🎤💥 Originally aired June 5, 2024, but thanks to Spotify pulling a corporate faceplant and TERMINATING our podcast account (seriously, who does that?!), we're re-releasing EVERY past episode—two or more a day—until this entire back catalog is back where it belongs: melting minds on your feed!

🔥 Series 7 classic, now bundled with the bonus "Dish" episode—all in one glorious oversized podcast sandwich.You're welcome. Listen in chunks, no complaints—it’s FREE.

In this episode, Tai of ArtByTai flexed the ol’ ballpoint muscles to draw a Sea Otter-themed fever trip, while Denver-based Hawaiian/Filipino underground rhyme slinger Staplemouth aka Killwendigo cracked open his esoteric, sharp-edged universe.

Special guest intro by gravel-god Awol One + curveball questions lobbed by scratch sorcerer Mr. Dibbs = certified mind melt.

🎯 Did You Know?!

• Staplemouth once performed with a marching band in a mall food court (probably).

• His lyricism has been described as “the sound of a collapsing dreamscape wrapped in razor wire.”

• Fun fact: His Thunderhead EP was featured on UGSMAG’s "Top Indie Hip-Hop Releases of 2023."

🍿 Tai’s Recommendations (Backed by Science & Absurdity):

🎬 Movie:

Midnight Special (2016) – Directed by Jeff Nichols, this one’s Spielberg’s Close Encounters meets a X-Files fever dream. Glowing kids, government chases, supernatural chaos.

▶️ Watch Trailer

🎵 Songs:

• "Braggadocio" by MC Frontalot – Nerdcore’s slickest linguist flexes word acrobatics.

• "The Mad Writer" by L'Orange – Dusty noir beats for when you're lurking in alleyways or sketching otters in existential crisis.

• 🔥 DOD45 Song Share Playlist – For brave ears only.

🌊 STAPLEMOUTH ESSENTIALS:

• "Thunderhead"

• "Bad Man Good Heart"

• "Starlit Grotto"

💽 Full catalog → Staplemouth Bandcamp

🧠 Topics, Tangents & Other Rabbit Holes:

• What a Combo Podcast (Fern Brady)

• "Aretha" by Brother Ali

• Hay-On-Wye: The Town of Books

• Strange Famous Fest Madness

• Rove's Poke the Bear

• Beastie Boys Book: For Whom the Cowbell Tolls

• 50 Rappers Who Changed the World

🚨 REMINDER FROM THE VOID:

If you survived this episode:

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✔️ SMASH that follow/subscribe

✔️ SPREAD it like wildfire to friends, enemies, sea otter enthusiasts & conspiracy theorists alike

🔥 DON’T HOARD THIS CHAOS—SHARE IT.

🔗 SOCIALS & SUPPORT:

• Staplemouth: @staplemouth_killwendigo

• ArtByTai: @artbytai

• DOD45: @dod45w

• Websites: ArtByTai.com | DOD45.com | StrangeFamousRecords.com | MrDibbs.com

🍽️ THE DISH (Combined Bonus Segment!)

Staplemouth spilled on firsts, worsts & thirsts—everything from childhood injuries to Wu-Tang preferences to sandwich philosophy. It’s all baked into this re-release so you can binge it all in one sitting.

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