Cosmic Lion Radio

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Graphic Novel artist Troy Little joins us this week on Cosmic Lion Radio. In addition to Fear and Loathing, Troy is also the artist and writer on IDW’s Powerpuff Girls and his creator owned comics Angora Napkin and Chiaroscuro . Troy also has worked in animation for quite some time, working for  Spümcø and on many cartoons you know like Ren and Stimpy, Ed, Edd and Ed...

This week we are back with a special 2015 year in review. Dylan Owens, the music editor of the Denver Post joins us to talk about some of our favorite songs of 2015. We are all over the musical spectrum from Joanna Newsom to JAY-Z. We’ll touch on the resurgence of vinyl, how to really get a job and then wax philosophical about the power of the click. So sit back and enjoy our look at the music of...

We are back with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator Kevin Eastman!! Such an awesome time talking with him about his new Fan Club project, TMNT/Batman, Grant Morrison and much more. Also this week, back to the funk!! Another hand picked mix-tape of Afro-Funk and soul from the Cosmic Lion. Hop in for more funk then you can shake a mutant turtle at! Kevin Eastman Official Fan-Club: Click Here TMN...

After a long hiatus we are back and phishier then ever! Over the break I was able to write 3 comics that appeared in the “Ball Street Journal” at Phish’s Magnaball festival. That was cool. You can check those comix out or buy a print of them HERE . That inspired me to do another Phish Edish’ complete with deep cuts, sit-ins, solo projects and tons of awesome stuff from deep in the vaults. Also in...

  This week we celebrate the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary by talking to the host of ‘The Grateful Dead Hour,” David Gans. We’ll explore the far-reaching corners of the Dead archives by exploring interpretations of the Dead’s music through out history.   We got to talking, and we found out that the heart and soul of the Dead is really the heart and soul of what Bobby called “misfit power.” Fift...

Cosmic Lion Radio is back.   This week was a real mind blow.   We have Kevin Eastman, yeah that Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I feel super lucky to have gotten this amazing moment to chat with one of the creators of this property that is, and has been, so near to my heart. We get to quickly chat about everything, where he came from, TMNT, new projects, and even his...

Welcome back to Cosmic Lion Radio! This week Brennan Wagner the colorist for such amazing comics as Django/Zorro, Grendel vs. The Shadow and the upcoming The Spirit miniseries joins us. We get to talk about growing up in the industry, his love of music, Comic Book Rock Stars and we even chat about our mutual love for Jim Mahfood. Talking with Brennan was really great.   This guy is the real deal,...

  We are back with Guy Bickel.   This week we jump back in where we left off, Floyd freaks.   We’ll get into Guys adventures on the road with Bootsy Collins, more with Frank Zappa, Cameo, and even Grand Master Flash.   We’ll find out what Guy is listening to now and also who really was, “The girl from the bus, REMEMBER?” All that and more this week on Cosmic Lion Radio. Check out Guy's website at...

This week we are on location with Guy Bickel .   Guy is a sound engineer who has toured the world with some of the biggest and best touring acts that have ever graced our ears. Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Cameo, Diana Ross, Mother’s Finest and more.   He was also the bass player from the Cleveland Ohio Space rock band Pi Corp .   During our talk Guy and I spoke about many things, touring, favorit...

Sup Tammy's, for this weeks episode I was lucky enough to interview the twisted brains behind the insult comedy rock powerhouse known as Touchpants .   The one and only Touchpants Prime ( Colby Dix ) and Touchpants Lube (Chris Friday) invited me to join them for some drinks and a meal while we were all in Miami for the Phish/Touchpants New Years event. Touchpants also features  Aram Bedrosian on B...

This week I am incredibly honored to present…Matt Wagner.   Prolific writer and artist whose creator owned characters,  Grendel and Mage , changed the world of independent comics forever.    Matt went on to work with The Demon ,  Trinity (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) , The Shadow , Green Hornet ,  Django vs. Zorro and much more. I can’t even tell you how awesome it was to talk to Matt.   He was...

This week on Cosmic Lion Radio, Justin Wallner joins us in the studio.   Justin works at  Emerald City Comics here in lovely Clearwater Florida.   Emerald City Comics is the leading store in the area and, as far as I’m concerned, one of the best shops ever! It’s great to be face to face and vibe out on these great topics.   We chat about our comic roots, Justin’s published work, comic movies, and...

This week we sit down with Frank Lisciandro.   Author of the book “Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together,”  and an old friend of Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek’s.   Frank, Jim and Ray first met at film school where he and Ray became fast friends. Frank went on to do much more for The Doors including tour photography and editing the films “A Feast of Friends,” which was just re-released, and “HWY”...

We are back with part 2 of our Rob Bruce interview.   This week we talk again with Rob about his adventures in collecting.   We’ll find out about some of the most valuable items he’s found, we’ll hear about his possible new show, and we’ll wax intellectual about his gift for digging.   It was a real honor to talk to Rob.   He is a true master of his craft and a guru in his own right. Enjoy and kee...

Welcome back to Cosmic Lion Radio!!   This week we have part one of our two-part interview with Rob Bruce.   You may know him as the “ Popculturist ” from AMC’s Comic Book Men . He is also a consultant, toy collector, monster kaiju zoo wrangler, comic book geek   and co-creator of the Asbury Park Comic Con and NY Comic Fest.   We had a great talk about collections, where they come from and how to...

Welcome to our BIG 30/30/30 podcast!!! In our 30-est podcast yet we get to speak to two guys who were in on the ground floor of the life changing institution that is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.   Both  Jim Lawson and  Steve Lavigne worked for  Mirage Studios in the very early days when the TMNT were not yet a household name. We get to talk about those early days a Mirage, the in house antics tha...

  Welcome back to Cosmic Lion Radio!!! In our Del-yest edition since last year we EXALT this years Delfest !!!! Welcome back the voice of Delfest Joe Craven !!!! Welcome  Jim Lauderdale to the podcast! An amazing artist who I had the pleasure of interviewing with the wild and wonderful Craig Miller from Cumberland’s premier bluegrass band Grand Ole' Ditch . Then we check back in with Doug Schwab t...

Welcome back to Cosmic Lion Radio!! This week we sit down with Comic Book artist and writer   Sophie Campbell.   Sh e is the creator of The Abandoned, Mountain Girl, Shadoweyes , Wet Moon, Water Baby and recently has leant her art to IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . It was a pleasure to talk with Sophie about her life and what makes her write the "slice of life" pieces that she does.    We als...

  This week, in our most ginchy episode yet, we sit down with comic creator and all around awesome guy Mike Allred (Madman, Red Rocket 7, X-Statix, FF, Silver Surfer).   We get to talk about his early influences and family, we’ll hear about music’s impact on his life, and about how one “Madman” changed his life forever.  Also in this episode we get to hear songs from Mike's band The Gear. For more...

  This week we sit down with our "Comedy Historian" Tanichee Cain.   She walks us though Comedy's humble beginnings in Vaudeville and takes us on a brief journey through The Borscht Belt and the Chitlin' Circuit, through the revolutionary 60's and 70's and then shows us where Comedy is going today.   We talk about censorship and the comedian who was arrested for saying a word (actually two 4 lette...

  This week we sit down with Speech , the lead singer and songwriter for Arrested Development .Speech has been one of my favorite artists for a long time and this is a true honor to interview him. We talk about his roots and what makes the music what it is. We’ll listen to some of his music, we’ll find out what makes a Speech song and then what makes Speech sing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

In our SNL-iest podcast yet, we talk with Joel Navaroil the creator of the Saturday Night Live archive website .   This is THE website for the SNL super fan.   You can cross-reference every episode of Saturday Night Live by impression, host, cast member, season, LITERALLY every little tid-bit is in there.   If you want to know who was in the most recent Ed Grimley sketch and when that was you can...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Welcome back to Cosmic Lion Radio, the New Years Edition!! This week we sit down with two amazing guys who have had many amazing New Years experiences.   First, Chris Friday, Production Manager at Higher Ground in S. Burlington Vt and ¼ of the Comedy gold that is Touchpants .   We talk about all manner of things including the Touchpants show on New Years at the legendary...

This week we dive back into the world of Les Claypool with our tour guide Toaster, ruler and exalted lord of TOASTERLAND .    Picking up chronologically where we left off we look at “Late” Les,   The Fancy/solo band, recent Primus .   Then we delve deeper into the origins of Toasterland.               During the interview, we get to talking and we realize that we have seen a few awesome shows toge...

W elcome back music lovers to Cosmic Lion Radio #22.1 the Les Claypool edition featuring Toaster from Toasterland.com .  In our bassiest edition ever we feature Toaster the underground archivist/curator of Toasterland.com’s galleries of setlists and streaming audio spanning the length of Les Claypool’s career.  I asked him to pick out some weird and wild cuts for us from deep in the archives and h...