Ruminations from the Red Room

Reflections From The Red Room-Born out of time and out of season We practiced the making of the Old Fashioned. We talked out our feelings on the era in which we were born. Kyle has an old soul, and Natalie wished she could get a new Type O Negative album, and Justin has found balance between nostalgia and modern media joys. We hit the DC/Marvel thing, and question the validity of reviews and get t...

We wanted to record on significant date. We wanted to embrace the spooky. We thought what fun to record on October 13th, a Friday the 13th. We paid the price. Pretty sure this one got haunted. There is static, pops, and some weird delay, and echo. In spite of all that, this one was full of great content; laughs, and insight, observations, and reactions. If audio quirks bug ya, and honestly, they m...

As I post this conversation, full of hope, theories, predictions, and wonder, we have already come to the end of Twin Peaks The Return. Listen back, see where we were right, where we were wrong, and how far off we land...one thing is clear in this Reflections From The Red Room, we'll be chatting for years to come. As of this writing, as much as I felt we were prepared, listening to these two fans...

Dan is welcomed into the Red Room to give us his take and observations on this year’s summer movies. We dive into his origins as a comic book fan, and open up a can of worms when it comes to where the current crop of blockbuster super hero movies are ultimately going. We chat about our picks for which hero we wish would happen next in cinema, and the state comic heroes on television. We stray from...

Guillermo and I talk Episodes 5,6, & 7 of Twin Peaks: The Return. We don't go episode by episode, we are still talking impressions and theory. We let the Lynchian beauty, and horror, wash over us, as it were. There are questions of time, ties to Norse lore, musings of final show downs, and curiosities of cameo-or-long-term-role that we bat around. We are caught up in the appreciation of the Re...

The table crafted by Charlie gets its debut. We hear of the path to construction, and completion. We chat about what we’ll miss with Charlie gone, and what he’ll miss here in Tucson. Tales of drinking, and singing, and staying close with friends. Brando does the Red Room proud with Fire Walk With Me memorabilia, and shares stories from Charlie's wedding. We bid a fond aloha, and until next time, v...

Resonance-The Pottermouth Girls Visit The Red Room of Requirement We speak with Gwen and The Unicorn, champions of the Geeks Who Drink, masters of the Potter knowledge, and keepers of the words. The ladies join Guillermo to sit, and wax poetic, philosophical, and literal on J.K. and her work. Comparisons are unavoidable to greats like Professor Tolkien, and we work together to sort out our feeling...

Sam and Gil Friends old and new-ish we chat with the two love birds and hear the story of how they went from cubicle buddies to wedded bliss. It’s great fun to hear the different stories, the varying truths from two perspectives. The grown-ups tell it like it is. Honest, and quick to laugh, both Gil and Samantha offer up some great content. Really enjoyed this one. What a great time! We get our ho...

We meet Brando. Charlie and Mike’s close friend. Previously appearing in name, and now, in voice. We compare notes on the way we were introduced to David Lynch. We are enjoying the art of conversation, and move from pop culture to the ancient art of sword play. Brando drops some serious sword knowledge, I can’t spell or pronounce the art in which he is proficient. We talk about first readings of D...

It’s usually a dark coffee bar, a dark booth in a local dive, or dark theatres, this time, Laura and I have a conversation in the red room which as you may know, is strangely well lit. We cover the challenge of going from introvert to dancer to the social butterfly to mom and during it all, a daring artist…Laura gives us the skinny on the Phoenix comic con, from the guy trying to attack the green...

Thanks For being my Mom From The Red Room welcomes my Mom. This is the story of how in 1976, an extra baby was floating around, and a young couple who was up to that point unable to have a child, took him away from a life in the circus to a happy home. Might not have been a circus. We don't know. There's still a certain amount of mystery. I was lucky to grow up with such role models, as my mother...

Part 2-We can talk. Charlie takes the car out on memory lane and puts the pedal down. It’s our verbal s’mores around this digital campfire. It’s heavy, and personal. What difference to even one individual the podcast might make; we’re taking it across country when C moves to New Orleans; how life’s trials temper you, or break you; the forging of a defiant spirit; This One is long, it had to be. I’...

We chat, at length, about family and demystifying our idols. Mitch and Charlie talk about being the short guy. The conversation heads into a place where we wonder if we're living up to the legacy of our fathers, and what we may leave behind even if it's just these words. We have varying traumatic events, some more than others. Charlie's track is super quiet, sorry about that, but if ya listen at h...

DC vs. Marvel. What's your favorite graphic novel of all time? Favorite movie? What makes one a DC fan or a Marvel fan? Who makes the decisions on the big films of our day. Can we get back to the original questions? We run the gamut in this double episode. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mitch and James share thoughts on Star Wars eternal and the course of franchises that thrill us, and the ones that let us down. We take adventures in the wide world of film festivals and wonder if it's a good idea to meet your idols, and who would leave you starstruck? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mitch and Guillermo don't dissect, or deconstruct in this episode of From The Red Room. It's two long-time fans, taking in the first sights, and sounds of an adventure both familiar, and new. So much to come, and we'll dig deeper as we get our footing. Just glad to back in those big, majestic, pines. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts,...

We get a formal welcome to the Red Room. We are breaking down the wandering conversations into categories; Ruminations, Reminiscence, and Reflections....Category 4 to come. The velvet curtains in which we wrap ourselves, drifting in, and out, of the Red Room. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Red Room will have many visitors. Many stories, many discussions, many revelations....or so we hope. We chat with Ryan about origins again, what might make a good podcast, and being a good person. There are no right answers, and we're just glad to have friends with us on our thin raft. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and...

Mitch and Charlie share a concrete bond...the strange perceptions of the refined that are sometimes not, and we keep coming back to this table. We should all talk more, we should listen more, and every now and again, try walking in someone else's shoes; it's likely not what you think it's like. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas,...

For me, friends come in all shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds, state-of-drunkeness, and cultures... But they have to have heart. There is something at work here, and heads up, these episodes run the gamut; funny, heartbreaking, honest, sarcastic...it's mining for meaning. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conversations tha...

For me, friends come in all shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds, state-of-drunkeness, and cultures... But they have to have heart. There is something at work here, and heads up, these episodes run the gamut; funny, heartbreaking, honest, sarcastic...it's mining for meaning. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conversations tha...

Mutual respect, youthful idealism, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Smith ignite a friendship that has two decades under its' belt. Here, we touch on some of that origin, and drink deeply of love of art, and expression. Twin Peaks, will modern audiences get it? How does Thor carry his hammer on his back? Will we ever get the follow up to 4:13 Dream? Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressio...

Siblings, and friends, my sisters, Rebecca, and Mikayla stroll down amnesia lane in this, the first real attempt at sending out the communications from the red room. Its rough, and we're figuring it out, but there's some heart. Sure, we aren't your family, but who knows, to someone out there, I might be. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★