Category: Episodes
Craft beer for mental health: THINGS WE DON’T SAY IPA (Episode 574)
Even more reasons to enjoy a delicious IPA: Hope for the Day Partnerships Director Joel Frieders joins me to talk about Hope for the Day’s “Things We Don’t Say” IPA initiative. Car Con Carne is sponsored by Siren Records McHenry
The ‘lost album’ from Chicago’s Urban Idols (Episode 573)
20 years after Urban Idols recorded a “lost” album, it’s been rediscovered and released by Punk Head Records. “Urban Idols: Revisited” is a healthy slice of turn-of-the-century Chicago punk rock, and bassist/vocalist Jason Baygood joins me to talk about it!…
‘The horrors you’re about to witness cannot be unseen’ – PSYCHO GOREMAN writer/director Steven Kostanski (Episode 572)
Psycho Goreman is available on DVD/Blu Ray on 3/16/21!
Time to get fit: Enter CHI-SOCIETY (Episode 571)
The pandemic has found me leaning on some bad eating habits that I’m anxious to undo before I rejoin the general population. CHI-SOCIETY is a locally-based fitness streaming platform, and co-founders Bobby Gouse and Sye Young join me tonight to…
50 years of Alligator Records: Owner Bruce Iglauer and award-winning blues musician Shemekia Copeland (Episode 570)
Alligator Records is 50! To celebrate, watch ‘Sweet Home Chicago-An Online Blues Celebration,’ a streaming event featuring Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, Shemekia Copeland, Li’l Ed Williams and Toronzo Cannon. It’s a ticketed event, and it starts Saturday,…
Talking ‘100 Days to Live’ w/ the twisty thriller’s lead actress, Heidi Johanningmeier (Episode 569)
(Image copyright: Nicholas Puetz) Filmed in Chicago, 100 Days to Live is a fast-moving, suspenseful psychological thriller. Heidi Johanningmeier (Dr. Rebecca Church in the movie) joins me to talk about the film’s suicide themes, overall twistiness and the making of…
The highly listenable, instrumental, post rock/metal/progressive sounds of Coyote Man (Episode 568)
With hints of post rock and metal, south siders Coyote Man are an instrumental band worthy of your attention. They join me tonight on Car Con Carne. Car Con Carne is sponsored by my home away from home, Siren Records…
‘Spaghetti western garage rock operetta inspired by the character Chong Li from the martial arts film Bloodsport’ – Devils Teeth (Episode 566)
Elevator pitch of the year: “spaghetti western garage rock operetta inspired by the character Chong Li from the martial arts film Bloodsport.” That’s how Devils Teeth describes their forthcoming release, La Leggenda Di Chong Li. They announced the details of…
Spawn’s journey from the Image explosion through the Spawn Universe: Editor Thomas Healy (Episode 565)
Fan-favorite comic book character Spawn made his comic book debut in 1992, part of an independent creator revolution that turned the industry upside down. As the Spawn universe continues to grow under Todd McFarlane Productions, Thomas Healy (Editor-Spawn comics; Publishing…
Electro-pop duo Butcher and the Florist (Episode 564)
Electro-pop duo Butcher and the Florist (Jody & Kendel) slinks into the show tonight, on the heels of their “Quiet Beasts” song/video release.
