Episode 68: What's Interesting: Year in Review

Episode 68: What's Interesting: Year in Review
Produced by Relevant to Our Interests
Hosts: John R. Belliston and Frank Shaw
Scripting by: Frank Shaw and John Belliston
Edited by: Frank Shaw
Graphic Design by: Nathan Newell and Frank Shaw
Intro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw
Outro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw

It's our Year in Review! A show we like to do once a year to go over the podcast from the previous year. Go over our goals for the upcoming year, and note what we succeeded on and what we did not succeed in from the previous year. We always have lofty goals, and often fall considerably short. This year is no exception, from where we hoped to be, and where we hope to go. 

First up: we switched to a mostly weekly schedule, and we've kept it up for the most part, only taking off a few weeks here and there due to illness or unforeseen events. It's also something we plan to continue with an exception of a few weeks off in early to mid July (coming up here soon), and some time off during the holidays. 

Second: We did a couple of interviews, and as John said the one we did with gough from www.beernutsproductions.com was one of his favorites. And one of mine (in fact he's going to be on episode 72). We are hoping to be able to do more interviews and have more guests going forward. There are some technical issues that we are still trying to work out, but the next episode gives me hope going forward. 

Third: More animation! We are gradually narrowing the focus of the show to cover animation and comic book films and television, and horror movies. We will be covering Avatar the Last Airbender the end of the summer, and I'm excited. 

Fourth: Moving platforms. We will be moving platforms when we get started up again. I know where we will be moving, but when it actually happens I'll be announcing it here, twitter, facebook, google + and all the usual places. 

Finally: Something we didn't talk about. The YouTube channel. Yes we do have a YouTube, and yes there is some content. When we get started again at the end of July we will begin uploading again, though the animated vids will continue to be on hiatus until our video editor can sort out all the hardware issues they are currently having. 

I'm excited. We're still having fun, and quite honestly the last year has given me the energy I need going forward. John's projects will begin to appear, hopefully before the end of this year, and I'll be helping to produce those. I also have some projects that I'll be starting as well. The next year looks bright. 

We can't wait! 

Episode 64 and 65 What's Interesting and Interview with Rufusman!

Episode 64: What's Interesting: Another Video Game Episode
Produced by Relevant to Our Interests
Hosts: John R. Belliston and Frank Shaw
Scripting by: Frank Shaw and John Belliston
Edited by: Frank Shaw
Graphic Design by: Nathan Newell and Frank Shaw
Intro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw
Outro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw

These two episodes were originally planned to be one, but we suffered from some ill timed technical difficulties. So we released what was the first part, and then recorded the next episode with Rufusman!

First up: Dragon Quest. I love JRPG's. I get that it's a genre that has never been extremely huge here in the west, and only occasionally does a game get a lot of buzz and recognition, most recently Persona 5, but Final Fantasy 15, 10, and 7 in the past. Kingdom Hearts as well (which is an action JRPG). The Dragon Quest games are great though, and if you have a 3DS then I highly recommend you pick up Dragon Quests IV - IX. It's probably about 500 to 600 hundred hours easily of entertainment between all six games.

John chat's a bit about the Santa Clarita Diet, a dark horror comedy that is available to stream on Netflix. John touches on something he's touched on in the past a bit, and that is comedy, and how it's changed for the worse in many ways. We will eventually be doing an entire episode about that with many examples, but until then check out this show. It's one that I personally haven't watched, but if I like it, we may end up chatting about it soon here on the podcast. 

And of course Far Cry 5. There's been some controversy with the game and the message it's trying to portray. Or not portray. The game does sound fun though. Regardless of the plot. I really want the dog, the cougar and the diabetic bear as my best friends. I bet you do too. 


Episode 65: What's Interesting:Interview with Rufusman
Produced by Relevant to Our Interests
Hosts: John R. Belliston and Frank Shaw
Special Guest: Rufusman!
Scripting by: Frank Shaw and John Belliston
Edited by: Frank Shaw
Graphic Design by: Nathan Newell and Frank Shaw
Intro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw
Outro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw

And here we are! An interview with Rufusman! Rufus' Kickstarter is still going on for a few more days. I apologize about the audio with this one. It was rough and we had a number of technical issues capturing it. Some of the audio was edited for clarity. Rufus is fun to talk to, and John and I may be working (together or even separately) with him in the future. If you can support his Kickstarter. There's a couple of great comics, including Yahvi that was inspired by Rufus' daughter and is written for kids. 

http://kck.st/2HCnQNz

Video for Episode 59: What's Interesting: Oscars, games and stuff.

Hey, it's the video for Episode 59: What's Interesting. Give it a watch, there's a lot of fun stuff in this episode, and if you haven't listened to it yet then it's worth a watch.

If you want to submit questions for John's Bad Advice, then you can email us at: relevant2rinterests@gmail.com

Tweet @r2interests, @lojakz or @jrbelliston on Twitter or leave a comment down below. We'd love to read your questions on the show. 

Episode 57 What's Interesting: Valentines Day, What's John Watching?

Episode 57: What's Interesting: VD, John's Watching

Produced by Relevant to Our Interests

Hosts: John R. Belliston and Frank Shaw

Scripting by Frank Shaw and John Belliston

Edited by: Frank Shaw

Graphic Design by: Nathan Newell 

Intro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw

Outro Music: Morning Activities by F.G. Shaw

So, to start with I chat about my Valentines day. I talk a bit about what me and my Lady did. 

Here's a pic of the mug and some of the Maker's Mark, and the whiskey stones in their bag. 

The bourbon is almost gone, the stones are fun, but honestly? I love that mug. I drink out of it nearly all the time now. And not just alcohol. I do want to put up a correction: During the podcast I said I got my lady a lily, that was incorrect: it was actually an orchid, which is a cooler flower in my opinion. 

The other thing I want to plug is the YouTube channel! We have one now, and we're slowly getting content uploaded. As of writing this there are four videos uploaded. We're currently getting about 2 up every week and a half, but that pace will quicken. They consist of still images over the audio, but my Lady is doing some fun stuff with them. Check it out and subscribe. Watch some of the episodes that you're curious about. Hell if you wonder what John and I look like, it's worth watching about 5 minutes just to see us... or not. 

Here's the video for this episode:

John's been playing a lot of Destiny 2, and while he does he has Netflix or Hulu on to help break up the monotony of the grind. He talks about three separate series he's been watching. 

First up: Comedy Bang Bang! This bizarre talk show on IFC has some very surreal funny moments. I personally have only watched the first season, but if you like bizarre comedy this is worth checking out. You can watch full episodes at the IFC page for the series here. Scott Aukerman also does a podcast for the show here.

John's also been watching Part's Unknown with Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain is the real deal. And lover him or hate him, you can't deny that he's not being himself. I have yet had the chance to watch Part's Unknown, but it's on my list. Here's the website for the series. It's worth checking out. 

Finally! John's started watching the Joel McHale Show. It's a weekly talk show releasing on Netflix starring that one guy... Joel McHale. I honestly had to see a picture of him to remember who he was. I guess I need to sit down and watch Community. If you're a Netflix subscriber, then just search for it and it'll be the first option that appears. 

Also... John's Bad Advice!