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Do you want to Be Cool?
Be Cool is a collaboration between myself and Kenzie and Chloe of Super Famous. The video debuts this evening at our Sketchfest show, but you can listen and download the track right now! Singles by Jesse Mercury
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SciFi #12: Things are Looser in South Alderaan
Jesse and Naomi shine a light on the lies of Yoda and Obi-Wan, incest taboos in South Alderaan, SciFi they can believe in, and the struggle to feel good about yourself. Featuring an acoustic duet performance of Asteroid Field. Part 2 of 2. SciFi with Jesse Mercury is now on PlayerFM!
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My Frasier adoration made manifest
Due to some sort of cosmic idiot luck, I ended up reading as Frasier in a live episode of my favorite podcast with Matt Mira and Kevin Smith at Bumbershoot. Sometimes life is just rad. Check out this episode (I’m in the last few minutes) and all the others.
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SciFi #11: Science Fantasy
Jesse is joined by ofttimes collaborator and synth wizard Naomi Adele Smith on a fantastical journey through plot devices and deep feels. Part 1 of 2.
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Bumbershoot, Here We Come!
Two projects that I am a member of will be performing at Bumbershoot on Monday, September 7th! Super Famous/RadioLARP 3:30PM Words + Ideas Stages Super Famous is a half hour musical comedy show featuring Lindsey Leonard and Randy Wood as Kenzie Kenzington and Chloe Bluntzer-Hurst, and I’ve had the pleasure Read more…
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Featured Guest: Anica Cihla
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Anica is a Seattle based comic and erstwhile SciFi enthusiast. She began her comedy career in the back of a Thai restaurant, so she’s pretty much got this multiculturalism thing on lockdown. Anica’s comedy is an approachable blend of pop culture references, chemistry puns, and Read more…
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SciFi #10: Be Cool
Jesse is joined by Lindsey Leonard and Randy Wood, AKA Kenzie Kenzington and Chloe Bluntzer-Hurst of Super Famous. They discuss a wide variety of SciFi topics, including Randy’s growing disinterest in the genre, contrarian love for Jar Jar Binks, and shooting lasers from your butthole. Featuring the debut of their new Read more…
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Apex Film Festival
My music video Relativity (or: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Computer) has been selected for inclusion in the first ever Apex film festival, taking place Saturday, August 29th in Rochester, MN. I am beyond excited to have been selected from 400 submissions. According to festival coordinator Avai d’Amico Read more…
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SciFi #9: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Jesse’s guest this week is the lovely Seattle comic Anica Cihla, lover of intellectual science fiction and the #Poopstagram. Together, they read and discuss the Harlan Ellison short story ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.’
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I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
I spent my childhood hating the movie Armageddon and this song by association, but I think it’s one of those things where you can’t really understand a good love song until you’ve gone through the experience. I recorded this for Barton and Val’s going away video at Jean’s instruction, and Read more…