Killer Bees 6-4-2018

This episode of Inspirado Projecto, “Killer Bees“, is Co-Hosted by Alec Smart and Sherman Sitter, from the infamous bicycle education improv troupe, “Don’t Feed The Animals“.  The first time I encountered Alec and Sherman, they were performing variety shows on Venice Beach, along with a series of animals, robots, and other creatures. One minute, a rapper named PRISM rhymed about corporations, the next minute, Sherman educated us on how to recycle our trash bin on a Windows PC. They’ve re-visited KCHUNG Studio and contributed their talents to Inspirado Projecto on many occasions. In fact, they kicked off the Inaugural Episode!

Alec and Sherman The LCD Squirrel, interview Steve Brock, about his upcoming solo stageshow performance at the Los Angeles Fringe Festival, “My Calico Soul“. You can learn more about him and his other projects on his WEBSITE.

Some Queen songs were played, “That’s That” segments introduced, robot radio dramas ensued, lots of unexpected improvisation evolved, and Stoney Shores from Yachtley Crew dropped by for a quick interview about tonight’s show at The Viper Room on Sunset Strip at 11pm!

In addition to playing on KCHUNG 1630am Radiodials in Chinatown Los Angeles, Inspirado Projecto streamed visually on Periscope, which can be watched HERE!

The audio archive of the broadcast was saved in two parts. The first part, is the Official Episode “Killer Bees”…

The second part is the Appendix, if you will, titled “Afterthoughts”…

ALSO!!!! You can hear the Inspirado Projecto PODCAST episode “KCHUNG Radio Journey,” of what CEC encountered on his way TO the radio station and on the way home from it, saved in Official Archive Formattika, H E R E !

 

 

Especial Exacto 4-2-2018

This episode of Inspirado Projecto is concocted while flying solo in the KCHUNG Studio. We played an experimental sound collage by Nitroglycerine Pep Club, Rodriguez, Fun Facts by Henry D. Horse, an imperative public service announcement by PSY-CORP, a folk song by Matt Steady, a wonderfully informative bicycle education soundbite from Alec Smart from Don’t Feed the Animals, an extraordinary time travel experience by George W. Johnson,  a series of riffs/ideas recorded into a phone, a unique soundscape by LauraP5, cosmic-based music by Jason Karr, the latest gossip from the Celebrity Afterlife Medium about all of your favourite dead celebrities, one of my Brother Josh’s favourite songs of all time, a song written and performed by Stew Strauss (Woodsman from Twin Peaks), a surprising song from the new Ash Vs Evil Dead tv show, a special rendition of popular favourite by Molly and Spiker, a futuristic dance-o-rama classic by Damas, a super multi-funktacular jazz-sterpiece by Swells, and a fun Americana song by Ken4Strings.  Also, listen for a very special improvised version of “Sweet Home Chicago” recorded at soundcheck before the Hollywood Cares Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Avalon with Peter Beckett (“Baby Come Back”) on guitar, Elliot Lurie (“Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl”) on guitar. Thomas Gardner (from Yachtley Crew) on guitar, Paul Pate (from Yachtley Crew) on saxophone, and me (from Yachtley Crew) on vocals.

Did you know Inspirado Projecto is now also a podcast available for subscription on iTunes? It happens more frequently with more sloppiness.

We also played simultaneously on Periscope in a visual format.

Below you can click on the audio archive from KCHUNG 1630am, to hear it on Mixcloud.

10-16-2017 “Lisa At Large”

Alec Smart and Sherman Sitter from “Don’t Feed The Animals” once again co-hosted Inspirado Projecto on 10-16!

Their cosmic hour spanned everything from bicycles to quantum physics! PLUS they had the ever-talented Captain Nicholas piloting the ship, some new episodes of “That’s That,” and a secret QUEEN song played!

Robert Werner, Andrew Mandapat, Jared Boghosian and Fue Naiuli Johnson from “Lisa At Large” joined them to talk about their new series and the thrill of collaborating with encouraging and pleasant teammates!

You can listen to this magnificent audio collaboration HERE!

10-2-2017 Episode: KAABOO

{Mirror photo by Dori. Colourized/texted by CEC.}

This episode happened synchronistically with news of Tom Petty’s passing. Two weeks prior, I had just seen Petty perform for the first time ever, at the KAABOO Festival, for what could have possibly been his last live performance. He was a thrilling energy to be in the midst of. Soo many memories through the decades of hearing his songs on the radio and in music videos showed up all at once. I didn’t realize until seeing him live, just how many hits he’s created, that we’re all familiar with, so many soundtracks for so many moments in our lives. It felt great to hear mobs of music-goers spanning so many generations, all singing along to his melodies, along with my family and friends. This “KAABOO” episode shares the audio of one of Petty’s timeless classics, recorded that monumental night!

Tom Petty at KAABOO Festival 2017

There was an abundance of amazing art, comedians, arcade games, hybrid humanimal creatures, music and performance art happening in various places about KAABOO. If you took photos of some sculptures with your flash, a hidden designs appeared!

In addition to Petty, some notable musicians I got a chance to see, were Jane’s Addiction, Pete Yorn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael McDonald, Muse, Pink, Eric Burdon from The Animals, Fishbone and others (some of which are played during this episode).

In addition to broadcasting audio on Chinatown’s 1630AM KCHUNG Radio, and streaming live on their website, this 10-2 episode also simultaneously motion-pictured itself in a digital visual format through Periscope. Another intriguing synchronicity happened with this episode. I had recently come across Robert Moss, a Shaman who talks about traveling through dreams and also contacting those who have passed. I planned to play his stuff during the broadcast, long before I heard about Tom Petty.  As you know, the Celebrity Afterlife Report Podcast with the Celebrity Medium, is a staple of Inspirado Projecto. The information braided together quite uniquely. As you know we are always enthused to play music/spoken word that is suggested to us through Twitter, our email, on the bus, etc. We played a wonderful collaboration between A.J. and Tara, a cover of a Roy Orbison classic by Katie Shorey (phenomenal singer/songwriter and the frontwoman for Twisted Gypsy the Fleetwood Mac Tribute), an astounding experimental sound collage by one of PQ Ribber‘s many projects: Boys Nitroglycerine Pep Club, information about the upcoming Yachtley Crew show at Borderline Bar & Grill November 3rd, new Fun Facts by our Resident Trivia Expert and Traveler Henry D. Horse, and a wholesome song by the Cactus Blossoms from Twin Peaks: The Return. There are of course, many other surprises as well!

(Alec Smart/Sherman Sitter and Captain Nicholas did an outstanding job steering the KCHUNG Ship across the Galaxywaves, 9-18, in their melodic episode: “Know Your Dragons”  as well as their stream-of-orchestration: “After Thoughts“. A piece of that episode is found in this episode.)

If you’d like to strap on headphones and take a gander at the 10-2-2017 audio broadcast of Inspirado Projecto, “KABOO”, please CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.

 

 

Know Your Dragons – 9/18/2017

Alec Smart and his Co-Host Sherman Sitter from Educational Collective,  “Don’t Feed The Animals” , sat in for the 9-18-2017 Inspirado Projecto Show on 1630AM KCHUNG Radio in Chinatown Los Angeles.

As normally on par with the course, they spent the hour providing wisdom about bicycles, absurdity, the Golden Rule, and how to most ideally collaborate.

You can experience the amazing broadcast HERE!

They enlisted Station Manager, Captain Nicholas, to add his astounding improvisation collaboration, which can be enjoyed HERE!

If you are a Queen fan, make sure to tune in and check out the episode!

Episode: Eclipse 8-21-2017

This episode coincided with a marvelous event….an eclipse!!!! It’s a common habit with Inspirado Projecto episodes happening on cosmic days. In addition to it being a rare day in the history of life as we know it, we also had some colourful guests in the KCHUNG Studios! A couple of which, are producers of the educational program known as “Don’t Feed The Animals” (Alec Smart and Sherman Sitter).The broadcast happened live in visual form on Periscope too, which can be viewed HERE!

We play a great Fun Fact by Henry D. Horse, feature a mischievous ditty by Joe McGaha’s band Bukett, monkee around with The Monkees, spotlight a wonderfully bizarre soundscape by Boys Nitroglycerin Pep Club, get a deceased celebrity question answered on the new Celebrity Afterlife Report, celebrate a Bonnie Tyler song, spin a mysterious indie classic by Ali Beletic, play TWO Queen songs,  in addition to covering lots of unique information!

I had the pleasure of attending the Micky Dolenz concert, 8-19, in Arizona, which we also speak about on the show. Here he is having a lot of fun onstage with his Sister, Coco!It was an honour to visit the backstage meet-n-greet with Micky, and he was kind enough to do a promo for Inspirado Projecto, as well as autographing the back of my KCHUNG Radio press pass! Dori and I got to meet Coco Dolenz backstage as well. Coco and I shared a fun discussion about art and Amelia Earhart. Oh yes, and if you’d like to listen to the full broadcast of Inspirado Projecto in the KCHUNG Studios, you can LISTEN HERE!

 

Afterlife Episode 6-12-2017

HelloooooOOOOOooooo! This episode is powerpacked with lots of intriguing giblets and vittles!

A great speech by Dr. Amp from the new Twin Peaks Season 3, is played at the top of the broadcast. My little niece Ella and my Brother Josh, contribute some fantastic found poetry.  Two various sound experiments by Nitroglycerin Pep Club (PQ Ribber‘s side project), a couple Fun Facts by Henry D. Horse, mysterious spoken word by Samantha Light, plant music called “Sounds From The Soil“, a cosmic song by Broods, a conversation with my Grandma, body-rockin percussion from Bobbie Deerfield, an adrenaline-filled song by Beelzebullies, new insight from The Celebrity Afterlife Report Podcast, a laid-back folk piece by Skychief, a philosophical selection by Little Lynnie Legend (Lynne Margulies), a song written by Lawrence August, and other surprises are all presented in crispy stereophonics!

This episode is dedicated to my Grandma Gladys Clendenin, who passed away last weekend. Her voice is featured at the beginning and ending of each Inspirado Projecto episode. Thank you Grandma, for your inspiration and encouragement through the years/forever.

This is the link to the show in case you’d like to HEAR IT NOW!

Episode: Micky Dolenz! 5-1-2017

This episode, “Micky Dolenz,” features frequent Inspirado Projecto collaborator, comedian, philosopher, human behaviourist, cinematographer and writer, Craig Spivek. We talked about the process of creation, the traps of modern day schooling, comedy, imagination, off-the-grid gardening, and his personal story about Micky Dolenz. Craig also read a passage from his upcoming book of short stories (the title of which is HERE)! You can order a copy of his motivational memoir, “COMEDY WILL SAVE US ALL” HERE!

Ongoing throughout the episode, we had a contest running on how to WIN A FREE COPY of the cosmically brilliant point-and-click adventure game, “Thimbleweed Park“!!!! The first 3 people to send the answers to the questions mentioned on this episode {inspiradoprojecto (at) gmail (dot) com}, will each WIN a STEAM password to download a FREE copy of “Thimbleweed Park”! Thank you to Emily Morganti for giving us these giveaways. Thank you also to Ron Gilbert, Gary Winnick, David Fox and the gang, for creating such a dynamic invention!

We also played a song by my Cousin Scott Madden’s (who actually has a Monkees tattoo) Madman Band from Chicago (our last show featured their medley of the Ray Charles classic, “What’d I Say”), a promo for the Bunny Bike-a-Thon with Alec Smart from Don’t Feed The Animals,  one by Joe McGaha’s band Bourbon Road, an original Luie Dalmasy piece, some intriguing Fun Facts by Henry D. Horse, a fun old classic by Jason Harrison & Javier Guerrero about their life in Sherman Oaks, a brand new episode of “Celebrity Afterlife Report,” a fun one off of the new Monkees album “Good Times“, got a brief history lesson about KCHUNG 1630AM, premiered a finely crafted piece by Ali Beletic from her new album “Legends of These Lands Left To Live,” let loose on a Frank Zappa favourite,  played a new “Celebrity Afterlife Report” from The Famous Celebrity Medium, presented a new concoction by my song-writing partner Lawrence August and I, and celebrated songs from the Zelda game “Ocarina of Time“! You can watch the archive of our LIVE broadcast on Periscope HERE!

ALSO…if you’d like to hear our “Micky Dolenz” episode archive, you can CLICK HERE!!!

Thank you to my Aunt Nancy, who always encouraged me to draw, bought me art supplies/sketchbooks for Birthdays and Christmases, took such tender care of her gardens and plants, cooked all of those handmade delicious holiday meals, laughed heartily from the belly, smiled perpetually, gave us so much joy on her backyard trampoline/in her swimming pool, threw fun parties in her basement, taught us the benefits of living in a family filled with jokes and pranks (many centered around Easter Peeps), introduced us to Buckwheat Zydeco, and exemplified unrestrained freedom through her many adventures with Uncle Tom, to Texas and beyond.

We love you Aunt Nancy and thank you for all of the memories. RIP.

4-17-2017 IMPROV!

This Inspirado Projecto episode, “IMPROV”, focuses on the art of improvisation acting and how it can be utilized in all kinds of situations. This show marks the largest amount of guests we’ve ever fit into the KCHUNG Studios.  Phil Donlon, Orion Barnes, Darin Toonder, Craig Spivek, Kevin Foster, Alec Smart join us for this momentous occasion. Also, Debbie was there as our lone audience member, as well as Official Documenteer of the photograph above! Thank you Debbie!

At the top of the show, we played a Ray Charles medley by the MADMAN Band from Chicago, talked about stunts and the Deadpool Musical, presented a mashup with a wedding officiant and a song by Diego Stocco, shared stories about our writing process, and played a fun promo for Alec Smart’s DFTA Bike-a-Thon! We also broadcasted LIVE through Periscope (this will most likely become a habit for each episode), which can be seen HERE!

AND…should you like to hear the audio archive of our broadcast…..it can be heard HERE! Thank you for listening!

 

FAR Bazaar Episode 1-29-2017

Inspirado Projecto broadcasted through KCHUNG’s Mobile Transmitter 1-29-2017 from FAR Bazaar’s 40^th Anniversary, in Room FA55 of the Old Fine Arts Complex, at Cerritos College. Were you there in the room between 1pm-3pm?

This episode is co-hosted by CEC, Phil Donlon, Alec Smart, and Sherman Sitter (from “Don’t Feed The Animals”). Josh, Monica, Little Joshua and Gabriella Clendenin showed up to contribute their creativity!

Many surprise guests appear, including celebrities: David Bowie and Frosty the Snowman. Songs/spoken word is featured by: Elliott Smith, The Blues Brothers, Gladys Clendenin, David Lynch, Samantha Light, The Monkees, a mashup of Kurt Schwitters & Moondog, Japanese MEAT Clown, Andy Kaufman, Eagleman, Fugazi, PSY-CORP, Henry D. Horse, Gabriella Clendenin, Warren Zevon, The Human System and Tony Clifton! Check out the video archive of the madness, since we simultaneously broadcasted LIVE through Periscope!

The Audio was recorded with a ZOOM H4n sitting on a table pointed at the audience, offering many more perspectives than what the at-home-viewers experienced.You can listen to it on Archive.org!

This unexpected interview conducted by Casey Rider of A.V. Media, happened outside after the broadcast. Thank you James MacDevitt, Casey, KCHUNG and to everyone who put together such an extraordinary event!

UPDATE! 2-4-2017 . . . Micky Dolenz from The Monkees was just tweeted about the fact that his song with Henry Nilsson, “Good Times“, was played twice during our broadcast at FAR Bazaar. He RETWEETED IT! How cool is it, that Inspirado Projecto is now on his radar?!?!?!