Chicago Base Podcasts

On this episode we talk about the series of upcoming Blue Man Group fan meets being held world wide this year, and share some other blue man related news. We also talk to the official executive producer and interview manager of Switchback, Mike Dowler from Santa Clarita, CA.

We talk to Angelica and Athrylis Hodgetts, two ladies who were in the fan documentary Trekkies 2. We dive into their background of being in the Star Trek fan community, and living the life as a Trekkie. Angelica and Athrylis are two of many fans who are classified as filk performers. Filk is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom.

On this episode we talk to Blue Man Group performing director and film maker Jeffrey Doornbos on his new company Alpha Rat Productions. George Griffith and Jeffrey Doornbos started Alpha Rat Productions as a platform to create and distribute film and video projects. After several successful collaborations in New York City, George decided to take it to the West Coast, while Jeffrey stayed in New York to work with Blue Man Group as a performer & director. Now they both live in Los Angeles, and have joined forces once again.

On this episode, we talk to 13 year old child fiddling prodigy, Ruby Jane Smith, who has shared the stage with the likes of Willie Nelson, Big and Rich, Marty Stuart, Rhonda Vincent and many more. Ruby Jane has even been the youngest fiddler ever invited on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Special thanks to Mike Dowler for arranging this interview.

On this episode, Joe runs the controls solo while John is away on a mini-vacation to Chicago and opens up the phone lines for some live phone-ins from Bounce Radio listeners world wide. Some pretty cool things transpire, even a nephew calling in to say hi to uncle stationed in Baghdad Iraq.