Hit My Music

Episode 8 - Daniel Makabe

Episode 7 was a wild one. In a completely different way, episode 8 is just as wild. My guest this week is The Wrestling Genius, Daniel Makabe. He doesn't have the manic energy of Wes Barkley, but he does have an eclectic taste, and quite a musical journey. Whether it's starting out listening to Aerosmith, starting a Neutral Milk Hotel cover band, or making his own original music in multiple projects, Daniel certainly covers a lot of ground, musically.

 

In this conversation, we talk about a variety of topics, including the CanCon law in Canada, getting bands to play covers they weren't planning to play, and ill fated co-headlining tours...when you were really only there to see the opening act.

You can find Daniel all over the internet. Check him and his music out in the following places:

Twitter 

Bandcamp - Griefwalker 

Bandcamp - Taxa 

IWTV - The Life Of Daniel Makabe 

 

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Episode 7 - Wes Barkley

Y’all...you’re not ready for this week’s episode. If you have a tendency to listen to podcasts at an increased speed, you’re probably going to want to fix that this week. My guest this week is Wes Barkley, and if you’re familiar with him from the world of independent wrestling, then you know that he is one of the best talkers in the game today. He’s also an interesting fan of music. In this conversation, we talk about being introduced to music and...ahem...ways to get music for free by babysitters, and how those babysitters would breakdance to Vanilla Ice. We also go into tangents about bedroom posters, learning to play guitar, Tiger Woods’ dad, and a career playing bocce. We also talk about playing mind games, and getting blocked by Dylan Postl.

 

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Wes Barkley on Twitter

 

Note: We recorded this episode in August, and a lot of things have happened in the lives of the Rip City Shooters since then. Just something to keep in mind.

Episode 6 - Dr. Ethan Wilde, Ph. D.

Welcome back to Hit My Music. This week, my guest is an academic. A man of learning. A man of high standards. Welcome to the show, Dr. Ethan Wilde, Ph.D. 

 

Dr. Wilde is primarily associated with the goings on at Camp Leapfrog, where he is currently the Camp Athletic Commissioner. Despite his reputation from Camp Leapfrog, I found that Dr. Wilde was a delight to talk to. He has an extensive personal history with music, and we delve into such topics as where his love of vinyl records comes from, which character from A Song of Ice and Fire Mick Mars reminds him of, poison pills in a road trip playlist, and bench press PR songs. We also talk about his use of a harpsichord concerto as entrance music, but we also talk about his dalliance with Yacht Rock.

 

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Find Dr. Ethan Wilde on Twitter

Camp Leapfrog on IWTV

 

Episode 5 - Danger Dean

It's time again for another episode of Hit My Music. This week, my guest is from my neck of the woods. Danger Dean grew up in Colorado, and started his wrestling career here. He recently moved to Washington State, and has been starting to make his name there as well, in addition to occasionally returning to the Denver area to compete.

 

In addition to being a professional wrestler, Danger Dean has a career as a radio personality. He spent a lot of years working for 98.9 FM in Colorado Springs, so I thought he would be a fun guest to have on to talk about music, both in and out of wrestling. And I wasn't wrong.

 

This was a very fun conversation, and we talk about everything from ICP to the golden oldies. We talk about how radio led to his entry into professional wrestling, and how excited he was for his first match to be for a championship. His entrance themes have run a bit of a gamut that leads from Powerman 5000 to Kenny Loggins (sort of), and we even hear some stock music, and there's a very special appearance by a dream guest of this show...or, his guitar, at least.

 

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Danger Dean vs Kikutaro on YouTube

Episode 4 - Sue Jackson

This week on Hit My Music, my guest is Sue Jackson. We start off talking about the two cassettes that his mother kept in her car, which formed his musical base. From there we talk about growing up in the early 90s, discovering grunge and hip hop, finding bands with instrumenting instrumentation choices, and the stigma of being a late 90s teen boy who liked boy bands, which evolves into a discussion of favorite *NSync members.

In the second half of the show, we talk about the effectiveness of the Ultimate Warrior in bringing kids to wrestling, his different entrance themes, and his dream entrance theme. Along the way we talk about the un-suitability of "A Boy Named Sue" for an entrance, no matter how "obvious" it may seem, using one's trainer's theme in representing them, and double stomps to the back of the head...ouch.

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 Links:

Follow Sue on Twitter.

Follow Dr. Magnanimous on Twitter.

Check out the Stream of Inspiration

 

 

 

Episode 3 - Travis Huckabee

This week on Hit My Music, I am joined by Travis Huckabee. The Golden Grappler takes us through his musical life, from listening to Dr. Demento tapes with his dad to what music had been playing at the Crossfit gym he coaches at the week we recorded this show. Along the way, we talk about Orange Cassidy wanting to see 3OH!3, walking around the 2018 Warped Tour in wrestling trunks, Cowboy Thursday, and learning to flamenco strum the guitar.

 

In the second half of the show, we concentrate on wrestling in music. There's discussion of favorite entrance themes, and what wrestling themes are on his gym playlists. We talk about what makes a good entrance theme. And we also dive into Travis' wrestling entrance themes. We start with the early struggles with his theme songs (if you're familiar with the early portion of his career, you know what I'm talking about). From there, we talk about trying to get a theme song for the Rumblebees, in an effort to ditch the first theme, the trouble with trying to communicate with sound people, and commissioning a custom theme...now with 100% more Nicolas Cage.

 

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Links:

 

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Search Huckabee on IWTV 

Episode 2 - Dan Champion

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On this week's episode, I sit down with Dan Champion. If you follow Dan on Twitter, than you are probably aware of his deep abiding fandom of Bruce Springsteen, which we definitely talk about. We discuss how he got there, and which of the Boss's songs are his favorites (spoiler...there are a lot.) 

 

We also talk about why the nu metal songs of the early 2000s might not work as entrance themes. We follow up on some themes from episode 1. And this podcast, along with his performance at BasketBrawl 2021, may have helped him find his entrance theme song going forward. 

 

Links:

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Episode 1 - The Boar

Welcome to the first official episode of Hit My Music.

This episode's guest is none other than Pig Daddy Cool, himself, The Boar. Listen as we chat about growing up listening to pop music, transitioning to a life of listening to no secular music, and then discovering the glory of early Britney Spears. We also discuss the various entrance themes he's used throughout his career, and why Demi Lovato has the perfect song for two large wrestlers to enter to.

Links:

Follow The Boar on Twitter.

Listen to Final Wrestling Place.

Follow Final Wrestling Place on Twitter.

Listen to Viewer's Choice, on the North South Connection.

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The Run Up Episode 2 (Everlasting Minute - Episode 88)

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Tomorrow, the first regular episode of Hit My Music will be released. But first, as an introduction to me as a podcaster, I present an out of context episode of a Movies by Minutes podcast, episode 88 of Everlasting Minute, which was a deep dive into Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

From the original release:

"In minute 88, Mike Teevee is interrupting Willy Wonka, and explains television poorly. Wonka explains how he created Wonkavision…poorly. Also, we realize how much of this scene is lost in translation with today’s television technology. Jason explains his version of 4K to David. We briefly discuss video formats, and why formats end up being adopted. Jason makes a Star Trek reference that completely goes over David’s head. Wonka gives us another literary quote, and we talk Lewis Carroll’s gifts to the literary canon. "

Thank you for listening, and I hope you're looking forward to the first episode of Hit My Music Later this week.

 

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The Run Up - Episode 1

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Today, I present to you a landmark early episode of my first Podcast, Podvocacy. In this episode from November of 2014, my co-host Jason Kirk and I form the Elephant Seal of Approval film rating system that we used throughout the life of the show. CM Punk is announced as a writer on Marvel Comics' Thor Annual. We also talk then current episodes of Doctor Who, The Blacklist, and The Flash. Also, since this is an early episode, we talk about Marvel Puzzle Quest.

Thank you for listening, and I hope you're looking forward to the first episode of Hit My Music Later this week.

 

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