The Rehearsal Room

We are once again taking on the difficult task of deciding who our top 10 directors are, this time it's within the fantasy genre. Now, fantasy can incorporate a whole lot of things but as always we set up some guidelines so that our selections are made a bit more sensible and with this list, we're at the halfway point of our movie genre favorites. Some of these are no-brainers and you'll be surpri...

For as long as people have been creative, the topic of selling out has also unfortunately been present. Fortunately, for us, we decide to tackle or begin to tackle what it might mean to sell out. Of course we lay down some definitions so that we're not all over the place completely but we also pose some questions and provide examples as to what a sellout in a creative space could be or might not b...

Aside from including very cool ponds in our title, we also have a very cool guest once again. Gracing our halls at TRRP compound once again is Mr. Pete Majors! You know him, you love him and you know he's the fabulous host of the Idlewild experimental music festival, and it's third installation and happening in Idlewild California! Make sure to click on all the relevant links we've got...

Here at the Rehearsal Room, you have to know we love making lists and this episode is no different! On this broadcast, we reimagined what it means to be America's top 10 rock bands as it pertains to us… The fellas. You might be surprised at some of our choices and in most cases, you probably won't be if you've caught any of our previous episodes and listened to what we praise and what we don't! Ch...

Record Store Day or RSD, if you're into the whole brevity thing started off as a great idea, to get people's attention back into supporting independent record shops and luckily for us, this also helped bring about the resurgence of vinyl and vinyl collecting a couple of decades ago. But as with every good idea, doesn't always stay as pure as the intent might have been? We do a little digging aroun...

This week's topic is "cancel culture". We know, we know… There are no other phrases that might deter people quicker than a heart attack. Well maybe "tax season" or maybe "doctors visit "and a favorite "visiting our parents house". Anyway, we don't just start naming people and listing off all the bad things they did even though we kind of do but also we try to get into the thought process of what p...

Chances are, we've all gate kept something we've enjoyed as an entertainment at some point or another. Maybe some of us are thinking we are doing it with the purest of intentions and maybe some of us do it just to be complete jerks but in this episode, the fellow talk about some of the examples they've experienced, some examples of gatekeeping that they themselves have done in the past or maybe co...

Well, well, well… Look at what the cat dragged in! Our first ever repeat guest! And look who it is! Dan Kaufman of such bands as Mindrot, Dystopia, Eyes of Fire, Destroy Judas and now also Master's Ashes! We talk about the upcoming album, the two singles available now on the bands Bandcamp and how he got involved with this new project. Then also regales us with stories of bands past and some of th...

The topic of being mainstream or too popular or even lack of popularity has been an evergreen conversation since time began, or ever since we started taking joy in the forms of entertainment that we do now. But what does being popular or even mainstream mean really? In this episode, we took a look at some of the numbers going back all the way to when it began… That is, 1970 when Black Sabbath rele...

In this installation of our favorite director deep dives, we tackle the drama genre! We didn't realize what a task this actual category would be, and while some of our names might be repeats from past categories, you might be none to surprised to find out that both Aaron and Nick share some of their faves in the exact same ranking. Tune in to see who was left out and who was mentioned as we tackle...

You know how it goes, if you're part of any collective group that's taking part in some form of entertainment, you have a mental idea of do's and don'ts, an invisible set of guidelines that would probably benefit everyone being entertained at the same time as you so that you can all collectively enjoy what's happening around you but real life unfortunately isn't always will...

Ever wonder exactly what makes up his supergroup? And this episode, we kind of sort of try to find out and in doing so, talk about some of the earliest super groups and what's some of our our recent favorite ones might be. Also, check out what we've been listening to and watching!

If you know the name, you know what we're about to get into! You know his bands: The Misfits. Samhain. Danzig. A decade-spanning career in music and actually in other formats that we completely left out, those being comic books and movies. But since we first discovered him musically, we started with our introductions to that music and what kept us coming back year after year, album after album...

Well folks! 2025 has come and gone and left a path of destruction in it's wake. However, it's also left a bunch of music, movies and a lot of books that we enjoyed over this past year. Tune in as the fellas go over some of the highlights and take a bit of their retrospective look at this past year and see if anything stands out for you as well to check out. Check it out and see you next ye...

In this, our most current foray into albums that both of us enjoy, we decided to look at a double whammy of releases provided by the one majestic darkness brought to our meager ears by the most talented Chelsea Wolfe! Taking a listen to 2010's "The Grime and the Glow" and also 2011's "Apocalypsis", we once again trip all over ourselves talking about exactly what hooked us in those early albums and...

In this episode, our paths just so happened to cross with one of the masterminds behind Irish Voodoo/Black Voodoo Records... the man, the myth, the Megadeth fan: Daniel "Danny" King! As you'll be able to tell, Danny is a fan of music from all over the place, but he's a person who likes to put the spotlight on some of the local talent around him. For this, I'm pretty sure some of the bands that hav...

Returning to our world-famous top 10 lists, and continuing on our journey to document our favorite directors, this time we take on our favorite comedy directors! We keep saying this is tough, and it really is because it's incredibly easy to overlook something that is a favor, and it's also incredibly easy to have recency bias, but I think we did all right. Check out what we both overlapped...

What better way to ring in the spooky season than with the following guest! He's not just one of our great friends; he's also an accomplished musician, and for those paying attention and for those looking to expand their music listening powers, he's also the soul mover and shaker behind the record label Baneful Genesis! Kevin Chan has incredibly familiar beginnings, and when you hear a...

As we all know, nowadays there's a ton of streaming platforms for whatever your taste might be. Whether it's movies or music or even video games, there's an option for pretty much everything. Since we mostly talk music, we're going to pit some of the streaming platforms we kind of know about to see what works best for us and may be introduce you to an alternative if you should ever need one.

Coming up in the music scene as the fellas have, they were always aware that three albums always had the tendency to split fan bases apart. These would be: Entombed's "Wolverine Blues', Carcass' "Heartwork", and Sepultura's "Roots". We know there are tons of others, but this is where our conversation starts. Plus, we catch up with what we've been listen...

There's this weird affliction that tends to hit people and the only real symptom of it is they collect things. Whether it's out of habit, therapeutic or for some other weird reason, a lot of us do it and a lot of the people we know do it. So what do we collect here? Primarily it's music and then it can go over to movies books and even toys. So what got you collecting? Here's some quick information...

Ozzy Osbourne. You know his name and you know his work, which has now become his legacy. His passing didn't catch us by surprise, but it was still a shocking thing to find out nonetheless. Everyone's got their own way of processing things, and here's our way of starting to say goodbye to the man who gave so much to the musical world. Rest in peace to the Ozzman

Everyone's got an origin story. Everyone. On this episode, the fellas detail some of what started them off on their musical journeys. Probably as expected, a lot of details overlap for both of them, and of course, it led them down this glorious path on discovering the next great album to listen to. Listen in as they divulge some of the lore behind what made them the fans of music they are toda...

Another list? Yeah that's right, this time around it's our top 10 adventure movie directors. Let us tell you folks, this is tougher than you might think because once we start thinking about what adventure movies we like, we're inundated with so many options, but these are the ones the fellas keep coming back to time and again. And while folks might be tired of hearing about lists at th...

Way back in the before times, when we were all still finding out what exactly going online even meant, a program popped up that facilitated the uploading and sharing of music. The program? Napster. It had a couple of offshoots and maybe in the very beginning, some good intentions but as with everything that's released onto the public unfettered, it went crazy real quick. Well, the fellas here had...