The Creative Asylum Podcast

Moon Zappa - EP201 - The Creative Asylum

For this kick-off to the second season of The Creative Asylum, I have a conversation that was an honor and a delight. From growing up inside one of the most unconventional, creative, and publicly scrutinized families in American pop-culture, Moon Zappa has lived a life defined by both extraordinary visibility and deeply personal exploration. In her memoir, Earth to Moon, she offers a vivid, emotionally charged, often funny, equally heartbreaking account of navigating identity, fame, family legacy, and the search for a personal authenticity in her own life.In this episode, Moon opens up about the stories behind the book. She openly discusses her growth, discovering revelations, and the paths she’s travelled both in and beyond the Zappa universe. With her trademark wit, insight, and self-awareness, she reflects on childhood, creativity, survival, and the lifelong process of making sense of where we come from and who we become. If you’re fascinated by memoir, personal transformation, or the complex human realities behind iconic cultural figures, this conversation is one that you don’t want to miss. * * * * PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Website: https://www.TheCApod.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CreativeAsylumCA/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roderick Wolgamott (Sky Cries Mary) - EP115 - The Creative Asylum

In this episode—the final episode of the first season—a conversation with a very old friend, the endlessly creative Roderick Wolgamott — founder and front-facing soul of the Seattle-based psychedelic dream-pop collective Sky Cries Mary. Outside of music, he’s also a visionary designer behind dozens of hand-built treehouses in locations all over the world. Roderick takes us on a journey through his life, both in sound and in structure, revealing how music, nature, and craft have always been intertwined in his artistic DNA.From the early days of Seattle’s experimental music scene to the meditative process of shaping wood and space in the canopy, Roderick shares stories that are spiritual in nature while also being a person with a scientific/analytical mind. We talk about living wholly as an artistic animal, the communal energy of Sky Cries Mary, and what it means to build spaces—musical and physical—that invite people to step outside themselves. It’s an inspired, free-flowing conversation with a creator who has spent decades following his own compass, someone whose work continues to blur the lines between art, environment, and spirit. * * * * PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Website: https://www.TheCApod.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CreativeAsylumCA/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Markey (Filmmaker) - EP114 - The Creative Asylum

Just in time for Christmas, in this episode, I sit down with legendary DIY filmmaker David Markey for a broad-ranging conversation about his life behind the camera. Markey, known for his raw, uncompromising and irreverent approach to documenting underground culture, opens up about the creative journey that led to his upcoming film 'The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell,' a project that I think is perhaps the most remarkable film of his career.We discuss his decades-long relationship with Bartell, the eccentric musician and scene-staple whose chaotic brilliance inspired the film, a testament to one of the most individualistic lives in the L.A. punk scene of the 1980s and '90s. Markey talks about those early days, the cultural history that he's been part of preserving. and his unruly spark that keeps him pushing himself into new territory. * * * * PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Website: https://www.TheCApod.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CreativeAsylumCA/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sluggo Cawley - EP113 - The Creative Asylum

Sluggo Cawley has been in bands most of his life. From Hullaballoo and Aint to The Grannies and REQ'D, Sluggo has spent over four decades creating guitar-based mayhem. A longtime friend, we have an in-depth conversation that digs into the stories behind the music: the chaos, the creativity, the hard-won wisdom and the pure joy of staying creative and making noise. With an art degree in hand tempered with the perspective of a veteran of punk rock, Sluggo looks back over the years, many of those experiences covered with the release of his first book GUITARGONAUT, an often funny, unfiltered chronicle of a life lived without compromise. * * * * PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Website: https://www.TheCApod.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CreativeAsylumCA/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bootsy Holler (Rock Photographer) - EP112- The Creative Asylum

In this episode, a conversation with Bootsy Holler — the lens-and-light maestro who captured the raw energy, the DIY grit, and the creative perseverance of Seattle's indie, rock and punk music. With her new book MAKiNG iT: An Intimate Documentary of the Seattle Indie, Rock & Punk Scene, 1992‑2008, Bootsy talks about her journey — from a young photographer showing up at clubs with a camera and her passion, to witnessing and framing a cultural moment that has since attained mythic status. We discuss some of the bands that defined the period, but also the artist behind the lens: how she navigated being a woman in that scene, how photography became her tool of memory and connection, and how her book is both a chronicle of an era and a personal blueprint to the unapologetic drive needed to make art. * * * * PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Website: https://www.TheCApod.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCApod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CreativeAsylumCA/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.