The Shotgun Mike Hostettler Show

Here is the grand finale of our ever so special John Cage Match Game Trilogy where we explore the magic and wonderment that is the music of John Cage and the crazy on-screen antics of those rascals o…

For those of you who didn't read the title, this is the second episode of the trilogy!!  I almost wrote thrillogy, which would've been a typo but this episode is a thrill ride of sorts.  Not only do …

This is the first of a three part series where I focus on the musical works of John Cage and the television show Match Game.  Not directly but indirectly, seemingly not at all.  To the unacquainted l…

A week ago I got a mini-cassette recorder off of eBay for something like $25 and I digitized a bunch of these micro cassettes I had.  My dad had a micro cassette dictaphone when we were little and wh…

Here's a FUN show.  I think someone's banging on the walls downstairs in this apartment building.  That's rare here.  Hmm... 

I might go check.  Sit tight.  I'll be right back.

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On this show, I discuss the topic of towels, their purpose and where they fit in when it comes to what I like to call the "bathing chain".  It's like the food chain, but this is about washing things.…

This one gives us a chance to get back to nature.  You can tell because it's so primitive and natural and there's dirt everywhere.  That's how you know you're in nature - when there's dirt everywhere…

On this episode, I play songs and sounds and stuff like that.  There's one song where I must explain:  when we recorded the original vocals, I put reverb on the actual track.  Normally you record the…

This episode goes deep into the heart of the matter.  It goes deep into the heart of the Mathers as in Jerry Mathers.  As in Jerry Mathers  AKA the Beaver from the old time television show entitled "…

On this episode, I play more from that plethora of cassette tapes I found in old shoe boxes in my mom's basement.  Sometimes I imported the sounds into a synthsizer or sometimes I just played them, l…

This one is full steam ahead and never lets go.  You can't let go.  You've gotta hold on, but hold on loosely!  But don't let go.  You're not going to want to let go so why even talk about it?  We ar…

This episode delves into the darkness within.  It's not pretty.  Imagine yourself in a scuba suit but you're supposed to be wearing a business suit and you've only got 15 minutes until your big meeti…

Many years ago I purchased a vintage "tape recorder" at a second hand store.  In it was an old cassette tape that someone had forgotten to take out.  It was a tape of four people working on a skit or…

This one features a number of things I pieced together using old 4 track cassette tapes and various synthetic plug ins.  It also features a little kid banging on a fallen tree for about 10 minutes.  …

On this episode I've cut out all the latin.  It's just getting so outdated.  Some things get better with age.  Wine.  Cheese.  Paintings. But Latin just seems to get less relevant.  Plus half the thi…

This is the first episode of my new season, probably the last one.  The last season.  Maybe.  You never know.  Maybe some day but 10 is enough for now.  I don't get what the point of even having a "s…

On this episode I talk to Abby about Political Psychology.  It's all on her YouTube channel Political Psych with Abby.  Where is it all going?  What's the big idea?  She's  going to tell us!! 

Here i…

This is the second conversation I have with Greg Luce.  It's enough to get a FIRST conversation, but we're over here on our second one!  When you love classic biker movies as much as I do, you need t…

On this episode I talk to film expert Greg Luce of Sinister Cinema.  Greg knows EVERYTHING when it comes to cinema through the ages and it's really quite a thing to hear.  We discuss the entertainmen…

On this episode I talk to a man named Bo.  We talk about hypnotism and how it works, what it's like and where does one start in such a field.  Be forewarned there are sonic peculiarities at every tur…