Ruminations from the Red Room

Ruminations - on a Sad Song ep. 1 What is it about a sad song? Some of us only like them when we ourselves are feeling blue, others might seek them out regardless of their current mood. What makes a song really sad, and what factors contribute to getting that feeling across to the audience? We start our mini-series using Tom Reynolds 2005 book “I Hate Myself and Want to Die” as inspiration, guide-...

Ruminations with drinks in hand.... Well, you can only keep a lid on it for so long. We needed to cut loose and talk about something other than THAT right now. We gather from multiple points around this great nation, and revisit a couple great topics that have been breezed over before. Original vs sequel vs reboot vs remake….are they all just cash grabs? How are they different from a cover song? W...

Ruminations - Ken and Kyle Once more with Feelings A couple weeks ago, we did a double dose of Ruminating in the Red Room. This is the second of those podcasts. Its been a couple weeks, and in this brave new world, that’s buckets and buckets full of time. We hit a couple fun things beside the usual Corona-update, including; Movies-we change they do not, so why does Kyle now like Captain America: F...

Bonus Fan-Holiday Episode! Resonance - A New Return to the Last Empire of the Jedi Happy May the Fourth to all!!! We meet up with our heroes as they convene to pay tribute to a property they love; that many, many people love. Star Wars. A topic we’ve chatted about before here, and as we take a moment to discuss how the End of the Saga resonates with each of our guests, we also look to what the fra...

Mike and Charlie Shine a Light Mike and I start us off with brief updates and how some of our daily operational tasks have changed. We picked up Charlie a little ways in, and we reflect on the latest Not-Doctor-recommended treatment possibilities for COVID-19. Throughout we keep the discussion going on making allowances for those with differing opinions, and express some of the frustration that ca...

Ken & Kyle: Room Bound We start with a quick tour, and some silly re-introductions. We hit the points all of us are thinking about these days; how have we filled the time, what do we miss, what do we hope for…We chat about trying to help our employees, and retail these days; navigating these uncharted waters.. But we also talk about the trials we are all going through, and finding compassion f...

Ruminations Before the Quarantine Before many states issued stay at home orders, before the new normal was impacting everyone we knew, and dominated our conversations; Sean visits Ruminations in our new Colorado home. Its been a year since we jammed and chatted, and here we catch up a bit. Sean talks about beating cancer, love of his family, and being excited to move on to a better 2020. We cover...

3 buddies defy geography and the man-made construct of time zones, and gather for a commentary, catch-up, and purging of the days events. We lament the realities of the current pandemic, cheer on the heroes, and share hopes for brighter times ahead. We love you all. Reflections: Twin Peaks observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conversations that enjoy the journe...

We start the conversation with a look at the way we may have been viewed by our childhood friends’ parents. Did the adults in your youth love you? Hate you? Ignore you? Maybe they just tolerated you. The main theme of the evening was bizarre and entertaining stories from the news. Of course we stray off as we relate those stories to our own experiences. Including some fun tattoo stories. Join us a...

In this episode of From the Red Room, we let the resonance of a life of loving music, bring a musician back to his instrument. Finding new meaning, and connecting to a band and their work, through meaning, and intent, Sean takes us on a journey of rediscovery…I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again here; there is magic, and soul in music that is beyond words. We make lifelong friends of our mus...

We dissect the evolution of serial tv and movies; and chat about the education, and intelligence of the audience. We make our way from HBO to Friends (singing praises of David Schwimmer) and make our way back to Robotech, which makes an appearance. We’re still talking about DC and Marvel. Why? Aside from the obvious nerd obsessive behavior, what is it about loving and hating, and loving to hate or...

We dissect the evolution of serial tv and movies; and chat about the education, and intelligence of the audience. We make our way from HBO to Friends (singing praises of David Schwimmer) and make our way back to Robotech, which makes an appearance. We’re still talking about DC and Marvel. Why? Aside from the obvious nerd obsessive behavior, what is it about loving and hating, and loving to hate or...

Resonance- Why monsters? Mike and I chat about restoring car projects as teenagers, that didn’t work out. Camping and just hitting the road, momentarily dreaming of touring the Arizona beauty from a bike. As the evening moved on, we then hit our topic of monsters. It was a mild Halloween night, and we wanted to continue the discussion from previous ‘cast, and address our feelings on the origins of...

Resonance from the Red Room Mike and Guillermo sit down to discuss many things horror. From early childhood first frights, to the prospect of an adult reclamation of Halloween, and trick-or-treating, we ramble around about what we love about a variety of the spooky in media. What’s your first horror movie? What’s your favorite Halloween candy? When did the monster become the hero? We travel the ro...

Passion. It comes up in The Red Room often. We chase it. We try to define it. We seek it’s origins, and motivations. The best examples, in nearly any given field, or endeavor, are always cited as being as such, because of passion. The Red Room welcomes new guest YouTube star to be Lash Larue. Mike, Lash, and I dig into the topic as best as we can, and along the way we have a good time talking abou...

Sports, Sports, Sports We chat about pickle ball, old man bod, Jay’s spartan life and mad sports skills as he comes out of volleyball retirement. We hear about Kyle’s favorite bands, Jay’s favorite albums, and talk a lot about the passion behind music and creation. Some first shows, and rough times meeting our heroes. listen to we three date ourselves with references old and new. and Jay’s greates...

Mike and Charlie Revisited We talk toys, and reflect on comic and cartoon connections to our favorite playthings from our youth We chat about GI joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K., Robotech, and a number of toy, and cartoon lines from the 70’s through the 80’s The Facebook and social media beast rears it’s head. The idea of being your own PR rep, and what it means to share in today’s hyper-documented exi...

One year. Something of an anniversary episode, we bring together selections from a variety of nights never published. It was fun listening back to these, and we hope you find something here too. The experiment continues, and with high hopes of soldiering on. We're having fun, leave us a comment or subscribe. This episode, as with many, not for young audiences. www. FromTheRedRoom.com Twitter: @Fro...

Coral, Chris and Mike Three cool folks visit the Red Room, and tell tale of the inspiration, and drive to create. We sometimes feel the need to express, even when we don’t yet know what we want to say. For some, it’s volcanic, it’s an avalanche of content, and a dire need to pour it out and keep moving. There are some, for which it is like a ground swell, a tremor, that builds and becomes a tsunam...

Resonance-A Newish Hope The boys (Justin, Mike M. and James) are back in town with impressions, reflections, and deconstructions of The Last Jedi. It’s well over a month since we saw it in theaters, the world had it’s say, and now we go back to the web that has been woven, challenge some of the negative response to this movie, and get real as to why we still love Star Wars. Mike gets some good inf...

Resonance-Desert Music in The Red Room This episode takes us into the rich, fertile, and vibrant music scene in the American Southwest. The Classy-T represents with a great guest in Jacob Acosta; musician, teacher, writer, producer, and appreciator of the great stirrer of souls-music. Accomplished himself, we get to hear Mr. Acosta praise some of the artists working today, and get a small taste of...

Ruminations-Feel like a kid again…? In this new segment, a quick thought, a point to ponder, a Mitch’s Minute…When we say something makes us feel like a kid again, are we selling the experience short? Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conversations that enjoy the  journey over the destinations Reminiscence: Tales of friends...

A new segment that will pop up from time to time for a quick rumination. Mitch's Minute micro-cast will be food for thought, a point to ponder, or the fun-mundane of life's little events. This week; drop us a line- propane or charcoal grilling? Grill or griddle? Favorite things to throw on the fire? ....all this and Kyle gets and Instagram account. The Red Room is full of surprises. Reflections: T...

We wish Jay's sisters a happy birthday, and dig into the burning question of who is Snoke? We hit all over the place and that's why this podcast falls under Ruminations. A little bit about relationships, growing up and playing the being-an-adult-game, and get a play by play summary of Creep, a film Jay fully endorses. Kyle is the go between for two guys who are wholly different, but somehow have c...

Star Wars. Through comics, film, books, video games, role-playing games, and decades, the love for this universe continues. It's persevered, and more than that, flourished. Different backgrounds, different eras, and different levels of fandom bring together a group to chat about the imminent release of The Last Jedi, what made us fans, keeps our fandom alive, and the memories we carry through our...