Mark And Me Podcast

Hands Down.On this episode we speak to Chris Carrabba. Chris is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, lead singer of the band Further Seems Forever, and is the vocalist for the folk band Twin Forks..Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Last Goodbye.On this episode we speak to Merri Cyr. Merri Cyr has worked as a fine art and commercial photographer since 1990. Primarily focused on portraiture of musicians and artists, her clients include Disney, Apple, Columbia Records, Sony, Vimeo, Warner Brothers, Verve, Polygram, Rolling Stone, among many others. She is author of “A Wished-for Song, Portrait of Jeff Buckley” and has recently completed her second book “25 Years of Grace”, a project commissioned by Rowman and Littlefield. For both books, she created the photos, conducted interviews, and executed the graphic design as well. Her photography is represented by Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City and Los Angeles.Earning her MFA in design/digital art at UMass Dartmouth in 2019, Merri graduated with honors and now focuses her attention on projects incorporating social practice ideas into her teaching, artworks and curatorial practice.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Carry the Fire.  On this episode we speak to Dustin Kensrue again. Dustin is a musician, songwriter and former worship leader. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the rock band Thrice, as well as a solo artist and host of the podcast Carry the Fire.Check out Dustin's podcast here https://carrythefirepod.comPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Snowball Returns. On this episode we speak to Scott Mosier again. Scott is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, editor, podcaster, writer and actor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast, SModcast.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

One Alone. On this episode we speak to William DuVall. William DuVall is an American musician, best known as the current co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Alice in Chains. DuVall has recorded three albums with the band, 2009's Black Gives Way to Blue, 2013's The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, and 2018's Rainier Fog.DuVall is also co-founder, lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for Comes with the Fall. Since 2016, DuVall is the lead vocalist for the supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra. In his long musical career, DuVall has played a role in many bands playing in a variety of genres, an example being the influential punk rock group Neon Christ.DuVall's first solo album, One Alone, will be released on October 4, 2019.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Snowball. On this episode we speak to Scott Mosier. Scott is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, editor, podcaster, writer and actor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast, SModcast.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Rabid.On this episode we speak to Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska, also known as The Soska Sisters or The Twisted TwinsThe Canadian twin sisters who work together as film directors, producers and screenwriters. They are known for directing often violent and visceral horror movies such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk, See No Evil 2, American Mary and Rabid. Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

The Makeup Man.  On this episode we speak to Craig Reardon. Craig Reardon is a make-up and special effects make-up artist who worked on the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In 1993, Reardon won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for his work on the television show Square One TV.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Godfathers of Hardcore.  On this episode we speak to Emmy Nominated and Award winning Film, Commercial & Music Video Director / Producer / Editor Ian McFarland. Having started his career as a professionally touring musician and then a film editor, Ian brings a particular understanding of structure, music, pacing and emotion to his projects. He started touring the world in bands at an early age, performing at a wide range of venues: from punk rock parties in backyards and living rooms to major European Open Air Festivals.  In the past 10 years he has directed numerous music videos for Grammy-nominated international acts, created Emmy-nominated and award-winning films aired on VICE, ESPN, MTV & LOGO. He has also worked with top brands, ranging from BOSE and Fidelity to The Boston Celtics and Bank of America.Ian discusses he latest new feature length documentary, “The Godfathers of Hardcore”, which is an intimate portrait of two of the most influential men in underground music, Roger Miret and Vinnie Sti

The Shark is Broken. On this episode we speak to Ian Shaw. Ian's first role was in 1993 in an episode of Casualty. Since then he has appeared in the films Century, Moondance, The Boys From County Clare, The Contract, and Johnny English Reborn. He was also the narrator of House of Usher. He has also appeared in many TV series including EastEnders, Soldier, Soldier, The Bill, The Queen, Sharpe, Ultimate Force, Ghosts, Silent Witness and Medics. He is the son of actress Mary Ure and actor Robert Shaw. He is currently rehearsing The Shark Is Broken for the Edinburgh Festival, a play he has written along Joseph Nixon about the making of Jaws in which he plays his father as Quint.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Halfnoise.On this episode we speak to musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zac Farro Zac is the drummer for the rock band Paramore and front member of the band HalfNoise.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Force of Nature.On this episode we speak to Cody Carpenter. Cody Carpenter is a third generation musician. His father, John Carpenter, is a director and composer and his mother, Adrienne Barbeau, is a star of film, television and the Broadway stage. His grandfather, Howard Carpenter, was a founding member of the Nashville Strings.Cody was introduced to his first musical instrument around the age of three and has been playing and composing original music since. His most notable composing works include Cigarette Burns and Pro-Life in Showtime'sMasters of Horror (2005) movie series. ​In 2018, Cody joined his father and Daniel Davies in scoring the reboot ofHalloween.Cody co-wrote, co-produced, and performed on the acclaimed Lost Themes (2015) and Lost Themes II (2016) with his father and Daniel Davies. From 2016-2018, Cody toured North America and Europe with his father and a 6 piece band, performing material from both Lost Themes albums and his father's films. ​From 2012 to 2017, Cody released five instrumental

Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation. On this episode we speak to Funeral For A Friend singer Matthew Davies-Kreye. Funeral for a Friend were a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001. Funeral for a Friend's popularity rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album, Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation. Achieving both a gold certification and three top twenty singles in their home country, Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation is often acclaimed as one of the landmark emo records of the 2000s. Hours featured a similar musical style to their debut, but also featured more melodic sensibilities, and Tales Don't Tell Themselves showed an evolution in Funeral for a Friend's musical style from the style which defined their debut, as the group began to diverge from their use of screaming vocals and post-hardcore influenced guitars, favouring a more melodic rock influence. Funeral for a Friend self-released their fourth album, Memory and Humanity through their shor

Helboy.On this episode we speak to American actor and voice actor Ron Perlman. He played the role of Vincent on the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which he won a Golden Globe Award, the comic book character Hellboy in both Hellboy and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Clay Morrow on the television series Sons of Anarchy.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

37 in a row. On this episode we speak to actress Marilyn GhigliottiMarilyn Ghigliotti comes from a Puerto Rican family background born in New York to Jeronimo and Luisa Ghigliotti and and raised in NY, Long Island and New Jersey. This Jersey New Yorican had to learn to survive many moves and many changes in surrounding cultures.Marilyn got started late when it comes to acting, while going through life changes and decided to at least start to study acting at the Actors Training Institute in Red Bank New Jersey with John Eyd, a member of the Actors Studio in New York, where he brought those same techniques to New Jersey.After studying for about 2 years, Marilyn then felt confident enough to start auditioning in the community theater circuit in Southern New Jersey, appearing in many classic plays. Being a middle child and after appearing in her first production and standing on that stage where people were actually listening to her words instead of being ignored as most middle children feel, she was hooked. Durin

Picture This.On this episode we speak to Los Angeles based photographer and creative director Lindsey Byrnes Lindsey who freelances in time travel, world exploration and directional marketing. When it was discovered that Lindsey was an uncredited hand clapper on an Grammy Nominated album her representatives said that they cannot deny these allegations. Lindsey's specialty is her unique ability to blend in while simultaneously standing out.Along with documenting life of those around her she is an established commercial photographer and creative director with a pethora of campaigns under her belt for the likes of Chanel, Nylon, Hard Rock Cafe, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Wildfang, Good Dye Young and many others. View more of Lindsey's work here www.lindseybyrnes.comPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

My Hero.On this episode we speak to American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director Steve Guttenberg. Steve starred in 1984's Police Academy, and went on to perform in lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s, including Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Three Men and a Little Lady and Short Circuit.This is a world exclusive podcast interview and I am so proud to be able to have recorded this for you allPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Mac and Me.  On this episode we speak to British screenwriter and film director Stewart Raffill.Raffill made his feature debut as director with The Tender Warrior (1971), starring Dan Haggerty. Raffill also helped write and produce, and handle animals. It was shot at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Raffill sold it to Warner Bros, was unhappy with what they did with it, bought it back, and re-distributed it.His second script was Napoleon and Samantha, which he sold to Disney. Raffill also worked on the film, which starred Jodie Foster and Michael Douglas, as a producer and animal supervisor.He wrote and directed When the North Wind Blows. He shot animal footage for the documentary Wonder of It All.Raffill directed and wrote Mac and Me, made to provide royalties to the McDonald's Foundation and to have a lead with spina bifida, which became a cult favorite and won Raffill a Golden Razzie for Worst DirectorPlease support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Can't Swim.  On this episode we speak to Chris LoPorto. Chris is the lead singer of the band Can't Swim. Can't Swim signed to Pure Noise Records in December 2015.[6] Following the signing, Can't Swim released their first EP a few months later in 2016 titled Death Deserves a Name. In February 2017, the band announced plans to release their debut studio album.The album, Fail You Again, was released on March 10, 2017 via Pure Noise Records.On October 4, 2018, the band released a new single (with an accompanying music video) titled "My Queen." They also released an album titled This Too Won't Pass, on November 16, 2018.Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Searching for Candy. On this episode we speak to Marks good friend/author Tracey Morgan. Tracey is an animal lover and John Candy biographer. She lives in Shrewsbury, UK, with her cats, boyfriend and two old chickens. She loves her allotment, making jam and she day dreams - a lot.Searching for Candy is available to buy now on Amazon Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme