Vintage Annals Archive Podcast

Ep. 53: Ashleeta Beauchamp (Burlesque/Magazine Publisher) Ashleeta Beauchamp is a glamour ghoul intersectional feminist and smut peddler. Ashleeta is a burlesque dancer from Hollywood California. She is also the creator of Peek-A-BOO! Magazine. A playboy style horror magazine that features artful nudes of your favorite monsters alongside social conscious think pieces. You can find her on instagram...

Ep. 52: Gene Barretta (Illustrator) *We mention his new book but this was recorded a year ago. Biography (written from Gene's perspective) Gene - I moved 27 times - lived in six states - graduated NYU film school - interned at MTV - made industrial training videos - videotaped surgery - played in a rock band - spent a day with Mr. Rogers - spent an evening with Jim Henson - drew storyboards for Mu...

Bonus Episode: Instagram Accounts We Love (Dollar Country and An Earful Of Wax) Vinyl Episode An Earful Of Wax Gospel Outsider County and much more... He also co-hosted the Mojo Nixon and Found Footage Festival as co -host for Joe's episode. https://www.instagram.com/an.earful.of.wax/ Dollar Country    Dollar Country is a radio show hosted by WTFC radio. It primarily features country 45's...

Ep. 51: Dean Friedman (Musician, VR Creator, Author) Dean Friedman first marked his entry into pop consciousness with the Top 20 chart success of his infectious hit single, Ariel , a quirkily irresistible and uncategorizable pop song about a free spirited, pot-smoking, vegetarian Jewish girl in a peasant blouse who lived, as the lyric goes, "...way on the other side of the Hudson".  Frie...

Bonus Episode: Minx Season Two Sound Team with Brienne Rose, Jackie Westfall, and Jaclyn Newman *This episode will also be on our Podcast - Pelt - A Minx Podcast (available on Spotify and Apple) The team (which there are others not mentioned here) that worked on the soundtrack and sound editing for Minx Season 2 is amazing! They are insanely knowledgable and have amazing taste! It was such a pleas...

Ep. 50: David Gebroe (Discograffiti Podcast) and Paul Major (Private Press)Meet Paul Major. Paul is the greatest, most enthusiastic private press record collector of all time—and leader of the thunderously awesome band Endless Boogie—and he’ll be introducing you and I to a brand new incredible record you’ve almost definitely never heard of every single week, along with personal tales of tracking t...

Ep. 49: Eric Edelstein (Actor) I got very lucky to get to know Eric through the vintage page and honestly had one of the most rewarding experiences recording an episode with him. It's one of my favorites. Eric is a great actor, but also a great human being. He is what us Jews refer to as a mensch, which translates to a person of integrity and honor. Eric is an excellent actor and a very authen...

Ep. 48: Damon Devine (Caregiver and Make up Artist for Yma Sumac, and Webmaster for Yma-Sumac.com) Damon Divine is the owner and webmaster of the Yma-Sumac.com website and was Yma Sumac’s representative, personal assistant, makeup artist, and eventual caregiver for the last 11 years of her life. Because of these roles in her life he has been able to grant interviews to numerous publications includ...

Ep. 47: A Conversation with Brian "Box" Brown (Comic Artist) I have been lucky to have known Brian for more than 15 years. I met him through his wife Sarah doing a musical years ago and luckily have gotten to know him much better as a friend. Brian is an amazing artist, activist, biographer, and researcher. This episode is part of a series called "Conversations with Friends" wh...

Ep 46: Alyssa Al-Dookhi (Comedian/Educator/Activist) Alyssa Al-Dookhi (they/them) is a comedian, educator and activist who has been featured on CNN's United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. They are a YallaPunk artist fellow and official POC (Person of Comedy), and have received grants from the Independence Public Media Foundation and The Leeway Foundation for their upcoming talk show for...

Ep 45: Jason Hammer (of Hamer FX) Lead Prosthetic Artist for "Minx" Season 2 HAMER FX  Hamer FX is Jason Hamer's boutique effects shop specializing in prosthetic make-ups, animatronic characters and sensational practical effects - after twenty years in the industry working for other people Jason figured it was his time to be winning the Emmys so he set up Hamer FX and did just that....

Bonus Episode: My Long Winded Weird Stories involving Pee Wee Herman 1985-2023 These are at best tangents of stories but then do start in 1985 and end in 2023. Long Live P.W DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT ASKED FOR... The announcement asked that fans who wish to honor his memory donate to Stand Up to Cancer and organizations that are involved in dementia and Alzheimer’s care, research and support. https://sta...

Bonus Episode: In conversation with Brian Box Brown and Perry Shall about Box's Graphic Novel "The He-Man Effect". About Perry Shall http://www.perryshall.com About Brian Box Brown https://www.boxbrown.com About The Book https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250261403/thehemaneffect Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic nov...

Mini Episode - Kevin Allison talks about "MTV's The State" Live Reunion Show 8-30-23 Info Here https://www.paramountdenver.com/event-calendar Tickets here https://www.ticketmaster.com/the-state-breakin-hearts-dippin-balls-denver-colorado-08-30-2023/event The Union of The State Hardcover – May 3, 2016  by Corey Stulce   "The Union of The State," by author Corey Stulce, is th...

Ep 44: Ellen Rapoport (Creator and Showrunner of "Minx") My only real introduction to the material in this episode are the words Clifford's Big Red Dick. If that doesn't inspire you to listen, I just don't know what will. I lied. I have one more thing to say and that is, mark my words, Ellen Rapoport will either be a very powerful woman in Hollywood in two years, or she will...

Carleigh Herbert is a makeup/fx artist from San Diego, CA. She began her makeup career at the age of 19, after leaving behind her study and practice of choreography in dance due to medical conflicts.  Her love of gore and character work took her from stage performance to pursue film and television. After years of running independent movies and working in a prosthetic fx lab for Kenny Myers and Ski...

Ep 42: The Dead Milkmen Interviews (Part 2) w/ John Ross Bowie (Dean/Dandrew)  The Dead Milkmen is an American  ⁠⁠⁠punk rock⁠⁠⁠  band formed in 1983 in  ⁠⁠⁠Philadelphia⁠⁠⁠ . Their original lineup consisted of vocalist and keyboardist  ⁠⁠⁠Rodney Linderman⁠⁠⁠  ("Rodney Anonymous"), guitarist and vocalist  ⁠⁠⁠Joe Genaro⁠⁠⁠  ("Joe Jack Talcum"), bassist  ⁠⁠⁠Dave Schulthise⁠⁠⁠  (&qu...

Ep 41: The Dead Milkmen Interviews (Part 1) w/ John Ross Bowie (Rodney/Joe) The Dead Milkmen is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia . Their original lineup consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"), guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"), bassist Dave Schulthise ("Dave Blood") and drummer Dean Sabatino ("Dean Clean"). The band...

Pinbox 3000 Cardboard Pinball Project and Fundraiser (w/Ben T. Matchstick and Morgan Fitzpatrick Andrews) Who is Cardboard Teck, and what is the PinBox 3000? Cardboard Teck Instantute is Ben t. Matchstick and Pete Talbot who use their combined powers as artists, educators, and makers to bring audiences, students and customers interactive events and products made from the reworked packages of the s...

Ep 40: Julie Klausner (Schmigadoon, Comedy, Broadway Theater) Julie and I talk about what it was like to write for Schmigadoon Season Two, growing up seeing Broadway musicals, working with Kids in The Hall, Cats, and much more. Julie Klausner is the creator, writer and star of Hulu’s critically-acclaimed Difficult People, produced by Amy Poehler and starring Klausner and Billy Eichner as two pop c...

Ep 39: Found Footage Festival w/ Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett (aka Chop and Steele) The Found Footage Festival live show debuted in New York City in 2004 and has gone on to sell out hundreds of live shows each year across the U.S., Canada and the UK, including the Just For Laughs Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Bonnaroo. It has been featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel L...

Ep 38: Jodi Wille (Filmmaker, Curator, and Book Publisher) Focus on the Book - Family: The Source Family Scrapbook and The Unarius Academy I talk with Jodi Wille about her long term book, documentary, and archival project with The Source Family and her work with The Unarius Academy of Science in making a short and feature film about them. We also get into her photography work with The Sparks and R...

Ep 37: Heads Together. Weed and the Underground Press Syndicate 1965–1973 (A conversation with David Jacob Kramer and Box Brown)  The youth uprising, now simply called “The Sixties,” was fed by one of the greatest booms in publishing history. The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) began as a loose confederation of five papers in 1966, and within a few years swelled to over 500 across the world, rea...

Ep 36: Cedric Yarbrough (The Black Version/ Reno 911/ Speechless) In this episode we talk to Cedric Yarbrough, who might be hands down the nicest guy in Hollywood, and what us Jews call a real Mensch. We talk about his love for Musical Theater, his memory of working with Bernie Mac, being razzed by Dustin Hoffman, what it was like to wear a large prosthetic ass, and how he had a dream come true wh...

Mini Episode - Mrs. Mean Teacher Learned Not to Fuck with Momma Bear or her Cub I have known Brian since 2007 or so when they performed in a production of "Rent" I directed in West Philadelphia. I asked them to share a story about a good teacher and a bad one. Let's just say I was not expecting the second story. It's a doozy. Brian is a sweetheart of a man and one of the most aut...