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FUSEBOX

The Show for Everybody… But Not Everybody Will Like It.

3rd Thursdays 1:30pm and 9:00pm
Fusebox
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About The Show

What is Fusebox you ask? Well, Fusebox is a podcast. But not about pods… or casts. Although casts are interesting because you can write and draw on them… except you wouldn’t want a cast because that would mean you broke something which, you know, would really suck.

So yeah, Fusebox is a podcast about stuff other than casts or pods even though our studio is like a pod… sort of. Or not.

Wait, what was the question again?

Meet The Host

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Marc Rose

Host

Accomplished musician, amature mixologist, and ferret-wrangler are a few of the many talents Marc brings to Fusebox. A native of the West Coast,
fate and good timing brought Marc to the Pacific Northwest where he owns and operates the award-winning audio design studio Fuse. He won an Emmy™ award for music, sound design, and character
voice on NBC’s “Shamu TV”. But just don’t ever ask him about chem-trails… or
Florida.

Milt Kanes

Other Host... sort of

Originally from Utah (Yeah, we couldn’t believe it either), Milt started his career as a DJ for a number of long-defunct radio stations across the country… which isn’t a coincidence as Milt likes to point out. His true calling came as a Program Director, but his real passion is as a Board-Operator. Once got stoned and ‘got busy’ with a certain blonde actress… while driving… through Utah… before being pulled over and arrested.

Episode Library

Fusebox 269: “STUPIDITY TARIFF” 33:11 - Show Open:: A Taco To Go :: Welcome To The Liars’ Club :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 9 :: Fusebox Liner ID ::A Smelly Rant :: The Smell Of Grift :: Some Goodwill FromRobert Reich:: Have You Heard The Good News: 1) A Breath Of Clean Air2) Working From Home Big Time3) Otters Return To Ibera4) Clean The Air, It’s Now The Law5) Shrooms of Longevity :: Fusebox Liner ID: Your Healthcare Plan :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Beast of the Yellow Night” (1971) ::Show Close. Tariff-free thanks to our contributors on this one;Erin Lehnfor erudite ID pronouncements and42nd Street Petefor another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema. Hugely big thanks toGrindhouse Resurrection Magazinefor sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on theirFacebook Page Too! Check out ourYouTube Channel! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store ...
Fusebox 267: “MOOD POISON” 30:51 - Show Open Vinylized!:: Clean Up on Aisle 4 :: A Simpler Time? :: The Vinyl Rant :: It Can’t Really Last :: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 7 :: Fusebox Liner ID :: Have You Heard The Good News? :: Bonus Added Feature Of Extra Added-Ness :: A Grindhouse Minute: “The Losers” (1970) :: Show Close. Clean bill of thanks to our contributors on this one;Erin Lehnfor exquisite ID pronouncements and42nd Street Petefor another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema. Hugely big thanks toGrindhouse Resurrection Magazinefor sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on theirFacebook Page Too! Check out ourYouTube Channel! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag:TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us onINSTAGRAM Fusebox is produced byMarc Rose,Milt Kanes, andJeff Pollard Music and Post Production ...
Fusebox 265: “GOOD TROUBLE” 25:53 - COLD OPEN“John Lewis Good Trouble”::Show Open :: Listen, Smell That?::Making "Good Trouble" ::Hands Off! Protests:: Fusebox Liner :: Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 8 :: Fusebox Liner ID :: The Voices Rise Red And Blue :: “The Minotaur In The Whitehouse” Written And Narrated By Jodi Lorimer :: Who Am These Technocrats Anyway? :: What's The Bigger Picture? :: A Grindhouse Minute: Satan's Sadists"(1969) :: Show Close. Rambunctious thanks to our contributors on this one;Jodi Lorimerfor shaving the Minotaur andJeff Pollardfor inspired ID pronouncements.Thanks as well to42nd Street Petefor another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema. Hugely big thanks toGrindhouse Resurrection Magazinefor sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on theirFacebook Page Too! Check out ourYouTube Channel! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag:TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us ...
Fusebox 263: “REICH N’ROLL” 25:14 - Show Open ::Marching To A Deranged Drummer::RomanFor A Zeik Heil::You Got Some Susplainin’ To Do::Fusebox Liner::Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot #9::Fusebox ID::“Eclipsoid Man” Stats::Hot Wire Of Science: Mice Save The World?::Fusebox Liner ID: ELON::A Grindhouse Minute: "El Condor" (1970)::Show Close Bombastic thanks to our contributors on this one;Sabra MayandGregory Wilsonfor splendid ID-if-ications.Thanks as well to42nd Street Petefor another dip into the grimy depths of Grindhouse cinema. Hugely big thanks toGrindhouse Resurrection Magazinefor sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on theirFacebook Page Too! Check out ourYouTube Channel! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag:TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us onINSTAGRAM Fusebox is produced byMarc Rose,Milt Kanes,Jeff Pollard, andRegina Carol, Music and Post Production by Marc Rose, andFuse. Fusebox cover art byPOLLARDdesign. Attribution by Marc Rose. This work is licensed under a ...
Fusebox 260: “FETE TO BE TIDE”” 27:07 - PRE ROLL: “Stealing Of The Underwear”, Show Open, Go Easy On The Holiday Cheer, The Last Show Of This Year, Celebrations Gone Crazy, A Closeted Zappa Fan? Fusebox Liner ID, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot #2, Fusebox Liner ID: "Shrunken Steve”, Let The Festivities Begin, National Nothing Day, Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, National Pig Day, National Napping Day, National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors Porch Day, National Hug Your Cat Day, National Answer Your Cat's Questions Day, Yadnya Kasada, International Hair Freezing Contest, Monkey Buffet Festival, A Goose Pulling Festival, The Tunarama Festival, The Yanshui Fireworks Festival, Los Bolas De Fuego, Festival Of The Exploding Hammer, Frozen Dead Guy Days, Underwater Music Festival, Show Close. Celebratory thanks to our contributor on this one; Eden Neuendorf for rave inducing pronouncements. Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on ...
Fusebox 257: “ACKAMARAKAS” 29:19- Word Salad With Croutons, He’s Gone Rancid, What’s In A Name?, Mood Swings Abound, Liner ID Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 4, RFK’s Ackamarakas,Fusebox Liner ID: Seal Team 6 Doesn’t knock, More Ackamarakas From RFK Jr., Things Gone Bad With Sinclair Broadcasting, Ted’s YouTube Channel, The Hot Wire Of Science: “Mosquito Drones”, Book Dumping In Florida, Fusebox ID, The Show Must Go On…Forever, Show Close Crystal clear thanks to our contributors on this edition of the show; Hugely big thanks toGrindhouse Resurrection Magazinefor sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on theirFacebook Page Too! Check out ourYouTube Channel! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag:TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us onINSTAGRAM Fusebox is produced byMarc Rose,Milt Kanes,Jeff Pollard, andRegina Carol, Music and Post Production by Marc Rose, andFuse. Fusebox cover art byPOLLARDdesign. Attribution ...
Fusebox 251: “BANJAXED” 35:44 -Banjaxed Out Of The Box, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Thanks To Our Man In Ireland Neal O’Connor, A Chat About Roger, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 4 https://42ndStreetPete.net, Fusebox Liner ID: Better Than A Subpoena, Tolling Tales, Tolling Polls, Fusebox Liner Id, Roger Takes A Final Bow, Fusebox Show Close. Completely cohesive thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Leslie Jane and Gregory Wilson for inspired vocal enthusiasm-ment. A special tip of the hat to Neal O’Connor for the “Banjaxed” title suggestion. Find his show, “Into Your Head” at this link, as well as his YouTube Channel. Check out our YouTube Channel! Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on their Facebook Page Too! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox ...
Fusebox 250: “SHAMCASTING” 26:42-Pulling The Wool Over Your Own Eyes, Sham Shenanigans, Shamtastic Shamcasting, Fusebox Liner,Grindhouse Resurrection MagazineSpot 5 https://42ndStreetPete.net, Fusebox Liner ID: Released From A Lab In Wuhan, Shamcasters,Shamcasting:“A Blood Bath?”,Shamcasting:Trump Media Plays Financial Footsies,Shamcasting:Holier Than Thou-Except When I’m Not,Shamcasting:They Shoot Dogs Don’t They?, Fusebox Liner ID: May Cause Burning, WTF, Florida: (1) Who’ll Stop The Wind, (2) 50th Place With A Bullet, Fusebox Show Close. Golden-tongued thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show;Erin Lehn,Jodi Lorimer, andGregory Wilsonfor splendid vocal embellishments. Check out ourYouTube Channel! Hugely big thanks toGrindhouse Resurrection Magazinefor sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on theirFacebook Page Too! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag:TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us onINSTAGRAM Fusebox is produced byMarc Rose,Milt Kanes,Jeff Pollard, andRegina Carol, Music and Post Production by Marc Rose, andFuse ...
Fusebox 248: “SATISFRACTURE” 30:02 - PRE ROLL: That Palermo Story, Show Open, Ya Gotta Make Time, Just Bursting With Giddy Delight, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 6 https://42ndStreetPete.net, Fusebox Liner ID: Decisions,Decisions, Setting The Scene, The Fusebox Interview: Ray White and Nick Chargin, You’re Hired!, Show Close. Splint-less thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Nick Chargin, Ray White , and the folks with The Stinkfoot Orchestra for carrying the torch. Thanks as well to Gregory Wilson for splendid vocal embellishments. Check out our YouTube Channel! Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on their Facebook Page Too! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag: TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us on INSTAGRAM Fusebox is produced by Marc Rose, Milt Kanes, Jeff Pollard, and ...
Fusebox 247: “NOODLE JUICE” 27:15 - Go Easy On The Juice, Buddy, Just Trying To Be Of Service, Flip All The Cards, Deep Dive At The Mustang Ranch, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 5, https://42ndStreetPete.net, Fusebox Liner ID: Better Than A Subpoena, The “Noodle Juice” Origin, Tea Tasting Disclaimer, Yak Butter Tea, Panda Dung Tea, Fusebox Liner: Content May Be Unsuitable For Some Viewers, Tropicana Closes In Vegas, WTF, Lying Liars That Lie In Florida? The Great Escape! Show Close. Protein enriched thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Kevin Cooke and Gregory Wilson. Check out our YouTube Channel! Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on their Facebook Page Too! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag: TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us ...
Fusebox 244: “ABSURD A TROIS” 34:10 - Pulling The Levers Of Reality, Taking An Absurd Dive, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 8, https://42ndStreetPete.net, Tragic Journals: “The Portrait Artist”, Fusebox Liner: Got Bolts?, Some Absurdist Film Recommendations: Brazil (1985), The Forbidden Zone (1978), The Magic Christian (1969), Eraser Head (1977), The Collective Shorts Of Jan Swankmajer, Cemetery Man (1994), The Fusebox Interview: “Christine Lassiter Part 1”, Show Close Absurdly wonderful thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Christine Lassiter and Gregory Wilson Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on their Facebook Page Too! And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag: TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us on INSTAGRAM Fusebox is produced by Marc Rose, Milt Kanes, Jeff Pollard, and Regina Carol, Music and Post ...
Fusebox 239: “Seasons Pleadings”” 28:30 - Show Intro, Season’s Sneezings, Timo’s Holiday Awful-ring, A Pause In The Disaster, Clip From Fusebox 219: “The Frankenstein Martini”, Clip From Fusebox 214: “Brain Organoids”, Clip From Fusebox 229: “Meet Kyle The Kinkajou”, Clip From Fusebox 217: “Color Bars”, Fusebox ID, Grindhouse Resurrection Spot 3, Fusebox Liner ID, Clip From Fusebox 229: “WTF! Florida Top 10 List”, Clip From Fusebox 220: “Morning Ramen”, Clip From Fusebox 223: “Iko And Milo Go Droning”, Show Close, POST ROLL: “Cue Disaster”. A holiday-sized gift box of thanks to our contributors for this past season of shows; Rob Askew, Elizabeth Bok, Scott Campbell, Nick Chargin, Pete Chiarella, Kevin Cooke, Callem Deering, Leslie Jane, Stuart Krug, Nico Lane, Erin Lehn, Jodi Lorimer, Kenzie Main, Erica Maity, Daniel Marshall, Sabra May, Nancy McDonald, Joe Medina, Evan Moriwaki, Sam A.Mowry, Eric Newsome, Dre O’Brien, Laurence Overmire, Sarah Robertson, Kim Stafford, Mike ...
Fusebox 223: “U.F.Uh Oh!” 25:04 - PRE ROLL: Iko And Milo Set The Controls, You May Already Have Been Probed, Fusebox Liner Id, Acronym Crackers In My Soup, A Slight Disturbance In The Force, Once More From The Top, Houston, We Have A Problem, Twice More From The Top Again, The DoD Pulls An AARO From Its Quiver, A Drone By Any Other Name, A Do Over?, Show Close. POST ROLL: Inter-Dimensional Apologies. A Saucer full of thanks to our contributor on this edition of the show; Jodi Lorimer for excellence in ID pronouncifications. And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag: TheFuseboxShow.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Follow us on INSTAGRAM Visit the Fusebox YouTube Channel too! Fusebox is produced by Marc Rose, Milt Kanes, Jeff Pollard, and Regina Carol, Music and Post Production by Marc Rose, and Fuse. Fusebox cover ...
Fusebox 223: “U.F.Uh Oh!”25:04 - PRE ROLL: Iko And Milo Set The Controls, You May Already Have Been Probed, Fusebox Liner Id, Acronym Crackers In My Soup, A Slight Disturbance In The Force, Once More From The Top, Houston, We Have A Problem, Twice More From The Top Again, The DoD Pulls An AARO From Its Quiver, A Drone By Any Other Name, A Do Over?, Show Close. POST ROLL: Inter-Dimensional Apologies.A Saucer full of thanks to our contributor on this edition of the show;Jodi Lorimerfor excellence in ID pronouncifications.And remember to visit the Fusebox Store for updates, thoughts, comments, fears, regrets, and genuine Fusebox Swag:TheFuseboxShow.comSUPPORT US ON PATREON!Follow us onINSTAGRAMVisit theFusebox YouTube Channel too!Fusebox is produced byMarc Rose,Milt Kanes,Jeff Pollard, andRegina Carol,Music and Post Production by Marc Rose, andFuse.Fusebox cover art byPOLLARDdesign.Attribution by Marc Rose.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.©2023 Fusebox. All ...
Fusebox 219: “The How To of the What For” smacks you right in the face with science and truth and crap like that there, and no amount of MAGA gear is gonna protect your ignorance. So buckle up, strap in, and open your ear holes and your mind for more audio knowledge! –– ...
Fusebox 226: “Art House of Pancakes” is served up piping-hot and slathered in that hot dripping audio goodness growing every body needs! So, pull up a chair and dive right in, folks. Second (and third) helpings are encouraged ‘cause we know you crave Fusebox! –– ...
Fusebox 225: “On A Hard Roll”: When “42nd Street Pete” gets on a roll, ya stay your ass back, ya give the guy room, and ya marvel! Marc n’ Milt interview the ever ‘colorful’ Pete Chiarella in this punk-slap-to-the-neck episode of Fusebox. Hang on to your butts! –– ...
Fusebox 218: “Eudemonia” — Whether ya spell it ‘eudemonia’, ‘eudaimonia’ or ‘eudaemonia’ it means the same thing: somewhere on planet earth, a buncha hippies are swaying and flailing in a naked drum circle slathered in patchouli oil high as kites and tryin’ to touch the sky –– ...
Fusebox 217: “Color Bars” — Think pink is a “girl’s color”? Get uncontrollable eye twitch when ya see rainbows? Feel pissed over Black Lives Matter messaging? Then Fusebox 217: “Color Bars” ain’t for you, so move along and wallow in your sad little black and white world –– ...
Fusebox 216: “POV CHIC” — The more things change, the more ‘Merica stays dumber than a bag of hammers. Get enlightened folks! And how ‘bout ya let Fusebox get ya started with this here hand-dandy easy-to-use podcast! No assembly required! Your mileage may vary –– ...
Fusebox 215: “Advance to the Rear” — Nobody puts Fusebox in the corner… unless it’s a live show and “Suicide Sally” keeps us away from real people. Hmm… ...
Fusebox 215: “Advance to the Rear” — Nobody puts Fusebox in the corner… unless it’s a live show and “Suicide Sally” keeps us away from real people. Hmm… ...
Fusebox 213: “Heard It Thru The Grapevine” — Not much longer will MAGA thrive! But until that glorious day, enjoy this slice of post-xmas Fusebox audio goodness — ...
Fusebox 210: “Dread Reckoning” — Look, it’s really simple: Ya let some group of chuckleheads take away the basic human rights of one group, ya risk ‘em taking away the rights of another group… a group YOU might be part of. And that’s exactly why we vote, folks ...
Fusebox 209: “Under Obstruction” — What do ya get when Americans don’t exercise their right to vote? You get a smoking crater where your country used to be. So, if you like the freedoms we enjoy here in the United States of Awesome, get’cher ass out and VOTE! ...
Fusebox 197: “Codswallop” :: Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful podcast called Fusebox. It was a funny, insightful, clever, and entertaining podcast enjoyed and tolerated by tens of dozens of a couple of people across the land.THE END — ...
Fusebox 196: “Conspiranoimia”—Sure, it’s what’s on the inside that counts. But if ya cut MTG open, you’d be slathered and awash in batcrap crazy mixed with eye-gouging tastebud-blistering icepick-in-the-ears ugliness to match her outsides! ...
Fusebox 195: “Is It In?”—Find out if Marc Rose and Milt Kanes were able to get Fusebox’s “Studio 51” out of a technological black hole and up and running bigger, better, n’ badder than before. And remember: When something doesn’t fit, get a bigger hammer! ...
Host Marc Rose details the process of rewiring the Fusebox studio and the calamities therein. Also, a look at the "Sunshine Protection Act" and a few award winning WTF Florida's ...
A conversation loaded with Frank Zappa Easter eggs. There might be a fly in the ointment though ...
In this second part of our two part program, we explore a bit further into the "mind's ear" ...
On this episode we explore the "minds ear" as we delve deep into spoken word performances ...

Irreverent without being malicious.

An audio cartoon.

These are just two of the ways we’ve described our show to folks. With witty banter, deft writing, interesting interviews with a wide variety of fascinating guests, and cleverly crafted comedic bits, Fusebox really is The Show for Everybody… But Not Everybody Will like it. But, heck, try us out! Push Play! Drop the needle! Listen and smell for yourself! Besides, it’s only 30 minutes out of your life to give us a listen!
What, you got better things to do?

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Once upon a time, 2015 to be exact, there was a sound designer and voice actor named Marc Rose who was having something of a mid-life crisis which evolved into this really stupid idea to do a podcast (clearly, the guy needs a date). Anyway, he went ahead and did it by, somehow, bribing this other dude named Milt Kanes with promises of riches and possibly “donuts” (more on that later), so Milt decided to come on board because, heck, how long could Fusebox last? Three shows maybe? Eleven minutes?

So they did their first show and yet another loser, er… I mean friend, actor, and graphic designer named Jeff Pollard heard the show and offered to brand Fusebox by creating a crispy masthead, spanky tagline, and cooler-than-the other-side-of-the-pillow cover art. Anyway, this Jeff dude also starting writing for the show and creating regular bits and sketches n’ skits and characters and crap like that so that all of Marc, Milt, and Jeff’s loser, er… actor friends could come and play too. And play they did!

Soon, these three idiots discovered they had listeners in England and Ireland and Australia and South Africa and even Russia among other places! The next piece of the puzzle was the addition of Regina Carol to handle the social media crap (and hopefully keep Milt somewhat in line) since neither Marc, Milt, or Jeff really excel or even understand social media… I mean, what the holy heck is “InstaFace” anyway? So this “eleven minute” foray into the podcasting world has turned into an 8 years-200 hundred shows-and-counting odyssey that has left family and friends
scratching their heads.

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