & Revolt)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with photographer/author Beau Patrick Coulon about his new book Revel & Revolt, which documents protests, parades, and the punk scene in New Orleans from 2013 to 2020.
Coulon discusses his path to becoming a photographer, creating the book, the status of protesting now compared to a year ago and living in New Orleans.
Links:
Beau Patrick Coulon Website
Beau Patrick Coulon Instagram
Purchase Revel & Revolt
2021-06-181h 35
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E03 - Interview with food writer/author KF Seetoh (Makansutra Singapore Food Ebook 2021)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author KF Seetoh, the premier food writer and hawker stall authority in Singapore. Seetoh, who founded Makansutra, which is THE food guide dedicated to Asian food, culture and lifestyle, has been known as the go-to-guy when it comes to the cuisine of Singapore.
If you're into the food of Singapore, you've no doubt seen him on every single episode of TV that the late Anthony Bourdain shot in Singapore. An impassioned supporter of the Singaporean hawker community, Seetoh has been tire...
2021-06-041h 11
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E02 - Interview with author Samantha Bennington (Falling Love Notes)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author/life coach Samantha Bennington who discusses her book Falling Love Notes: Memories of a Rock Star Wife, detailing her life's ups and downs. Falling Love Notes in particular covers events from Bennington's childhood, her marriage and divorce from Linkin Park's late singer Chester Bennington, raising their son, and her career as a life coach and entertainment entrepreneur.
During our discussion, Bennington covers specifics about what's within her book, as well as touching on where she is now in her l...
2021-05-2841 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E01 - Interview with actor Michael Simon Hall (Women)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Michael Simon Hall about his role in Gravitas Ventures' Women, now in limited theaters and VOD.
Hall describes his process for going inside the mind of a monster as well as his career as an actor thus far.
Links:
Women Trailer
Michael Simon Hall Official Site
2021-05-2840 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E10 - Interview with filmmaker Simon Barrett (Seance)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Simon Barrett (writer of You're Next, Blair Witch and The Guest) about his feature directorial debut, Seance, which is in theaters, on demand and digital platforms beginning today, May 21.
From RLJE Films / Shudder, Seance follows Camille Meadows (Suki Waterhouse), a new student at Edelvine Academy for Girls as she gets entangled in a group of other students seeking to perform a seance to bring out the spirit of a dead former student. Camille works to figure out why unexplainable h...
2021-05-2130 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E09 - Interview with filmmaker Carlos Gutierrez (Locked In)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Carlos Gutierrez (his newly released film Locked In starring Mena Suvari, Jeff Fahey, Costas Mandylor, and Bruno Bichir, is out now on VOD).
The film, about a single mother stuck in an impossible situation when diamond thieves hold her and her daughter hostage while they search for their ill-gotten gains inside a storage facility, is a classic down and dirty thriller. Gutierrez discusses how he made the film, working with the cast, as well as his upcoming projects, including a d...
2021-05-2149 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E08 - Interview with musician Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk, the X-Pensive Winos)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk, Keith Richards and his X-Pensive Winos) about the new Dumpstaphunk album, Where Do We Go From Here, out now.
In addition to going into Dumpstaphunk's past and recording of Where Do We Go From Here, Neville goes through his legendary family's history and his part of it, as well as discussing his time in Keith Richards' X-Pensive Winos band. He also touches on his contracting the Covid-19 virus last year and the struggle to get back f...
2021-05-171h 00
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E07 - Interview with musician/composer Charlie Clouser (NIN, Spiral, Saw)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/composer Charlie Clouser about his work on the entire Saw franchise, including the just released film Spiral, starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson and Max Minghella.
Clouser gets into how he goes about his composing work for film and TV, as well as his time in Nine Inch Nails, as well as giving insight into why he was one of the members of the band not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Links:
Spi...
2021-05-1447 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E06 - Interview with author Jonathan Taplin (The Magic Years)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author Jonathan Taplin about his new book, The Magic Years, which details his wild career that goes from being a tour manager for Bob Dylan and the Band in the 60s, to producing films directed by Martin Scorsese in the 70s, to Wall Street in the 80s, new technology pioneering in the 90s and now an esteemed author.
From the publisher: With cameos by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Martin Scorsese, and countless other icons, The Magic Years is bo...
2021-05-071h 05
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E05 - Interview with chef Mark Steuer (Chicago's Michelin rated Funkenhausen)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Mark Steuer, chef/owner of Chicago's Michelin Bib Gourmand rated Funkenhausen. Steuer discusses the restaurant's past year struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as his own rollercoaster ride personally.
Links:
Funkenhausen Site
Funkenhausen Facebook
Funkenhausen Instagram
2021-04-3033 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E04 - Interview with filmmaker Joe Lynch (TV's Creepshow, Mayhem, Point Blank)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Joe Lynch (Shudder's Creepshow series - episodes The Right Snuff / Pipe Screams, as well as Mayhem starring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving, Point Blank starring Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo, and Everly starring Selma Hayek).
Lynch discusses in depth the filming of his Creepshow episodes and his plans for two more in the upcoming third season of the horror anthology series. The conversation also covers the breakout success of his Mayhem star Yeun, who has made history as the f...
2021-04-241h 50
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E03 - Interview with Ilan Rubin (The New Regime, Nine Inch Nails)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Ilan Rubin (The New Regime, Nine Inch Nails, Angels & Airwaves) about his band The New Regime's album, Heart Mind Body & Soul, starting out his career at the tender age of 9 playing drums for F.o.N., then for NOFX, before getting the call to join Trent Reznor's NIN.
During his years touring and recording with NIN, Rubin also began his solo project The New Regime, sometimes opening up for other artists he was touring with, like Tom DeLonge's Angels & A...
2021-04-161h 18
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E02 - Interview with filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski (Happily)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski (TV's Are You Afraid of the Dark?) about his new film, Happily, starring Joel McHale, Kerry Bishe, Natalie Zea, Paul Scheer, Al Madrigal and more.
Grabinski begins by expressing his joy over finally getting to see a film, Godzilla Vs. King Kong, twice in two days on the big screen. He then goes into detail on the making of Happily, from casting to filming to waiting for the right time to release it.
Happily is now...
2021-04-0947 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E01 - Interview with singer John BoutteWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with famed New Orleans singer John Boutté.
John has been a singer since he was a child singing in his church choir, but he went to college to study business and then joined the Army.
In the interview, John discusses his career, where he and his family were when Hurricane Katrina hit and the levees failed in 2005, the incompetence/cruelty/antipathy of the government towards people of color and the city of New Orleans itself and a whole lot more...
2021-04-021h 12
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E10 - Interview with filmmaker/author Will Staples (Without Remorse/Animals)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Will Staples, co-writer of the upcoming Amazon film Without Remorse starring Michael B. Jordan, and the author of the forthcoming novel Animals (out March 30th - see links below).
Will discusses the in-depth research it took to to give Animals a deep-rooted reality, from exploring animal trafficking via jungles to a mysterious, hidden city where anything goes and any animal can be bought to eat. Animals was the result of a screenplay he wrote for Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, and tha...
2021-03-261h 00
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E09 - Interview with Chef Paul Fehribach (Chicago's Big Jones)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Paul Fehribach chef/owner of Chicago restaurant Big Jones.
Paul discusses running a restaurant in the age of Covid-19, the importance of supporting small farms, the need to get restaurant workers vaccinated sooner rather than later, and the outdated nature of tipping.
Links:
Big Jones
2021-03-191h 00
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E08 - Interview with Musician Jason Hill (Louis XIV, Netflix's Mindhunter)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician and composer Jason Hill about his career dating back to his days in the bands Convoy, Louis XIV and Vicki Cryer. As well as his work with The Killers and producing/touring with the New York Dolls and the recent passing of Sylvain Sylvain. Hill also talks about his late career turn towards film and TV composing. He has worked closely with director David Fincher on projects such as Fincher's Gone Girl and the Netflix series Mindhunter.
It's a pr...
2021-03-122h 11
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E07 - Interview with The Fleshtones' Peter ZarembaWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with rock legend Peter Zaremba of the legendary NYC rock band The Fleshtones. Zaremba discusses his early years as a runner for a NYC concert promoter - where he got to meet Led Zeppelin, his years with The Fleshtones and his weekly Saturday late-night (or early Sunday morning - depending on how you view things) show on SiriusXM's Underground Garage where he morphs into The Psychedelic Count on Count Zaremba's Crypt. The Fleshtones' latest release, The Face of the Screaming Werewolf, is available...
2021-03-051h 13
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E06 - Interview with filmmaker Adam G. SimonWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Adam G. Simon (screenwriter for Netflix's Point Blank, Man Down, the upcoming Hit Kick Punch Kill) about his new production company BoxCar Pictures (who will release the forthcoming On Our Way in 2021), his career ups and downs, the current political climate, the status of his and Joe Carnahan's script for Zeno, which was formerly a remake of Gareth Evans' The Raid, mental health and more.
Links:
Adam G. Simon Official Website
Adam G. Simon on T...
2021-02-261h 35
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E05 - Interview with actor Rob PaulsenWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with voice actor Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) about how he went from a college bound kid from Michigan to the looney tunes of Tinseltown where he stumbled into voice acting and has since become one of the pre-eminent talents in his field. He also discusses one of his earliest onscreen roles in Brian DePalma's cult classic Body Double.
Links:
Rob Paulsen Official
Rob Paulsen on Twitter: @yakkopinky
2021-02-1947 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E04 - Interview with EL Ideas/Boxcar BBQ chef/owner Phillip FossWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Phillip Foss, Michelin-starred chef/owner of the fine dining destination EL Ideas in Chicago and its takeout operation, Boxcar BBQ. He is also the author of the graphic novel, Life In EL, a semi-autobiographical look at his life in the restaurant business.
Foss discusses dealing with the ups and downs of running a food business in the era of Covid-19, learning to recognize and work on anger issues, the problems with delivery apps and much more.
Links:
E...
2021-02-121h 10
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E03 - Interview with musician/actor Calico CooperWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/actor Calico Cooper (of the hard rock band Beasto Blanco) about her career in music, balancing acting work with touring and growing up the progeny of rock icon Alice Cooper.
Links:
Calico Cooper on Facebook
Beasto Blanco Official
2021-02-0556 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E01 - Interview with Author/Political Strategist Rick WilsonWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On the third season debut episode, the Ghost speaks with author and political strategist Rick Wilson. The Ghost and Rick discuss the recent insurrection on Capitol Hill, the increasing disintegration of President Trump's mental state, where the country goes from here and the need for a new centrist political party.
Links:
Rick Wilson
Rick Wilson on Twitter
The Lincoln Project
Buy "Everything Trump Touches Dies"
Buy "Running Against the Devil"
2021-01-1027 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E10 - Interview with director April Mullen (Wander)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with director April Mullen about her new film, Wander, starring Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones and Heather Graham. The film, about a former detective trying to unravel a conspiracy while trapped reliving a horror that happened to his family, is a very involving and unnerving thriller featuring an excellent lead performance by Eckhart.
The Ghost and Mullen discuss making the film and her previous work on such shows as DC' Legends of Tomorrow, and her upcoming work on Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things as w...
2020-12-1143 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E9 - Interview with musician Chris ConnellyWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with musician Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Pigface, Fini Tribe) about his new solo album, Graveyard Sex, his friendship with longtime bandmate Bill Rieflin, his views on America as a native Scotsman and much more.
Chris Connelly
Purchase Chris Connelly's Graveyard Sex album
2020-12-041h 18
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E8 - Interview with comedian/author Arden MyrinWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with comedian/author/actress Arden Myrin about her newly released memoir Little Miss Little Compton. The book chronicles the former MadTV performer's life growing up in an idyllic little burgh in Rhode Island, but in a rather unconventional household. In the episode, Myrin discusses the writing of the book and the circumstances surrounding it, along with her career milestones.
Links:
Arden Myrin
Purchase Little Miss Little Compton
Arden Myrin on Twitter
Arden Myrin on Facebook
2020-11-231h 02
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E7 - Interview with singer/songwriter Jesse MalinWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with NYC singer/songwriter Jesse Malin. The Ghost and Malin go back to his debut album, The Fine Art of Self-Destruction and have done several interviews over the years.
On this interview, Malin discusses his recording, how he's managed to circumvent, to an extent, the Covid-19 crisis that has sidelined so many musical performers with his live stream shows (now hosted by Rolling Live Studios), the current political climate and much, much more.
Jesse's newest singles, Ameri'ka & Todd Youth, can be f...
2020-11-061h 30
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E6 - Interview with The Still, Small Voice's Christiana BentonWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with The Still, Small Voice's Christiana Benton about her new singles (So Long, Summer & Roller Rink), her career, life during Covid-19, religion and sexism in the music industry. Benton also performs two songs from her upcoming album acoustically (Take a Hint & Arches).
2020-10-301h 14
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E5 - Interview with Soraia's ZouZou MansourWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with ZouZou Mansour, lead singer/guitarist for rock band Soraia. Mansour discusses the band's dealing with Covid-19, their new album Dig Your Roots, and the influence of mentor Steven Van Zandt.
2020-10-241h 07
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E4 - Interview with screenwriter Nicole Cannon (Transference)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with screenwriter Nicole Cannon, whose debut film, Transference, is streaming on Amazon now.
2020-10-1643 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E3 - Interview with singer/songwriter Jessie WagnerWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with singer/songwriter Jessie Wagner, whose debut solo album, Shoes Droppin' is now available from Wicked Cool Records.
2020-10-0955 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E2 - Interview with Director Brannon Braga (Books of Blood)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Director Brannon Braga (TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation, 24 and The Orville) about his new film, Books of Blood, debuting October 7 on Hulu.
2020-10-0640 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E1 - Interview with Broadway star OrfehWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Broadway star Orfeh (Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, Love, Janis, Footloose) about her career, how she's been dealing with the down time due to Covid-19, and about the novel, The Dancer by Eric Bernat, that she and husband Andy Karl (Law & Order: SVU), have optioned to produce.
2020-09-2541 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E10 - Interview with filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh about his new film, GreenlandWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with director Ric Roman Waugh (Felon, Snitch, Shot Caller, Angel Has Fallen) about his new film, Greenland, starring Gerard Butler (300, the "Fallen" trilogy), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, TV's V, Gotham and Homeland) and Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff, Backdraft). The film details a family's struggle to survive an impending asteroid collision. Despite the numerous "end of the world" films of recent memory, Greenland stands out for its dramatic situations rather than for its visual/CGI "spectacle." Both Butler and Baccarin deliver strong performances showing a family...
2020-09-1151 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E9 - Interview with Writer Aaron Guzikowski, Show Runner/Creator of HBOMAX's Raised By WolvesWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with writer Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners, The Red Road) about his new series, Raised By Wolves, available now on HBOMAX and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner). Guzikowski is the series creator and acts as both show runner and writer for the futuristic show which pits atheists, androids and religious believers against one another on a remote alien planet.
2020-09-0453 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E8 - Interview with Filmmaker Julius Ramsay (Hulu's The Current Occupant)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Julius Ramsay about his new film, Hulu's The Current Occupant, part of Blumhouse's In the Dark series. Ramsay discusses the making of the film, including completing post-production during the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown. Ramsay also discusses his love of James Cameron's The Terminator.
Check out The Current Occupant on Hulu now.
2020-08-3139 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost Archive: Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social Acoustic Mini-ConcertFrom the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Archives, the Ghost presents to you today a mini acoustic concert performed for the Ghost's old website (RIP) by Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social back on April 23rd, 2010. Jesse and the band perform the "Bodega Rocks" version of Black Haired Girl, Burning the Bowery and DIsco Ghetto. Sadly, the Ghost cannot find the actual interview he did with Jesse that night. *cries*
2020-08-2410 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E7 - Interview with Musician / Author Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, new book Remain in Love)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club founding member, musician Chris Frantz about his new memoir, Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina. Frantz discusses the book, his current relationship with Talking Heads' frontman David Byrne, dealing with Johnny Ramone of The Ramones, producing the Happy Mondays with his band and life mate Tina Weymouth, being friends with Lou Reed and what his hopes for future touring are.
Purchase Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
2020-08-2242 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E6 - Interview with actor Tom Sizemore (Heat, Saving Private Ryan)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with acclaimed actor Tom Sizemore (Heat, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Bringing Out the Dead, Point Break, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, The Relic, Paparazzi) about how he's doing during the Covid-19 pandemic, what he has coming up and a whole lot else that had nothing to do with his career. The Ghost and Sizemore had a rather lively discussion on films, the political environment and...pizza.
2020-08-141h 14
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E5 - Interview with Chef/Restaurateur Jimmy Bannos (Heaven on Seven/The Purple Pig)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Jimmy Bannos Sr., Chef and Restaurateur of Chicago's Heaven on Seven and Michelin Guide rated The Purple Pig. Jimmy discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has uniquely hit him and his son, Jimmy Bannos Jr's (executive chef at The Purple Pig) work. Heaven on Seven has been a Chicago institution for 40 years and The Purple Pig has been packing in guests for a decade now.
2020-08-0728 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E4 - Interview with Filmmaker Derrick Borte (Unhinged)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Derrick Borte, director of the forthcoming Unhinged starring Russell Crowe as a deranged motorist who goes over the edge and begins violently stalking a woman and her child after a moment of road rage. Caren Pistorius stars as the woman being tormented by Crowe. Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) also stars. The film's release date is currently slated for August 21st.
2020-07-3033 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E3 - Interview with Filmmaker Matt Eskandari (Survive the Night / Hard Kill)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Matt Eskandari, director of Survive the Night starring Chad Michael Murray and Bruce Willis, about a doctor forced to perform surgery on a criminal as his family is held hostage. Survive the Night is available now to rent/buy.
Eskandari also directed Willis, along with Jesse Metcalfe in Hard Kill, a mercenary action flick that's due to hit theaters and video on demand on August 28.
2020-07-1639 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E2 - Interview with Filmmaker Michael Caissie(Hunter's Moon / Purgatory)Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Michael Caissie (co-writer of Hangman, starring Al Pacino and Karl Urban and currently available on Netflix) about his film directorial debut Hunter's Moon starring Thomas Jane, Jay Mohr, Katrina Bowden and Sean Patrick Flannery. Hunter's Moon is a rather entertaining horror film with a twist that genuinely surprised this viewer.
Caissie is also set to debut the web series he developed and co-directed for PopStar! TV today, July 9th. Entitled Purgatory and filmed in Armenia, the show is about a group of...
2020-07-0957 min
Rock 'n Roll GhostRock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E1 - Interview with Filmmaker Rod Lurie (The Outpost)In the reboot debut of the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle) about his new film, The Outpost. The film details the 2009 Afghanistan Battle of Kamdesh. Based on CNN anchor Jake Tapper's book of the same name, The Outpost is in select theaters, as well as video on demand beginning July 03rd.
2020-06-3039 min
Championship CultureChampionship Culture Episode 2 with Brett HickmanToday we talk to West Brunswick High School Head Coach Brett Hickman about Championship Culture.
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2020-06-0640 min