The Carl King Show

Every week, I explore (and more importantly EXPLAIN!) music, filmmaking, and the other creative arts. Personal tastes are not technique. I don’t waste our time with the same old circular “it was good because I liked it because it was good.” No sir! I deconstruct and reverse engineer composition, screenwriting, and how to correctly pronounce the word “folks.” Who am I? I’m Carl King: musician, animated show creator, and author. You might even remember me as Sir Millard Mulch or Dr. Zoltan. I’ve worked with Dweezil Zappa, Mike Keneally, Devin Townsend, Morgan Agren, Virgil Donati, and Brendon Small. Past guests on my show include Steve Vai, Jon Schnepp of Metalocalypse, Mark Borchardt (Coven), and Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle. So give it a listening, and let’s get beginned!

073: Jon Schnepp As Jymuloxx Cortribbonz of Nickelodeon's "Real Gibbons" (Re-release) 10/10/2023

072: The Long Kiss Goodnight + Creative Projects: How To Focus On And Complete Them 09/26/2023

071: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City 08/24/2023

070: Adult Swim-Style Writing - How Not To Do It 08/08/2023

069: How Buddhism Makes Me Better Than Other People 07/25/2023

068: Am I Autistic Yet? (A Personal Episode) 07/18/2023

067: The Lost Sir Millard Mulch Documentary (Chat With Chewbode Part 4) 07/11/2023

066: Chat With Chewbode: Part 3 (Let’s Destroy The Music Industry) 07/04/2023

065: If I Made A Mr. Bungle Documentary + How To Write Ugly Music 06/27/2023

064: Chat With Chewbode, Part 2 (How Education Failed Us) 06/20/2023

063: David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ + Essay: What Is Reality? 06/13/2023

062: Chatting With Chewbode: Part 1 (From The Swamp) 06/06/2023

061: Music Is Not A Visual Art + David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983) 05/23/2023

060: Don’t Complain About Other People’s Music + David Cronenberg’s Scanners (1981) 05/16/2023

059: Bernard Herrmann’s “The Dragon” (1958) + Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023 Movie) 05/09/2023

058: Mike Patton’s Fantomas: Director’s Cut + Robert Eggers The Lighthouse (2019 Film) 05/02/2023

057: The Green Knight (2021) + Riley Green “If It Wasn’t For Trucks” (2020) 04/25/2023

056: Ali Wong in BEEF (2023) + Mike Keneally’s “Potato” (1997) 04/18/2023

055: Travis Orbin (Complicated Metal Drummer) on Recording, Composing, and Touring 04/11/2023

054: Mike Patton’s Unusual Melodies, Fargo S2E1, Setting Goals For Creative People 04/04/2023

053: Steve Vai w/ Whitesnake “Now You’re Gone” (1989) + Lair of the White Worm (1988) 03/21/2023

052: Secret Chiefs 3 “The End Times” + Picard S3E3 03/07/2023

051: They Might Be Giants “Synopsis For Latecomers” (2021) + They Might Be Giants THE FILM (1971) 02/28/2023

050: MARK BORCHARDT Guest Interview (2023) 02/21/2023

049: Danny Elfman’s To Die For (1995) 02/14/2023

048: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum’s “1997” and Summer School (1987) 02/07/2023

047: Steve Vai Guest Interview (Vai/Gash Album, Lessons from David Lee Roth, Imposter Syndrome, Guitar Articulations) 01/31/2023

046: Cate Blanchett in TAR (2022) and Steve Vai’s “Greasy Kid’s Stuff” (1990) 01/24/2023

045: Jordan Peele’s NOPE (2022) + Mr. Bungle’s “Holy Filament” (1999) 01/17/2023

044: Danny Elfman’s “The Simpsons” Main Theme + Adam Driver in White Noise 01/03/2023