Visceral Musings

Today, I traveled back to my hometown, Show Low, to bang one out (and record an episode) with my buddy and platonic, male counterpart, and multi-media artist, Nicholas "Oz" Perez! Honestly, what is a season of Visceral Musings without Oz? We talked about the death of art appreciation and we also challenge what qualifies something as "art". what makes someone an artist? what makes an album a "good...

Today on Visceral Musings, I talk to my creative partner and one of my best friends on this planet, BREYDON HILL as we unpack the early foundations of his musical endeavors, the lives and deaths of our creative projects, Safety School and Negative Thirty-Two, and I have him read a couple of ad's for me to generate a little revenue around here.  More so than all of that, we talked about Scott Pilgr...

What up?  Today my guest is the host of the podcast A Dirtbag's Guide to Life on the Road, a decorated songwriter, who's back catalogue of work spans over a decade, with features in American Songwriter, and countless other appearances on other platforms across the years, my buddy, the progressive Cowboy, Charles Ellsworth!  We talked about his formative years coming up in the mountains of Arizona,...

Mariska Hargitay! And welcome back to another installment of Visceral Musings. Today, we're talking about the *ss*ss*n*t**n *tt*mpt on D*n*ld Tr*mp's ear, I improvise a haiku, and we talk about me elbowing literal child in the face at an In N' Out Burger, but above all that we're talking about Deadpool 2, the sequel to the first one! All the in's and out's of what make this movie a worthy successo...

I am back from vacation with a solo episode and for the first time, Visceral Musings has no topic! That's right, break from format and we are focussing on a couple highlights from my recent trip from Minnesota, specifically; a few mishaps on an airplane, some terrible customer service and the recent acquisition of a possessed doll from an antique shop in St. Paul. I Tok a few of your itching, burn...

WHAT UP? It is Wednesday and we are at the mid-way point of Season Two! Today, there is no guest, so that means you're gonna hear me yap about the yappenest hero in the world of comic books, Deadpool! We unpack just why I love the Merc with the Mouth's titular film debut and we take a trip all the way back to 2016. But first, we talk about a show I've been watching that has a gratuitous amount of...

Today, my guest was my friend and one of my favorite artists out there today, Allison Tippets! You probably know her from her extensive portfolio as a tattoo artist in the Phoenix area, or maybe you’ve seen her artwork from one of the many projects i’ve worked on and reached out to her to draw something for (including this one).. but hey, regardless of if you or if you don’t, you are in for an abs...

Today, my guests are my very first threesome! It's Zach Perkins and Grant Becker aka the Desert Ratz! We covered a whole range of topics, from being in the army to discovering Grant to be our very first member of the Window Squad, we even found out which Rat is the top and who is the bottom, but mainly we got to do a deep dive on why the Rats give such a shit about the world of Minecraft, and spea...

Today my guest was none other than the phenomenal Russell King! He’s an artist local to Arizona who is known for his music as well as his artwork that explores the psychedelic and spiritual realm and capitalizes on exploring human consciousness. Did I mention, he does all of his artwork by hand? Take a look at how symmetrical he is and be truly blown away. Today we dove deep into cartoons, music,...

It is the season premier of Visceral Musings, and what better way to kick things off than by having a total sweetheart of a guest discuss our favorite fictional character ever created? This episode has to be another one of my absolute favorites and my guest today 100% encapsulates what this show is all about. His name is Josh Reidhead and as it turns out, we grew up together, and also completely s...

Mariska Hargitay, everyone! Today, we recapped all the joy and learning obstacles of Season One of Visceral Musings with Cody Reed! First off, we answered a few of your burning questions from Spotify and Instagram, we go through each episode individually and hit a couple key points, and lastly I give you my mission statement for Season Two. What a joy this has been, thank you for hanging with me,...

Today, we flipped the script for the season finale of Visceral Musings! Your guest host for this episode is none other than my buddy, you know him, you love him... Nicholas "Oz" Perez, and your guest is lil' ol' me, Cody Reed. That's right, I got interviewed for the first time ever, and on my own show, no less. The topic of today's episode is my favorite movie, I Love You, Man with Paul Rudd, Jaso...

Today we get right into it, we're nearing the end of our inaugural season, and for our penultimate episode, we are defending and geeking out over the 2006 +44 album, When Your Heart Stops Beating. Fun fact, Mark Hoppus and I share a birthday. We talk about why I think this album is so great, why I don't think it deserves the hate, and we talk about what I am seeing on my instagram feed right now....

OOPS, ALL CODY! Hello, and welcome back to Visceral Musings! Today there is no guest, it's just me, your host; Cody Reed! Since the guest picks the topic and today I am my own guest, we are talking about the 2008 Mike Myers movie, The Love Guru, why I think that it does not deserve the hate it gets, and why I think you should give it another shot. Sit back, hang out, and lets find out what songs I...

hello and welcome back for another installment of Visceral Musings! today my guest was the vocalist of the band Vacant Skies, he’s an artist, and a total slut for a kombucha; it’s Larry Reynolds! it was a total pleasure finally getting to know someone who i have gotten to share the stage with so many times and to get to talk about one of our favorite albums of all time: AFI’s 2013 album Burials! W...

hello and welcome back to Visceral Musings! it is season 1 episode 5 and my guest today was an absolute joy. as I've said before: you know him, you love him, and if you don't, you will, his name is Nicholas "OZ" Perez, and we had such a great time this week. he is hands down, one of the funniest, caring and most passionate people I have had the privilege of calling a friend. enjoy us discussing th...

My guest this week is 1/4 of the band "Phil the Band", acting as a secondary songwriter, and lead guitarist. He's my former bandmate, and one of my favorite humans on planet Earth... Tony Zavala! We talk about losing our virginities, we talk about starting a family, making music,  becoming the best of buddies, and best of all, we're talking about the movie 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and why we love...

My guest today is none other than the singer, songwriter, and heart beat of the band Phil the Band, Ian Dupeire, and holy fuck do I hope I am spelling that correctly. We talked about starting bands, ending bands, getting branded, and most importantly, we talked about why he says that Dumb and Dumber is the greatest movie ever made. Thanks for sticking around and sorry for missing a week, but we ar...

Today we’re defending the absolutely polarizing Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace! Love it or hate it, we’re finding the silver lining. Enjoy this “shout out” laden episode of Visceral Musings with my friend, Jonathan Apodaca! We talked about Negative Thirty-Two, Camp Punksylvania, and we even found out that Joe sure does know his Dateline NBC! Enjoy Visceral Musings — We will see you ever...

Today, on the inaugural episode of Visceral Musings, I talk to my childhood best friend, Josh Smith. We talk about growing up, trauma, being vigilantes, and we brush up on our secret language from years ago. The topic of today's episode is Religion, and boy do we have a lot to unpack here. Enjoy Visceral Musings. See you every Wednesday! 

Hello, my name is Cody Reed. This is my podcast, "Visceral Musings". It is a passion project I have been wanting to do for years. This is me laying the foundation for this project and letting you, the listener, know what to expect going forward. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.  Reluctantly and gratefully yours, Cody Reed*