Creativity Is The Cure

Send us Fan Mail Dancer, activist and wellness advocate Alexis Saenz returns to tell the truth about Thankstaking. Malcolm and Alexis discuss the history of the holiday, the Day of Mourning for Indigenous people and why they call it Truthsgiving - Thankstaking. For more information, please visit www.risinghearts.org *Included at the end of this podcast is the song Remember Who You Are by Alexis Sa...

Send us Fan Mail Unreal Engine artist, composer and graduate of Gnomon Caleb Moore discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include; working at brinx.tv , mental health, video game design, and music. *Recorded in Palmdale, CA at Maestro Machinations in November 2024. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in the...

Send us Fan Mail Writer, director and actor Matt Ritchey returns to discuss his new play, Shpider , which he wrote and directed. This episode includes how the use of the creative part of Matt's brain goes way beyond conjuring up a good story; it's the practical logistics of putting on a live theater show in Hollywood with a limited budget that can demand body and soul to simultaneously b...

Send us Fan Mail Singer, director, and writer Scott Coblio, aka Koo Koo Boy, returns to discuss his truly bizarre childhood, music and some extra spooky ghost stories! *Recorded October 2024 in West Hollywood, CA. **Features recordings by Koo Koo Boy and Malcolm The Vampire! Topics include; Halloween, Ghosts, The Wolfman, Vampires, Koo Koo Boy, H.R. Giger, Debbie Harry, and Godzilla. Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail Musical trio, Ella Jay Basco & The Sibs, discuss how creativity affects their work and personal life. Topics include opening up for Yo La Tengo this year and performing live with 3 members of No Doubt at a recent www.musack.org event. Learn about how each of them already have prolific careers in the entertainment industry with diverse acting, directing, and writing skills at t...

Send us Fan Mail Guitarist, educator, and photographer Alex Kelley returns as he and Malcolm take a deep dive into what it's like to teach music and photography these days, as well as the state of the arts in the USA. Alex profoundly reminds us all that, "the arts are necessary to make lives better." Stay tuned at the end of this episode to hear a little bit of Alex conjuring up som...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, singer and voiceover artist Chris Diamantopoulos discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. He is currently filming Ed Brubaker‘s upcoming Prime Video series, Criminals, in Portland, Oregon but took time to talk with me on his day off at Shaddowpuppet Studios. His prolific career includes performances on; The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Silicon Valley...

Send us Fan Mail Writer, producer, and patron Donick Cary discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include Musack.org, Hail to the Breadsticks, and Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics. *Recorded September 2024 in Los Angeles, CA at the Big Red House. **Photo by Tom Caltabiano. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influ...

Send us Fan Mail Magic Dust In The Dirt: Keyboardist, composer, and visual artist Eric The Taylor discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include the new release, Interdwell , by Dark Sky Alliance, comprised of percussionist Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls), keyboardist Rupert Greenall (The Fixx), soundscaping synthesist Eric “the” Taylor, and cinemati...

Send us Fan Mail Bassist, composer and photographer Tony Levin discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. As he is preparing for the much anticipated 2024 BEAT tour with Adrian Belew, Danny Carey and Steve Vai, Tony talks all about his brand new solo album, Bringing It Down The Bass . Other topics of this illuminating interview include espresso, Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel...

Send us Fan Mail Take a scintillating sojourn with traveler, activist, and artist Jonathan Firehawk Duplessis as he discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Spiritual synchronicity ensues as Malcolm & Jonathan deconstruct the diatribe afloat in the ether, the upper regions of air beyond the clouds. *Recorded on Zoom at Maestro Machinations Studio in Palmdale, CA. Sup...

Send us Fan Mail Musician, author, and educator Phil Circle discusses what it's like to survive AND enjoy being a professional musician in 2024, overcome *personal hardships with creativity and how to encourage students to strive for excellence. His incredible book The Outback Musician's Survival Guide: One Guy's Story of Surviving as an Independent Musician is available wherever bo...

Send us Fan Mail Missy Gibson & April Grossinger discuss how creativity affects their work and personal life. Topics include the launch of their own new Sheela Na Gig podcast! A sheela na gig is a figurative carving of a naked woman. These carvings, from the Middle Ages, are architectural grotesques found throughout most of Europe on cathedrals, castles, and other buildings. Their Sheela Na Gi...

Send us Fan Mail Actor, DJ, and producer Derek Basco discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Acting credits include; Dexter (2010), The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (2021), Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Maggie Moore(s) (2023), & Mayor of Kingstown (2021-2024) *Recorded August 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influenc...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) and Mika Stoltzman (marimba) discuss how creativity affects their work, music and personal lives. *Recorded August 2024 in Los Angeles, CA and Japan. Topics include; "Spirits" (1995) by Richard Stoltzman "Spirit of Chick Corea" (2022) by Steve Gadd & Mika Stoltzman Plus...Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Steve Gadd, Ne...

Send us Fan Mail Actress, mother, and animal wrangler, Becki Newton discusses how creativity affects her work, family and personal life. *Recorded August 2024 in Hollywood, CA. Topics include; Chris Diamantopoulos, The Lincoln Lawyer, Ugly Betty, Carol Burnett, Judy Garland, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain , Craig Ferguson , Kelly Ripa, and P-22...

Send us Fan Mail Dancer, activist, and wellness advocate Alexis Saenz discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life. Alexis hails from the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado. She has trained as a dancer at Denver School of the Arts, Artistic Fusion Dance Academy and California Institute of the Arts. She started Pilates training when she was 15 years old with Luba Takamoto at Artistic...

Send us Fan Mail Singer, director, and writer Scott Coblio discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. *Recorded July 2024 in West Hollywood, CA. Topics include; Koo Koo Boy, Heavy Sweater, Scott's book I Monster , Jay Reto, Debbie Harry, Blondie, Anais Nin, David Bowie, John Waters, Hairspray, Rochester, New York, Dog's Life, Dr. Seuss' The Glunk That Got Th...

Send us Fan Mail James Moore is chairman of the English department at Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, as well as director of squash programs and head coach of the girls varsity. Topics included; Egyptian vs. English squash techniques, Darrell Hammond, Toni Morrison, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, E. E. Cummings, Andrea Barrett, air horns, and peanut butter and jelly san...

Send us Fan Mail Guitarist, educator, and photographer Alex Kelley discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Alex is a guitar instructor in Rochester, NY. He has spent a significant portion of his life recording and performing as a solo act as well as with various bands. A pivotal part of his music journey included playing in Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft. *Recorded July 2024...

Send us Fan Mail Veterinary Assistant, Gamer, and Sports Enthusiast, Django Moore discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Topics include; Jim Henson's Dinosaurs, Kendrick Lamar, Kingdom Hearts, Richard Horvitz, PaRappa the Rapper, Django Reinhardt, The Anaheim Ducks, Genndy Tartakovsky, and the Nutria...a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. *Recorded July...

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker, drummer, and gamer Ripley Rodriguez discusses how creativity affects his work, music and personal life. Topics include Ewoks, Predator, Steve Gadd, Neil Peart, The Last of Us, Fallout and Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." *Recorded July 2024 in Los Angeles Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their...

Send us Fan Mail Writer, entrepreneur, and musician Chris Velez discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Chris ruminates on intriguing topics that include his Hawaiian ancestry, his love of the 1998 Henson film Elmopalooza, and the challenging reality of being an musician in 2024.*Recorded June 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Support the show CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about...

Send us Fan Mail Screenwriter, director, and drummer Otis Cary discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Otis is currently a student at LACHSA. The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) offers a specialized program combining college-preparatory academic instruction and conservatory-style training in the visual and performing arts. He also currently plays drums in...

Send us Fan Mail Writer, director and actor Matt Ritchey discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Recent directing credits include the sold-out hit Romeo and Juliet In Hell (writer/director) at Force of Nature Productions,  which was nominated for four awards (including "Best Director") at the 2019 LA Valley Theater Awards. Matt and Malcolm Moore created 2 kids shows...