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Author: nzaino

DHFF 2019: A Tragic “Human Form”

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DHFF 2019: Classic Sundays with Edison Studios’ “Frankenstein”

Posted on October 6, 2019October 18, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DHFF 2019: The Terrifying Multiplicity of “The World Over”

Posted on October 5, 2019September 30, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DHFF 2019: “The Cat With Hands” Will Grab You

Posted on October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DHFF 2019: Turn and Face the Strain,“Feral”

Posted on October 3, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DoT EP109: Sue Costello On Staying Positive, Sexism, CBS, and Simmah Down, Plus New Music From Rebecca Turner

Posted on October 2, 2019 by nzaino
Sue Costello is someone I saw early on in Boston, specifically playing a show organized by Jimmy Tingle that featured Costello, Patrice Oneal,...... Read More

DHFF 2019: Tuneful “Hateful Goo”

Posted on October 2, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DHFF 2019: “Okay Google,” Turn Me On

Posted on October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by nzaino
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More

DoT EP108: Dave Ross On Smart and Dumb Comedy, Punk, Masculinity, and Kale, Plus Newly-Released Early Dead Kennedys Music

Posted on September 26, 2019 by nzaino
Dave Ross has a fantastic new album out now called The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex. You can download it, but...... Read More

DoT EP107: Mike Watt on Jumpstarted Plowhards, The Minutemen, and Keeping the Creative Juices Flowing, Plus New Comedy from Dave Ross

Posted on September 18, 2019 by nzaino
Mike Watt is a bona fide punk rock legend. And he probably hates being described like that. His work with The Minutemen and...... Read More

DoT EP106: Author David Demchuk On Strangeness, Folklore, Queerness, and Monstrosity, Plus New Music from Jumpstarted Plowhards

Posted on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 by nzaino
David Demchuk’s first novel, The Bone Mother, came highly recommended to me at NECON this year by Matt Moore, whom I interviewed in...... Read More

DoT EP105: Steve Poltz On Songwriting, Goat Singing, Spirituality, Tom Cruise, and Much More, Plus New Music from Secret Shame

Posted on September 6, 2019 by nzaino
I have met my tangenting match. I went into this interview, backstage at the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a slate...... Read More

DoT EP104: Author Matt Moore on Personal Apocalypse, Brevity, and Brain Chemistry, plus New Music from Steve Poltz

Posted on August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 by nzaino
This is the third and final interview I recorded at NECON 2019, which I have previously described as a mashup of a horror...... Read More

DoT EP103: Horror Author and Editor Scott Goudsward on Zombies, Vampires, and Indie Publishing, plus New Music from Reverse

Posted on August 22, 2019August 29, 2019 by nzaino
This is the second interview I recorded at this year’s NECON conference, which is part horror author’s conference and part summer camp. It...... Read More

DoT EP102: Writer Pornsak Pichetshote and Artist Aaron Campbell on Xenophobia and Horror in Infidel, plus New Music from Landroid

Posted on August 14, 2019 by nzaino
Pornsak Pichetshote edited other people’s books for DC for years before he attempted to write his own. He didn’t give himself an easy...... Read More

DoT EP101: Why Save MAD? with Michael Gerber and Ian Scott McGregor, plus New Music from Twin Peaks

Posted on August 8, 2019 by nzaino
In early July, rumors started to surface that MAD Magazine was going to cease publishing new material and just reprint old stuff with...... Read More

DoT EP100: J. Edwin Buja On His Debut Novel, King of the Wood, Plus New Music from TC&I (formerly of XTC)

Posted on August 1, 2019August 7, 2019 by nzaino
This is episode 100 of the podcast, and I thought about doing some sort of compilation of previous interviews, as I’ve done a...... Read More

DoT EP99: Lucette On Her Americana and Pop Songwriting Influences and New Album Deluxe Hotel Room, plus New Music from Alaskalaska

Posted on July 24, 2019 by nzaino
This episode was originally planned to be a minicast, but when Lucette and I started diving into her songwriting and her new album,...... Read More

DoT EP98: Blood On Black Wax Authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas Talk Horror Movie Music, Plus New Music From Miss June

Posted on July 17, 2019 by nzaino
I had been thinking a lot about how sound – the score and incidental music – effect the mood and even the story...... Read More

DoT EP97: Lucy Isabel On Being a Jersey Girl in Nashville, Leaving Acting for Music, and Her Debut Album, Plus Live Tracks!

Posted on July 10, 2019 by nzaino
If things had worked out as Lucy Isabel had originally planned, she would be firmly planted in New York right now, using the...... Read More

DoT EP96: Lamont Price on Godzilla, P-Funk, Ringo, and Rambo with New Music From Lucy Isabel

Posted on July 3, 2019 by nzaino
If you want to make anything funnier, just add Lamont Price. It certainly made watching Godzilla a much more enjoyable experience, which is...... Read More

DoT EP95: The Beehive Queen Christine Ohlman Talks Rock and Roll, Singing for Saturday Night Live, and Songwriting, plus New Comedy from Erica Rhodes

Posted on June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 by nzaino
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes in this job of talking to notable people, you get kind of a day off. You talk...... Read More

DoT EP94: Bernard Fowler On Singing Backup with the Rolling Stones and His New Album, plus New Spoken Word from Kate Tempest

Posted on June 20, 2019 by nzaino
Face it. Bernard Fowler has a better job than you. Not only does he release his own solo work, like his new album,...... Read More

Tuesday Movie Club: The Dead Don’t Die

Posted on June 18, 2019 by nzaino
It’s hard to make a good zombie film. You can have a talented auteur at the helm, a spectacular cast, and interesting approach...... Read More

DoT EP93: Horror Author Nathan Ballingrud On His Creepy Fun Collection “Wounds,” plus New Music from Bernard Fowler

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by nzaino
Nathan Ballingrud has a wonderfully demented imagination. He has a way of reaching into your brain and finding all of those creepy little...... Read More

DoT EP92: Satirist Jimmy Tingle On Politics and Optimism, plus Audio Excerpts from Nathan Ballingrud’s Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell

Posted on June 5, 2019June 6, 2019 by nzaino
Jimmy Tingle is one of the first people I interviewed in the Boston comedy scene years ago. He was hosting and producing a...... Read More

Richard X. Heyman On Crowdfunding, Caterwauling, and His New Album, Pop Circles

Posted on May 30, 2019 by nzaino
If you want to help Richard X. Heyman release his new album, Pop Circles, you’ve got roughly a week left to donate to...... Read More

DoT EP91: Comedian Erica Rhodes On Art, Discipline, and Her New Album Sad Lemon, plus New Music from Cate Le Bon

Posted on May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 by nzaino
If you have not heard Erica Rhodes’s comedy, you have the perfect excuse to dive in on June 18, when her new album,...... Read More

DoT EP90: Funny Women of a Certain Age with Carole Montgomery, Andrea Henry, and Christine Hurley, Plus New Music from Lucette

Posted on May 22, 2019 by nzaino
Carole Montgomery is 61, and she won’t hesitate to mention her age onstage. That is somewhat unusual in an industry obsessed with youth....... Read More

DoT EP89 Indie Rock Oncologist Karen Haglof with New Music from The Woolly Bushmen

Posted on May 16, 2019 by nzaino
There is so much to explore in Karen Haglof’s career. She started out playing with a band called The Crackers in a Minneapolis...... Read More

DoT EP88: Horror and Comedy with “About A Donkey” Director Christina Raia, plus New Music from Karen Haglof

Posted on May 9, 2019 by nzaino
If you follow the Department of Tangents Blog, there’s a good chance you’ve seen some of Christina Raia’s work. I featured her delightful...... Read More
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