The Awkward Hour

Episode 44 Pt 1 Solo show "The Art of Awkwardness"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:01:57 -0700

I forgot to play the Davy Rothbart "Found Magazine" clip, will later.

Yes awkwardness is an art form, at least I have made it into one.

In addition to sheer random sillyness that reached its apex in Ep 40,

some deep philosophical discussions in this one.

Clips from Utah Arts Festival.

Episode 44 Pt 2 Solo show "The Art of Awkwardness"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:01:32 -0700

I forgot to play the Davy Rothbart "Found Magazine" clip, will later.

Yes awkwardness is an art form, at least I have made it into one.

In addition to sheer random sillyness that reached its apex in Ep 40,

some deep philosophical discussions in this one.

"I love people!!!"

Episode 40 Pt 1 Solo show "Tiny Bottles"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:02:09 -0700

How much would you pay? This episode gives you the psychic reacharound!

Episode 40 Pt 2 Solo show "Tiny Bottles"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:30:55 -0700

Feedback is like my heroin! BTW, this show should not be listened to by dogs.

Episode 40 Pt 3 Solo show "Tiny Bottles"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:58 -0700

Starts with me intending to vent my soul-searching issues,

but then I get positivity: I am the Anthony Robbins of Awkwardness!

Episode 40 Pt 4 Solo show "Tiny Bottles"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:26:55 -0700

What is YOUR awkward passion?(tm)

Awkward Hour extra "Dying By Degrees" song by Stakerized

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:17:01 -0700

"In the time when I set myself on fire..."

Awkward Hour Extra "Smoke the Sky" song by Stakerized

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:55:16 -0700

"I'm bored with my heroin, bored with my cocaine..."

Episode 37 Pt 1 Solo show "Dayquil at Nite"

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:44 -0700

A Boy and His Podcast.

Episode 37 Pt 2 Solo show "Dayquil At Nite"

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:25:55 -0700

Some days feedback is my only friend. And Victor.

Episode 37 Pt 3 Solo show "Dayquil At Nite"

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:53:52 -0700

This is not the kind of thing that has huge success written all over it.

Episode 34 Pt 1 John Bell "The Bell Jarred"

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:25:56 -0700

John Bell has created some of the most fascinating paintings I've seen in Salt Lake City in the last several years, while also operating the outdoor clothing company he founded, "Huge."

He managed to incorporate the holocaust & Mickey Mouse ears into a work of art, can it get any more awkward than that? Also featuring his friend & fellow artist, surprise guest Daryl Erdmann.

I won't ever let my show get hijacked like that ever again. But it was awkward! Listen & you'll see what I mean.

www.artistjohnbell.com

Also on exhibit at Brett Wesley Gallery, Las Vegas

Episode 34 Pt 2 John Bell "The Bell Jarred"

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:51:08 -0700

www.artistjohnbell.com

Also on exhibit at Brett Wesley Gallery, Las Vegas

Episode 33 Pt 1 Mariah Mellus

Sat, 23 May 2009 22:33:21 -0700

I met Mariah Mellus when I was working at SLUG Magazine and she started reviewing Gallery Stroll. Along with her husband Derek they were two of my best friends during the SLUG years.

Now she works for the SLC Film Center. We talk about the Film Center's screening of "What's On Your Plate?" a documentary about two school-age sisters who ask incisive questions about where our food comes from, what's in it, and what it's doing to us, that make some people feel awkward. We also share some awkward memories from SLUG years.

Episode 33 Pt 2 Mariah Mellus

Sat, 23 May 2009 21:59:04 -0700

I met Mariah Mellus when I was working at SLUG Magazine and she started reviewing Gallery Stroll. Along with her husband Derek they were two of my best friends during the SLUG years.

Now she works for the SLC Film Center. We talk about the Film Center's screening of "What's On Your Plate?" a documentary about two school-age sisters who ask incisive questions about where our food comes from, what's in it, and what it's doing to us, that make some people feel awkward. We also share some awkward memories from SLUG years.

Episode 30 Pt 1 Brenda Wattleworth, Jenevieve Hubbard, Wynter Jones "My Christmas Cactus Is In Bloom"

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:26:54 -0700

Painter Brenda Wattleworth, I shared a house with her & my ex-wife Michelle. The three of us would sit on the back porch and have lively discussions about poetry, art and music. I just met Jenevieve Hubbard & Wynter Jones, and the work of all three ties together in that they incorporate abstraction in different ways.

We also discuss creating a personal mythology, 'shoveling sweaters,' 'tenting' & other euphemisms.

www.wynterjonesart.com

http://www.blackbirdcreative.info/Jenevieve_Hubbard/Jenevieve_Hubbard_Painting.html

"Nest," works by Jenevieve Hubbard at Charley Haven Gallery SLC thru May 17

Episode 30 Pt 1 Brenda Wattleworth, Jenevieve Hubbard, Wynter Jones "My Christmas Cactus Is In Bloom"

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:11:38 -0700

We also discuss creating a personal mythology, 'shoveling sweaters,' 'tenting' & other euphemisms.

www.wynterjonesart.com

http://www.blackbirdcreative.info/Jenevieve_Hubbard/Jenevieve_Hubbard_Painting.html

"Nest," works by Jenevieve Hubbard at Charley Haven Gallery SLC thru May 17

Episode 30 Pt 1 Brenda Wattleworth, Jenevieve Hubbard, Wynter Jones "My Christmas Cactus Is In Bloom"

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:52:32 -0700

We also discuss creating a personal mythology, 'shoveling sweaters,' 'tenting' & other euphemisms.

www.wynterjonesart.com

http://www.blackbirdcreative.info/Jenevieve_Hubbard/Jenevieve_Hubbard_Painting.html

"Nest," works by Jenevieve Hubbard at Charley Haven Gallery SLC thru May 17

Episode 29 Pt 1 Jonathan Moore "Moore Awkwardness Than You Can Shake Your Stick At"

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:49:39 -0700

Jonathan Moore sits in as I ramble about a weekend gone awkwardly awry including roller derby, on-air nudity and towel rod violence. He's getting on my nerves for constantly interrupting at first, but then redeems himself by contributing several catch phrases to the show: "Gotta say it, that's pretty awkward," and "Are you Stakersexual?" Jonathan is a good friend, I needed to chill out a bit.

Episode 29 Pt 2 Jonathan Moore "Moore Awkwardness Than You Can Shake Your Stick At"

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:46:11 -0700

Episode 27 Pt 1 Poo Pee D "Awkward Rap"

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:05:09 -0700

SLC Rapper Poo Pee D tells it like is, running from the cops, who he kills a couple every day.

Then he tries to teach me how to rap. Subjects include angel dust, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and his fight to Shave the Whales.

www.myspace.com/poopeed

Poo Pee D & the Family Jewels at Burt's Tiki Lounge April 16!

Episode 27 Pt 2 Poo Pee D "Awkward Rap"

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:39:43 -0700

SLC Rapper Poo Pee D tells it like is, running from the cops, who he kills a couple every day.

Then he tries to teach me how to rap. Subjects include angel dust, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and his fight to Shave the Whales.

www.myspace.com/poopeed

Poo Pee D & the Family Jewels at Burt's Tiki Lounge April 16!

Episode 26 Pt 1 Clayton Scrivener & Patrick Munger "Death of Print"

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:10:04 -0700

Clayton & Patrick are here to reminisce about our former employer the now-defunct indpendent newspaper the Event Newsweekly, which ceased publication in 2001 but never did get a 'proper burial.'

We reach heretofore unattainable levels of awkwardness, delving into my sex life, "hammer time" at the Event, and Patrick's brow that is straining to go 'uni.' Working in a former chicken coop with sketchy restaurant, hair salon & 'massage parlor' sounds like the stuff of sitcom. We also hit a record high of 25 viewers on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-awkward-hour

Clayton was the final Editor of the Event, and Patrick wrote for the paper, and their innovations like "Barfly" column and the "Best of Beaver" edition when they 'went rogue' were either brilliant ideas or brought about the death of the paper, depending if you ask them or the mag's former publisher.

We are recording at the raucous Captain Captain artists studios, where we find that painters drink even more than writers! We enjoy surprise visits from artists Trent Call & Sri Whipple.

You'll want to hang in till the end of the episode when Clayton & I bust out some raps about Chris Buttars!

Catch Patrick Munger's art show opening on Gallery Stroll March 20 at High Life Salon, 245 E Broadway.

And check out his colorful line of shoes at www.lakeofsalt.com

Clayton works for utah.gov. Google him.

This episode dedicated to one of the former Event editors, the late Chris Joslin.

Episode 26 Pt 2 Clayton Scrivener & Patrick Munger "Death of Print"

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:28:29 -0700

Clayton & Patrick are here to reminisce about our former employer the now-defunct independent newspaper the Event Newsweekly, which ceased publication in 2001 but never did get a 'proper burial.'

We reach heretofore unattainable levels of awkwardness, delving into my sex life, "hammer time" at the Event, and Patrick's brow that is straining to go 'uni.' Working in a former chicken coop with sketchy restaurant, hair salon & 'massage parlor' sounds like the stuff of sitcom. We also hit a record high of 25 viewers on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-awkward-hour

Clayton was the final Editor of the Event, and Patrick wrote for the paper, and their innovations like "Barfly" column and the "Best of Beaver" edition when they 'went rogue' were either brilliant ideas or brought about the death of the paper, depending if you ask them or the mag's former publisher.

We are recording at the raucous Captain Captain artists studios, where we find that painters drink even more than writers! We enjoy surprise visits from artists Trent Call & Sri Whipple.

You'll want to hang in till the end of the episode when Clayton & I bust out some raps about Chris Buttars!

Catch Patrick Munger's art show opening on Gallery Stroll March 20 at High Life Salon, 245 E Broadway.

And check out his colorful line of shoes at www.lakeofsalt.com

Clayton works for utah.gov. Google him.

This episode dedicated to one of the former Event editors, the late Chris Joslin.

Episode 25 Pt 1 Andy Patterson "Where the Rock is Made"

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:17:42 -0700

Andy Patterson is known all over the local music scene for his work as a musician and studio engineer, recording just about anyone who’s anyone here, from Red Bennies & Ether to the Salt Lake Alternative Jazz Orchestra. He’s also worked with national notables like DJ Shadow and Zach DeLarocha.

We talk about awkward moments in the local music scene & life in general, with background music by Top Dead Celebrity this episode is so rawkin you can almost smell the singed speakers and burning amplifiers!

Episode 25 Pt 2 Andy Patterson "Where the Rock is Made"

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:55:56 -0700

Episode 25 Pt 3 Andy Patterson "Where the Rock is Made"

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:48:19 -0700

Episode 23 Pt 1 Phil Bednarz "Dr. Phil"

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:43:15 -0700

I met Philip Bednarz when he was going out with the sister of my girlfriend at the time, with whom I am now broken up. I still hang out with Philip & his girlfriend, how awkward is that?

Philip Bednarz is a great friend to talk to about psychological issues like depression and social anxiety that we have both gone through. He is also an incredibly funny guy, writes poetry and talks about philosophy, two subjects very essential to my life.

Beer+cold medicine+pizza=talk of poetry, what is reality, and higher beings that don't need the Internet to watch the show

Episode 23 Pt 2 Phil Bednarz "Dr. Phil"

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:02:11 -0700

I met Philip Bednarz when he was going out with the sister of my girlfriend at the time, with whom I am now broken up. I still hang out with Philip & his girlfriend, how awkward is that?

Beer+cold medicine+pizza=talk of poetry, what is reality, and higher beings that don't need the Internet to watch the show

Episode 21 Pt 1 Bill Boyd "Radio Waves"

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:55:38 -0800

Bill Boyd has been a familiar voice to Utah listeners for decades, known as the host of KRCL fm Community Radio's Drivetime program, deftly assembling a mix of rock, folk, and blues into an aural experience that can tame the temper of the crankiest workday commuter. With KRCL's switch to paid djs last year, he and several other KRCL personnel started online radio station utahfm.org, one of the most well-rounded listening sites on the internet. His own tastes are eclectic, and shares a lot of experiences from on air and off.

Episode 21 Pt 2 Bill Boyd "Radio Waves"

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:24:55 -0800

Episode 20 Pt 1 Cody Eden "Laughing So Hard It Hurts"

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:41:55 -0800

Cody Eden is a new coworker I just met a little while ago, on Facebook and later, Myspace. Like me, he listens to pod casts at work, and it turns out he is a fan of The Awkward Hour, which he called ‘surreal and engrossing.’ He is a stand-up comic and drummer in bands such as Loiter Cognition. Plus he’s taller than me.

We read entries of the first Awkward Hour humor contest with jokes & stories from listeners. We examine the question whether comedy requires loathing of self and/or others. Talk of my Twitter addiction (I’m currently in remission). His wife Lisa listens in the other room to make sure we have at least one in the audience. We actually had lots of viewers in the ustream.tv chat room watching the live video! Another episode of cel phone feedback. And the ‘Awkward’ drinking game!

Episode 20 Pt 2 Cody Eden "Laughing So Hard It Hurts"

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:40:14 -0800

Cody Eden is a new coworker I just met a little while ago, on Facebook and later, Myspace. Like me, he listens to podcasts at work, and it turns out he is a fan of The Awkward Hour, which he called ‘surreal and engrossing.’ He is a stand-up comic and drummer in bands such as Loiter Cognition. Plus he’s taller than me.

We read entries of the first Awkward Hour humor contest with jokes & stories from listeners. We examine the question whether comedy requires loathing of self and/or others. Talk of my Twitter addiction (I’m currently in remission). His wife Lisa listens in the other room to make sure we have at least one in the audience. We actually had lots of viewers in the ustream.tv chat room watching the live video! Another episode of cel phone feedback. And the ‘Awkward’ drinking game!

www.myspace.com/codyedencomedy

Episode 19 Pt 1 Trent Harris "Naked Reality"

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:20:09 -0800

Trent Harris is a vortex of awkward, a filmmaker who attracts and enjoys a lot of awkward and eccentric people, but doesn’t appear very awkward himself.

He’s a celebrated cult filmmaker for a list of works including Rubin & Ed, Plan Ten From Outer Space and his newest, Delightful Water Universe, which premiered November 1 at the Rose Wagner Theater in Salt Lake, complete with barbershop quartet, alpine horns and cocktail waitresses serving fruit punch. (It IS Utah).

He talks about working with awkward actors like Crispin Glover and creating some of the most awkward characters in indie films. His own life has been a road map of not necessarily awkward but eccentric experience all over the globe. He is less known for his documentary work, where he attempts to capture what he calls ‘naked reality’ that can be elusive, but also explains why he left a career in Hollywood and has a disdain for the unreal world of celebrities.

Delightfulwateruniverse.com
echocave.net

Episode 19 Pt 2 Trent Harris "Naked Reality"

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:56:42 -0800

Episode 19 Pt 3 Trent Harris "Naked Reality"

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:13:20 -0800

Episode 18 Pt 1 Gavin's Underground "Notes From the Underground"

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:03:03 -0800

This is the first time I’ve interviewed someone I have never met in person before--it’s a whole new frontier of awkwardness! Gavin of Gavin’s Underground has been chronicling local Salt Lake indie or ‘underground’ scene and culture for a little over a year under the unlikely sponsorship of local CBS TV affiliate KUTV. He’s talked to all types of people, from local bands and DJs to artists and even models and actors. He must be starting to hit the bottom of the barrel, because he recently interviewed me.

My holiday episode, end of year bitch session and theme of ‘celebration’ of life and ‘friends,’ even and especially awkward ones online and off. We consider how Gavin became the hip local interviewer, at least we mean to until I go off on my usual self-absorbent tide pool of digression. A show record at over 3 hours, in 3 parts.

Once again, tech snafu as it takes me 15 minutes to figure out the reason no sound is going out is because I have the headphone jack instead of the microphone jack of the headsets plugged in. But it’s also a landmark! as the show is also my first live video feed:
www.ustream.tv/channel/the-awkward-hour

Gavin’s Underground interview with Awkward Hour:
http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2008/11/30/3605330.aspx

Live caller: Albert Wang of IAO Projects Gallery

Photo from In Utah newspaper

Episode 18 Pt 2 Gavin's Underground "Notes From the Underground"

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:55:07 -0800

Episode 18 Pt 3 Gavin's Underground "Notes From the Underground"

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:09:25 -0800

Live caller: Albert Wang of IAO Projects Gallery

Photo from In Utah newspaper

Episode 17 Pt 1 Jann Haworth "The Awkward Island"

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:31:59 -0800

Jann Haworth is a British artist who I met when she was working and teaching art workshops at the Sundance Institute and I wrote several stories on exhibits they had there, from photos by Dennis Hopper to an exhibit concurrent with a feature on filmmaker Derek Jarman. She was part of creating one of the iconic images of the 20th century, the Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper album cover. Her own work has gone far beyond that, with shows of her multimedia works all across the globe.

Her parents were both artists, and as a child she visited the sets of films for which her father designed sets and met people like Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller; what impact did that have on the ‘Mom of Pop art?’

We dissect the stereotypes of the British, from uptight to eccentric: the awkward island?

And find out what she really thinks about the Beatles’ music!

“Artists have to be wreckless”
“It’s hard for stardust not to become dandruff.”

Music: ?

Jannhaworth.com

Episode 17 Pt 2 Jann Haworth "The Awkward Island"

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:03:11 -0800

Episode 16 Pt 1 Albert Wang "New York Minutes"

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:33:40 -0800

Albert Wang’s IAO Projects gallery & website are the most recent attempt to try to deal with the awkward life of operating a gallery in SLC. He brings a New York sensibility to the Salt Lake gallery scene. He has introduced people like stick figure artist Circlegal & German multimedia artist & musician Sybill Kalff.

I wonder can religious people like Mormons Wang & Circlegal also be artists? Simply because art IS my religion in some ways.

The show went out live on www.ustream.tv/channel/the-awkward-hour to empty ears, as all will be from now on. Call ins include IAO artist qi peng & Andrew Wrigley, whose awkward artistic practice is drawing on marble with graphite.

My energy starts to flag a bit at the end, but talk of pubic hair paintings and stick figure porn perks up my attention.

Andrew Wrigley: Awkwardness is a double-edged sword, that accompanies the thrill of taking risks: “try to pull the airplane out of the nosedive before it hits the ground.”

Callers: qi peng, Artist Andrew Wrigley, Len Burke, Philip Bednarz

www.IAO-projects.com

Qipeng-art.blogspot.com

awrigley.com

Songs: The Precinct, “Departure,” “Tick Tick Boom”

Episode 16 Pt 2 Albert Wang "New York Minutes"

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:02:02 -0800

Episode 15 Pt 1 Stefene Russell "Whatever Happened to Poodle Doodles?"

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:55:13 -0800

Whether writing poetry, acting in films like cult classic Plan Ten From Outer Space, to recently as editor of St. Louis Magazine, where she migrated upon escaping the orbit of Planet Zion, Stefene Russell has a kind of quirky charm in her writing & personality that makes a certain level of awkwardness almost fun & infectious.
My first live audio show on Ustream! Hearing it at the same time isn't distracting a bit! But live puppies on video are.
My daughter Mollie writes in on chat.
I was sick over the Thanksgiving weekend & just barely able to do this show.
We compare Salt Lake & St. Louis on the awkward meter. Talk of awkward moviemaking, from Trent Harris to Crispin Glover.

52ndcity.com

poetryscores.blogspot.com

stlmag.com

delightfulwateruniverse.com

Episode 15 Pt 2 Stefene Russell "Whatever Happened to Poodle Doodles?"

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:31:28 -0800

52ndcity.com

poetryscores.blogspot.com

stlmag.com

delightfulwateruniverse.com

Episode 14 Pt 1 Todd Roberts "Re-Todd"

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:45:13 -0800

Todd Roberts--my first repeat guest! Former co-worker & local Salt Lake musician with Latex Premonition & Handjob Involved.

Mostly talk about musical faves, but also I recite how I've been in an abysmal mood after last week's failed taping attempt. I have to make myself laugh with jokes from South Park guys movies. Also shopping at Walmart with tweakers & mammoth sweats.

Is music better free or at a price? Todd wants to take on the music industry, I want to turn a buck. And deeper, I note 'the sword of awkwardness cuts both ways.' It's my lemons & this show is lemonade, but sometimes 'not all it's cracked up to be.' Espec when you're a single guy. Finally, I lose my show anxiety & enter the nirvana of total non sequitur.

Music: Latex Premonition: "I Once Knew a Dreamer," "Walking Home From School"

Todd Roberts:

scatologicalliberationfront.org

myspace.com/cravinglovely, /lagrange2, /latexpremonition

slowsteps.livejournal.comMy email: stakercast@gmail.com for comments, updates etc.

Episode 14 Pt 2 Todd Roberts "Re-Todd"

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:13:30 -0800

Todd Roberts--my first repeat guest! Former co-worker & local Salt Lake musician with Latex Premonition & Handjob Involved.

Music: Latex Premonition: "I Once Knew a Dreamer," "Walking Home From School"

Todd Roberts:

scatologicalliberationfront.org

myspace.com/cravinglovely, /lagrange2, /latexpremonition

slowsteps.livejournal.com

My email: stakercast@gmail.com for comments, updates etc.

Episode 13 Pt 1 Charles Jensen "Charles In Charge"

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:45:23 -0700

I don’t know tonight’s guest as well as some other people I’ve had on the show, but I’ve always found Charles Jensen kind of intriguing. I could tell he was extremely intelligent, and had a refined sense of aesthetics even before I was aware of his continuous projects with photography and visual arts, as though recording visual experience was something very integral to living life fully. Every time he posts new images online they seem suffused with a sense of joy and wonder.

Also: My first attempt at a call-in show! Callers--Mollie Staker, Leif Myrberg. And dueling speakerphone feedback!!

iBreakCameras on twitter & just about everywhere else

Episode 13 Pt 2 Charles Jensen "Charles In Charge"

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:31 -0700

Also: My first attempt at a call-in show! Callers--Mollie Staker, Leif Myrberg. And dueling speakerphone feedback!!

iBreakCameras on twitter & just about everywhere else

Episode 12 Pt 1 Leif Myrberg "Electric Psychedelic Canaries"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:13:27 -0700

Leif Myrberg is a ’character’ but on my patented ’awkward meter’ he doesn’t even really show up on the radar. He’s more like a combination of ’grumpy old man,’ laid-back yet a little bit crazy rock drummer & character out of the movie ’High Fidelity,’ with its snobby record store clerks.

We geek out on Guided By Voices and other fave rock groups, go on a little bit of a downer with politics, then special guest Davey Parish joins us in Part 3. Leif also talks about the awkward life of being the protagonist in local comic book "Let's Go to Utah."

LetsGotoUtah.com

This episode dedicated to David Foster Wallace.

My email is stakercast@gmail.com, since Leif hummed over me when I tried to give itout.

Episode 12 Pt 2 Leif Myrberg "Electric Psychedelic Canaries"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:49:06 -0700

LetsGotoUtah.com

This episode dedicated to David Foster Wallace.

My email is stakercast@gmail.com, since Leif hummed over me when I tried to give it out.

Episode 12 Pt 3 Leif Myrberg "Electric Psychedelic Canaries"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:55:25 -0700

LetsGotoUtah.com

This episode dedicated to David Foster Wallace.

My email is stakercast@gmail.com, since Leif hummed over me when I tried to give it out.

Episode 11 Pt 1 Dave Styer "This Show Goes To Eleven"

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:55:53 -0700

Sometimes creative people can’t restrain their creativity to just one medium. Dave Styer has played in Salt Lake rock bands for years, most recently in Blackhole with his brother Chopper. But in the past year he’s also been a big part of Artcotic.com, one of the coolest new t-shirt companies online. Combining some of the best local and online artists and bands for designs, Dave’s experienced the awkwardness as well as the fun of working with both. But through it all he always seems to keep cool. Also tales of hanging out at Leif's house, where I lived for several years.

www.artcotic.comwww.myspace.com/myblackhole

Music: Blackhole, "Living Life," "TSSS"

Episode 11 Pt 2 Dave Styer "This Show Goes To Eleven"

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:14:43 -0700

www.artcotic.comwww.myspace.com/myblackhole

Music: Blackhole, "Living Life," "TSSS"

Episode 10 Pt 1 Rebecca Vernon "The Juice From a Christmas Ham"

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:06:31 -0700

Rebecca Vernon is one of those people who everyone seems to know. This is especially remarkable because she came all the way from Ohio and somehow infiltrated our little local scene. Writing for various publications, starting with the late Event Newsweekly up through SLUG Magazine and City Weekly, and drumming her way into our hearts in seemingly every local indie band at one time or another, she seems to be someone who still isn’t bitter or cynical about the ‘scene’ like so many people. We'll find out the truth. And we muse about the 'hipster nerd' phenomenon.

Also: It's the 'Relationship Episode.' I swear I'm not as big a wuss as this one makes me sound.

Music: Violet Run, "Forever's Gone," Subrosa, "Black Joan"

www.myspace.com/subrosa, www.myspace.com/violetrun

Episode 10 Pt 2 Rebecca Vernon "The Juice From a Christmas Ham"

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:35:13 -0700

Also: It's the 'Relationship Episode.' I swear I'm not as big a wuss as this one makes me sound.

Music: Violet Run, "Forever's Gone," Subrosa, "Black Joan"

www.myspace.com/subrosa, www.myspace.com/violetrun

Episode 7 Pt 1 Tony Weller "The Diceman Cometh"

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:05:26 -0700

Tony Weller took over the operation of Sam Weller‘s Zion Bookstore from his father Sam in 1997. Under his management the store has become one of the few remaining businesses to both weather the economic and political storms that have not only taken many locals under in the path of national chains but rendered Main Street somewhat of a wasteland. He has been an outspoken voice in the community against the ‘Wal-Martification‘ of the bookselling industry. He has not only maintained the store but helped it thrive as not only a flagship of local business but a haven for independent thinkers, with one of the most eclectic collections in the country.

How does he face the awkward process of making decisions, even about what to wear?

He shows the most awkward path between two points can sometimes be a straight line.

Readings from Kenneth Patchen, "The Journal of Albion Moonlight,"New Directions

Brian Evenson, "Altmann's Tongue," Knopf.

Music by Tony Weller's band Art Bias Group 1980-1987, "Pt 2," "New Years (excerpt)"

www.samwellers.com

Episode 7 Pt 2 Tony Weller "The Diceman Cometh"

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:11:02 -0700

Tony Weller took over the operation of Sam Weller‘s Zion Bookstore from his father Sam in 1997 as the third generation, though he had worked their most of his life. Under his management the store has become one of the few remaining businesses to both weather the economic and political storms that have not only taken many locals under in the path of national chains but rendered Main Street somewhat of a wasteland. He has been an outspoken voice in the community against the ‘Wal-Martification‘ of the bookselling industry. He has not only maintained the store but helped it thrive as not only a flagship of local business but a haven for independent thinkers, with one of the most eclectic collections in the country.

How does he face the awkward process of making decisions, even about what to wear?

He shows the most awkward path between two points can sometimes be a straight line.

Readings from Kenneth Patchen, "The Journal of Albion Moonlight,"New Directions

Brian Evenson, "Altmann's Tongue," Knopf.

Music by Tony Weller's band Art Bias Group 1980-1987, "Pt 2," "New Years (excerpt)"

www.samwellers.com

Episode 9 Pt 1 Bob Moss "Gather No Moss"

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:16:05 -0700

Bob Moss has been an institution in the Salt Lake folk art and music scene for years, a virtuoso banjo and guitar player. But he’s also a brilliantly eccentric artist, with one of the most strikingly singular artistic visions, combining psychedelic visuals with the alphabet used by the Mormon pioneers, was given a booth at the Utah Arts Festival, and has exhibited as far away as Los Angeles and Australia.

Bobmossart.com

Songs: Bob Moss, "Johnny Western," "I Don't Like the People in People Magazine"

Episode 9 Pt 1 Bob Moss "Gather No Moss"

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:22:33 -0700

Bobmossart.com

Songs: Bob Moss, "Johnny Western," "I Don't Like the People in People Magazine"

Episode 8 Pt 1 Bill Frost "The Ocho"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:48:47 -0700

What is the lowest form of human life: Radio people, sports writers or rock critics? Sleazy TV columnist Bill Frost is actually a paragon of good taste. Who knew?

Music: Spork, "Sex Panther," "All Men Play on Ten"

slweekly.com

myspace.com/spork

BillFrost.tv

This episode dedicated to George Carlin

Episode 8 Pt 2 Bill Frost "The Ocho"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:13:23 -0700

What is the lowest form of human life: Radio people, sports writers or rock critics? Sleazy TV columnist Bill Frost is actually a paragon of good taste. Who knew?

Music: Spork, "Sex Panther," "All Men Play on Ten"

slweekly.com

myspace.com/spork

BillFrost.tv

This episode dedicated to George Carlin

Episode 6 Pt 1 Angela Brown "SLUG Me"

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:53:31 -0700

Angela Brown is one of those few ‘bosses’ who actually care about the people that work for her, to the point that boss really isn’t the right word. She took SLUG Magazine from being a well-loved local punk zine to being a nationally-known magazine not only in the realm of indie music but also into subjects like politics and extreme sports. As ‘whip-cracker’ she has done much to support local bands, artists and even charities with events like Sabbathon. As a writer and Associate Editor at SLUG I always knew my ideas would be listened to and considered as contributions to the magazine. Even before she worked at SLUG under Gianni Ellefsen she was an extremely talented photographer, and still exhibits from time to time.

Musical interludes by George St. John and Hew Mun

slugmag.com

Episode 6 Pt 2 Angela Brown "SLUG Me"

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:27:46 -0700

Musical interludes by George St. John and Hew Mun

slugmag.com

Episode 5 Pt 1 Another Language "Found in Translation"

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:20:58 -0700

Online performance art pioneers Another Language use Access Grid videoconferencing software to create interactive works reaching across the globe.

anotherlanguage.org

Episode 5 Pt 2 Another Language "Found in Translation"

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:13:10 -0700

Online performance art pioneers Another Language use Access Grid videoconferencing software to create interactive works reaching across the globe.

anotherlanguage.org

Episode 4 Pt 2 Brian Kubarycz "Dr. Brian & Mr Snide"

Sun, 04 May 2008 18:03:04 -0700

This week go to Awkward University! Talk of Kubarycz' unconventional teaching methods like doing yoga with students. Trying to keep up with him leaves Staker swirling down into a mental whirlpool of no return. How fast can my mouth move without saying anything? And finally, find out what those French philosophers were smoking.

Read Brian Kubarycz' fiction in Unsaid Magazine:

http://www.unsaidmagazine.com/magazine/issue3.html

Episode 4 Pt 1 Brian Kubarycz "Dr. Brian & Mr Snide"

Sun, 04 May 2008 17:13:44 -0700

Read Brian Kubarycz' fiction in Unsaid Magazine:

http://www.unsaidmagazine.com/magazine/issue3.html

Episode 3 Pt 1 Dee Wolfe: "Dee Indeed"

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:40:44 -0700

There are a lot of poets in this town, but I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone as passionate about it as Dee Wolfe. I met him over twenty years ago, not long out of college, and saw his homemade poetry magazine Local Scribble and submitted some work to it. His love and skill with poetry and music has inspired me enormously. Then I started to go to poetry readings and got immersed in the worlds of Salt Lake’s poetry crowd and the artsy scene in the city. Back in the day, there was always a circle of people that met at Dee’s house to drink beer and watch movies. Through him I met Bob Moss and Crispin Glover. Knowing Dee Wolfe has opened up my world in a lot of ways.

www.themoonsonground.50megs.com

Episode 3 Pt 2 Dee Wolfe: "Dee Indeed"

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:40:55 -0700

Live music by Dee Wolfe

www.themoonsonground.50megs.com

Episode Two--Todd Roberts "Toddcast"

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:56:06 -0700

I haven't really known Todd very long, but I've really got to like him a lot. I met him when he was working at the same employer as me, about a year and a half ago. He's the kind of person that I couldn't think of anyone there who didn't like him. He was telling people about his band's performances about the time I met him, and I was able to witness his great musical talent as well. Get Stakerized once opened for his group Handjob Involved, with predictably zany results.

Musical interludes: Handjob Involved--"Sad Old Miserable Man", Get Stakerized--"Get Stakerized Theme Remix"

Todd Roberts: latexprem@yahoo.com

www.myspace.com/cravinglovely

Episode One--David Smith: "Amazing Dave"

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:13:08 -0700

David Smith and I met almost twenty years ago when we both used to go to City Arts Poetry readings in downtown Salt Lake City, where we both live. In the course of that time we’ve hung out at a lot of concerts, went out to Burning Man twice, and I attended numerous Wiccan festivities that he helped coordinate. We were even roommates for several years, and I can recommend him as a great sharer of space to anyone. I’ve come to admire him for his adventurous spirit in traveling all over the globe and trying things like skydiving, that I might be too awkward to try.

myspace.com/utdave23

Episode Zer0--Show Guide

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:46:16 -0700