Synopsis
The life and times of a Gung-ho independent filmmaker, successes, failures and the stories to go along with them.
Episodes
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Episode #16: The Real Beginning – Telling the story of John L. Sullivan
11/10/2019 Duration: 53minGood Morning WeiRdos! Today I gave everyone an update of the Strong Boy Production for our teaser shooting October 27th. For those of you who don't know, the titular character is John L. Sullivan, America's true first heavyweight champion. And for me, this is the real beginning of Gung-ho WeiRdo: Trying to Make a Movie because for the first time, I am actually trying to make a feature length film, get investments, get distribution, and make some money. Damn right! I mentioned a few things in the episode that I wanted to put in the show notes. A big shout out to BB's Jazz Blues and Soups, they will be hosting John L. Sullivan and Co. the day of the shoot. A big shout out to The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, they will be costuming John L. Sullivan and Co. the day of the shoot and working hard in the weeks leading up to it. Here are some of the books I've been reading, tremendously interesting and massively important to this production. Christopher Klein's Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sulliv
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UFC 242: Nurmagomedov v Poirier Official Predictions
06/09/2019 Duration: 47minHave a listen to find out my pick for Dustin Poirier v. Khabib Nurmagomedov. Also check out my fight analysis criteria behind all of my official predictions.
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Episode #13: Discouraged? Not sure what to call this one
19/04/2019 Duration: 30minGood Morning WeiRdos! Thanks for tuning in again. This is a short one and frankly, devoid of rants. Enjoy!
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Episode #11 with guest Tyler Wilkins (Composer)
05/04/2019 Duration: 01h38minHello everyone, This was a really fun episode. Filled with rants. Tyler was the composer of the original score for 4AM, Where the Trees Hide the Moon (Teaser) and hopefully everything else that I'll do, he's fantastic. Some of his information is below if you're looking to get in contact with him about music and filmmaking. Thanks for tuning in. Stay Gung-Ho! Here is a link to Where the Trees Hide the Moon teaser. The music is awesome. The images are awesome. The narration, not so much! www.tjwilkins.com www.instagram.com/tjwilkinsmusic
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Episode #10: “Blood Like Water” (Chicago Hotel Bathroom)
22/03/2019 Duration: 07minHello WeiRdos! My apologies for the late episode today. A few problems occurred this morning: I woke up late in a hotel in Chicago and no idea how I got here. Just kidding, I know how it happened but, I drank last night, very uncharacteristic for me but I'm on vacation. Then, my computer died in the middle of reading. Below is an unedited bit of what I wrote on the train yesterday: it's also read by me on the podcast. Enjoy and let me know your thoughts. Blood Like Water (snippet from the Train) post #1 There have been times and places when and where men pursue men to their deaths. Those places are distant. In war novels, too young men, given breath and blood in early pages, are fated to be stripped of both by stories end and most certainly, eventually, by pages end. Photos of their virgin lovers once or many times removed are intricately creased in their dusty bags with few other belongings and stared at as inspiration during desperate or scheduled masturbation, and, in cases of true love, into the q
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UFC London Official Predictions
16/03/2019 Duration: 37minUFC London Official Predictions. Some exciting fights tomorrow night. At one point in time, I have believed that one man in each bout had championship potential, only one has fought for a title but was taken care of early by "The Chosen One" Tyron Woodley. Darren Till vs. Jorge Masvidal Gunnar Nelson vs. Leon Edwards Dominick Reyes vs. Volkan Oezdemir
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Episode #9: Discipline for the Creative: Checklists and Announcements
15/03/2019 Duration: 01h04minGood Morning WeiRdos! Today's episode was a special one for me. A few announcements and a few changes. All for the better. I'll update more today! If you want to avoid some ranting, you can jump to the 20 minute mark and then again to the 30 minute mark.
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Episode #8: WritingRantingWritingRanting! Vomit Draft Challenge
08/03/2019 Duration: 54minGood Morning WeiRdos! Thanks for tuning in to Episode #8 of the Gung-ho WeiRdo podcast. Today, as every other day, I went on various rants but most importantly, I talked about writing. Writing is everything. It's the beginning of the filmmaking process. It's the middle of the filmmaking process. It's the end of the filmmaking process. If there is one thing that independent filmmakers don't spend enough time on, it's the script. Today, I'm challenging you to write/submit your 22 minute Vomit Draft. Rules are simple: Turn on your stop-watch/alarm for 22 minutes. Do nothing but write until the alarm goes off. Try your best to begin and end a story in that time. Then, submit it HERE.
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Episode #7: Distractions and Goals
01/03/2019 Duration: 58minToday I'm ranting again and who knows where it goes. Many distractions. Many goals. Something's gotta give! Enjoy. I'll be posting a snippet from my recently begun novel: Blood Like Water!
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Episode #6 Very Gung-ho! Very WeiRd—Oh!
22/02/2019 Duration: 50minGod love you if you stayed on for this one. I tried to free style a little bit. Check back at 3pm today for the following: Group Reading Schedule and Book Pick
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Episode #5 with guest: Rick Zelle III
15/02/2019 Duration: 01h15minDescription coming soon: hanging with a good friend.
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Episode #4: 4 AM Production pt. 1
08/02/2019 Duration: 01h10minGood morning WeiRdos. Today's episode is rather simple, it's a continuation from last week talking about the process of making my multiple award winning short film 4AM. Please pay special attention to the last 10 or 15 minutes, it's where I discuss what's next. Men, by the Book. MMA Blog and some other rants that I get into and onto. Enjoy and thanks for listening!
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Gung-ho Weirdo Episode # 3: 4AM pre-production
01/02/2019 Duration: 01h00sHello Weirdos. This episode details the somewhat official beginning of my filmmaking career with the pre-production stories of 4AM, my first award winning short film. I will continue on part 2 of this next week discussing the actual production, the highs and the lows. Enjoy! As promised, here are a few links mentioned in the episode. 4AM 4AM Teaser 4AM Kickstarter Skully Shemwell Audition (Paul Peterson)
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Episode #2: The Struggle to Begin
25/01/2019 Duration: 01h12minIn this episode I'm going to cover the current struggles including: podcast, film making, life in general. This one is for those of you that have struggled with something before...that's you dumb ass. Get in Touch Name*Email* Message* jQuery(document).bind('gform_post_render', function(event, formId, currentPage){if(formId == 1) {if(typeof Placeholders != 'undefined'){ Placeholders.enable(); }} } );jQuery(document).bind('gform_post_conditional_logic', function(event, formId, fields, isInit){} ); jQuery(document).ready(function(){jQuery(document).trigger('g
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Episode #1: Intro to GungHo! (and various rants)
15/12/2018 Duration: 59minFinding out what GungHo! is all about. Welcome!