Rock 'n Roll Ghost
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Rock 'n Roll Ghost is an entertainment podcast specializing in interviews with people in the film, TV, music, literary and restaurant worlds. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
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Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E08 - Interview with musician Steve Kilbey (The Church)
August 06, 2021 16:24 - 1 hour - 115 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Steve Kilbey (The Church) about his newest release, Steve Kilbey and the Winged Heels' The Hall of Counterfeits. Kilbey discusses making the album with funding from a patron, working with the guys in the Winged Heels in shaping the far ranging musical stylings found on The Hall of Counterfeits, as well as charting the ebbs and flows of The Church over the past 40 years. Links: Stev...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E07 - Interview with filmmaker Collin Schiffli (Die in a Gunfight)
July 30, 2021 16:04 - 1 hour - 128 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Collin Schiffli (Animals, All Creatures Here Below) to discuss his latest film, Die in a Gunfight starring Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario, Wade Allain-Marcus, Travis Fimmel and Billy Crudup. Die in a Gunfight is available now via video on demand. Schiffli goes into detail about the long process it took to get the film, written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man, Ant-Man and t...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E06 - Interview with filmmaker Bill Duke (HBOMAX's No Sudden Move)
July 16, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 62.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Bill Duke about his acting role in Steven Soderbergh's HBOMAX movie, No Sudden Move (available to stream now). Duke is among a stellar cast that also includes Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Kieran Culkin, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta and many more. Duke discusses No Sudden Move's political side, his character's relationship to Cheadle's and working with Soderbergh for the third tim...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E05 - Interview with filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire)
June 25, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Jim McBride (The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire, Breathless, David Holzman's Diary) about his career in film. McBride reveals what he's been up to in the years since leaving filmmaking, insight into how he began his career, and dives deep into filming his three iconic works The Big Easy, Great Balls of Fire and Breathless, including working with Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin and Richard Ger...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E04 - Interview with photographer/author Beau Patrick Coulon (Revel & Revolt)
June 18, 2021 15:39 - 1 hour - 175 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with photographer/author Beau Patrick Coulon about his new book Revel & Revolt, which documents protests, parades, and the punk scene in New Orleans from 2013 to 2020. Coulon discusses his path to becoming a photographer, creating the book, the status of protesting now compared to a year ago and living in New Orleans. Links: Beau Patrick Coulon Website Beau Patrick Coulon Instagram Purchase R...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E03 - Interview with food writer/author KF Seetoh (Makansutra Singapore Food Ebook 2021)
June 04, 2021 17:10 - 1 hour - 131 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author KF Seetoh, the premier food writer and hawker stall authority in Singapore. Seetoh, who founded Makansutra, which is THE food guide dedicated to Asian food, culture and lifestyle, has been known as the go-to-guy when it comes to the cuisine of Singapore. If you're into the food of Singapore, you've no doubt seen him on every single episode of TV that the late Anthony Bourdain shot in Singa...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E02 - Interview with author Samantha Bennington (Falling Love Notes)
May 28, 2021 18:00 - 41 minutes - 76.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author/life coach Samantha Bennington who discusses her book Falling Love Notes: Memories of a Rock Star Wife, detailing her life's ups and downs. Falling Love Notes in particular covers events from Bennington's childhood, her marriage and divorce from Linkin Park's late singer Chester Bennington, raising their son, and her career as a life coach and entertainment entrepreneur. During our discussi...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S5 E01 - Interview with actor Michael Simon Hall (Women)
May 28, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes - 74.4 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Michael Simon Hall about his role in Gravitas Ventures' Women, now in limited theaters and VOD. Hall describes his process for going inside the mind of a monster as well as his career as an actor thus far. Links: Women Trailer Michael Simon Hall Official Site --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E10 - Interview with filmmaker Simon Barrett (Seance)
May 21, 2021 17:00 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Simon Barrett (writer of You're Next, Blair Witch and The Guest) about his feature directorial debut, Seance, which is in theaters, on demand and digital platforms beginning today, May 21. From RLJE Films / Shudder, Seance follows Camille Meadows (Suki Waterhouse), a new student at Edelvine Academy for Girls as she gets entangled in a group of other students seeking to perform a seance ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E09 - Interview with filmmaker Carlos Gutierrez (Locked In)
May 21, 2021 15:00 - 49 minutes - 91.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Carlos Gutierrez (his newly released film Locked In starring Mena Suvari, Jeff Fahey, Costas Mandylor, and Bruno Bichir, is out now on VOD). The film, about a single mother stuck in an impossible situation when diamond thieves hold her and her daughter hostage while they search for their ill-gotten gains inside a storage facility, is a classic down and dirty thriller. Gutierrez discus...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E08 - Interview with musician Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk, the X-Pensive Winos)
May 17, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk, Keith Richards and his X-Pensive Winos) about the new Dumpstaphunk album, Where Do We Go From Here, out now. In addition to going into Dumpstaphunk's past and recording of Where Do We Go From Here, Neville goes through his legendary family's history and his part of it, as well as discussing his time in Keith Richards' X-Pensive Winos band. He also touches on h...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E07 - Interview with musician/composer Charlie Clouser (NIN, Spiral, Saw)
May 14, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/composer Charlie Clouser about his work on the entire Saw franchise, including the just released film Spiral, starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson and Max Minghella. Clouser gets into how he goes about his composing work for film and TV, as well as his time in Nine Inch Nails, as well as giving insight into why he was one of the members of the band not inducted into the Rock and Roll ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E06 - Interview with author Jonathan Taplin (The Magic Years)
May 07, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with author Jonathan Taplin about his new book, The Magic Years, which details his wild career that goes from being a tour manager for Bob Dylan and the Band in the 60s, to producing films directed by Martin Scorsese in the 70s, to Wall Street in the 80s, new technology pioneering in the 90s and now an esteemed author. From the publisher: With cameos by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Marti...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E05 - Interview with chef Mark Steuer (Chicago's Michelin rated Funkenhausen)
April 30, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 62.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Mark Steuer, chef/owner of Chicago's Michelin Bib Gourmand rated Funkenhausen. Steuer discusses the restaurant's past year struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as his own rollercoaster ride personally. Links: Funkenhausen Site Funkenhausen Facebook Funkenhausen Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E04 - Interview with filmmaker Joe Lynch (TV's Creepshow, Mayhem, Point Blank)
April 24, 2021 03:31 - 1 hour - 203 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Joe Lynch (Shudder's Creepshow series - episodes The Right Snuff / Pipe Screams, as well as Mayhem starring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving, Point Blank starring Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo, and Everly starring Selma Hayek). Lynch discusses in depth the filming of his Creepshow episodes and his plans for two more in the upcoming third season of the horror anthology series. The convers...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E03 - Interview with Ilan Rubin (The New Regime, Nine Inch Nails)
April 16, 2021 17:27 - 1 hour - 145 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Ilan Rubin (The New Regime, Nine Inch Nails, Angels & Airwaves) about his band The New Regime's album, Heart Mind Body & Soul, starting out his career at the tender age of 9 playing drums for F.o.N., then for NOFX, before getting the call to join Trent Reznor's NIN. During his years touring and recording with NIN, Rubin also began his solo project The New Regime, sometimes opening up for ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E02 - Interview with filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski (Happily)
April 09, 2021 18:36 - 47 minutes - 87.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski (TV's Are You Afraid of the Dark?) about his new film, Happily, starring Joel McHale, Kerry Bishe, Natalie Zea, Paul Scheer, Al Madrigal and more. Grabinski begins by expressing his joy over finally getting to see a film, Godzilla Vs. King Kong, twice in two days on the big screen. He then goes into detail on the making of Happily, from casting to filming to waiting ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S4 E01 - Interview with singer John Boutte
April 02, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with famed New Orleans singer John Boutté. John has been a singer since he was a child singing in his church choir, but he went to college to study business and then joined the Army. In the interview, John discusses his career, where he and his family were when Hurricane Katrina hit and the levees failed in 2005, the incompetence/cruelty/antipathy of the government towards people of color and the...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E10 - Interview with filmmaker/author Will Staples (Without Remorse/Animals)
March 26, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Will Staples, co-writer of the upcoming Amazon film Without Remorse starring Michael B. Jordan, and the author of the forthcoming novel Animals (out March 30th - see links below). Will discusses the in-depth research it took to to give Animals a deep-rooted reality, from exploring animal trafficking via jungles to a mysterious, hidden city where anything goes and any animal can be bought to eat....
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E09 - Interview with Chef Paul Fehribach (Chicago's Big Jones)
March 19, 2021 21:53 - 1 hour - 112 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Paul Fehribach chef/owner of Chicago restaurant Big Jones. Paul discusses running a restaurant in the age of Covid-19, the importance of supporting small farms, the need to get restaurant workers vaccinated sooner rather than later, and the outdated nature of tipping. Links: Big Jones --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E08 - Interview with Musician Jason Hill (Louis XIV, Netflix's Mindhunter)
March 12, 2021 18:24 - 2 hours - 242 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician and composer Jason Hill about his career dating back to his days in the bands Convoy, Louis XIV and Vicki Cryer. As well as his work with The Killers and producing/touring with the New York Dolls and the recent passing of Sylvain Sylvain. Hill also talks about his late career turn towards film and TV composing. He has worked closely with director David Fincher on projects such as Fincher's ...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E07 - Interview with The Fleshtones' Peter Zaremba
March 05, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with rock legend Peter Zaremba of the legendary NYC rock band The Fleshtones. Zaremba discusses his early years as a runner for a NYC concert promoter - where he got to meet Led Zeppelin, his years with The Fleshtones and his weekly Saturday late-night (or early Sunday morning - depending on how you view things) show on SiriusXM's Underground Garage where he morphs into The Psychedelic Count on Count Zar...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E06 - Interview with filmmaker Adam G. Simon
February 26, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Adam G. Simon (screenwriter for Netflix's Point Blank, Man Down, the upcoming Hit Kick Punch Kill) about his new production company BoxCar Pictures (who will release the forthcoming On Our Way in 2021), his career ups and downs, the current political climate, the status of his and Joe Carnahan's script for Zeno, which was formerly a remake of Gareth Evans' The Raid, mental health and more....
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E05 - Interview with actor Rob Paulsen
February 19, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes - 87.8 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with voice actor Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) about how he went from a college bound kid from Michigan to the looney tunes of Tinseltown where he stumbled into voice acting and has since become one of the pre-eminent talents in his field. He also discusses one of his earliest onscreen roles in Brian DePalma's cult classic Body Double. Links: Rob Paulsen...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E04 - Interview with EL Ideas/Boxcar BBQ chef/owner Phillip Foss
February 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Phillip Foss, Michelin-starred chef/owner of the fine dining destination EL Ideas in Chicago and its takeout operation, Boxcar BBQ. He is also the author of the graphic novel, Life In EL, a semi-autobiographical look at his life in the restaurant business. Foss discusses dealing with the ups and downs of running a food business in the era of Covid-19, learning to recognize and work on anger issue...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E03 - Interview with musician/actor Calico Cooper
February 05, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician/actor Calico Cooper (of the hard rock band Beasto Blanco) about her career in music, balancing acting work with touring and growing up the progeny of rock icon Alice Cooper. Links: Calico Cooper on Facebook Beasto Blanco Official --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S3 E01 - Interview with Author/Political Strategist Rick Wilson
January 10, 2021 01:33 - 27 minutes - 50.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On the third season debut episode, the Ghost speaks with author and political strategist Rick Wilson. The Ghost and Rick discuss the recent insurrection on Capitol Hill, the increasing disintegration of President Trump's mental state, where the country goes from here and the need for a new centrist political party. Links: Rick Wilson Rick Wilson on Twitter The Lincoln Project Buy "Everything Trump Touches Dies" Buy "Running Against...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E10 - Interview with director April Mullen (Wander)
December 11, 2020 16:09 - 43 minutes - 81.2 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with director April Mullen about her new film, Wander, starring Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones and Heather Graham. The film, about a former detective trying to unravel a conspiracy while trapped reliving a horror that happened to his family, is a very involving and unnerving thriller featuring an excellent lead performance by Eckhart. The Ghost and Mullen discuss making the film and her previous work on such shows...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E9 - Interview with musician Chris Connelly
December 04, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with musician Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Pigface, Fini Tribe) about his new solo album, Graveyard Sex, his friendship with longtime bandmate Bill Rieflin, his views on America as a native Scotsman and much more. Chris Connelly Purchase Chris Connelly's Graveyard Sex album --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E8 - Interview with musician Chris Connelly
December 04, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with musician Chris Connelly (Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Pigface, Fini Tribe) about his new solo album, Graveyard Sex, his friendship with longtime bandmate Bill Rieflin, his views on America as a native Scotsman and much more. Chris Connelly Purchase Chris Connelly's Graveyard Sex album --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E7 - Interview with comedian/author Arden Myrin
November 23, 2020 14:40 - 1 hour - 115 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with comedian/author/actress Arden Myrin about her newly released memoir Little Miss Little Compton. The book chronicles the former MadTV performer's life growing up in an idyllic little burgh in Rhode Island, but in a rather unconventional household. In the episode, Myrin discusses the writing of the book and the circumstances surrounding it, along with her career milestones. Links: Arden Myrin Purchase Littl...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E8 - Interview with comedian/author Arden Myrin
November 23, 2020 14:40 - 1 hour - 115 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with comedian/author/actress Arden Myrin about her newly released memoir Little Miss Little Compton. The book chronicles the former MadTV performer's life growing up in an idyllic little burgh in Rhode Island, but in a rather unconventional household. In the episode, Myrin discusses the writing of the book and the circumstances surrounding it, along with her career milestones. Links: Arden Myrin Purchase Littl...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E6 - Interview with singer/songwriter Jesse Malin
November 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with NYC singer/songwriter Jesse Malin. The Ghost and Malin go back to his debut album, The Fine Art of Self-Destruction and have done several interviews over the years. On this interview, Malin discusses his recording, how he's managed to circumvent, to an extent, the Covid-19 crisis that has sidelined so many musical performers with his live stream shows (now hosted by Rolling Live Studios), the current political...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E7 - Interview with singer/songwriter Jesse Malin
November 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with NYC singer/songwriter Jesse Malin. The Ghost and Malin go back to his debut album, The Fine Art of Self-Destruction and have done several interviews over the years. On this interview, Malin discusses his recording, how he's managed to circumvent, to an extent, the Covid-19 crisis that has sidelined so many musical performers with his live stream shows (now hosted by Rolling Live Studios), the current political...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E6 - Interview with The Still, Small Voice's Christiana Benton
October 30, 2020 15:28 - 1 hour - 137 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with The Still, Small Voice's Christiana Benton about her new singles (So Long, Summer & Roller Rink), her career, life during Covid-19, religion and sexism in the music industry. Benton also performs two songs from her upcoming album acoustically (Take a Hint & Arches). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E5 - Interview with Soraia's ZouZou Mansour
October 24, 2020 02:20 - 1 hour - 124 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with ZouZou Mansour, lead singer/guitarist for rock band Soraia. Mansour discusses the band's dealing with Covid-19, their new album Dig Your Roots, and the influence of mentor Steven Van Zandt. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E4 - Interview with screenwriter Nicole Cannon (Transference)
October 16, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes - 79.9 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with screenwriter Nicole Cannon, whose debut film, Transference, is streaming on Amazon now. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E3 - Interview with singer/songwriter Jessie Wagner
October 09, 2020 15:00 - 55 minutes - 102 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with singer/songwriter Jessie Wagner, whose debut solo album, Shoes Droppin' is now available from Wicked Cool Records. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E2 - Interview with Director Brannon Braga (Books of Blood)
October 05, 2020 22:46 - 40 minutes - 73.6 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Director Brannon Braga (TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation, 24 and The Orville) about his new film, Books of Blood, debuting October 7 on Hulu. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S2 E1 - Interview with Broadway star Orfeh
September 25, 2020 15:12 - 41 minutes - 77.1 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Broadway star Orfeh (Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, Love, Janis, Footloose) about her career, how she's been dealing with the down time due to Covid-19, and about the novel, The Dancer by Eric Bernat, that she and husband Andy Karl (Law & Order: SVU), have optioned to produce. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E10 - Interview with filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh about his new film, Greenland
September 11, 2020 17:23 - 51 minutes - 94.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with director Ric Roman Waugh (Felon, Snitch, Shot Caller, Angel Has Fallen) about his new film, Greenland, starring Gerard Butler (300, the "Fallen" trilogy), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, TV's V, Gotham and Homeland) and Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff, Backdraft). The film details a family's struggle to survive an impending asteroid collision. Despite the numerous "end of the world" films of recent memory, Greenland sta...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E9 - Interview with Writer Aaron Guzikowski, Show Runner/Creator of HBOMAX's Raised By Wolves
September 04, 2020 15:00 - 53 minutes - 98.9 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with writer Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners, The Red Road) about his new series, Raised By Wolves, available now on HBOMAX and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner). Guzikowski is the series creator and acts as both show runner and writer for the futuristic show which pits atheists, androids and religious believers against one another on a remote alien planet. --- Support this podcast: https://podc...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E8 - Interview with Filmmaker Julius Ramsay (Hulu's The Current Occupant)
August 31, 2020 15:00 - 39 minutes - 73.2 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Julius Ramsay about his new film, Hulu's The Current Occupant, part of Blumhouse's In the Dark series. Ramsay discusses the making of the film, including completing post-production during the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown. Ramsay also discusses his love of James Cameron's The Terminator. Check out The Current Occupant on Hulu now. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost Archive: Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social Acoustic Mini-Concert
August 24, 2020 18:23 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MBFrom the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Archives, the Ghost presents to you today a mini acoustic concert performed for the Ghost's old website (RIP) by Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social back on April 23rd, 2010. Jesse and the band perform the "Bodega Rocks" version of Black Haired Girl, Burning the Bowery and DIsco Ghetto. Sadly, the Ghost cannot find the actual interview he did with Jesse that night. *cries* --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brett-hickman/support
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E7 - Interview with Musician / Author Chris Frantz (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, new book Remain in Love)
August 22, 2020 01:40 - 42 minutes - 78.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club founding member, musician Chris Frantz about his new memoir, Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina. Frantz discusses the book, his current relationship with Talking Heads' frontman David Byrne, dealing with Johnny Ramone of The Ramones, producing the Happy Mondays with his band and life mate Tina Weymouth, being friends with Lou Reed and what his hopes for future touri...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E6 - Interview with actor Tom Sizemore (Heat, Saving Private Ryan)
August 14, 2020 16:29 - 1 hour - 139 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with acclaimed actor Tom Sizemore (Heat, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Bringing Out the Dead, Point Break, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, The Relic, Paparazzi) about how he's doing during the Covid-19 pandemic, what he has coming up and a whole lot else that had nothing to do with his career. The Ghost and Sizemore had a rather lively discussion on films, the political environment and...pizza. --- Sup...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E5 - Interview with Chef/Restaurateur Jimmy Bannos (Heaven on Seven/The Purple Pig)
August 07, 2020 15:32 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with Jimmy Bannos Sr., Chef and Restaurateur of Chicago's Heaven on Seven and Michelin Guide rated The Purple Pig. Jimmy discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has uniquely hit him and his son, Jimmy Bannos Jr's (executive chef at The Purple Pig) work. Heaven on Seven has been a Chicago institution for 40 years and The Purple Pig has been packing in guests for a decade now. --- Support this podcast: https://podcaste...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E4 - Interview with Filmmaker Derrick Borte (Unhinged)
July 30, 2020 16:21 - 33 minutes - 61.4 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Derrick Borte, director of the forthcoming Unhinged starring Russell Crowe as a deranged motorist who goes over the edge and begins violently stalking a woman and her child after a moment of road rage. Caren Pistorius stars as the woman being tormented by Crowe. Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) also stars. The film's release date is currently slated for August 21st. --- Support this podcast: https://podcas...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E3 - Interview with Filmmaker Matt Eskandari (Survive the Night / Hard Kill)
July 16, 2020 21:54 - 39 minutes - 72.3 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Matt Eskandari, director of Survive the Night starring Chad Michael Murray and Bruce Willis, about a doctor forced to perform surgery on a criminal as his family is held hostage. Survive the Night is available now to rent/buy. Eskandari also directed Willis, along with Jesse Metcalfe in Hard Kill, a mercenary action flick that's due to hit theaters and video on demand on August 28. --- Support th...
Rock 'n Roll Ghost S1 E2 - Interview with Filmmaker Michael Caissie(Hunter's Moon / Purgatory)
July 09, 2020 15:44 - 57 minutes - 22.5 MBWelcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost podcast. This week, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Michael Caissie (co-writer of Hangman, starring Al Pacino and Karl Urban and currently available on Netflix) about his film directorial debut Hunter's Moon starring Thomas Jane, Jay Mohr, Katrina Bowden and Sean Patrick Flannery. Hunter's Moon is a rather entertaining horror film with a twist that genuinely surprised this viewer. Caissie is also set to debut the web series he developed and co-direc...