This week on Talking to Ghosts we talk with Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Corrections House, and Mirrors Of Psychic Warfare! We chatted about starting Neurosis in the time of thrash metal, working on Mirrors For Psychic Warfare with Sanford Parker, and composing a soundtrack to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2016 production of “Hamlet.” Scott has many tour dates coming up with Neurosis, as well as a Mirrors For Psychic Warfare European Tour!

The play mentioned by Scott in this episode is called “Ruined” and was written by Lynn Nottage. It won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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This week we talked with Carrie Deal! We chatted about RPG podcasting, trashy romance novels, teaching inmates, and the role of pornography in Japanese art house cinema!

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This we we have our conversation with Berlin group Liste Noire! We chatted about what brought them to Berlin, how their sound changed between projects, the differences between touring Europe and the US, and what Berlin bands we should know!

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This week we have our conversation with Street Sects after their Portland show. We chatted about their performance and it's design and intention, the difference between writing noise for a record versus a live performance, inspiration and practice, and some of the concepts behind their albums.

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This week we had the chance to talk with Rhys Fulber of Conjure One, Delirium, and Frontline Assembly fame! We chatted about growing up in studio culture, getting into making electronic music, the dream location for a Conjure One show, and more!

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We had a chance to talk to the good folks at Weird Candle before their recent Portland show! We chatted about the Verboten Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, shouted out the good folks at I Die: You Die, talked about touring Europe and entering the US, as well as low budget horror film making!

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This week we sat down with the good folks at HexRx (and by we I mean Michael). They talked about how Negative Gain Productions focused and then curated their artists, the difference between labels run by musicians and non-musicians, collected versus using synths, and an exclusive sneak peak of Mr. Kitty played over a cell phone into our microphone!

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This week we check in with our good friends at the wonderful blog I Die: You Die. We talked about such topics as MERPS, GURPS, and Vampire: The Masquerade; Bruce having the worst play group as a young man; Italian bag handlers; and so much more!

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This week we sat down with Skeleton Hands before their show here in Portland. We discussed the relationship musicians have with their output, the small towns that generate large crowds, old bands you hope no one ever discovers, and criss-crossing the country.

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This week we had to opportunity to sit down with KITE before their Portland show. We talked about the long drives of their first North American tour and the importance of a good crew when driving those distances, touring China, constructing live sets, and the difference between working in EPs versus longer albums.

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This week we talk to Will Lewis from Portland Indie Gaming Squad (PIGSquad) about starting an indie gaming community from scratch here in Portland, OR. Will teaches us about an A M A Z I N G role playing game called Microscope and gives us some insight into turning gamers into developers through game jams and other community events. 

For more information about game jams, gaming events, and other fun stuff, please visit the PIGSquad Official Website! You can also follow Will Lewis on Twitter @gamewillpdx

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This week we talked with Astoria-based multimedia artists JR Robinson and Esther Shaw of the music collective Wrekmeister Harmonies! We talked about getting into some major art museums with a film, performing in a graveyard, and traveling to the teahouses of Taipei. 

Wrekmeister Harmonies is still on tour! Go see them live. 

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This week we talked with (and sort of got interviewed by?) writer, podcaster, and editor Sarah Mirk! We talked about living in a preschool, creating your own rules for relationships, subculture, and spent a not so small amount of time shitting on the goth scene (Sorry goth scene, we love you! Sort of!).

Also Michael says some crazy bullshit about Settlers of Catan that turned out to be wrong.

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This week we talk to Portland post-punk band LUNCH! We talked about getting detained in Canada, being desperate vegetarians, the local Out From the Shadows festival, and the Great British Bake Off!

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This week we talked with game designer and writer Laura E. Hall! We talked about journaling, abandoned spaces in Second Life, the beauty and danger of VR, plot without conflict, and games in physical spaces!

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This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Claus Larsen of Leæther Strip. We talked about self-releasing and the downsides of having a label, touring the world, meeting fans, and just how much better Denmark is then the United States!

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This week we had the opportunity to talk with Chicago post-punk group Ganser! We talked about the Out of the Shadows Festival they had recently played here in Portland, as well as the business of making art, driving chemistry, how cinema affects towns, and the Canadian scourge of Rev!

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This week we talk with animator and illustrator Noel Clark of Fullbright! We talked about researching the ways people die, making stop motion, everybody's weird walks, and making interactive children's books! Find recommendations from this episode here!

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We sat down with Gabe Shaw and talked with him about managing the recent 3 Teeth tour with Tool, touring with Haujobb, and how he got started in the tour support business!

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This week we go all the way back to the podcast guest Michael Arthur Holloway for the episode that marks our two-year anniversary! We talk about making music for indie games, blogging about music at work, and the creative process behind Doom Jazz and the new album All The Way Down.

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This week Michael talks with urban fantasy author Randy Henderson! They talked about the process of writing Henderson's books Finn Fancy Necromancy and Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free, the solitary experience of writing, trying to remember your old work, and reading reviews, good and bad.

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This week we talked with game designer Nina Freeman! It was a great conversation in which we talked about moving from the East to West coast, story and writing in games, planning around Fallout 4, and how to get into anime!

You can find a list of recommendations from this episode here!

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This week we have our conversation with the wonderful duo Muscle and Marrow! We talked with Kira and Keith about going on tour with Author and Punisher, terrible Florida billboards, misogyny in music, and hot Fred Durst!

You can find a list of the books recommended in this episode here!

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This week we talked to the wonderful Mr.Kitty! We had a short conversation about touring with IAMX, pissing off Echo and the Bunnymen, shooting gin with Germans, and working with Negative Gain!

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This week we talked with writer/journalist Natalie Zed! We talked about pizza violence, separating art from its shitty creators, the invincibility of Ronda Rousey (oops!) and online harassment!

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We had the opportunity to talk with Jairus Khan of Ad·ver·sary this week! We talked about the health of the goth industrial scene, We Demand Better, unironic aggrotech, and Second Life dance clubs!

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