Carnival of Randomness

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...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. He's back! Bauman has returned, more rage-fueled than ever before. We give our opinions on several new topics. We talk kids today, celebrity culture, social media and even the infamous prom lottery. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "oh there they go again with their 'back in the day' schtick", but give it a listen and you might even start to agree with u...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. We're back with more theater (or theatre) stuff! And we're on location once again, this time at the MuCCC, to talk with members of the upcoming production of "The Heavy Entertainment Show". We're joined by two old friends, Mario Savastano (the director and writer), MJ Savastano (one of the stars) and a new friend, Alexus Maxam (also one of the stars) to talk about t...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Coming to you live from an abandoned record store, we're not exactly sure which one, we meet up with an old friend, Mike Murray aka Count Mike. You may remember him from the Halloween horror movie round table discussion, and many of you may know him from his radio show, Whole Lotta Shakin', every Saturday from 4-6 PM on WRUR 88.5 FM in the Rochester area and WITH 90...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Moar music! Summertime in Rochester means two things. First, the snow is almost here and second, there's good live music in the air. Today we're joined by two members of The Brian Lindsay Band, Brian Lindsay and drummer Greg Andrews. Taking a page from a long ago podcast with the American Moondogs, we were able to get Brian and Greg to do a live, in studio performan...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. Live from the multiverse, we're back with Cat and Pat for some more chat. But we're joined by the arrival of another guest, Suzi Willpower has returned! So naturally we just launch into a talk about movies, TV, music, etc. because that's what friends do when they get together. And sadly we must bid a farewell to one of our dear friends, Caitlin Yarsky, as she moves...

Hello Randomers and Randomites. You ever think that life just can't get any weirder? Well, sometimes cartoon tropes come to life. Rob finally convinced me to go hot air ballooning and we had the stereotypical bird peck turn it into a traveling fart basically and we crash landed on the desert island of Gothic Toad, somewhere in the middle of Lake Ontario. While we're waiting for the submarine to ca...