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Scatterbrain Podcast

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Ian and Dan talk about music, conspiracies, technology, movies, science, UFOs, aliens, paranormal, etc. NO Politics...because, no! #ThrashMetal #HeavyMetal #Music #History #Paranormal #Science #Technology #NoPolitics #aliens #ufo #conspiracies#paranormal

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Episode 25 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Acoustic Metal and the Phoenix Lights

July 29, 2020 15:50 - 40 minutes - 24.4 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Episode 25! Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network and follow/rate/review on your preferred podcast platform. We love those 5-star reviews. Keep them coming! In this episode, we review the "Mettal EP" from Rodrigo y Gabriela. Metal tunes played in a Flamenco style is an interesting way to change things up. Next, we talk about the 1997 "Phoenix Lights" UFO sightings, wh...

Episode 24 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

July 22, 2020 14:33 - 54 minutes - 34.4 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Episode 24! Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network and follow/rate/review on your preferred podcast platform. We love those 5-star reviews. Keep them coming! This week we change things up a little bit. We skip the album review and talk about dogs: We learn about the proposed origins of modern canines and the symbiotic relationship between them and humans throughout hist...

Episode 23 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Bullets, Belts, and Travis Walton's Alien Abduction

July 15, 2020 18:31 - 48 minutes - 30.6 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Episode 23!  Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network and follow/rate/review on your preferred podcast platform. We love those 5-star reviews. Keep them coming! In this episode, we review the 2020 release "Warlords", by New Zealand's Bulletbelt. Bulletbelt-Official.com Next, we discuss the alleged 1975 alien abduction of Travis Walton near Snowflake, Arizona. This is th...

Episode 22 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Space Hippies and UFO Chronology Volume 2

July 08, 2020 17:29 - 50 minutes - 31.3 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 22. In this episode, we talk about our Youtube channels and creating/writing songs organically. We also review "Hidden History of the Human Race" by Colorado's psychedelic metal band, Blood Incantation. Next, we jump back into Ian's UFO Chronology Volume 2. Along the way we stumble upon some interesting discussion and great topics for future episodes. Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Please help us sprea...

Episode 21 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Crop Circles - Fact or Fiction?

July 01, 2020 15:52 - 38 minutes - 24.3 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 21. In this episode, we review “In the Beginning", the 2020 release from Cro-Mags. (https://www.realcromags.com) Next, we talk about crop circles: Their history and their suspected origins. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction, but sometimes things are just what they appear to be. What do we think? What do you think? You might be surprised. Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media.  Please help us spread th...

Episode 20 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Space Probes From Down Under

June 24, 2020 19:18 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 20. In this episode, we review “Dead Earth Syndicate”, the 2020 release by Australian metal band Serenity Defiled. Facebook: Serenity Defiled Next, we discuss some of the first space probe missions and their accomplishments. We also discuss the upcoming 2020 launch of Mars rover "Perseverance". This topic is so interesting! It definitely begs for a part 2. We'll most certainly be following this mission's progress in future episodes. Stay tuned. Th...

Episode 19 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Brothers in Metal

June 17, 2020 18:05 - 1 hour - 52.7 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 19. No album review this week. Instead, we welcome Rodrigo "Shakal" Loreto, guitarist from Brazilian thrashers Mofo. If you haven't heard it yet, please check out our review of Mofo's "Sick and Insane" on Episode 9.  In this episode,  we geek out on music with Rodrigo. We talk music, concerts, and more. We learn about the history of Mofo and the recording sessions for "Sick and Insane". We also learn the proper pronunciation of "Mofo" and story behi...

Episode 18 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Santa Muerte and UFO Chronology Vol. 1

June 10, 2020 18:18 - 47 minutes - 22.4 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 18. In this episode, we learn Ian and Dan's Spanish is not very good as we review Xibalba's 2020 release, "Años En Infierno".  Next, we fall into a rabbit hole with Ian as he gives a chronology of significant UFO sightings in modern history. He could go on forever on this topic, so we had to draw a line in the sand and call this "Volume 1". Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@Scatterbr...

Episode 17 - Scatterbrain Podcast: The Anvil Episode

June 03, 2020 18:15 - 25 minutes - 15.2 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 17, The Anvil Episode. In this episode, we review the new album "Legal At Last", the newest album from OG Canadian thrashers, Anvil. Next, we discuss a brief history of Anvil and their difficulties in "making it", despite their wide influence and despite being one of the first bands in the thrash genre. Ian shares his personal experience seeing Anvil perform and meeting Lips. We also learn Ian isn't very good at "Interneting". Thanks to everyone wh...

Episode 16 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Sandy Danto's Close Encounters with Gangbangers and Parenthood

May 27, 2020 16:46 - 54 minutes - 33.6 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 16. In this episode, we review the new album "V", from Denver, Colorado's Havok. We've had mixed luck with our album picks as of late - how does this album fare under intense Scatterbrain scrutiny? Twitter: @HavokThrash Instagram: @HavokBandOfficial Next, we welcome Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian Sandy Danto. He's done work with Pauly Shore, Bobby Lee, MadTV, National Lampoon, and more. He shares a bit about how he got into stand-up comedy, h...

Episode 15 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Dirty Clowns and Dutch Thrash

May 20, 2020 16:54 - 41 minutes - 26.7 MB

We're overachievers: We released an extra episode early this week so we could release this "dirty" episode today. Short but sweet, for your listening pleasure. In this episode, we review the new album "Violence" from Grindpad, a thrash metal act from the Netherlands.  Grindpad.com Facebook Next, we welcome Dirty Ron McDonald, the degenerate madman, to the podcast. He's a San Diego-based stand-up comedian, podcaster, and pro wrestler with his own wrestling promotion (FistCombat). Dirty Ro...

Episode 14 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Panspermia and Star System Tp4c4152

May 18, 2020 15:59 - 1 hour - 38.6 MB

"When it rains, it pours", "the cup overfloweth" - No matter how you cut it, we've kicked episode production into high gear the last couple of weeks and had this episode ready to go a week ahead of schedule. So, we're releasing this episode early to make room for another fun episode later this week.  In this episode, we review "Alienist", the latest release from Brazilian thrash metal band Decimator. Upon further discussion, we come to an interesting realization about this album. https://w...

Episode 13 - Scatterbrain Podcast: The Evil Episode

May 13, 2020 16:41 - 1 hour - 32.1 MB

Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD). Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network. For those listening on Apple Podcasts, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! In this episode, things get downright evil and nasty - it IS episode 13, after all. We start with some music news then review "Shame is Just a Word", the latest release from Norwegian black metal ...

Episode 12 - Scatterbrain Podcast: A Little Too Much Coffee?

May 06, 2020 17:03 - 1 hour - 28.7 MB

Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD).  Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network. For those listening on Apple Podcasts, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! In this episode we find ourselves a little more Scatterbrained than normal, as we had both overdosed on caffeine. We review the new album "Peril" by Finnish death metal band Nerve Saw. We also di...

Episode 11 - Scatterbrain Podcast: The Power of Metal Compels You

April 29, 2020 17:59 - 46 minutes - 22.2 MB

Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD). Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network. When we sat down to record this episode, we planned to do an album review and discuss another topic. Instead, the POWER OF METAL COMPELLED US to review 2 albums in addition to the topical segment. This ran really long, so we've decided to split the segments into separate episodes ...

Episode 10 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Beekeeper

April 22, 2020 16:10 - 59 minutes - 36.9 MB

Thanks to everyone who has listened, liked, and followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD). Please help us spread the word by sharing with your network. In this episode, we review the album "Slaves to the Nothing" by San Diego thrash metal band Beekeeper. After the review, we talk with the members of Beekeeper about life, music, and Beekeeper's future plans.  This episode was a lot of fun to record, and we think you'll enjoy liste...

Episode 9 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Brazilian Thrash Metal and Kent's Road Trip

April 15, 2020 14:29 - 1 hour - 40.1 MB

Thanks to everyone who has listened and liked/retweeted/followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD). In this episode, we review "Sick and Insane", the latest album from Brazilian thrash metal band Mofo.    - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5b0lBSsVnWjnxqL3bfTwEE?si=7AYD33lHSsmlsCLKa6QYRA   - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mofothrash/ In another first for the podcast, Ian's brother Kent joins us to recount his harr...

Episode 8 - Scatterbrain Podcast : Louie Mattar and His Fabulous Car

April 08, 2020 17:54 - 43 minutes - 20.5 MB

Thanks to everyone who has listened and liked/retweeted/followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD). We're now streaming on several podcast platforms, including Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts, Breaker, and RadioPublic. More coming soon. Please subscribe, like/rate, and share. In this episode we review "Titans of Creation", the latest album from thrash metal veterans Testament (@Testament). We also d...

Episode 7 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Alien Life and Humanity's Place in the Cosmos

April 01, 2020 20:42 - 49 minutes - 37.7 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast Episode 7, with Ian and Dan! Despite some technical issues, we were able to get this episode out on time. Thanks to everyone who has listened and liked/retweeted/followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD).   We're now streaming on several podcast platforms, including Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts, Breaker, and RadioPublic. More coming soon. Please subscribe, like/rat...

Episode 6 - Scatterbrain Podcast - Ian's UFO Sighting and Jesus the Alien

March 26, 2020 17:50 - 45 minutes - 36.8 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast Episode 6. Thanks to everyone who has listened and liked/retweeted/followed us on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@ScatterbrainPod) and Instagram (@ScatterbrainPodSD).  We're now streaming on several podcast platforms, including Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts, Breaker, and RadioPublic. More coming soon. Please subscribe, like/rate, and share. In this episode, we review the Deny the Gods EP from Heresy (Costa Rica - @Heresyc...

Episode 5 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Chuck Joins Us and Chaos Ensues

March 22, 2020 21:52 - 56 minutes - 62.9 MB

Welcome to Scatterbrain Podcast, Episode 5.  In this episode, we welcome our first guest, Chuck. He's a professional truck driver and shares his opinion on self-driving vehicle technology.  We discuss our Top 3 favorite current, active thrash metal bands and some honorable mentions. We also talk about the 2006 UFO sighting at O'Hare International Airport, ancient civilizations, and pyramids on Antarctica.  In all of this, Chuck and Ian somehow manage to argue despite agreeing. Calm down Ia...

Episode 4-ish - Scatterbrain Podcast with Ian and Dan

March 18, 2020 16:15 - 32 minutes - 33 MB

The previous episode was intended to be released in two parts, Episodes 2 and 3. That would have made today's episode "Episode 4".  We decided, however, to release the previous recording as a single episode. In today's episode, you'll hear Ian refer to it as Episode 4, so we're just calling this "Episode 4-ish". Sorry for the confusion. In this episode, Ian and Dan review the new Body Count Album "Carnivore" and talk about ghosts, including the one in Ian's house. We talk about the strangen...

Episode 2/3 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Extended Special Edition

March 15, 2020 16:03 - 59 minutes - 65.8 MB

Scatterbrain Episode 2/3- This was recorded a week ago and was going to be split into two episodes, but given some of what we talked about, it seemed relevant to current affairs and we decided to release it as a single episode. Plus, we can't wait to release the next episode, which we've also recorded...so here you go. We talk about how the first episode went and revisit some of the music discussion from that episode. We also review the 2/29/2020 Overkill concert in San Diego and discuss a li...

Episode 1 - Scatterbrain Podcast: Ian and Dan discuss Sepultura, and the Transatlantic Cable.

March 11, 2020 14:39 - 35 minutes - 39.3 MB

Ian and Dan introduce the concept for the new Scatterbrain Podcast. We discuss Sepultura's latest album "Quadra", personnel changes in bands, and learn a bit about the first Transatlantic cable. Somewhere along the way we relax and have an actual conversation! It's our first time, be gentle. Please subscribe, like/rate, and share! Follow us on Twitter: @ScatterbrainPod

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