365 more days repressing the sad thoughts with media. As is tradition, here they are, my favorites for the year.
Twelve more months on God’s green Earth, absorbing hundreds more hours of media. It’s only right to denote them, once again, for future nostalgia.
Another year, another swath of media to devour, process, and regurgitate in the form of bulleted lists.
As is tradition, here is a distillation of my favorite media—formatted into digestable bulleted lists for posterity.
My lists are all short this year and I have a long holiday break to enjoy, so I’m going to combine this year’s My Favorite Things posts into one. I hope that’s cool. Music I gave fewer...
A new podcasting publisher has popped up called Engle [https://www.anotherengle.com/] and their first show is a hit. The Undersiders is a series about the intersections between the burgeoning hip-hop movement and the sale of drugs at mass....
Back again for a look at the Solo teaser trailers. > In the twenty-seventh episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob take a "quick" look at the Han Solo teasers aired during the Super Bowl. Find the show on Twitter [http:...
In 2013 A friend introduced me to Old Best Friends [http://obf.wtf]’s ‘Keep In Touch,’ an EP that changed my world. Over the next year Mike Comite and I became friends. In 2015, we started a podcast called...
Well, another Star Wars movie has arrived and I had some thoughts. This is the best place to get my initial reaction this year. > In the twenty-fifth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob take their time on The Last...
In the final episode of our trilogy of fan-edit appreciation, we talk to fan editor DigModiFicaTion about Rise Of The Rebellion and Heir To The Force. Dig is a cool dude. We hope he doesn't find a reason to fan-edit...
I tricked Mike into watching the Star Wars movies more often under the pretense of fan edits. This is part two. > In the twenty-third episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob continue their fan-edit fiesta with DigModiFicaTion's Rise Of The...
I tricked Mike into watching the Star Wars movies more often under the pretense of fan edits. This is part one. > In the twenty-second episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob check out Heir To The Force, DigModiFicaTion's edit of...
A year later, Mike finished the book! > In the twenty-first episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob discuss Bloodline by Claudia Gray. Find the show on Twitter [http://twitter.com/banthafodderfm] and at banthafodder.fm [http://banthafodder.fm]....
Mike and I did one of our world famous trailer breakdowns. Enjoy! > In the Twentieth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob exhume, penetrate, and disclose the secrets of The Last Jedi teaser that debuted at Star Wars Celebration Orlando...
Mike and I run through everything we possibly can from Celebration 2017 and make plans to go to the next one. > In the nineteenth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob discuss Star Wars Celebration 2017! From The Last Jedi...
Mike and I watched a documentary about those actors you don't remember from Star Wars and what they are doing now. > In the eighteenth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob do some Star Wars news catch-up and talk about...
The title for Episode VIII is out, so Mike and I started picking apart what it could mean. We make a few plot predictions and talk about our favorite moments in our first year as Star Wars podcasters. Thank you...
James and I recorded an episode of Variable Bitrate together in Chicago. Unfortunately, it was shit. Time constraints and the weariness of walking and talking for 3 hours around Navy Pier didn't allow us to do the thing justice. I...
We both saw Rogue One, one more than the other. We pretty much talk about that. This is a great starter episode for anyone who hasn't checked out the show so far. > In the sixteenth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike...
Bantha Fodder is celebrating the holidays the only way they know how, with dorky references to background characters in their favorite science fiction franchise. > In the fifteenth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob are up late waiting for Santa...
My friend Dan Cox and I have followed an eerily similar trail since 2010. We get deep into the weeds of early 2010 leak blogs, music blogs, and Internet social justice. Dan is genuinely a fan of my show and...
Mike and I love messing with the format, trying new production techniques, and finding fun things to do with the podcast. I think we really stumbled upon something great this time. > In the fourteenth episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and...
Danny is the NICEST guy! He's also well traveled, committed, and hardworking. Ladies? > Danny Samet has toured with bands like Say Anything, Two Door Cinema Club, Motion City Soundtrack, Thrice, The Academy Is, and so many more. In just 5...
Increase the auxiliary thrusters and divert forward shield power to the hyperdrive, we're podcasting with a higher frequency! No promises, of course, but this is one of two episode we recorded last week to make up for our long gap....
This has been a long time coming. Ben and I met at my dad's place where he and the rest of the guys on his tour stayed the night before taking me on the road with them. We didn't get...
Johnny Minardi is something of a legend in the alternative scene. He launched the careers of some scene favorites and aided in the release of countless more. He has scores of stories regarding the glory days of Fueled By Ramen...
It took a while, but I finally got Gunz on the show. After a few weeks of rain delays and train crashes, the Idobi posterboy gives us the dish on his career in broadcast journalism. > Mike Gunzelman aka Gunz is...
It's been a few weeks, but here we are, waxing poetic about the greatest science fiction saga of all time yet again. > In the 12th episode of Bantha Fodder, Mike and Jacob talk about traditions. Specifically "the crawl" and time...
I almost took a job at AltPress out of high school, there have been times I regretted going a different route, but knowing what I know now, I'm glad I didn't make the move to Cleveland. I love Alternative Press....
Gimlet Media's Starlee Kine (as well as her entire staff) got the boot before production had wrapped on Mystery Show's second season. While working on an episode, actually. Starlee Kine, via the Mystery Show Facebook [https://m.facebook.com/MysteryShowPodcast/...
Of all the new shows this year, Gimlet Media’s Heavyweight is easily the one most worth trying. 1 [https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heavyweight/id1150800298?mt=2&at=10lPxg] Show description via Gimlet Media: > A podcast about...
My guest last week had to cancel on me due to an on-the-job conflict. This left me with no guest for the first time since starting this show 16 weeks ago. Determined to keep the feed alive every single week,...
Just when I think the podcast is becoming easier to produce on a weekly basis, it isn't. In actuality, this episode was very easy to produce. It has the shortest run time, has one of the best speakers I've interviewed...
Nate Sirotta of Impulse Artists sat down with me this week to share some great tips surrounding PR. Whether you're in a band, write for a blog, or have an interest in doing publicity yourself, this is a great episode....
Ian and I have been in contact since 2012 when his band States Away wanted to premiere their album on my music blog. Since then, I've been lucky to have Ian as a sounding board for my design ideas. He's...