The Nerdologues

We're putting together a collaborative tribute and we'd love your help!

Dive in to this inception of a podcast: MBS was on Blank Cassette to talk to Eric Garneau about U Talkin' U2 To Me. On a week by week basis, Eric uses Blank Cassette to interview a guest about a mixtape or playlist they've made in the past and what went into its construction.

This week: A podcast discussion of a playlist tribute to a podcast about an iconic band (mostly). 

For the first time, we rocked out the big stage at the Beat Kitchen to celebrate the award-winning Muscular Clown and their latest production, the Street Wizard's Apprentice webseries! 

Jo manages to leave her uncle's bunker with the help of her new companions, Jee-Hyun and Scout. The three of them end up trapped on a spooky college campus where dorm life is even worse than before...

Our dear friend Ben becomes the first Blank Cassette three-timer with a story about the work it requires to be there for your family. 

Melzer has been mesmerized by Wes Anderson's style since he saw The Royal Tenanbaums in high school, but it was his ability to relate to Rushmore's Max Fischer that cemented Anderson in his pile of people to intake, praise, and emulate. Wander through Wes's filmography with an aspiring filmmaker and learn about how important storyboarding is for Anderson's films, the ways he has brought back classic filmmaking techniques, and the distinctive dialog and powerful aesthetic choices that craft his unique and endearing style.

Turns out a bunch of nerds really love movies. Who knew? 

Lots of life events can produce the same feelings a breakup does. This week, theater producer Kelly Opalko shares a breakup mix that isn't, cuz you gotta have something to get those feelings out. 

Ever since Ben learned to ace Jungle King and Fireball in his family's basement as a kid, he's been a pinball fiend, seeking out machines on boardwalks and at bars so enthusiastically that he eventually founded Pinball Chicago, a league of competitive gamers and compendium of spots in the city that offer pinball.