Zombie Popcorn is very honored to have a special guest writer.  Matthew from the Matthew Show.  You may remember Matthew from when we interviewed him back in January.  He has an amazing new project…well, I will stop talking and let him get on with what he has to say.  Please welcome Matthew!

Spurred by books like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Fooled By Randomness,” our society has been having a discussion of our expectations about life and how they are shaped by what we see. There is a selection bias, particularly in the arts, where we are only exposed to the stories of the wildly successful. 

Where are the tales of failure?

My new podcast, “The Band That Never Was,” is an attempt to even out the sample set. It is the story of a group of friends who travel from adolescence to adulthood together. On the way, they form a band, and hijinks ensue.

Packed with honesty, laughs, relationships, irony, and some damned fine tunes, “The Band That Never Was” is about many things. Friendships, life, music, growing up, and a study of what, at its core, failure may or may not be.

And let’s not forget the music. Every episode features original music by the matthew show and my various musical associates, and the tunes are also available as singles at thematthewshow.com independently of the podcast.

I’m extremely excited about this project, and I believe you will be, too. Check it out:

http://www.thebandthatneverwas.com/

Sometimes when you have good friends and a radio show you just have to talk about music.   So join us in this weeks re-broadcast while we interview Matthew from The Matthew Show.

Matthew plays live music for us and we learn more about his history in music.

Born and raised in rural Texas, matthew spent 10 years navigating the murky waters of the North Texas music scene in a variety of rock bands. He moved to New York in 2002 to begin a solo career as the matthew show, eventually moving operations back to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 2006 due to hipster fatigue.

In 2003 his debut solo album, texas, was released to wide critical acclaim. His songs have been featured on two seasons of the PBS series Roadtrip Nation, and on National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered.

In 2005, his cover of Warren Zevon’s Mohammed’s Radio was included on the bestselling tribute album Hurry Home Early, and his song Bring Me Safely Down won second place in American Songwriter magazine’s Lyric Competition.

In 2006, his song Office Suite, Part I was used as the soundtrack to lonelygirl15′s YouTube video The Tolstoy Principle, which has since gained nearly half a million views due to coverage in Wired and the New York Times.

He has performed live with acts as diverse as Hamell On Trial and Goodwin, and headlined 2004′s JournalCon in Washington DC. He has worked with artists such as Cubano-classical favorites Las Rubias del Norte, NYC celebrity street musician Dorian Spencer, renowned violinist Reggie Rueffer, and avant-garde composer Little Jack Melody.

matthew performs regularly as Matthew Perreault in the virtual world Second Life, where his live concerts draw fans from around the real world and throughout the metaverse.

matthew’s non-musical activities have included writing and editing children’s nonfiction books, being one of Fandango.com’s first movie reviewers, providing commentaries on Dallas’ KERA FM, and performing as an extra on the late, lamented Walker, Texas Ranger.

matthew’s second album, february, was released in October 2008 by Wampus Multimedia:

februarythealbum.com

So grab some tea, put your feet up and lets have a listen…

Don’t forget we also broadcast in 3D – so grab some tea, put your feet up, grab your 3D glasses and lets have a watch…

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Tonight we have a very special guest,  Matthew from The Matthew Show. 

Matthew is a good friend and a talented musician and he will be joining us throughout the entire show and playing his songs live.

Born and raised in rural Texas, matthew spent 10 years navigating the murky waters of the North Texas music scene in a variety of rock bands. He moved to New York in 2002 to begin a solo career as the matthew show, eventually moving operations back to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 2006 due to hipster fatigue.

In 2003 his debut solo album, texas, was released to wide critical acclaim. His songs have been featured on two seasons of the PBS series Roadtrip Nation, and on National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered.

In 2005, his cover of Warren Zevon’s Mohammed’s Radio was included on the bestselling tribute album Hurry Home Early, and his song Bring Me Safely Down won second place in American Songwriter magazine’s Lyric Competition.

In 2006, his song Office Suite, Part I was used as the soundtrack to lonelygirl15′s YouTube video The Tolstoy Principle, which has since gained nearly half a million views due to coverage in Wired and the New York Times.

He has performed live with acts as diverse as Hamell On Trial and Goodwin, and headlined 2004′s JournalCon in Washington DC. He has worked with artists such as Cubano-classical favorites Las Rubias del Norte, NYC celebrity street musician Dorian Spencer, renowned violinist Reggie Rueffer, and avant-garde composer Little Jack Melody.

matthew performs regularly as Matthew Perreault in the virtual world Second Life, where his live concerts draw fans from around the real world and throughout the metaverse.

matthew’s non-musical activities have included writing and editing children’s nonfiction books, being one of Fandango.com’s first movie reviewers, providing commentaries on Dallas’ KERA FM, and performing as an extra on the late, lamented Walker, Texas Ranger.

matthew’s second album, february, was released in October 2008 by Wampus Multimedia:

februarythealbum.com

We will also be broadcasting in 3D – So tune in tonight at 7pm (EST)

Listen to Zombie Popcorn Radio Now!