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Nic Brown preaches from Luke 24:36-49.

Nic Brown preaches from 2 Peter 3:1-15.

Nic Brown preaches from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28.

Nic Brown preaches from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11.

Nic Brown preaches from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16.

Nic Brown preaches from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10.

Send us a Text Message.This week's episode is with Nic Brown, father of Beckett. After their 2-year-old son Beckett was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, a rare genetic disorder, Nic and his wife Elizabeth became dedicated advocates for the cause.In this episode, Nic shares their long journey to obtain a diagnosis for Beckett and their challenges in navigating the healthcare system for his condition. He then discusses the various symptoms associated with TSC and the complexities of managing them. We also explore how Nic and his wife, Elizabeth, ensure Beckett enjoys a fulfilling childhood while balancing the need for medical treatment—a challenging yet crucial balance for many families to maintain. Additionally, we delve into their advocacy efforts for TSC, their collaborations with organizations like the TSC Alliance, and the promising research currently underway to improve treatment for TSC symptoms. Nic concludes with some powerful and inspiring advice for parents of children who are just beginning to navigate a complex diagnosis.Make sure to subscribe to The Neurological Disorder Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!Follow me on Instagram- @neurologicaldisorderpodcastEmail me at- neurologicaldisorderpodcast@gmail.comHelpful Resources:https://www.tscalliance.org/Instagram: @becketts.beehive

Nic Brown preaches from 1 Samuel 15.

Happy New Year! For our first recording of 2024, we were blessed to have our homie Nic Brown join us for what turned out to be the inaugural recording of our new series: When Men Finally Talk. Nic was candid with us regarding where he is in his life right now. As he talks about not being where he would like to be, he also vulnerably shares about his own childhood traumas, failed dating history, marijuana use, and many other things. Nic also delivers inspiration by sharing how his current dating relationship has motivated him to enhance his spiritual life, which has resulted in him making positive steps toward the life he wants for himself along with his son. We encourage you to listen as Walker and Gatrey share similar situations of struggles they had as they chartered their own waters to maturity. Our prayer is that this open and honest conversation will reach ONE person and give them something that could help aid them in their own journey. We all deal with life struggles, but it takes STRENGTH to share them. We are CERTAIN that you will enjoy this recording. Want more? Check us out on Instagram and YouTube @thatippingpoint

We're joined by Nic Brown, author of several books, most recently the memoir Bang Bang Crash, about his life as a rock drummer. Nic was also a grad school classmate of ours at the Iowa Writers Workshop, so we decided to revisit Stop-Time, the famous memoir by Frank Conroy, who was in his final years of running the program when we were students there. You can find Nic (and his book) here: https://www.nicbrown.net/ If you like the show, and want more of it, you can Subscribe to our Patreon for $5 a month and get exclusive bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/BookFight  

From an early age, Nic Brown was interested in writing and playing the drums. If you listened to 90s alt rock, you've probably heard the song “What I Didn't Know” from a band called Athenaeum, which Nic helped form while he was just in the 8th grade. These days, Nic is a professor at Clemson and the author of three novels. That said, somewhat haunted by his previous musical life, he decided to write about it in a new memoir called 'Bang Bang Crash.' The description reads, “A rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another.” In this interview, Nic talks about creativity as a process, focusing on what inspires you creatively, the pros and cons of writing memoir, physically removing yourself to recharge, and how he's somewhat comes back to the drums. Read an excerpt called “The Yips” right here: https://oxfordamerican.org/web-only/the-yips-excerpted-from-bang-bang-crash-a-memoir Want more? Steal my first book, Ink by the Barrel - Secrets From Prolific Writers right now for free. Simply head over to www.brockswinson.com to get your free digital download and audiobook. If you find value in the book, please share it with a friend as we're giving away 100,000 copies this year. It's based on over 400 interviews here at Creative Principles. Enjoy! If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

By age 22, Nic Brown had achieved rock-music stardom.   As the drummer in the band Athenaeum, a group that initially came together for a middle-school dance when Brown was in the eighth grade, he was touring the country and sharing the stage with major acts including the Foo Fighters.   From the outside, the trajectory for this pop-rock band seemed limitless as it had already enjoyed one of its songs rising to No. 14 on the charts.   And that's when Brown decided to quit the band and move to New York to pursue a career in creative writing.   Brown, now an associate professor of creative writing at Clemson, joins the podcast to discuss his recently-published memoir Bang Bang Crash.   Over the last nine years of living in Clemson, Brown almost never played the drums and was uncomfortable even discussing his musical past when it came up in conversation socially.   But writing the book, and now talking about it, brought self-discovery to the point that Brown is back to playing the drums again at his family's home near Clemson's campus.   Brown is the author of the novels In Every Way, Doubles, and Floodmarkers, which was selected as an Editors' Choice by The New York Times Book Review.    He is the fiction editor of the South Carolina Review, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Oxford American, and the Harvard Review, among many other publications.    A graduate of Columbia University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has served as the Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi.

Nic Brown is a graduate of Columbia University and the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop. He's a professor of creative writing and the author of the novels In Every Way, Doubles, and Floodmarkers. He's also a former (question mark) drummer whose forthcoming memoir Bang Bang Crash, out February 21st via Counterpoint, details his journey from high school student playing in the most popular band in Greensboro, NC to having a hugely popular song on the radio in the late 90s, when having a hugely popular song on the radio really seemed to mean something. He's played with artists such as Ben Lee, Longwave, and Skeleton Key and is a founding member of the band Athenaeum. Nic joined Andrea on the podcast to talk about some of the music that forms the soundtrack to Bang Bang Crash, and of course, the book itself. You can (and should) pick up Bang Bang Crash now!Bang Bang Crash Reading events (details for each here)FEBRUARY 21 - Pendleton, SCFEBRUARY 23 - Chapel Hill, NMARCH 1 - Charlotte, NCMARCH 3 - Spartanburg, SCMARCH 6 - Iowa City, IAMARCH 30 - Oxford, MSFollow Nic on Instagram.Left of the Dial on Twitter and Instagram.Andrea on Twitter and Instagram.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Nic Brown, who as a teenager was the drummer for the alt-rock band Athenaeum back in the ‘90s. Now he's a writing professor at Clemson. He's got a new memoir about those rock ‘n' roll days, called “Bang Bang Crash.”

In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown's unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Rebekah Buchanan is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

We've released over 200 podcasts through our usual InsTech channel. At InsTech, we're also keen listeners of other people's podcasts. During 2023, we will be sharing a selection of the podcasts that we like, or appear in, through an occasional mid-week or holiday season release. For this episode, we're bringing you the “Making Risk Flow Podcast” from Cytora. Cytora's Chief Commercial and Operations Officer, Juan de Castro, is talking to two insurance companies about the challenges that insurers and brokers are facing and how they've overcome those. Nic Brown, Divisional Director - Broker from Markel UK and James Wright, Head of Technology at Beazley Digital joined Juan in front of a live audience.  Topics include: How technology can add value to the broker The opportunities within the sector around data analysis  How Cytora helps companies to gain efficiency savings through automating processes You can learn more about Cytora and what we are doing with them from the company's dedicated page on the InsTech website. Cytora, Beazley and Markel are all InsTech corporate members. Contact us hello@instech.co to learn more about why over 170 companies around the world are working with InsTech. If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or contact Matthew Grant on LinkedIn. Sign up to the InsTech newsletter for a fresh view on the world every Wednesday morning. This podcast can be included as part of your CII CPD requirement should you consider it relevant to your professional development needs.

Hey everybody, welcome back to another awesome film discussion on the show! This film is one I love (yes, even though it's cheesy!), and I was able to have two great guests on to talk about it. Returning to the show was my buddy Rod from The Naschycast and Bloody Pit! And, for the first time on the show, friend, author, producer, and podcaster, Nic Brown! Both of these guys are huge film fans, and have a wealth of knowledge, so it was a pleasure to have them on. We dive into this one and give a fair assessment, talking about the good and the bad. As usual, any feedback can be sent through email at Magazinesandmonsters@gmail.com or on the FB page, or by reaching out to me on Twitter @Billyd_licious and you can find Rod @Rod_Barnett35 and Nic @bmovieman (please check out both guys on social media and their websites- Rod is at Pitofrod.blogspot.com and Nic is at AuthorNicBrown.com. Thanks for listening!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/magsnmonsters/message

The last episode of Season 1 of Making Risk Flow brings a special edition which was recorded live in London. Juan had fantastic panel discussion bringing Nic Brown, Divisional Director - Broker, from Markel International, and a star of a recent episode James Wright, Head of Technology at Beazley Digital. They've chatted about the challenges that major insurers face and the solutions they adopt.To discover out more about digital risk processing, click here.Our previous guests include: Bronek Masojada of PPL, Simon McGinn of Allianz, Richard Coleman of Ecclesiastical, Steven Wilkins of Hiscox, Matthew Grant of InsTech, Philippe Lutgen of Howden, Paolo Cuomo of Gallagher Re, and Thierry Daucourt of AXA.Check out the three most downloaded episodes: The Five Pillars of Data Analytics Strategy in Insurance | Craig Knightly, Inigo 20 Years as CEO of Hiscox: Personal Reflections and the Evolution of PPL | Bronek Masojada Implementing ESG in the Insurance and Underwriting Space | Simon Tighe, Chaucer, and Paul McCarney, Moody's

96 - The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) with Nic Brown, James Whale Retrospective Series Steven is joined by Nic Brown to discuss James Whale's The Man in the Iron Mask! Nic is one of the hosts of the long running podcast the B-Movie Cast! Nic has also written many books, including The B-Movie Cookbook, Blood Sacrifice: A Werewolf for Hire Novel, Blood Curse: A Werewolf for Hire Novel. Please check out both of these websites to find out more. authornicbrown.com bmoviecast.com A special thanks to Reber Clark for the intro music! You can purchase Mr. Clark's work at reberclark.bandcamp.com.

In this episode I talk to my friend and CEO Nic Brown from Batyr, an Australian Mental Health charity dedicated to empowering young people to seek help for their mental health. Nic has spent most of his career in the non-profit sector, as well as government, working with young people. He's been with Batyr since its early days, starting as a School Program Manager before he worked his way up to CEO on the cusp of the Covid-19 pandemic. We dive into that experience, lessons he learnt, and how he was able to adjust under that pressure to ensure Batyr could continue its essential work. We also talk more broadly about his journey to becoming a CEO and the responsibilities of that role and how he sets his team up to do their best work. The importance of trusting your team, not micromanaging them, and creating an environment for them to thrive in. Please rate and review the podcast if you enjoyed it. Much Love, SW. For the full show notes and to learn more, head to www.livin.org @livinorg @batyraus #itaintweaktospeak. Join us on our Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/itaintweaktospeak/to share your story, breakthroughs, challenges, and to connect with other people to learn more about positive mental health.

048: SME commercial business and the opportunity is presents - with Nic Brown Have you read Markel's white paper on eth economic makeup of the UK commercial industry? On today's episode, we're excited to be chatting to UK Sales and Marketing Director at Markel, Nic Brown. Nic joined Markel in December 2018, from his previous role at Bupa as Global Sales Director. He's here to talk with us about his role, what he thinks about the industry as it stands and the White Paper that Markel wrote last year.   KEY TAKEAWAYS: The breadth and depth of the SME world is breath taking – the diversity and challenges they face is inspirational from a provider perspective. The White Paper formed an opportunity to move away from the discussions around COVID and to start thinking a bit more proactively. The pandemic has given the industry a huge opportunity to showcase their capabilities and focus on being better customer centric. Understanding your customers' behaviour and challenges will enable you to strategically build tools so you can ‘go wider' in terms of your business growth and offering.   BEST MOMENTS: ‘'…it was the first time that we decided to have a think about the intellectual property that we had available, and to see whether or not we could generate some interest in education and information, etc to the broker community, especially around the SME market - we hadn't seen much being done in that space.''   ‘'We all have to do a better job to represent our industry because the majority of us work in an ethical and highly customer focused way and I feel like now's the time for us to really push that because some of this been a bit lost and definitely overtaken in the last 12 months.''   ‘'I think that brokers have responded really well to us giving them the tools to be able to talk to their customers and to give them some direction.''   ‘'The stickiness of a customer is so super important, particularly given the way things are changing. The more ways in which you have contact points, giving advice, and are sort of in bed with that business, the more ‘stickier' they're going to be.''   RESOURCES: Nic Browns' profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nic-brown-06a144a/ The White Paper: https://uk.markel.com/insurance/getmedia/5d9660af-26a7-4a02-a5ce-c876530fc1e7/Markel-whitepaper-driving-growth-in-new-normal.pdf   ABOUT THE GUEST Nic Brown is the UK Sales and Marketing Director at Markel. Nic has worked across the full range of insurance and financial services products, both in the UK, Europe and internationally and has previously held sales and marketing leadership positions at AXA, Cigna, Atena and Citibank.   ABOUT THE HOST Boston Tullis is a network of industry professionals working with Insurance brokers to offer solutions to business development ceilings. Boston Tullis helps with marketing, financial planning. panel development and more.   Website: https://bostontullis.co.uk/ FCA Covid-19 Update: https://www.fca.org.uk/coronavirus Evaluation Link: https://s.bostontullis.co.uk/s/podcastevaluation  

If there was one thing you think society should talk more about, what would it be? “I think people can talk more about what they’re going through when life is tough; when things are hard. How can we be better at reaching out or talking to people about it.” _________ Nicolas Brown has spent most of his career in Not for Profit organisations as well as in State and Local Government. Working with young people in Australia and overseas has been the main focus for Nic and in 2015, he began work at batyr as the School Program Manager in the early stages of batyr’s growth. He moved through the ranks and took on the role of CEO in 2019 where he continues to support batyr’s growth and reach toward smashing the stigma around mental health and empowering young people to create a mentally healthy Australia. Nic’s work to date have enabled him to gain valuable experience in preventative education, mental health and suicide prevention in the areas of schools, universities and the importance of sharing lived experience stories and vulnerability. Nic has sat on advisory committees for the Global Coalition for Youth Mental Health and on the Integrated Content Technical Advisory Group for the Beyond Blue National Education Initiative and he currently sits on Suicide Prevention Australia’s Policy Committee. Nic is an impressive individual - but he’s also just a really nice guy - as you’ll hear from our conversation today. He’s genuinely making a wonderful difference to our country and it was a delight to get to talk to him about things he’s passionate about. _______ Connect and find out more about Nic here;- Instagram: nic_bede Twitter: nic_bede And find out more about batyr here;- Web: https://www.batyr.com.au/ Facebook @batyraus instagram: @batyraus Twitter: @batyrAus And for more information about the Wabi Sabi Series, please find us here:- https://wabisabiseries.com/ Instagram @thewabisabiseries Facebook @thewabisabiseries If you have a burning topic you’d love society to talk more about, or know someone who’d be great to come on our podcast, drop us a line at hello@wabisabiseries.com

This episode is about our youth's mental health. Batyr is a for-purpose preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. I speak with Nic Brown the CEO of Batyr and he is leading the herd at Batyr to continue to grow and reach toward smashing the stigma around mental health and empowering young people to create a mentally healthy Australia. Nic reasons with me about the importance of tackling the stigma of mental health and how the Batyr programs are empowering the young people they connect with. The more we support our young people to learn about mental health for themselves and for others the better our connection and wellbeing will be.

Episode 31 - The Guns of Navarone review with special guest Nic Brown, from the B-Movie Cast Podcast! Ben and Steven are joined by Nic to review this 1961 movie classic. The movie stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn. Besides co-hosting the B-Movie Cast, Nic is a talented author of A Werewolf for Hire series. He also has done two cookbooks, The B-Movie Cookbook: 1950’s, and The B-Movie Cookbook: 1960’s, with his wife, Fiona Young-Brown. You can check out Nic’s books at authornicbrown.com. You can also listen to the long run B-Movie Cast Podcast on bmoviecast.com. If you have any feedback, then please email us at diecastmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com. You can also follow us on Facebook at DieCast Movie Review Podcast. Thank you for listening!

Nic Brown returns to the show to talk about a werewolf movie with almost no werewolves! Promo: The Bmoviecast Podcast (http://bmoviecast.com/) Also visit AuthorNicBrown.com to keep up on everything Nic! Be sure to visit our TeePublic Store! https://www.teepublic.com/user/timeshifterspodcast All original content of the Time Shifters Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.(The music used is composed and performed by Mark Mosher (https://markmoshermusic.com) CC BY-NC 3.0)

For many of us in the rugby community who are use to spending this time of year surrounded by our mates at our rugby club, physical isolation is a strange new world and one which has implications for both our physical and mental wellbeing.   In this episode we hear from Nic Brown the CEO of youth mental health organisation batyr. Nic has some great tips for both our own mental health and how to keep and eye out for friends and family   batyr is a fantastic organisation which the Positive Rugby Foundation and NSW Rugby have partnered with for over two years to support our rugby communities. Their positive and relatable messages help us work together to smash the stigma around mental health.   We hope this episode helps you look after both yourselves and those important to you during these challenging times.   Find out more on batyr out at batyr.com.au or follow @batyraus on social.

(0:00) Show Open: Don't Worry, Everyone is Essential and Golf is considered exercise. What are we losing, really?   Stay-at-Home order issued for Arizona, tucsonans respond US coronavirus deaths surge past 3,000 with more now dead than were killed in 9/11 terror attacks as number jumps by 541 in a day and health experts warn the country it's just the tip of the iceberg   (15:00) Entertainment News   Celeb 'Tiger King' fans fighting over roles in future movie 'Tiger King' fans, including Cardi B, want to free Joe Exotic Margot Robbie's name tossed in the ring to play 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic   Jeffrey Epstein distanced from Weinstein after mogul tried to abuse his 'favorite girl'    John Prine is now in stable condition!  Bhad Bhabie calls out 'friend' Billie Eilish for ghosting her Netflix's ‘Tiger King' Has Led A Sheriff's Department To Ask For Leads On A Cold Case   (28:25) We're Not Going To Take It... Whole Foods Workers Are Planning A ‘Sick Out' To Fight For Better Coronavirus Protections There's growing talk of a rent strike right now . . . as well as a worker strike at Amazon and Instacart, where workers are demanding paid leave and hazard pay. (35:20) Kids These Days: Social Media Trends   The newest social media challenge for the lockdown:  Walk in totally naked on your significant other while he's playing video games and record his reaction. Since everyone's rolling deep in toilet paper, now people are sharing social media pictures of their toilet paper origami. (44:00) Dumbass of the Day   A Guy in a High-Speed Police Chase Let His Dog Handle the Driving Police in England stopped a guy who drove 220 miles round trip to pick up a $19 window he'd bought on eBay . . . and on the way home, his wife was riding in the trunk to make room for the window. A guy in Florida spat in a cop's face while he was being arrested for domestic battery and false imprisonment . . . and he claimed he, quote, "had coronavirus." And another guy who coughed on someone at a Walmart in North Carolina and claimed he had coronavirus was arrested. (53:30) "Good News" Stories from the Coronavirus Outbreak There's a new trend where people drive to hospitals at night and flash their headlights to support healthcare workers.  About 50 cars pulled up to a hospital in Oklahoma Friday night.  And hundreds showed up at a hospital in Kentucky on Sunday. The owner of a café in Melbourne, Australia saw how many people were lined up for unemployment.  So he went to the bank . . . took out $10,000 . . . and gave everyone a hundred bucks to buy groceries. In less than 100 hours, engineers from the Mercedes Formula One team took an ordinary CPAP machine, like people use when they have sleep apnea.  And they tweaked it to help people with the virus stay OFF ventilators. They're about to start testing dozens of them, and should be able to roll them out fast if they work. Yesterday, Krispy Kreme gave out free donuts to healthcare workers on the front lines.  And they'll be doing it every Monday through May 12th. The FDA cleared the way for a company in Ohio to disinfect more reusable facemasks.  They were only allowed to do 10,000 a day at first.  But they said they could do 160,000 a day. So the FDA cleared some red tape to make it happen. A restaurant owner in Brooklyn didn't want all the food in his fridge to go bad.  So he's been cooking like crazy and handing it out to the elderly and the homeless. Nineteen members of an orchestra in the Netherlands did Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from their homes, and the video's going viral. A woman who used to run a bar in England started a Facebook group called "The Virtual Pub" that hosts quiz nights, comedy shows, and has live music.  About 15,000 people from all over the world have signed up.  And it's so popular, she's had to hire a few employees to run it while she's sleeping. A guy in New Zealand put up a giant projector screen at the end of his cul-de-sac, so his whole neighborhood could have a movie night together from their balconies.  He chose the movie "The Incredibles" because it was kid-friendly. 38-year-old Nic Brown was one of the first people in Ohio to get sick.  He ended up in the ICU at Cleveland Clinic, and was in really bad shape.  He was even on full life support for a while.   While he was fighting it, his doctors and nurses would write daily goals for him to read on a window in his room.  And at the bottom, they'd write, "We WILL get you home."   Well, they kept their promise.  He's now RECOVERED. And before he went home, he wrote something for THEM that's going viral.  He thanked them for being "rock stars" and working so hard around the clock. And he said it's changed him as a person to know there are, quote, "such wonderful people dedicated to the care and concern of others."       Support the show: https://podcave.app/subscribe/the-world-famous-frank-show-4eehjczc See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

38-year-old Nic Brown was one of the first people in Ohio to get sick. He ended up in the ICU at Cleveland Clinic and was on life support for a while. While he was fighting the virus, his doctors and nurses wrote daily goals for him to read on a window in his room. And at the bottom, they wrote, "We WILL get you home." Well, they kept their promise, and he's now RECOVERED. But before he went home, he wrote a long thank-you note on the same window, and a photo of it is going viral. The Cleveland Clinic posted part of an interview he did about it on YouTube.

Youth mental health organisation batyr facilitates face-to-face preventative education programs at schools, universities and workplaces with the intention of reducing stigma around mental health. Host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by the organisation's CEO Nic Brown, on this episode of The Wellness Daily Show, to share why batyr's mission is so significant to him on a personal level, the major environmental factors that affect mental health in young people, and some practical methods of addressing these issues. Nic explains the importance of demonstrating vulnerability in creating a safe environment for others, how parents can best encourage their kids to open up about mental health, and why healthy habits around technology should be established.

Thank you for listening to this recording, produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. In this live recording, Nic Brown and Madeline Reece, Flinders University Co-Curators, discuss Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurna-kanha, Itla Itla Nurna-kanha: Our Family, Our Country, Our Legacy as part of Tarnanthi. Recorded live on Tuesday 3 December, 2019 For further information visit www.agsa.sa.gov.au image: Rhett Hammerton

We have even more interviews from this year's Summer Monster Bash! This time, Derek has you covered with interviews from the Monster Bash with Steve Turek, Christopher Page, Micah Harris, Nic Brown, Fred Lane, Gregory William Mank, Joseph and Millie Kolakowski, The Kolakowski Kids, Mark Matzke, Janina Faye, Don Smeraldi, Leonard Getz, Bob and Melanie Gilbert, Rod Barnett, Joshua Kennedy, and Victoria Price. Buy Derek a Coffee - The Rally Awards - Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: Monster Bash -   Monster Conservancy Fans - Monster Kid Radio on TeePublic - I Brake For Monsters - Next week: The Body Snatcher (dir. Robert Wise) with Chris Franklin and Jim Beard All original content of Monster Kid Radio by is licensed under a .

To celebrate International Museums Day, a panel of guests from four very different Adelaide museums shared some of their most intriguing objects. Recorded in May 2017 this discussion features: Tony Kanellos, Santos Museum of Economic Botany; Helen Trepa, Performing Arts Collection, Adelaide Festival Centre; Major Chris Roe, Army Museum of South Australia; Nic Brown, Flinders University Art Museum. The panel was chaired by Mandy Paul from the History Trust of South Australia. This free public lecture was part of the History Trust of South Australia's Talking History series. For upcoming events visit: history.sa.gov.au/whats-on/events/

We're joined by our friend Nic Brown this week. Hear him discuss werewolves, his podcast, and his latest books.

After a Summer hiatus The Naschycast is back with a new episode! This time out we have invited fellow podcaster and author Nic Brown to stop by for a discussion of a couple of Paul Naschy's finest werewolf movies - THE MARK OF THE WOLF MAN (1968) and DR. JEKYLL AND THE WEREWOLF (1972). Nic is one of the co-hosts of the legendary B-Movie Cast and, although they have occasionally covered wolfman films over there, this is the first time he has been able to dig into a Waldemar Daninsky double feature. Of course, the fact that Nic has famously written a couple of novels centered on a lycanthrope (The Werewolf For Hire series) just adds to the fun and explains why we wanted him to talk about our favorite Spanish Hombre Lobo. Needless to say, he finds the Naschy version of werewolfery to be very different from the cinematic standard we all know and love. Although the three of us do occasionally get off topic we do dig into things pretty well. We discuss Nic's favorite werewolf films; dig into the mystery of the alternate FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR title for MARK OF THE WOLF MAN; delight in the fact that both of these films are monster mashes with multiple creatures going at each other and we marvel at the creativity on display to get Mr. Hyde and the werewolf into one body! Also, we chew over the bizarre dance of the seven vampires sequence in MARK with new and improved (?) ideas suggested for this most insane stalking/seduction technique. Nic makes note of the logical reasons for the wolf man's most common form of attack while I wonder if maybe neck meat is simply considered an appetizer in the lycanthrope world. After we conclude the movie portion of the show Troy and I take the time to answer a few listener emails. There are some kind words and a few suggestions for future films to cover with a strong push toward those evil knights Templar, so look for a return to that beloved series soon for the show. If you have any comments or questions for us the email address is naschycast@gmail.com and we're always glad to hear from you. We can also be reached over on the FaceBook page where we post up information and cool links focused on Spanish Horror whenever we can. Thanks for downloading and listening to the show!

Familiar voices and maybe not-so-familiar voices join Derek this week on Monster Kid Radio. First, Fiona Young-Brown ( and Nic Brown ( stop by to talk about their upcoming book ! This book is set to release soon (and you can still !), and after talking with this real-life writing power couple about it, Derek feels like he needs a snack! There's no time for snacking, though, because there's still that upcoming mummy movie to talk about. For the final time BEFORE its release, (author of and a number of other awesome monster-kid-friendly books) talks with Derek (again!) about The Mummy (dir. Alex Kurtzman). You'll get this on this week's on Monster Kid Radio, plus listener feedback! Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: 2017 Monster Rally Retro Awards - The B-Movie Cookbook - British Food and Travel - (.mp3s of every episode of Monster Kid Radio is available for download at our barebones behind-the-scenes website at ) Next week: Tim Durbin from and 1932's The Most Dangerous Game (dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel) The opening and closing song "Attomic Surf" (Tsunami) belongs to The Old Jack - All original content of Monster Kid Radio by is licensed under a .

Aug 21st, 2016 The Bring Your Own Cinematic Trauma series continues with a true renaissance man of international intrigue the one and only Nic Brown!!! Cort and Matt were shown how you synopsize a film like a pro by this titan of podcasting.  The boys talk with Nic about his childhood cinematic trauma: An American Werewolf In London.  This episode is being released on the date of the 35th anniversary of this film’s original release date! We didn’t plan this, it is just synchronicity at work. This was one more podcasting bucket list event for Cort to work with Nic and is the perfect way to launch the start of year 2 of the show. Check out Nic’s sites: http://www.bmovieman.com/ http://www.werewolfforhire.com/ http://losspreventionmovie.com/ Don’t Forget the contest guys and gals once we get 20 total honest reviews in iTunes and Stitcher, Cort will give away one brand new copy of Macabre from William Castle on DVD picked from those reviews and the winner will be given a chance to review the movie on the show with Cort and Matt!  Just email Cort your screen name or a screencap of your review and you are entered to win! Find us in: iTunes: [...] The post CinePsyEP053 Bring Your Own Cinematic Trauma: An American Werewolf In London appeared first on Legion.

Hello B-Movie Cast friends and family. This is a special posting of a special B-Movie Cast. This episode was one that Vince, Michael Worth and co-host Nic Brown recorded earlier this year. The episode was going to be released during some down time for the show. However, as many of you know that didn’t happen […]

On Wednesday afternoon, I received a phone call from Nic Brown, one of the co-hosts of the long-running B-Movie Cast, a podcast created and produced by Vince Rotolo. Vince was a friend, an inspiration, and a mentor to many of us, and I was not ready to hear what Nic had to say. Vince passed away suddenly, and if you look on Facebook, you'll see the many folks Vince and his podcast touched over the years. Next week's planned launch of Monster Kid Radio's Lucha de Mayo will be postponed next week. Instead, I'm dedicating Episode #266 to Vince. If you have anything you'd like to contribute to the show, please feel free to call our voicemail line at 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657), or email you thoughts or recordings to monsterkidradio@gmail.com . . . We'll be back on track with Episode #267. Thank you.

On Wednesday afternoon, I received a phone call from Nic Brown, one of the co-hosts of the long-running B-Movie Cast, a podcast created and produced by Vince Rotolo. Vince was a friend, an inspiration, and a mentor to many of us, and I was not ready to hear what Nic had to say. Vince passed away suddenly, and if you look on Facebook, you'll see the many folks Vince and his podcast touched over the years. Next week's planned launch of Monster Kid Radio's Lucha de Mayo will be postponed next week. Instead, I'm dedicating Episode #266 to Vince. If you have anything you'd like to contribute to the show, please feel free to call our voicemail line at 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657), or email you thoughts or recordings to monsterkidradio@gmail.com . . . We'll be back on track with Episode #267. Thank you.

www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan interviews author & drummer Nic Brown. Topic's include Nic's writing, Athenaeum, Building a Hole, the great mustache contest of 1999, and the creative process. "Prozac" from the Building a Hole 20th Anniversary StageIt show is shared.

Brother D survived his triple-booked weekend and he's here in episode #193 of Mail Order Zombie to talk about it!  He attended the world premiere of I Heart Monster Movies (dir. Tyler Benjamin), went Howl Con (the first annual werewolf convention), and watched a handful of short movies at Zompire, the Undead Film Festival.  When he wasn't watching movies and hanging out with werewolf enthusiasts, he also reviewed the 2012 zombie movie Remains (dir. Colin Theys) and the Monster Pictures' compilation release Ultimate Zombie Feast.  Need-a-Nickname Scott brings the latest and greatest in zombie news with his Zombie Beat, while Jimmy and Eric from Galactic Gaming News has zombie video game news.  Throughout this episode, you'll hear the entries from the listeners trying to win the drawing for the book The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Visual Companion, and, of course, Miss Bren will help round out the show in the Feedback Discussion.  Other things to listen for in this episode: a list of important werewolf films throughout the history of cinema, a zombie . . . er . . . living impaired running for political office, an Easter Egg, some real talk about RA, and the startling revelation that there might be something out there that makes Brother D feel pretty.INTRO (00:00)ZOMBIE BEAT (03:17)CABIN ENTRY #1 (20:08)HOWL CON (21:11)NIC BROWN (26:46)CABIN ENTRY #2 (45:27)I HEART MONSTER MOVIES (46:55)VIDEO GAME NEWS (53:11)CABIN ENTRY #3 (1:03:42)REMAINS (1:04:46)CABIN ENTRY #4 (1:18:00)ZOMPIRE (1:19:11)ULTIMATE ZOMBIE FEAST (1:26:31)CABIN ENTRY #5 (1:34:11)FEEDBACK (1:35:51) Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmozMail Order Zombie Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/mailorderzombieEmail us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!Nic Brown - http://bmovieman.com/Werewolf for Hire - http://werewolfforhire.com/Zompire vs. The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival - http://zompire.com/Howl Con - http://www.howlcon.com/The Shadow Over Portland - http://shadowoverportland.blogspot.com/Slice of SciFi - http://www.sliceofscifi.com/Galactic Gaming News - http://shadowoverportland.blogspot.com/The IndyCast - http://theindycast.com/Zombie Beat:AMC Press Release on The Walking Dead’s 3rd Season Premiere - http://www.amcnetworks.com/release_release_press.jsp?nodeid=6594Microsoft Windows 8 Walk Dead Commercial - http://youtu.be/w8GU3ih3kv8Zombies stopped by US Park Police - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/zombies-attempt-to-take-washington-are-stopped-by-us-park-police/2012/10/12/03420044-14b5-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_blog.htmlSyfy/Asylum - Rise of the Zombies trailer - http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/60819/see-five-new-asylum-trailers-featuring-zombies-cannibals-satanic-babies-biblical-disasterZombie Massacre trailer and more - http://www.zombiemassacrethemovie.comEaters, presented by Uwe Boll - http://www.eatersthemovie.com/Call of Duty Undead raising money for Wounded Warrior Project - http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/call-duty-undead-gears-charity-film-proceeds-benefit-wounded-warrior-projectChristmas with the Dead - http://www.horror-movies.ca/2012/10/trailer-for-christmas-with-the-dead/Zombie Hunter releases poster and several pictures - http://www.facebook.com/zombiehuntermovieZombie Burger - http://zombieburgerdm.com/ Video game news:The Walking Dead IOS News - http://galacticgamingnews.tumblr.com/post/33854458161/episode-3-of-the-walking-dead-now-on-iosThe Walking Dead Collector's Edition - http://galacticgamingnews.tumblr.com/post/34031428012/the-walking-dead-the-game-retail-bundle-revealedPlants Vs. Zombies sequel? - http://galacticgamingnews.tumblr.com/post/33892590419/garden-warfare-the-plants-vs-zombies-sequelSleeping Dogs zombie DLC - http://kotaku.com/5953265/sleeping-dogs-is-about-to-get-a-little-crazierNinja Gaiden Z for next-gen - http://galacticgamingnews.tumblr.com/post/34034272930/ninja-gaiden-z-will-appear-for-next-gen-systemsDay-Z - http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/19/more-dayz-standalone-pics-releasedThe War Z giveaway - http://galacticgamingnews.tumblr.com/post/33734941598/we-are-giving-away-3-free-48-hour-pass-for-the-war-z    (Some production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)

One of the more unusual fellows that you will encounter in the Kentucky indie film community, Eric Butts is a very talented guy who brings a depth of technical and historical knowledge to any project that he delves into. In addition to being a filmmaker, he is also a very capable talent in music, perfectly capable of being a one-man rock band in a studio environment.I had the pleasure of working with Eric when I directed Shadows Light, and I can say that you will find few people as passionate about film and storytelling as Eric. More recently, Eric has dived into the world of CGI, including 3D modeling and animation. In this IMM spotlight, we visited with Eric to find out how things are going, what's on the horizon, and to give readers a little idea about the man himself. -Stephen Zimmer, for Indie Movie Masters Blog Interview, March 10, 2010 SZ: You are a man capable of wearing many hats, in terms of writing, producing, directing, doing CGI, editing, etc. How would you describe yourself these days, in relation to your career?EB: I've started referring to myself as an artist, but I always cringe a little, because it sounds so pretentious. I've also enjoy being called a Renaissance man. Ultimately, I'd like to be known as a director, maybe an editor and musician as well. I love doing all the other stuff I do, because it's fun to want to learn something and then actually do it, but I really only do it because not a lot of other people can in my current budget levels. I've found it to be a lot cheaper to buy a book and spend some time and just do it myself. That just spilled over to my friends, most of whom are film people as well. A lot of them are very talented too and sometimes they have projects I HAVE to be a part of. I just love making stuff!SZ: What first got you into pursuing an independent film career?EB: I was just sort of born wanting to do it. I started playing music at 2 and started writing by 3. I just never wanted to do anything else. Part of it is because I grew up loving movies. My folks let me watch whatever I wanted at a young age. I spent so much time in video stores, that at one point I actually listed a video clerk as an emergency contact for my school. My mom loved horror and my Dad's into Sci-Fi. My first movie ever was "Alien" when I was 6 months old. Everyone in the theater thought "Oh great, here's comes the screaming baby" but I apparently stayed transfixed on the screen the whole time. Plus, my folks have always been very supportive of my creative thinking! Reality can suck! Sometimes I'd rather create and live in my own worlds and film making allows that on a constant basis.SZ: What are some of the things that you like especially about the world of indie film?EB:No release date deadlines, which is great when you can't spend money, cause time is usually the indie film maker's friend! That can also be a problem. I come from the school of thought that art is never released, it escapes! There's always going to be more you can do to make things better and the more time you have with a project the more things you start wanting to fix. Eventually, you have to just let it go and let it be what it's going to be, then maybe, someday, you can pull a Lucas and go back and fix things, something I've never had a problem with people doing by the way. Other than that, I've never seen much difference between indie and Hollywood for me. I'm going to make what I want to make, period. I would like to make a living at it eventually, but I HAVE to make what makes me happy first! Luckily, most of my ideas are for summer blockbuster types of films, which makes it hard for me to write scripts I can afford to do. Now, with my CG, I'm capable of a lot more!SZ: Conversely, what are the biggest negatives about working in indie film, besides the obvious money restraints?EB: Really all the drawbacks stem from lack of funds. Scheduling is next to impossible. If you need more than a couple actors to get together at the same time, you can quickly find your hair turning gray... ask Jerry Williams. Extras are impossible to find in any large number. The talent pool is thin compared to the choices you have when you can pay people. Sometimes getting people to take what you're doing seriously can be difficult, because a lot of times they think it's just going to be something fun to do and don't realize how much work it actually is! SZ:You’ve been delving into the world of 3D modeling and animation lately. How is that going? EB: It has been insanely fun! CG was something I used to think was way out of my abilities, but I've always had ideas that require CG! I made a short 30 minute film when I was 15, so it would have been around 1995, that movie had a bunch of CG morphing in it, some of the shots were even pretty good. Last year I upgraded all my software and had some minor 3D capabilities, which gave me some really cool Ideas for some CG movies. I quickly find I couldn't do too much with what I had. I started looking into videos of CG programs and quickly found Lightwave and out of the three major CG programs, it was the one in my price range, but also seemed easy to use. I decided to get it. I also knew I was limited in my 3D motion tracking and after some research found a great program called SynthEyes. It's one of the industry standards and surprisingly cheap, for what it is. I then found out, my favorite show, "Battlestar Galactica" (Modern) used Lightwave and Syntheyes for 95% of their CG and their CG is incredible! So I was totally sold. Lightwave is amazing. Right out of the box with very little knowledge at all I was able to start making some cool stuff and within a month I had some shots that could have been in Galactica! So I'm very pleased. Don't get me wrong, I love practical effects too, I grew up a Savini fan, but I'm also a George Lucas fan. So I've always loved both and some projects of mine require more CG and some require more Practical and I don't understand why so many people hate CG so much, I've always believed one of the reasons people like movies is to see things they never could in real life.SZ: Rumor has it that you have a "modest" DVD and BluRay collection, and that you are a "bit" of a film historian. So, name a few of your favorite directors, and why are they your favorites?EB: He, he, ha. Yeah, "Modest." I have around 2,000 DVD's and about 600 Blu-rays. Plus, I still have a bunch of laserdiscs and some VHS. My dad has a collection bigger than mine! I LOVE movies. You learn more about filmmaking from watching movies than anywhere else, except on-set experience. You even learn more from bad movies than you do good ones. As for my favorite directors, Lloyd Kaufman I believe to be an underrated genius. Most people just lumps his films in with the rest of the Troma catalouge, but his films are so much more than that! It's kind of like Jerry William's films. On the surface that can be enjoyed as gross out weird comedies, but if you look deeper, you start to realize how well thought out, clever and smart his films are. I'm also a huge fan of George Romero, I love the way he gets very real performances in bizzare situations. He know's how to make the characters matter. I love the visual style of Dario Argento and Peter Jackson. I love the "Lord of the Rings" films, but his earlier work is just as incredible, especially "Heavenly Creatures". Some one who's new to directing, but has been around as a writer for a while is Ron Moore. This guy changed my life and the way I approach writing. I will see ANYTHING he's involved with and know it will be good!SZ: Zeppo was one of the bigger projects that you have been involved with. How was it working with Debbie Rochon and Loyd Kaufman?EB: Well "Zeppo: Sinners from Beyond the Moon!" was an incredible experience. It took us 3 years and a lot of learning, but the whole thing was just one fun experiment. I love the movie and it is pretty much everything Jerry Williams and I wanted it to be, but we knew starting out that part of the fun of the project was going to be in how we tried doing a little bit of eveything, it was my first time compositing shots. A couple of them turned out pretty good, but I learned A LOT about green screen from that shoot. The whole thing was like that, just always trying things and sometimes being succesful and even when we weren't it still worked for the type of film it was meant to be. It was sort of like the idea of film school, it was a safe place to fail. One place we did NOT fail was in casting Lloyd and Debbie! Jerry and I both had grown up being Troma fans, so Lloyd Kaufman is just a god to us, and as I've gotten older and continued to love his films, I've learned how much of a truely underrated genius Lloyd is! And Debbie... Debbie I'd been a fan of for a long time and even though she's appeared in a few films that weren't quite as good as others, she's always been consistently exellent. Lloyd and Debbie both are the kind of people who, before you meet them, you think they're going to be cool, but once you meet them, they're WAY cooler than you could have ever imagined! We still all keep in touch and will be working together soon. Debbie stepped my game up as an actor on Zeppo. Getting to work with her so closely as an actor taught me alot, and ever since then when I act in films I try to bring that level of focus.SZ: How have things gone with Zeppo since completion? Where can people buy/rent/view it right now?EB: Well after screening Zeppo in a few festivals we had tried to get distribution and we kept hearing the same thing... " we love Zeppo, but can't do any foreign sales with black and white movies." So for a moment we made some dvds and started selling it ourself, but that kind of became a pain for us to deal with, so we finally found this thing called Create Space on Amazon. It's a pretty cool deal. We have control over what the product is and all we have to do is collect a bit of money for the discs. This is a great sevice for indie filmmakers, especially one's like me and Jerry who just want to make movies and not deal with all the rest of it! So, with in a month or two, Zeppo will be availbe on VOD and DVD through Amazon. SZ: You have worked quite a bit with rising cult film legend Jerry Williams. Do you consider him to be sane? Secondly, can you give some really good dirt on him? (humor intended in this question!!!!) EB: Jerry Williams is INCREDIBLE!! He has a completly unique vison in his films. On the surface they're these weird random comedies, but if you pay close attention you see there's a definate message and interesting storyline going on. He deserves major cult status, because his films are always hilarious and within seconds, you KNOW it's a Jerry William's movie. He's also a great guy, he's part of my family. Much like Lloyd Kaufman, you can't judge Jerry based on his films alone. He's a down to earth guy who's nice and willing to help everyone as long as they're not being too crazy.Is he sane? Yes, but I belive that's because his films are outlets for his insanity. I'm actually slightly worried about what will happen to him while he's on hiatus to raise his new baby, but luckily he's spent a great deal of time getting footage lately, so he'll have plenty to edit. I have some dirt on Jerry for sure...so here's a little bit. Jerry drives his car very slow! SZ: One of your newest projects is Girl/Girl Scene. What is it? Who’s involved?EB: Girl/Girl Scene is amazing! It's not something I would have expected to be involved with, but it was such a great opportunity, I'd be a fool to say no. It's executive produced by Nic Brown and Written by Tucky Williams. Nic called me up and told me he and Tucky were wanting to make a dramatic lesbian web series. At first I wasn't so sure, but I really enjoy hanging out with Tucky and Nic and I was excited by the idea of getting to focus on Directing. Then I got the pilot script from Tucky and I was sold. I knew she was a talented actress and I've come to realize she is an equally talented writer. The script was really good. In my first reading I found that I cared about the characters and was left wanting to know what happens next, so that was a good sign. Then Tucky started casting all these incredible actors which made my job a whole lot easier. All I ever really had to focus on was how I wanted to tell the story visually, and having that much time to devote to one line of thought led to some really great choices. I've been editing it and have most of a rough cut done and it's great! It really draws you in and engages you, plus it's got some great humor in it. Shooting on HD has really been amazing. I've watched some of the scenes on Blu ray and it's a REAL show. You could put this next to any drama out there and it looks just as good. I've since read the script for episode 2, and oh man... The pilot does a great job of letting you know who these people are and what they're about, but episode 2 is going to hook people! We're about 4 to 6 weeks away from revaling the pilot for free, online at girlgirlscene.comSZ: The trailer has been having some tremendous success recently. Describe how that all unfolded and what kind of response you are seeing.EB: It's been great! At first we posted it on the Girl/Girl Scene FaceBook group page. It was there for 24 hours first and we had great feedback pouring in. Then we posted it on YouTube and DailyMotion. YouTube was getting about 500 views a day in the beginning and DailyMotion wasn't doing much, untill AfterEllen.com posted our trailer on their site. Within six hours the trailer gained over 2,000 views. The real good part is, now, about a week after posting it, we're still seeing really good traffic. Some days are fifty views, some days are two hundred, this leads me to belivie Girl Girl Scene is building some word of mouth. After about 2 weeks we're at around eight thousand views total. I knew this was turning out to be a great project on all parts, but I am a bit surprized how quickly it's getting out there when we've barely even promoted it!SZ: What other projects are on the near horizon for Eric Butts? Can you give us a scoop perhaps?One of the downsides to people finding out I'm as good as I say I am, is that I now get offered all kinds of stuff all the time. Sometimes I have to miss out on things I really want to do because I'm too busy. I mean, people should still ask me, because if I can help I will. Right now I've been directing and doing all of post production on "Girl/Girl Scene", I've been editing a behind the scene documentary for Jacob Ennis' "Red River", I'm helping out with a fun project Billy Boyd is doing as an actor and VFX, I'm acting, composing the score and doing MAJOR VFX on Roni Jonah's "Malfunction" with Billy Boyd and Sven Granlund, plus I may be editing it as well. I've got one more role to film for Jerry Williams before his baby break. I'm trying to write a couple new scripts for myself and finish a new Record I've been putting off for a long time now. I'm also starting advance pre-production on a feature film I want to make this summer, it's a very dark fun monster movie in the tone of "Feast" or "Return of the Living Dead." But I need to work on a beach for a week and that may prove just out of reach of our resources for this year, in which case I'll move to a back up script I have for a much darker Argento inspired Giallo film. I have a bunch of stuff coming out soon too. I acted in Roni Jonah's "Trepan:Redux". I was a HUGE fan and supporter of the original and when I was given the chance to be in a new version of it, I came prepared and gave the best performance I've given yet. I was also in "The Last Temptation of Fluffy" and did a VFX shot for it, as well as creating the poster. There should be countless Jerry Williams films coming out soon that I'm in. "Zombie Hombre" was just released for free online and I played my twin brother. The cool thing was that the footage was shot a few years apart and I look very different in both roles. Also, I'm in "Cornball Classics" that is available on Amazon Video on Demand. Plus, how could I forget the upcoming "Trouser Snake!"SZ: Anything else that you feel inquiring minds want to know about Eric Butts?I'm obsessed with the modern "Battlestar Galactica" and "Caprica" and you should be too! I LOVE action figures and have a HUGE collection of modern "Star Wars" figures, including hundreds of Clone Troopers. I can't get enough U.K. Wildcats basketball! SZ: If people would like to follow or connect with you or your projects(including beautiful single women), what are your links for sites and social networking? www.zeppothemovie.comwww.girlgirlscene.comMyspace.com/EricButts (I don't uses this site much anymore)And I'm on FaceBook all the time, but there are a few Eric Butts' on there so make sure you get the right one!

Every so often you encounter individuals in the indie film world who are talented, genuinely supportive of indie film and filmmakers, and who are straight-shooters. Nic Brown, mastermind of the popular indie film site B Movie Man, is one of these uncommon individuals.In addition to running the rapidly growing B Movie Man site, which has articles, reviews, interviews, trailers, and much more covering the world of independent film and b-films, Nic is also a very talented author, photographer, martial artist, and has even made a foray into talent representation. Indie Movie Masters is proud to spotlight Nic Brown in all of these areas, from the world of B-Movie Man, to his excellent book Blood Curse, to his work with actress Tucky Williams. We hope that you get a little idea about Nic, a guy who everyone involved in indie films can count as an ally and friend. The good reputation that he enjoys among a great number of individuals within the indie film community is indeed well-earned.-Stephen Zimmer, for Indie Movie Masters, June 17, 2009SZ: First, tell us a little about Nic Brown, your background, main interests, etc.NB: Well I've been into movies for as long as long as I can remember. I got interested in B-Movies back in the 80's when grew up watching COMMANDER USA'S GROOVY MOVIES every Saturday afternoon on the USA Network. I also put myself through college working at a movie theater. I was a projectionist and finally a manager before I quit to go teach English in Japan for three years. While in Japan I was able to pursue my interest in writing and was regularly featured in several English language publications put out over there. That's also where I met my wife, although she's British, not Japanese. She was another English teacher. After we got back to the States I went to work for a Japanese trading company and I'm still there. I love the writing and the B-Movies, but I have to pay the bills too.As for my hobbies and interests, I love traveling, especially to other countries. Reading, I'm always reading a book of some kind. Here's a shocker, I love movies! I also do yoga, kung-fu, I'm an avid skier (not the easiest hobby to have living in Kentucky).SZ: Obviously, you like indie films, B-Films, and that kind of thing. So what are some of your favorite films?NB: That’s a tough question. It depends on my mood. For mainstream films: ALIENS, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, John Woo's HARD BOILED, LE PACTE DE LOUPS (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF), L.A. STORY, EUROTRIP, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and LEON (THE PROFESSIONAL). From the independent film side: TROMEO & JULIET, TREK, BRAIN DEAD, THE CELLAR DOOR, UNDER THE RAVEN’S WING, DEAD MOON RISING and BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA. Of course there are more, but those are the ones that come to mind right away.SZ:What are some of the things/qualities that you look for in a good independent film/B-Movie?NB: For a good independent film I’m looking for originality, a good story and believable performances from the cast. Things like special effects and expensive sets are just extras. One more thing that is extremely important for a good independent film, which unfortunately is often overlooked, is the sound. I’m very forgiving of most of things when it comes to independent film, but if I can’t hear the dialogue, whether due to poor sound recording or the soundtrack music playing over it, I can’t enjoy the film.As for a good B-Movie, that’s easy: is it entertaining? If it is, then it’s a good B-Movie.SZ: Tell us about the original idea/concept for B Movie Man, and when was the site launched.NB: In mid-August 2006 I had the opportunity to meet two of my favorite authors, John Ringo and Dr. Travis S. Taylor (Google them if you don't know who they are). It was a small book signing in a mall in Tennessee and since it wasn't very busy we talked a lot. The publisher had a contest to win dinner with them and I lost, but they were nice enough to take me anyway! So I got to really know a couple of authors I admire and after that I felt inspired.I've always enjoyed writing but since my return from Japan, other than email I hadn't had much chance to write. Now I had the urge to finally write a book! I decided that for me, writing a book from a cold start would be like trying to run a marathon without ever training for it. It can be done by some people, but not me. So I started writing movie, book and television show reviews. Not wanting them to just sit on my computer I decided to start a website. I wanted Nicsflicks.com but it wasn't available at the time, so I went with a name that I'd been called by a friend of mine once after we discussed a number of obscure horror films that I like "B Movie Man".SZ: How has it evolved since its inception from your original vision for it?NB: Originally the site was just movie, book and television reviews. Then one day I started getting emails from indie filmmakers wanting me to check out their movies. So I started talking with indie filmmakers and that lead to doing interviews with them. From there I got the idea to start my “Women of Horror” series and that has become the most popular feature on my site.My original vision for the site was that it would be a venue for me to talk about movies I enjoy and to have a chance to improve my writing skills. Now it is still that, but more. I feel like it’s a place where independent filmmakers are not treated like second class citizens to Hollywood. There are a lot of really talented people out there and nothing makes me happier than to give some of them the opportunity to spread the word about their work.SZ: Do you use other contributors for the site? I imagine it is not an easy thing to develop as much content as you have on the site.NB: I have a few people contributing to the site. My wife Fiona, and a few of my friends like Eric Brooks and Crystal Angela write pieces for me as well. Of course there is also the new video series with Tucky, and the folks from Imaginaut Studios have given me an exclusive trailer for their new documentary on filmmaker Jim Wynorski: POPATOPOLIS, but in the end about 90% or more of the site's content is my own. I’m open to more contributions, but it’s not a paying gig so I take what I can get.SZ: Where do you see the site going in the future? Do you have any areas that you want to expand into?NB: I’m not sure where the site will go in the future. I’m very pleased with the way it is right now. I am excited about my new video content and I’ve started work on a new series called “Women of Sci-Fi” as well (coming soon). As far as expanding goes, I may start a feature about some of the music I like. I’m a big fan of some of the lesser known artists like The Cruxshadows or the late Warren Zevon so if I could do something there it might be fun!SZ: How many events do you attend? I’ve noticed you have been a panelist and an attendee at several conventions.NB: So far this year I’ve been to six events, three of them as a guest, and three just for fun. I have another three lined up for later this year: The Fright Night Film Festival, The Scarefest 2009 and the 3rd Annual B Movie Celebration. I’m a guest at Fright Night, I’m helping the organizers of Scarefest and I’ll be covering the B Movie Celebration for my site. I will probably go to a few more events just for fun, we’ll see.SZ: How is the feedback to the site? Do you get a lot of response to your reviews, articles, and interviews?NB: I get some very good feedback through email and when I’m at shows and such. My site isn’t set up like a blog, so there isn’t a feature for comments to be posted directly to the articles. I’m sure I’m missing out on some feedback because of that, but at the same time I don’t consider my site a “blog” so I like it the way it is.I also think the real feedback comes from the fact that a number of other websites carry my work. Roguecinema.com, Pretty-scary.net, Benevolentstreet.com and BMovieNation.com all carry some of my interviews and features. Plus, Vince Rotolo from BMovieCast.com invited me to be the regular guest host on his weekly B Movie Podcast. I’ve been doing that for over a year and half now and it’s a whole lot of fun.SZ: You do a lot of work with the very talented actress/model Tucky Williams, who has appeared in many independent films in significant roles. Tell us about your work with her, her website, and the joint appearances that you make together at conventions?NB: Tucky is a great lady and a good friend. I actually met her when I featured her in my “Women of Horror” series. I saw her film DEAD MOON RISING and contacted her about the feature. Since she lives in my home town we decided to do the interview at Café Jo Beth so my wife and I met her for dinner and then I did the interview. A couple of months later I was getting ready to do my first convention, the 2008 Scarefest, not as “B Movie Man” there to cover the event, but as Nic Brown, Author of “Blood Curse” and trying to sell a few books. I had an idea that I thought might be beneficial to me and Tucky. Since I had extra space at my booth, I invited Tucky to come share the booth with me. I even got the event organizers to promote her as a guest and the next thing you know, I had a line of people in front of booth and to date it has been my most successful show for sales. It was also Tucky’s first show and she found she really enjoyed getting to meet people and the whole convention atmosphere. So we decided to work together to promote her career as an actress and mine as an author. Tucky was also looking for someone to build her a website and I took a stab at it. I’m not the greatest webmaster out there, but I’m not bad either. Plus, I know what to avoid in a website like “Hey let’s do black text on a dark purple background”. That may not sound like a serious problem, but you’d be amazed at how many sites are almost impossible to read just because of their color scheme.In addition to handling Tucky’s website, I’m also working as her agent. I’m the first to admit that I’m not a professional agent, but Tucky wanted someone she could trust to help her with that aspect of her career. So I try my best. By the way, if any filmmakers are reading this check out http://www.tuckywilliams.com/ for a full resume, demo reel and photos!At the end of the day Tucky has become a really good friend to both me and my wife and that is what’s really important.SZ: Speaking of Tucky, I noticed that you have a new video interview series with Tucky on the B Movie Man site. Tell us a little about it.NB: We’re both really excited about this feature of the site. The series is called “Getting Lucky With Tucky” and in it Tucky interviews filmmakers, actors, and folks in the entertainment industry. Tucky has worked in television news and has a really great interviewing style. We’ve only done a couple of interviews so far, but we have plans to do a lot more, especially at some of the up coming conventions. Having new, original video content for my site is fantastic and Tucky loves doing the interviews so it’s a winner for both of us. The hardest part for me has been learning to edit video. We try to break the features down into five minute segments, plus I have to cut out all the parts where I start laughing at something funny she says.(SZ: here's one of the Getting Lucky With Tucky segments that are carried at the B Movie Man Site:SZ: Not everyone may know that you are an author. Tell us about Blood Curse: Werewolf For Hire Book One.NB: “Blood Curse” is my first novel. It’s an adventure/fantasy/mystery about a werewolf detective named Michael Warren. Michael’s world is one where the supernatural exists just outside of the public eye and he makes a living working with his partners Tabitha and her husband Sam who he describes by saying “She’s a witch and he’s my I.T. guy.” The first novel finds Michael traveling to Kentucky to investigate a disappearance that is related to a local horse farm owned by a wealthy sheik with a mysterious past.I like to think of “Blood Curse” as a B- Movie book. It’s got action, magic, werewolves, witches, and enough sex to keep it interesting. I wrote it because it is the kind of book I’d like to read. Also I was tired of all the moody vampires! Everywhere you look there’s another bloody vampire novel!SZ: I know you have studied martial arts. Did your martial arts background help lot with the plot development, characters, and fight scenes in Blood Curse?NB: Definitely. I spent ten years studying Shaolin Kung Fu and that has had a profound influence on most aspects of my life. With regards to my writing it has helped me have discipline. Writing a novel is not something most people do overnight, it takes hard work and dedication and those are traits that seriously studying the martial arts will help you develop. My study of Shaolin also helped me write the fight scenes. Knowing how to fight, what happens to someone if you twist their arm one way or kick them in another; that makes writing the fights both more realistic and more fun.SZ: When is the next book in the series coming out? And where can people order/buy the current one? (list all editions it is available in as well)NB: I’m still working on the second book in the series, but it’s almost finished! It will be called “Blood Sacrifice” and this time Michael must travel to England to find Tabitha’s niece. The first chapter of “Blood Sacrifice” is available for free download at http://www.werewolfforhire.com/, that’s my official site for the series. I hope to finish it this summer so it may be available this fall.You can also order copies of “Blood Curse” through that site. It’s available in paperback and hard cover editions or you can download the e-book as well. The paperback and hardcover editions are also available through Amazon.com and all the other online book retailers.SZ: Are there other ways to connect with B-Movie Man, such as social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook? If so, let us know!NB: I'm on myspace: www.myspace.com/nicholsbrown, Twitter: Bmovieman, look me up, I tweet about once a month! Facebook: look up Nic Brown you should find me. You can also reach me through The B Movie Cast: http://www.bmoviecast.com/, by the way, stop by podcastalley.com and vote for the B Movie Cast, we're #2 in entertainment and I'd love to see that go to #1!SZ: Is there anything else that you would like the indie film community to know about B Movie Man?NB: I’m always happy to check out new indie films so if you’ve got one you want me to look at, drop me a line! Now as Commander USA way say: "Until next time amigos, keep your nose in the wind, and your tail to yourself!"