The Indie Magazine Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We have a special episode today with a longtime friend of the pod, Caleb Darger. Born and raised in Utah, Caleb was writing songs and starting bands from a young age. His new album, Fault Line is set to release on 9/14/2024 across all major streaming platforms. We discuss music, his influences, bands in the area that he enjoys and looked up to, and the genesis of the tracks and emotions on his new album. Since we mention it, here's the Key and Peele sketch on 'Old School Hits.'

After the interview with Caleb, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, and then stick around as we have 2 songs from the album, just for you!

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Caleb Darger, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in starting a band, writing an album, and making music. And if you're in Utah, you can buy tickets to his album release show on 9/14/2024 here.

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Album Release Show Info:

"Hello!

In case you've missed it, my album is coming out September 14! I'll be playing a show at Velour in Provo that night to celebrate. My friend Mike, who recorded pedal steel on the album, is flying out from Pittsburgh to perform with me and the rest of the band.

Amanda Carson, who sang harmonies on many of the songs will also be coming out to play an opening set and to sing harmonies with me.

The rest of my band is so incredibly talented, you won't want to miss it! We may or may not be playing a couple Mighty Sequoyah classics.

You can buy tickets here. To sweeten the deal, Mozz Pizza in Provo is offering 15% off to everyone that buys a presale ticket!

I recently released a new version of "Ghosts", along with a music video which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZ9Spjv2xA&ab_channel=CalebDarger

Thanks always for your support,

Love, Caleb"

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Grab your playbill, grab your seat, Celia Wren is on the podcast to talk theater this week! We discuss her history as a freelance theater journalist and former managing editor of American Theatre, the state of theater in the U.S., and how theater is bringing writers and directors in with some of its unique offerings that aren't found in television or movies.

After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, and give a quick tease our next watch along series.

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Celia Wren, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in theater!

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Biography – Celia Wren

From The Washington Post: "Celia Wren is a freelance arts journalist. Her articles about theater, dance, television and more have appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Village Voice, Newsday, the Boston Globe, American Theatre and Commonweal, among other publications."

From American Theatre: "Celia Wren is a former managing editor of American Theatre."

From LinkedIn: "Writer and editor focused on theatre and media criticism. More than two decades of experience. Articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the New York Observer, Smithsonian, Talk, Stagebill, American Theatre, Commonweal, Broadway.com and South Africa’s Weekly Mail."

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Let's recap The Bear Season 3 and The Boys Season 4! Both much-discussed and the subject of numerous criticisms and articles, Madison and Tristan talk about the the newest seasons of both shows.

If you haven't yet, watch The Bear on Hulu and The Boys on Prime.

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We sit down with Emily Eldridge Hall this week, a post production coordinator at Warner Brothers. She discusses her education, work before moving to Los Angeles, and how she found her way into work as a Post Production Coordinator and editor. From Netflix's YOU to Max's Our Flag Means Death, she's been working hard on shows that have been center stage in the past few years. For anyone interested in getting into post production, or who have wondered what that job looks like, this is the podcast for you!

After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss some of the movies and shows they've been watching, including Angels and Demons and Sahara.

We hope you enjoy today's episode with Emily Eldridge Hall, and be sure to share it with friends and anyone interested in post production!

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The Aliens in America series continues as Tristan and Madison dive into the series that set the tone for tons of remakes, cheap copies, and genre tropes. We discuss Ridley Scott's Alien, James Cameron's Aliens, and Scott's return with Prometheus.

In this series, we talk about three movies each episode, each centered around a certain theme. As a pair of paranormal, peculiar, and pensive cinephiles, we dig into the emotion, story, and feel of each movie.

If you liked today's episode, be sure to share with friends and vote in our Alien poll on each episode.

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The X-Files (1998): Rent now on Apple TV+, in addition to other VOD rental sites

Contact (1997): Rent now on Apple TV+, in addition to other VOD rental sites

Arrival (2016): Watch now on Paramount+, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

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This week on The Indie Magazine Podcast, we get to talk with Satyam Shekhar Jha, a New York City-based Generative AI Composer and Musician. He has a unique perspective as a current STEM student who's found joy in the musical expression, and it was a great discussion on how generative music is changing access to that expression.

After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss The Bikeriders, The Acolyte, and what's caught they're eye at the theaters and on the couch.

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Biography:

I am Satyam Shekhar Jha. 

I am a generative artist, i started with simulating physical systems and plotting their trajectories to exhibit aesthetic patterns on Python with NumPy and matplotlib. Later on I discovered TouchDesigner and started making audio-reactive videos. From a few months, I've been trying to synthesize my own sounds using Touchdesigner, meanwhile learning about music production and sound design to make it more pleasing. I plan on learning to control DMX lights too, maybe next year. 

I am a Physicist, i am a full time physics Ph.D. student at Queens College, NYC. Currently I am working with Optomechanical oscillations with Prof. Deych in my 3rd year. For my paychecks i work on non-linear systems but for i own pursuits I examine various complex systems such as cellular automata, Markov processes, diffusion, molecular dynamics and fractals. M.C. Escher and many other artisits have incorporated concepts like hyperbolic geometry to expand our sense of space. I explore such analogies between aesthetics and symmetries using analytical dynamics and molecular simulations. Which led to me discovering generative art. It is something that involved coding, physics and art , all the things that I loved and lived for.

I am a friend. In my observation, some of the most humane people and my friends I've found were people who appreciated art as a medium of expression. And I'd like to find those people again. If you feel like you are one, shoot me a mail. Let's catch up!

Satyam belongs to Jamshedpur. an industrial town in Jharkhand, India. Satyam got his undergraduate and graduate degree from from a reknowned engineering college Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in BHU, Varanasi, India. Satyam was also a part of the Fine Arts Club in IIT (BHU) where he was the Joint secretary of the club handling various financial and leadership goals. He also got a diploma in sculpting from Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, India in 2019.

He went on to do his Phd in CUNY, USA in physics. The pursuit to understand art and physics led him to discover new media arts. When he finally reached NYC in 2021 , the art world seemed lucrative and he wanted to be a part of it. But he didn't know his part in that world yet, which he is still looking for.

Inspirations

- Kimchi and chips

- Prabh Deep

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The Aliens in America series continues as Tristan and Madison ring in the 4th of July the way it should be celebrated.

In this series, we talk about three movies each episode, each centered around a certain theme. As a pair of paranormal, peculiar, and pensive cinephiles, we dig into the emotion, story, and feel of each movie.

On today's episode, we get into the cult classic Independence Day (1996), then M. Night's extraterrestrial horror Signs (2002), and finish up talking about Cloverfield (2007).

If you liked today's episode, be sure to share with friends and vote in our Alien poll on each episode.

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Independence Day (1996): Watch now on Starz TV and FuboTV, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

Signs (2002): Watch now on AMC+TV, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

Cloverfield (2008): Watch now on Paramount+ or FuboTV, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

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Today we've got F. Jacob Alvarado on the pod to talk about the kind of work the folks holding the cameras do. Now, just an FYI, the "F" in his name doesn't stand for "f-Stop," but that was the first thing that came to mind. We discussed his work in Fresno before moving to LA, working on music videos, and his role models in the field. After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss what they've been watching, including Inside Out 2, Sex Education, and more. Enjoy today's episode and be sure you share it with family and friends! -- Links for F. Jacob Alvarado: - Website- Instagram | @jacobalvaradodp - IMDB - StaffMeUp - LinkedIn

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Tristan and Madison continue our summer series, Aliens in America, with three movies featuring aliens getting cozy in our backyards.

In this series, we talk about three movies each episode, each centered around a certain theme. As a pair of paranormal, peculiar, and pensive cinephiles, we dig into the emotion, story, and feel of each movie.

This episode, we discuss Jordan Peele's most recent thriller Nope, a cult-classic animated flick everyone should watch, in The Iron Giant, and wrap it up with an Alex Garland horrifying hiking trip with Annihilation.

We hope you enjoy today's episode, and we'd love to hear what some of your favorite alien flicks are in our poll!

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Nope (2022): Watch now on Starz, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

The Iron Giant (1999): Watch now on Paramount+, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

Annihilation (2018): Watch now on Paramount+ or FuboTV, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

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Today, Madison and Tristan kick off their new series for the summer: Aliens in America.

We talk about three alien movies each episode, each around a central theme. As a pair of paranormal, peculiar, and pensive cinephiles, they dig into the emotion, story, and feel of each movie.

For this first episode, they discuss Spielberg's one-two punch of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. ,as well as the 2019 indie hit, In the Vast of Night.

We hope you enjoy today's episode, and we'd love to hear what some of your favorite alien flicks are in our poll!

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): Watch now on Prime, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

E.T. (1982): Rent now on Apple TV+, in addition to other VOD rental sites

In the Vast of Night (2019): Watch now on Prime, in addition to your favorite VOD rental sites

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