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Paul F. Tompkins and I are now eternally bound together. I saved his life during our conversation, and then he saved my life. Plus he volunteered to co-host WFPK’s newest show, The Hat Hour — which is obviously more momentous. And if hats don’t rev your engine, take heart. We also discuss podcasting, comedy and mustachery.
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Four words: Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Sure, I discussed other salient topics with Mark and Rose of Vandaveer. But those four words still loom large in my mind. In fact, the image of a jigsaw puzzle displaying the Beefcake’s sweaty biceps and firm pecs won’t leave my head. I’m haunted by it.
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The idea of selling out is so intrinsically bound up in the concept of artistic integrity and (sub)cultural expectations that it’s hard to unpack — especially in less than a paragraph. But Matt Drenik and I discussed the seemingly paradoxical notion that “selling out” can be a purer endeavor than eschewing the establishment. Plus we gush about GBV, and that’s always fun, too.
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If the whole comedy thing falls through for Kyle Kinane, he can take solace in the fact he could be the marketing director of White Castle. If you don’t believe me, then you haven’t heard his amazing ideas about the crave case. But thankfully, he’s also a funny dude that knows the atomic weight of scategorium.