Radio Free Charleston 65, “Give Peace A Chance Shirt,” is online now! This episode showcases two songs performed by Bare Bones, an acapella group consisting of Bill Kimmons, Becky Kimmons, and Mark Davis. We also present the short film “FOOTLUCY”, starring the late Joe McComas. Plus, there’s animation by Wallace Padillo.
Kicking off this week we have a digital painting which is based on a cross-hatched doodle that I did while listening to Maya Nye and Tofujitsu at Taylor Books about a week ago. I’m not a horticulturist, so don’t ask what those are supposed to be.
Click the image to enlarge and click the “read more” to see the original sketch. The Monday Morning Art Store is still being persnickity, so don’t expect to see it updated for a couple of weeks.
When under a deadline siege, you can never go wrong by posting video clips of a major influence on all your major influences. Above and after the jump, treat yourself to the guys who made anarchy cool, The Marx Brothers! Without them, there would never be a Radio Free Charleston.
Radio Free Charleston 64 is online now, but then, you probably knew that. And, if you’re particularly astute, you may have noticed that the production notes posted here yesterday were part of an elaborate April Fool’s Day joke. In fact, our sixty-fourth episode does not feature Paul McCartney, Peter Buck, or Pixar. It’s part 3 of last year’s Halloween extravaganza, “Radio Free Charleston Horror Theatre”.
Count Rudolph returns as your host and this time the show emanates entirely from LiveMix Studio. Our musical guests are Whistlepunk and Mark Beckner and Alan Young of Hitchcock Circus, with Stephen Beckner. The animation is a golden oldie by Frank Panucci. Our cast of zombies includes Liz McCormick, Melanie Larch, and Brian Young, with a special performance by Alan Young as hyp-mo-tized zombie chow.
Who would’ve thought that Radio Free Charleston would ever land a Beatle? Well, in the latest episode of RFC, we not only managed to lure Sir Paul McCartney to LiveMix Studio, but we also snared R.E.M’s axeman, Peter Buck, and animation from Pixar Studios, plugging their upcoming summer blockbuster, “Up.”
Radio Free Charleston 64 is ONLINE NOW! Follow the jump for all the dirt on what has to be our biggest show ever!
It turns out that the Former Beatle has discovered the YouTube, and became a fan of the show after he saw the video I created for our Beatles tribute episode in the Fall of 2007. This was for the song “Requiem For Pepperland” by Stephen Beckner and Go Van Gogh. Now, it also turns out that while Sir Paul was gracious enough to fly in and perform for RFC at his own expense, he would not allow us to use any of his songs, since he has to protect his publishing rights. Instead, as a way of returning the favor to Stephen Beckner, he agreed to perform a cover of Stephen’s old Go Van Gogh hit, “Shut Up, I Love You.”
Needless to say, Stephen would have been deeply honored, had I remembered to invite him to the taping. Paul was an incrediblly humble down-to-Earth guy, and he promised to come back to the show as soon as he learns the words to the Whistlepunk song, “Knee Deep In Wine.”
John Lasseter at PIXAR has apparently been following PopCult since the days when Melanie Larch and I were the animation critics for The Charleston Gazette. I was floored a few weeks ago when he called and offered us two minutes of never-before-seen footage from the upcoming Disney/Pixar film, “Up.” You can tell this is going to be a huge hit, and yes, that is Lady GaGa introducing our animation this time. Who else would go out in public dressed like that?
Opening up the show is Peter Buck, guitarist extraordinaire for R.E.M. and a famed music producer, too. One little known fact about Peter is that he is a huge fan of Baroque Ukelele music from sixteenth-century Britain. We have him here on RFC, playing a rare seven-string Balsamic Ukelele, performing the madrigal, “Whistle O’er The Epistle In Yon Thistle.” Who knew Peter had such a lovely falsetto?
Over the end credits, Peter pulls out his regular guitar and treats us to a rousing version of “Jimmy Crack Corn.”
That’s it for episode 64 of Radio Free Charleston. While it’s our biggest show yet, we know we’re going to keep topping it!
Okay, so it’s getting close to beating a dead horse, but after watching the implosion of Union Carbide Building 82 Saturday morning, I was inspired to sketch out a little doodle while at Taylor Books listening to Maya Nye and Tofujitsu later that evening. I know, I posted videos of the implosion here in PopCult for the last two days, but enough folks looking over my shoulder liked this drawing for me to use it here. Above you see a digital painting based on the sketch, and after the jump you can see the original sketch, done in black and red brush pens plus a fine-line marker. The Ghost of Building 82.
Click the images to enlarge. If they add more hours to the day, I’ll get around to updating the Monday Morning Art store. Also, stay tuned to PopCult this Wednesday for the most incredible Radio Free Charleston ever!
I was hardly the only person who videotaped Saturday’s implosion of the old Union Carbide Building 82. Above and after the jump are an assortment of clips that were posted to YouTube, presented without comment, so you can see the building fall down from many different angles. While it turned out to be a wild time and an interesting social activity, I hope it didn’t give Danny Jones any funny ideas about how to get rid of The Union Building on Kanawha Boulevard.
The latest edition of Radio Free Charleston, “Bauhaus Shirt”, is online now! This is yet another music-packed episode, featuring new tunes from Stephen Beckner, The Buttonflies, and returning for a second week in a row Tofujitsu. We also have a five-second appearance from WVU Mountaineer Football’s all-time leading scorer, Pat McAfee and by popular demand, the return of vintage beer commercial animation.
Host segments were shot in an undisclosed location in the hills surrounding Charleston. There are reports that this undisclosed location bears an uncanny resemblance to the deck behind Sean Richardson and Karen Allen’s house, but we are sworn to secrecy. Also, it was raining that day.
In lieu of “Sunday Evening Videos” and “Monday Morning Art,” which are taking a week off for spring break, PopCult presents a brief photo essay of star WVU Placekicker Pat McAfee (above) making his professional wrestling debut, last night at the IWA East Coast show in South Charleston.
Below you see Pat headed to the ring to confront Dr. Max Graves and his charge, the monster known as “Warpig.”
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