Vintage Annals Archive Podcast

Deborah Dash Moore Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York - In the middle of the twentieth century, good cameras became smaller and lighter, enabling street photographers to roam alleyways, ride elevated trains and subways, and stroll beaches in summertime to capture daily life with urgency and intimacy. Walkers in the City showcases the distinctive urban vision th...

Beau McCall—proclaimed by American Craft magazine as “The Button Man creates visual and wearable art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. His artworks offer commentary on an array of topics such as pop culture and social justice.  Buttons are a universal fastener connecting the world through an everyday item. Through this medium I create visual and...

Kathy Shorr was born in Brooklyn, New York.  Her work crosses the borders of documentary, portraiture and street photography.  She received her undergraduate degree in photography from The School of Visual Arts and has an MS in Education, earned while working as a New York City Teaching Fellow working in the public schools in crisis.  Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the United Stat...

Scarlet Page has been a passionate photographer her whole life and her education culminated in studying a degree in photography in the early ’90s. She quickly developed her own fresh, documentary style of reportage. She travelled America with The Smashing Pumpkins, The Beastie Boys and the other acts on the Lollapolooza tour of 1994.  The following year she had a shot feature in the album artwork...

Ep. 194: Fck My Son w/ Director Todd Rohal Todd Rohal is a writer and director whose work has appeared on Adult Swim, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Max, AMC, Amazon, and The Criterion Channel. His feature credits include The Guatemalan Handshake, which he self-distributed worldwide with a single 35mm print; The Catechism Cataclysm (IFC Films), which premiered at Sundance; Nature Calls, starring Patton Oswal...

Ep. 193: Weird Paul “Weird Paul has been composing and recording catchy, funny pop/rock music for almost 42 years. He's performed over 700 concerts over nearly 40 years. He’s also known for his large amount of archived videos filmed of him and his family back in the 80s. He does weekly live streams on Twitch and TikTok and creates mostly nostalgia based content for many different internet platform...

Ep. 192: Charles Traub (Photographer/Educator) Charles H. Traub was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1945. He studied English literature at the University of Illinois, and joined the Peace Corps after graduation in 1967. An accident in Ethiopia forced him home to Kentucky where he met Ralph Eugene Meatyard, who became an important inspiration and friend. After service in the United States Army in...

As the former caretaker of the Arlene Gottfried Legacy Instagram Project, I spent over 60 hours of research and around 18 hours of doing 12 interviews. Having done all of that, the name Maria Mayer Feng kept coming up again and again. It was my understanding she was considered to have had a huge role in Arlene finally putting out books of her own personal photography which had been hiding under he...

Zach Posnan is the founder of Brass Monkey Bread Co. a sourdough bakery in Philadelphia that started during the pandemic when he was a virtual teacher. The company is known for its 100% sourdough breads and baked goods, which are sold through pop-ups, collaborations with other businesses, and directly to consumers. Posnan, who is also involved in community outreach, left teaching to pursue his dre...

Ep. 189: VIDEOHEAVEN with Alex Ross Perry and Clyde Folley Socio-cultural hub, consumer mecca, and source of existential dread; the video rental store forever changed the way we interact with movies. With narration by Maya Hawke over footage culled from hundreds of sources (from TV commercials to blockbuster films), Alex Ross Perry's VIDEOHEAVEN tells the story of an industry's glorious, confusing...

THIS ORDINARY THING- SYNOPSIS Haunting and unforgettable, THIS ORDINARY THING tells the story of non-Jews who helped save Jewish people across Europe during The Holocaust. The film combines never-before-seen archival footage with the testimonies of over forty different people who, working independently and at great risk to themselves and their families, saved thousands of Jewish strangers from alm...

Ep. 187: Josh Fadem (Actor/Comedian/Writer) It was great talking to Josh Fadem and we got into some great stuff including working with David Lynch, working with Bob Odenkirk, his love of Film Noir, and his comedy. Check out dates for his upcoming tour! Josh Fadem is an actor, comedian, and voice artist originally from Tulsa, OK. He has numerous television credits including recurring roles on TWIN...

Ep. 186: Crispin Glover Talks No! You're Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance (Episode Part Two) I had a great chat with Crispin Glover about his latest film No! You're Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance. We got into his unique filmmaking process, his past films, and some very old school film processes that any film nerd would love to hear about. It was a great honor to talk to him about his...

Ep. 185: Jess Rotter (Illustrator) Jess Rotter is a Los Angeles–based illustrator whose hand-drawn work spans album and book covers, film posters, murals, apparel, and editorial projects. Raised in New York and inspired by her father’s vinyl covers and comic books, Rotter has collaborated with artists and brands including Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, the Grateful Dead, Nike, Questlove, and Parker...

Ep. 184: Busy Beaver Button Museum w/ Christen Carter Since pinback buttons were patented in 1896, people have communicated and built community through these little wearable items. The mission of the Button Museum to show how as much American history as possible through pinback buttons. The words, artwork, printing style, color, and size were the final result of a vision they wanted to communicate...

Ep. 183: Richard Michael Gomez (Soft Sculptor, Digital Artist, Friend of Puppets) I had a great chat with Richard about his love of The Muppets, his art, and his path to becoming a puppeteer. I’m putting this out today to help promote The Muppet Script returns to bring you THE MUPPETS TAKE SCRIPTHATTAN! Richard will be a featured performer at the live show! W/: Marc Evan Jackson, Nina West, Paul F...

Ep. 183: Nina West, Loosey LaDuca, and Matt Wilkie talk about The Muppets Take Scripthattan The Muppet Script returns to bring you THE MUPPETS TAKE SCRIPTHATTAN! When most people think of the Muppets, they think of the colorful characters made out of fleece and foam. But as with every movie, it all starts on the written page. Before returning to the big screen, the Muppets returned to the writers'...

Ep.182: John Hodgman John Hodgman is the host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast, the co-creator with David Rees of DICKTOWN on FX/Hulu, the author of books like VACATIONLAND and MEDALLION STATUS, and doer of other things.  JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN is a weekly podcast in which I, John Hodgman, listen to real life disputes on issues such as: -is chili a soup or a stew? -is this room in my house called an...

Ep. 18: Harold and Maude at The Westgate Theater by John Gaspard TWO YEARS, ONE THEATER: THE CULT FILM THAT WOULDN'T DIE The studio wanted it buried. Critics dismissed it. But when Harold and Maude arrived at Minneapolis’ Westgate Theater, something magical happened. The quirky dark comedy about a death-obsessed teen and an 80-year-old free spirit found its home. And stayed. And stayed. And stayed...

Ep. 180: Michael Hitchcock (Actor/Writer/Producer) From his critically acclaimed roles in film and television to his award-winning work as a writer and producer, Michael Hitchcock has been an industry standout for over 30 years. Michael currently recurs in Sterlin Harjo’s highly celebrated FX/Hulu series “The Lowdown” starring Ethan Hawke and a rogue’s gallery of outstanding talent including Kyle...

Ep.179: Chris Candy (Actor/Improvisor/Musician/Director) to promote John Candy: I Like Me I had a great chat with Chris about his father John Candy and the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me . We talked about John and the story of the making of the documentary and then got into Chris’s own career in acting, improvising, and talked about his history of his long musical path starting with playing...

Ep. 178: Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror documentary with Director Linus O’Brien The son of The Rocky Horror Picture Show creator Richard O’Brien charts the journey of the sing-along cultural phenomenon. Much like its protagonists, Brad and Janet, The Rocky Horror Picture Showhas had a fantastical and surreal journey into the spotlight. It started life in an 85-seat studio space at Lond...

Ep. 177: Pati Rock Talks About Mick Rock’s New Rocky Horror Photography Book We talk today with Pati Rock Mick Rocks wife about this book, Mick’s work, Pati’s work in fashion, and her life in Nyc in the 80’s Mick Rock Rocky Horror Book available on Sept 29th Step behind the curtain of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with photographer Mick Rock in this one-of-a-kind slipcased collection of rarely see...

Ep. 176: Crispin Hellion Glover (Actor/Director) It was such an honor to chat with Crispin Glover. We talked about the films he directed, his production company, and his connections with Werner Herzog, and David Lynch. This was one of the biggest honors of doing the podcast for the past five years. Bio Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American film actor, director and screenwrite...

Ep. 175: Stephen Bluhm Stephen Bluhm is a gifted songwriter and crooner, lauded by folks like Mike Watt and The Magnetic Fields. His orchestral pop transports me to another place, while his synth stylings recall the best of Talking Heads and Depeche Mode. On his latest album, Out of the Nowhere Into the Here, he explores new lyric and sonic territory, employing a dozen orchestral musicians along w...