Trip Trap Talkshow Trip Nasty Productions

This episode features the creators of the stoner/superhero comic book, Fingerbang! Fingerbang is a superhero who has the ability to shoot anything he wants out of his fingertips, but only when he's high af. We talked to Ben and Jer about the creation of Fingerbang, the meaning behind "Mokes Studio" (their comic book company), why Fingerbang's sidekick is a genie named Bono, and most importantly, what their parents think of their comic books!

Get the first edition of Fingerbang for free at www.mokesstudio.com 

Follow them on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/Mokes_Studio/  

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John Tyler, a.k.a. Johnny Llama is a 20-year-old guitarist, producer, songwriter and film scorer from Baltimore. In our interview, we start off talking about John’s journey from playing guitar hero at 9 years old all the way to having his own band, creating the Love Groove Music Festival, and releasing several albums, including his latest, “THE GOOD SIDE OF THINGS.” In the second half of the interview we discuss the recent Black Lives Matter protests and John’s experience performing for protesters. We discuss some of the reforms that we hope will come from the protests and whether artists should be obligated to play a role in furthering the BLM movement. 

*Due to some technical difficulties with his microphone, Okechi was not able to speak during the episode, although he was able to participate by typing out his questions.

Find where to listen/follow John Tyler at https://johntylersounds.com/

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Malachi Elijah is a songwriter, rapper, singer, and actor from the DMV who has been making a name for himself in Boston while attending Emerson. He's known for his genuine, uplifting, introspective, but also relatable music. He is currently working on his second album HTS (How Things Seem) due to drop this Summer.

Listen to and follow Malachi and his group, The Space Cade7s:
www.spacecade7s.com/#home-section
open.spotify.com/artist/6gvhEGNrw…riRXqwNc2pSGQ_OQ
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/malach…lijah/1260354940
@malachi-mcdonald
www.instagram.com/malachi_elijah/
www.instagram.com/spacecade7s/
twitter.com/spacecade7s
www.youtube.com/channel/UCcbap3HLUWiDz-alPJjv9ZA

Okechi/Teddy's beats:
www.instagram.com/hennesseybeats/
www.instagram.com/k.b.beats/

Time stamps:
0:50 Start of episode
3:44 Opening for Ali Shaheed Muhammad (from A Tribe Called Quest)
6:35 Career Progression
11:00 The Boston Music Scene
18:10 HTS (next album) behind the scenes
30:20 Having to make the hard decisions when completing an album
36:36 Malachi’s crazy warm-up exercises
44:13 Quitting the Emerson soccer team
51:08 Art project on surrealism
1:08:15 A special gift for Malachi
1:16:56 Shoutouts/Plugs
1:18:48 Outro
1:19:24 Malachi freestyle over our beat