TFTM #157 - Spencer Desmond

Scout Gillett is a multi-talented musician/singer/songwriter/director. She's been putting out tremendous music from her home base of Brooklyn, NY but is presently making some big moves: she's made the leap from label artist to totally independent, and she's leaping across our continent from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Her latest single, "Closer", presages her forthcoming EP "Imagination, MO"... a single for which she directed the music video herself. She has an incredible story, growing up in Independence, MO, and moving to New York with the encouragement of the great Sharon Van Etten, and overcoming some very intense & difficult times to keep making music and growing as an artist. I am grateful to Scout for opening up about all this on the show. Thank you, Scout, & thank you, listener! Enjoy. Scout's video for her latest single, "Closer": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxF577zT2dQ Scout on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scoutgillett/ Scout on Twitter: https://x.com/carolekink Scout's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scoutgillettmusic Scout's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Scoutgillett

Brittany Menjivar is the author of the hit new book Parasocialite. She is also a columnist for the LA Review of Books, and the cofounder of Car Crash Collective, an LA-based reading series. She is also a wonderful guest, as we discuss the great malls of our lives, how she came to found her reading series and meeting Richard Hell. Great episode. Brittany on Twitter: https://x.com/_brittpop_ Brittany on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brittmenjivar/ Brittany's book (buy it): https://www.dreamboybook.club/store/parasocialite

Andrew Wittstadt is a new friend of mine, and a recent alum of TFTM After Hours. He's also one hell of a smart dude, a writer, a thinker, and a podcaster. He's the host of the Heavy Bored podcast which I recommend you check out. He and I have a really wide-ranging talk about writing, movies, love, art, life... what don't we talk about? Enjoy. And thank you, Andrew! Andrew on Twitter: https://x.com/AndrewWittstadt Heavy Bored on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeavyBoredPod Heavy Bored on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/ Heavy Bored Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored/posts

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Orson Welles is an iconic figure. In many ways he's a 20th century American folk hero. Non-cinephiles know him from appearances in TV commercials and Dean Martin comedy roasts & as the one-hit wonder behind Citizen Kane. But the length, depth, & power of Orson Welles' directing career is much greater than many people realize, and he even made some crime melodramas... or film noir. The greatest living poet Tom Will, & the greatest living person Hermes Thurston join me to discuss three of Orson's great post-war crime films: 1946's The Stranger, 1947's The Lady From Shanghai, & 1958's Touch of Evil. Enjoy. Find Tom Will on Twitter & purchase his wonderful books: https://many.bio/thomaswill Hermes Thurston on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HSThurston Purchase Whatever Happened To Orson Welles? by Joseph McBride: https://www.amazon.com/What-Ever-Happened-Orson-Welles/dp/0813124107

Spencer Desmond is an incredible individual; a force of nature. He's a writer, artist, producer, musician & beautiful person. We talk about his film making pursuits, weightlifting, sobriety, New England, John Carpenter, Pauly Shore, & more. Many thanks to Spencer! Many thanks to you, the listener! Spencer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rooster_puncher Spencer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deathcursecomics/

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Tales From The Mall! Today's very special episode features my great friend Patrick Kehoe: first and foremost a father & husband, but also an Irish-Canadian, a '90s dot com entrepreneur, an OG theorycel, a writer, a boxing expert and much more. Patrick and I talk about family, boxing, French theory, the 90s dot com boom, & more. Many thanks to Patrick & many thanks to you, listener. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Patrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatrickMKehoe1

Brantley is an old friend of the show, a return guest... more importantly he is a film professional, a flower farmer, a Southern gentleman and a wonderful soul. He has, of late, become a golf scholar & active golfer. On this episode we talk about breaking up, about golfing, about the great Ron Shelton movie Tin Cup, about screenwriting and much more. Many thanks to Brantley. Brantley's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brantleynow Brantley's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brantleynow/

The brilliant, young Canadian musician, public intellectual, & co-host of the runaway hit podcast NICE, Big Mac McCarthy joins the show for a raw, unfiltered, frank conversation about contemporary Canada, songwriting, love in the 21st Century, the life of a Bohemian musician, going back to school in one's 30s and much much more. Thank you, Mac. Thank you, listener. Enjoy. Mac on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigmac_mccarthy Mac's podcast, NICE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nice/id1727208829?app=podcast Mac's tremendous musical project, Heavy Body: https://open.spotify.com/album/00PloB1qodqxiPwrujVxyY?si=lQpKLIlzR76ZTTQJ6npB-Q&nd=1&dlsi=99b4a855f17346e8

Eric Tolzmann is a tremendous filmmaker, writer & music aficionado. On this episode he and I discuss working in the film industry, Terrence Malick, record collecting, the wounds afflicting the Millenial soul, Dean Martin, growing up in a house with little access to pop culture, and much much more. Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/erictolzmann Eric's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoiserictolzmann/ Eric's website: http://www.zonlyzools.com/ Eric's story "Western Civ" on Apocalypse Confidential: https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2023/05/09/western-civ/