This week on Mindful of Madness I chat with one of the Colorado Springs music scene's most respected and simultaneously goofy leaders, Sean Ostrow. We discuss building scenes touring and starting his new business What's Left Records. The episode is available everywhere podcasts are found but here are a few quick links in case you … Continue reading Mindful of Madness Ep. 12 Sean Ostrow
This week on Mindful of madness I chat with the incomparable George Wagner, an up and coming Colorado Springs comic and pretty swell dude. We talk writing jokes, finding our voices and the always daunting challenge of translating our weird thoughts into something an audience full of strangers will understand or at least laugh at. … Continue reading Mindful of Madness Ep. 11 George Wagner: Comedy
Hello! This week on the Mindful of Madness podcast I sit down with my friend and wonderful musician Charlotte Rogers! Charlotte writes songs, fronts the fantastic Colorado Springs band Stale//mate and hosts a great all acts open mic at Bar-K every Thursday night. We talk about music, growing as an artist and putting out the … Continue reading Mindful of Madness Ep. 10 Charlotte Rogers: Music
Shredding at The Zodiac with The Mostly Don'ts Hello and welcome to the Mindful of Madness podcast. This week on the show we have the incredibly talented Andrea Stone! When I started this thing I knew I had to talk to Andrea because in addition to being a fantastic singer and guitarist she's also run … Continue reading Mindful of Madness Ep. 7 Andrea Stone: Music/Live performance
This week on The Mindful of Madness Podcast I chat with Pueblo's proudest son (Not an official title) John Brown. John is a killer comic and we get deep on how to navigate our current climate on stage and dig into John's past as a Juggalo, birthday clown, theater performer and finally comedian. Here are … Continue reading Mindful of Madness Ep. 5 John Brown
There’s an extra Sunday in August this year so I guess it’s bonus blog time! I really wasn’t sure what to talk about this week, the last couple entries have gone pretty deep and I’m just not sure I have the emotional energy to go there with this one, so instead I thought I’d talk … Continue reading Plans
Back in March I wrote an entry about how I already missed performing stand-up comedy after something like 2 weeks in lock down. Well it’s June now and I haven’t done comedy in over three months. I may be going insane. I was doing ok for a minute there; writing a lot, catching up on … Continue reading I Miss Comedy
COLORADO SPRING, CO - Physical education teacher Grant Grinner discovered a sentient fungus while cleaning out the boy’s locker room at Northgate Middle School in Colorado Springs last week. “Nobody had been down in the locker room since the whole (COVID-19) lockdown thing started,” Grinner said just hours after finding the thinking mold. “I knew … Continue reading Breaking: Sentient life found in boy’s gym locker
Earlier this week I re-watched Mike Birbiglia’s second directorial outing, Don’t Think Twice. It’s a great indie movie about an improv team at a crossroads. They’re all getting older, their theater is getting shut down and one of their members gets a job at Weekend Live, an SNL rip off so on the nose I’m … Continue reading Unsolicited: Jealousy
There are a lot of reasons artistic endeavors fail; lack of talent or training, a weak personal support system or terrible personality. Hell, sometimes good old fashioned bad luck sinks an idea. But in my very humble estimation, FEAR the single greatest obstacle to good art. In the words of the late, great Frank Herbert, … Continue reading Unsolicited: Fear
