Ken & Kyle: Room Bound We start with a quick tour, and some silly re-introductions. We hit the points all of us are thinking about these days; how have we filled the time, what do we miss, what do we hope for…We chat about trying to help our employees, and retail these days; navigating these uncharted waters.. But we also talk about the trials we are all going through, and finding compassion for others, and the situation we have found ourselves in. Ken and Kyle cover some home cooking wins, ...
Apr 27, 2020•53 min•Ep. 43
Ruminations Before the Quarantine Before many states issued stay at home orders, before the new normal was impacting everyone we knew, and dominated our conversations; Sean visits Ruminations in our new Colorado home. Its been a year since we jammed and chatted, and here we catch up a bit. Sean talks about beating cancer, love of his family, and being excited to move on to a better 2020. We cover in a super casual way some favorite music movies, sports movies, and the joys of hunting down rare m...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 42
3 buddies defy geography and the man-made construct of time zones, and gather for a commentary, catch-up, and purging of the days events. We lament the realities of the current pandemic, cheer on the heroes, and share hopes for brighter times ahead. We love you all. Reflections: Twin Peaks observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conversations that enjoy the journey over the destinations Reminiscence: Tales of friendship, adventures, and the drinks along the way ...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 41
We start the conversation with a look at the way we may have been viewed by our childhood friends’ parents. Did the adults in your youth love you? Hate you? Ignore you? Maybe they just tolerated you. The main theme of the evening was bizarre and entertaining stories from the news. Of course we stray off as we relate those stories to our own experiences. Including some fun tattoo stories. Join us as we welcome Danielle M into the Red Room for the first time, and drop some giggles along the way. R...
Mar 08, 2019•57 min•Ep. 40
In this episode of From the Red Room, we let the resonance of a life of loving music, bring a musician back to his instrument. Finding new meaning, and connecting to a band and their work, through meaning, and intent, Sean takes us on a journey of rediscovery…I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again here; there is magic, and soul in music that is beyond words. We make lifelong friends of our musician heroes and they see us through much, often narrating our lives. Every musician has a story and...
Jan 24, 2019•35 min•Ep. 39
We dissect the evolution of serial tv and movies; and chat about the education, and intelligence of the audience. We make our way from HBO to Friends (singing praises of David Schwimmer) and make our way back to Robotech, which makes an appearance. We’re still talking about DC and Marvel. Why? Aside from the obvious nerd obsessive behavior, what is it about loving and hating, and loving to hate or hating to love our heroes that keeps this discourse alive? As adult nerds of a certain age are pron...
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 38
We dissect the evolution of serial tv and movies; and chat about the education, and intelligence of the audience. We make our way from HBO to Friends (singing praises of David Schwimmer) and make our way back to Robotech, which makes an appearance. We’re still talking about DC and Marvel. Why? Aside from the obvious nerd obsessive behavior, what is it about loving and hating, and loving to hate or hating to love our heroes that keeps this discourse alive? As adult nerds of a certain age are pron...
Jan 20, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 37
Resonance- Why monsters? Mike and I chat about restoring car projects as teenagers, that didn’t work out. Camping and just hitting the road, momentarily dreaming of touring the Arizona beauty from a bike. As the evening moved on, we then hit our topic of monsters. It was a mild Halloween night, and we wanted to continue the discussion from previous ‘cast, and address our feelings on the origins of our monsters and fear. Later in the evening, we get treated to the return of Justin, always with gr...
Nov 17, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 36
Resonance from the Red Room Mike and Guillermo sit down to discuss many things horror. From early childhood first frights, to the prospect of an adult reclamation of Halloween, and trick-or-treating, we ramble around about what we love about a variety of the spooky in media. What’s your first horror movie? What’s your favorite Halloween candy? When did the monster become the hero? We travel the roads of the gothic, and terrible, and laugh at those things that go bump in the night. Join us, and c...
Oct 22, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 35
Passion. It comes up in The Red Room often. We chase it. We try to define it. We seek it’s origins, and motivations. The best examples, in nearly any given field, or endeavor, are always cited as being as such, because of passion. The Red Room welcomes new guest YouTube star to be Lash Larue. Mike, Lash, and I dig into the topic as best as we can, and along the way we have a good time talking about games, music, our careers in retail,A.I…..as usual, the conversation is organic, and we just enjoy...
Jun 25, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 34
Sports, Sports, Sports We chat about pickle ball, old man bod, Jay’s spartan life and mad sports skills as he comes out of volleyball retirement. We hear about Kyle’s favorite bands, Jay’s favorite albums, and talk a lot about the passion behind music and creation. Some first shows, and rough times meeting our heroes. listen to we three date ourselves with references old and new. and Jay’s greatest fear. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thou...
Jun 22, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 33
Mike and Charlie Revisited We talk toys, and reflect on comic and cartoon connections to our favorite playthings from our youth We chat about GI joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K., Robotech, and a number of toy, and cartoon lines from the 70’s through the 80’s The Facebook and social media beast rears it’s head. The idea of being your own PR rep, and what it means to share in today’s hyper-documented existence. We bump into a hot button topic; gender perception and identity We talk at length about a cu...
Jun 22, 2018•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 32
One year. Something of an anniversary episode, we bring together selections from a variety of nights never published. It was fun listening back to these, and we hope you find something here too. The experiment continues, and with high hopes of soldiering on. We're having fun, leave us a comment or subscribe. This episode, as with many, not for young audiences. www.FromTheRedRoom.com Twitter: @FromTheRedRoom http://guillermotheivth.blogspot.com/ Facebook Ruminations from the Red Room Instagram Fr...
May 09, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 31
Coral, Chris and Mike Three cool folks visit the Red Room, and tell tale of the inspiration, and drive to create. We sometimes feel the need to express, even when we don’t yet know what we want to say. For some, it’s volcanic, it’s an avalanche of content, and a dire need to pour it out and keep moving. There are some, for which it is like a ground swell, a tremor, that builds and becomes a tsunami. For some still, it is a quiet stream that in time will cut through the most grand mountains, and ...
Apr 21, 2018•45 min•Ep. 30
Resonance-A Newish Hope The boys (Justin, Mike M. and James) are back in town with impressions, reflections, and deconstructions of The Last Jedi. It’s well over a month since we saw it in theaters, the world had it’s say, and now we go back to the web that has been woven, challenge some of the negative response to this movie, and get real as to why we still love Star Wars. Mike gets some good info from Rebels Recon Podcast, and we are hopeful of what is coming next. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The ...
Feb 12, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 29
Resonance-Desert Music in The Red Room This episode takes us into the rich, fertile, and vibrant music scene in the American Southwest. The Classy-T represents with a great guest in Jacob Acosta; musician, teacher, writer, producer, and appreciator of the great stirrer of souls-music. Accomplished himself, we get to hear Mr. Acosta praise some of the artists working today, and get a small taste of why he loves this little corner of the world. What makes a great place to play, what drives an arti...
Jan 19, 2018•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 28
Ruminations-Feel like a kid again…? In this new segment, a quick thought, a point to ponder, a Mitch’s Minute…When we say something makes us feel like a kid again, are we selling the experience short? Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conversations that enjoy the journey over the destinations Reminiscence: Tales of friendship, adventures, and the drinks along the way Resonance: Reviews and the like, over art of all kinds ...
Jan 18, 2018•10 min•Ep. 27
A new segment that will pop up from time to time for a quick rumination. Mitch's Minute micro-cast will be food for thought, a point to ponder, or the fun-mundane of life's little events. This week; drop us a line- propane or charcoal grilling? Grill or griddle? Favorite things to throw on the fire? ....all this and Kyle gets and Instagram account. The Red Room is full of surprises. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wandering thoughts, ideas, and conve...
Jan 11, 2018•7 min•Ep. 26
We wish Jay's sisters a happy birthday, and dig into the burning question of who is Snoke? We hit all over the place and that's why this podcast falls under Ruminations. A little bit about relationships, growing up and playing the being-an-adult-game, and get a play by play summary of Creep, a film Jay fully endorses. Kyle is the go between for two guys who are wholly different, but somehow have common ground. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return observations, and impressions Ruminations: Wanderin...
Dec 14, 2017•58 min•Ep. 25
Star Wars. Through comics, film, books, video games, role-playing games, and decades, the love for this universe continues. It's persevered, and more than that, flourished. Different backgrounds, different eras, and different levels of fandom bring together a group to chat about the imminent release of The Last Jedi, what made us fans, keeps our fandom alive, and the memories we carry through our lives that are forever linked to that galaxy far, far, away. Reflections: Twin Peaks-The Return obse...
Dec 13, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 24
Reflections From The Red Room-Born out of time and out of season We practiced the making of the Old Fashioned. We talked out our feelings on the era in which we were born. Kyle has an old soul, and Natalie wished she could get a new Type O Negative album, and Justin has found balance between nostalgia and modern media joys. We hit the DC/Marvel thing, and question the validity of reviews and get to wonder where the line is between having a bias and can one review without prejudice ? What would a...
Dec 08, 2017•50 min•Ep. 23
We wanted to record on significant date. We wanted to embrace the spooky. We thought what fun to record on October 13th, a Friday the 13th. We paid the price. Pretty sure this one got haunted. There is static, pops, and some weird delay, and echo. In spite of all that, this one was full of great content; laughs, and insight, observations, and reactions. If audio quirks bug ya, and honestly, they make me crazy, then this episode may be too aggravating. The conversation within however, might just ...
Oct 17, 2017•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 22
As I post this conversation, full of hope, theories, predictions, and wonder, we have already come to the end of Twin Peaks The Return. Listen back, see where we were right, where we were wrong, and how far off we land...one thing is clear in this Reflections From The Red Room, we'll be chatting for years to come. As of this writing, as much as I felt we were prepared, listening to these two fans here, we were not. "Let a smile be your umbrella" www.FromTheRedRoom.com Twitter @FromTheRedRoom htt...
Sep 05, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 21
Dan is welcomed into the Red Room to give us his take and observations on this year’s summer movies. We dive into his origins as a comic book fan, and open up a can of worms when it comes to where the current crop of blockbuster super hero movies are ultimately going. We chat about our picks for which hero we wish would happen next in cinema, and the state comic heroes on television. We stray from time to time but overall its a good talk about movies and we’ll check in with Dan again, with so ma...
Aug 23, 2017•52 min•Ep. 20
Guillermo and I talk Episodes 5,6, & 7 of Twin Peaks: The Return. We don't go episode by episode, we are still talking impressions and theory. We let the Lynchian beauty, and horror, wash over us, as it were. There are questions of time, ties to Norse lore, musings of final show downs, and curiosities of cameo-or-long-term-role that we bat around. We are caught up in the appreciation of the Return and while this edition was recorded way back, unsurprisingly, we really haven't come in to more...
Aug 11, 2017•56 min•Ep. 19
The table crafted by Charlie gets its debut. We hear of the path to construction, and completion. We chat about what we’ll miss with Charlie gone, and what he’ll miss here in Tucson. Tales of drinking, and singing, and staying close with friends. Brando does the Red Room proud with Fire Walk With Me memorabilia, and shares stories from Charlie's wedding. We bid a fond aloha, and until next time, via Skype or visit, the conversation continues. www.FromTheRedRoom.com @FromTheRedRoom ★ Support this...
Aug 11, 2017•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 18
Resonance-The Pottermouth Girls Visit The Red Room of Requirement We speak with Gwen and The Unicorn, champions of the Geeks Who Drink, masters of the Potter knowledge, and keepers of the words. The ladies join Guillermo to sit, and wax poetic, philosophical, and literal on J.K. and her work. Comparisons are unavoidable to greats like Professor Tolkien, and we work together to sort out our feelings, and fandom. It’s really just a get to know you, to prep for next time when the gloves really come...
Aug 04, 2017•57 min•Ep. 17
Sam and Gil Friends old and new-ish we chat with the two love birds and hear the story of how they went from cubicle buddies to wedded bliss. It’s great fun to hear the different stories, the varying truths from two perspectives. The grown-ups tell it like it is. Honest, and quick to laugh, both Gil and Samantha offer up some great content. Really enjoyed this one. What a great time! We get our hopes up that they’ll come back. The American dream gets real in the small town of Sahuarita just sout...
Jul 22, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 16
We meet Brando. Charlie and Mike’s close friend. Previously appearing in name, and now, in voice. We compare notes on the way we were introduced to David Lynch. We are enjoying the art of conversation, and move from pop culture to the ancient art of sword play. Brando drops some serious sword knowledge, I can’t spell or pronounce the art in which he is proficient. We talk about first readings of Dune and Political television and we come back to the man-child theme, video games and comics versus ...
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 15
It’s usually a dark coffee bar, a dark booth in a local dive, or dark theatres, this time, Laura and I have a conversation in the red room which as you may know, is strangely well lit. We cover the challenge of going from introvert to dancer to the social butterfly to mom and during it all, a daring artist…Laura gives us the skinny on the Phoenix comic con, from the guy trying to attack the green ranger, to Jim Butcher (we’re sorry we’re impatient for your work), comic con burlesque…Additionally...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 14
