FYIZ is a catch-all feed for podcasts produced by pop culture escapist John Walker, and home of two monthly hangout shows: RESPECT THE STACK, a book-oriented conversation co-hosted by Bekah Eaton, and NOT GREAT, BOB, an open-ended chat with filmmaker Bob Rose about whatever comes up.
Episodes
Nov 26, 2019
Nov 26, 2019
54 min
Maria Taylor of Azure Ray and Little Red Rocket chats about her musical beginnings, from childhood blues improv (you read that right) to the first work that made her proud as an adult. It's a good one, folks! (Part 2 is coming soon.)
Buy Maria's new self-titled album at
flowermoonrecords.com
mariataylormusic.com
Follow her!
Twit: @maria_taylor
Insta: mariataylor1111
Oct 19, 2019
Oct 19, 2019
1 hr 22 min
There’s no Better Call Saul in 2019 but that doesn’t mean Saul Searching has to take the year off too! So thank goodness Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul have brought back Saul’s most vulnerable client, Jesse Pinkman, for an emotional coda that picks up right when Breaking Bad left off, because finally Chris and John have something to talk about! It’s the podcast equivalent of a trashbag full of unmarked bills. Spend it wisely.
Feb 6, 2019
Feb 6, 2019
49 min
Travolta. Gotti. Nagle. Walker. All the most noteworthy Johns, finally packaged in one convenient podcast! In this episode we take a look at Vinnie Barbarino's very own, much-maligned mob epic, GOTTI, and try to determine why nobody liked it.
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@jnagle4
www.medium.com/@jnagle4
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@giannidubya (twit and insta)
music at: soundcloud.com/sighfigh
film podcast at: movieschmovie.com
Dec 24, 2018
Dec 24, 2018
53 min
This debut episode of Slash Course, a new show about horror and horror-related topics, centers on director Bob Clark's seminal cult flick, the stealthily influential Black Christmas. Special guest Patrick Anderson helps to untangle the mysteries of a crazed murderer known simply as Billy. So get out of here! THE PODCAST IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE INTERNET!
Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018
1 hr 10 min
Getting in just under the wire before the Solstice, Nagle and Walker are back with a cornucopia of seasonally-appropriate Jamz they enjoyed during Fall 2018, and which will surely give comfort for months to come. From rustic British pop to so-called yacht rock, with country-tinged R&B in between. Listen up! And learn to judge a person not by their foibles, but by the seriousness of their funk.
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Nov 17, 2018
Nov 17, 2018
58 min
There are a lot of reasons a song might get stuck in your head. Sometimes it’s because the thing is so darn catchy. Other times, it might be a theme or idea that resonates with you. But once it’s in there, a true earworm won’t leave. In this episode, I chat with a gaggle of folks about the tunes that plague them, in addition to breaking down the lyrical quirk of a particular classic rock cut which has nagged at me for decades.
NOTE: This is an archival podcast originally released on July 6th, 2015.
Chris Garrison is a cartoonist and inventor of games and has been my friend since 7th grade. Peep his crazycool drawings at garrisonsjunk.blogspot.com.
Underground mainstay Skizz Cyzyk creates movies and music and does many fun things related to movies and music. Try to make sense of all the hats he wears by checking out his web-hub, skizz.net.
Comedian Ronald James is co-host, along with yours truly and our pal Steve Reter, of Movie Schmovie, a film conversation podcast that will hopefully make you laugh and give you a safe place to overthink your cinematic favorites. Find it at movieschmovie.net.
And speaking of film podcasts, you really should be listening The Projection Booth, on which Mike White, Rob St. Mary, and a shockingly comprehensive gang of guests go deeper than anyone else into the way movies are made and how they make us feel. It’s addictive and it awaits you here at projection-booth.blogspot.com.
Check out Jess Rapisarda’s wonderful and often hilarious blog at welcometothebundle.blogspot.com.
Shit-Stirring Benn Ray’s trenchant opinions and observations can be enjoyed @mobtownshank. And if you’re ever in Hampden, MD, pop in to Atomic Books for some good reads, art toys, and cold beer, possibly served by the man himself.
If you’d like to suggest topics or make any comments on the show, please follow us on Twitter @infotazement.
Oct 13, 2018
Oct 13, 2018
1 hr 16 min
Another excellent season of Better Call Saul draws to a close, and Chris and John are here for one last conversation about Jimmy's slip and Mike's measures, as well as a breakdown of the pilot episode of Mork & Mindy in the final round of our spinoff challenge. It's all... pretty swell, fellow.
Watch the Mork & Mindy pilot so you can laugh knowingly at our tangents!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4P_lBT2z6E
Oct 7, 2018
Oct 7, 2018
1 hr 15 min
Chris and John take in the penultimate episode of Better Call Saul's fourth season, "Wiedersehen," and puzzle over where all of this is heading in the upcoming finale. They also assess another spinoff challenger in the form of Yogi's Galaxy Goof-Ups, a Hanna-Barbera show from 1978 that exemplifies the inescapable animation studio's cartoon-spewing, budget-conscious ethos at the time.
Tune in to the Galaxy Goof-Ups pilot here! Just don't blame us.
https://vimeo.com/253063114
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sighfigh.soundcloud.com
movieschmovie.com
Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018
56 min
Chris and John chat about "Coushatta," another dazzling episode of Better Call Saul that adds a new dimension to Jimmy and Kim's relationship. Then they turn their attentions to Saul's latest spinoff challenger: The Lone Gunmen. This X-Files offshoot ran for 13 episodes in early 2001 and a few things have happened since then. How does it hold up? The truth behind it all is laid bare in this very podcast.
Watch The Lone Gunmen pilot if you want to play along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o3lHajdB3A
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movieschmovie.com
Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018
51 min
Looking for another challenger to Better Call Saul's place atop the spinoff heap, Chris and John give their customized globe a (final?) whirl and land in the magical land known as Baywatch Nights. Only then does the battle between Odenkirk and Hasselhoff begin. Whose side are you on?
P.S. The latest Better Call Saul episode, "Something Stupid," is also discussed (duh).
Baywatch Nights had two iterations, a detective show and an X-Files ripoff. Watch the first version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ZGBye0cz0
And the supernatural option here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak10FfIFYTY
Follow John!
@giannidubya