Night Dangers. Ever since I heard this band a couple years ago, I’ve been hooked. Then Andrew Philp, the main Night Danger-er, sent me a copy of their soon-to-be-released full length record and whooooooo yeah, it was time for an interview. This Bobcast feautures an interview with Andrew about all kinds of stuff - music, mental health, the Midwest “…

Canada is well known for hokey, poutine and cold weather. Eh? Yes, I also know Canada for Corner Gas and some of the best punk rock in the world (Anti-Queens, duh!). What about the ghosts and cryptids of our friendly neighbors to the north? Not content with another episode about Waverly or Whaley House, in this one, I turn to Gina and Victoria of H…

Robyn Johnson has a very special family. Three generations of women that have experienced high strangeness in a multitude of ways. In this episode of the Bobcast, we’ll hear a little of Robyn’s strange and lovely family history and one particular paranormal event. A ghost story. Robyn’s ghost story.Av I Wanna Party With Bob Media

Dude Vs. Food! Josh of Rad Girlfriend Records and The Raging Nathans isn’t one to back down from a challenge. In this case, Josh took on “The Big Texan” steak eating thing in Amarillo, Texas. Raging Nathans were on tour at the time this episode was released, kept seeing the billboards for The Big Texan on the I-40 and answered thr call. Here’s Josh…

2021 is dead. Long live 2021? No. Long live the MUSIC of 2021, though. Especially the incredible selection of songs I played on The Bobcast in 2021. So here we go, let’s put the final stake in the heart of the worst year of recent memory - for so many of us, by listening to some RAD songs! We’re gonna count ‘em down, my favorite songs that were pla…

Welcome to the final episode in the “Ghost Stories” series! This one carries on the tradition of telling ghost stories during the Yuletide season with three tales of haunting encounters with the unknown. Grace and Vivi of The Ghosty Girlz, Pretty Fn Spooky Amanda Paulson and Craig Owens of Bizarre Los Angeles are your storytellers in this episode, …

Chicago! Upside down pizza! Hotdogs served with a baseball bat sized pickle! Kayne West? Sears Tower? What else? I say, who gives a rat’s ass about all that other stuff, the best thing outta Chicago since ever is Airstream Futures! This episode is an interview with the band plus two songs - “Brighter Blue” and “Faster Than You Know”. Once you liste…

What would possibly make Halloween of 2021 more GRIM than a special episode all about the Brothers Grimm? Nothing! That’s why I did it! This is what you’ll get in this episode: A brand new Celluloid Catacombs with Carolyn Mauricette, this time she’s talking all about the 2005 confusion fest of a film starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. This editi…

Pleasant Gehman makes a triumphant return to the Bobcast in this, the final installment of a three part interview series. This time, we’re talking paranormal - ghosts, witchcraft, psychic abilities, UFOs and more! Pleasant has the best stories and as you’ll find out, also the spookiest and most-appropriate-for-Halloween stories! You’ll also hear al…

Here it is, the long-awaited series finale of the Paranormal Ponderings episodes! We’ve covered paranormal investigating and ghosts, haunted places and haunted history, witchcraft, magic and tarot, cryptids, UFOs and now, we’re going to tie ALL of them together. As much as that’s possible? Here’s a hint - maybe Bigfoot was the inspiration for Chewb…

Ghost Stories return to the Bobcast just in time for BOBTOBER! That’s right, Bobtober. It’s like October, only better. This is just the beginning of the spooky content all month long on the Bobcast, so hop on that broom and prepare to live deliciously. Four tales of the strange, the paranormal and weird encounters with the unknown are told in this …

Michael Crusty of Crusty Media and The Miserable Failure Podcast comes aboard the Bad Ship Bobcast to play some songs and talk about the Halloween movies! And other stuff, we do talk about the bands and the music. That is our job as music journalists of the highest caliber. You’ll get 10 songs in this episode - 5 picked by me, 5 picked by Mr. Crust…

Mike Wiebe of The Riverboat Gamblers and Drakulas. He’s the tall, good looking one that jumps around and sings in both bands, by the way. Mike sets sail on the WeirdBoat, the Bobcast, to talk about paranormal stuff, his bands and more in this episode. Strange car rides on Santa Fe Baldy in New Mexico, strange lights in the sky in Denton, Texas and …

UFOs fall under the (very large) umbrella that is “The Paranormal”. There, I said it. I guess it’s not really a controversial opinion, it’s just that many people don’t think of UFOs from a “paranormal” point of view. Why not? Paranormal is simply defined as “something science can’t explain” and if that ain’t THE definition of UFO, I don’t know what…

Mike Damante won me over a while ago with his “Punk Rock and UFOs” series of books, a mind-blowing series on paranormal weirdness and UFO related wildness. Mike’s latest book, “Hey Suburbia” also won me over - but in a different way. “Hey Suburbia” talks about punk rock, pop-punk and emo of the 1990’s and early 2000’s, mostly. There’s nostalgia, to…

Welcome to the first edition of a new series of Bobcast episodes, simply titled “Haunted Harmonies”. With these episodes, you’ll hear a little bit about the history and haunts of a particular paranormally active location, which is located somewhere in this great big haunted world of ours. Along with the history and haunts, let’s throw a band interv…

The band Spider, from the Los Angeles area, has pulled something off that not many bands have truly been able to do. They’ve taken the sound and the fury of 1980’s LA punk and hardcore and turned it into their own thing. A magical and perfectly punk thing, at that. Don’t think I’m saying the band lives in the past! No, Spider does their own thing, …

The Two Minutes Of Terror podcast is a subsidiary podcast under the I Wanna Party With Bob Ltd. Inc. corperate umbrella of fine audio products. They’re short - two to four minutes in length, perfect for today’s short and spooky attention spans. You’ll hear TWO of these terrifying episodes in this installment of The Bobcast, both “ghost stories” whi…

The long-awaited return of the “Ghost Stories” series. Yes, 8 months, to be exact. Well! Are you in for some chilling tales in this episode? You are, so please join me on this journey into the boundless realm of the supernatural. Ghost Stories Volume IV is the name, scaring the pants off of you is the game. There are stories by paranormal investiga…

Pleasant Gehman returns to The Bobcast with a brand new episode and more stories, more magical mayhem that is the life of the incredible person, the Princess Of Hollywood, Pleasant Gehman! This time around we’re talking about Pleasant’s writing and dancing careers. Pleasant’s been doing both most of her whole life, to great effect. Though she has w…

What is a cryptid? The easy answer is - some type of creature/being/entity that is said to exist, but has never been proven to exist. Bigfoot, Nessie, Normie, Thunderbirds, you get the idea. Cryptids do fall under the catagory of paranormal phenomena in the sense that we just don’t know WHAT they are, so here we are talking about cryptids in a Para…

Welcome to the third and final (for now?) episode in the UFO Stories series! This one has five stories of UFO sightings, told by the witnesses themselves. Sarah Snallygaster, Miski Dee Rodriguez, Jessica Komassa, Davey Tilt and Mike Damante have popped in from the Ultraverse to tell their tales of strange lights and objects in the sky. Mike Damante…

Hello, hello, hello! Welcome to the Miserable Failure / Bobcast music episode! Michael X. Crusty Esq. the Third joins me in this episode to play some songs and talk about them. Here’s a track listing, hosers - 1. The Fullblast - All I Need Is A Jetpack And Rollerskates 2. Raging Nathans - Wide Awake 3. Lutharo - Blood Lightning 4. Demons - Play Act…

Pleasant Gehman has quite the history of magical mayhem. From her days growing up on the East Coast, to her shennangans as a founder of the Los Angeles punk rock scene, Pleasant has some stories to tell. We’ll also hear from Pleasant about her (continuing!!) days of making music, notably in this interview her time in Screamin’ Sirens - the most fun…

Welcome, foolish mortals, to Episode 109 of The Bobcast! Chef Mayhem, er, Jeff Baham is THE source for all things Disney’s Haunted Mansion. Jeff is the force behind the greatest Haunted Mansion website ever created, Doombuggies.com. Jeff wrote a book all about Disney’s Haunted Mansion. Jeff hosts three podcasts that deal with Disney and the Haunted…

Welcome back to the Paranormal Ponderings series of episodes, this time it’s Part III and all about Witchcraft. Witch, tarot card reader, paranormal investigator and all around awesome person Cherise Williams stopped by The Bobcast to talk about the ancient art of witchery. We discuss spellwork, religion, tarot, paranormal investigating and how wit…

Have you read any of the “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” series of books? As a kid? As an adult? Both? . These books, the Scary Stories series, made a HUGE impression on me when I read them a couple of years ago, as an adult. The artwork is terrifying and amazing. The stories are timeless and creepy, sometimes funny, sometimes disgusting. Alway…

When it comes to East Bay punk stuff, Alex Botkin knows his stuff. As the person behind Lavasocks Records, Alex does his part to keep the history and radness of the East Bay sound alive with releases such as “The Thing That Ate Floyd” comp. “Floyd” originally came out on Lookout! Records back in the stone ages of 1988 and has pretty much every band…

Tetrarch is a band that is getting quite a bit of attention lately, and rightly so. They have worked incredibly hard to get to where they are today. Touring, putting out music, sleeping in Walmart parking lots. Whatever it takes to get their amazing music out there, this band has done it. This episode of The Bobcast features an interview with Josh …

Back due to popular demand, the “UFO Stories” series of episodes continues with Part Two in the series. This one has five stories about strange activity in the sky - from fireballs to stargates to flying pyramids. This episode has it all is what I’m trying to say. Well, not abductions or “Men In Black”, but UFOs abound. Jen of the “Later, Dicks!” s…

The Paranormal Ponderings series continues with Part II, this time it’s all about haunted places and horrifying history! More creepy history than horrifying, I suppose? As with all of the “Paranormal Ponderings” episodes, I brought in an expert to discuss the subject of the episode. Haunted Places? Creepy History? Maria Wessenauer of Hollywood Exhu…

Ricky Schmidt is in two very awesome and incredible bands - Western Settings and Hey, Chels. Did you know Ricky has a bunch of solo songs, too? Well! This episode of The Bobcast has the scoop on the awesome radness of Ricky’s solo stuff. Two songs by Ricky are featured in this episode - “Spare Me” off of 2020’s full length Ricky record “Palm Trees”…

No Small Children, the band, the myth, the legend. I first heard No Small Children while looking for a cover of the “Ghostbusters” theme song for a recent episode. The NSC version of the song hit me like a crossed beam hit the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man. I mean WOW. This band, No Small Children, they are amazing. Three teachers, two of them sisters,…

100 episodes of The Bobcast! Can you believe it? I decided to party with Bob myself for this episode, which is weird because I AM Bob?? What you’ll get in this fun-filled episode is 10 Tiltwheel songs, which we recorded recently just for this episode. A bunch of Fiends Of The Bobcast stop by to say hello and congrats. You’ll hear some stories I’ve …

UFO’s!!! What are they? Where are they from? WHO or WHAT is Indrid Cold??? This episode doesn’t answer any of those questions, not really. What you will hear in this one are a series of six stories as told by the people that experienced the weird, the unusual, the strange phenomenon known as Unidentified Flying Objects. Lights in the sky, shadow pe…

Welcome to a brand new series of episodes on the Bobcast, this time around we’re talking about all things paranormal and the occult in the “Paranormal Ponderings” series! Now, rather than talking all about the subjects at hand myself, I’ve gathered some of the finest people involved in the paranormal and occult world today to discuss these otherwor…

What would you say if I told you there has been a fifth member of The Misfits out there, hiding under our very noses for the last 40 years - unknown, unloved, unwanted? You might say I’m crazy, but here it is - proof. This episode is part mystery, part detective story and finally, once the mystery is solved, an interview with Dan Ziegler (or Sam Ha…

Grant Lawrence is a venn diagram gone horribly, horribly wrong. Where do you start with this guy? Grant is the singer of Canadian Crazies The Smugglers. He’s a radio and podcast personality for the Canadian Broadcast Corp. Books? Grant has written them and even has a children’s book on the way in late 2021. What else? Oh yeah! Grant and The Smuggle…

Houseghost is the name, hauntingly powerful pop-punk is the game. This episode features Dayton, Ohio’s finest minstrels of mayhem, Houseghost. An interview with Nick, Kayla and Tyler! Three songs by Houseghost! The WORLD PREMIER of the Bobcast theme song!! Ohio facts and trivia, ghosts, Bigfoot and The Misfits vs. The Ramones are topics you can exp…

Skoops is a very interesting person. He is an avid skateboarder, surfer and musician. Skoops is my friend. Skoops is also a black man. I feel like it is so very important to get the perspective of people outside of our own perspectives, in order to grow, learn and be a better person. So let’s talk to Skoops! We talk about growing up skating, surfin…

Tim Powers is my favorite author. There, I said it. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, let’s talk about this episode. Tim is the author of many incredible novels, such as - On Stranger Tides, The Anubis Gates, The Stress Of Her Regard, Expiration Date and Alternate Routes. Twisted histories? Sort of. More like a fictional unveiling of the secrets b…

Welcome to the very first I Wanna Party With Bob Trivia Challenge of 2021! The subject of this terrifying trivia is the paranormal, haunted places and haunted/cursed objects, to be specific. Here’s a couple of examples - Where did the Dead Milkmen film part of the music video for “Punk Rock Girl”, that is also a very haunted former prison? What doe…

What is it about haunted and possibly paranormal dolls that is just so damn terrifying? The thought that an inanimate and cuddly object could be the source of your demise? Is it that dolls are a trusted and comforting presence from our childhood, so when they get weird, it’s like a personal betrayal? Or is it just that dolls in general are creepy b…

While I was searching for ghosts in the wilds of the American South recently, Michael Crusty of Crusty Media and the Bobcast’s own Crusty’s Corner stepped in, filled in and saved the day with his very own episode! My favorite Canadian came to the rescue with this episode, an interview with Scott of the band Cancer Bats, plus some songs by Cancer Ba…

2020 was a year seemingly concieved in a Stephen King novel. Fascist leadership in the USA, a worldwide pandemic, economic disaster after disaster, did I miss anything? Well, at least the music of the Bobcast was great? Here is my ode to the songs that made 2020 a little more bearable for me and hopefully, you. This is what you’re getting, in order…

A “Year In Review” for a year like 2020 was a rough thing to sort out. 2020 sucked. No denying that, right? Well, at least on the Bobcast, 2020 was a great year. Starting out with the conclusion of the Danzig Trilogy and ending with the Paul Tremblay interview, mix in a ton of incredible songs by incredible bands, I can’t complain about 2020 from t…

Christmas 2020 has arrived on the Bobcast! The Airing Of Grievances! Krampus! Music by Lousy Advice, Carnage InC., Wat Tyler, The Spook School, Peter And The Test Tube Babies and The Humpers! There's also an all-new Crusty's Corner, just in time for Boxing Day! Merry Merry!!Av I Wanna Party With Bob Media

Gather ‘round the Yule Log, it’s time for some chilling tales of haunted horrors! Ghost Stories Volume III has arrived under the Bobcast tree, just in time for Xmas. Ivy Boyd of the Creepin’ It Real podcast and Ghoul’s Trip blog starts things off with some creepy Christmas ghost stories. Maria of Hollywood Exhumed tells a tale of a departed Uncle w…

Paul Tremblay is the author of several novels, such as “A Head Full Of Ghosts”, “Disappearance At Devil’s Rock”, “The Cabin At The End Of The World” and “Survivor Song”. One short story collection, “Growing Things” belongs on this list, as well. All thought provoking, some ambiguous, all lovely (and sometimes heartbreaking), some straight forward a…

HP Lovecraft was undoubtedly one of 20th century fiction’s greatest writers. He invented horror fiction as we know it today, I believe. Cosmic, undulating, gasping for breath tales of terror that will keep the bravest soul awake at night. Lovecraft was also an unabashed racist, xenophobe and weird nationalist. This episode covers the history of HP …