Carnival of Randomness

Happy New Year & Merry Orthodox Christmas, Randomers and Randomites. So we decided to ring in 2020 and celebrate Orthodox Christmas by talking films and filmmaking. We're going way back with some of them too, talking about "classics", Oscar winners and even the movie theater experience. Joining us is drummer to many bands Greg Andrews and filmmaker Greg Smith, known professionally as G. Gotham...

Episode 62 - Sayonara 2019 Happy (almost) New Year, Randomers and Randomites. As 2020 approaches (and no, we're not making the hindsight joke), we thought to ourselves what would be the best way to close out the year 2019. One filled with many goings on and more advancements in humanity every year. Then the answer hit us. Star Wars. So yes, we're going to talk about Star Wars and also talking abou...

Merry Christmas Randomers and Randomites. Stranded on Christmas Island, we are bound by the universe to put out a Christmas-type episode. So here we go. Patrick joins us and we're going to talk about Christmas movies. You know the ones we're referring to. We talk the supposed classics, our favorite, some Christmas memories and we even tackle the age old question as to whether or not Die Hard is a...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Live from the Dandy Mini Mart in Ithaca, NY, we're back with a completely random episode involving wrestling, football and some World's Strongest Man stuff, along with other sports talk and movies because, as you probably can tell, we never have a damn plan when we come in to make this stuff. Sometimes it's just where our mind takes us or what we were talking about...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Today is the Renaissance podcast, because we are certainly joined by some talented people today. The ever popular Suzi Willpower, of Anonymous Willpower and The Carnival fame, is here along with two new guests. Rasta Von (dancer, musician, drummer, director, artist, martial artist, seeker of change and designer among other things) and Knuckles Sullivan (keyboardist,...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. We're taking it in a new direction this week, with some very interesting guests. Coming to us from Bewitched Burlesque Sideshow right here in Rochester, we're happy to be joined by Head Mistress Pout Provocateur and the Mistress of Ceremonies and performer Sin O'Nymph. We talk burlesque, performing arts, entertainment, movies, horror, a little bit of everything. Hav...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. The play is the thing. Or did I previously make that joke? A pun, a pun, my kingdom for a pun! That's better. Anyway, our good friend from DVC and D&D Mario is in studio with us today to talk about the new DVC Production at The MuCCC, Rouslana & Jelena: A Modern-Day Russian Revolution. It starts this Thursday and goes through this Saturday. So mark your cale...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. You ever wonder about some of the pictures you've seen? Ever wonder who takes them, what their motivation was and how they take them? Well we did too. So we have a photographer in studio with us. We're joined by Erin Ingrid of Erin Ingrid Photography to talk photos and film. We talk about her beginnings, her influences and then as we normally do, go completely off t...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Caution! You may actually be both entertained and learn something this podcast. You have been warned! Joining us today, we are very pleased and privileged to have Hillary Olson, the President and CEO of the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Entering her second year at the helm of the Museum, Hillary is already part of some big changes to the Museum and the Plan...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. First off, we here at the Carnival would like to say Happy Veterans Day and a thank you to all those who served. Another new show? Well hell yeah! This time we're going round table and talking not just music, but actual albums. And by albums we're mainly talking vinyl and LPs this time. Joining us for this premier episode we have Dave from The False Positives, Greg...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. To use the standard Hollywood defense in regards to bad continuity, time traveling wizards! Now that that's out of the way, we stumbled our way to a flea market and ran across three of the Carnival All-Stars! We're joined by Steve of The Tombstone Hands, Greg of many Rochester bands and Patrick of D&D and MuCCC/DVC fame. So what in the world do you talk about at...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. It's Halloween! So we decided to invite some of our favorite people, and yours as well, to join us for a massive Halloween special. In order (by their introductions) we have: - Greg (Drummer Extraordinaire) - "Count Mike" Murray (Whole Lotta Shakin' Radio) - Suzi Willpower (Anonymous Willpower) - Casey (Fox 45) - Vicky (Fox 45) - Patrick (MuCCC and D&D) It's a l...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Camera left... and never came back. But we did! We couldn't find The Green Goat or The Purple Crusader from last time, but instead we found Rob again, our good pal Patrick and Steve from The Tombstone Hands! This time we're talking all sorts of goofy movie things, starting off with Buckaroo Bonzai and only going uphill from there. Drive-ins, Oscar Winners, Cult Movi...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. How many of you have ever heard of a pipa? Probably not many of you. It's an ancient Chinese stringed instrument, sometimes referred to as the Chinese Lute, dating back as early as the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC). Well today, we at the Carnival, and Rochester in general, are extremely lucky to have here one amazing pipa player, Leah Ou, she of O's Pipa. With many...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. It's been over a year now since we've invaded your brains through your electronic devices and "50" episodes, not counting the variety of amazing shows we've started, so we decided to take a look back at some of the fun we've had, the hell we've raised the guests we've had and the friends we've made. A year is a good time for self-reflection right? We think so. So si...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. The recap of the Hamlin Scream Fest 2019 edition is upon you! Pity for all who weren't there. The weather was better this year and the people were happy to enjoy it and the festivities. You all missed the costume contests (for both humans and dogs), Kaos the Klown and the scream contest. We sat around, shot the breeze and met a few new friends. In typical Carnival f...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Still at the flea market, though our dear friend Steve has moved on to another adventure, Greg and Patrick are still here, and we're joined by a new friend, David Harrison of The False Positives! Amazing who finds us when we're wandering aimlessly poking through your formerly treasured possessions. Anyways, we keep right on going talking about movies, music, alterna...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. A hearse is a hearse, of course of course? Well, today we're joined by Mike, Pat and John, members of RIP (Ride in Peace), the Funeral & Formal Auto Society based in Rochester, NY. We talk hearses, Halloween, the charity events that RIP members take part in, where the love of hearses came from and some of the myths surrounding them. Have a hearse? Want a hearse?...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. As the saying goes, I don't know art, but I know what I like. In that case for me, it's a tie between Art Donovan and Art Carney. But moving beyond that, we're joined today by a guest, local Rochester artist Dusty Payette to talk the Rochester art scene, artists in general, a touch of football (though the game we reference has long since passed) and his upcoming exh...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. The air is cooling, the leaves are changing, and the spooky is in the air. That's right, we're counting down the days until Hamlin Scream Fest 2019! And to talk about it, joining us are some guests. Patty Jo Groenendaal from the Hamlin Recreation Department and one of the bigwigs for the Scream Fest and filmmaker Curt Markham come and have a seat with us and we talk...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Somewhere on the side of U.S. Route 70 on our way to Roswell, NM, accompanied by some aliens helping us fix the RV, we're back! To help bribe the aliens to fix our ride, we've gone on another random rant, with some amazing topics like dogs, sci-fi movies, alien spores, Jell-O, flaming drinks and even some phone apps. We sometimes don't know what the hell we're up to...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Live, from your dreams (sorry about that), we're back! And we have guests. MJ Savastano and Alexus Maxam (as heard in previous podcasts such as the theater remote for The Heavy Entertainment Show) are joining us in studio to talk about one of our all time favorite authors, Neil Gaiman. We discuss Sandman, some of his novels and short stories and because we're the Ca...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Did you ever have a plan that was set in stone until you got to where you were going? Well sometimes it happens, and you just have to roll with out. Our pal Greg Andrews from The Brian Lindsay Band stopped by and our initial plan was to talk comic books from the 1980s. However, when he arrived at our secret location, he mentioned that he was a big fan of the old com...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. People often do musician discussions. They even may go out and get themselves a bunch of guitar players and/or singers. But we here at The Carnival decided to go a bit of a different route. This week, we found ourselves some drummers, a part of the band that's sometimes overlooked, but really shouldn't be. This episode's lineup: - Dave Cohen (Prime Time Funk, among...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Another new series you say? Well hell, we can deliver that! From our super secret hideout at an abandoned 7-Eleven, the trio of power (The Green Goat, The Purple Crusader, and Zach) join forces. At first, we just wanted to talk about some of the comic movies and our thoughts on them, but then we realized that this would be a great show. So here we are! Spoiler alert...