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Drummer, composer and painter Chris Parker discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Saturday Night Live, Bob Dylan, G. E. Smith, T-Bone Wolk, Will Lee, Steve Gadd, Frida Kahlo, Thelonious Monk, Stuff, Brecker Brothers, Don Grolnick, Steve Khan, David Sanborn, Quincy Jones, The Parker Brothers Extravaganza, Sneaky Cookin', Mikell's, Woodstock, New York, Salt-N-Pepa, Emu Sp1200, music education, double drumming, sketching, painting, watercolors, art lampoons, civet coffee and what it was like growing up playing Bijou (Rhumba a la Jazz) with exotic dancers at age 11!

The song "You're a Giver" by The Chris Parker Quartet is featured after the interview.

Recorded on the phone July 2025 between Athens, NY and Palmdale, CA.

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J.C. Gabel continues to discuss how creativity affects his work and personal life. Part 3 of our discussion focuses heavily on books, film and music.

Hat & Beard Press is an independent, Los Angeles-based publisher and print production house.

Topics include; Fred Armisen, Trenchmouth, The Flaming Lips, Brian Wilson, Pulp, Suede, Nikola Tesla, La Bamba, Lou Diamond Phillips, Los Lobos, The Byrds, Love, William Shatner, Amoeba Music: What's in My Bag?, Criterion Closet Picks, Marc Maron, Stop Smiling: The magazine for high-minded lowlifes, Elijah Wood, The Elephant 6 Recording Company and the theory that there are currently more independent bookstore in London and Paris than in the United States!

*Recorded July 2025 in Silver Lake - Los Angeles, CA.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Pilates instructor, dancer and studio owner Grace Wang Caltabiano discusses how creativity affects her work and personal life.

Topics include; Pilates, scholarship, ballet, balance, red light therapy, Studio Reformers, full body strength and longevity, Joseph Pilates, Madonna, Wayne Brady, Tom Caltabiano, Ray Romano, Ed Begley Jr., Living with Grace and how Grace Anatomy is very likely the only pilates studio in the USA that features sour dough bread with freshly cracked pepper and a crock of olive oil!

*Recorded July 2025 in Burbank, CA.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.