Podcast appearances and mentions of Mark Irwin

Johnny & Brent welcome emerging Nashville songwriter, Kris Krepeau to the Challenge, where they craft 5-6 different conceptual angles for writing a song entitled "Growth Rings". He writes during the day and works at the Bluebird Cafe at night. He has several cuts with up-and-coming independent artists. He has written with several hit writers including Mark Irwin, Adam James, Brian Davis, Josh Phillips, Marty Dotson, Clay Mills, and Matt Rogers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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"La Isla que no Estaba en los Mapas" (The Uncharted Isle) —a veces publicado como: La isla que no aparecía en los mapas— es un relato de terror del escritor norteamericano Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961), publicado originalmente en la edición de noviembre de 1930 de la revista Weird Tales, y luego reeditado por Arkham House en la antología de 1942: Fuera del espacio y el tiempo (Out of Space and Time). Este es uno de los grandes cuentos de Clark Ashton Smith, narra la historia de un náufrago, llamado Mark Irwin, quien despierta después de varios días de delirio en alta mar, y se encuentra en la laguna de una misteriosa isla. Todo el lugar es extraño, desde su extraña flora arcaica y su fauna, hasta el extraño posicionamiento del sol en el cielo. Música y Ambientación: "Alone in the Dark" Arni Bergur Zoega "Alone in the Dark" Vadim Kiselev Blog del Podcast: https://lanebulosaeclectica.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @jomategu

Davis Loose joins us today and man I have loved getting to know him these past couple years. I met Davis when he was just 16 at the St Augustine's songwriter's festival. I host this festival every year out in Florida and the year I met Davis I was genuinely surprised by how talented he was. He is a fantastic songwriter and performer so when I heard he was thinking about making the move to Nashville, I told him he'd have a job at the Listening Room. Davis has been in town for just 2 years now and during that time he has - grown his network to writing with guys like Mark Irwin, went from serving tables here at the Listening Room to playing our main stage, writing a song that made its way to American Idol, and puts in the work writing 5 days a week. Davis has one single out so far titled - John Deere Tractor Beer and tells the story behind this one and plays a piece of it for us. Davis is young and fresh in Music City and has a lot of great work left to do. Right now, he has the opening slot on Randy Houser's upcoming tour, is continuing to play songwriters festivals, and continues to write and build his camp with some iconic songwriters here in town. We had a lot of fun during this one and are so excited to introduce you to one of Nashville's up-and-comers. You can find Davis on Instagram @davisloose and be sure to check out his recent release “John Deere Tractor Beer” anywhere you get your music. It's a great one. If you enjoyed this episode, give us a follow and click that notification button to stay up to date when new episodes are released. We also want to shout-out our sponsors Sennheiser, Imperfect Aesthetician, and Alclair In Ears – if you're looking for a good set of in-ear monitor make sure to take advantage of 10% off by placing an order at alclair.com/sbtsongs! Alright, let's go - here is Davis Loose! Podcast Show Notes: Davis' Instagram - @DavisLoose Davis' YouTube - @davisloose And follow us, Stories Behind the Songs, here: Listen/Subscribe/Follow - HERE SBTSongs TikTok - @SBTSongs SBTSongs Instagram - @SBTSongs SBTSongs YouTube - @SBTSongs Chris Blair's Instagram - @ChrisBlairMusic Chris Blair's Website - ChrisBlair.com The Listening Room's Website - ListeningRoomCafe.com TLR's Instagram - @ListeningRoomCafe TLR's TikTok - @ListeningRoomCafe #SBTSongs --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sbtsongs/support

This week the guys discuss the potential for a Palworld comic series, Gerard Way returning to Dark Horse, and more! Also this week the guys are joined by Senior VP of Business Development for Mad Cave Studios Mark Irwin. Mark has had a long career in comics and his recent venture with Mad Cave has been a huge success. We discuss how Mad Cave got to this point and hint at some future announcements! Find Mad Cave with the link below. https://madcavestudios.com/ Don't forget the guys talk about the comics they are reading off the shelves from last week, and as always all of the news fit for print. Comics we discuss in this episode: Batman/Superman: World's Finest #25 Justice Society of America #9 Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #6 Blade #9 Jango Fett #1 Beware the Planet of the Apes #3 Vengeance of the Moon Knight #3 The Weatherman Vol. 3 #3 Spillblood #1 Where the Nightmares Are #1 Get your Fortress Comics merchandise with the link below https://www.teepublic.com/user/fortress-comics FortressofComicNews.com https://chriscomicscorner.substack.com/ YouTube.com/FortressComics Find Chris: https://bio.site/chrisrundt Mike twitter @fortressricker Patreon.com/FortressComics Thanks for Listening! #marvel #marvelcomics #mcu #dccomics #comicbooks #comicnews #podcast #indiecomics  #batman

Mad Cave Studios Vice President of Business Development Mark Irwin joins the show to talk about all the goings-on at the publisher, and his favorite Rush song.

With over 6 millions streams, Christie Huff is a prolific singer-songwriter balancing gracefully between pop and country. In this interview, we discuss her songwriting session with hitmaker Mark Irwin ("Highway Don't Care" for Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw), preparation as a songwriter, tour tips learned in India, the cute neighbor boy that taught her guitar, and how dyslexia taught her the secret of success in the music business.

Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.We're solo for the first time in a while to talk about the romantic comedy '10 Things I Hate About You', a take on William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew' updated for the 1990s and set at a Pacific Northwest high school that looks an awful lot like a castle.We discuss the film's impecccable cast, featuring a host of 90s up-and-comers including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Julia Styles, and the soon-to-be superstar Heath Ledger, who was taken far too soon. Then, we discuss the movie's place within the lineage of late-90s films, how it adheres to the rebellious sensibilities of the era, and (notably) the ways it disregards them. Finally, we talk about a recent article in The Washington Post which, coincidentally, references the film in its examination of the current proliferation of celebrity veneers, unattainable standards of beauty, and how these trends desecrate the authenticity and natural beauty that once defined the genuine sexual energy in media from decades past. Read 'Have you noticed that everyone's teeth are a little too perfect?' by Jessica M. Goldstein at The Washington Post.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish.

This is an amazing interview because Mark Irwin of Mad Cave Studios boards the mothership! We talk about Mad Cave's recent acquisition of the licensing of Gatchman. This will result in a new series launched in Septemeber and even a Gatchaman universe of comics.    #markirwin #madcavestudios #gatchaman #comics

En este episodio conversamos sobre la película del año 1986, “The Fly” (La Mosca) del director David Cronenberg, protagonizada por Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis y John Getz.

In this episode you'll hear the stories behind the songs written by Mark Irwin. Mark has been in Nashville for over 25 years and was the writer of Alan Jackson's first #1 hit "Here In The Real World." He also wrote "Redneck Crazy" for Tyler Farr, "Highway Don't Care" for Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift along with other great songs written for Jimmy Buffett, Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Randy Travis and more. He also talks about how he got a check for $5,000 from Garth Brooks because Garth decided to not record his song...only to later record it anyway. And how after this many years in Nashville he gets inspired by new young artists and writers and has worked heavily with guys like AJ Kross, Davis Loose and Cam Newby. Show notes/links: Mark's Instagram - @MarkIrwin62 And follow us - Stories Behind the Songs Podcast - here: SBTSongs TikTok - @SBTSongs SBTSongs Instagram - @SBTSongs SBTSongs YouTube - @SBTSongs Chris Blair's Instagram - @ChrisBlairMusic Chris Blair's Website - ChrisBlair.com And thanks to YOU for listening and supporting. We hope you love these episodes and will continue to share them with your friends, hit that like/subscribe/follow button and keep listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sbtsongs/support

In this episode Kyle reviews Green Lantern v4 issue 53 Writer- Geoff Johns Penciler- Doug Mahnke Inkers- Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Mark Irwin, and Doug Mahnke Colourist- Randy Mayor Letterer- Nick J. Napolitano Editors -Eddie Berganza and Adam Schlagman What happens in the Issue? Tune in and find out Follow me at  www.instagram.com/knockedoutfilms Digital Products- payhip.com/KnockedOutfilms Physical Products- https://knockedoutfilms.bigcartel.com/ 

This episode presents a setting of In Memory of Coleman by Ed Reavy from a session at the Arthouse Bar and dives into everything we know about how fiddle tunes get composed.The artists mentioned are John Wobus, Taylor Swift, Rick Rubin, Mark Irwin, Ed Reavy, Michael Coleman, Joe Reavy and Tommy Caulfield.Meg's new fiddle album Broke the Floor is available on Bandcamp!Find the sheet music for this fiddle tune on the Fiddle Studio blog. Get more information about Meg's books, courses, and membership for learning to play the fiddle at fiddlestudio.com.Keep in touch with Meg at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.

This week I am talking with Richard Casper of CreatiVets in Nashville, TN. Richard is a military veteran that suffered a brain injury in the war and has since found healing through music. He co-founded the non-profit CreatiVets to help other veterans write songs with hit songwriters that help them communicate their thoughts and feelings to start the healing process. Richard also co-founded the songwriting app We Should Write Sometime that allows writers from all over to connect with other songwriters.  We are discussing learning to write music to cope with trauma, starting multiple music related companies, changing the way music is accessible and how your anxieties and depression have to be outweighed by your excitement when writing. Sponsors: Edenbrooke Productions - We offer consulting services and are offering listeners a 1-hour introductory special. To request more info on consulting services, email Marty at contact@johnmartinkeith.com.  In this episode we discuss: *Being in the military and guarding the President. *Losing friends in combat and suffering a brain injury. *Taking art and creative writing in college to help with the brain injury. *Learning to write music to cope. *Connecting with Nashville writers at a songwriter's round in Chicago. *Meeting and writing with songwriter Mark Irwin and how that began the healing process. *Bringing vets to Nashville to write with pro writers who can help them communicate their thoughts and feelings to help the start healing. *Bring in people around you to be successful. *Starting the non-profit CreatiVets. *CreatiVets helps wounded veterans heal through arts and music. *The importance of networking with people in the industry. *Creating a partnership with Big Machine Records to release music. *Starting We Should Write Sometime app. *Changing the way music is accessible. *We Should Write Your Song - custom songs for people. *weshouldwritesometime.com *How writers can write for We Should Write Sometime or We Should Write Your Song. *CreatiVets' goal is trying to end veteran suicide. *Your anxieties and depression have to be outweighed by your excitement. *www.creativets.org *You need to be in a music town to do this professionally. *Have one person who will champion you. *https://creativets.org/ BIO: RICHARD CASPER | Co-Founder & Executive Director Richard co-founded CreatiVets and currently serves as the CreatiVets organization's executive director.  Richard served four years as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps, with a combat deployment in Fallujah, Iraq.  During his deployment, he was hit by four IEDs in just four short months, causing him to suffer from a traumatic brain injury.  Upon returning home, Richard found it hard to adjust and suffered from PTS until he discovered the healing power of music and art.  After experiencing firsthand the impact music and art had on his own recovery, Richard co-founded CreatiVets to help other veterans who are suffering. CreatiVets' goal is to offer opportunities for relief and healing for the men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country.  Our purpose is to use various forms of art, including songwriting, visual arts, music, and creative writing, to help disabled veterans cope with service-related trauma (i.e., post-traumatic stress, or PTS) by fostering self-expression in a way that allows them to transform their stories of trauma and struggle into an art form that can inspire and motivate continued healing. Through compassion, we are helping veterans live again. Veterans suffering from PTS re-experience traumatic events years and even decades later, reliving the helplessness, fear, and horror associated with their traumatic event. Such strong, negative reactions often lead to anxiety, sadness, anger, depression, guilt, shame, irritability, behavior changes, and thoughts of suicide. These feelings can cause the individual to avoid environments that trigger reminders of the trauma, resulting in isolation and withdrawal from society and often leading to marital problems, difficulty in parenting, job instability, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and even suicide. CreatiVets has served veterans from 49 states!   According to the Department of Defense, one in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are diagnosed with PTS – over 300,000 veterans by the end of 2012. The social and economic costs of PTS are immense, and a study posted by the Military Times in 2015 found that the veteran suicide rate in the United States is 20 suicides per day and 14 of those don't seek help from the VA. Veterans now account for 20% of suicides in the United States. Creative art forms like those offered by the CreatiVets' programs have shown tremendous effectiveness in reducing PTS symptoms, reducing the severity of depression that often accompanies PTS, and improving the quality of life for veterans and their family members. Over the last two decades, researchers and clinicians have found the relief and healing provided by expressive writing, music and art is possible because these forms of expression do not necessitate exposure to the facts of the trauma, and also allow the individual to avoid the stigma of receiving mental health treatment. In modeling the CreatiVets programming, we have structured our sessions in a way that allows the participating veterans to express their thoughts and feelings without having to verbalize or directly confront the trauma. Our artistic outlets focus on creating an environment in which the veteran feels safe, providing an expressive medium that does not threaten that feeling of safety and helping veterans live again in turn.

Get ready for a wild and exhilarating episode as Natalie and Darren dive into the sensational world of Choir of Man. They'll discuss the Olivier-nominated, worldwide smash hit that continues to captivate audiences at the Arts Theatre in the heart of London's West End. Billed as the best night in your local you've ever had, it's a party, a concert, and a lock-in like no other. Get ready to be blown away by breath-taking reinventions of chart-topping hits from artists including Guns'N'Roses, Fun!, Adele, Avicii, Paul Simon, Sia, and many more. The Choir of Man truly has something for everyone! This episode also includes an exclusive interview with cast members Conor Hanley, who plays the Poet, and Mark Irwin, who plays the Barman. Tune in for a high-energy episode filled with incredible music, lively conversations, and a behind-the-scenes look at this phenomenal production. Get ready to join the ultimate party and experience the magic of Choir of Man like never before!

#bybextreme #boxing #bareknuckle IT'S SHARK WEEK ! Before he heads back into the BYB Extreme trigon to fight for their lightweight championship Mark Irwin joins the show ! We'll talk about facing Joshua Oxenidine and how he feels about the match up his thoughts on the Seth Schaffer situation and more ! Brought to you by G3 Payroll Tax and Accounting https://www.facebook.com/G3Payroll Michigan's Finest Cannabis use code KO3MF to get 10 % off your order (Excludes already on sale or featured items) mi-finest.com

Parth and Trent continue their 10 Things I Hate About You discussion with cinematographer Mark Irwin. They also reveal the next film in the Valentine's day series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Director David Cronenberg & cinematographer Mark Irwin

Parth and Trent talk 10 Things I Hate About You with its cinematographer Mark Irwin. Parth also redos the intro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded by Mark Irwin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 8, 2022. www.poets.org

Filmmaker Mark Irwin is the Director of Photographer for dozens of films, including SCREAM, THE FLY, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, OLD SCHOOL, VIDEODROME, and DUMB AND DUMBER. He came to Fillmland 2022 and talked all about the craft of cinematography. In this interview, Irwin talks about his work, how to shoot comedy, and collaborating with a director.Photo credit Chermilla Henthrone for ACSConnect with Arthouse Garage Support us on Patreon Arthouse Garage shop Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter: arthousegarage.com/subscribe Try Opopop popcorn! Get 10% off your first order Theme music by Apauling Productions

We have a special episode for everyone! Our special guest Dr. Mark Irwin was asked to join us to talk about the importance of Zookeeping and the technology and knowledge that is used to keep animals from the brink of extinction and the importance of Zoo's. Here are some of the important websites you can look into! www.zookeeping.com www.zoonewyork.org

Ballymote/Bunninadden joint captains Jack Lavin and Oisín Gorman chat with Ocean FM Sport's Dónal Ryan and Mark Irwin after Sunday's 2-14 to 1-9 win over St Molaise Gaels at Kent Park on Sunday.

Mark Irwin, Mayor of the City of Stirling has announced the launch of the Stirling Fast-Track service that promises to speed up small scale residential development applications through an online assessment process. "Essentially it is an online tool that will be able to do something that I always thought local governments should be doing, less of the compliance side and more a facilitator in ensuring developments happen quickly where they should," Mr Irwin told Simon Beaumont on Perth Live. "What you hear local governments talk about is the 90 day process and what we're saying is, if there is a simpler process and people understand and do some of the hard lifting themselves early on, then we guarantee we will approve those within 28 days." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“What's your favorite scary movie?” This week we take a closer look at Wes Craven's biting slasher: Scream! as well as briefly review the films we logged on our Letterboxd dairies in the past week. — TIME CODES: 00:00 - INTRO 03:05 - BASIC FACTS 05:10 - THE MEAT 52:31 - WHAT WE WATCHED — Scream (1996) SOMEONE HAS TAKEN THEIR LOVE OF SCARY MOVIES ONE STEP TOO FAR. “A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the ‘rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.” Directed by Wes Craven and starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, and Jamie Kennedy. Written by Kevin Williamson, edited by Patrick Lussier, cinematography by Mark Irwin, score composed by Marco Beltrami, and produced by Cathy Konrad, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Cary Woods, Stuart M. Besser, Marianne Maddalena, and Cary Granat. Find where to stream it here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/scream-1 — OUR LINKS: Recently Logged Main Webpage: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/30uy1 Micah's Stuff YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqan1ouaFGl1XMt_6VrIzFg Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/AkCn Twitter: https://twitter.com/micah_grawey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m_grawey_films/ Robbie's Stuff Website: https://robbiegrawey.com — EPISODE CREDITS: Recently Logged Podcast creators - Micah and Robert Grawey Hosts - Micah and Robert Grawey Songs used in this episode - Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod (Eyes Gone Wrong by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100362 | Artist: http://incompetech.com/), Day of Recon (Sting) by Max Surla_Media Right Productions, Foreign Land (Sting) and Into the Depths (Sting) by Jingle Punks Editor - Robert Grawey Episode art designer - Robert Grawey Episode Description - Robert Grawey --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged/support

A spate of dog attacks has prompted one of Perth's biggest local councils to consider using covert patrols to catch owners who illegally let them off the leash. City of Stirling mayor Mark Irwin told Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast that the motion was about finding "productive ways" to ensure the community was kept safe.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABOUT THE PODCAST:Candid discussions with and about those behind the scenes in the music business including industry veterans representing the segments of: Musician, Design & Live ABOUT THE HOSTS:All three Music Buzzz Podcast hosts (Dane Clark, Hugh Syme and Andy Wilson) have spent their careers working with the biggest names in entertainment and have been, and still are, a fly on the wall. For this episode they are joined by guest co-host Mark Irwin.

ABOUT THE PODCAST:Candid discussions with and about those behind the scenes in the music business including industry veterans representing the segments of: Musician, Design & Live ABOUT THE HOSTS:All three Music Buzzz Podcast hosts (Dane Clark, Hugh Syme and Andy Wilson) have spent their careers working with the biggest names in entertainment and have been, and still are, a fly on the wall. For this episode they are joined by guest co-host Mark Irwin.

Welcome to the forty-third edition of The Chronicles of Podcast, these are The Chronicles of Mark Irwin This week we welcome a man responsible for helping create some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, like The Fly, Dumb & Dumber, Scream and many more. Its Cinematographer legend Mark Irwin Mark has over 140 credits as a cinematographer on IMDB, this just goes to show much he has achieved in his lengthy and wonderful career. Mark has taken his passions for pictures to help bring to life incredible movies working alongside some of the best directors in the world like Wes Craven, David Cronenberg and many more. We talk to Mark all about the beginnings of his career, his favourite movies he's worked on, how he's helping the future generation of film makers and stories about several actors he's worked with like Tom Green, Jim Carrey, Gene Hackman and many more. All this and more inside this edition of 'The Chronicles of Podcast' including extended versions of Callum's Treachings, Tom's Journal & Jamie's Audience Participation challenge. [00:00] Intro/Catch Up [38:24] Callum's Treachings/Tom's Journal [01:03:06] Interview with Mark Irwin [02:56:35] Audience Participation Challenge If you like what you hear here then please don't hesitate to like and share this show with your friends and please make sure to follow us on all social medias and maybe even a little rating and review on your favourite podcasting apps. Official Website - The Chronicles of Podcast Official Sponsor - Stay Cozy Clothing Affiliate Charity - Sophie Lancaster Foundation Official Website - Mark Irwin

Northern suburbs beachgoers are about to become more identifiable with new warning signs along the coastline to improve emergency response times. City of Stirling mayor Mark Irwin told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings the activation of 73 Beach Emergency Signs (BEN) along a 7km stretch of coastline from Peasholm Dog Beach to Watermans Bay was championed by Rick Gerring, whose brother Ben was fatally attacked by a shark on Falcon Beach in 2016. Irwin said the signs aim to reduce risk of confusion and delays in emergency response times on WA beaches, with each red and green sign having a unique code linked to coordinates for its location as well as the address and nearest intersection.  "When you've got busy beaches and busy carparks and emergency services trying to find the right one, to have that GPS location [will aid response times)," he said. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Counties Baseball Coach Mark Irwin joins the programme to discuss the latest round of top tier baseball in Auckland. LISTEN ABOVE 

With Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe once again providing the goods, Arsenal saw off Brentford on Saturday to keep their top-four hopes in their own hands. Wolves next up on Thursday night, too, and plenty of other topics to discuss. Simon is in charge and is joined by The Sun's Mark Irwin and Sam Dean from The Telegraph to look back on the Brentford win, analyse Saka and Smith Rowe and whether Martin Odegaard is captaincy material. The guys also touch on if it is possible to over-celebrate a win and the remarkable re-emergence of Cedric Soares. We finish with a stellar round of Guess the Gooner and ask that you rate and review the Arsenal Beat.

Dan talks about the time he ate at a Chinese Buffet In the middle of the CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, border patrol officers thinking he's Mexican and a short phone conversation with Mark Irwin A.S.C, C.S.C (Dumb and Dumber, Scream, Something About Mary) talking about David Cronwnberg (THE FLY) called HIM out of the blue. @danramoscomedy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ramostories/message

In the twenty-second episode of Season 5 (Dystopia Myopia) Kyle is joined by screenwriter Steve Bolia and fellow film critic Tyler Harlow (of the After the Credits blog) to discuss the evolution of our technocratic and overstimulated selves through the new flesh of media philosophy in David Cronenberg's sexual and insightful Videodrome.

Behind the Scenes with the Hanover Theatre: Mark Irwin and The Choir of Man (01/14/22). More at https://thehanovertheatre.org

The gift-giving season is upon us, and that means one thing: Rush stuff! This week we're talking to Something for Nothing alums Ray Wawrzyniak and Mark Irwin, the main contributors to Rush Gigs: Found on the Studio Walls and In Concert Halls. The book features selections of gig posters and ads promoting Rush concerts throughout the decades.

As Patrick Vieira prepares to return to Arsenal with his Crystal Palace side, the Arsenal Beat take a look back at what made the French midfielder a shining light in one of the best teams in living memory. John Cross, the chief football writer for the Mirror, Times chief football writer Henry Winter, Mark Irwin from the Sun discuss Vieira's long-standing impact on Arsenal.

The Rotary Victor Harbor team has been busy organising the December 11 Christmas Pageant and 43rd Annual Art Show to be held January 15-22. Rotary Victor Harbor's 43rd Art Show will be held at a marquee at Warland Reserve from 15-22 January 2022 with entries now open. Incoming President of the Club Mike May joins Jennie Lenman in this podcast to talk about the events and how people can take part. Entries for the art show are now open until 30 November via gallery247 or victorharborartshow.com.au. The Christmas Pageant on December 11 is at Morgan Park, followed by Carols By The Sea. If you are interested in helping out as a volunteer or in having a float at the event, contact  Mark Irwin via email secretary@rotaryvictorharbor.org.au or call 0417 080 050.

Mark is joined by Sam Dean of the Telegraph and The Sun's Mark Irwin to take a look ahead to Sunday's north London derby against Tottenham. Who would have thought a 2-0 win would take Arsenal above their neighbours given their contrasting starts to the season - but that is where we are, so let us talk about that. The guys also discuss whether Granit Xhaka comes straight back into the team and if Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is ready to get back to his best. Molly Hudson of the Times and the Guadian's Suzy Wrack then step into the hot seat(s) to preview Arsenal's WSL clash with Manchester City - how big would a win be, City's injury worries, the need for two Leah Williamsons and a Vivianne Meidema love-in. Suzy then tackles the Arsenal Beat Quiz with the GOAT as her specialist subject and Molly's practice score changing throughout...

The Pirates are back this week with a little surprise! A scantly clad this day in. Dirty laundry so tall you'll never get out. With an awesome honorable mention and part2 follow up for Jim's Metal Minute! This week the Letting it hit Hotline is back and we have a ringer this week. As always we have that G.A.S. and I further infect Jim even more with the unveiling of the Fender Player Plus series. This weeks Mean Beard of the week is Wesley Webb! Check out this man for all sorts of YouTube guitar shenanigans. He is getting back into his beard journey and he is well on his way so we wanna congratulate him! We are doing a first here on the podcast your main event this week is non other than....... SURPRISE!!!!!!!Part 3 with Mark Irwin! We went a little off the rails with the Motorhead book and the way the Interview naturally went it lent itself to being a 3 part celebration! So join us for a wonderful final act of the sit down with the loudest author in the world Mark Irwin! Will Jim ever shave his beard into the Majestic Ginger Muttonchops he knows he could have? What are Marks thoughts about Pantera? What can Jonesy Manifest next? Find out this week on the Guitar Pirates Podcast!smoothmyballs.com         code: pirates meanbeard.com                  code: GPP15midnights haberdashery        everywhere on social media tell em the pirates sent you!gofundme.com/f/itchyforpicky donate to sponsor a guitar with guitars for glory

The Motorhead fans are back this week with a light and breezy episode... Dirty laundry is a pile as always. With a sparkling clean this day in! Crashing into a most brutal Jim's Metal Minute. News is filled with all sorts of goodies! Our Mean Beard of the week is the epic legend himself Mr.Pat Quinn! Congrats to you for your win this weekend on another National Championship for his Muttons! Truly a legend! Also Gerry Spiller for winning the 18-24'' division! Mean Beard is cleaning house!!! Backed by science and proven for epic battle! Use Promo Code GPP15 @ meanbeard.com and save save save!!! Tell em the Pirates sent you!!! No Letting it Hit Hotline this week! Lets keep it going 8706823443 please call in with your anonymous guitar, concert, beard, craziness!That being said you already know the main event... Part 2 with Mark Irwin! A true legend of his craft. A dude I'm so happy to have interviewed and cant wait to again! This part is definitely more of a deeper dive into the book and his thoughts behind the process of it being made. Will the pirates ever get another call for the hotline? Does Jim need an intervention for his old cheap gear obsession? Has Jonesy lost his mind in the digital realm? Will Mark Irwin reveal his secrets? Find out this week on the Guitar Pirates Podcast!!!@mean_beard@marksurfinirwin@smoothmyballs@midnightshaberdashery@guitarpiratespodcastgofundme.com/f/itchyforpickyOh and shout out to Jaketto Picks go buy his stuff! 

The Pirates set sail for sunny San Diego via zoom with the man behind the story of the new Motorhead graphic novel "The Rise of The Loudest Band in The World"! Mark is a legit comic book legend turned legendary author writing for and working with some of the greatest bands ever! This is part one of the interview and we literally just start scratching the surface! This is one not to be missed! Congrats to the legend Mark Irwin! The Book is set to release today Sept 7th!!! Pick it up wherever good books are sold.As always we are bringing the normal goods! A ton of dirty laundry, Silky smooth this day in, Jims Metal Minute does not disappoint! All with another rousing edition of the letting it hotline! This weeks story is supper served by a legend! Can you guess who it is? If so hit us up! As always if you have a crazy, inspiring, embarrassing, fun guitar or music story give us a call and leave a message on the Guitar Pirates Podcast "Letting it hit hotline!". 8706823443Mean beard bead of the week is the awesome Metal God Himself the author of the forward to this new Motorhead novel... Rob Halford! We hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend! If you have hairy balls head over to smoothmyballs.com promo code pirates and save 15%!If your rocking a mean facial hair fixture head over to meanbeard.com for the best facial hair grooming products and use code GPP15 and save 15%For custom hats head to Midnights Haberdashery on every social platform!Donate to gofundme.com/f/itchyforpicky so we can sponsor a guitar for guitars for glory!@mean_beard                                 GPP15 save 15%@smoothmyballs                             pirates save 15%@midnightshaberdashary @guitarpiratespodcastLet it hit hotline!!!! 8706823443

Mark Irwin, the legendary man behind the camera, is next up to share his stories from his time in the industry. Listen to find out how he first met Wes Craven, how he made Scream come to life and how working in Woodsboro didn't turn out the way you might expect.

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the first episode on the July 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking Imprints 57-60:The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)Haunted (1995)The Awakening (1980)The Dead Zone (1983)The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)While driving through the Southwest with his daughter and girlfriend, a man stumbles upon a small town plagued by the disappearance of several children and the murders of their parents. He stays on to assist the local sheriff, his deputy, the local priest, and a physician as they try to solve the mystery.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p presentation from a 2K scan from the original negativeNEW Audio Commentary by author Troy Howarth and Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson (2021)NEW “THE DEVIL YOU KNOW” Inside LQ/Jaf Productions with author/film historian Justin Humphreys (2021)LPCM 2.0 MonoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerHaunted (1995)Haunted is a classic romantic ghost story starring Aiden Quinn & Kate Beckinsale. Directed by Lewis Gilbert (The Spy Who Loved Me, Alfie & Moonraker). Based on the best-selling book by James Herbert.David Ash, Professor of Para-Psychology, is called to investigate the hauntings at Edbrook House.As David starts his investigation, he becomes aware of a presence in the house that goes against everything he believes. Slowly he is worn down by strange and terrifying things that happen to him, until ultimately, he is driven to question his own sanity.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p High-Definition presentationNEW Audio commentary with film critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)NEW “SEEING THINGS: FILMING HAUNTED” – Interview with cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts. (2021)NEW “FEELING THINGS: ACTING HAUNTED” – Interview with actor Alex Lowe. (2021)NEW “HEARING THINGS: SCORING HAUNTED” – Interview with composer Debbie Wiseman. (2021)Vintage Making of HauntedPhoto galleryTheatrical TrailerLPCM 2.0 StereoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerThe Awakening (1980)An archaeologist is in Egypt with his pregnant wife searching for the tomb of Queen Kara. As he opens its cursed seal, his wife gives birth. Later it transpires that Kara's evil spirit left the tomb and possessed the baby. Now a teenager, she's caused several deaths and her father must destroy her before it's too late.Based on Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars and starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, and Stephanie Zimbalist.Special Features and Technical Specs:NEW 2K scan from the original negativeNEW Audio commentary with film critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)NEW “REINCARNATE: ADAPTING THE JEWEL OF THE SEVEN STARS” – Interview with author/historian Richard Heft. (2021)NEW “THE NAMELESS ONE: SCORING THE AWAKENING” – Interview with orchestrator Nancy Beach. (2021)Theatrical TrailerLPCM 2.0 StereoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerThe Dead Zone (1983)Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing the future appears to be a ‘gift' at first, but ends up causing problems.The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King, directed by David Cronenberg (“Scanners”, “The Fly”) and produced by Debra Hill (“Halloween”, “The Fog”).Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p presentation from a 2K scan from the original negativeNEW “Look Past The Future: Filming The Dead Zone” – An all new interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin (2021)NEW “From Coma To Coda: Scoring The Dead Zone” – An all new interview with composer Edward Shearmur (Reign of Fire) discussing Michael Kamen's score. (2021)NEW “DINO IN THE DARK: ADAPTING THE KING OF HORROR” – An all-new documentary featuring interviews with Mark L. Lester (Firestarter), Mark Irwin (The Dead Zone), Lewis Teague (Cat's Eye), Dan Attias (Silver Bullet), Mick Garris (The Stand), Tom McLoughlin (Sometimes They Come Back), Tony Magistrale (Hollywood's Stephen King), and more! (2021)NEW Visual Essay on The Dead Zone by film Critic Lee Gambin (2021)Audio commentary by film critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2002)Memories from the Dead Zone 2006 featuretteThe Look of the Dead Zone 2006 featuretteVisions and Horror from the Dead Zone featuretteThe Politics of the Dead Zone 2006 featurette1983 Vintage interviews with David Cronenberg, Debra Hill & Martin Sheen2018 interview with Stephen KingTrailerDTS HD 5.1 surround + LPCM 2.0 StereoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerBlake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total RebootVisit imprintfilms.com.au Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/imprint-companion/donations

A Serious Disc Agreement is the only "serious" podcast on the Australian Internet about "Movie Disc Culture."Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the first episode on the July 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking Imprints 57-60:The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)Haunted (1995)The Awakening (1980)The Dead Zone (1983)The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)While driving through the Southwest with his daughter and girlfriend, a man stumbles upon a small town plagued by the disappearance of several children and the murders of their parents. He stays on to assist the local sheriff, his deputy, the local priest, and a physician as they try to solve the mystery.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p presentation from a 2K scan from the original negativeNEW Audio Commentary by author Troy Howarth and Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson (2021)NEW “THE DEVIL YOU KNOW” Inside LQ/Jaf Productions with author/film historian Justin Humphreys (2021)LPCM 2.0 MonoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerHaunted (1995)Haunted is a classic romantic ghost story starring Aiden Quinn & Kate Beckinsale. Directed by Lewis Gilbert (The Spy Who Loved Me, Alfie & Moonraker). Based on the best-selling book by James Herbert.David Ash, Professor of Para-Psychology, is called to investigate the hauntings at Edbrook House.As David starts his investigation, he becomes aware of a presence in the house that goes against everything he believes. Slowly he is worn down by strange and terrifying things that happen to him, until ultimately, he is driven to question his own sanity.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p High-Definition presentationNEW Audio commentary with film critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)NEW “SEEING THINGS: FILMING HAUNTED” – Interview with cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts. (2021)NEW “FEELING THINGS: ACTING HAUNTED” – Interview with actor Alex Lowe. (2021)NEW “HEARING THINGS: SCORING HAUNTED” – Interview with composer Debbie Wiseman. (2021)Vintage Making of HauntedPhoto galleryTheatrical TrailerLPCM 2.0 StereoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerThe Awakening (1980)An archaeologist is in Egypt with his pregnant wife searching for the tomb of Queen Kara. As he opens its cursed seal, his wife gives birth. Later it transpires that Kara's evil spirit left the tomb and possessed the baby. Now a teenager, she's caused several deaths and her father must destroy her before it's too late.Based on Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars and starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, and Stephanie Zimbalist.Special Features and Technical Specs:NEW 2K scan from the original negativeNEW Audio commentary with film critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)NEW “REINCARNATE: ADAPTING THE JEWEL OF THE SEVEN STARS” – Interview with author/historian Richard Heft. (2021)NEW “THE NAMELESS ONE: SCORING THE AWAKENING” – Interview with orchestrator Nancy Beach. (2021)Theatrical TrailerLPCM 2.0 StereoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerThe Dead Zone (1983)Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing the future appears to be a ‘gift' at first, but ends up causing problems.The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King, directed by David Cronenberg (“Scanners”, “The Fly”) and produced by Debra Hill (“Halloween”, “The Fog”).Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p presentation from a 2K scan from the original negativeNEW “Look Past The Future: Filming The Dead Zone” – An all new interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin (2021)NEW “From Coma To Coda: Scoring The Dead Zone” – An all new interview with composer Edward Shearmur (Reign of Fire) discussing Michael Kamen's score. (2021)NEW “DINO IN THE DARK: ADAPTING THE KING OF HORROR” – An all-new documentary featuring interviews with Mark L. Lester (Firestarter), Mark Irwin (The Dead Zone), Lewis Teague (Cat's Eye), Dan Attias (Silver Bullet), Mick Garris (The Stand), Tom McLoughlin (Sometimes They Come Back), Tony Magistrale (Hollywood's Stephen King), and more! (2021)NEW Visual Essay on The Dead Zone by film Critic Lee Gambin (2021)Audio commentary by film critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2002)Memories from the Dead Zone 2006 featuretteThe Look of the Dead Zone 2006 featuretteVisions and Horror from the Dead Zone featuretteThe Politics of the Dead Zone 2006 featurette1983 Vintage interviews with David Cronenberg, Debra Hill & Martin Sheen2018 interview with Stephen KingTrailerDTS HD 5.1 surround + LPCM 2.0 StereoOptional English subtitlesTheatrical TrailerBlake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total RebootVisit imprintfilms.com.au Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After a short break the Arsenal Beat returns with Mark Mann-Bryans of PA Media resuming hosting duties as he is joined by the Telegraph's Sam Dean and Mark Irwin from the Sun. The panel discuss Arsenal's fine 4-0 Europa League win against Slavia Prague on Thursday night and the forthcoming reunion with Unai Emery as a result. They also debate whether Arsenal should keep hold of Alexandre Lacazette and if there any viable replacement options if they decide to sell? Sonia Twigg of PA also joins us to run the rule over Fulham, who are a much-changed team from the one well-beaten by Arsenal on the opening weekend of the season.

Retropojkarna ger sig i kast med David Cronenbergs horror-klassiker THE FLY. En sällsynt romantisk berättelse med inslag av det äckligaste som någonsin utspelat sig framför en kamera. Utöver att Coma Cop har installerat nåt alldeles speciellt i poddstudion blir det grekisk mytologi, ornitologiska felsägningar, Panteras missade skivomslag och en rad andra irrläror. Med oss på tråden finns dessutom den sanslöst begåvade filmfotografen Mark Irwin, som utöver att ha jobbat med flera av Cronenbergs filmer oxo har gjort "Freddy got fingered". Bara en sån sak!

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DCOCD is the DC Comics events podcast, where we look at every DC event in chronological order from Crisis on Infinite Earths to... we're not quite sure yet. It's 2014 and comics are yelling at you not to read them. What’s happening? It must be something to do with GRANT MORRISON and a 9 comic event called MULTIVERSITY. It’s a another crisis from the creators Rian Hughes, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Ben Oliver, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Marcus To, Paula Siqueria, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Sandra Hope, Mark Irwin, Jonathan Glapion, Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Jaime Mendoza, Eber Ferreira, Todd Klein, Rob Leigh, Carlos Mangul, Clem Robins, Steve Wands, Nei Ruffino, Dave McCaig, Daniel Brown, Nathan Fairbairn, Brian Miller, Alex Sinclair, Jeromy Cox, Gabriel Eltaeb, David Baron, Jason Wright, Kevin Senft and Ricky Purdin. Paul and Mike are joined by Professor Frenzy himself, aka Gerry Green to discuss, dissect and score this one. If you have thoughts, opinions, encouragement or issues, please feel free to contact us via the comments section on this post or at DCOCDCast@gmail.com and on twitter @DCOCDCast KEEP ON EVENTING! Intro/Outro music: Break It Down Again - Tears For Fears

 This week we are wrapping up season 1 of the YOU CAN Make A Living In The Music Industry Podcast! I am saying “thank you” to all of my listeners and asking for some interaction from you about this season as we prepare for season 2.Show Notes:Sponsors: Edenbrooke Productions - We offer consulting services and are offering listeners a 1-hour introductory special. To request more info on consulting services, email Marty at contact@johnmartinkeith.com. Talking Points:*Thank you all for listening and supporting this podcast and it’s mission! I hope you are encouraged by it and now have some hard evidence to know that YOU CAN make a living in the music industry.I want to thank all of my season 1 guests: Gordon Kennedy, Mark Irwin, Elizabeth Chan, Jared DePasquale, Doug DeAngelis, Keith Everette Smith, Jeremy Quarles, Hope Thal, Eric Kalver, Nate Sousa, Philip Peters, Lauren Lucas, Brent Milligan, Ben Phillips, Blaine Barcus, Jordan Childs, Eric Horner, Chad Segura, Eric Hurt, Jared Ribble, Wes Cole, Dave Cleveland, Bobby Rymer and my wife Keely Brooke Keith for helping me with the pilot episode!I want you to interact with me by commenting on this episode through one of my Facebook pages: YOU CAN Make A Living In The Music Industry, Edenbrooke Music, John Martin Keith or Marty Keith, on instagram OR email me at contact@johnmartinkeith.com regarding the following:Tell me your 3 favorite guests/episodes.*1 thing you learned from that guest.*What is 1 episode you have not listened to yet but are looking forward to checking out?*I look forward to your answers!*Let me know if you have certain guests you would like to hear from or certain topics you would like to know more about for season 2.*Season 2 is well underway and will release before too long. I will post on all of my pages before it releases so you can be ready.*Thank you all again for listening, learning and supporting this podcast! I am forever grateful.

Listeners have been asking us to talk more about our favorite Rush concert memories, so this week we called up friend of the show Mark Irwin to do just that. Mark is Executive Editor at Insight Editions (publisher of Wandering the Face of the Earth and Clockwork Lives, the follow up to the Clockwork Angel's novel), has worked with Fantoons on The Making of A Farewell to Kings graphic novel, has worked with DC and Marvel Comics as an inker and artist, is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art--I'm running out of room! Join us as we take a stroll down concert-memory lane!

Episode 202: Long Live the New Flesh! The Crew's been exposed to David Cronenberg's Videodrome signal, which gives you hallucinations of sex organs. Videodrome is considered a cult classic now, but it was a box-office bomb in 1983. The plot is fairly simple, but the visuals and themes aren't. The Crew can't even agree what's really happening... they discuss. If you like our music intro, head over to Soundcloud and hear more amazing music from aquariusweapon. Aquariusweapon can also be found on YouTube. Contact: themoviecrewe@gmail.com

 This week I'm talking with country music artist Lauren Lucas.  Lauren has been signed to Warner Brothers and has also been an independent artist. We discuss the pros and cons of a signed vs. unsigned artist as well as publishing and touring as an indie artist.Show Notes:Sponsors: Edenbrooke Productions - We offer consulting services and are offering listeners a 1-hour introductory special. To request more info on consulting services, email Marty at contact@johnmartinkeith.com. Talking Points:*Knowing multiple instruments will get you more work.*You can’t be an island in this business.*Start building a foundation locally and get out playing shows.*A family friend knew a guy in Nashville that came to check me out and ending up signing me to an artist development and publishing deal in Nashville.*The development deal eventually fell through but while in college I got cast as a main character in the Broadway version of Urban Cowboy in New York.*I ended up writing a song that was used in that Broadway show and was my first major placement.*A professor connected me with a producer in town who ended up putting me with different co-writers all the time and we were recording demos.*He pitched the songs to Warner Brothers Records and I went in to audition and got my first record deal that way.*They released my first single and I went on a radio tour and also got to open for Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Lone Star and others.*The order of events can work differently depending on the situation. For some people, once you sign a record deal, then you have team put around you such as a booking agent, management, publisher, promotion, etc.*For some, if you have label mates, then you can get put on a tour opening for others on your roster.*Doors open up to have these companies be on your team because they see a label putting money behind you so that helps them to believe in what you are doing especially if you are successful because there is a lot of money to be earned.*You’re lessening the risk for yourself when you can align with a company like that.*When you sign a record deal and start working with a publisher, they are going to tell you to keep bringing them songs.*Once the album was halfway finished, publishers who didn’t like my songs before now wanted to sign me based off the same songs.*That caused me to have a chip on shoulder and I didn’t sign with them.*Because of that and when I lost my record deal, then I was an island and I didn’t have a team around me to help pitch me to other labels and help me get back on my feet.*There are so many artists that are signed to major label record deals that have albums that have never seen the light of day or have been signed and let go before anything ever happened with them.*The guy who helped get me signed was temporarily running the label and he got replaced when I released my first single and the new guy had a different vision and my album never came out.*When you’re trying to get a record deal and you’re the new kid with little success, you don’t have negotiating power for your contract, the label does.*The other route some people go is focusing on songwriting and getting hits with other artists, then you have more leverage to negotiate because of that success.*I transitioned into songwriting and released a couple of independent EPs.*There is value into taking your destiny into your own hands and working hard and making bold decisions.*There is also value in building a team around you and gaining credibility before making those bold decisions.*It feels like when you’re waiting on other people that it’s taking forever.*My expectations were skewed and I thought it was all supposed to happen right away.*Once you sign a record deal it can take 5 or 6 years for anything to really take off and that’s after signing a deal.*For those us that never give up, we’re the ones that end up being successful.*After my label deal ended, I was able to sign a publishing deal with Jewel Coburn of Ten Ten Music who had Alan Jackson, Keith Urban and Mark Irwin writing for them at different times. She started a new company called Eleven Eleven Music and I wrote for that company.*So many great songs end up in a drawer because there is only so much room for songs to get cut.*I’ve written for Danielle Peck and had a song used on Shark Tank that she recorded. I had a song placed in a movie as the end credits song with Dakota Johnson. I also had a song placed in a movie called Americanizing Shelly.*I own my publishing now because I am focusing more on tv/film music.*I was in the band Farewell Angelina and they recorded some of my songs as well.*It’s a big deal when you get songs cut with major label or indie artists because when they get sales or radio play you get paid, even little by little it adds up.*Also as a performer with music services like Muzak, you get checks every quarter.*Farewell Angelina got to open for The Bacon Brothers for the past couple of years and I knew a guy in the industry who is a talent buyer and needed a band to open for them at a show and asked if we wanted to come.*We hit it off with them and have been able to continue working with them and even starting writing music with them.*Now I get to open for The Bacon Brothers as a solo artist and I am doing my career on my terms.*I am making my best music now. You make different decisions depending on what your priorities are.*In my 20’s I just wanted to be famous and I made desperate choices.*Looking back now it wasn’t about the music.*Now I just want to make great music and I don’t want to be on the road unless that’s what I want to do.*I’m happier and freer and I think it’s coming across in the music.*If you are married and wanting to be a touring artist, make sure you have a good foundation of what your dreams are and what you intend to do so that’s clear up front and the other person knows this is a really big part of who you are and what you want to do and gives the a chance to decide if they want to be a part of that lifestyle if you’re not married yet.*Always have consistent home based check ins and keep them in the top of your mind and communicate with them when you’re apart.*There are no office hours. You’re potentially working all the time because even after a show the people bringing you in may want to go out and you feel obligated to do that.*You kind of always have to be “on.”*When I do my own booking I develop a form email of what I want to say (and personalize it for each person) and I’ll make a dropbox folder of head shot, a link to music or video that will help sell the package and put a link for them to download.*So many venues want you to submit and pitch to them in a specific way. Either call between certain hours or email them with a very specific subject line in the subject heading, or they don’t want a link but they want attachments.*So a lot of time is spent looking up where you want to go and what’s a good routing and then finding a venues that fit your style of music and finding out how they want you to contact them.*It’s extremely time consuming and tedious.*If a large booking agency signs you and you are a new act without much of a track record, they’re not always able to get you amazing gigs.*Your success begets more success.*They depend on that before they can get you major touring opportunities.*There are smaller booking agencies that will get you into small towns but are consistent gigs and will help route tours for you.*If you look up booking agents that work with wedding or cover bands, many of them have other departments that focus on different types of artists.*Make emails as enticing and as brief as possible.*Mark on your calendar a time to follow up.*www.laurenlucas.comNashville singer/songwriter, Lauren Lucas, knows first-hand the familiar story of a small town, Carolina girl moving to a music city, only to have her dream locked away in the vault of a major label. Once she was free to release music in her own way, Lauren partnered with Grammy- winning engineer, Chad Carlson, for her critically acclaimed EP, If I Was Your Girl. With Lucas' engaging melodies and soulful voice, the project caught the attention of Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, who requested to hear the title track in an on-air radio interview with Hall-Of- Fame DJ, Gerry House.In 2011, armed with another project titled, On with the Show, Lucas explored new points of view, both lyrically and musically. She blended her rootsy-soul with more pop-tinged melodies, reminiscent of her influences, such as Jonatha Brooke, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, and Norah Jones. The Academy of Country Music and Tony Award nominee shows depth and maturity with her new single, “Go Home Paul.” This is the singer/songwriter’s fifth studio release and it finds her in new territory showcasing her musicianship on guitar and intimate vocals. Written by Lucas and Grammy nominated hit songwriter, Jay Knowles (Harry Connick, Jr., George Strait), the story of, “Go Home Paul,” makes the listener feel as though they’re keeping a secret or eavesdropping on a private conversation.The track features noteworthy studio veterans including Park Chisolm (Kevin Costner & the Modern West, Aubrey Sellers) on arrangement and additional guitars, Alex McCollough (John Prine, Jim Lauderdale) of True East Mastering, and a long-overdue reunion with Pat McMakin (Ray Charles, Dolly Parton) leading the helm with production and mixing.Lauren said, “‘Go Home Paul’ has been one of my favorite songs that I’ve been a part of as a songwriter. I’ve had both women and men come up to me after shows and tell me they relate to the story, so I’m thrilled to finally have it recorded and released into the world! Some of my favorite songs to listen to as a fan evoke emotion in me because they cut right to the truth. I hope we wrote this song personal enough that it feels universal to the listener.” This is only the first of a string of new music releases planned for the remainder of the year and into 2020. In addition to her own music, you’ve heard Lauren’s work As a songwriter and composer on Broadway, on other artist’s projects, in films and on television, including ABC’s hit reality show, Shark Tank. As a touring artist, Lauren has shared stages with Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton, Billy Currington, Maroon 5, Gabe Dixon, Maia Sharp, and The Bacon Brothers (Kevin and Michael), to name a few. Lauren spent nearly three years touring with an all-female harmony band called, Farewell Angelina and penned several songs on their latest record. You can catch Lauren on the road as she teams up again with the Bacon Brothers in support of her new music. 

0:56 -- The first time we talked about New Year Resolutions1:14 -- Ice Age Meals; get 30% off with “IAMFRESHCUP” 2:40 -- More than 80% of New Year resolutions fail by February3:39 -- CrossFit was the most googled fitness resolution in the US5:32 -- Mark Irwin at Bobby's Boxing Gym6:37 -- Step One: Reassess those goals and your progress thus far  16:48 -- Step Two: Make a series of smaller goals20:20 -- Step Three: Do You Have an Actionable Plan21:39 -- Best Self Journal26:04 -- Get 30% off of Ice Age Meals with code “IAMFRESHCUP”29:06 -- Step Four: Ask an Expert35:09 -- Step Five: Find an Accountability Partner 44:10 -- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 44:58 -- Eat, Move Sleep by Tom Rath 45:41 -- Atomic Habits by James Clear46:17 -- Principles by Ray Dalio 49:30 -- 30% off at Ice Age Meals with code “IAMFRESHCUP”Follow Morning Chalk Up: https://www.instagram.com/morningchalkup/. Follow Jessica Danger: https://www.instagram.com/mamadanger/. Follow Brittany Marsh: https://www.instagram.com/the_brittumentary/.

2:25 -- Is it cool to have a S.O. that doesn't do CrossFit?2:31 -- Jessica shares her dating experience and CrossFit3:45 -- Brittney shares her dating preferences4:29 -- Long-term relationships when one person finds CrossFit5:45 -- Lizzo, Juice. (Do it.)7:27 -- #1 Celebrate your partner's experience with them9:49 -- What if your kids won't do CrossFit?10:21 -- Mark Irwin and Bobby's Boxing Gym in Laguna Canyon, CA11:11 -- When emotion meets change, it's terrifying12:16 -- Rich and Hillary Froning12:54 -- WODDITY and CrossFit Toby from This is Us14:29 -- #2 Find something that you can prioritize together15:54 -- Incorporating nutrition regardless of sport 20:19 -- GRITCycle20:48 -- #3 Setting up relational expectations and guidelines24:44 -- O2 Recovery Drink -- Save 20 % with “CUP20” at DrinkO2.com26:58 -- Ways to support your partner at home32:40 -- #4 Find couples that have relationships that you want to mirror33:51 -- Love Does by Bob Goff37:31 -- “CUP20” for 20% off at DrinkO2.comFollow Morning Chalk Up: https://www.instagram.com/morningchalkup/. Follow Jessica Danger: https://www.instagram.com/mamadanger/. Follow Brittany Marsh: https://www.instagram.com/the_brittumentary/.  . 

Hats can do more than keep heads warm. Mark Irwin is the author of nine collections of poetry, his most recent is, A Passion According to Green (2017.)His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals. He has received four Pushcart Prizes, Fellowships from the: National Endowment for the Arts, The Colorado and Ohio Art Council, Fulbright Foundation, and Lilly and Wurlitzer Foundations, as well as a James Wright Poetry Award and two Colorado Book Awards.  He is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. “My Father’s Hats” originally appeared in Bright Hunger. BOA Editions, 2004

In this interview Dan asks Mark about how the City of Stirling is changing its reputation as "hard to deal with" and Mark explains his role, how he brings his love and knowledge of small business to the table and what the future of the City holds for its businesses and residents.

Mark Irwin is the author of nine collections of poetry, his most recent is, A Passion According to Green (2017.)His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals. He has received four Pushcart Prizes, Fellowships from the: National Endowment for the Arts, The Colorado and Ohio Art Council, Fulbright Foundation, and Lilly and Wurlitzer Foundations, as well as a James Wright Poetry Award and two Colorado Book Awards.  He is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. “Woolworths” originally appeared in Quick, Now, Always. BOA Editions, 1996

Beware the psychoplasmics! Cinematographer Mark Irwin (SCREAM, DUMB AND DUMBER, THE FLY) recounts his time working with David Cronenberg on THE BROOD. Mark discusses his use of shadows, the chaos of Oliver Reed acting with a team of scared gymnasts, Cronenberg’s enthusiasm for fake blood, the autobiographical nature of the movie, and much more! 

 I recently spent time with my friend and songwriting partner Mark Irwin.  Mark is a hit country music songwriter in Nashville. He co-wrote Alan Jackson’s Here In The Real World which was nominated twice for Song of the Year by he Country Music Association. Mark also wrote the hit song Highway Don’t Care for Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban among many others. Mark has been signed to multiple publishing deals throughout his songwriting career. Today we are talking about how to network and make a name for yourself and how to make connections as a songwriter in a music town.  We also talk about music publishers and the process of getting your foot in the door to get your songs heard so you can land a publishing deal if that is what you are looking for.Sponsors: Edenbrooke Productions - We offer consulting services and are offering listeners a 1-hour introductory special. To request more info on consulting services, email Marty at contact@johnmartinkeith.com.Mark Irwin - Show NotesNetworked by getting a job in a music venue and building relationships.I knew the songwriting business was in Nashville so I packed up and moved here.NSAI - Nashville Songwriter's Association International. They help connect songwriters with people in the industry.Networking and going to writer's shows and meeting people who are doing what you're doing is important.It takes time of focusing and writing everyday to build up the writing muscle.This is a relationship driven business. You find out about a lot of opportunities by building relationships with people.People blow opportunities and relationships because of ego or arroganceThe process of connecting with a publisher:Some people say take your best 2 or 3 songs and make elaborate demos. I think if you make a really good clean guitar or piano / vocal, then the song will sell itself. Then call places on your own. Find publishers willing to listen to outside (unsolicited) songs. Publishers will connect you with other writers and artists to write with and that helps build connections and is how I met Alan Jackson and co- wrote his first hit song "Here In The Real World." It takes a while to build this up, it's not overnight.You still have to work a job even if you get signed to a publisher at least for a while.Discipline yourself to make sure you are writing everyday and know why you moved to town to do music.I was still working when my first hit single was out.What's the purpose of moving from one publisher to another?Some publishers don't have the kind of money that is needed to support a writer where they can stop working a normal job. Having a song that is a hit helps open doors to meet with other publishers. Bigger publishers can sometimes pay a draw against future royalties that you can live on while you write for that publisher.When the person who signs you to a deal leaves and new people take over and you don't have a cut for a while then you get dropped from the roster. It's still a business.Usually when you're at a publisher and you have a decent relationship with them, you're going to stay as long as you can because it's hard to talk away from a catalog (Collection of songs you've written for the publisher). Usually if you leave a publisher it's because you got dropped.How long are you typically contracted to be with a publisher?They can be different but my first one was 18 months, then the company has the option to pick you up for another year or dropping you. Usually after that it's every year. They look at what they are paying you and any money coming in and decide if they want to keep going.How many songs do you have to write per year?Average is 12 songs by yourself or 24 if it's a 2 way co-write. But if your doing it every day you're going to write more than that.A publisher will usually give you 2 or 2 1/2 years to get something going.These days it's more writing with artists. It's harder to get outside songs cut meaning a song that the artist hasn't written. If you're aligned with an artist before they sign a deal you can get a publishing deal because you are writing with them when they sign a record deal.Putting a song "on hold" means an artist is seriously considering recording it and they ask you not to pitch it to anyone else during that time.What do you tell new songwriters that are coming into town trying to get their feet wet?Coming into town cold is a tough hill to climb but there's a lot of opportunities and people here willing to steer you. NSAI is a great organization for new artists. They set up meetings to play your songs for publishers. Join a (PRO) Performing Rights Organization - ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and meet songwriters at workshops, etc.Don't have a meeting with a publisher and present yourself until you have your best. You only have one chance to make a first impression. It really help if you have someone recommend you to get connected with a publisher.Someone at ASCAP made a couple of calls on my (Mark’s) behalf years ago and got me in to meet a publisher and I got a publishing deal because of that.There are a lot of ways to find champions in this town. Again it's about relationships.Taking meetings with a PRO helps and going to writer's rounds and try to get up there and play as much as possible and if you see somebody doing something that really gets to you, try to start up a relationship and ask about writing.No one's going to knock on your door and ask if you want to be a hit songwriter. You have to go out and make it happen. You have to be proactive.There are still opportunities and everyone wants to discover the next great songwriter.What happens to your song catalog when you leave one publisher and go to a new one?I still have the option to pitch the songs and the old publisher can as well. Or, if you can negotiate to own a portion of your publishing, then you can sell off you portion.When first starting out you will not get to co-own your publishing. They pay you a monthly draw to live on and the way you get paid if you have a single is through the PRO for performance (radio, tv, etc.) There is also mechanical (sales). Usually a publisher will re coup that draw through the mechanical (sales) and leave your PRO alone. At that point they own 100% of your publishing and you own 100% of your writer's share. So you split it 50/50.If you have hits and are doing well you can renegotiate and sign a new deal. You have the clout to ask for a co-pub deal, not just your writer's share. That has real value and another publisher will want to purchase that from you.It was 22 years between my (Mark’s) first number one and my second number one song.Then it was 5 weeks between my second and my third.It's in a publisher's best interests to keep pitching your catalog even if you're gone. But when they sign a new writer, that is their focus and it's hard to look back even if they're sitting on a great catalog of songs.You can hire an independent song plugger to pitch your songs for you and you pay them a percentage of your share of the song or you can pay them out of pocket.I (Mark) would rather give them a percentage (maybe 10% of the publishing and a cash bonus for every song you get cut.)The song plugger might ask for an upfront draw to go out an pitch on your behalf. Each one is different but you can negotiate the deal, especially if they really believe in your songs.Even if you're an independent writer and don't have a publishing deal and you own your publishing, you can hire somebody to pitch it. But you do need to register with a PRO (BMI, ASCAP or SESAC) because they are the ones collecting the money for you if you have a single out or on tv or performing live, etc.These days it's hard to get an outside song cut. There are a few writers still doing it but most of what you're hearing on country radio, the artist or the producer is connected to the song in some way.Sony Music Publishing has the clout to hook me up with young artists who are either signed to labels or they believe will be signed and trying to develop those relationships.Large publishers have more access to artists that are on a label than some smaller publishers do.Advice for writers:Don't get discouraged.Write and much as you can.The more you write, the better you get at it.Find an hour a day to write. Even to come up with a couple of lines.Wait until you really feel like you have something special before you take a meeting, especially with a publisher.You only have one chance to make a first impression.Don't just pitch one song. Anybody can get lucky with one song.For someone just starting out, you don't have to spend thousands of dollars on elaborate demos. A clean guitar/vocal or piano/vocal is enough if you can perform it well.If you write more pop music where the track has to do with the feel, that's different.Listen and try to meet as many people possible who are writing. Inspiration comes from being impressed with somebody else's work.Get someone who is a great singer who is going to sell the song to record your demo and sound like the genre you’re in.As long the melody and lyric can be heard, I think that's the most important part.Don't be afraid to ask people if they want to write or if you can come in and play them songs because if you want to get things out of this world, you have to ask for them.No one’s going to give it to you. You have to ask.Don't be shy, make your presence known.  

If you have ever picked up recent copy of Detective Comics, followed Green Lantern or DC's Futures End, then you have cast your eyes upon the stunning inks of Mark Irwin.  A graduate of The Kubert School, Mark has worked as Art Director for Heavy Metal Magazine, Customer Services Manager for Wildstorm Comics, and Art Director for Upper Deck.  Currently Mark is a freelance inker and Senior Editor for Insight Comics.  Mark shares his recollections about growing up reading underground comix and coverless comics he received as gifts. He recalls his years at The Kubert School, how he landed his first paying job while still in school, and ending up as Heavy Metal Magazine's Art Director upon graduating.    Throughout his career, Mark has picked up a great deal of experience and knowledge about being an editor and art director.  Now Executive Editor of Insight Comics, Mark talks about some of the most successful titles they have published and what is planned for 2020.  Mark is also a huge fan of the rock band Rush. He explains their connection to one of Insight Comics graphic novels.  When I Kick Back With The Creator, we learn how surfing became Mark's favorite way to rest and relax, what is his island book, beverage of choice and how he measures success.  Closing Music: Red Barchetta Rush  Please rate and review Creator Talks on iTunes Follow Mark Irwin on Twitter About Insight Comics

Some people thought it was crazy to build a business doing 100% contract distilling. David Mandell, Former President and CEO of Bardstown Bourbon Company, told us this back on Episode 019. Four years later, we catch up with him to see how the operation has tripled from its original plan. This podcast covers what it takes to be a client of Bardstown Bourbon Company and how they are making 40 different mash bills for them. From the business side, we talk about building a destination for visitors and what it takes to find the right talent pool and keep employee retention. We look into their recently launched bourbon line and what the future has in store for more collaborations. Show Partners: The University of Louisville now has an online Distilled Spirits Business Certificate that focuses on the business side of the spirits industry. Learn more at uofl.me/pursuespirits. Find out what it's like to taste whiskey straight from the barrel with Barrell Craft Spirits. Learn more at BarrellBourbon.com. The 2019 Kentucky’s Edge Bourbon Conference & Festival pairs all things Kentucky with bourbon. It takes place October 4th & 5th at venues throughout Covington and Newport, Kentucky. Find out more at KentuckysEdge.com. Receive $25 off your first order at RackHouse Whiskey Club with code "Pursuit". Visit RackhouseWhiskeyClub.com. Only one week until Bourbon and Beyond. Learn more and get tickets at BourbonandBeyond.com. Show Notes: Barrell American Vatted Malt: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190827005179/en/Barrell-Craft-Spirits-Releases-First-Ever-American-Vatted NAWR post on 21 states violating the constitution for shipping laws: https://nawr.org/twenty-one-states-in-violation-of-constitution-after-tennessee-wine-supreme-court-case/ Bardstown Bourbon Company’s new CEO: https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2019/09/bardstown-bourbon-co-names-new-ceo/ Bardstown Bourbon Company new Visitor Experience: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bardstown-bourbon-company-opens-immersive-visitors-center-experience-300914083.html This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about glassware. What's been going on since the last time you were on the podcast? What is Bardstown Bourbon Company? What kind of brands do you work with? What technology have you implemented in the distilling process? Talk about building Bottled & Bond Kitchen. How did you find the right staff? Do you see an end of investing into the business? Tell us about your innovation. How did you decide to get into this business? How many locations did you scout? What do you do for employee retention? Tell us about your bourbon. What's the next phase for the Fusion line? What about your vintage whiskey? Where do you see the business going in the future? 0:00 Have you thought about a career in the whiskey industry? I'm not talking about being the next master distiller. But if you want a leg up on the competition, you need to take a look at the distilled spirits business certificate from the University of Lobel. This 30 week program will prepare you for the business side of the spirits industry like finance, marketing and operations. This is 100% online, meaning you can access the classes at anytime and anywhere. So what are you waiting for? Get signed up to make your next career move@business.louisville.edu slash online spirits. 0:35 All right, David, you wanna give me some? I don't know just about your breakfast this morning. 0:40 Protein Shake, protein shake. He said this testing right? Yeah, sound healthier than me. 0:46 And you're surrounded by bourbon in a restaurant. You really got to be careful 1:03 Hey everyone, it is Episode 218 of bourbon pursuit. I'm one of your hosts Kenny. And as usual, let's hit some news, barrell craft spirits. You know, Joe, you hear him on the podcast all the time, they have announced the first ever barrell American bad malt. It's a blend of exclusively American single malt whiskies, which we've actually become quite big fans of single malts on the show recently, and barrel has partnered with small and large producers across the country to select whiskies that express the full diversity of American terrier and style. This release was years in the making, and as many of the components in the blend come from emerging distilleries that have never traded or sold bulk whiskey on the market before. And this is coming from Joe who've you've heard on plenty of times. As we said before, in addition to expanding our ever growing portfolio of spirits, this new project is also an important step in advancing our vision in the next chapter of whiskey in America. We'd love to hear it 2:00 Your reviews and your thoughts on it. So make sure you comment and let us know. Now smooth Ambler is relaunching their old scout brand. This is the same brand that we all knew about when it was sourced from NGP. And now this is the new return of MGP product. It is now a five year old in GP bourbon it will be bottled at 99 proof and widely available in the US starting in the fall of 2019. We have a whiskey quickie where we review the new old scout that will be published here in just a few short weeks. The na WR or the National Association of wine retailers has put out an article stating that after the Tennessee wine Supreme Court case ruling that we've talked about so much on this podcast is saying that there are 21 states in violation of the Constitution. One shipping laws and these 21 states violate the Commerce Clause with their bands on wine shipments from out of state wine retailers. The case mandates that states may not pass protectionist 3:00 laws that discriminate against out of state wine stores and retailers by banning them from shipping wine to consumers. Now lawsuits have been challenging these bands on wine shipments from out of states are now underway in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Texas. The remaining states with unconstitutional wine shipping laws are California, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Washington state lawmakers in the other 14 states that we just mentioned need to take it upon themselves to start fixing their shipping laws. You can read this article in our show notes that today's podcast wasn't intended to air for quite some time. David Mendell had previously been a guest on the podcast way back on episode 19. And as Ryan would say, that's when we sucked, but this past week, I saw Bardstown bourbon companies, Instagram that there had been a leadership change, David 4:00 is taking a step back and they've hired a new president and CEO, Mark Irwin. Everyone actually was part of the bros on bourbon company and was part of their board earlier this year. And he comes from a long history in the US Army and investment groups. Now I'm sure we're going to have a lot of time to talk about more about mark in the future. But this podcast is all about David, and it's been a pleasure to watch him spearhead this movement from years ago into what Bardstown bourbon company is today. The growth of this company has seen has been tremendous, and you're going to hear about it relatively shortly, as well as some of the new product offerings. However, it looks like David wanted to go out with a blast because today also marks the grand opening of the new visitor experience at the Bardstown bourbon company. The expansive development includes curated tours, cocktail classes, exclusive tastings, and multiple private event spaces. Guests can choose from multiple levels of experiences including the main event which is a one hour fully immersive tour and 5:00 The Bardstown bourbon company's best, which is a top tier 90 minute tour featuring sensory exercises, cocktails, and a personal tour given by the master distiller Steve Nally. The sensory exercises will allow visitors the opportunity to examine distillate taste how bourbon ages and learn how it is used in finished products. The tours will showcase Bardstown bourbon companies experimental distilling process of 40 mash bills for over 24 customers guess will also be able to enjoy the visitor center, which is adjacent to the Rick house tasting bar, which is also surrounded by stacks and rows of Kentucky bourbon barrels, where they will feed whiskey straight from the barrel. Visitors you can book your online experience right now on Bardstown, bourbon.com. And you can read more about all this in our show notes. All right, let's kick off the show. Let's hear from Joe over a barrell bourbon. And then you've got Fred Minnick with above the char. 5:57 Hi, this is Joe from barrell bourbon tasting whiskey. 6:00 Straight from the barrel was truly a life changing moment for me. In 2013 I launched our craft spirits so everyone could have the experience of tasting whiskey cast strength. Use our store locator to find a retail or bar near you at barrel bourbon.com. 6:14 I'm Friedman again, this is above the char. If you follow me on Instagram, you might have caught me in a story where I did a live tasting. And I was testing the New Orleans glass versus the Glen Karen. Obviously, this is something very unique cannot really do a tasting objectively because you're touching the glass you have a feeling of what it should taste like and inherently you're going to like how one glass looks more than the other. So what I did was as I have blindfolded myself with a bandana and I had someone pour the whiskey in my mouth now this is is going to sound weird, but I actually could not tell which glass was which, by the way it was touching my lips, Italy 7:00 Initially, when Jessica did it a second time she liked cram the glass of my upper lip. So thankfully, I did not cut my lip. Anyway, the results were really fascinating to me in that I liked the Glencairn more because it gave me more surface area coverage on my tongue. Whereas like the New Orleans glass, which is very, very nice looking, it came in like a direct point on to my palate like a bead like shooting onto the palate, and I would have to work to get the whiskey all over the place. Now this is good and bad. It's good if you are a whiskey that you're trying to mask, like how you feel in different parts of the tongue because you're going in in a very narrow trajectory, and it's bad if you're like me, and you're trying to be analytical of the whiskey because you're not getting the full surface coverage that you want. Now, I own the aromatic side. I also noticed that the New Orleans glass only 8:00 offered up, you know, some of the more prominent notes like it wouldn't let me really assess the spirit as much as like the Colin Karen. And what I mean by that is that with the Glen Karen, I got layers of the aromatic properties, like I could tell what the various notes were and what they smell like. With New Orleans, I got one note, and then a bunch of little bitty other ones, but I could not really discern what some of those other little bitty ones were. Now some of this may be I typically drink with the Colin Karen. So I'm more used to how that hits my notes. So preference definitely comes into here, but I'm asked all the time, what glass should you use, and it really all depends on the moment, you can drink bourbon out of a solo cup, and it would be great if you're with your buddies. So I would say let's not focus so much on things like the glassware and let's focus more about who we're drinking it with. Now, if you're if you're being analytical and you're wanting to do these blind tastings, you need to have like a consistent glass 9:00 What if it's just hanging out with your buddies? Your old college friends? The glass doesn't matter. The company does. And that's this week's above the char. Hey, if you want to catch my Instagram stories, make sure you're following me on Instagram. It's at Fred Minnick again at Fred Minnick. Until next week. Cheers. 9:23 Welcome back to another episode of bourbon pursuit the official podcast of bourbon Guinea here today riding solo as we are at Bardstown bourbon company, and this is talking to a guest that you may have heard a long, long time ago. This was back on episode 19. This is when we were starting to break ground when they were starting to break ground. It was quite a while ago so the journey on both ends has been explosive and growth which is fantastic to see on both sides of the table here. And if you hear some clinging, some silverware going on, it's because we're in their their main restaurant here and you're 10:00 hear more about that more about really what's happened here? What are the big plans for everything that's going on more as we start diving down this this path. So today on the show, I have David Mendell, you might have remembered from back on episode 19. He is the president ceo and one of the co founders of Bardstown bourbon company. So David, welcome back to the show. Thank you, Kenny. You know it, I'll tell you, it's remarkable because when you think back to Episode 19, where we're sitting right here, none of this existed, and we had an empty room, you know, and we were just getting up and running. And it really is incredible. And I just want to congratulate you on your tremendous growth. I think you guys are the leading bourbon podcast out there, aren't you? Well, we are and thank you so much for saying that. You know, we've we've gone through a lot of growth as well. I mean, like I was saying at the we started this. We were We were Episode 19 like this is we do these every week and I was thinking like holy crap that's years ago. And I was thinking of like, wait, you united anyone put a shovel in the ground yet when we started talking about 11:00 This it was this was all just like press release it was pie in the pie in the sky kind of idea and like, how are we going to execute on this? God? That is right. I mean, you were here. That was before we actually even had the building finished. So that that's tremendous. That's tremendous. Yeah. So I guess, a few years later, how's it going? Well, I mean, you look around here it is really, it's unbelievable. I mean, I oftentimes we sit back and we say, you know, how did we do this? And I'll tell you it is it's going incredibly well. You know, since that day, more than three years ago now, you know, we have built one of the largest distilleries in the country. We do custom whiskey production. Now for 24 different companies will do 40 different mash bills. We have probably one of the most sophisticated whiskey distilleries in the world. We build an award winning restaurant and bar here in the middle of the rest in the middle of the facility. We're opening a visitor center and an experience. We've got some really aggressive plans for bottling and a hotel coming and we could not be more excited. Holy smokes. That's a lot of stuff going on. 12:00 stuff. 12:02 So, I mean, I remember if I if I remember the one of the first things that we even talked about or maybe it was like a it was a rumor that that even said that was like even before like the doors were open, you all had basically contracted out I mean, cuz let's let's also make sure we set the precedent that the the the goal of what Bardstown bourbon company is is that you are a large contract distiller for anybody that wants to come in and make their own bourbon, right. And I'll put a little bit of a twist on that because what's what is interesting is we're a celebration, the entire craft of making whiskey. So we bring everybody together here, distillers enthusiasts, lovers, you know, and the community and we do that in our collaborative distilling program in the restaurant and bar as you can see around you, we serve everybody's products, and you find ours through the lens of everybody else, and we're really about that. But when you go back to the we call it the collaborative distilling program, because I'd make a distinction between that and 13:00 Custom. It is a exclusive program. If you're accepted into it, you then get the ability to have us showcase your product. If you look, we sell everything from Jefferson's to Kentucky owl to many of the companies that we produce for their integrated into our cocktail menu. Then they can bring their guests, the distributors, the retailers here, this is their home. So it is a bit different. But you're right before we opened our doors, we sold out the first 25,000 barrel capacity of the distillery. We expanded to 50,000 barrels six months later than 130,000 barrels, about six months after that. And we have almost all of that effectively under contract for the next five years. It's been a remarkable program. I mean, it just it just goes to show you like how big this boom is really getting that everybody really wants to get into this action because yeah, I mean, like that's, that's an incredible number of whiskey that you all are producing. And people are saying yes let's I want to gobble this up. Like I want to be a part of this. 14:00 So where does Where is like the I mean, those are those are impressive numbers begin with right of kind of like, how it was and how it was all contracted out. I guess kind of give me the give the rundown if if if I'm Joe Schmo and I'm like, Hey, you know, I'm ready to do this. I really want to get into get into the whiskey game. Do they call? Hey, David, I heard you on the podcast, like, what's, what's the next step? We take you? So the answer to that one is going to be? We're not the right, we're probably not the right provider for you. So we get a lot of those calls. We get them every day. But I think, you know, the beauty of our program is that we produce for great brands. So one of the you know, one of the primary considerations if you you know, even be considered as you've got to have a great brand, it's got to be on the market. You've got to be a company that has been in the industry. That's who we focus on. That's why we only produce for 24 different companies right now. We've turned away over the last several years. You know, more than obviously that we've accepted we get those calls every day. There are many options. 15:00 still out there for people like that, you know, that want to get in the business have never been in it before. They're much smaller options were not the option for them. But, you know, what's been most exciting for us is how we have really changed the the whole kind of dynamic and landscape of the contract whiskey production, you know, market. And it's that it's that program, and it's been really, really exciting. Yeah, I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's fun, right? Because other than you all, like there's only like a few places where you can go and do something like this. Yeah, let me tell you what I think is what is one of the most exciting things about it. When you look at what happens in that distillery, we bring together of those 24 companies. We have massive companies and we have some small craft distilleries and a number of them in the middle. They're all working together with us there. We've got their teams coming in. And we're learning every day. They're learning. We're learning. We're pushing innovation. We're balancing art, and science, but we're pushing innovation. It's all happening in there. 16:00 We're sharing best practices. And that's making our team better. And the result of all that is now coming out in our brands. So we're taking all that knowledge that we have created in a short period of time doing a lot of innovation. And you're seeing that now come forward in our brands, that's never going away. The collaborative distilling program is a core piece of who we are. It's something that will drive innovation drives, you know, has us pushing the edge all the time. That's really one of the most interesting I think an exciting pieces of what's happening here is by having everybody work together, you've never had that before, in the whiskey industry in one place. Absolutely. Most the time. It's like, hey, David, here, here's the magical, I won't go make it well, and you know, even more than that, what you had in the past was you had effectively, you know, a couple of companies, you had one where you got to choose one of three different mash bills, and you got it, great whiskey, great bourbon, but there wasn't a lot of choice, or you had, you know, another large distiller producing for you and the problems you had, there's 17:00 You didn't get great customer service. You know, you were kind of seen as you know, we're not we're, you know, we're selling extra capacity. And other cases, it was kind of behind the scenes, you don't really want to talk about it. And sometimes you're not allowed to talk about it. And we were the first to really embrace this kind of production and say, we want to do it, we want to be proud of it, we're going to put it out there, it's going to be about transparency. And everything now that we drive with our customers is full transparency, access to the data in real time chemistry, we just put in a system called ignition that is used primarily the food manufacturing business that gives complete historian and transparency at every stage of the production and the customer gets to watch it in real time. They're kind of like really powerful. What What is it? Is it Volkswagen or BMW somebody where like you, you buy a car like you can brand new you can actually go to go to Europe or Germany and actually, like watch it as it's made in the last essentially the same thing. They get a portal, they can watch their production, they can see their barrels in the warehouse. We just implemented it in this last 18:00 upgraded the distillery when we just came off of shut down a couple weeks ago. Really, really neat, really neat software I was about to say I was like is do people get like push notifications like an app like it's like it's dominoes delivery dude. That's what this was. So it's really crazy about it is extremely user friendly, john Hargrove and Steve now I can, can can access the distillery from their phone at home, they can see it and they can control it. So Sierra Nevada, Coca Cola, a number of you know, very large companies are using this platform. And it is amazing because the data that comes out of it in the control of the system in the transparency, it also feeds into your financial, you know, software, it's really really powerful. Something that people like can could totally geek out on Yeah, so let's let's keep going down this path because you know, as a as the business side of it, like what, what more value do you think that that you get out of this by being able to give the power to Steve and john and be able to be able to do that. So it goes 19:00 Even one level beyond so we're giving not only this power to Stephen, john, but we're handing that power to our customer. And so that is really our partners in the collaborative distilling program. Never before have they been able to watch their production in real time, you're getting literally you're getting the chemistry is on each firm enter in real time as it's taking place, you're able to see it, you're able to, you know, work with us, there's something that, you know, you see that's wrong or is out of line, you can make immediate changes, you know, to production, but that kind of transparency. And that kind of data is really valuable for the consumer when they're used to an industry here. Again, when you talk about traditional contract whiskey production, you had no transparency, you had no data, you got what you got. And that was it if you didn't like it too bad. And that was the attitude. You know, don't tell me how to make bourbon. I know how to make bourbon. Well, what if the customer doesn't like it? So we're going we're going to make it and we're going to get it exactly right under your specifications, because you're our partner. That's what we do. And so it's it's been very neat when you talk about 40 different Nashville's 20:00 One facility. Most you know most, yeah, most facilities are one to five, maybe 20:06 two to three. So it's, it's really neat what's happening in there. Now it's making me think of like, remember Willy Wonka. And he was trying to put a candy bar like through the TV. Now it's like whiskey, like just be like sampling through the app like, 20:23 hey, if we could figure out how you could drink product out of your out of your smartphone, I would change social media advertising, it would it would change that might be a whole new business venture like let's just go Yeah, let's just get out of this. We're gonna do whiskey by the phone that's right. 20:39 Now but it is it is really neat. And then when you carry over what is taking place there and then when we built the the restaurant and the bar here when we invested tremendously in terms of bringing incredible talent here, we've got chef, Felix Mazda, from the Greenbrier, Chef john Castro, who just joined us who ran Sullivan's 21:00 Culinary Institute in Louisville incredible background he is in charge of all of our culinary Dan Callaway on our beverage team who ran deca and built an incredible team. What happened is organically, they started working together with the distillery and that is how we got here to our products. And so we're no it's no longer just about one singular person making decisions about a product. It's about a team of experts, beverage commentary and distilling, creating these very unique blends, and bringing lots of different perspectives and pushing innovation and that's what I think of everything right now. That's one of the things we're most proud and most excited about where we're headed there. But when our own brand Yeah, before we before you're touching your brands, because I think that's that's gonna be a very big part of this. Talk about what it meant to actually like build bottle and bond kitchen because you know, you think about Bardstown there's something that is missing. Right there is you can go to Miami. There's nothing wrong Miami, right but like this 22:00 There's definitely that that sort of, like, finer dining experience that was really missing. So what, why create this this large, you know, place where people can come and eat and have a really, really good meal, rather than than just like, Hey, we're going to serve sandwiches out of the back of the truck over here. Well, I'll tell you so again, like everything, you know, I'd love to say that, you know, we had, you know, full clarity of this vision when we when we walked into this, but when, you know, when you get into the business and you start going, it's an evolutionary process. And so for example, you know, with this, we like to say, you know, the distillery is our heart, you know, bottle and bond is a soul, you know, all of us and so, it really kind of brings together everybody but if you back up to 2017, you weren't allowed under Kentucky law, late 2016. You are unable to sell by the drink. So we worked with the state legislature, we got sell by the drink pass, we got vintage whiskey passed, and that changed everything. And we had not yet built this out at that point. So we stopped 23:00 And we said now that we can sell actually sell cocktails in the distillery, let's look at doing a full restaurant and full bar. And let's really complete this whole idea of the Napa Valley destination experience. And so, like everything else here, we launched into it without having the history and the perspective of the industry. So we did something completely different. And we worked with the community and we build something that I think really remarkably balances, the visitor on the trail coming in, and the community member of Bardstown and what do I mean by that? That's everything from food style, to pricing, to having a place where people can come and just enjoy. It's not pretentious, it's a high level of style and service. But you can come in here you can spend $30 for a bottle of wine, you can spend 1000 you can have a $4 pour whiskey, you can have a 20 $500 pour whiskey, you can come in and have a meal that is comparable in price to chilis, you know and to Cracker Barrel, but you're getting fresh food scratch 24:00 Me local ingredients. That's, that's the goal is to bring everyone together. And it's worked. Yeah, it really has worked. Yeah, I mean, I've done here a few times. And it's it's always fun to do that. I mean, there's, you'd mentioned i think that's that's one of the things that I think Bardstown was really key and missing, as well, as was having that sort of experience. We can have this sort of, like elevated dining experience, where it is good, it's good food. I mean, from local, we've got massive amount of restaurants around us and good places, the but like, yeah, Bardstown was really missing some of that, that key and great war and the community is so supportive, and they are so proud of what we're doing out here. I know, Ryan's gonna kill me too, because he's from Barcelona. 24:42 And, but you know, and it's great. And because, you know, we're very proud to be here. We've all moved here. We moved, you know, probably 20 people here, you know, of our team that have come from all over the country here and settled here to build this great company. But you know, what I would I'd say is we've created what I would call and we call the modern bourbon experience, and what is that 25:00 It's no longer just about drinking bourbon, just straight, all day long going through a formula tour and tasting. When do you want to have these types of products, when you want to enjoy them, a lot of times it's going to be over a great setting or a meal, you're gonna want them in cocktails, you're going to be sitting outside, you're going to want to enjoy them, along with a great culinary experience, because that's, that's a lot about, you know, the, the fun of having great high quality alcohol products. And so it's not about over consumption, it's about good, responsible consumption of better products. And so, and that's where the trends are going. And people want to see they want to know everything about their products. They want to know where they're from, they want an experience, and that's what you get here. And that's what this is. So let's talk more about the business side here because I think you bring up something relatively like a good point about finding it in moving 20 people here at least 20 people and finding the right kind of staff 26:00 kind of talk about like how that search really went and you know we john and Steve like they're great guys we know them like they've been in the industry for for a while but like talk about everything else that that goes into this from the marketing the promotional the restaurant everything like that to to find the right staff and really what it takes to look outside of just the local area Bardstown. Yeah, I mean, I think you know, at the end of the day, you know that the story of this company is the story of the people that have come together here to build this union of all this fancy equipment and all these great furniture, but it's it is the people and the culture and what we have created here and it starts from the top at my level and it goes all the way on down. And we have focused on building the best team from the day that we got here. And we knew it myself, Garnet black, who was our executive vice president hospitality, Dan Lind, our CFO and COO, our chairman Peter loft, and you know, we had to, we had to make sure we were here and so we moved here and 27:00 We started the company. But when you get into each piece, every piece is different. So in the restaurant, for example, we have a program with the State Department. Jay, one program we bring in 20 culinary students from South Africa, India, in the Philippines. We have them in four different locations. Wow, I didn't know that. Yeah, we provide transportation educational program, they stay with us a year. Amazing program. We're in our second class now of students, because the culinary talent is just not here locally. We then supplement that too, with as much as we can get from the community. You know, our beverage team comes from all over many of them move from Louisville, from some of the best places there. But we try to recruit the best people we can and and show them what the opportunity is here. And to be part of something really exciting. Yeah, we've done it across every aspect of the business. So you have to make those investments and you have to invest in the people and create the right culture in order to do what we're doing. That's in our opinion, is the is the miracle 28:00 town shaking your hand yet, like thank you for bringing in more people in business. We're at about 120 employees. We've had very, very fast growth, we're hiring at least another 20. More here. In the next couple of weeks. We're opening the visitors experience here. We're just a couple weeks away from that the warehouse bar, we have a second kitchen that has just gone in that's triple the size of this that's going to be covering our all of our catering, wow event opportunities here. So there's, you know, there is so much and a lot of hiring. We work closely with the city. We work closely with economic development. We work closely with the Chamber of Commerce in both Louisville and in Nelson County, to really help attract 28:42 the folks and we're very invested in and and we think ultimately all of this investment you look at heaven Hill $65 million facility down the street, you've got 2.3 billion over the next eight to 10 years and investment projects in bourbon. A lot of hospitality 29:00 It's coming. We're going to attract the talent here. It's going to be great for the state and it's going to be great for the community. Yeah, I mean, it's, there's, there's no shortage of the money that's getting pumped into this. And, and it sounds like you all mean it. As as like, you know, starting this business and starting another business, I know that it's hard to sit there and be like, all right, where can I see return for a little bit? Let's keep pumping money into it until we start, you know, figuring out finding our groove. So like, where do you all see the end of like, the investing into the business until you can sit back? I mean, I don't think you I mean, any good business. 29:35 You're never stopping the investment. I mean, especially when you're doing something, you know, as you know, innovative like we are in cutting edge. You're constantly pushing the boundaries here. And I think that's one of the things that really is exciting is we've got a very nimble team, we can move quickly. We see opportunities we go after them whether they're on, you know, on all of this, even just and to the brand side, pushing innovation, creating 30:00 Very interesting collaborations, testing, trying not everything works. But you've got to be bold enough to give everybody especially the folks on your team, the freedom to run. 30:11 And to you know, you have a good vision set out, you've got good people, you've got a nice structure and you give people the freedom to create any of the right folks on board. You see, amazing things can happen. And that's how we've done this in three years. And that's the story. Well, it seems from from you know, from your level, that you're giving them the freedom and flexibility to go and try things right because it's it's tough to be able to say like, hey, let's go experiment. Let's do these things. When we know that we've got to we've got to do a lot of things right to be able to make sure that we are we're pushing the boundary our first things out there going to be home run stuff like that, too. I mean, it's it's hard to have that experimental mentality Come on. It's like a lot of things. I mean, you can overthink things and you know, you can over test things, but the real test 31:00 doesn't come until you put it in front of the consumer. So you can plan, plan, plan, test tweak. But until you take this and you stick it in front of the consumer, and you find out, do they like this? Do they love the fact that we have complete transparency on the label? How are they going to react to that? Well, the consumer really likes it. Are you going to like these unique finishings where we're taking different companies and we're pushing the envelope on some of these types of finishings with bourbon? 31:27 You don't know until you put them out there. But I think one of the most interesting things is having bottle and bond kitchen and bar in the middle of the facility is like having a laboratory with the consumer. So every day, we're experimenting, and we're getting direct feedback. So it's, this is like our focus group test. You create it, you put a better way to do it, right. I mean, you're right here you have, you know, you have an audience that comes in here every single day from all over the world. And we're able to try with them lots of different things. We're able to get feedback, we're able to tell 32:00 So we're getting it in real time from consumers. And it's a it's a another very interesting component of the business that you wouldn't necessarily think about. You know how you would use that when you first coming up with the idea. So thinking of ideas and kind of rolling back and I can't remember everything we talked about back on episode 19. 32:22 But kind of what was what was the idea of you even wanting to get into this wanting to do this? 32:31 The 2019 Kentucky's edge bourbon conference and festival Paris all things Kentucky with bourbon. 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And we learned a lot about who's we, by the way, myself, Dan Lind, who's our CFO and CEO and Garnet black, who is our executive vice president hospitality, we'd started this vodka company. And, you know, we, we sold that in 2009. And we stayed in the business and we worked. We did a lot of work with lots of different companies in the spirit space, and we connected over that period of time with our chairman and main investor in the company, Peter loft and, and we all you know, sat down and we had this vision for creating something in bourbon, we saw where the market was going. And we wanted to do something and it at the time. It wasn't necessarily this, we didn't come here with this exact vision in mind, we had another idea. And as we all got into it together, that changed from that to here, and it continues. 35:00 evolved as we learned more, and we saw more every year every year every month as I say that the business changed and everything from standing over there when the when the city was showing this property right across the road a small parcel the turning of looking across here and seeing the hundred acres you know and saying you know what, we can see where this is headed this the Napa Valley style destination experience, you know, begins that you plant begin to plant the seed. And so nothing happens immediately overnight. It's it was evolutionary. 35:34 And so you had the idea let's get into bourbon, let's do this, I guess kind of talk us through those those days to of dealing with the city of, you know, weather permits where they're like, hey, was this was this like you saw this place and said yeah, or I mean, how many? How many other like locations where you? First I the city leadership was and is not only extremely supportive, they're one of our greatest allies. 36:00 Just in the, you know, in building our business is very important to make sure you have a great relationship there. Kim Houston, who has economic development, our current our current mayor, judge and judge, Dean watts, who is a county judge executive. 36:15 And Bill shackles, who was the former mayor at that time, all So, so supportive, but the funny story is, initially, they didn't want to sell us this property, they had it. They had it, you know, slotted or thought out for different business, you know, and when you have an unknown entity coming in, and wanting to buy 100 acres of your best city property, you know, not always 36:38 making all sorts of promises. And like a lot of communities across the country, they get burned with these, you know, people come in, they make promises, they don't deliver, they buy things and it doesn't materialize. So there's a lot of trust and a lot of faith that goes on and I think that's one of the things that I am and we are a team most proud of is we have over delivered here in Bardstown, and we've been able to 37:00 Do it with their support. It is had been a team effort across the board with the state with local government. And with the community members, we named we named the company after the town. I mean, we really believe in this place, and we believe in where it's going. Yeah. So I know you're dying to talk about these kilometers. So let's, so let's let's, let's talk about I will, we'll talk we can cover this and cover any subjects. 37:25 I mean, like I said, you gotta get a lot of knowledge on the business side of it. I know it's, it's not a, it's not an easy feat to sit here and think like, okay, let's, let's dive head in. Like let's really go all in on this and, and, and, you know, really, I mean, let's be honest, like, you look around here, there's not you hit the nail head modern type of operation. There's no there's no corners that have been cut here. There's a heavy heavy dollar investment and, and I think, you know, in me personally, that I really want this all to succeed too because there's it's a different kind of experience than what you see 38:00 Really anywhere else on the drill and this is the funny thing Kenny is this there was a very significant investment made here and there has been in there has been over time. But when you compare this investment with other similarly situated companies, we spent a fraction of what they spent and that is a tremendous testament to our all local construction team. Busa construction that has been with us for six years. And so I still conduct the same construction team meeting at 9am, every Wednesday morning, and we've done it for six years with the same team that has built everything on this site, and will be building everything else. And so it's a small team. We're nimble, we make decisions immediately versus bringing in huge construction companies and giant engineering firms and architecture firms and nobody's really understanding the business or distilling and you know, you get into spending a tremendous amount of money it goes over, you know, goes over budget it goes over time. We have done this again for a fraction of what others have spent. And that's really an untold 39:00 portion of the story. We couldn't have done this without the use of construction and that team till more of the story then because I mean, that's it seems that's that's really that's interesting, right? Because I mean, a, I guess on the other side of it too is is you do get some more of that upfront capital because you can kind of pre sell some of this sort of stuff, the contract, distilling the barrels and everything like that beforehand. It's not like me, if I wanted to build this over again, I would have to be like, Oh, I gotta wait five, six years until I have a product right? You can spend a lot of money creating a distillery and especially one of this size. I mean, we are now you know, but we did look, we did it. And I think we did a very smartly in terms of we built, we did it, so we had a modular expansion. So we could go from 25,000 to 50,100 30,000 barrels, we just didn't expect to do it in two and a half years. 39:47 It was more like the five to 10 year plan exactly, originally. But you know, so, but the ability to make those changes to say, okay, we're going to expand now and now we're going to expand again and we're going at the same time we're going to build a real 40:00 restaurant and a bar and Oh, wait a minute. before we're done doing that, we're going to start the visitor center. And we're going to start bottling. And that is only because we have this relationship, but the construction team that lives with us is effectively an in house construction team. We want to build something, it gets built. We have a problem, it gets fixed. You know, we're able to do that now. It's a blessing and a curse. You want to build something it's all of a sudden you start building something, but it is fun, like the Bochy ball court out there. You know, that showed up a couple weeks ago. Yeah, it was just that was Dan Callaway, his idea. And then now we have a professional Bochy, ball court, you know, construction team goes out there and builds it overnight. So it's fun. It's also it's also good for, 40:40 like employee satisfaction and stuff like that, too. Right. Like, let's, let's go, let's go have lunch play given Bochy will go have a few meetings. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. And that's right now, so it is, but it is. It is a very important part of the story of how we develop this so quickly, because if you tried to do it with big, conventional 41:00 construction firms, it would be extremely hard, it takes a long time, and it would cost a lot of money. And, you know, I won't, you know, point two examples, but you can find them out there in this industry where you have, you know, seen those problems. So talk about as well as, you know, I guess, again, business side, what do you do to like, have employee retention, right, because this is, this is an industry that most of the time people look at account managers, they look at marketing professionals, they look at, you know, you have your culinary side of things, that it's a lot of turnover and some of this industry, what do you do to help keep that employee retention and make this a positive working, so we do a tremendous amount there. And a lot of that work is led by Garnet black, who runs is our executive vice president hospitality, but she also is our head of HR and our HR team here, that starts with the culture and it starts with day one, you know, we created our mission, vision and values with our employees. We wrote them together. They participated in writing the employee guide 42:00 lines with us, you know, they we give them we did it all of this together every employee, the first 18 barrels that rolled off the line at this company went to the employees. And most people set most companies sell those for a lot of money. They went to the employees, every employee that starts here, I get a in whiskey gets a barrel of bourbon. Right? Yeah. You know, it's everything from, you know, the way you recognize the right way you reward, you know, and the type, the type of culture we create by bringing people's families together here too. And so, you know, we look at we emphasize all of those things, and that there's appropriate work life balance, and that we support the community and, you know, the charities and the organizations that the employees care about. So there are multiple different levels to this. And in a company that is growing so quickly, we I think we spend a very significant amount of time focused on culture. 42:54 And, and it's important, yeah, no, absolutely. I mean, because I come from a tech background. I know most listeners know 43:00 Already and, and so I, I venture out to Palo Alto in the valley very often. And I get to see the ping pong tables and the arcade machines and the puzzle room and also that kind of stuff that most companies around here would be like flabbergasted at. Right. Right, you all build about you ballpark, right? So yeah, you're trying to create a culture that makes you feel like you really want to be here, that it really helps, as I said, helps the employee retention but really helps create that sort of like positive environment that you feel good about coming here in China. That's exactly right. And that's what we try very hard to do. And you know, you're running, you know, very different businesses to you have the distilling side of the business, which is very different from the restaurant and the bar, which is different from the visitors experience, which is different from brand sales and marketing with our team that's out there in the marketplace. Now. You know, we're building world will be in six states with the product by the end of the year, and that is an entirely different business and architecture and one of the most important pieces of the business and we have just this year now ventured into that. 44:00 It's actually the part of the business that we know the best, ironically, because that was the business we were in before. We did a lot, right? We did a lot wrong there. But we learned a tremendous amount and it's one of the most exciting You know, one of the areas I am certainly most excited about with where we're headed is the brand All right, let's talk about that. Okay, let's talk about I know I've been I've been taken off the rails here and there's a lot going on here it well it really is and it's it's fascinating and talk about what this what the multi do do this and we can keep talking let's not wait 200 episodes to do another saying come back here what's going to be a different place a year from now as it is six months from now, so So talk about you know, the first three expressions that you all put out what did it take for the collaboration side of this to really make it happen and I should mention that you also you there was the the collaboration series that kind of came out in this like square bottle? Yes, I think about a year or so ago, correct? Well, we have one case of that left. But that would that sparked an idea and so all of us 45:00 I'll take back to that. But just to start this, this is the Bardstown bourbon company that you see in front of you, this is our brand format, so that this style bottle, you know, and label, this modern presentation of a cohesive brand. And I think the challenge that you have with any young whiskey or bourbon company, is how do you create and begin to create a brand, when your whiskey that you're making here is still maturing in the warehouse and take some time to mature. We don't cut corners. We don't plan on putting anything out that is young, we made a very early decision that we weren't going to put out a six month rye and a one year old, right? That we were really going to wait and we were going to put it out when things were ready because we're not under a rush. But in the meantime, we want to do we want to create really exciting things. So what's happening, what are the trends in the industry? Where are things going? blending, blending is a very exciting trend. It started in scotch. It's been going on for a long, long time, but it really is becoming you know more 46:00 Prominent now bourbon, we want to be great at that. And what's unique about it, we got a Distilling Team, a beverage team and a culinary team that are now all different flavor experts in cocktail team is looking at I mean, a beverage teams looking for cocktail balance, colonnade teams looking at for pairings distilling teams work looking at traditional methods, and they're blending for those reasons. So as we began to get into it, how do we bridge that gap? Well, we start with, you know, a couple of different expressions fusion. Our fusion series tells the story of our blending capability but begins to introduce our young bourbon in with a fully mature or older bourbon and we put it all on the label. So we have 60% of this is two year old bourbon. One is a 20% wheat one is a 36% rye, blended with a 11 and a half year old Kentucky, so it's a Kentucky straight bourbon. And what you get is these bright notes from the younger bourbon with kind of the heavier 47:00 You know the notes from the older bourbon and it makes a very complex blend, where you would get much more of just a uniform product. If you had just the 11 and a half year old here, you're putting these really neat notes. And we went this process went through 50, blind tastings with the Distilling Team, the commentary team and the beverage team to arrive at this unique blend. Its series one, because it's going to adapt. Next year at 6040, maybe several months from now, it'll be 7030, then at 20, but you get to really kind of see how this is going to change as we move to our fully mature product. Then Discovery Series. Discovery is our series that just is about making phenomenal blends using whiskey and bourbon that we didn't produce ourselves. So Discovery Series, one is a blend of four Kentucky straight Bourbons, the core of it being 11 and a half year old, but you've got some, you know, sprinkled in 13 year old 10 year old and five year old and again, went through the same process with the 48:00 Teams blending. And instead of having one singular product, they're adding these like, it's like little notes like little spice notes into the blend, so that you're getting something much more complex. And it's really neat again, went through multiple blind tastings with those teams to arrive at this. Yeah. So I mean, that's and that's what I think is what you're starting to find that a lot more prominent now is being able to get these, these these older Bourbons and then do this blending and there's going to be varied amounts of the type of one product, a proof of another product. And really, you're not going to find the same thing everywhere you go when you do this as well. It really makes it fun because the consumer is looking for interesting things. The consumer is open to innovation, which is where the collaborative series comes in. And you go back to the square bottle. So that idea started over dinner with Joe Harris, from copper and kings. And I was sitting with him and we said, let's Why don't we just start 49:00 This was three four years ago. Let's just start making some neat stuff. We had this glass, we actually owned inventories of 10 and a half year old MGP Indiana bourbon 21% rye. So we took Muscat misspell barrels. And we finished, selected the bourbon finish this bourbon in the Muscat misspelled us for 18 months with the same with American brandy. It was a remarkable product. And it sparked this idea of why don't we create a series very limited edition that tell the story of two great companies working together to produce a really unique product. So then we did the fight for Patrick reserve with Suzanne Fiverr private, great winemaker out in Napa Valley 18 month finish in her Napa Valley cab barrels 18 months is quite a quite a long time. I mean, usually you hear about finishing it's like two to three months, maybe a few ways. Yeah, we were doing 18 month finish on every one of our products at a minimum. And it's a major investment. But you see a remarkable difference. You know, some people will say oh, you know, the products done 50:00 It's going to turn. We have never seen that yet. And I you know, Joe Heron is a huge, you know, believer in this to just keep waiting. And so we have 10 more of these products, projects coming out. We've got three more with copper and kings. We have a really neat one one coming out and beginning of next year with prisoner one. So fabulous that's been that has been finishing now over 16 months. We have great Armagnac house a really neat run one again, we're not held on whole story of the two companies working together. And so these remarkably long finishes produce exceptional products. We actually go one step further to we make sure that there is no degradation in the underlying quality of the wine or spirits. So for example, our wine cast, we ship on refrigerated trucking across the country, they never sit out in the heat, not even for a second they come off the truck, they're filled. And so you prevent all degradation. So tremendous care and making them as well to say I was like, that's a that's 51:00 Investment right there, just I mean, I know what it takes to ship a barrel, you know, across 51:05 state lines and everything like that. But now to put in a refrigerated truck here, it's, it's a lot more expensive. But at the end of the day, you know, our goal is to create exceptional products. Because if you make really good quality things you're going to do great. And that is, we just firmly believe that, you know, if you go take the extra steps to make an exceptional product with a really deep authentic story. You know, that's what consumer, that's what many consumers are looking for these days. And we see it every day. Absolutely. And so I mean, it's it's good to see that this is where the brand's heading, you're doing a lot of good things here too. When do you start seeing it? Because granted, I know you contract with a lot of stuff, but you're also distilling for yourself. Oh, yeah. So all right. Oh, yeah. A lot for yourself. So what's the what's the next phase of, you know, taking fusion to its its own so you'll see you 52:00 You'll see that fusion blend change, you know, multiple times. And then what you're really looking at is about 2022 when our whiskey and bourbon is, you know, really hitting that, you know, about five to six year sweet spot, that's when you're going to start seeing it. And so you'll see rye and different bourbon mash bills. We've been doing a lot with malt whiskey. 52:20 We have a lot of experimentation taking place to so I think there's a lot of exciting things everything also, you know, we're going to be launching a single barrel program here shortly for the public and for retailers, which is different because because we do 40 different mash bills and we create so many different things. You're not limited as a consumer you're going to come into our new bear can be quite the quite the experience and like I don't know if we'll be able to make it through all these Nashville's exactly so you go Rick house bar here, which is beautiful. I you know, I think we're going to take you out and see all these things today. But that structure, you have all glass looking into the warehouse, it's all lit, beautiful setting intimate bar, we're going to be able to provide 53:00 The consumer the retailer with five six different selections different mash bills you'll be at a try those barrels you'll be able to secure them now you'll wait several years will bottle them for you and you know you have a very different single barrel you know pick program where you're not just limited to one tiny let's do a whole array of different things yeah, I mean that's that's gonna be impressive when that when that comes around because a lot of fun Yeah, well Sign me up 53:29 great Yeah, no, I mean it's it's it's cool because there's there's definitely room at of what you all are doing and pushing the envelope not only just in regards of the whiskey production, the kitchen, the single barrel program and one thing we even talked about was the vintage whiskey you all are doing as well like that's it that's the way it is here. It is so exciting. And as part of the new visitors experience, we have a whiskey library that we have built a little secret hidden library back that you can do dinner for up to 10 people in it. And we're that's where we display and showcase our 400 bottles of vintage whiskey. 54:00 that date back to the late 1800s. We secure that and curated the collection with Fred Minnick. It's all for sale by the poor. And it is we built the product we built that collection based on stories. And we didn't wasn't based on volume it was based on what is some really hard to get very unique products that tell great stories. And so some of the some of them back there are absolutely incredible. And they further the whole discussion about whiskey and bourbon. So you come here and again, carry everything but you have discussions like why is you know, the Old Crow chess set considered one of the best whiskeys made? Why is this 1929 see grams Canadian bourbon, which we have, which was before you know, the the statute went into place. Why was that at eight years old? so unbelievably rich. Why are some of these products so terrible? Yeah, that's right. That's, that's 54:56 a stuff and you're like, Well, that was Yeah, that was good. 55:00 And you know, and so, but it starts a conversation. And, and that's what this is all about. That's what I mean, the enjoyment of whiskey, and bourbon, and all of these things is all about a conversation. It's all about an experience. It's all about trying things, sharing things, talking about them. And that is at the core of who we are, and what this place is about. All we want all those conversations about all different things happening in here. It's not just about one brand, or just about our brand, our brands great. And we will put it against anything. But there are also other wonderful producers out there, and it's a big community. And we want all those discussions taking place in here. Now, absolutely. And you know, as we kind of wrap this up and start thinking about really what's on the horizon for you, like on the business side, like where do you Where do you kind of want to see this year? I mean, shit, you already talked about, hey, we're expanding every six months, but like, do you want to stop expanding? Like is there is there a time when you're like, hey, like, let's let's pump the brakes on this for a little bit. I mean, you are seeing the expansion is we're not in 56:00 anticipating further expansion in distillery, so are now our focus we have you know, upgrading yes improving our capabilities always. But we are now focused on building the brand building the visitors experience and the elements around that including bottling and the hotel. And so those are things that we are looking at right now. And we're really excited about that's what's on the horizon and making this a fully not only a fully integrated production entity from you know, from whiskey production to storage to bottling but also on the vent on the visitors experience side, from restaurant to bar to lodging to being able to stay here in the heart of the bourbon capital of the world and make this a full destination experience Am I gonna be able to use my Marriott Rewards points here you know, and I went on a yet 56:49 so we'll leave it on that you know, David, I want to thank you again for coming on. You know, like I said, For for Ryan and myself and Orion's on here, but we always like to hear, you know, we can always talk about like, oh, 57:00 We can do this many barrels a day able to love but, you know, hearing it from a business aspect, I think is one one crucial component that I think a lot of people need to understand as we start getting this and, and you you really talked about it earlier about how you create the culture. And the culture is what builds everything around it right that point and, and really what ultimately makes any venture successful. That's right. And I look and I want to congratulate you guys, because your growth has been as significant as ours and you know, up to 200 podcasts now. It's incredible. And you guys are the leading and if you know, for those of you who are out there, I mean, Kenny and his team, they are the leading bourbon podcast out there, period. And so sign up, listen to it, we encourage it, and we love what they're doing spreading the word here and helping educate everybody about what's happening in this industry. So congratulations to you. Well, thank you, David. I appreciate that mean, I always like a good 57:53 great, it's wonderful to see that, you know, rising tides is lifting all boats across all of this and you know, we're all 58:00 Part of this, you know, bourbon journey together. Absolutely. Well, hopefully we're going to be a part of it with you. And we're going to be excited to kind of see where this is going to go here in the next year too. So, gonna be happy to see that. So before we kind of close up, if people want to give them the address, where can they find it? And they can type in Bardstown bourbon company, and Google M

In this episode we interview the mayor of the city of Stirling, Mark Irwin. We also have some students who did a podcast on Exmouth. Hope you enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pupilpod/message

Cinematographer Mark Irwin (THE FLY, ROAD TRIP, THE BLOB, OLD SCHOOL, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, ROBOCOP 2… the list goes on forever!) sits down and gets technical with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. Not only do the boys do a deep dive geek-out into cameras, lenses, and lighting styles…. Mark also shares some incredible (INCREDIBLE!) personal stories about working with legends like Cronenberg, Craven, Phillips, and the Farrelly brothers!  Dr. Arwen re-advises a patient with a fear of plagiarism, Adam announces a new project, and Mark answers a TON of our beloved Patrons' questions in this episode that's surely another one for the books – and then some! What are you waiting for? Become a “Crypt Keeper” by supporting THE MOVIE CRYPT on Patreon.com/TheMovieCrypt and start receiving early access to new episodes, bonus weekly episodes of “Classic Crypt,” bonus monthly commentary episodes, Adam & Joe's monthly “Crypt Picks” videos and “Crypt Diaries,” access to our monthly LIVE event, and so much more! 

The business-led digital transformation transcending industries is here. With it come new security conversations around a more connected business world. What’s the biggest risk when it comes to networking? The experts say Wi-Fi. Continuing their conversation on digital transformation, the risks and future security measures in networking, host Jason Claybrook re-welcomes Keith Fuentes and Mark Irwin with Samsung Knox, and Reid Estreicher with Samsung B2B Marketing. So, why is Wi-Fi the risk? “Without encryption on the device, public Wi-Fi can give others access to your data very easily," Fuentes said. The key is to control the endpoints with added layers of security to prevent cyber criminals and hackers from accessing sensitive information. With public networks, this can get tricky. Samsung believes they have an answer. "The answer is really micro-segmenting Wi-Fi networks. It’s about creating L2/L3 domains to enable a ‘private’ part of the public Wi-Fi," Irwin said. Another issue with public Wi-Fi is the threat of compromised devices joining the network. Samsung believes to have a solution for that as well. “If you can prevent that device that’s been breached or hacked from coming onto the public Wi-Fi, you have another layer of security," Estreicher said. This new technology has the possibility of making public networks at least somewhat safer. But what else is on the horizon? Much of the buzz in the industry over Wi-Fi and security revolves around 5G. As 5G has become more powerful and approached standardization, so has its security. Security is going to be much stronger for 5G networks, but the rise of 5G doesn’t mean the end of 4G. “One thing people don’t talk about is that when 4G hit, 3G got faster. The same is true of 5G and 4G. Plus, 4G continues to evolve on its own,” Irwin said.

Mark Irwin, he is the Managing Director of Ardmore, an Integrated Communications Agency with specialisms in advertising, design, digital, PR, media and partnerships.   They are responsible for the most prolific creative output in Northern Ireland.   Ardmore is part of the world’s largest international network of owner-operated advertising and marketing communication businesses. With over 4200 employees in 85 agencies in 51 countries. Mark started as a media manager in 2005, before progressing to Media director, strategy director and managing director in 2016.   If you're interested in: 1. Peak performance 2. Winning new business 3. Hiring 4. Overcoming failure 5. Marginal gains 6. Mental health 7. The power of hard work and 8. What agencies can learn from elite level sport You are going to find the conversation absolutely fascinating.    Enjoy the chat. 

Digital transformation can mean a lot of different things to different industries, from medical devices to sophisticated retail consumer data. With that being said, a lot has changed in the last 10 years. What about the next 10 years? Today's episode of Recalibrate brings on a panel of thought leaders from across Samsung to give unique perspectives on the impact of a worldwide digital transformation on business. Host Jason Claybrook welcomes guests Keith Fuentes, Mark Irwin, and Reid Estreicher, who all shared that in the past, implementing new technology often ended up in a lot of trials and testing but rarely led to action; something they called “pilot purgatory.” Now things have completely changed. Harnessing digital transformations and implementing technology is now a must for any company to own the market. “Companies now have the mindset of being technology first, and [they] also happen to be in the healthcare, retail, restaurant, or other industries," Irwin said. So, how should companies approach a digital transformation that's right for them? In the world of restaurants, it’s all about efficiency. “We had a restaurant brand that said they wanted to digitally transform. So, we asked them what the most profitable thing they sold, and they said desserts," Estreicher said. The problem was that this restaurant wasn't selling many desserts because entrees weren’t getting to tables fast enough, and dinners were filling up. The solution? Wearables for wait staff. “They implemented wearables for the wait staff that notified them when food was ready. It got to the table faster, and diners then had room for dessert. Dessert orders and sales went up," Estreicher said. Now, that’s not the only opportunities restaurants have. They could take a step further with wearables and integrate those into other operations, marketing and service workflows. “It’s not enough for restaurants to sell food in the restaurant. With connectivity and sharing data securely, ecosystems exist now that weren’t available before," Irwin said. “The same principles apply to retail and pulling more personalized data in-store. They are great at doing this online, but there are possibilities in-store as well. Being able to pull data from someone’s phone to identify them and their preferences is game changing," Fuentes said.

Our show this week is all about Trees in the June Garden. Each week on Down the Garden Path we discuss down to earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As Landscape Designers and gardeners we think it is important and possible to have great gardens that are low maintenance.  Thanks for joining us here. In our regular monthly  " In the Garden " show we like to help you prepare for garden tasks in the upcoming month. We also know that timing is everything in the garden and there is a definite right time for many things, especially trees. Mark Irwin, arbourist with Bartlett Trees Experts joins us in the studio again. This time we focus on trees in the June Garden. As all our Spring Flowering trees, wind down their beautiful displays now is the time to pay closer attention to them. Mark gives some tips on what to look for as far as insects and diseases and the importance to get on a program so that the tree is treated for them at the correct time of year. We also discussed best practices to care for some of the most popular small evergreens and small trees in a typical garden. Boxwood, Yews and Japanese Maples. Have a listen and learn along with us on this timely show. 

Mike, a slightly late Tommy, and Kevin talk with D2: The Mighty Ducks director Sam Weisman in part one of one of the best interviews the show has ever done. In this part 1, Sam talks about how the mob got him to Hollywood, Canadian porn, how a run-in with Steve Brill at a Los Angeles Kings game eventually led to his directing of D2 and the mystery of the idiot production assistant and the lost D2 footage in a rental car. Show Notes Thanks again to Sam Weisman. He's one of the greats. By the way, Sam has a great IMDB photo: Photo by Avnet/Kerner Productions We talked with D2 director of photography Mark Irwin, who got his start in porn, in Episode 65. Is this line change real or part of the re-shoots? The Amazon click-through purchase of the week: A Voice from Old New York: A Memoir of My Youth by Louis Auchincloss. I have no idea who Louis Auchincloss is but he seems like a chill dude.

Headlines Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer Released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYtuKyMtY8&spfreload=10 10 Captain Marvel posters salute heroes, villains, and one stellar cat https://ew.com/movies/captain-marvel-posters/#carol-danvers-brie-larson    Main Discussion: Blackest Night #0-8 Written by Geoff John Art by Ivan Reis Inks by Oclair Albert, Rob Hunter, Julio Ferreira, Joe Prado, Colors by Alex Sinclair Letters by Nick Napolitano   Green Lantern #43- #52 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Doug Mahnke Inks by Christian Alamy, Doug Mahnke, Tom Nguyen, Rodney Ramos, Mark Irwin, and Keith Champagne Colors by Randy Mayor Gabe Eltaeb, Hi-Fi Design, Rebecca Buchman, and Carrie Strachan Letters by Rob Leigh   Recommendations Visit DC Universe www.dcuniverse.com

There is always more to learn about trees.  Each week on Down the Garden Path Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing, discuss down to earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. In each episode, we bring you interesting, relevant and helpful topics to help you achieve a great garden. We learn right along with you from each other, from our research or from the guests that join us here. If you have a garden and want to make it as low maintenance as possible then this podcast is for you.  As Landscape Designers and gardeners themselves, Joanne and Matthew think it is important and possible to have great gardens that are low maintenance and they want to help you make it happen. On this episode, we welcome ISA Certified Arborist, Mark Irwin with Bartlett Tree Experts to talk about Tree care. We learn from Mark, some best practices and tips for planting and maintaining trees. A lot of practical info in this episode and we look forward to having Mark back again!

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We’re holding a seminar to teach you about investing in real estate with a seasoned property investment pro. Looking to buy a Portland home? Search all homes for sale here. Looking to sell your Portland home? Use our free home evaluation tool here. I’m excited to announce that along with Mark Irwin from Directors Mortgage, we’ll be holding a real estate investing seminar on Thursday, June 29th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 9755 Southwest Barnes Road. Click here to register. It will be a basic course designed for first-time home investors. We’ll cover several key topics like how to determine what makes a rental property, how to finance one, and some reasons to buy one. We’ll also discuss the best ways to manage a rental investment property. Mark Irwin has been a real estate investor for more than 35 years and has worked with just about every type of investment property you can think of. We’ll also cover the real estate side of things like why you need a Realtor and how they will help you find the right property. To register, just click here. If you have any questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to seeing you there! If you are simply curious about the kinds of homes that are available on the Portland market right now, check out this complete listing: Click here to see all Portland homes for sale And if you need more advice, or you are ready to start looking for a home, get in touch with me at (503) 748-8310. I love working with first-time homebuyers, and I can help you get to your perfect new home with minimum hassle.

We’re holding a seminar this Thursday aimed at teaching you the ins and outs of basic real estate investment. Looking to buy a Portland home? Search all homes for sale here. Looking to sell your Portland home? Use our free home evaluation tool here. Thursday, May 11th, we’re hosting the first of a three-part series of real estate investment seminars at 7 p.m. at our office at Keller Williams Realty Professionals on the first floor, and we’d love for you to join us. Our own agent Michele DesCombes suggested putting on an investment seminar. I’ve always enjoyed investing in real estate over the years and helping others invest in real estate, and I was more than pleased when she came to me with the idea. Michele wanted to do a seminar because she loves working with investors. With the rental market how it is in Portland, she also realized that now is a great time to maximize the opportunity for investment and maximize your income. Michele is partnered with Mark Irwin, an experienced lender from Directors Mortgage with a wealth of investment experience who will speak at the seminar. “This seminar will teach you how to maximize your income.” We’ll also talk about how to get qualified and make sure your financing is in order, the differences between active and passive landlords, how to screen your tenants, and the rest of the ins and outs of basic real estate investment. The best part? It’s totally free. We even have a door prize. To RSVP, just click here to sign up. You can also visit our Facebook page or call us and we’ll get you signed up. In the meantime, we hope to see you there. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d be glad to help.

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Mark Irwin was the director of photography for D2. He talks with Mike, Tommy, and Kevin about how shooting porn gave him the connections to move up in the film world, how he dealt with cardboard cutouts as crowd members, his knucklepuck rig, and more. Show Notes This is Mark's website, where you can see some of his work. Here's his IMDB page. Some photos Mark shared with us from his time on the films: The famous Sam Z. Arkoff that Mark mentions. Mark's career took off after Blood and Guts turned into a job on Fast Company.  You should all watch Youngblood which stars Rob Lowe as Dean Youngblood, a talented scorer who goes off to play juniors in Canada. FYI Sam Wiseman was the director of D2. You probably already know who Steve Brill is. The best skaters: Josh Jackson (Charlie Conway), Shaun Weiss (Greg Goldberg), Garette Ratliff Henson (Guy Germaine), Marguerite Moreau (Connie Moreau), Ty O'Neal (Dwayne Robertson), Mike Vitar (Luis Mendoza) Tim Horton played mostly for the Maple Leafs. Dick Duff played mostly for the Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Jean Beliveau played for the Canadiens. Eric Nesterenko played for the Maple Leafs and Blackhawks. Gretzky's famous melted loonie into the ice came on American soil at the 2004 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Canada actually was on in the Junior Goodwill Games the U.S. beat them on a briefly seen newspaper headline. Here's the IMDB to Diary of a Sinner, Mark's first movie. The page is SFW. "Say yes to everything. You'll end up at the North Pole, you'll end up at some sweaty strip club, you'll end up at the bottom of a uranium mine like I did. Say yes to everything because what you learn is what will teach others and those other people will take you with them." Thanks to @garrettgreen for the #QuackQuestion. Here is Belmont High School. There is an aerial picture here. To avoid any copyright infringement I'm just going to link to it. The Layover is in post production. It's slated to come out in 2016.

Mark Irwin

Of all human skills, our ability to communicate is one of the most important. Stuttering is a difficult condition for those who suffer from it, but there are ways to treat it.  It's especially important if it can be tackled early, before it becomes esatablished in the adult. Still, there's much that can be done to help adults, as you'll hear. Our first guest is Professor Mark Onslow, foundation director of the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. Then we hear from Dr Mark Irwin, who takes us on his personal journey through stuttering. He is actively involved with the stuttering commnuity, and holds positions with a number of ogranisations, including The Australian Speakeasy Association. Finally, we hear from King George VI, the character famously depicted in the King's Speech.  This audio was extracted from a YouTube video. It's worth watching this to see how he copes. Professor Onslow has written for our Ask Fuzzy column in Fairfax media. Scan of his other columns are available by emailing AskFuzzy [at] Zoho.com Interviews by Rod

Tyler Farr hit the big time with his first full length studio album "Redneck Crazy" last summer, which included the now-number one hit of the same name.  We had a chance to catch up with Tyler to celebrate his very first number one along with writers Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, and Chirs Tompkins at a party at ASCAP. 

Mark Irwin