Vintage Annals Archive Podcast

I talked with Matt Wilkie and Hal Lublin about the Live Muppet Movie Script Reading held in February, and the upcoming Scripted Muppet Caper coming up next Monday. It’s on May 5th 7:30 pm (PDT) It will be raising funds for The TransLatin@ Coalition. They shared some amazing stories and we all nerded out about The Muppets. The physical show is sold out but you can still stream Ticket Link Below Mat...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Showed My Photo In A DOGE Hearing And Called Me A Monster. Here's Why I’m Fighting Back. Late last month, I was surprised to wake up to a flurry of text messages: “Girl, you’re all over Congress!” As I opened link after link, I was met with a surreal array of photos showing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leading a DOGE subcommittee hearing, and to my surprise, behind her was an...

Ep. 149: Damon Devine talks about his relationship with Tammy Faye Bakker “As a child in the 1980s Damon Devine watched the PTL Club on Sunday morning TV at his great-grandmothers house. Outside of her, he had no family after she passed away. Having moved to Los Angeles alone in 1990 he met Tammy Faye some years later after seeing the documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Despite religious differenc...

Ep. 148: Jason Joshua (Musician) (From Canvas Rebel Magazine) My name is Jason Joshua, I go by many names like “La Voz De Oro” “El Que Soñas Con Los Ojos Abierto” “ El Principe Del Swing” but you can call me Jason. I was born in Hialeah, Florida and raised in North Miami/ Carol City & Hialeah, all boroughs of the beautiful city of Miami, Florida. I am a musician, composer, producer, instrument...

Ep. 147: Scott Crawford (Documentary Filmmaker) Scott Crawford has spent much of his life devoted to documenting independent culture. His 2015 debut feature-length documentary, SALAD DAYS: A DECADE OF PUNK IN WASHINGTON, DC was critically-acclaimed, receiving accolades from The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Rolling Stone and others. His follow-up documentary, CREEM: A...

Ep. 146: Soltero (Staying Alive Album) Soltero plays a blend of fuzzy rock, jangly pop, and lofi folk songs. The band began in Boston in 2001 as Tim Howard's songwriting project, supported by a rotating cast of friends. In 2018 Tim moved to Berlin, where he met bassist Patti Vacek and drummer Ludwig Kreuzer. Staying Alive is Soltero's ninth record. https://www.instagram.com/soltero_musik Credits R...

Arlene Gottfried was a photographer of the under-represented and underprivileged. While Gottfried shot assignments for The New York Times, LIFE, Time and Newsweek among others she is best known for her photographs of life on the streets of New York City. It was Gottfried’s identification with her subjects that truly set her above the rest. Gottfried spent her early childhood in Coney Island, livin...

Gabriel Amzallag b.k.a. Mc Blue Matter is an artist from Paris, France. MC Blue Matter specializes in album covers, merch design, illustration, and animation. He has made illustrations for the likes of Illa J, Blu & Exile, Curtis roach, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Guilty Simpson just to name a few. MC Blue Matter regularly collaborates with Jakarta records as a graphic designer/illustrator and an...

Live at CBGB's by Erwan Illian A documentary photobook depicting the legendary punk club CBGB's “Erwan Illian’s flash and color slide film photos of this iconic punk rock scene on the Bowery, captured in the late 70’s is a unique and historic document heretofore unpublished.  At that time  “serious” photographers, and Illian was dead serious, were still shooting black and white and just pointing a...

MINNESOTA MEAN takes you into the thrilling world of roller derby, following the lives of six badass women as they chase after the ultimate prize, the Hydra. When the team's top player gets sidelined with an injury, the question looms large: can they still clinch the victory? This isn't your typical sports tale—it's a raw and real look at the tough, independent women at the core of roller derby. I...

Ep. 142: Joe Iconis (Musical Theater Writer/Performer) Joe Iconis is a musical theater writer and performer. He has been nominated for a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award, is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, Jonathan Larson Award and Richard Rodgers Award.  Joe’s musical Be More Chill (with Joe Tracz) opened this season at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre, following a sold-...

Ep. 141: Lara Taubman (Musician) Lara Taubman is a performing singer songwriter currently living in New York City. She is about to release her third album The Gospel of Getting Free. Lara calls herself a troubadour of the new world because she believes in the power of song and story as a critical aid for people who need respite and refuge in a world that is rapidly transforming.  Before she began...

Ep. 140: Jennifer Finch (L7 Bassist/ Photographer/ Producer) Jennifer Precious Finch  is an American musician, producer, and visual artist. Finch was born in Boyle Heights, CA and raised in the working-class neighborhoods of West Los Angeles, Calif. Although Finch is best known for her contributions to the legendary all-female rock band L7, she has also had a rich career as the lead singer and son...

Ep. 139: Michael Rupert (Broadway Star/ Actor/ Composer) In  Falsettos  Michael Rupert created the central role of Marvin, a stressed-out husband who realizes that he’s gay and leaves his wife and son for a man while struggling to act responsibly toward his family. Singer, actor, director, and composer Rupert has often appeared on Broadway in musical theater and is also known for his musical score...

Ep. 138: Chris Estrada (Comedian/ Actor/Writer) in partnership with The Punk Rock Museum I got lucky to talk to Chris about his punk rock roots and his upcoming event at The Punk Rock Museum in which he will host a comedy show and be a tour guide for the museum. Chris is a smart interesting guy who has deep roots in the punk community and punk music. Info here https://www.thepunkrockmuseum.com/new...

Ep. 137: Will Oldham talks about "Babble" by Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause and some other stuff... It was such an honor to get to talk to Will Oldham as I've been a fan of his music and film work for decades. This chat is based on an album called "Babble" by Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause made in 1979 that had a huge impact on his life and music. That led to chatting about another album that was a...

Ep. 136: Robert Lester Folsom (Singer Songwriter) A longtime singer and songwriter, Robert Lester Folsom released his first studio album, Music and Dreams, in 1978. Although it did receive some local attention on its initial release, the record had limited pressings and Folsom was unable to complete a follow-up album during that time. It wasn’t until 2010, when the album was reissued, that Folsom’...

Ep. 135: Alice Bag (Punk Singer) Alice Bag is a singer/songwriter, musician, author, artist, educator and feminist. Alice was the lead singer and co-founder of the Bags, one of the first bands to form during the initial wave of punk in Los Angeles. The Alice Bag Band was featured in the seminal documentary on punk rock, The Decline of Western Civilization. Alice went on to perform in other groundb...

Ep. 134: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentaey w/ Director Garret Price YACHT ROCK : A DOCKumentary. This entertaining documentary traces the evolution of Yacht Rock, a genre that rocks, but not too hard. Starting with Steely Dan in 1976 Los Angeles, the film highlights the rise of key players like Toto, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and Christopher Cross, their sophisticated musicianship, and their colla...

Ep. 133: Things I Didn’t Buy w/ Michael Arvelo Things I Didn’t Buy started in 2020 when my thrifting buddy Victoria introduced me to the world of estate sales. Each Saturday morning we visited homes converted into pop-up retail spaces where everything was for sale. I quickly realized that I couldn’t possibly take possession of all of the fantastic things that I saw, and my Instagram account was bo...

Ep. 132: Portroids Polaroids w Rick DeMint A Portroid is a Polaroid portrait that is autographed by its subject as the photo develops. NYU Langone employee and part-time MBA student Rick DeMint debuted an entire gallery full of them. “I started in 2003 as a means of just documenting my life and tracking the things I was doing,” DeMint said. The project has grown since it began in 2003. Well-known...

Ep. 131: Grace Howard (Author) The Pregnancy Police Decades before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pregnant people faced arrest and prosecution for supposed crimes against the fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses they gestated. The Pregnancy Police investigates the legal arguments undergirding these prosecutions and sheds much-needed light on the networks of health-care providers, social workers,...

Ep. 130: Howard Jones (Musician) Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up. He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering s...

Writer, director, and producer Jen Markowitz is an award winning television writer, producer and director. Their feature film, documentary Summer Qamp, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023, receiving a shortlist mention for the People's Choice Documentary Award. Summer Qamp won the Telus Audience Choice Award and a Special Jury Mention for the DGC Canadian Documentary Feature...

Major Entertainer is a Los Angeles based professional *OPENING ACT* deeply committed to self promotion and social networking. Able to quickly adapt to any situation in which entertainment is required, he shines brightest in front of a small audience who has never heard of him before. Has toured internationally opening for the likes of Neil Hamburger, Secret Chiefs 3, Eric Andre, Pinback https://ma...