Mon, 26 December 2016
All wings reporting in! SPOILERS abound as we delve into the first standalone Star Wars film, Rogue One. We talk about the Easter basket full of eggs for hard core fans, our new favorite characters, & how it fits into the expanded universe. Also SPOILERS!
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Sun, 11 December 2016
You guys requested it and we delivered! In this episode, Richie takes us through the equipment that Blue Oyster Cult uses for their live shows. This includes interviews from the band and crew, plus a few extras not included in the YouTube video.
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Sun, 27 November 2016
Richie sits with his dad John & his uncle Phil, to pay tribute to the life of their long time friend & bandmate, Sharon Jones. Richie also surprises them with a never-before-released version of Sharon singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" with their band.
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Sun, 13 November 2016
Richie and Jarrett take to the YouTubes once again to answer fan questions about Richie's new Helix, how to create a specific guitar tone, and how to properly slappa da bass.
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Sun, 6 November 2016
For Ann Marie's birthday, we threw not one, but TWO parties! A jazz gig in Brooklyn and a house party with a spontaneous live-streaming jazz session in the Band Geek studio. Richie recounts the week's events while playing clips from both performances.
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Sun, 23 October 2016
Join Richie and the Andys as they watch old VHS tapes of their high school gigs. The video for this entire episode is up on our YouTube channel. Go to youtube.com/bandgeekpodcast to watch it. |
Sun, 16 October 2016
You've been asking for it and we delivered. This week's guest is Blue Oyster Cult founding member, Albert Bouchard. On this episode we talk drums, songwriting, teaching, and BOC history while we jam on some Clash and Weezer!
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Sun, 2 October 2016
Susie Seiter (orchestrator, conductor, & composer) chats with us & explains the incredible process of how the music composed on the page makes it to your ears in the theater, conducting her first cue, & how true love can be found at a French horn concert. |
Sun, 25 September 2016
The Godfather of RiotCast hangs with us and lets us flex our dirty muscle. We learn about his early days on the Howard Stern Show, how the network got its start, and where the hell Band Geek fits in. AND he can sing Billy Joel and Oasis!!!
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Sun, 18 September 2016
Laine Thompson, local legend & international film star of the Tiger's Fang web series, discusses music, poison palm, & beating up Richie on his 18th birthday. In honor of Master Laine's visit we cover his two of his favorite bands, The Who & Led Zeppelin!
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Sun, 11 September 2016
Richie & Andy, with some commenting from Brandi, answer all of your burning questions in a live YouTube stream. They chat about BOC's recent Direct TV special, Andy's favorite Star Wars characters, & the music they play will leave you Comfortably Numb...
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Sun, 28 August 2016
Pulling artists from every genre of music, the gang discusses what their dream lineups would be & why. And of course, we take something fairly simple & complicate the crap out of it culminating in the silliest version of a Grease song you've ever heard.
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Sun, 21 August 2016
The entire Band Geek Squad is finally back together just in time for a review of the next addition to the DC movie universe! Harley Quinn? Amanda Waller? Slipknot? Who was our favorite? We also rock out some Lesley Gore. You don't own us!!! |
Sun, 14 August 2016
Back on American soil, Richie and Andy recount the events of their recent tour through 7 European countries to Brandi, while spontaneously creating awful renditions of BOC classics.
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Sun, 7 August 2016
While Richie is touring Europe with BOC, Jarrett, Ann Marie & Band Geek bud Jennifer Candy review the highly anticipated reboot of the classic 1984 film. Find out if Jarrett has ACTUALLY been dead for 15 years... & also their thoughts on the new flick... |
Sun, 24 July 2016
Aside from being a super musician, Andy Ascolese is a world class monitor engineer on tour with Blue Oyster Cult. In this episode Andy takes us through what is really going on with those funny little things that musicians keep shoving into their ears.
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Sun, 17 July 2016
Richie instantly regrets purchasing a Roland HandSonic for Jarrett. Meanwhile Ann Marie explains what the hell Pokémon GO is, after we have a little Jon Bash Jovi session. Also there's music! |
Sun, 10 July 2016
Richie gets bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip by recording every part to "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys... by himself... from scratch... for a streaming YouTube crowd. He's making real good bread. |
Sun, 26 June 2016
Spending some quiet time together, Jarrett recounts his experience teaching middle schoolers how to do funny voices. Meanwhile Richie gets a very nice gift from a fan and recaps BOC's recent tribute to the late Allen Lanier...
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Sun, 19 June 2016
Happy Father's Day! Papa John Castellano brings his sweet dulcet tones and joins us for this round of Encore! Find out how hard this game actually is, when we're not allowed to use any Billy Joel songs. It's like a Piano In The Dark!!! |
Sun, 5 June 2016
Our guest is Damian Scro, star of Richie's Kung Fu web series Tiger's Fang. Damian, Ann Marie & Richie discuss making the films & give some behind the scenes info on the latest chapter, Tiger's Fang 10: Lord of the Ninja, while on vacation in Japan. |
Sun, 29 May 2016
Band Geek offers it's first marriage counseling session, with a Q&A from the Castellano's. Ann Marie discusses her favorite vocal influences and updates us on her new album, while Richie tours us around his Variax guitar's many MANY musical styles.
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Mon, 23 May 2016
While helping to beta test a new video streaming service, Richie records all of the parts to the Beatles', "You Can't Do That", in one take for the live streaming audience. |
Sun, 15 May 2016
It's Team Richie VS Team Vin in the revamped version of our favorite game, Encore with returning Band Geeks Joey Martin and Vin Innocente. You wanted more audience participation? You wanted more music? Be careful what you wish for... |
Sun, 1 May 2016
Bonjour! In a Beast of an episode it's all about Ann Marie as we celebrate our secret love of the Disney musical. With our bud Jason Wexler we take you on a magic carpet ride, under the sea, & to a little French town where everyone's a dick. It's magical. |
Sun, 24 April 2016
Richie & Jarrett take some fan questions & we learn about how Richie prepares for a gig, how Jarrett prepares to kazoo, & we get a detailed tour and demo of Richie's recent Agents of Fortune rig. Also by popular request, there's some Ann Marie..... |
Sun, 17 April 2016
In our first ever live streamed episode, Ann Marie and Jarrett go head to head once again in the game of Encore. With the help of our internet fans, who arose victorious? What songs were sung? Whose friendships collapsed? The answer to all 3 is Rosanna...
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Sun, 3 April 2016
With the help of our Super Friends Adam and Ray, we don't give you the movie review you need, but the movie review you deserve. Somehow we talked longer than the film's actual running time. Grab a glass of Granny's Peach Tea and join us won't you? |
Sun, 27 March 2016
This week we celebrate the life of our hero, Keith Emerson, of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Richie and the Andys share stories of being high school prog rock snobs while attempting to play a song from their old set list.
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Sun, 20 March 2016
In #69 we get pleasure of chatting with award winning adult film stars Vicky Vette and Jelena Jensen. We tell tales of Exxxotica, play our new game Porn Life VS Real Life, and learn the "ins and outs" of the adult film industry....pun intended.
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Sun, 6 March 2016
On this episode we discuss Andy Ascolese's new split screen video tribute to Chick Corea. We also delve into Andy's origins and try to figure out why he knows how to play so many damned instruments! |
Sun, 21 February 2016
Richie, Ann Marie, and Jarrett provide some colorful commentary to the 2016 Grammy Award musical performances. They also try really REALLY hard to not make any Star Wars references....and fail....
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Sun, 14 February 2016
Richie joins John Lynch's band for a Fat Tuesday celebration in Staten Island with Mike DeConzo on Drums, Packy Lynch on Bass, Rob Kipp on Keyboards/Vocals, John Lynch on Guitar, and your host Richie Castellano on Guitar/Vocals.
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Sun, 7 February 2016
Richie, along with Andy and Brandi, give us a recap of the 2016 winter NAMM show with the help of local musician, Frank Stabile. |
Sun, 10 January 2016
We've got a packed studio to give you a Starkiller Base sized review of Star Wars! We even had to make room for filmmaker Corey Machado via Skype. And it wouldn't be Band Geek unless we took some John Williams and rocked out with our lightsabers out.
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