Fan Story Podcast

Fiction writer, music fanatic and friend William Boyle joins us this week to tell us about his work, growing up in Brooklyn, his music and film inspirations, getting starstruck and the writing process. We talk inner landscapes and creative states, following the thread of inspiration, having a healthy diet of high art and trash. Join us!

Ep 27 - Fiction writer WM Boyle

(( intro to the Measured Madness ep is cut off btw)) - synopsis ; On this week's episode, we say goodbye to the vibrant and hilarious Fred Willard! We also dip into talking a little about synesthesia (a form of madness or artistic interpretation?) Hayley Williams and lead singer spotlight entitlement? Which songs smell like vacuum bags to you? Which songs make your mouth water? Coping mechanisms and measured madness and fireworks and horn honking and the bright lights of important musicians going out in the age of the virus. Quarantine gets a little quantum and we ultimately, as ever, try to beam light on the positive things we got going for us. Don't gun anyone, just rock & roll.

Ep 26 - Measured Madness!

Dream Theatre, The Offspring, Insane Clown Posse culture (we do though, sort of get that), Kiss, Modern "hip-hop," and internet based sewing discord and manufacturing fake outrage. This week we explore fandoms and other things we don't understand. We talk rock climbing and sculpting your way to the grave, doing what you love until it kills you. The magic of Mel Blanc. The newest Tool album comes up again, obviously. How do we love Tool, let us count the ways. How is Tool different from say, Phish? How is Tool like The Nazca Lines?! How about getting it eventually albeit with a delayed understanding? Kudos, UP YOURS! We don't get it, so help us know. We don't bash but will take the backlash.

Ep 25 - Random Fandom! We Just Don't Get it!

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Ep 24 - We Talk Keanu with Erika Zabelle and John Moeslein of POINT BREAK LIVE!

If the car is rockin and rollin, don't come a' strollin! The illustrious and versatile gemini and Fan Story engineer, Lee Mehlich joins us to discuss sexuality in music and share his unreal real-life David Bowie fan story with us! Sexuality, the invention of rocknroll and perversion, are they all linked? We read into lyrics and think about overt sexuality vs subtlety. What makes a performer sexy? Whose bath water would you drink and why? Does cuddling with an artist always lead to sex? Is too sexy even sexy anymore? Who is your personal Elvis? Girly boys and drag queens, androgynous aliens, and gods and phallic mic stand moves. Who is the sexiest musician of all?

Ep 23 - Sexuality in Music with Lee Mehlich

This week we return from an unplanned hiatus to memorialize late, great, highly influential friends. We discuss finding a place, forging yourself through others, through music and shared interests. We get into what it means to keep others alive through song, losing shared perspectives, mortality, transfer of consciousness, digging through dogma following the death of someone close and rediscovering enjoyment. Life & death and everything in between. What happens to shared experiences when someone you love dies? How does music facilitate realtionships in early life? What does this all mean?? Rest in peace, Ian Shea, Bobby Daniels and Pete Pardalis.

Ep 22 - A Tribute To Our Fallen Musical Comrades

Aristotle flies solo sans Tara for this one and enjoys guest The Panda Commanda/Bad Panda (Owen Edinger) and talks being an active Trekkie, the disenchantment of green screen, the trauma of 80's children's movies like The Neverending Story & KRULL, and being inspired in all the wrong ways. Is making bad movies better than not making movies at all? Tom Hanks or Keanu Reeves in a nice-off, who's your guy? Technological prophecies, celebrity run-ins, dangers of meeting your heroes, baby-charming and the perils and joys of life in LA. Join us! Follow Owen @ThePandaCommanda on IG and BadPanda on Youtube!

Ep 21 - Flying Solo and Running Naked with Owen / The Panda Commanda!

We serve it up deep and heavy this week with our guest Dr. Chris Gignoux as he drops some science on our musical asses. Join us as we take a dive into the crashing waves of aggro music, new sonic possibilities, and so many questions: How many strings do you even need, man? Does aggressive music make you feel feelings or cause you to take certain actions you otherwise would not? How does musical perception differ between cultures and over time? Does yelling in music equal anger or something else? This episode is for sure in ALL CAPS. We get djental and we learn that friendship is the only answer of all.

Ep 20 - Getting Djent with rock doctor Chris Gignoux!

Podcaster and creator of The Storyhole Podcast/Actor/Producer Joel Huggins joins us for another Fan Story story in action for Tara! We talk Fish in a Sweater, working at Amoeba Records, making friends with musicians, getting backstage, playing it cool, not keeping it cool, Dwight Yoakam, Ian MacKaye, being annoyed by the beloved Billy Bragg & music video appearances, run-ins with a Beastie Boy, Jane's Addiction, Iggy Pop, and a shared love for living in LA. Join us for some quality fan stories right here!

Ep 19 - Creator of The Storyhole Podcast, Actor and Producer Joel Huggins!

The intended topic was running out of ideas and bad ideas, but we get into lighthouses in space, performing surgery on clowns, Pat Boone, when its appropriate to use the term "brother." Derailement abounds as we struggle to remain on track with special guest and friend of the show, Travis! We solve racism, talk size queens and "big dick energy." Is it too late to abort Donald Clump? Listener discretion is advised! (Maybe we did stay on track?)

Ep 18 - Bad Ideas Featuring Travis Thompson!

The really realness of losing those we admire but have never met. We share stories of musical loss, our respective love of Monkees, Bowie's Blackstar, Chris Cornell, Steve Irwin, Dimebag Darrell, Chris Farley and Prince. We lament the dangers of handling sharp creatures and the importance of letting the animals do what they gonna do. Fight, flight or drugs? Listen to our hilarious and ill fated pre-Leaving Neverland discussion on reckoning with the accusations against MJ. David Bowie Blackstar

Ep 17 - Reflections on Loss

Intention, Intention, Intention. What’s it worth? We try and evaluate the intention behind both the actions and musical endeavors of those artists we may have once loved. We grieve lost artists and their crimes and attempt to separate the art from the artist. We cover MJ & Finding Neverland, intentions and outcomes, Roundup-ready garbage, taste aversion, narcissism, R. Kelly, body language, grandiosity & influence and some tips on identifying predators in the wild. We speak ill of the dead. Who has disappointed you the most when it comes to musical heroes? Do you think intention carries much weight in art and in life? 

Ep 16 - Intention, Intention, Intention. What’s it worth?

Puppet girl Christine Barger joins us this week to talk puppets, stanning and stalking, meeting Penn & Teller & meeting her own fans!

Ep 15 - Christine Barger Teaches Us What Stan Means

Ep 14 - Actor/Director Lee Boxleitner joins us for a spiraling trip into his cavernous mind. We take on horror movie scores and soundtracks, Mandy (SPOILER ALERT), going full Nick Cage, Moogin’, Suspiria, spooky synthesizers, Goblin, Yes! What makes your prog frog rock? Special surprise guest appearance by Brian Thompson (YES, that Brian Thompson!) Is it pronounced Moog or Moog? This will be answered and more! More or less…

Ep 14 - Horror Movie Music with Filmmaker Lee Boxleitner!

We all have something that makes our cheeks go all ruddy with excitement. Musician and Entertainer Aristotle Dreher and Writer/Creative Tara Dalton have a simple mission: create a space where we can all share stories of fandom, come to express adulation, gratitude, and sometimes confusion for the musical and otherwise artistic contributions of both well-known and lesser known artists. A funny romp through the tulips with Aristotle and Tara where we shine a light on experiences, anecdotes, impressions, even real-life interactions with beloved performers. We. Are. Listening.

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Fan Story Podcast

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