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I was 13 years old when English rockers The Godfathers released this song. Only two of the requirements were reached then. Just the "Birth" and the hated "School."
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\n\nHey there, welcome to Stub Stories! Sylvia and Ricky are diving into the world of ticket stubs and the incredible stories they hold. Our podcast celebrates the whirlwind of diverse show experiences, from Adele to Blink 182. Trusty producers, Fabio and Clay, attempt to wrangle our conversations while hinting at some exciting giveaways in the works.
\n\nWe reminisce about concerts we adore, like Madonna and Blink 182, connecting deeply with the emotions these artists evoke. This podcast is personal—it's a chance for us to relive our music scene adventures and we're eager for you to share your own stories. From our street team days to planning live episodes, we're reigniting that passion for the music scene.
\n\nJoin us now at [Stubstories.net](Stubstories.net), Spotify, and wherever you usually catch your podcasts.
\n\n• https://www.facebook.com/stubstories\n• https://www.instagram.com/stubstories\n• https://www.tiktok.com/@stubstoriespod\n• https://www.youtube.com/@StubStories\n• https://open.spotify.com/show/4XNuzKnB8gcDyoGvV4YTho\n• https://anchor.fm/s/ef62be6c/podcast/rss\n• https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stubstories\nMy girlfriend, Stacey, would be surprised (and delighted) to know that I was not responsible for breaking this particular coffee mug.
\nShe recently told me that she expects at least one thing to be broken while she goes away (which she does often). “Well, Fuck You!” I think I said (which I most certainly didn’t). Fair enough. I never started that punk band “Accident Prone” after drawing many anarchy “circle A” logos, complete with a charged-up punk with a broken leg braced up and in full leather. Let me tell you about my stage broken leg sometime. I guess I did end up in the ‘cast’ (more like a Moon Boot for an entire year, the closest I will ever be to an astronaut, too).
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\n\nWE ‘R’ ALL PEE-WEE
\n\nA tribute to Pee Wee Herman at Crystal Ballroom on November 26th.
\n\nScreen Pee Wee’s Big Adventure at Somerville Theatre followed by Immersive Performance After Party in Crystal Ballroom.
\n\nWhat other entertainer has had the sheer cultural, aesthetic, and psychic impact of Pee-Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens 1952–2023 R.I.P.-W,)—let alone one so subversive, deranged, arty, and queer?!
\n\nSunday November 26th, cast off your Thanksgiving torpor with your own Big Adventure, as the Somerville Theatre & Crystal Ballroom X Identical Cousins grants your wish to fly directly into the heart of the Playhouse. After a screening of Tim Burton’s revolutionary 1985 film (served with a warm-up of highlights of the TV show), float upstairs to the ballroom for a raucous celebration of the icon’s legacy.
\n\nA Super Friends-style cast includes comedy (co-hosting: Tooky Kavanaugh, Angela Sawyer), drag (Celia Smokinbutts, Luke Warm), and oodles of live music from Pee-Wee’s universe, featuring local luminaries like Red Sox organist Josh Kantor, Patriots / Bruins deejay T. J. Connelly as D.J. Conky-2000, rock gods Hilken Mancini (as Cyndi Lauper / Pee Wee Aerobics for puppets) and Thalia Zedek (brass/winds), Teenbeat Records’ Cotton Candy (’80s commercial breaks), and a Walter Sickert cameo.
\n\nInhabit Pee-Wee’s world with an immersive bicycle photobooth, an interactive Picture Phone, cartoons fit for a King, a Burton-esque nightmare installation, a Pee-Gee-Rated Peepshow, a commemorative activity book, on-theme cocktails, and reimagined Playhouse sets and props galore. Bust out your best elevator shoes for a Tequila dance party—bonus points and a shot at a prize for wearing your favorite Pee-Wee & friends costumes.
\n\nThe Word of the Day is…you’ll just have to join the party to find out!
\n\nNote: your ticket to the after party grants you free admission to the film.
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Happy Birthday, Sensei
\nHow I learned to count and breathe with Uechi-Ryu
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It starts with the breath. I learned to count in Japanese when my Dad and I took on the ultimate 80s father/son bonding exercise by taking Karate together. I am sorry, but I somehow have yet to watch Cobra-Kai. The Karate Kid craze in the 80s and early 90s was a real thing, and we were all about it.
\nWe studied under Sensei Michael and Sensei Linda. We had to drive to get there and were sure not to forget our gi when leaving the house because there was a ‘three strikes and you are out’ penalty for forgetting your gi at home.
Uechi-Ryū Karate-Do
\n\nMy Dad used to smoke, and he had his cigarettes in his red t-shirt pocket by his heart. One of the training exercises we did was to face each other, our forearms pressed against each other. In a kind of “hot hands” or reverse arm wrestle, the point was to stare your opponent down, quickly move your arm away from the other person and land a strike. At home, my goal was simple. Our arms were pressed against each other. As soon as you felt the other person move to strike, your task was to block their strike. But I had a different goal when I was attacking. I knocked my Dad’s Marlboro Reds up and out of his shirt and onto the floor to make a sound that only a small cellophane-covered cardboard box filled with tobacco-filled paper tubes can make. The strike when landed on me was little more than a three-fingered ‘slap’ to the face. We played best of 10 (I think).
\n\nSeptember 12th was Sensei George Mattson’s birthday. He studied Uechi-Ryu, brought it to America, and wrote the first English book about Karate, The Way of Karate from Tuttle Publishing in 1958. I used to work for Tuttle Publishing, by the way! My first ‘real’ job.
\n\nAmericans have a different way of celebrating elders and don’t have the same cultural respect for older generations as other countries, so I would just like to wish Sensei Mattson a happy and healthy year ahead and thank him for bringing us Uechi-Ryu. Not only did it connect me with my father in a meaningful way at a time when it was important to do so developmentally, but I also used the fundamentals of Uechi-Ryu in self-defense and my daily life.
\n\nSensei Mattson’s black belt is literally worn out.
\n\nDaily routine is a kata
\nI have not practiced karate in several years, as I am always searching for a Uechi-Ryu class near me. It is not as popular as mixed martial arts and Tae Kwon Do. There is no Uechi dojo around me. I re-upped as a white belt for a Japanese karate style ten or 15 years ago but didn’t stick with it.
One thing I do daily is that I count to ten in Japanese on my reps at the gym, on my bike for a good sprint, or out running between telephone poles (a HIIT technique I learned as the Cross Country Co-Captain in high school).
\n\nI can only imagine that the particular accents and pronunciation were taken from Sensei Mattson as it passed to me. I hope to meet Master Sensei Mattson one day!
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\n\nFrom 1 to 10
\nFirst off, the numbers in Japanese from 1 to 10 are these. I have put my spin on it in parens.
ichi 一 (EECH!)
\n\nni に (KNEE)
\n\nsan 三 (SOAHN)
\n\nyon 四
\nshi 四 (CHEE)
go 五 (GO)
\n\nroku 六 (LUCK!)
\n\nnana 七
\nshichi 七 (SEECHE)
hachi 八 (HAHHTCH)
\n\nkyuu 九 (Q!)
\n\njyuu 十 (JU)
\n\nREPEAT.
\n\nThere is also a cadence in my counting that tells a story in three acts, and #10 “JUUUUUUU” is the rolling credits. If you can count to ten lying on. your back with your feet raised 6 inches in the air and holding it there, it does feel. like you have accomplished something.
\n\nI can’t pinpoint Sensei Mattson’s exact age, but it’s around 85, and he is still the father of Karate for me and lots of Americans.
\n\nIt is valuable to celebrate these milestones and recognize elder leaders in our culture this week as the U.K. mourns the loss of its Queen.
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In the Shadow of John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
\nDateline: WeWork Seaport, June 30, 2022
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"How's your Panny?" - stolen from my friend’s Instagram account when they were just getting back into working on concerts again in 2021.
\n\nI spent a lot of time thinking about time.
\n\nI spend a lot of time thinking about death. Since the death of my Mother.
\n\nTim Heidecker and Weyes Blood’s Fear of Death record had a profound effect on me.
\n\nFear of Death Live! at Desert Daze 2021 Photo Gallery.
\n\nWe near 1 million deaths in the US from COVID-19, an unfathomable number.
\n\n“SIRI: How do I know if I have this?” — Thanatophobia
\n\nThanatophobia is commonly referred to as the fear of death. More specifically, it can be a fear of death or a fear of the dying process.
\n\nIt’s natural for someone to worry about their own health as they age (I’m 46 this year). It’s also common for someone to worry about their friends and family after they’re gone. However, in some people, these concerns can develop into more problematic worries and fears.
\n\nThe American Psychiatric Association doesn’t officially recognize thanatophobia as a disorder. Instead, the anxiety someone may face because of this fear is often attributed to general anxiety. (Great, LOL!)
\n\nSigns and symptoms of thanatophobia include:
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\n\ndistress (!!!?!)
\n\nTreatment focuses on:
\n\nlearning to refocus the fears
\n\ntalking about your feelings and concerns
\n\nHow are you coping, on this 2 year pandemic anniversary? Are you missing someone? Are you finding more joy these days? Are you going out to shows?
\n\nWhen I was riding Uber Eats deliveries on my bike in 2020, I crashed into a pole because I was listening to Oliver Tree.
\n\nI saw Oliver Tree at House of Blues last night. I got to wear my cowboy hat and jacket. He has a cowboy thing going on too. Most of the people at the sold-out House of Blues show were not wearing masks.
\n\nMy short but succinct review of The Batman. I loved it, it was too long. I haven’t done a deep dive into Easter Eggs yet, but I will.
\n\nI was looking for the snarky Joe Strummer quote about stage time. “these people have things to do”… but I didn’t find it. Link me to it below if you know what I’m talking about.
\n\nI found this one instead:
\n\n“I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive” — Joe Strummer
\n\nSidebar, went to see an up-and-coming band the other night and it was not for me. I need my bands to rock, my country to make me sad, and my hip hop to make me move. Get out of the fucking middle of the road. I bought tickets (I can usually get a guest list spot) and I fucking left. Snoozefest.
\n\nMaybe the quote is just “We, The People, Have Things To Do”.
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\n\nAn hour after completing the Season 4 Finale of the top-streamed Taylor Sheridan show Yellowstone, I’m being fed top bull rider videos from Vice News, Stories from The Bunkhouse from the franchise itself, and Peter Travers and Kevin Costner’s making of Yellowstone interview, worthy of the embed below.
\n\nCostner was pitched Yellowstone as a 10-part movie, not a series
\n\nThe actor only has 5-10 Western movies he thinks are up to snuff
\n\nBuilt 3 canoes before he was 18 after admiring James Stewart in How The West Was Won at a birthday party when he was 6 years old
\n\nCostner is set to start shooting period Western “Horizon” in August
\n\nThe twenty-minute video gives some insight into the man who is and who plays John Dutton. I saved the Costner interview to watch after a battery of Entertainment Tonight interviews with the other stars of the show.
\n\nFor the record, I’ve been watching this mostly on my own, this is not a show I watch with my long-suffering partner who I keep telling to “Cowboy Up”.
\n\nTonight, one of her burlesque troupe members was here with her to prep for a show, while I somehow made my way through the Season Finale of Yellowstone. I have 1883 to watch now, but I am sad that I am so caught up.
\n\nI cried 5 times.
\n\nFor the record, I cry when I see Costner in Man of Steel professing “You ARE my son” to young Kal-El. Every. Damn Time. At least 3 of the Yellowstone cries were for these father/son moments between the complex characters in the show.
\n\nI discovered recently that my current obsession makes a lot of sense. I’m really enjoying my new and gigantic TV with Yellowstone. Tyler Sheridan, real-life cowboy, actor, and creator of the show is responsible for one of my favorite movies in recent years, Sicario and the sequel (not as great in my mind, Sicario: Day of The Soldado. At my friend’s wedding in Puerto Rico, Benicio Del Toro was at the same resort hotel. Christ, you could have filmed part of this movie at this hotel. President Obama and the First Lady stayed there too. Badass place, with parrots.
\n\nPrior to my recent deep dive into this show, I had credited Sicario director Denis Villeneuve with the genius of that story. Visually, he’s my favorite working director in the business today. I love the overhead shots and sweeping vistas. The story presents an insider knowledge of drug cartels or at least believable fiction. For some reason, I never had a reason to look at who wrote the story I found so compelling. Sheridan’s career is vast, including Oscar nominations for 2016’s Hell or High Water. You can be your whole bunkhouse paycheck that I will be seeing that one soon.
\n\nThis guy is amazing and I wish the expanded Yellowstone universe with 1883 and 6666 all the success in the world. Amazing cast, writing, action over all of these projects. Actors go to Cowboy Camp. The production films on location. Accuracy is matched with the beauty and sweeping landscapes of The West.
\n\nI’m not sure why you are not watching Yellowstone yet. I’m already planning a Montana vacation.
\n\nLast week, we lost one of the heroes of Grunge. So many are gone now. Rest in Peace, Mark Lanegan. Here's Mark with Layne playing “Long Gone Day” with Mad Season.
\n\nHere’s Mark with PJ Harvey “Hit The City”.
\n\nSo much loss and it especially hurts when it’s someone struggling with sobriety (not that this was his cause of death, that has yet to be revealed and he was sick recently).
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Follow me on Wisdom App when I go live for Audio. Here is an episode I recorded in my room, and in my room from my Bose 700 headphones. Not the best mic but good enough.
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\n\nHey, everybody. Clay N. Ferno here wanted to talk about the epic finale for HBO Max's Peacemaker, written and directed by James Gunn. We watched it last night. We loved it. We love this show. There was a special appearance by our friends in spoiler warning, it's coming - The Justice League! We had shadowed out Superman or shattered out Wonder Woman, Jason Mamoa and Ezra Miller, The Flash and Aquaman showed up at the end after a really brutal, incredibly violent, incredibly funny show. And one thing that I really like about the show. It's the costumes and special effects movie level. And it's different. It's different. We've seen lots of Marvel stuff or the past 10 plus or 15 years.
\n\nHow long has Marvel been around doing these Marvel Studios? And then we got the CW shows that's great… And CW shows have really done a number on costumes, but there's something about these HBO max shows, including Titans, Peacemaker, Doom Patrol, and however they shoot it. Very bright and 4k ready, 8k ready,
\n\nThey just look so amazing. Our dreams from being a kid and seeing our heroes up on the TV screen are good. They're happening now. So there's almost too much of the superhero stuff. Like I would love to watch The Boys, but I just haven't gotten into it. Another show we really like is Legends of Tomorrow which is returning, I think tonight which is another DC show.
\n\nBut of course, the Marvel Disney+ shows are great. And that includes the Star Wars shows Mandalorian and Boba Fett. Let me know what you think about Peacemaker. If you saw it last night, if you intend on seeing it, I want to try not to spoil it too much if you haven't seen it, but are interested in it, do you want me to convince you?
\n\nI think I could. I think I could convince you to watch at least an episode, definitely interested in hearing what anyone has to say. I'm just all about comic books. I have. Been doing a comic book podcast for a really long time with my friends. And then I've also got my own podcast. My girlfriend is in the other room doing her workout.
\n\nIt's Friday afternoon here on the East Coast, Boston MA reporting live Clay N. Ferno. I haven't been outside yet today, but maybe I'll go to the gym. Take some inspiration from Stacey with her workout and the other I'm pretty much finished up work for the day, which is cool. We watch our superhero TV shows all our TV shows late at night over dinner because we're nightclub people, Burlesque dancer, in the house here, I'm a promoter.
\n\nI'm like a club promoter. I promote comedy shows a lot of podcasts, music. Most of my days doing music, business-type stuff. But at the end of the day and my hobbies, my hobbies include my podcast, my podcast leaguepodcast.com. And we've been shooting a lot of video podcasts recently. And do you know what?
\n\nI don't even know. We just broadcast. We put it out there. We're putting it out into the world. Hope people like it. I don't know. We have some listeners. I wish we could catch it on fire. Maybe the Wisdom app is the way to go for that. Engaging conversations. But as far as, Peacemaker finale, let's talk about lots of cool action.
\n\nFunny, funny jokes. And you've got, literally, I read the James Gunn film, some of this while he was filming, while he filmed the Flash cameo on the set of Guardians of the Galaxy. There was a little bit of one hand washes the other, because the young lady that's in the show opposite John Cena, I forget her name has escaped me.
\n\n[Danielle Brooks... Sorry - ed!]. She auditioned to be in Guardians of the Galaxy 3., which they're filming now. So Guardians of the Galaxy 3. The Marvel people sort of shot it cause they were already doing a production. So the Flash cameo is shot on the set of Guardians of the Galaxy 3. And then, this young lady is a very talented actress.
\n\nSuper funny. I've seen her a million things. She's wonderful, but she did her audition on the set of the Peacemaker show. I dunno something to that effect. You do a little research into that. If it's interesting to you, you'll find that out that Marvel and DC sort of came together to make sure both projects happened in a way in a small, tiny way, but it's surprising to see that. That also goes along with speaking with, speaking of the Justice League, George Perez, who is very sick right now. He is, responsible for a lot of great, great work over at Marvel and DC, and drew JLA, Justice League and Avengers crossover. A very rare thing is happening where this very rare crossover things being reprinted with permission from both huge companies, to raise money for the Hero Initiative, which is an organization that gives health insurance, the creators comic book, creators, these people that come up with all the ideas, you know, make sure they have health insurance and a way to survive.
\n\nAnyways. It's very cool thing, Marvel/DC team up. We'll probably won't see much of that, but when we do see it, we like to point it out. We do, and I speak in third person, but also from a comic book fan and a member of the community. In conclusion, love, Peacemaker, very top streaming show. What else am I streaming? If you're wondering what you're not, it's funny I got a Wisdom app notification someone else's thing come on in and listen. Okay. Maybe I will hop over that. I would tell you watching Yellowstone binging my way through that. I haven't been to a series like this 24 for Christ's sake, keep going through it, loving that we're loving Ghosts. A funny show on Paramout Plus, the new Star Trek, Legends of Tomorrow.
\n\nI don't know. I just like to, I feel like pop culture is a great thing to talk about with groups of people because you could have some commonality. You know, my Dad and I don't agree politically, we really love each other a lot. And we can talk about Yellowstone. Maybe he is getting something different out of the show than I am, but we can definitely agree that it's a great, great show.
\n\nAnyway. So think I'm going to sign off here. Thanks for joining my first Wisdom app talk with my seven fans. I hope to join you in your rooms, and I hope you come and listen to mine some other time. Maybe I'll make this a regular thing. Peace and love. Peace and Love. I just took a screenshot. Yeah, very cool. Talk to you all later.
\n\nAnd if you're interested, follow me on social. I have my Twitter and my. Instagram and Facebook they're all the same, and leaguepodcast.com like Justice League and then podcasts after it as a podcast leaguepodcast.com is where you find info about our comic book podcasts. ithinkthisisgreat.com is my podcast because I think a lot of things are great.
\n\nAnd this is kind of an extension of that podcast. Great that you guys are tuning in. I appreciate all you folks out there. Peace out. ✌️
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What went right in 2021.
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Clay comes out of the crypt to talk TV Gate 2021, Batman Forever, Snake-Eyes, Ghost in the Shell, 1917 and counts his comics for the contest! Hallowstream 2021 was streamed live from The Mantry™️! Plus, how to store your comic boxes in 2021! Clay picks his favorite boxes!
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See the top downloads and learn more about G.I.Joe: Snake-Eyes with the new stop-motion PSA.
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AMA V - The Night Before The Fourth Stream - Ranking Star Trek Movies
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We go hard with Shang-Chi trailer, Sexy Beasts trailer and I rank all of the Star Wars Films. Plus, an experiment in gaming on Twitch.
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This week we talk green screens, technical streaming problems in OBS, Masters of The Universe: Revelation, Loki Episode 2, Snake-Eyes, and Cannabis Community News.
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Today we've reached 5000 downloads on Fireside.fm, plus Jaydi Zavala's new video, Loki Reaction, Nextdoor stories, talking with Jim Starlin and so much more on this weekly chat!
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We wrap Season 2 with an amazing conversation with the first-ever guest on I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno.
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**Silent Bob is Silent no more! Director Kevin Smith brings his Mooby's Pop-up to Boston at House of Blues for a limited engagement.
\n\nWe got a chance to sit down with him and talk all the nerdy tidbits about Stan Lee, his upcoming Masters of the Universe: Revelation, helping restaurant workers in the pandemic, and his shot-from home sitcom, Son in Lockdown featuring his entire family and introducing Austin Zajur.**
\n\nSnootch to the Bootch!
\n\nDo617: So good to see you. you don't mind being on video, do you?.
\n\nKevin Smith: Not at all. That's why I wore the funny hat!
\n\nBy the way, I'm still happy to see you.
\n\nTrying to stay alive, man. The restaurant business doesn't make it easy though. Because, suddenly, you get access to free food where you're like, "I'll take three orders of Hater Tots"!
\n\n"I'm the man"
\n\nWhy not? It's my place. Free food!
\n\nHow are you feeling? Feeling good?
\n\nI'm feeling fantastic. It's been, just past the three-year mark since the heart attack knocks wood you know, so far so good.
\n\nThanks for coming to Boston.
\n\nLovely to be here, man. Boston has always been a big part of everything. I was just telling my wife today. I was like, the first time I came to the Commonwealth was with Clerks. Like even though I lived in New Jersey, I'd never come up to Massachusetts. There was no call for it and stuff. Yeah. It was from Philly to New York. They're close. Boston's like a three-hour drive. So it wasn't until Clerks that I came to the city with the Boston Film Festival and then I kept going back and like, Chasing Amy and Dogma and stuff like that.
\n\nAnd the boys are from here.
\n\nAnd the boys being from here! You know, me and Scott (Moser) were involved with Good Will Hunting as well. So there's, always a wonderful tie to the city, to the community. Also, this is a big college town and at one point in my career, I was "The College Guy".
\n\nYeah. You're my "College Guy", I suppose. I went to MassArt right down the street from here. In the Nineties, we were looking up to you, man. You've been inspiring people forever.
\n\nYou were so close with Stan Lee, I got to interview Stan it was an honor. an honor. You've always said good things and, and you were taking care of him. And I just want to say, I appreciate that you did that.
\n\nWhat a great life. So the thing about the loss that breaks the heart is he was a vital 90-year-old and he didn't have that the last year or two years of his life, the way. He was kind of tossed around and literally suffered from elder abuse.
\n\nThat shaved years off his life. He was so vital, but there came a certain point where he's not only was he has physically beaten down but just the thought of like, "this is what it's come to".
\n\nHow could you do that to everyone's Grampa?
\n\nSo, you know what I'm saying, who gave so much joy in his lifetime, but at least, you know, he had that entire ten-year period of Marvel cameos, where at the end of his life, he got celebrated by the entire world. Everybody knows his name, even people that never heard of him before were, "Oh, that's Spider-Man's baby daddy".
\n\nYou know, maybe it was your idea to put him in the films?
\n\nI remember seeing them in a movie years ago. Yeah. That was, for us, it was a no-brainer. Cause you got a movie about a guy that loves comic books. You got to Stan... Perfect marriage. And when we did it, I remember the movie came out in '95, there was just like, "Oh, Who? Stan Lee? That's quaint". You know, years later it became. A stamp of quality.
\n\nI love seeing him in that movie. He's younger, obviously.
\n\nI remember when he came to work with us, they were telling us "you gotta be careful, man, because this man is 73 years and he can go at any point". And he lasted another 23 years!
\n\n*God bless him, man. Well, another thing, you've come here to Boston, to the restaurant at the House of Blues, which is a great venue. Lots of people, we've been out of work, but there are ways that people can keep it going. I appreciate that you came here to help us out.
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I first heard of the Mooby's Pop-Up in the show that you did, Son in Lockdown and, that was just such a great thing to have your wife at that and Harley and Austin. Was it fun to just shoot if you're own your house?
\n\nIt was so adorable, especially considering it was in the middle of the quarantine and nobody was doing anything.
\n\nSo this TBS show Celebrity Show-Off presented itself as an opportunity. And they were like, "you can do anything you want, we're gonna give you a camera, shoot, whatever you want". And I was like, "can I shoot a sitcom"? They're like, "absolutely go ahead". So the entire town was shut down and you know, it's dopey to say, but we were literally the only sitcom in town that was shooting.
\n\nIt was a weird moment and it was fun to do it. It's the best job in the world, you don't even have to get dressed and drive to the studio. You wake up and you weren't in the studio. So it was such a good time!
\n\nBut it was a Kevin Smith joint, man! It was really, really funny Austin is such a rockstar!
\n\nHe's great. I put him in Clerks III...
\n\nDo you have any updates, about Masters of the Universe: Revelation?
\n\nI think the first time folks are going to see any imagery is coming up in May. We're in April right now. So next month.
\n\nDo you like animation?
\n\nI love it. It's phenomenal. The boys at Powerhouse Animation did a wonderful, wonderful job. They do_ Castlevania_ on Netflix, Seis Manos, Blood of Zeus.
\n\nSo all the characters look exactly the way they're supposed to. They just look like they were drawn now as opposed to the '80s. And so hey, if you want to talk about people who elevate it, man.
\n\nI love the scripts that we came up with, but Powerhouse absolutely knocked it out of the park.
\n\nThey elevated our scripts and made far better cartoons than we provided them the "word power" to do so. Watching the whole thing come together, man. Because so many people work on it from your writing staff to then, your recording, and the vocal tracks. Then it all gets handed over to the animators and they do.
\n\niI's like movie making and it's like comic books at the same time.
\n\nWhat's really wonderful about it is when you're working on a movie or something or a TV show, you know, you're seeing results on a regular basis because you're doing it. You got this window of time to do it when you're just the writer or showrunner on this animated series.
\n\nMy main job of just "let's get this thing written" was done early for us, it was the first job done. So I go about my life and then every few days there's a delivery of an art pack and you're like, "Holy shit". They drew all the characters and then as time goes on, it's like, "here's the first animatic".
\n\n"Here's the second animatic". "This animatic is locked. Here's the automatics for episode two". Episode three, four. Oh my God. The finished animation for episode one is coming in. So it's this, this waterfall of productivity that you have nothing to do, with, other than getting to appreciate it.
\n\nYou wrote and your part is done. I mean, you can't go and make a script change.
\n\nWe can, as long as "lip flap" is off-camera. That continued and as much as periodically, we need to pick up these lines, we need to add new lines. Netflix thinks this needs clarity. So then you come up with that stuff and make that work and stuff.
\n\nSo you might need to even make new scenes, etc...
\n\nGenerally, it's not too deep in the process and going like, "Oh, I'm gonna write a whole new scene".
\n\nif you do that, it's a big deal because the process is eight to ten months in. And once it starts going, it starts going, but being at the receiving end of all, the joy, the here's what Battle Cat looks like, you know, Oh my God, this is what Evil-Lyn looks like. This is what Evil-Lyn looks like with the helmet off.
\n\nEvery design before actually beginning to see the animatics and the animatics is the barest form. It's a digital storyboard or a moving storyboard. And even those were so pretty. I was like, "we could air this, fuck finishing, let's air this"!
\n\nLet's just say thankfully Powerhouse push to finish it because the finished product is gorgeous.
\n\nYou can't just put out the pencils, you gotta ink this thing!
\n\nI would! I come from comics, so I like when they do. So I love when they do Batman Black and White and just letters inked and pencils version. So I could have dealt with it, but people will be delighted to see how colorful the whole thing is.
\n\n*Not for nothing. I love your Green Hornet. It was so great, I didn't expect to like the character, I mean, I liked what you did in comics, but I was just like, "Oh, this is a really great thing". It was drawn really awesome.
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\nJonathan Lau, man. He made that him and Phil. Phil Hester took my stuff and then he broke it down. Um, but wow. They turned it into a beautiful book. What was so satisfying about that for me was at the end of when I read all the books together, all the comics together...
I was like, "It would have worked. We could have pulled that off as a movie!" Somebody could have, not me!
\n\n*Absolutely. And coming up with comics and you are reading Batman, you are reading Spider-Man. You don't think of Green Hornet for comics, but you can do something cool with it. I could talk to you all day!
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I tried to come up with the best "Cantina" question for you, one that I would ask on your podcast Fatman Beyond and not be embarrassed. But before I get to that, I watched the scene last night with the Ball Lickers, on the "Mooby's Internet" internet. So, you know, people get a chance to come down here and they can...
\n\n...and actually relive it. You are the ones who are the Ball Lickers!
\n\nThey can just do that from their phones!
\n\nThat was just so funny. But my, my "Ultimate Cantina Question" is about the Snyder Cut! Let's say Warner or whoever gives you $30 million dollars to redo a Kevin Smith movie, or to redo the CGI. What Kevin Smith movie would you give the #SnyderCut treatment to? Is it Tusk?
\n\nI would go Red State. I would just shoot the ending. We cheaped out at the ending because we don't have any money. So, the ending was supposed to be the apocalypse. Angels showing up, slaying people and shit like that, these giant angels.
\n\nSo at a certain point, we were like "Alright, do you want to shoot the ending of that movie and that ending?"
\n\n"Do you want to wait to shoot that movie in that ending for however long it takes to find the money for it?"
\n\n"...or do you want to shoot a version of the movie now where you've let go of the supernatural element that was in the last scene?"
\n\nSo then I changed it to him being over the loudspeaker and "it was a hoax and blah, blah, blah". So if I had like #SnyderCut money, I'd go back and I would shoot the angels show up, ending like the apocalyptic world ending. I'd have a lot of money left over!
\n\nBut I think that would be the one that I would love to take in the direction of the original vision.
\n\nAnd I love Red State what it became and stuff, but that ending would have been so fucking weird.
\n\nDo617: Well, you know, when people after seeing this interview, they might demand the release of the #SnyderCut of Red State.
\n\nKS: Release the #RedderCut!
\n\nYes! Well, I'm just so happy to talk to you, man. I'm really excited to be here at Mooby's. Thanks for helping out Boston. Thanks for helping out everybody here at the House of Blues Restaurant and, everybody makes a couple of bucks and people can have some fun doing it because you came here.
\n\nI think this is a perfect time. just about to open up. This is like a preview. This is a preview of the good time for the summer that's going to come.
\n\nThey were asking me when I rented the car today, when I was leaving Logan, the lady was like "You're from, California, how is it about there? I was like "the exact same thing as it is here. You guys are about to open".
\n\nThat's been the fun part of taking Mooby's around the country is that it's always at a restaurant that's been closed for a while.
\n\nSo it's good for the business. It's also good for the staff morale. You can forget when you're in the restaurant business, your friends are your coworkers, you see them every day.
\n\nA lot of folks haven't seen their friends for a year and stuff.
\n\n"Zoom Cocktail Hour" just doesn't cut it.
\n\nIt really, really doesn't at the end of the day. At the end of the day, being in a room with people, human interaction, I'm not saying you got to lick each other's faces and shit..being in a room with people and talking and nothing will replace it.
\n\nWell, thanks so much, Kevin. It's an honor, man!
\n\nDamn pleasure man!
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Akilah joins Clay to talk about her coaching program at uniquelyfit2u. They talk about Meditations, Affirmations, Mindfulness coaching, Chakra Balancing, and Energy healing as we find ourselves coming out of the pandemic. How important is safety? What do you picture in your mind when you hear about meditation?
\n\nUse Akilah's eclectic tool kit to guide your mind, Akilah connects healing and learning lessons from negative experiences.
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\n\nSpecial Guest: Akilah Anderson - uniquelyfit2u.
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Yolanda Yvette wants you to Engage, Impact, and Empower! Check out her book Speak Up on Amazon!
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Life coach and solopreneur Zondra Evans speaks with Clay about ZTV, that blue rose moment, acquiring a TV network, incubating Executive Producers for TV, and her famous fireside chats. Zondra is the Author of "The Power of Investing in You", a Best Seller on Amazon and she lives out this in every aspect of her life. The ZondraTV Network was designed specifically for small business entrepreneurs and solopreneurs. The team at the network is passionate about providing an affordable platform for small businesses to scale and grow their business locally, nationally, and globally.
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Bridget and Nicole tell us about their exciting projects, Gauche Designs, and Pasithea Productions. Plus, Clay FINALLY gets to talk Mac shortcuts, productivity, and goes back to the familiar well of Star Trek: TOS vs TNG and Voyager.
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I Think This Is Great! With Clay N. Ferno featuring Skates' Out Virtual Team with Coach AK, Coach Key, and Coach LA!
\n\nWhat are the "Three C's" of skating? When COVID-19 hit, Coach AK took his skating school online and created the first virtual roller skating courses for Youth and Adults. Do you have the confidence to go backwards? We all can do it by focusing mind and body! Coach AK is joined by Coach Key and Coach LA to break down the course and to continue the legacy of a family tradition by preserving the rich history of roller skating’s culture.
\n\nI Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno is an interview podcast about people doing and being their best. We talk about compassionate work, working on teams, getting over hurdles and doing great things even when the chips are down. This is part productivity podcast and part interview show about fascinating people in my life. Welcome, and please let me know what you think is great!
Special Guest: Skates Out Virtual Team.
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Comic Book saga Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights will conclude its epic 3-part debut saga this March from Antarctic Press. Created by Comic Creator/Writer Matthew Spradlin (Indie Comic Bad Kids Go To Hell) and Producer/Writer Sean E. DeMott (Owner of Execution Style Entertainment and producer of Devil’s Carnival, Crow’s Blood), and based on a True Story, it tells the story of Janie, a 15-year-old street-wise product of absentee parents who hitchhiked her way from Ohio to Los Angeles hoping to put her past behind her.
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I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno is an interview podcast about people doing and being their best. We talk about compassionate work, working on teams, getting over hurdles and doing great things even when the chips are down. This is part productivity podcast and part interview show about fascinating people in my life. Welcome, and please let me know what you think is great!
Special Guests: Matthew Spradlin and Sean E. DeMott .
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Tobias Grave of Soft Kill and Portland's R.I.P. City Joins I Think This Is Great! With Clay N. Ferno to have a candid talk music, art, and retail. They also talk about sobriety as it relates to the creative process and Clay recounts the time he almost fell off a roof.
\n\nI Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno is an interview podcast about people doing and being their best. We talk about compassionate work, working on teams, getting over hurdles and doing great things even when the chips are down. This is part productivity podcast and part interview show about fascinating people in my life. Welcome, and please let me know what you think is great!
\n\n\n\nSpecial Guest: Tobias Grave.
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Clay is joined by Raheem Jarbo aka MEGA RAN to talk about his debut book, a Memoir, Dream Master.
\n\nFeaturing a foreword by Austin Creed, aka Xavier Woods of the WWE tag team The New Day.
\n\nOver five years in the making, the highly anticipated rapper's memoir shows how hip-hop, education and video games keep Mega Ran on a straight and narrow path but also gave him the courage to completely depart from it and create a foothold in the most unlikely of vocations.
\n\nHashtag #ittigpod on Twitter and Instagram.
\n\n\n\nSpecial Guest: MEGA RAN.
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I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno.
\nSeason 2. Episode 1.
Welcome to the Clay N. Ferno substack Newsletter by me, Clay Silva Fernald. Stage name first, and there I go revealing my full government name.
\n\nI’m a Boston-based comic book and pop culture creator that has my eyes open for political tidbits, deep-dive movie facts, and opinions about what makes things great and why they might not actually be great at all.
\n\nI am currently a co-host on LeaguePodcast.com as well as my own podcast, I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno (You Are Here!).
\n\nHopefully, some new ideas come into the substack forum in an organic way. Thanks for signing up.
\n\nSign up now so you don’t miss the first issue.
\n\n\n\nIn the meantime, tell your friends!
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Our first LIVE! show for LeaguePodcast!
\n\nSat 8/17
\nBoston SciFi and LeaguePodcast Live! at Boston Comic Con Presents: FanExpo Boston - The Arc of the Comic Book Movie
The Arc of the Comic Book Movie
\nLocation: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 253C
\nTime: Sat, August 17th at 11am
Panel Description:
\n30 years ago comic book movies barely existed, but now, AVENGERS: ENDGAME just became the highest grossing film of all-time. The hero's journey is not just for the orphaned loner, but also a genre.
The geek culture has taken hold and nothing exemplifies it best than the comic book movie. The panel will explore how it came to pass, what makes it tick and what the future will bring.
\n\nThis will be a Live Podcast recording will be used for League of Ordinary Gentlemen (@leaguepodcast) and Boston SciFi
\nFilm Festival’s (@Boston_SciFi) podcast (soon to be announced).
Panelists:
\n● Matt Dursin (League Podcast, @dursin)
\n● Clay Fernald (League Podcast, @claynferno)
\n● Dr. Rebecca A. Housel (The #PopCultureProfessor @DocHousel)
\n● Ken Reid (TV Guidance Councelor Podcast, @KennethWReid)
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Chris Bergstrom, Director of Fan & Youth Engagement for the Boston Red Sox joined us today to talk the future of fan engagement at Fenway Park with AR & VR technology, the free Outside The Park event on June 15th at Boston Common, Kid Nation, Red Sox Nation and virtual elephants at the historic ballpark.
Special Guest: Chris Bergstrom.
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Interview with The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody Director Russall S. Beattie
\nIn Association with LeaguePodcast.
\nSpecial Episode! do617.com/empire for a chance to win a VIP Meet & Greet.
The Empire Strips Back celebrates the resurgence of burlesque, while delivering a powerful experience for fans of the art form as well as the classic film series. Vip Meet And Greet Contest: do617.com/empire.
\n\nLeaguePodcast is a comic book and pop culture podcast in Boston that specializes in promoting events on the side!
\n\nI Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno is an interview podcast about people doing and being their best. We talk about compassionate work, working on teams, getting over hurdles and doing great things even when the chips are down. This is part productivity podcast and part interview show about fascinating people in my life. Welcome, and please let me know what you think is great!
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Welcome to Hell World. Writer At Large Luke O'Neil joins us today to talk Emo Night Boston, No Hope/No Harm, White House visits and his substack email newsletter and this week's sponsor, "Hell World". https://luke.substack.com/
Special Guest: Luke O'Neil.
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Fond of toys? A fan of photography? You'll love “Around the World in 80 Toys,” a clever collection of guerrilla-style toy photos shot on iPhone. Each picture showcases a rare, interesting and vintage toy from popular culture in an actual and distinct locale. “Around the World in 80 Toys” offers a creative and au courant look at a global and visual travelogue.
\n\nJoin Clay and Jerry as they travel from the punk rock days of The Rat to the hills of San Francisco in a conversation about Jerry's career as a creative, the importance of a punctuated "Thank You", Bill Weld being a Dead Head, morgue visits, Bullitt, Shooting Small and how we are merely the custodians of the material things surrounding us.
Special Guest: Jerry Business.
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Take a trip to the Boston of yesteryear, guided by advertisements for the businesses and characters that made the city tick in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s – restaurants, hair salons, bands, bars, clothing boutiques and more. Author Brian Coleman (Check The Technique vols 1 & 2) goes digging deep into Boston's post-modern advertising archives to present a core sample of cultural history.
Special Guest: Brian Coleman.
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After Dark is the bonus show. Not every show has an After Dark!
\nWe're hangin'...we're not editing...sometimes serious, sometimes not.
\nBonus Podcast Feed for for Patreon Subscribers and Free on ithinkthisisgreat.com for a limited time!
Special Guest: LJ Malberg of CoMuse.Work.
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I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno
\n\nFor Immediate Release
\n\nTuesday, September 25, 2018 Boston, MA — Today marks the launch of "I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno" podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn or wherever you get your podcasts. #ITTIGPOD is free and available for streaming or download at http://www.ithinkthisisgreat.com/ now.
\n\nSeason 1, Episode #1 (S1E01) of this productivity, wellness and creative inspiration podcast is an interview with LJ Malberg, the Compassionate Muse. This executive coach shares her inspiring journey about redefining compassion in the workplace. Clay and LJ talk about listening, offering feedback and asking permission to give feedback. The goal of "I Think This is Great! with Clay N. Ferno" is to motivate and inspire and LJ's story is one that needs to be heard.
\n\nThe mission statement of #ITTIGPOD is simple. The podcast is about connecting with people about stuff that is great and the great things these people do!
\n\n"I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno" is an interview podcast about people doing and being their best. The talk revolves around, but is not limited to, compassionate work, working on teams, getting over hurdles and doing great things even when the chips are down. This is part productivity podcast, part interview show, and a place where creativity is celebrated from fascinating people.
\n\nToday marks the culmination of nearly a year of preparation and (re)learning about podcasting from the ground up for the host of the bi-weekly program.
\n\nListeners can join the conversation on social media about the launch of this new show with "#ITTIGPOD" (get it? "I Think This Is Great Pod". No new twitter or instagram, you can follow Clay directly on social at @claynferno. Please like the Facebook Page at https://facebook.com/ithinkthisisgreat/
\n\nListeners can subscribe at http://www.ithinkthisisgreat.com/rss or search your podcast player of choice. #ITTIGPOD endorses the use of overcast.fm for iOS podcast subscriptions. Support #ITTIGPOD on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ithinkthisisgreat. Find a follow up call and bonus "After Dark" episode on Patreon and ithinkthisisgreat.com for the first episode.
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\n\nSUBSCRIBE: https://ithinkthisisgreat.com or search "I Think This Is Great" in your podcatcher of choice.
\nFACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/ithinkthisisgreat/
\nPATREON: https://patreon.com/ithinkthisisgreat
\nTWITTER #ITTIGPOD: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ITTIGPOD
\nTHEME: House of Harm - https://houseofharm.bandcamp.com/
\nART: Sam Furst Monsters Are Good. - https://monstersaregood.storenvy.com/
\nPRESS INQUIRIES - Available for Interviews: claynferno@gmail.com
\nSPONSORSHIP SPOTS AND ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES: claynferno@gmail.com
About Clay N. Ferno
\n\nClay N. Ferno is a social media and music-business professional living in Boston, MA USA. Accomplishments include landing on the cover of The Boston Phoenix in 2005 for being the ‘Most Popular Man in Boston’ — according to the social networking site MySpace. In 2015 he interviewed Stan “The Man” Lee for a DigBoston cover story. He spends his time producing concerts and live podcast events when he’s not chasing a deadline.
\n\nClay is one of the co-hosts of weekly pop culture podcast at LeaguePodcast.com. #ITTIGPOD is a topical departure from media covered at the LeaguePodcast network (recently The League celebrated the highly anticipated return of Curb Your Enthusiasm with #CURBCAST). Get caught up on nearly 350 episodes about comics and so much more over at http://leaguepodcast.com/jumpingon.
\n\nAbout The First Guest - LJ Malberg
\nHi! My name is LJ Malberg and I am the Compassionate Muse. I am an organizational design consultant, trainer and executive leadership coach and CEO of The Reliance Company. I believe that leading with compassion creates the most successful work environments and contributes both to the welfare of the individual and continued growth to the organization's bottom line. There are countless studies that prove that happy workers are far more productive, inclusive contributors to their companies than their unhappy counterparts, and that these positive behaviors spill over affecting home and family life as well. We live in a precarious time where compassion is needed now more than ever, and my work is to spark change in the way organizations and individuals work together.
P.S., Acknowledgements
\nThe host wishes to take this rare launch day opportunity to thank and acknowledge the following people and services that have made this day possible. To Stacey who deals with the piles of books, comics and boom mic stands in our tiny Brighton apartment. To LJ, who is more than the spirit of #ITTIGPOD, more like direct inspiration. To all of my guests in Season 1, recording has been such a joy. To Sam Furst from Monsters are Good. for making me look great! To Cooper and House of Harm for offering tracks for the intro music. To our first sponsor, MMMMAVEN, a place where creativity blooms. To Dan Benjamin at fireside.fm for making a sensible and professional podcasting CMS that works better than I could have imagined. To Pat Flynn and Power-Up Podcasting (and I'm not just saying that for you to force a passing grade)! And to you, the listener if you are family, friend or perhaps foe, please spread the word on this show!
Special Guest: LJ Malberg of CoMuse.Work.
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I Think This Is Great! with Clay N. Ferno is an interview podcast about people doing and being their best. We talk about compassionate work, working on teams, getting over hurdles and doing great things even when the chips are down. This is part productivity podcast and part interview show about fascinating people in my life. Welcome, and please let me know what you think is great!
\n\n"I Think This Is Great! With Clay N. Ferno" Season 1 Trailer.
\nEdited by Drew O'Doherty.
\nMusic by House of Harm.
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