by admin on November 9, 2011
Well, there wasn’t anything exactly planned for the 100th episode, but this episode pretty much encapsulates what made the previous 99 work the way they did: Special Guest Jaime Kirk of PDX Yar tells the tale of how he started out a sad tuba player and ended up a stage combat supervisor responsible for choreographing Trek in the Park and building a working pirate ship all in the same summer. Along the way, Dawn, Jaime and Fatboy get REAL introspective, looking back on the past 100 shows, their own past, and the act of chasing their adolescence into their 40′s, and the voices nagging in the back of their heads: Whose voices are they, really, and how much attention are they worth? There are fights, there are knives, there are jokes, there are screw-ups, mistakes, pressures, crying jags, a pile of pills and a bottle of whiskey. And that’s probably how the 100th episode of Ham-Fisted Radio should go
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by admin on November 2, 2011
Dawn explores the link between ritual and satisfaction when it comes to food. The show is all about food, and science, and whether there can be such a thing as a $100 turkey, whether it could really taste that much better, how pet food marketing is geared towards selling beef leavings and reconstituted grain towards the humans and not the animals, varying theories as to why spicy foods got that way, how much childhood memories affect how food tastes, and the alchemy involved in taking tomatoes and beef and creating the best chili possible.
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by admin on October 26, 2011
An act as small as turning the heat on launches Dawn into a world where fistfuls of guff are given to many who deserve it. Guff for those who mock those sensitive to cold weather, Guff for those who place their cold extremities on their spouse’s toasty warm and sleeping bodies, Guff for those who channel all their productive energies into largely frivolous endeavors, and Guff for those who consider such endeavors frivolous for arbitrary reasons. Plus – cookies!
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by admin on October 19, 2011
Dawn Taylor has triumphed over a lot of things in the almost 2 years of this show. But the only thing that could stop her from doing a full show today? A locked door. This on the day that Dave Helfrey returns to Hamfisted to talk about the latest edition of Fright Town, what kind of craziness he’s up to this year (Monkeys with Knives and Werepugs) the Human Centipede part 2 is actually seen and reviewed by Mr. Helfrey, the human instinct to throw your loved ones to the monsters, and a quick bit of lamentation about the memery that has turned Silence of the Lambs into a comedy for a large number of people. 60 minutes worth of show in 40 minutes – dig in.
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by admin on October 12, 2011
It is pretty important that you pick the right movie for your first date. You could end up having to deal with the drama of Dawn and Patrick’s first date night – it involves Short People with Napoleon Syndrome, extreme unpleasantness, and Donald Sutherland. Luckily, Patrick has methods that most normal men don’t have access to. Methods involving sexy laundry and trustful napping. Once again, Dawn points out how when it comes to relationships, unorthodox is sometimes better than the tried and true. Other topics include Breaking Bad’s season finale, a Voigt-Kampff test is performed live on air, and the opening credits to Parks and Recreation are ruined for everyone.
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by admin on October 5, 2011
How in the hell does a man like Hugh Jackman fight robots and sing showtunes while pounding as many beers as he does? Andrew Hill of Caveman Medicine thinks he has the answers, and it has a lot to do with calorie management, moderation, and a lot of things that neither Dawn nor Fatboy have all that much experience with. Dawn, after giving a glowing review to the sloppy-but-cute Real Steel, leads a discussion with Andrew about what the hell we put in our bodies, and why it does the weird things to us that they do. Whiskey, Honey, Sugar, Salt, Pickle Juice and Karaoke Treadmills, the Road to Wellville now cuts through Hamfisted territory.
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by admin on September 28, 2011
There are battles that go on in everybody’s head – quiet, fierce battles over the many decisions we have to make every day. And those battles get more contentious when the head in question belongs to a smartass like Dawn Taylor, or Fatboy Roberts. Their adventures on the tightrope of inappropriate statements, how best to deal with Dawn in public (Bring Bourbon) and then there’s a sidetrack into a different sort of battle: The kind of battle that involves rapping, and Fantastic Fest. Plus a bonus battle called “Dawn vs. The Therapist,” and the difference between addiction and a lack of self-control. There IS a difference. Find out inside.
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by admin on September 21, 2011
Some say rage fuels the internet, but that’s not the case. It’s narcissism. It’s the reason “social media” has essentially just become how people socialize, period – people sharing things that likely would never have been shared 20 years ago, because there weren’t the means, and because nobody would have known what to do with it. But now, everyone has a dedicated studio audience hanging on their words. Dawn studies 4 different examples of narcissism unchained, 2 of which are overwhelmingly negative, and two of which are actually helpful and positive, one of which involves a strange tale from Dawn’s own past. A reality show is invented, youtube superstars are exposed, and we learn that maybe sometimes, while fishing for attention is typically a negative trait, sometimes it can actually help others. Or at least that’s how we justify all this podcasting.
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by admin on September 14, 2011
Dawn has decided that it’s time to make a change. The catalyst? A bunch of pictures surfaced on facebook that caused Dawn to realize that her outward appearance didn’t accurately reflect her inward state-of-mind. And so a discussion broke out on the realities of NEEDING a personal sense of style, no matter how superficial it may seem. Talk of losing weight, struggles against obesity won and lost, and the thin line between armor and costume were discussed before moving onto the main point of the show: Dawn breaks down, thoroughly, some simple rules of theater etiquette, made as plain and clear as possible so people who might not even know they’re in violation may learn from their mistakes. Also discussed – the science behind the Velveteen Rabbit, and how you can turn it to your benefit.
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by admin on September 7, 2011
If you aren’t comfy with the ideas of germs and microbes, then this episode might induce a severe case of heebie-jeebies. Dawn saw Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion,” and it made her want to dive into a pool made of Purell. From there, a list of past maladies was shared, and a variety of remedies (home-spun, pharmaceutical, alcoholic and otherwise) were recommended before the subject turned towards something a little more dirty – Cloo. Cloo is an iPhone app that would allow you to rent out your personal bathroom to strangers for a small fee. The politics of pooping leads to a conversation about more generalized social awkwardness, the signs to help you spot when you’re screwing up, and how Deadwood could be the remedy to all our conversational ails.
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