SPOTIFY SHOW NOTES: Welcome to Series 8 of The DOD45 Show! We're kicking off our triple-digit era with the return of lyrical lifer, brewer, and Tucson pillar RUNT of Jivin Scientists. This ain't his first DOD45 rodeo, but it's possibly his most delightfully chaotic one yet.

We talk art, awkward waves, haunted Airbnbs, corn-eating styles, and what happens when you put James Hetfield's beard on James Harden’s face. But we also dig into the soul of the scene—Runt’s poetry, his grind, and the community he’s building behind the bar at Brickbox Brewery. And yes, he has a piece in our "Little Things" show.

🎙️ Episode Highlights:

• Runt’s writing process: still chasing lightning or calling storms?

• The wildest thing said to him after a show

• Why Tucson’s music scene deserves more attention

• Cringiest tattoo decision (not the tat—the choice)

• What happens when your brewery regulars don’t know you rap

• The strangest Pick Your Poison questions to ever involve James Earl Jones and a lobster ritual

• Blackliq drops the final word… again

🎧 Episode Movie & Song Recommendations: 🎬 Sinners – A genre-bending banger set in 1932 Mississippi. Directed by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers caught between juke joints and supernatural horror. Over $280M at the box office. Soulful, strange, and powerful. Watch trailer

🎵 Texas Funeral – Listen by Jon Wayne (1985) Alt-country, cowpunk and Americana satire that gained cult status after appearing in From Dusk Till Dawn. Originally intended for Pulp Fiction. Weird in the best way.

🎵 Patriarch – Listen by Cas One ft. Bitter Stephens & Dizzy Wolfe Explores the seesaw between artistic mastery and self-doubt. A reminder that art sometimes owns us more than we own it.

🎧 Get the full playlist: DOD45 LUVS on Spotify

Did You Know?

• Runt co-owns Brickbox Brewery, a new Tucson staple blending hip-hop, hops & homies.

• Jivin Scientists have been quietly shaping Tucson’s music landscape since the early 2000s.

• Runt’s poem in the Little Things show features a custom impression stamp.

• He also once described his lyrics as “a conversation with ghosts that don’t return my texts.”

🔥 Subscribe to the show, leave us a review, and share this with your weird uncle, art-loving roommate, or that one bartender who secretly makes beats. We’re building something real here—and it works better when you’re in on it.

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Remember back in Series 4 when we were finally getting our act together? Yeah, this episode dropped Feb 15, 2023—we had new Mr. Dibbs theme music, tighter pacing, actual flow... and a podcast host still drawing mutant animals in real time. We’d evolved a ton since the chaotic mess of Series 3. But now that we’re deep into Series 8, we’re re-releasing this wild, wormhole of an episode because—get this—Spotify terminated our original account like absolute maniacs. Yep, they nuked our entire podcast history.

So we’re bringing them back. All of 'em. As many past episodes as we can, as often as we can... because they deserve to be seen, heard, and weirded out over. Just like this one.

In Episode 49, Tai (@ArtByTai) and Adrienne crossed time zones, hemispheres, and possibly dimensions to beam in Aussie underground wordsmith @Thorts for a proper cross-continent convo:

🌏 2 Countries
🕒 2 Time Zones
📆 2 Days Apart
🐱 1 Cat-Morphed-Into-a-Quokka-Skyscraper Drawing

That’s right. While Tai warped Thorts’ beloved cat Frank into a surreal Quokka/Taipei 101 hybrid, the convo bounced between:

🐨 Unhinged Australia-centric hypotheticals
🎤 Thorts’ rabbit-hole journey into hip-hop
🎶 His encyclopedic list of collabs & solo projects
🇨🇦 A weird detour into Saskatoon rap scenes (don’t ask)
👀 And Sage Francis dropping in to blindside Thorts with a throwback moniker during our Sage’s Social Media Lurksegment

✨ DID YOU KNOW?
Thorts has been a true international collab machine since the early 2000s—working with underground artists across the US, UK, Canada, and Europe. His album Bleeding Heart Muzik was hailed by Oz indie circles for its haunting lyricism and anti-commercial ethos. He’s a poet in skate shoes.
Also: Quokkas are known as “the happiest animals on Earth”—and honestly, this chat has that exact energy.

💥 So yeah, if you dig what we’re doing on The DOD45 Show, don’t be a lurker:
Rate it. Review it. Subscribe. Share it.
Tell your crew, your nana, your barista... heck, tell Spotify to reinstate our old episodes while you're at it.

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Originally dropped on Feb 8, 2023 during our all-killer, no-filler Series 4, this episode marked a turning point for The DOD45 Show. We had finally cracked the format code, the pacing hit like a perfect beat drop, and Mr. Dibbs had just laced us with our now-iconic theme music. The evolution from Series 3? Massive. Were we at our current post-Series-7 peak? Not yet. But the monster was waking up...

💥 And then... Spotify did the dumbest thing imaginable: terminated our entire podcast account. Yup. No warning, no explanation, just poof. So now, we’re re-releasing this gem (and all the others!) between new Series 8 drops because this convo with Eligh (of Living Legends royalty) deserves your ears all over again.

🎤 What Went Down (Back Then):

• Eligh got deep on reimagining the grind of touring—think longevity over burnout.

• Talked fatherhood in his 40s and how art fits between diaper changes and tour dates.

• Opened up about the wear and tear of tattooing—physically and spiritually.

• Shared how manifestation and mindful living are steering his second creative renaissance.

💡 And this was also the birth of a now-beloved segment:

🔥 Sage’s Social Media Lurk 🔥
Strange Famous ringleader Sage Francis popped in with our first-ever guest drop-in to expose the dark scroll holes of social media. It was messy. It was glorious. It was... the beginning.

🎯 Unhinged Side Roads Include:
Robin Williams clouds, McDonald’s toys, Dukes of Hazzard, Raiders nostalgia, Bon Jovi riffs, Picabo Street (!?), and even Tom Cruise in Legend. You’ve been warned.

✨ DID YOU KNOW?
Eligh credits sobriety and meditation as the fuel behind his post-Grey Crow solo evolution, and if you didn’t know—Living Legends practically wrote the book on independent hustle, hand-to-hand slinging albums out of backpacks across the West Coast way before it was a thing.

👑 Getting Eligh on DOD45 was a major moment—and yeah, maybe it’s the gateway to bringing more of the Legends into the arena. (Looking at you, Murs.)

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🛹 Originally dropped Feb. 1, 2023 (Series 4)
🧯 Re-released now because Spotify fumbled the bag and torched our podcast account like a bad landlord with a grudge.

🎙️ In this pivotal Series 4 episode of The DOD45 Show, Tai (@ArtByTai) and Adrienne sat down with the two unstoppable visionaries behind Sk8 Liborius — Bryan Bedwell and David Blum — who took a crumbling Gothic Revival church in St. Louis and turned it into a punk palace, underground skate utopia, and creative sanctuary for the misfit masses.

👂 If you missed this when it first aired, now’s your second chance to catch one of the most inspiring conversations from the season where we finally figured out the format. We had Mr. Dibbs on intro beats, we were firing on all cylinders, but still short of the weird beautiful chaos we hit post-Series 7.

🔥 Highlights from the Episode
• The Church That Became a Skatepark: How an 1889 cathedral morphed into the Sk8 Liborius dreamscape.
• DIY to the Core: Punk shows, rave nights, and community programs born from busted pews and board slides.
• Raising the Roof (Literally): How they hoped to raise $1-4 million to lock in permits, repair the bones, and go full legit.

🕯️ Tragedy Strikes:
On June 28, 2023, just months after this episode aired, a fire tore through Sk8 Liborius — gutting the church and punching every skater in the soul. The rectory’s kitchen went up first, and by the time the smoke cleared, most of the structure was gone. But the spirit? Still grinding.

🛠️ Ways to Support:
• Donate to the GoFundMe – Every buck helps rebuild this icon of art and resistance.
• Buy the ArtByTai tribute print – 100% goes to the rebuild fund. No middlemen, no fluff. Just support.

📜 Did You Know?
• Sk8 Liborius was one of the few U.S. skateparks housed in a 19th-century cathedral listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Before the fire, their crew hosted free events for underserved kids, hip-hop shows, even weddings (with a halfpipe backdrop).
• The Sk8 Liborius community is still meeting regularly, rallying funds, and planning its resurrection. These folks don’t quit.

🎯 So Here’s What You Can Do:
LISTEN.
SHARE.
SUBSCRIBE.
REVIEW.
TELL YOUR FRIEND WHO USED TO SKATE OR STILL DOES OR WISHES THEY DID.
The underground doesn’t survive without the aboveground making noise for it.

🎥 Watch the full episode now on Spotify video, or just tune in while you sketch, shred, or pretend to be working. And don't forget — new Series 8 episodes are also dropping weekly.

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🔗 Stay in the Loop:
🎨 ArtByTai.com
📸 @artbytai
🏛️ @sk8liborius

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🚨 Originally dropped January 25th, 2023. Brought back from the grave thanks to Spotify pulling a bonehead move and killing off our entire podcast feed. (Nice one, Spotify. Real helpful.) So now we’re re-uploading every single one of our past episodes—sometimes daily—between our new Series 8 drops. You're welcome.

This heater came straight outta Series 4—that glorious run when we finally locked in the pacing, sharpened the format, and debuted that fresh Mr. Dibbs-produced theme music. We were dialed in… though, yeah, still rough around the edges. But damn if we weren’t on the verge of something big.

And who better to help us stretch our wings than Lazerbeak—the multi-tasking, genre-bending producer from Doomtree, Shredders, Dope Walker, and a dozen other soundscapes. This episode has Tai & Adrienne chopping it up with Beak about:

🔥 Lava Bangers II and the ten-year legacy of his breakout beat tape
🎤 Producing Lizzo’s debut (Lizzo Bangers—yep, he was there at ground zero)
🏀 Crafting the official anthem for the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 2023 season
😇 Growing up religious and the oh-so-familiar childhood anxiety
😂 The first time he swore (his bike caught the heat)
🎶 His bizarrely dope playlist tastes—from Carly Rae Jepsen to El-P to Luther Vandross

💥 Bonus Round: Mr. Dibbs tosses in a wild card question about where “Lazerbeak” got his name. The answer? Let’s just say… it involves ancient robots.

✨ DID YOU KNOW?
Before music became the day job, Beak was grinding nonprofit office hours by day and cooking beats by night. Man was moonlighting with mission until the leap paid off.

If you’ve been ridin’ with DOD45, or you’re just now hopping on—this one’s a must-watch.

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A POS, a Sims, a Lazerbeak & a Paper Tiger walk into a bar…
What comes out? SHREDDERS.

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Welcome to Series 8 of The DOD45 Show! We’re continuing with strong with Minneapolis rapper/educator MaLLy, whose new album The Sweetest of It All is pure reflection, smooth delivery, and grounded lyricism.

💿 It’s a full-length collab with Last Word (produced in NZ!), and it sounds like grown-ass rap with heart. Think: soul grooves, boom bap roots, and lyrics soaked in gratitude, clarity, and lived experience. - https://open.spotify.com/album/0CUZqw7vCDDh6ojz9Da9y7?si=lPykOl5qTR2IO-2Ef7cMBg

🎧 Highlights from the album:
• “New Year, New Wave” – a reset anthem with thunder beneath it
• “Dreaming” – soft-spoken self-awareness over a mellow glide
• “100 Heartbreaks” – quiet devastation in controlled bars

💬 “This album exhales,” Tai says—and MaLLy confirms, it’s a project made to be felt in motion. Preferably in a Toyota 4Runner.

🗯️ Absurdity ensues as we drop into:
• The Mall of America vs Giant Squeaky Necklace dilemma
• Whether Mally prefers being named after Spike Lee or Bruce Lee
• Why he hates the question, “So what do you do?”
• Drawing an elephant with three heads
• And why the Deep Ellum lady thought Tai was hired help

🎬 Movie Recommendation: Mallrats (1995)
A 90s slacker cult classic from Kevin Smith, filmed in Eden Prairie Center Mall (Minnesota shoutout!)
• Comic book nerds, food court crises, trench coats and Jason Lee in full flight
• “That kid is back on the escalator again!” — just pure cinematic joy

🎶 Song Shares:
• All We Need – Raury – Adrienne’s pick, a lush, hopeful track with gospel leanings and a teenage wisdom beyond its years
• Rapture – Zoot – Tai’s eerie, lo-fi choice that feels like Burial and DJ Screw fused in an abandoned arcade. A beatmaker’s fever dream.

🎧 Don’t miss the DOD45 Luvs Playlist – a running vault of every song shared on the show.

🤝 Support Mally at his website or Instagram. Don’t just stream—buy the vinyl.
🌐 Connect: ArtByTai | Strange Famous Records

💥 New music also out now from Aesop Rock, Slugghead, and others worth diving into

🙏 If you dig the pod, leave a rating, a review, or tell your mall security officer. It helps the show more than you know.

🔚 Final thought from Mally: “We’re all connected. Be kind to one another.”

Originally released January 18, 2023, this off-the-rails solo episode from Series 3 of The DOD45 Show is back as part of our full re-release blitz—dropping as many past episodes as we can (sometimes daily) between new Series 8 drops. Why? Because Spotify pulled a boneheaded move and nuked our original podcast account. So now we’re rebuilding it—louder, weirder, better.

Now, let’s be clear—we don’t usually drop guest-less episodes. It’s not really our thing. We’ve always figured our audience wants the chaos of conversations, not just Tai ranting into the void. But this one? This one worked. So we’re not saying we’ll make a habit of it... but maybe we’ll throw a few in from time to time.

In this one, Tai was in full tilt: no guest, no script, just 45 minutes of drawing a lynx while unloading hot takes on anything and everything.

What happened:

• Airline travel nightmares that nearly broke him

• Comedians who forgot how jokes work

• People with zero self-awareness getting full-volume attention

• Adrienne on deck to fact-check, balance, and try to keep the ship from capsizing

Bonus audience Q&A:

• Favorite graffiti artists (Tai's got opinions)

• Do ghosts have teeth? (We regret asking)

• Who really killed Tommy Boy Records?

Did You Know:

• The lynx Tai drew during this taping became one of his fastest-completed pieces ever—and it sold before the episode even dropped

• Tai’s airline rage rant has been quoted back to him by fans at art shows across the country

• At least one graffiti artist mentioned in this ep reached out to say thanks for the unexpected love

Watch more episodes or collect Tai’s art:
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Theme music by Mr. Dibbs:
mrdibbs.bandcamp.com

Support the show:
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Peace.
– Tai

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Originally released on January 4, 2023, this gem from Series 3 of The DOD45 Show returns as part of our full podcast archive re-upload. Why the rerun? Because Spotify, in all its wisdom, decided to shut down our original podcast account—so now we’re bringing every episode back, as many as possible, sometimes daily, in between new drops from Series 8. Thanks for the detour, Spotify.

By the time this one aired, we’d hit our Series 3 stride. The format had started locking in, the pacing was almost dialed, and we were finally loosening the screws enough to let the madness flow. Still not the evolved beast it is post-Series 7—but you could tell it was coming.

This episode featured the triumphant return of Illogic (Jawhar Glass), fresh off nearly retiring from the mic. He joined Tai and Adrienne to talk about his album The Transition—a record of growth, change, and creative rebirth.

While Tai live-drew a piece inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Memento, the conversation spiraled through music, movies, chili, laws, and laughs.

What went down:

• Illogic’s deep love for Nolan films and how Tenet might be impossible to understand

• Who played Batman best (and worst), and his picks to play The Joker

• Imagined collaborations with Billie Eilish and Billie Holiday

• A Guy Fieri vs. pasta debate that turned heated (Cincinnati chili enters the chat)

• Mr. Dibbs dropped a surprise question that cracked everyone up

• A breakdown of bizarre Ohio laws

• And the ultimate question: Is Illogic a better fit in Kill Bill or Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure?

Did You Know:

• Illogic is widely credited as one of the pioneers of abstract, poetic hip-hop in the underground scene.

• His collaborations with Blueprint and Aesop Rock helped shape an entire generation of indie lyricists.

• The Transition was seen by fans as one of his most personal, introspective works to date.

DOD45 and ArtByTai:
Watch the full archive and new drops at dod45.com
Collect Tai’s artwork and limited prints: artbytai.com

Theme Music by Mr. Dibbs:
Stream Dibbs’ catalog

Follow Illogic:
Instagram: @illogic614
Bandcamp: illogic.bandcamp.com

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Help us rebuild what Spotify zapped. Every share, comment, and follow helps keep this show alive and evolving.

Peace.
– Tai

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