We Came From Celluloid Guest Episodes
These guest episodes are part of We Came From Celluloids Nicky P & Brians desire to lift all ships in the Cleveland scene. We have real conversations with the artists, promoters & other creatives in the trenches making something special here in CLE. What started as our way of introducing out of town bands to our local audience has become something more precious to us.
Back to the Boones: A-Dub HDX on 20 Years of Cleveland Hip Hop, From Peabody’s to a Concept Album | We Came From Celluloid 029-G-G
Cleveland rapper A-Dub HDX joins Nicky P and Brian Pritchard to talk 20 years of shows, booking a solo Southwest tour when nobody else could come, rapping only what’s real, his album Back to the Boones, and the mixed-genre Devils Night bill they’re sharing at the Maple Grove.
Make It Faster, Add Punk, Cut the Intro: Akron Pop Punk Band In A Rut on Songwriting | We Came From Celluloid 029-G
Akron-area pop punk/alt rock band In A Rut (Chad, Chris, and Steve) join Nicky P and Brian Pritchard to ask what keeps grown men with kids, homes, and day jobs in a band: the $70K–$100K math that rules out going pro, songs that always get faster, their new song Leniency, and building a scene at the Maple Grove.
The Show Must Go On: The Femaliens & Why All-Ages Spaces Matter | We Came From Celluloid 028-G
Pittsburgh band The Femaliens (Emily “Chaos,” Chandrika, Jules, and Eve) join Nicky P and Brian Pritchard to trace how a show nobody would cancel became a band: their two-month scramble to a first gig in Erie, a Chupacabra song born at a hungover cabin retreat, their debut album, and Pittsburgh’s crowded DIY scene.
Where’s Your Energy Going? Jeremy Jones on AI Show Posters and Bands That Phone It In | We Came From Celluloid 027-G
Jeremy, the sound engineer and booker at Maple Grove Tavern, joins Nicky P and Brian Pritchard to talk about life behind the board, why AI-made show posters mark bands that are phoning it in, Final Fantasy VII and storytelling in games, game soundtracks versus film scores, and the recording studio he’s building in Cleveland.
Sparks McFly: Ben Pritchard on Making Movies With No Script and No Gatekeepers | We Came From Celluloid 026-G
Brian Pritchard’s son Ben, filmmaker and the musician behind Sparks McFly, joins Nicky P and Brian to talk about making found-footage mockumentaries with no script, the online creator collective that became Ohio Walnuts and Next Up, chasing a filmmaking career without gatekeepers, and how a Kickstarter-funded trip first brought his internet friends together in person.
Bubble Bobble, Barenaked Ladies, and Taking Silly Seriously With Master Hand | We Came From Celluloid 024-G
Nicky P and Brian Pritchard host Masterhand frontmen Saker and Richard Farson ahead of their shared Bessie Fest bill at The Cove. They cover Masterhand’s accidental-supergroup origin, a scrappy first tour opening for nerdcore legends in a Donkey Kong costume, video-game-band identity, songwriting duties, and a horror-movie detour through Oddity, Longlegs, and The Substance.
All Torn Up, Cop Out, and Bowhead: Joey Steele on Music as Community Organizing | We Came From Celluloid 022-G
Joey Steele, Brian Pritchard’s bandmate from their teenage band Nosferatu and now the frontman of All Torn Up, Cop Out and Bowhead, joins Nicky P to argue that music is community organizing. They cover The Commitments, punk scenes, Night of the Living Dead and Spike Lee as political awakenings, Malcolm X, and the moment between thought and action.
From College Radio to Breaking News: Ryan Albanese on Luck, Hustle, and Chasing Movie Sets | We Came From Celluloid 021-G
Ryan Albanese, who finds real-world movie filming locations on YouTube, joins Nicky P and Brian Pritchard. He covers how Singles and Field of Dreams got him started, tracking down the Remember the Titans houses and a Braveheart field in Ireland, landing Paul Walter Hauser with a Twitter DM, and how the channel helped him land a job as a breaking news photographer.
Band Loyalty, Lyric-First Songwriting, and the Real Cost of Touring with Day Jobs With PsyDefects | We Came From Celluloid 020-G
Dennis of PsyDefects, from the Sioux Falls area, joins Nicky P and Brian Pritchard ahead of Puma Thurman’s tour. They talk about his band’s first album Mr. Nothing, reconnecting with his old college roommate at a friend’s funeral, writing lyrics first, whether a band should play Creep for the crowd, and the story behind the song Olive Juice.
Tribute Bands, Imposter Syndrome, and Getting Out on the Road With Tlalok Rodriguez | We Came From Celluloid 019-G
Milwaukee musician Tlalok Rodriguez, who made Puma Thurman’s Milwaukee tour stop happen after seeing a post, joins Nicky P and Brian Pritchard to talk about his many projects, including Los Mipoteros and the Bee Gees tribute Night Fever MKE, plus tribute bands, imposter syndrome, finding a sax player, and pulling a Blues Brothers at the wrong gig.
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