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Episode 140 - Bustié

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This week on the podcast we have Bustié! We talked about touring in Trump American while being extremely queer and extremely brown, showing kids they can empower themselves through music and booking their own shows, and taking some time off from tour in New Orleans.

Bustié’s debut album, Birds of Paradise, is out now on Climax! records.

Also mentioned in this episode: PAWNS, Anatomy, Audios Munda Cruel, and Remorseless.

Talking to Ghosts is recorded and produced by Michael Kurt and Wesley Mueller. Our amazing 5-year anniversary cover art is by Alicia Gaines (of the band Ganser, who are also great).

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Episode 139 - Youryoungbody

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This week on the podcast we have Youryoungbody, the awesome post-witchhouse-eurodance-banger project from Seattle, WA. We talked about sending playlists back and forth to develop the new sound, finding witchhouse, and how f'in cool Chris Angel still is (live in Vegas).

Youryoungbody's new album Devotion is up on their Bandcamp page.

The podcast is recorded and produced by Michael Kurt and Wes Mueller.

Our wonderful 5-year anniversary artwork is by Alicia Gaines (of the band Ganser, who have an a.m.a.z.i.n.g. new single and video out!

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Episode 138 - Real Cardinal

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we had the always wonderful and generous Real Cardinal of Comaduster and Underfelt! We talked about the serialized release schedule the new Comaduster material is on with FiXT, navigating the threshold of what people will tolerate in terms of releases, and the difference between the Comaduster process and the Underfelt process. THEN we talked for a really long time about game development sound design and the steps to creating a new sound for combat weapons, elemental considerations, and the technical math behind it. Not to mention things like building tells into your sound design and having to consider the environmental storytelling you are trying to communicate to the player.

You can find all the new FiXT releases on the Comaduster page, including some stems packages and cool stuff we talked about towards the end of the interview.

Talking to Ghosts is recorded and produced by Michael Kurt and Wes Mueller.

Our fabulous 5-year anniversary cover is by Alicia Gaines of the great Chicago band Ganser.

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Episode 137 - Rodney Anonymous

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have the legend, the teacher, and the greatest fan Rodney Anonymous.

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We talked about so much stuff. So here are the notes we took during editing:

  • How to pick your opener

  • How to record an album

  • How to book a Bed & Breakfast in multiple countries

  • How to talk to Bruce Campbell

  • How to live in Philadelphia 

  • How your wife teaches Trash Knife to sing

  • How to offend big foot at a Canadian party

  • How to offend Yugoslavian werewolf hunters

  • How to find out you’re probably Yugoslavian?

  • How Last Tango in Paris signifies a real, real bad time

  • How your band doesn’t translate well in other countries

  • How American ruin visiting other countries

  • How The Damned is awesome

  • How to make reverbs in the cemetery, where you also picnic

  • How to be a tour guide for your local cemetery

  • How to peer pressure people into going into mausoleums

  • How to stay at the Lizzie Borden house with Cher fans

  • How to sleep well in murder homes

  • How did Carrot Top get so F’n ripped?

  • How Freddy Pompeii…

  • How the Dead Milkmen are really sad instead

  • How your dad almost died in the Steel Mill

  • How the history of food works

  • How food is from the family you grew up with

  • How to talk to crazy people on public transportation and what you’ll learn

  • How to KLF

  • How to cover Van Halen 

Talking to Ghosts is produced and recorded by Michael Kurt and Wes Mueller. Our fantastic artwork was done by Alicia Gaines.

Episode 136 - Inter Arma

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we talked with TJ from the band Inter Arma. We talk about the recording and reviewing the new album, Sulfur English, which was staged as a response to the modern metal cliches.

This podcast is recorded and produced by Michael Kurt and Wesley Mueller.

Our wonderful 5-year anniversary artwork is by Alicia Gaines. Check out her band Ganser from Chicago!

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Episode 135 - Jacob Bannon (Converge, Wear Your Wounds, Deathwish)

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Jacob Bannon! We talked about the crazy tour schedule that goes with the Converge universe of bands, making Wear Your Wounds a full project with a steady band of collaborators, and how he made abstract art in the dunes for an artist residency. Then! We talked for about 20 straight minutes about MMA and how he was a judge for awhile.

Jacob Bannon has a lot of projects, but here are a few: Wear Your Wounds, Dunedevil Art Book, and Deathwish Records.

Our 5-year anniversary cover art is by the awesome Alicia Gaines (check out her band Ganser).

This podcast was produced, recorded and edited by Michael Kurt and Wes Mueller.

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Episode 133 - Marcus Fischer

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have sound artist and musician Marcus Fischer! We talked about sound art, the residency he did in Florida, and having a healthy balance between work creativity and personal creativity.

Marcus has a lot of great art and music, if you are in New York you should definitely check out his work at the Whitney Museum’s Biennial exhibit running May 17 - September 22, 2019.

Produced and recorded by Michael Kurt and Wes Mueller.

5-year cover art by Alicia Gaines.

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Episode 132 - Drowse

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Kyle Bates from the experimental ambient band Drowse. We talk about his artist residencies in both Iceland and Japan, working within the curation of The Flenser, and getting past self doubt.

Drowse has a new album called Light Mirror coming out on June 7th!

Episode 131 - Cory Doctorow

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow! We talked about his work to fight the copyright directive in Europe, Little Brother 10 years later, and his writing process. This is a long form interview with a deep look at encryption privacy tools, housing advocacy, cooperative ride sharing apps, and a lot more!

Cory’s new book Radicalized, a series of novellas, is available now in hardcover from Tor Books, or in DRM-Free eBook/audio formats from his website. His journalism can be found on Boing Boing and his work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation can be found on their website.

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Episode 130 - Sigsaly

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Vancouver EBM / techno project Sigsaly! We talk about forming Sigsaly's sound after performing as Koban for 10+ years, playing the community center in high school, and finding a new and exciting audience.

Sigsaly has a few releases up on Bandcamp that you should definitely check out. If you are in Chico, Olympia, or Victoria BC - go see them live this month!

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Episode 128 - Omniflux

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Omniflux! Wes was out sick, so Michael talked to Omniflux about trying to find a studio space that feels right, growing up without western influence, and the OhGr / Lead Into Gold / Omniflux tour.

At some point, Michael thinks it’s omnifluxmusic.NET, but it isn’t… it’s definitely omnifluxmusic.com that you should check out! 

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Episode 127 - Divide & Dissolve

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Australia-based progressive doom metal band Divide & Dissolve! We talked about making their album and performance deaf accessible, working on empathy, and how accessibility fights colonialism. 

Divide & Dissolve just announced their tour with Deafheaven, so definitely check that out!

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Episode 126 - Blackwater Holylight

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This week on the show we have Blackwater Holylight, who are a doom/ heavy psych metal project from Portland. We talked to them about forming a supergroup with the talented folks they knew, making their debut album, and setting time aside for practice. 

Blackwater Holylight’s debut album is out now on RideEasy Records.

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Episode 124 - Thou

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have the final episode for 2018! Thou is an experimental metal band from Baton Rouge who put out a crazy number of records this year! We had the opportunity to sit down with Thou frontman Brian Funck after their run of two Portland shows to talk about working on records from different parts of the US, their various projects, and being a workaholic to keep things level.

Thou is out on the road near constantly and we highly recommend you check out all of their 2018 releases!

2018, what a year! I feel like sometimes people say what a year as a joke - I envision a CEO at the company party, toasting everyone for their great success - but this year has felt a million times longer than any year before. In this episode we reflected a little bit on how long the year has felt and lamented about all of the releases and shows we’ve already forgotten. There was an election this year? How many great albums have I already moved on from that came out THIS YEAR?

Thank you. Thank you is what we want to say to everyone who took the time out of their weird, long year to listen and support our podcast. We started this podcast, 4 years ago, to hang out with each other more and to provide interviews with people we enjoyed and this year has been full of some really, really good ones. We’ve heard from, and met in person, more fans than ever before! All in all, it’s been a great experience.

Here is a list of all episodes released in 2018 and the direct download links to the episode. Thank you to all of our guests on the show and to everyone who has shared or talked about the episodes.

(List order: Most recent at the top)

124 - Thou

123 - SciFiSol

122 - Sabine Rear

121 - SRSQ

120 - Halloween Special Episode (Feat. Alex Kennedy, Matt Finale, Eric Gottesman, and Sophie)

119 - Michael and Wes (Again, Ugh!)

118 - Sloane Leong

117 - MSC

116 - Susan Subtract

115 - Uniform

114 - Lingua Ignota

113 - Amenra

112 - Eleri Harris

111 - Zola Jesus

110 - HIDE

109 - Daniel B. (Front 242, Nothing But Noise)

108 - Thor Harris

107 - Noelia Towers

106 - King Woman

105 - Ritualz

104 - Kontravoid

103 - Kelly Fitzpatrick

102 - GLAARE

101 - Cold Showers

100 - Amulets

099 - Michael and Wes Talk About Shows

098 - The Body

Episode 123 - SciFiSol

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Christina from SciFiSol! We talked about her website Femme Cult and making time for your own music while trying to support others, looking for a techno label for her last album, and getting over some self-promotional imposter syndrome.

Sci Fi Sol will be playing the January edition of Volt Divers in Portland!

Solar Drift on SDM Records

Camino Acid on Soundcloud

Earthlings Compilation (feat. Sci Fi Sol and Camino Acid)

Femme Cult is a great website you should check out!

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Episode 122 - Sabine Rear

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Sabine Rear! Sabine is an autobiographical illustrator and zine-maker in Portland who loves wrestling and comics. We talk to Sabine about women's studies, working with the Portland Independent Publishing Resource Center on learning comics, and the editing process.

You can find Sabine's work on her website, or if you are in Portland on Dec. 13th at Clinton Street Theater for the Holiday Comics Spectacle!

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