Midnight At The Spaghetti Factory

Jow saw Oppenheimer 3 times in 24 hours. Rainwater saw it once. We also discuss Barbie despite neither of us having seen it.... yet?

Surprise, surprise the Midnight fellas are back. Jow proves "Madison's Way" exists by letting him watch it, they debate the standards of free vs monitizing art expectations, and more! Also yes, we skipped an episode that we recorded before this that will get uploaded soon.

Rainwater has been taking cooking classes and naturally, Mr. Gordan Ramsey Wannabe has questions.

Rainwater and Jow discuss Scream VI... scene by scene. Heavy Spoilers duh.

The busy artists are back! Rainwater furiously headed towards the finish line of "Trailer Park Warlock" and Jow desperately trying to get Madison's Way off his plate, the fellas talk A.I. as Jow has gone all in on MidJourney and Rainwater takes issue with some verbage being used around it. All this and more on this 20% extra episode!

What was initially supposed to be a discussion about the pros and cons of deadlines for artists devolves quickly into an everything bagel when Rainwater takes Jow on an art history lesson about romances languages and then they talk about a cornucopia of topics (and yes, of course A.I. art once again gets discussed. Betters odds on it being in every season 3 episode are high). Anyway, this one's a...

When Jow gets asked to advise and mentor a friend of Rainwater's about the possibility of entering the film world, Jow takes the opportunity to come up with 10 pieces of advice or rules he would give himself. Rainwater follows suit and their lists are as follows....

Jow and Rainwater talk A.I..... again. But also things that inspire them, whether it be project to project, the artist or whatever it may be.

It's a brand new year and a brand new season and Jow and Rainwater let loose on the new A.I. trend sweeping social media right now. There's inevitable Terminator 2 discussion but both podcasters have surprisingly positive takes on the emergence of A.I. art. Oh... and there's a surprise revelation made roughly 3/4 of the way through.

We end the year and season 2 with a 2+ hour holiday party episode featuring some of our favorite guests. There's a lot of inside baseball of art school kids going on, Jow gets drunk... and we mean DRUNK. If you have a long car ride this holiday season and there's literally nothing else to listen to, we got ya. There's a bit of talk about A.I. art, movies, weddings, alcohol and drugs, costa rican k...

Less than 24 hours removed from wrapping a grueling 72 hours of production on his Short Film "Madison's Way," Jow is questioned by Rainwater on the experience of getting back in the saddle after 10+ years of not making a film. Did Jow pull it off? Find out! 

Well... this one is.... something. Gender, sexuality, race, sex, slurs, abortion, depression - Jow and Rainwater tackle all of this and how it relates to an artist's obligation to art, themselves and culture. Jow drops a hard R and a hard ggot, Rainwater takes a step, Jow makes a bunch of women hate him, there's just a whole lot to unpack here. It's all about stepping out of your comfort zone toda...

Rainwater grills Jow about the rehearsal process and what directing actually is. There's also talk of practice and preparation. If you've ever wondered what a director actually says to actors (or should say) this is worth the listen!

Jow and Rainwater debate the ethical parameters of HOW you create something and WHAT you create. Also, the Weird Al movie is discussed and more!

It's a Halloween special as Jow and Rainwater discuss one of the greatest, if not THE, horror movies of all time - Train to Busan. 

Jow and Rainwater step outside themselves to try and figure out what in particular about certain stories strikes fear in them and then how and if they want to use it in their own art.

Jow has kicked off the new season of his horror hosting YouTube show, Haunted Home Theater - not to be confused with his feature film Haunted, and now after 3 episodes (Sleepy Hollow/Dracula, Scream 1&2, Beetlejuice), Rainwater has questions on how it works, what Jow wants to do with it, experimenting with paywalls, building an audience, choosing the movies, what goes into making a live show,...

The questionable thread that kicked off this conversation about race, gender, religious re-branding can be found here: https://twitter.com/DrThalaSiren/status/1568182048564875265?s=20&t=N3udk4YTjV_92WorRXLGLQ What are your thoughts on 'fanbaiting'?

Jow and Rainwater discuss ways in which they come up with their creative ideas. Not to so much the inspiration of WHY to art, but more the WHAT to art. Tune in for some ideas for yourself!

Can you do it on your own? Jow gets tipsy and goes off, Rainwater stops being subtle, it's... an episode. And no, we didn't bother to edit it.  Enjoy?

Jow had to regretably sit this one out due to his work schedule but Rainwater was more than capable of leading this awesome discussion with Joe Bevil, aka BEVS who just released a new music album. They dive into the tracks on both this and Joe's past work, talking about narrative on an album, influences, recommendations and much more! Go check out his music (Super Juicy volumes 1 & 2, etc) and...

Jow and Rainwater breakdown several archtypes (read: character templates) that are as old as can be, but still work... and why. There's also a deviation about how trolling is one of the best and more purest art forms in modern day.

You ever feel like your art is just sitting there... doing nothing? Was it worth it? Did it really matter? All this and more as Jow and Rainwater discuss art that doesn't seem to be catching anyone's attention, what it does to the artist and how trends and artists can change. 

What began as an expected shorter episode ended up going the distance as Jow and Rainwater tap into the takeaways they did get from going to an art college and what benefits it can still provide (and can't.) 

Jow and Rainwater attended the same college for art and design between 2004-2008. Here's all the things we feel we did NOT learn in the Film/Television and Sequential Arts departments that we have in the time since and things you might want to try and get out of your professors should you attend one yourself.