50: John Cameron Mitchell!
Craig & Friends
Craig And Friends
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🗓️ 25 April 2019
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Craig welcomes John Cameron Mitchell to his NYC AirBnb to talk Dr. Gunt, John Cassavetes, Squeezebox, the art of self-creation, Robert Altman, the binarachy, “All That Jazz”, angles on appropriation, Michael Schmidt, heterosexual competence, David Bowie, finding hope in the bleakest of situations, “Hedwig & The Angry Inch”, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, “Yuri On Ice”, Radical Faeries, queer representation in the media, Jake Shears, The Origin Of Love Tour, Harry Hay & The Mattachine Society, living with Alzheimer's, Lady Bunny, addiction, New York City, “Shortbus”, the true nature of the military, Ayahuasca, Karis Wilde, family matters, American healthcare, Dunkaroos, “Band Of The Hand”, Amber Martin, and John’s new narrative musical podcast “Anthem: Homunculus”.
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| 0:00.0 | Make believe it's not pretend we might be ill but wrong the man's it never stops it never ends |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to Greg and friends Welcome to Greg and friends Welcome to Greg and friends |
| 0:23.0 | I can keep a little house. Oh it's an Airbnb. Hello? |
| 0:28.0 | I picked it because of the couch because I usually tape it in L shape couch at home |
| 0:32.0 | And I was just looking for a good space for this and so it weirdly worked out that it's quiet almost all the time |
| 0:38.0 | Isn't it good? The view is nice too but because I didn't want the reflection off the window |
| 0:42.0 | It's quiet. It's really quiet. Yeah, and it's right around the corner from I'm not that conversant with New York |
| 0:48.0 | So it was nice to like be right in the heart of things. Yeah, is it reasonable? |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, it's like night. It could be worse. Yeah, I should get the link for this because people are always looking you know I'll send you the link |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, I know I was gonna book again for because Jason's coming back to do pride at the end of June. Oh, is he doing a full show? |
| 1:06.0 | I think so yeah, 30th. He's also doing John Waters birthday show and Detroit and I'm on the fence |
| 1:11.0 | I want to go to a bit better. I don't know if it's gonna work out schedule wise. What is that at the 27th and 28th? |
| 1:17.0 | I'm doing three shows here. Oh, you are? |
| 1:19.0 | Town Hall 27, 20, 29 for pride. He's doing it the John Waters thing this month and then pride and I was thinking of that too. I might come for that because I'd love to see that show. |
| 1:29.0 | I have a little intro for you John. |
| 1:33.0 | Are you ready for a very special episode of Wimsily Volatile in which we welcome an actor, a writer, a director, singer, songwriter, DJ, and the second Wimsily Volatile guest to have appeared on McGuyver. |
| 1:44.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, whether you like it or not, I'm pleased to present to you Mr. John Cameron Mitchell. |
| 1:53.0 | Welcome. Thanks for coming. |
| 1:55.0 | Wait a minute. Who is the other MacGyver? Michael DeBarr. |
| 1:58.0 | Michael DeBarr. I was on a show another show with him too. Oh really? Which one? |
| 2:03.0 | It was I think head of the class. Oh my God. I didn't realize Michael was on that but he's been on every TV show. |
| 2:09.0 | He's actually very funny. But weirdly he was this sort of rock star that never quite made it but played the rock star brilliantly. |
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