88. Jonah Ray

Jonah Ray does comedy, music, and talking… SO good. ‘Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return’ came on Netflix in 2017, and I’ve been a Jonahphile ever since. I became an instant fan of SeeSo original ‘Hidden America w Jonah Ray’, CC’s ‘The Meltdown w Jonah & Kumail’ and a fan of nothing more than the podcast Jonah Raydio, where he (a ‘Nerdist’ alumn) along with his friends Cash Hartzell & Neil Mahoney hangout, talk about music and jab each other silly. Through this podcast I discovered Jonah’s musical prowess (oh, a contributor for SPIN! btw) and bought his DOPE “You Can’t Call Me Al - EP”, a tribute to Jonah’s friend and icon Weird Al Yankovic. Have I given the interweb-bots enough career titles?



I’d like to highlight here in paragraph 2, that Jonah’s been dropping more mad science internally, physically and introspectively, than creatively in the last while. We talk about the scope of his career and how he feels about his time in Los Angeles; where everyone for the most part, has seen him through adolescence. He talks about the strides he’s made to improve his health and outlook, and about moving forward after years of a latched-on persona. A through-line, is both an appreciation for public creative work and the love of putting things together that we shared as children, that lead to everything after.



Songs:

“Reptillicus (New Wave)” by Jonah Ray

“Sirens” by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

“Everywhere Man” by Jonah Ray

“Ken Burns” by Kali Kazoo

“Welcome To (Amish) Paradise” by Jonah Ray

“Every Country Has a Monster”

by Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn, Hampton Yount & Rebecca Hanson



Jonah Ray Links:

Jonah Ray on Bandcamp

Jonah Ray on IMDB

Jonah Ray on Vimeo

Follow Jonah Ray on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter



Jonah Raydio (Happy (belated) 8th Anniversary!)

Follow @jonahraydio on Instagram & Twitter

Mystery Science Theatre 3000

Follow @mst3k on Instagram

Watch Hidden America w/ Jonah Ray on Vimeo

Watch The Meltdown w/ Jonah & Kumail

Follow @meltdown_show on Instagram



Produced, edited and hosted by Todd. V/O by Milo Axelrod. Theme music is excerpts of “Makie Elkino” (Live) by William Chernoff. Piano outro music by JP Sunga. Presented in part by Afternoon Tea - Artist Collective + Record Label. Born of the Shun Club. Shunned since 2012. afternoontealabel.com

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