Between Awesome and Disaster with Will Carey

Jameer Pond was away from the stage for a while, but it was a storytelling class that he happened into after a humiliating experience that happened on stage at his day job that lead him back to the stage.  He talks to Will about growing up in Brooklyn, discovering sketch comedy, starting in stand up comedy, how he ended up pivoting to the storytelling scene, finding the Moth and playing shows with...

Guitarist/ Vocalist Ryan Malott's love of both Bluegrass/ and punk rock is on display in his band 500 Miles to Memphis. He talks to Will about the writing of the songs Broken, Busted, Bloody, and All My Friends are Crazy, struggles with addiction both personally and in his family, how the classic album Sunshine in a shotglass allowed the band to play over 200 shows a year for several years, perfor...

Greg Norton's new band UltraBomb wrote and recorded their debut album Time To Burn in Berlin much faster then expected.  He tells Will how the album came together in a matter of days, where he was mentally when he wrote the majority of the albums lyrics, how his approach to writing and bass has evolved since his time in Husker Du, Touring in 2023 coming out of the pandemic and a surprise for Huske...

Comedian Rashad Bashir and Will met when they were very new comics and working as ushers at Radio City Music Hall.  He talks to Will about growing up in New York City, performing comedy at talent shows and having it go well and not go well, his time in theater, finding stand up comedy, what he's learned about producing live comedy and the future. Rashad on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rbash...

Comedian Ariel Elias turned getting attacked by a heckler at a show it into an opportunity.  She talks to Will  about growing up Jewish in Lexington, Kentucky, discovering stand up comedy by listening to The Bob & Tom radio show, starting comedy in New Orleans, moving to New York City, performing outdoors in the first summer of the pandemic, how getting a beer thrown at her by a heckler on stage l...

Will's wife Chelsea Connor returns to the show to discuss traveling to South America as an 11 year old, how traveling to Vietnam right after it opened to American Tourists, bucket list travel destinations, and technology that is now considered vintage. Chelsea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chelseaconnor Will's Website:  www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch:  https://teespring.com/stores/between...

Improv Comedy is the craft that informs rapper EpicLLoyd's creative output.  He talks to Will about studying Improv in Chicago, discovering hip hop, what he likes about how his favorite rappers rap, touring colleges and NACA conferences with his Improv group,  meeting NicePeter and creating the Youtube series Epic Rap Battles of History, what goes into writing rap battles, working with Weird Al Ya...

Mike Brian Fogerty returns to the show after a global pandemic nearly made him walk away from sketch comedy.  He talks to Will about the upcoming Solocom 2023 fest at The People's Improv Theater, writing Sketch Comedy, what he's learned about TV Pilot writing, and his break down of Will's Pilot idea, why he almost stopped comedy, what kept him in, and what he's looking forward to in his new Late N...

Comedian and Musician Henry Phillips' career begins in Los Angeles at the emergence of alternative comedy.  He talks to Will about working on the movie Sleepwalk with Me with Mike Birbiglia about his childhood in New Jersey before moving to Los Angeles, aspiring to be a musician before his sense of humor turned him towards musical comedy.  The Early 90s Alternative Comedy Scene and being unaware o...

Improvisor Dahlia Haddad feels like a jock around theater kids, and a theater kid around jocks.  She talk to Will about Growing up in St. Louis, playing soccer, discovering improv comedy and approaching it as a trade with skills to learn, living in Washington DC, and what being new to NYC is like, finding the People's Improv Theater, and plans she has for a solo show.   https://thepit-nyc.com/peop...

Comedian Drew Landry's new special All My Friends Are Dead confronts grief and loss in a thoughtful and funny way in the vein of a nightclub comic rather than a one man theater show.  He talks to Will about starting stand up comedy at 13 in Chicago at a school talent show, moving to Baltimore and really developing as a stand up in the Baltimore scene, moving to Los Angeles and establishing himself...

Calling All Captains Vocalist Luc Gaffwood chooses to have hope.  He talks to Will about the bands recent US tour for their new album on Equal Vision Records Slowly Getting Better, the difficulties of touring the United States as a Canada based band, his early life as an award winning competitive dancer in the Edmonton Metis community, how he was originally the band's drummer before becoming the l...

Comedian Mackenzie Jaquish produces multiple live shows in NYC and performs stand up, improv and sketch comedy. She talks to Will about growing up outside of Calgary Alberta in Canada, discovering Saturday Night Live, and Weird Al Yankovic, starting stand up comedy, producing a public access show in her teens moving to New York City during the Pandemic, discovering The Pit NYC, the creation of her...

Rerelease of Episode 6 with The Cooligans Alexis Guerreros & Christian Polanco from 2016

Frnd Crcl guitarist/ vocalist Zac Johnson returns to the show ahead of the bands new single ADHD.  He talks to Will about going on the bands first tour supporting Goalkeeper, becoming a two piece band, how that changed his approach to songwriting, the writing and release  band's recent singles 47 and Golden and what plans the band have for new music and shows in the future.   Presave ADHD: https:/...

Shane Snider has done Stand up, Music, Storytelling, Scriptwriting, and is now settling into doing what brings him real artistic satisfaction and freedom.  He talks to Will about Growing up with the lead singer of Twister Sister as his Dad, how his Mom created that band's visual aesthetic and logo, how he started doing comedy, storytelling, dealing with depression, and how he found the courage to...

Actress Marilyn Ghigliotti is the guest for Episode 300 of Between Awesome and Disaster.  She talks to Will about finding out she would be in Clerks III, shooting the movie during Covid-19 restrictions, working with Kevin Smith as a Director, Starting in Community Theater in New Jersey, Auditioning for Clerks, and the impact on her Career after the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, Moving to Los Angele...

Ari Vais has lived and performed all over the world and is finally seeing the release of a record recorded decades ago.  He talks to Will about living in the San Francisco Bay Area, growing up in Boston, living and opening for huge bands in NYC and London, his approach to songwriting, and being new to an artform as a new stand up comic and a veternan musician, and how his new album from his Projec...

Comedian Sunny Outlaw is new to New York but is already applying a rigorous DIY approach to his Comedy.  He Talks to Will about the phrase Content Creator, growing up in Indiana, starting stand up comedy there before branching out into Improv/ Sketch and Storytelling.  Working at The Pit NYC, his most recent solo show and his plans for his next one.   Sunny's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sunnyoutla...

It's the Holidays and that means it's time for Paul Cohen to return to the show and recap the year in pop punk.  He and Will discuss their recent sketch shows with Backdoor BBQ at the Pit in NYC, New Found Glory's 20th anniversary tour for Sticks and Stones, Their upcoming Acoustic record, Tom Delonge Rejoining Blink-182 and the upcoming reunion tour, Sad Summer Fest, The Blame Canada Tour with Su...

Kevin Frank of The Campbell Apartment sits down for the podcast at a time when one chapter of his professional career is ending.  He talks to Will about his approach to playing Bass, how Craigslist let to him joining The Campbell Apartment, the sunnier side of 90s alternative rock, BB Kind, The Beatles, Colorado, the San Francisco music scene and The new album the band is in the process of recordi...

The Everafter vocalist Cora Small's enthusiasm for performance and songwriting is undeniable.  She talks to Will about growing up in a small town in Long Island where everybody knew everybody,  How Taylor Swift influences her songwriting, how she places great importance on lyric writing, writing melodies, touring in a converted bus, what goes into fronting a rock band, recording The Everafter's tw...

Tyler Skye pursues his duel passions as a recording engineer and footballer.  He talks to Will about The ongoing World Cup, the recent MLS Cup final, growing up in New Jersey, attending the School of Rock afterschool program and finding his love of music, how this program exposed him to recording, attending recording school, The Nashville music scene, Training with the Philadelphia Union as a teen...

Comedian Andy J Ritchie has lived and performed in a number of countries around the world.  He talks to Will about Growing up in Edinburgh Scotland, The World Cup, The difference between stand up in the UK and the United States and how the two scenes are influencing each other, living and performing in France, England, Japan, Portugal, Spain, the evolution of the english language stand up scene in...

Songwriter Jack Adamant's new solo record Obscure Place & Cupboards is a blast of hook laden guitar rock that evokes the heyday of 90's alternative rock.  He talks to Will about the writing and recording process for the new record, growing up in Italy and discovering grunge, moving to Stockholm Sweden, the Swedish music scene, and plans for live shows in the future. Listen to Jack's new record: ht...