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The Music of Barbra Streisand Podcast

Barbra Streisand has been recording music for over sixty years and Matt Howe has written the first book that covers EVERY album, single, and song. Scott Ryan interview Author Matt Howe and Streisand’s co-director for her concert tours Richard Jay-Alexander (who also was involved in bringing Miss Saigon, Les Mis, Phantom and many other shows to Broadway.)

The publishing company FMP (Laura’s Ghost, Last Days of Letterman) is releasing Howe’s book Barbra Streisand: The Music, The Albums, The Singles on April 24, 2023. Preorders are open now and help with printing costs. Listen to this podcast interview to hear Richard tell stories of songs Streisand tried in rehearsal, but never performed, how she decides on what to sing, and learn some of his favorite moments working with Team Streisand. Matt gives a preview of the book and there is plenty of music to keep you busy.

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Happy 80th birthday to Bob Dylan

Josh Minton and Scott Ryan talk about Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday. They discuss his latest album and how they both got into Dylan and why he matters to them. Press Play below to listen or head out to iTunes and download.

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Sheryl Lee Podcast Interview: Laura’s Ghost

Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks is the new book by Courtenay Stallings. She brings actress Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer) to join her in the Red Room. Scott Ryan (Blue Rose Magazine, Red Room Podcast) interviews Stallings and Lee about the new book that covers the darker side of the Laura Palmer story from Twin Peaks. Stallings discusses her interviews with Sheryl Lee, Grace Zabriskie, Jennifer Lynch and many women in the Twin Peaks community.

Sheryl Lee, who wrote the foreword to the book, talks about Season 3, her journey with the character and her involvement in the book.

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More Twin Peaks interviews: Mark Frost, Sheryl Lee, Alicia Witt

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Liberty Devitto Interview (Billy Joel’s Drummer)

Liberty Devitto played drums on all of Billy Joel’s major records and hits. He now enters the Red Room to talk with Scott Ryan about Liberty’s new book- Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness. They talk about the new book and many of Billy Joel’s deepest cuts. Enjoy this fun filled interview with the best drummer this side of an Innocent Man.

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Listen to Scott Interview David Marchese about his interview with Billy Joel on Red Room Episode #155

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Check out the upcoming Moonlighting book which will have a chapter on Big Man on Mulberry Street.

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Mel Harris: #SaveTheSteadmans

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Mel Harris played Hope Murdock Steadman for 4 years on thirtysomething. In 2020, she got the chance to revisit the character as Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz were ready to start a new series called thirtysomething(else). But ABC and Covid-19 had something to say about that. Now it is our turn.

Mel Harris joins Scott Ryan for a call to action to all thirtysomething fans to tweet, Instagram and Facebook ABC, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime as we try to #SaveTheSteadmans and move this show forward. Listen to the podcast interview as Mel talks about what it was like to get the call to return, the new cast and what fans can do to help.

If you are a fan of thirtysomething, be sure to check out the Paperback or Hardback book of Scott Ryan’s thirtysomething at thirty: an oral history. All the cast, writers and creators were interviewed for this book. You can also check out older episodes of the thirtysomething podcast. The podcast is also on iTUNES

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Podcast about Mark Frost’s Final Dossier

Remember when we had to wait 20 years between Twin Peaks products? Well its been only 2 months and we another piece of Twin Peaks. Mark Frost has released his new book, The Final Dossier. Mya McBriar joins Scott and Josh as they talk about the book. The answers and the questions those answers brings up.

We also talk about Josh Minton’s recent trip to the locations where Twin Peaks was filmed and we mention Scott’s recent interview with Ray Wise (Leland Palmer) for The Blue Rose Magazine. Then it is all about the Final Dossier. Spoilers are everywhere so only listen if you have read.

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2 Podcasts about Twin Peaks Part 18

We do things a bit differently on this Red Room. After weeks of listening to us argue and debate deep theory, we take a break to have a roundtable talk with 10 Twin Peaks fans. We throw out questions and go around and let some hard core life long fans have their say. We talk about most satisfying moments, best Black Lodge moments and our first thoughts on Parts 17-18. Look below for Episode 140 which also covers Twin Peaks

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But wait…There is more.

We have another podcast, Episode 140 where Scott talks to Comic book artist/writer Jeff Lemire about Parts 17 & 18

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How to Watch Buffy and Angel on Netflix or DVD

This blog is for people who are going to start watching or re-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the spinoff series, Angel at the same time. My guess is most people would be doing this on Netflix as that is the premium way of dispensing old TV these days. There are many crossovers between both these series. Back at the turn of the century, both shows played on the WB. Through the podcast interviews we have done on Big Bad Buffy Interviews, we have since learned that both series were filmed and written from the same location. Crossovers were easy to come up with, but are hard to enjoy now. The series are meant to be watched in order. Here is how you do it.

Step 1: You start with Seasons 1-3 of Buffy.

I have to let you know that Season 1 of Buffy is a little rough if you are starting it for the first time in 2017. Their budget was low and they are not up to par. Be patient and it gets there. Season 2 is the best season of television ever, so it makes up for it. Season 3 is really good and you are so in love with all the characters that you would go anywhere the writers wanted you to go. At the end of Season 3 is when the viewing get tricky.

Step 2: Rotate between Season 4 of Buffy and Season 1 of Angel; continue for 2 years.

There has not been few things that actually use the benefit of weekly television viewing. Mostly because networks do not care about making TV fun, they want to sell soap. But back in 1999, the WB network did something really fun. Their Tuesday night schedules were given over to Joss Whedon. So Tuesday’s at 8 PM was Buffy and 9PM was Angel. The writers being very creative used this to their advantage. So they do a couple crossovers a year where the story starts on Buffy and ends on Angel. Some of them are short little clips and some are 4 episode story arcs. So if you don’t follow this rule, the shows will not make sense.

You watch Season 4 Ep1 of Buffy, Season 1 Ep 1 of Angel.
Then Season 4 Ep 2 of Buffy, Season 1 Ep 2 of Angel. Continue for 3 Seasons. The pay off will be high.

Step 3: Watch 2 eps of Angel Season 4 then proceed to Buffy Season 7.

Remember when I said that networks don’t care about fun? Well of course they messed this up in the final season of Buffy. So you follow the rule that is laid out in step 2 all the way from season 4 of Buffy until the beginning of season 7. Here they played Angel one time twice and messed up the rotation, even though the end of Buffy and the end of that season on Angel are highly intertwined between a major reoccurring character which I will not give away.

So you start Season 4 of Angel by watching 2 episodes of Angel, then you start Buffy Season 7 and go back to the rotation of Buffy then Angel. Watch Season 4 Ep 1,2 of Angel. Then Season 7 Ep 1 of Buffy, Season 4 Ep 3 of Angel, Season 7 ep 2 of Buffy, Season 4 ep 4 of Angel, etc. That should keep you on the path. They key is that you have to finish Angel Season 4 before you watch the Final Buffy.

You might think this sounds like a lot of work. But can you think of another show that ever had this many crossovers and each show informing the other? It is what makes Joss Whedon an entertainer. He was given a creative chance and he took it. I suggest you follow the “Scott Rules” because this will make the Buffy/Angel universe feel very real and you will then understand why people are still in love with this show.

Make sure you listen to Big Bad Buffy Interviews the podcast where David Bushman and I are interviewing the writers, directors and actors of the series.

Scott Ryan is the author of thirtysomething at thirty:an oral history, the managing editor of The Blue Rose Magazine. For more information click here.

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Order thirtysomething at thirty: an oral history

thirtysomething at thirty: an oral history was released by Bear Manor Media on June 7th. Author Scott Ryan interviewed all the main cast and writers as well as a handful of the producers, directors and guest actors of the 1987 series, thirtysomething.

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