Mix Tape With a Chainsaw

What may be Matt's last podcast for awhile is a conversation about joy and how it is lacking in our current culture. Quoting from a book he is reading about the Camino de Santiago, Matt explains how a "drop of joy" could change the world. By the time this podcast drops, Matt will be en route to eye surgery, so send positive thoughts his way for a full restoration of eyesight. What do you think? storytellermatt.com/contact

A grab-bag of ideas here stemming from a discussion of the separation of art from the artist, of producer from his product. At what point to we reject a product we love because the creator who gave it to us is less-than-noble (and in some cases downright evil). Or... maybe he/she retains some modicum of nobility, but for some reason we just don't like them? Are we to be self-sabotaging fools and slash our own tires just because the tire company doesn't support our candidate? We don't discuss that in specific, but we do explore the ideas behind it. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact, or storytellermatt@gmail.com, or mkstoryteller@gmail.com. We're all friends here, or at least, we should be.

Matt misses a chance to see Superman: The Movie on the big screen and decides to talk about what we are and are not doing for our fellow man. Weigh in at mkstoryteller@gmail.com.

Matt's local theater has been screening some of his favorite older films, and revisiting those films on the big screen has triggered a lot of thought about states of consciousness, nostalgia, the power of imagination, and the epidemic of antagonism and discord that has broken out as a comorbidity of this COVID event. Take notes. You'll need them to manifest your counter "yeah, but" attacks.

Matt has the time of his life when he goes to see Dirty Dancing on the big screen with his wife. He also watched Blue City, an odd little post-Breakfast Club vehicle for Judd Nelson and (blink and you miss her) Ally Sheedy. We also talk about time and our conscious experience of it, about compassion, about solidarity, and about how the whole mask conundrum is destroying the tribe (and the pro-mask people are in part responsible, contrary to their popular belief about themselves). Push your cart back to the store, settle back in your car, and give us a listen. Questions and comments may now be sent to storytellermatt@gmail.com.

We just crossed 100 episodes, and now we are going in a different direction. But while we continue in this state of crisis, hysteria, and madness during the COVID event, Matt has a few more things he wants to say before again taking the podcast in a new direction. If the idea of change scares you, recall the words of Henri Bergson, who said that "for a conscious being, to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."

We have hit the 100uh episode. man. No one to thank. This is a testament to our insistence on giving the world something that nobody wants, not to the support we've received because, quite frankly, we haven't received very much. Anyway, continue the journey of comp and cont with us here as we rant about how negative the world is, ho wmuch people kind of suck right now.

The saga continues as Matt tries to settle down his anger with all of this COVID business and get back to talking about movies. Two in particular. We want to get done with this comparison before we all die. Hurry, listen faster!

After a rant about absolutism and our attachment to certainty, Matt continues the comparison of two great Emilio Estevez films.

Slowly but surely, we are getting through these two movies. And you know what? We might just be getting a little enlightenment along the way.

Continuing this lovely comparison of two great films 26 years apart. Another rant sneaks in, so if you're attached to your fear, you might want to check out of this episode instead of checking this episode out.

Matt picks this comparison back up after a rant, but the rant spills over into the episode. Again, if for you FEAR means F*** Everything And Run rather than Face Everything And Recover, you might not dig this episode.

Matt went traveling across the country during this COVID silliness, and he learned a few things along the way. He also had some insights into two of his favorite films, Alien (1979) and Field of Dreams )1989), so he will share those thoughts as well. If you like living in fear, you may want to pass on this one because Matt comes at your fear hard.

Continuing our examination of two Emilio Estevez films released 26 years apart.

Continuing or comparative study of two films in the career of Emilio Estevez. Full explanation of why in the show intro. Send us your opinions at mkstoryteller@gmail.com.

Beginning a series in which Matt contemplates the 26th year of his sobriety by discussing two Emilio Estevez films 26 years apart.

Matt rambles about Hudson Hawk. What else is there?

Matt discusses what he has been doing with movies to keep sane during this quarantine. Oh, and if you're looking for fear and negativity, you will get none here. Only frustration and anger over the self-appointed moral guardian COVID cops out there trying to police the rest of us. If that's you, you may not want to listen unless you want to be offended, and the irony is, COVID cops are so addicted to recreational outrage that taking offense seems to be their contact sport of choice.

While quarantined to avoid contact with the Coronavirus, Matt marathons all the movies in the Shining Universe and blathers about them for an hour.

Every so-called alpha lesson on YouTube is all about forcing dominance upon a social situation so people will lick your shoes and women will shed their clothes. Matt discusses why this is BS and why pursuing a different type of leadership helps you evolve into the kind of person the world needs. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

The alpha lessons continue by deconstructing the popular myth that alphas feel no fear, no anxiety, no unease, etc. Truth is, alphas, like everyone, feel all of these things, but they have the courage to look at those feelings and work through them without masks. Take off your own mask and weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt continues his exploration of unoriginal macho energy and ways it cam be channeled into original macho energy by ignoring the male role models in most movies. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt learns of an obnoxious and utterly ridiculous seminar behind conducted by so-called "real men" just up the road from where he lives. Rather than crash the damn thing (a right impossible feat, come to think of it), he decides to begin his own "real man" seminar for free via podcast. Here is the intro and further details about this cavalcade of knuckle-draggers that inspired this upcoming series. The website, of course, is storytellermatt.com

Matt did not enjoy The Rise of Skywalker and, therefore, imagined ways the story could be better. Here in less than 20 minutes is a pitch of a new and improved Episode IX, one that pays respect to all characters while maintaining consistency with the previous two films.Website is: storytellermatt.comEmail is: mkstoryteller@gmail.com

Matt competes in a karaoke contest doing "Time Warp" from The Rocky Horror Picture suow and figures it's a good time to talk about that movie. Weigh in by going to storytellermatt.com/contact or email at mkstoryteller@gmail.com.

Oh my, what a wacky film. Matt records his thoughts after watching this crazy little gem while waiting out a hurricane that never showed up. Weigh in yourself at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt discusses one of the scarier films he watched in the 1980s, Wes Craven's A Nightmare On Elm Street. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt takes a journey to Cold War Berlin where some weird things are happening at a local movie theater west of The Wall. That's right, it's time to wallow in Lamberto Bava's 'Demons.' Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt answers your mail. You can weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt begins the Halloween season by looking at one of his favorites, a weird little supernatural thriller from the 80s. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt kind of loved the new It movie, but he had less to say about the film itself and more to say about the underlying spiritual ideas that he was able to extract from the film's narrative. Have a take? Send it to storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt delves deep into the South Florida Indie scene with this retro classic from the early 1990s starring a very young Joel D Wynkoop (King of the B Movies). Weigh in with your thoughts at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt has to hunker down and wait out an advancing hurricane, so he takes solace in all the movies readily available to him. This episode is what it would be like to be locked in a house with Matt for a few days with nothing to do but talk movies. Interact at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt spends a day at the Tampa Bay Screams horror convention and walks away enlightened. Direct questions and comments to storytellermatt.com/contact.

A placeholder to let you know the podcast is still here. Samsara rules, so changes will be coming soon. Matt asks what movies you want him to discuss, so please send a message from storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt catches up to 'Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood." He spends half an hour criticizing Tarantino, half an hour praising him, and half an hour with the movie. If you want to spend half an hour on your own opinion, feel free to drop us a line at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt goes to the mat with mean demons, touching on The Exorcism of Emily Rose as well as Once Upon a Time In Hollywood and The Hart Break Killer. Madness ensues. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt answers a letter about pornography and then discusses the film The Hart Break Killer directed by Sean Donohue and starring Eigh8t the Chosen One. Questions and comments can be directed at Storytellermatt.come/contact.

Matt answers an email by opening fire on relition and then discusses Midsomar, the latest horror masterpiece by Ari Aster. Direct comments and questions to storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt went to see Jim Jarmusch's latest film, a satire of current culture using the tried-and-true zombie apocalypse motife, and he found it rather enjoyable. Comments can be made at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt tumbles down the YouTube rabbit hole and stumbles across a video created by a modern caveman about how to manipulate women like Tony Stark does. Ugh! Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt talks about spiritual warfare a bit, questioning whether or not it is a real thing, after a couple of movies and a TV show open up a weird can of emotional worms. Check out storytellermatt.com/contact if you have an experience you want to share.

Matt is back into his mystic ways, exploring the various spiritual messages in Endgame but focusing (quite by accident) on the spiritual arc of one Tony Stark and the actor who plays him, Robert Downey Jr. Share your own thoughts at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt unleashes his SPOILER-filled thoughts about Avengers: Endgame. Don't listen if you have not seen the film yet. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

NO SPOILERS as Matt chronicles the week leading up to the opening of Avengers: Endgame, speculating on the authenticity of advance reactions and waxing nostalgic about previous tentpole films that generated such sweet anticipation. Weigh in at storytellermatt.com/contact.

We try to be positive here, we really try... but... oh boy. Matt is pretty upset over Pet Sematary, a plodding cliche of a film that takes the depth and edginess of Stephen King's novel and flushes it sideways in exchange for cheap thrills that don't really land. Weigh in if you must: storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt celebrates his 60th episode by talking about horror movies that saved him. How do horror movies save us? You'll have to listen to find out. Warning: Some rough language and a few harsh opinions. Contact Matt at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt talks about the latest Marvel entry, Eagles football, white-bread country music, and the brilliant placement of Infinity War/Endgame in the canon, as well as female-driven action movies and his hope for the future. He also tries to curb his disappointment with certain things but is not very successful doing that. Contact Matt at storytellermatt.com/contact

Matt rants about the current state of affairs while analyzing his favorite scene from a movie none of you have scene (and likely will never see) to demonstrate how information given us in certain films can create dramatic paradigm shifts in our lives. Got a problem with that? Send your comments to storytellermatt.com/contact

In a Very Special Episode of Mix Tape With a Chainsaw, Matt reads a letter from his friend Jeff Shank, the werewolf from The Howling, who passed away in 2015. Discuss your own mortal dreads at storytellermatt.com/contact.

Matt watches the infamous director's cut of one of his favorite films, The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill, and discovers why the film's many fans say that every copy of this particular cut needs to be destroyed. Do you agree? Jump onto storytellermatt/com/contact to weigh in with your opinion