DEVOlution with Mark Mothersbaugh

Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films

History, Society & Culture, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

🤖🖼🎸 This Chinwag welcomes Mark Mothersbaugh, DEVO’s co-founder and author of the fascinating new book “Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti.” Come along and reminisce about DEVO’s first live appearance on SNL, thanks to the legendary Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Mark is tickled to learn Paul and Stephen were spooked by DEVO as kids, and Mark explains why he thought rock ‘n’ roll was dead by 1964. Then, the art movements that inspired DEVO, and Mark shares a pivotal moment during the Kent State protests that gives a heartfelt glimpse into DEVO’s roots. So what is it about DEVO’s unique flair that sets them apart? And is that really Mark as the art teacher on Yo Gabba Gabba!? Things get deep as Mark talks devolution, science vs. religion, early Homo sapien artifacts, and the eerie reasons behind holes in ancient skulls. The conversation then shifts to AI and we’re off to the Chinwag races! Chin-word of the Week: APOTROPAIC Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer, and the self-proclaimed Emperor of Neptune. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art. He also is the acting Minister of Triton for the Chinwag. Mark Mothersbaugh is an artist, composer, and co-founder of the influential rock group DEVO. His latest art book titled “Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti” is a collection of neo-dada streams of conscious visual poetry. Note: Headshot for this week's cover art is courtesy of Brent Broza 📸 🤖🖼🎸 ========= Make sure to follow us @chinwagpod 👉🏼 IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinwagpod/ Tik: https://www.tiktok.com/@chinwagpod Website: http://chinwagpod.fm YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chinwagpod Send your stories, Qs, or thoughts to 📧 questions [at] chinwagpod [dot] fm ========= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're going to be. Fire, uh, fire, uh, fire, uh,
0:14.0	general. A, uh, Fire, Fire bad, uh, chinwack, chinwack good, fire bad, chinwack,
0:26.1	you're a Boris Karlaw fan, aren't you?
0:31.6	Huge Boris Kar Karloff fan.
0:33.0	You love Frankenstein.
0:34.0	I do. I love Frankenstein.
0:36.0	Yeah, Frankenstein is amazing in Frankenstein.
0:38.0	And he was great actor, amazing actor.
0:40.0	Oh, welcome to the Chin-Wag though.
0:42.0	Oh, yeah, welcome to the Chinnwag,
0:43.8	welcome to the Boris Karloff, the roast of Boris Karloff, we're going to do.
0:47.6	Was he big, like the Franca sign character, or was that all movie magic?
0:50.6	Oh, that was huge.
0:52.0	Oh, no, I think he was pretty big and then I think they
0:54.2	put him in shoes that made him even bigger. I think he was a tall guy. He looks
0:57.6	gigantic. He does look at gigantic. He was a tall guy I think and then they put
1:02.1	him in shoes that made him bigger.
1:03.9	And that was the thing that really, he'd been around a long time acting in various things,
1:08.4	and that like really was the thing that made him a big star, which is amazing to think of now somebody becoming a big star completely hidden in makeup, like it would never happen.
1:16.5	Well, I don't know. Is that true? Are there any recent movies like in the last couple decades where somebody became a star?
1:22.1	Somebody became a star from being covered in makeup like that?
1:24.8	I don't think so.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.