The Creative Curmudgeon

Kron Kronerson
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We discuss creativity so you don't have to.

  1. Music, Art, and Robots with Michael Buchmiller

    12/09/2025

    Music, Art, and Robots with Michael Buchmiller

    THE CREATIVE CURMUDGEON RETURNS! This episode's special guest is Michael Buchmiller, member of the human-and-robot duo The Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra and art person for Hand Carved Graphics. Prepare to have your life changed!

    1h 20m
  2. Making Music and Collage with Sonny Kay

    04/27/2024

    Making Music and Collage with Sonny Kay

    In this episode, Sonny Kay and I discuss drawing, collaging, screaming in bands, writing lyrics, Arkansas, naming dogs, The Cult, Public Enemy, The Beatles, growing cacti, the meaning of life, and much more! We zero in on the creative process behind his collage "Sonoran Sandman." At the beginning of this episode, you will hear a few seconds of The VSS song "Silt, etc." You can check out his work and buy his book "Headspaces" at sonnykay.com.

    1h 6m
  3. Music, Animation, and Filmmaking with Clyde Petersen

    04/19/2024

    Music, Animation, and Filmmaking with Clyde Petersen

    Clyde Petersen is a visual artist. He also makes music under the moniker Your Heart Breaks. He also is a filmmaker whose credits include the animated film "Torrey Pines" and the Earth documentary "Even Hell Has It's Heroes." In addition to discussing all of these things in this episode, we also talk about which Star Trek series is our favorite and why, though we also talk about how we love all of them.

    53 min
  4. Music and Painting with Zoe Boekbinder

    04/12/2024

    Music and Painting with Zoe Boekbinder

    On this episode, Zoe Boekbinder and I discuss building houses, neurodivergence, the prison system, painting, birds, singing, songwriting, producing, and a bunch of other stuff. At the beginning of this episode after the theme song, you can hear Zoe's song "I Am Yesterday." Their work can be found at https://zeoboekbinder.com/.

    58 min
  5. Doing Drag with Daddy Satan

    04/02/2024

    Doing Drag with Daddy Satan

    I had a lovely conversation with the Arizona drag artist Daddy Satan, during which we discussed make-up, fashion, SFX, horror, coming up with a drag name, the Phoenix drag community, activism, religion, gaming, and more.

    43 min
  6. Zines, Etc with Alyssa Giannini

    02/26/2024

    Zines, Etc with Alyssa Giannini

    Alyssa Giannini runs Craft or DIY, runs the venue resource website DoDIY, and is pretty cool. In this conversation, we discuss zines, zine fests, air filters, Elliott Smith, Tumblr, flyers, marketing, organzing, watching familiar TV shows in order to fall asleep, and more. Their work can be found at https://www.craftordiy.art/.

    42 min
  7. Making Music with Justin Pearson

    02/19/2024

    Making Music with Justin Pearson

    Justin Pearson has played in a lot of bands. He's written books. He's run a record label for twenty years. He has a wonderful smile. And now he's on this podcast. Listen to us discuss dogs, yoga, breakdancing, vocal technique, bass gear, The Cramps, and much more!

    1 hr
  8. Ceramics with Taylor Ruby Bell

    02/12/2024

    Ceramics with Taylor Ruby Bell

    In this episode, I have a no-holds-barred exchange of words with Portland-based ceramics artist Taylor Ruby Bell. We discuss whether good or bad art exists, antiquity, getting inspiration from art books, tools for ceramics, self-marketing, always feeling the need to be mentally occupied, the fact that we went to high school together, and more! Her work can be found at https://www.rubybellceramics.com/.

    54 min
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We discuss creativity so you don't have to.

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  • Creator
    Kron Kronerson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kron Kronerson 2025
  • Show Website
    The Creative Curmudgeon