1:20 – The show kicks off talking about Brogan being on a cruise, where fans can find GCP online, and Joshua talks about his new album coming out featuring songs he’s written over the course of the last 10 years. He discusses his overall goal of getting his work placed in television, film, or commercials, him attending Berkley College of Music and Hollywood’s Musician Institute, and starting a family.

10:28 – Scott talks about the impact Pantera video’s had on him at an early age, Justin talks about being a fan of Korn, Joshua tells the guys about first writing songs in high school, and the culture shock he experienced when he first attended Berkley. Joshua discusses how people built each other up at the college level vs competing against each other, and what made him decide to leave Berkley when he did.

20:24 – Joshua talks about his experience in Hollyweird, attending the Red Carpet shows, and the famous actors he ran into while there. He talks about playing at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, attending the South by Southwest festival, the importance for him to tell his children about his path in hopes to help them with choosing the paths they take as they age. He talks of his love for Tacoma, being hit by a car as a cyclist, and the benefits of doing music licensing.

32:06 – Joshua chats about making a children’s album, the different strings of income he has that revolve around music, where people can find him online, and his appreciation for the GCP. Justin sends props out to Joshua for joining the podcast and they end this episode with Joshua’s song, Spotlights.

Thanks Joshua for joining the guys for a great conversation and sharing you music!

Special Guest: Joshua W. Turner.

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• Joshua W. Turner | Free Listening on SoundCloud — I am an indie Singer/Songwriter and producer based out of Tacoma, WA. My music is solid mix between Ed Sheeran, Phillip Phillips and Benjamin Francis Leftwich.
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This episode kicks off with Brogan’s quick chat about his choice to wear skinny jeans. They then dive into talking with Wade, creator of Weird Elephant at the Grand Cinema. He tells the guys about where the idea of Weird Elephant came from and his choice to show a movie weekly for Tacoma people to enjoy. He covers the movies they’ve played, how they choose the movies, and their upcoming shows.

14:00 – Wade talks about partnering with local businesses to offer customers a more in-depth Experience for the show. He then goes into what drew him into movies as a child and him taking his love for comics, sci-fi, and horror films to work at Stadium Video. He then dives into the first sci-fi and horror movies he watched.

Around the halfway mark, Kathly, Wades wife explains what she does for the cinema, how they encourage people to dress up to go to the show much like may Rocky Horror Picture Show attendees. Justin tells about a place that recently did a screening of Lady and The Tramp where people were allowed to bring their dogs and they had plates of spaghetti setup. They then turn to their plan to do a showing of The Big Lebowski at the end of March where they plan to offer WII bowling and encouraging people to cosplay.

42:20 – Kathlyn talk about movies she loved and shared with Wade and Wade discusses moved he’s shared with Kathlyn. Justin talks about the importance of people to go to the cinema for the full magical experience of watching movies in the cinema vs watching them at home.

This show comes to a close with discussion of other movies Wade is planning to feature in the upcoming months and where people can find them online. Wade also shares other plans The Grand Cinema will be doing in the upcoming months.

Thanks you both for joining the guys for an insightful conversation on Weird Elephant!

Special Guest: Wade and Kathlyn.

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