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On Today's Creative Control Daily, Hughezy and Mike Durband return to talk "woke" entertainment, the Democratic front runners today, the double standard when it comes to comedy, "Cheney," the new Harley Quinn, Matrix, and Fast and Furious movies, and more! Comedian and author Nick Kupsey discusses his support of Bernie Sanders, his disappointment with Obama, his experiences with Trump supporters o...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, Hughezy and Mike Durband return to talk the upcoming Vampiro Vigilante show on CCN and respond to some controversies about it, plus Disney World, Konnan, Disco and maybe Russo at Wrestlemania weekend, and the upcoming WWE Saudi show! Comedian and author Nick Kupsey discusses his college experiences, the early 2000s computer school schemes, working for the postal...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, Hughezy and Mike Durband return to give their Oscar predictions, which are very useful three days after the ceremony aired! Comedian and author Nick Kupsey joins the show to talk podcasting, stand up comedy, some bar stories including fights and car crashes, funeral faux pas, Catholic school and church closures! Plus Mike Hawes from Bumps & Brewses is back to tal...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, I return from a brief hiatus hiding under a blanket to discuss depression, future guests for CCD, hanging with Konnan at MLW and enjoying the smokefest out back with some Patreon subscribers, having bacon and sausage on the same breakfast sandwich, booking a Disney World trip (FINALLY,) the upcoming Guns N' Roses stadium tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, catching...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, The Dream Team of Hughezy & Mike Durband return to talk greatest Royal Rumble memories and debuts of the past, the removal of the word "Women's" from the NXT Women's Championship, the Paige/HHH controversy, Becky Lynch, pro wrestling and clickbait headlines, the latest on the Jussie Smollett case and if the subpoenas constitute too far a reach and an invasion of...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, Wayback Playback's Pat McNeill returns to talk everything WWE Royal Rumble, including his favorite and momst memorable Rumbles of the past, the Hogan-Warrior face off in 1990, Vince McMahon's horrific quad tears of 2005, and Reigns winning in Philly in 2015. Plus, Corbin vs. Reigns, wrestling viewer fatigue, WWE putting Reigns in difficult spots, Corbin's respons...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, from SimProse Studios and Grey Dog Software, Derek DeBenedetto returns to talk more about his new game Mafia Capo: Payback and what inspired it, other games he has published for both GDS and Steam, and console games he enjoys! PLUS, from the F'ing 4 Real podcast, Blake Siegler stops by to discuss my staggeringly incorrect Conor McGregor fight prediction, his past...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, from SimProse Studios and Grey Dog Software, Derek DeBenedetto stops by to talk about his new Mafia strategy game, Mafia Capo: Payback, past MafIa games, game design, Steam, The Sopranos, The Godfather series, and The Irishman! Also, Hughezy gives his take on and pick for Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone, and Mike Durband is here to complete The Dream Team and t...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, comedian/podcaster/author Mike Rainey returns to the show to talk more about his "Dad Meat" podcast with Tim Butterly, Shane Gillis, cancel culture, and negative social media, saying fuck it and pursuing your dreams, his book "Terrible Advice," what he is writing now and his goals for it, the show "Delco Proper" and it's chance with Comedy Central, and more! PLUS...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, comedian/podcaster/author Mike Rainey joins the show, to talk about his early hand in Creative Control and its development, surreal and perfect podcast guests, Catholic school days and the adventures of some alumni, being introduced to graphic porn as a teen, the joys of illegal cable, getting into stand up comedy, his all time favorite comedians and who gives hi...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, The Dream Team of Hughezy and Mike Durband return fo rmore talk about my critically acclaimed yet reviled short story, surreal guests on our shows, "The Raven Effect" podcast, the recent events involving the US and Iran, different public reactions to Trump and Obama, racial profiling, a humorously mistaken tweet (or was it?), more 2019 reflections and 2020 goals,...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, The Dream Team of Hughezy and Mike Durband return and discuss a plethora of subjects, including podcasting growth and success so far, losing their wrestling fandom, everyone's new YouTube show ideas, how their New Year's Eves shook out, 2020 goals, Durband's musical history, is "The Secret" in my bookcase, future show guests and wishlists, and more! Please follow...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal guitar player for Sons Of Apollo, and formerly of Guns N' Roses, stops by to cover a plethora of topics, including his early influences, how he chose the name "Bumblefoot," writing lyrics, favorite cities to play in, Sons Of Apollo's new record and upcoming tour, re-releasing his line of hot sauces, his top five records to take to a desert i...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, the author of "Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life and Death of Jimi Hendrix," as well as "Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre: A Biography Of The Doors," and "The Last Of The Giants: The True Story Of Guns N' Roses," MICK WALL returns to talk Guns N'Roses plans for 2020, including touring and the possibility of NEW MUSIC, Axl Rose's integrity, and his thoughts on "Chi...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, it's Part Three of the Jim Morrison Birthday Celebration! Returning to the show today, one of Jim's best friends and the author of "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together," Frank Lisciandro talks Jim's poetry recordings from 1969 and 1970, and what's been released and what hasn't, Jim leaving for Paris and what he said about his plans there, how Frank heard abou...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, it's Part Two of the Jim Morrison Birthday Celebration! Returning to the show today, one of Jim's best friends and the author of "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together," Frank Lisciandro talks early Doors recording and performances, their wild quick rise to fame in 1966-1967 including a Time Magazine article, editing "Feast Of Friends," and the filming of and i...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, it's Part One of the Jim Morrison Birthday Celebration! Joining the show today, first, one of Jim's best friends and the author of "Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together," Frank Lisciandro kicks off the show to talk about his book, The Doors movie, the book "No One Here Gets Out Alive," Jim's alcoholism. the "Young Lion" pictures and posters, being at UCLA with...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, "The Dream Team" of Hughezy and Mike Durband returns to talk Chris Cruise/AEW, Jim Ross' critics, the Mauro Ranallo and Corey Graves issues, Batista and Dana Brooke, the London Stabbings, Ireland's 'Lord Mayor" and more! Please follow and support Creative Control in the following ways! Decent Self employed and looking for ACA compliant health insurances plans for...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, "The Dream Team" of Hughezy and Mike Durband return, to discuss possible Christmas Vacations from podcasting, my wheezing, sneezing, and coughing, successful and dreadfully unsuccessful ways to go about podcasting, social media, and public relations, some new Twitter back and forths, premature babies and jaundice, the upcoming film "Slave With AIDS," a GNR Lies r...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, it's part three of our "Chinese Democracy" roundtable and review, eleven years after the album was released! Mike and Jeff join me to discuss tracks 11-14. including "IRS" and its early leaks, "Madagascar" and its infamous MTV performance plus Axl's alleged motivation behind the song, "This I Love" from the 90s til its release, and "Prostitute," plus the current...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, it's part two of our "Chinese Democracy" roundtable and review, eleven years after the album was released! We break down and give our thoughts on tracks 6-10, and discuss "Catcher In The Rye" (both the novel and the song,) Brian May vs. Bumblefoot, "TWAT," Slash's attempts to play "Chinese Democracy' solos at live shows, the perplexing additions of "Scraped" and...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, it's been eleven years since the release of Guns N' Roses "Chinese Democracy," one of the most divisive albums of all time, and Mike Durband and Jeff Urstadt are here to discuss the album with me, when they first heard of it, impressions of some early leaks, "exclusive" album releases in big chain electronic or department stores, some of the various collaborators...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks is here to talk seeing The Irishman in the theater or on Netflix, Scorsese films, The Sopranos and this weekend's Sopranos Con, The Many Saints Of Newark, David Chase and more! Plus "The Dream Team" of Hughezy & Mike Durband discuss "fat shaming," annoying listeners, this week on the CCN, AC/DC/ vs. GNR, "The Dirt," Motley Crue's re...

On Today's Creative Control Daily, Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks is here to talk some Philly wrestling, the NWA at the Civic Center, and first ECW experiences, plus his heat with the Brooklyn Brawler and Brian Pillman, wrestling books, Gary Hart, the old days of MLW Radio, Keepin It 100 with Konnan, would legendary but controversial comedians fare well today, cancel culture, and the recent Jim Co...

On Today's Creative Control Daily our talk with Damien Darling concludes as we discuss his recent experience seeing Guns N Roses live in Las Vegas, the Appetite for Destruction box set release, and we both speculate about the future of the band! Plus "The Dream Team" of Hughezy & Mike Durband talk Christmas albums, future concert attendance, the Terminator series and franchise, James Cameron canno...