CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS with GENERATION JONES

In this episode, California Artist and Infomaniac David Doherty tells us about how he got behind-the-scenes access to Warner Bros movie archives while doing research for a DVD, and how his talent in Art turned into a Hollywood career curating images for big-name amusement parks. He’s got a story about being on the crew of artists for “King of the Hill,” and what it’s like being a full time artist. And you’ll find out the nickname his bartender gave him. Links: David Doherty’s website https://www.daviddoherty.art/ David Doherty’s illustrations https://www.daviddoherty.art/illstrations "A Town Called Pacific Palisades" MagCloud Publishing https://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/1283301 There Once Was A Place Called P.O.P." BOOK http://rippop.com/galleries/gallery-2 Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Audrey Galex tells us how her life and career have been influenced by family stories and finding connections with others. She takes us through her fascinating career in the Middle East and Africa with CNN, then to Atlanta where she worked in journalism, education, video production, and storytelling. And her most recent endeavor: writing a children’s book called “Turtle Rocks.” She’ll also tell us how to make an Aviation cocktail. Links: Turtle Rocks book https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Rocks-Audrey-Galex/dp/B0C17QHSQZ https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9798987036518 AIB https://aibtv.com/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@AIBNetwork Abandoned Mattress Project https://www.facebook.com/abandonedmattressproject Picture of 1905 champagne glasses with cherry https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=321059760462264&set=pcb.321059907128916 Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode, multimedia Artist Rick Claussen entertains us with funny stories about his stint in the Army in Germany and meeting his future wife. He’ll tell us how a game of chance led to a plasma cutter that he now uses to make bells out of scuba tanks. And lots of other creative art along the way. HIs latest passion? Attaching 3D prints to canvas, pouring acrylic paints on top, then spinning it with an electric drill! Imagine the paint spill! He’ll also share his love for a tequila sunrise. Rick’s Instagram Art page: https://www.instagram.com/rixart42/ Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode, Jai West tells us how she went from designing clothes and costumes, to being the personal chef for a famous couple, to owning two restaurants, then her own catering company and now writing and self-publishing a children’s book. With a stint accompanying a couple of rock bands around for a while. And she’ll tell us how to make a delicious Mojito! The Land and the Sea and Baby Makes Three - By Jai C. West https://www.amazon.com/dp/1667886436?ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_9EJ8211JD66GJ2H7KM8X&fbclid=IwAR3YqmKmlhrPA_23FErwjswIP54VldJdwOMlDo_tLjS-5UexLsEcGvqCHgE Book baby bookshop - (Jai’s publisher): https://www.bookbaby.com/ Go West catering - Augusta, GA https://www.alignable.com/augusta-ga/go-west-event-planning-personal-chef https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053256805440 Eat my shorts - came from what TV show character? Bart Simpson! Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Journalist/Activist/Musician Steve Valk clues us in on how his career in journalism led him to a life of activism and how music has played a big part along the way. And he’ll tell us how to make a delicious cocktail that he invented called the Vienna Firefly. Links: https://results.org/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Actress Suzanne Roush remembers her first stage audition at age 9. We discuss how an acting internship at Atlanta’s Alliance Theater was pivotal to her theater career and how getting roles on screen has changed as she’s gotten older. She talks about a long term acting gig job where she wore only a hospital gown. And she’ll tell us how to make her Friday night go-to drink, a Dark and Stormy. LINKS Suzanne’s IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9202427/ SCREEN ROLES Ozark: S2E1 Parole Board Officer https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5071412/mediaviewer/rm3158014208/ The Wonder Years: S1E4 White Lunch Lady https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12682076/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_2_act Doom Patrol: S2E4 Higher-Up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8416494/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act Stranger Things: S2E3 Doris the Receptionist https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6020796/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm Logan Lucky: Salon Customer #2 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5439796/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1 THEATRE Ravens and Seagulls: Essential Theatre (2014) https://www.essentialtheatre.com/play/ravensseagulls/ https://www.artsatl.org/review-ravens-seagulss-real-superb-cast-sharp-edged-writing/ REVIEW: “As accomplished as the cast is, though, this is really Joan’s journey, and Roush has the centerpiece role. She does a superb job of making the character complex and showing how Amanda’s situation is turning her life inside out… After a 10-year absence from the stage, it’s a magnetic piece of acting from Roush, one of the major performances of the summer.” A Red Plaid Shirt: Stage Door Players (2018) https://www.broadwayworld.com/atlanta/article/A-RED-PLAID-SHIRT-Comes-to-Stage-Door-Players-20180906 https://www.essentialtheatre.com/suzanne-roush-in-red-plaid-shirt-at-stage-door-players/ Built To Float: Essential Theatre (2018) https://www.artsatl.org/review-essential-theatres-built-to-float-starts-out-strong-then-loses-focus-in-the-last-act/ “All the performers are quite convincing, and it’s especially gratifying to see Roush around again.” TALENT AGENCY: https://www.stewarttalent.com/profile/suzanne-jordan-roush-atlanta-filmtvtheatre-adults Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Humorist and blogger Lillian Taylor recounts how she wrote a book that turned into a screenplay and what she discovered when writing it. And she’ll tell us how her favorite cocktail is simple, yet delicious. Links: Lillian’s Website: LillianTaylorWriter.com https://lilliantaylorwriter.com/ FB: Lillian Taylor https://www.facebook.com/Lillianwrites IG: Lillian.Taylor.148 https://www.instagram.com/lillian.taylor.148/?hl=en Lillian’s Blog: https://lilliantaylorwriter.com/blog/ TikTok: LillianTaylor00 https://www.tiktok.com/@lilliantaylor00 I’ve been Ma’amed Bistro Mug: https://lilliantaylorwriter.com/product/ive-been-maammed-16oz-bistro-mug/ Lilian’s snarky mug collection: https://lilliantaylorwriter.com/shop-beta-2/ Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode artist and musician, Jas Ingram, tells us about his artistic influences and how the moniker of Captain Lovehandles came to be. He will also entertain us with stories about his band and some of his more colorful friends. And as a non drinker he’ll tell us about his favorite non-alcoholic drink, the tropical smoothie, which we turned into a tropical cocktail! Captain Lovehandles WEBSITES: His website… https://captainlovehandles.tumblr.com/ His Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/captainlovehandles/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainUkehandles Cafe Press: https://www.cafepress.com/captainlovehandles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captain_lovehandles/?fbclid=IwAR0sd7Y7gdXRHservC0JiGIE1KRVvkxv2bkZ9YmeKOcpkM6_RLaaXbKKK7c Instruments Jas Ingram plays: Ukulele Jaw Harp Electric Rake Theremin Harmonica Electric Saw Possum Kingdom Ramblers MUSIC https://www.facebook.com/possumkingdomramblers/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6rCUi6iKBiMlwhLBZMn091 https://open.spotify.com/track/3jHj9F9TdVW6HpJ0Tw7QRu Sarsparilla the Talking Gorilla https://www.facebook.com/sassgorilla/ http://www.sassparilla.com/?fbclid=IwAR3nSXfKjsXD3kcS6C-N_fkV35Vw5QpgykCdrNWFrnZulo0aGKCXo3UaRxo Dennis Ball the Talking Tennis Ball YouTube show https://www.youtube.com/c/thedennisballshow The History of Future Folk - Netflix The band Future Folk https://futurefolk.com/ Jas illustrated their official coloring book https://www.amazon.com/Future-Folk-Official-Coloring-Book/dp/1540435563 Rat Fink - Ed Big Daddy Roth: https://www.ratfink.com/ Licensed Rat Fink artist Favorite projects; Illustrate a book with Clay Harper (he was in The Coolies) Are You Sure That Was a Rabbit? https://www.amazon.com/Are-You-Sure-That-Rabbit/dp/0764340077/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1666913795&refinements=p_27%3AJas+Ingram&s=books&sr=1-1 Beer can - Canadian brewery - Collective Arts Brewing - released only in Sweden after 2020. Radio the MotherShip (beer) .https://res.cloudinary.com/ratebeer/image/upload/w_250,c_limit/beer_498614.jpg Comic Books The new edition of the Tiki Zombie - coming out soon - Jas did one of the alternate covers. https://www.facebook.com/tikizombiecomic/ Uke Republic, Austell, GA - Captain Lovehandles signature line of straps. https://www.ukerepublic.com/store/c150/Captain_Lovehandles_Signature_Series Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Comedian and Improv Master, Emilio Perey, tells us about his career working in improv and how it has changed through the years. And he’ll tell us how to make that classic cocktail, the Manhattan. LINKS: LAUGHING MATTERS https://laughingmatters.com/ Video trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjzSotxksmA Jody, Dan Henigman & Emilio Perey - 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB8BesDIlkQ Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Metal Artist Cash Barnes tells us how growing up with a realist painter father got him started in printmaking and sign fabrication. He’ll educate us on interesting phrases from metalworking, drop some stories about working on a ride at Universal Studios, and tell us about his eye-catching sculptures, including one that is out of this world…all while sipping Jack Daniels over ice. Cash’s Barnes' Art on the Atlanta Beltline: https://art.beltline.org/artist/cash-barnes/ Cash Barnes’ Instagram - Many photos of Cash’s metal work https://www.instagram.com/williamcashbarnes/?hl=en Examples of Cash Barnes’ work: https://www.facebook.com/Precision-Custom-Metals-Inc-127993133888510/ Crashed spaceship sculpture in Atlanta’s Beltline: https://art.beltline.org/art/take-me-to-your-leader/ Jail cell park bench: https://art.beltline.org/art/get-yourself-free/ More cowbell: https://art.beltline.org/art/more-cowbell/ Peace Bomb: https://art.beltline.org/art/the-peace-bomb/ The self portrait of Cash Barnes’ father : https://www.instagram.com/p/BK1s5Cmh1Tv/ Islands of Adventure - Disney - Orlando: https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/theme-parks/islands-of-adventure Fontainebleau Hotel - Miami: https://www.fontainebleau.com/ The D-Day Diorama on a helmet photo that Cash and Stephanie mention will be in our social media. Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode, British-born musician, producer and sound engineer, Jeep Hook, tells us about how the music business has changed since the early 1980’s. He’ll give us some tidbits on what it was like to tour with the band Talk Talk, and how his journey went from England to L.A. and landed in the hip hop capital of the South. There’s some notes about his jazz singer first wife who had several hit songs, high jinks that happened while on the road, and a couple of celebrity interactions. And he’ll give us a healthy drink recipe, which we'll enhance with a little vodka. ( Can't leave it too healthy, you know....) Links: Jeep Hook Website: https://www.jeephook.com/ Jeep Hook YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jeephook Talk Talk Tour -1984 It’s My Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x585PbV_rA0 (At 4:40 into the song Jeep jumps off a speaker playing guitar on stage) Millions Like Us - 1988 In Love with Yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utFQdSanyOI Guaranteed for Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5k_ebGe7HM Reunion tribute to Mark Hollis 2019 - Royal Festival Hall - UK Article: https://consequence.net/2019/07/talk-talk-reunite-mark-hollis-tribute-show/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOJya8TBh6s Basia - Time and Tide - 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWHkihcA_tU Ghetto Mafia - Straight from The Dec (Produced at Jeep’s studio ) https://open.spotify.com/album/1EHFH7SnZ9OxllzCnLb2Oz Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Actress and Drama Teacher Jan Jensen regales us with tales like why she prefers directing teens instead of adults; that time she was naked on stage; why she’s glad she didn’t do a topless scene in a horror movie; what she spends her money on now; and how she went from a small town in Oklahoma to the New Orleans acting scene and then on to teaching drama in Atlanta. And she had a very famous student, but it’s not a big story, it’s a little one. Some links to Jan's career: The Last Slumber Party (FILM) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjfmx-E6xFg Movie: https://tubitv.com/movies/501314/the-last-slumber-party-rifftrax-edition 2016 The Last Slumber Party - Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey Event - interview with Jan Jensen http://bleedingskull.com/rustling-up-the-menfolk-a-conversation-with-jan-jensen/ Vagina Monologues - Director: https://bit.ly/3sqhNEK Main Street Theatre Tucker - The Odd Couple - Female version. Performance Photos: http://www.tuckertheatre.com/odd-couple.html Character Photo: https://bit.ly/3yqL2eq Dinner Theatre - Main Street Theatre: Character Photo: https://bit.ly/3N0YEB8 Jan’s Education videos. Puppet show. Krafted Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIYeqPtsMqM We hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode we talk to Meridith Ford, recovered actor, former food critic and food marketer, and now the owner of Cremalosa gelateria. She'll give us some insights on how hard it really is to be a food critic - hint: it’s not just about eating out. And she’ll tell us how to make a new cocktail with gin and beautiful French liqueur - a martini she calls a “Flying High.” Meridith tells us how a degree in Food Marketing turned into a career as a dining critic, and how she pivoted when the pandemic shut everything down just a month after she opened her new shop. It’s a sweeeeeet conversation, just like the gelato she makes every day! University Meridith attended in Rhode Island - Johnson & Wales University: https://www.jwu.edu/ Dining Critic for Atlanta Journal Constitution: https://muckrack.com/meridith-ford/articles Meridith Ford moves into PR: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/dining-news/exclusive-former-ajc-dining-critic-meridith-f/ Meridith Ford opens up Cremalosa: https://whatnowatlanta.com/meridith-ford-cremalosa-decatur/ https://www.restaurantinformer.com/2021/07/cremalosa-gelato-award/ Cremalosa Gelateria: https://www.cremalosa.com/ Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode Illustrator Trevor Irvin talks about his career as an illustrator from working for a newspaper to creating the mascot for the 1996 Paralympic Games. He’s got a rousing tale about some unexpected behavior from an art school model, and clues us in why he started drawing political cartoons in the last few years. If you want to see one example of his work, put your seats in the upright and locked position and listen to instructions from your flight attendant. His cocktail of choice this episode is a light version of a Margarita. INCLUDED IN THE PODCAST: The best way to reach Trevor Irvin is his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Trevor-S-Irvin-1755964201293064 Or email him directly. He says his email is the best way to find him: trevor@irvinproductions.com He will guide you to links where to find his art, because the sites themselves are a bit hard to maneuver through. http://www.irvinproductions.com/?fbclid=IwAR1hztLxr9tW9euv839YL4CJdik0y5wE2QXKMPktt5boICHz8az7X8d_oyk Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/trevor-irvin/shop Red Bubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/TrevorIrvin/shop Betsy DeVos mug - https://fineartamerica.com/featured/betsy-devos-trevor-irvin.html Political Cartoons - KellyAnn Conway: https://www.cagle.com/trevor-irvin/2017/02/kellyanne-con-job https://www.cagle.com/trevor-irvin/2017/03/i-have-no-evidence-conjob Sean Spicer and KellyAnn Conway together: https://www.cagle.com/trevor-irvin/2017/02/home-of-the-whopper-horiz Blaze - The Paraolympics mascot: https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/mascot#:~:text=Blaze%20the%20phoenix%20was%20chosen,for%20the%20city%20of%20Atlanta. Delta safety card: http://lesliehodges.us/airline-psics-2/ Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode of Creative Conversations with Generation Jones our guest is premiere Atlanta actress Kathleen McManus. She has decades of experience on stage and even a real-life ghost tale to share. She'll tell us how a chance meeting on a Desire Street bus led to a life that started in New Orleans, moved to Las Vegas, and then to Atlanta. And she brings out the big guns with her favorite cocktail that was named after a gun: A French 75 cocktail. Arís Theatre: Atlanta’s Stage for Celtic Culture Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode, Deb Dewitt discusses her career as creative director for several ad agencies, and how she gave it up to become a beekeeper. Now her days include moving swarms of bees, finding uses for the never-ending supply of honey, and trying to avoid an angry bee when it follows her home. She had a brief sojourn into Japanese food pop ups, and now makes food that is almost too beautiful to eat. She also has a honey-inspired cocktail mixer that made her a state champion. Deb's inspirations: Encaustic painting (with beeswax) Deb's Pinterest page of encaustic paintings Deb's Pinterest page of things that inspire her Beekeeping Info in Georgia: Tara Beekeepers Association has beekeeping classes for beginning beekeepers. It is a hands-on 6-month class. If you're going to get into beekeeping, spring is the time to start. Metro Atlanta has Junior beekeeping classes in the summer - great for kids. Pretty much any local bee club’s mission is to provide education. If you're interested in beekeeping and want to join a local club in GA, the Georgia Beekeepers Association has lots of information and listings for all clubs in Georgia. If you want one of the cute honey bee license plate tags, it came about because of the efforts of the GBA. There's info on how to get one on their site. Proceeds go to education for beekeepers and they provide lots of grants to bee clubs and beekeepers. American Beekeeping Federation State Bee Associations Other ways to help bees: - Here's a great site to learn about pollinators and pollinator plants: Beecatur Decatur, GA is a designated Bee City. -Plant some native pollinators in your garden to provide food sources for bees throughout the summer. Lots of information here. -Don't spray for mosquitos, and don’t use pesticides! Hope you enjoyed our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok YouTube

In this episode of Creative Conversations with Generation Jones, we talk to That Puppet Guy, Lee Bryan. He’ll show us how to make James Bond’s favorite martini: The Vesper. Shaken, not stirred. We’ll hear about his move from performing at Six Flags theme park to The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, and why he’s a puppeteer with control issues. He’ll explain how growing older has allowed him to use a black magic marker to cross off the list of things he doesn’t want to do professionally any more, and how he continues to make a living as a puppeteer. Check out Lee Bryan and his many puppets at: https://puppetguy.com Follow Lee Bryan on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/thatpuppetguy Thanks for joining us for this episode of Creative Conversations with Generation Jones. Hope you enjoy our podcast. Find us on our social media: Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok

In this episode we'll learn how to make a sidecar cocktail, the special way Tom Spach does it. The Atlanta musician and composer will treat us to a hilarious and very Generation Jones streaking story. We’ll hear about him playing his music with various live bands and whether he prefers performing or writing music. Plus, we’ll learn what he means by “murder your darlings”. What does he still want to do creatively? Tune in to find out. Also, a BIG THANKS to Tom Spach for our killer open and closing music! TOM SPACH LINKS: Spitfire Cowgirls (song) Ghosts of the Day (song) Justin Sams Band Justin Sams Band (Facebook) Gateway Performance Productions Our social media: Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok

In this episode we talk with native Georgia actor and singer, Glenn Rainey. He’ll tell us about his journey from local Atlanta theater to touring across the country, then working as a Broadway actor in Beauty and the Beast for 7 years, and how serendipity plays a big role in this actor’s life. He’ll give us some funny stories from behind and in front of the theatrical curtains, as well as advice for young aspiring performers. What’s on his mind for a Rainey Day the future? Tune in to find out. Links to Glenn Rainey's Career: Beauty and The Beast Blue Eyed Soul: A Benefit for Broadway Cares Actor's Express A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL "Guys and Dolls" at the Fox Theatre Glenn Interview with Encore Glenn sings with Carols for a Cure Hope you enjoy our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok

In today's episode, we interview each other - Stephanie and Mria - your hosts with the mosts. We start with our favorite cocktails and walk you through some of the highlights of our creative lives. Why are we doing this podcast? Who is it for? And who are WE? Is Stephanie a painter or a puppet maker? Will she be sculpting a little head today or designing a costume for an upcoming play? How about Mria - will she be working on a novel, editing a podcast or producing a health and wellness video today? All good questions. And that's just us. Every Tuesday at cocktail hour, we'll talk to a person of interest in the Arts. They'll tell us why they chose their field, hit the highlights of their career, and clue us in on what they're doing now. They'll drop advice for folks who might want to go into their line of work. And add in a behind-the-scenes tale or two that will make you laugh. BTW, if you're sensitive to colorful language, just know that we talk the way we talk. We certainly don't swear like sailors, but a spicy word will definitely find its way in, here and there. And if you're wondering exactly what Generation Jones is....we'll answer that, too! Hope you enjoy our podcast. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook TikTok