A second episode talking with Tasmanian vert skating champion Shane Yost.In this episode we answer a few questions from the metaphorical mailbag, talk about building a backyard vert ramp, the World Rollerblading Titles, the Launceston Toilet Bowl skatepark, opposite 1080s, forward 1260s and more.By Mikey Lynch

Shane Yost shares his origin story from mid-90s in Launceston, Tasmania, to joining the Coca-Cola Tasmania Island Skaters team, to competing as a pro skate, sponsored by Roces, in the ASA.By Mikey Lynch

A brief excerpt from the manuscript of my novel about the rise and fall and rebirth of aggressive rollerblading.By Mikey Lynch

A brief chat about a few things: getting the new 50/50 Scott Crawford 58mm/88a wheels, the cultural influence of the Barbie movie and the pleasant surprise of seeing multiple rollerbladers by the beach on the Gold Coast.By Mikey Lynch

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for ⁠⁠⁠⁠FThisMovie.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Tim Rosenberger -- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠a film writer for Film Obsessive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTuber⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- return to the world of director and documentarian Les Blank with a look at five short docs: Hot Pepper (1973), Always for Pleasure (1978), Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980), Sprout Wings and Fl…

A long interview with Adapt Brand founder and co-owner Pieter Wijnant about his own skating, their new experiments with their YouTube channel, the Superveloce aggressive skate and other new contributions to their 2023 product lineup.By Mikey Lynch

NOTE: This episode was originally supposed to be out in April. Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- ⁠⁠⁠a film writer for Film Obsessive⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠a blogger⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠YouTuber⁠⁠⁠ -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for ⁠⁠⁠FThisMovie.com⁠⁠⁠, look at two films from comedian, actress, writer, and director Elaine May. A New Leaf (1971) stars her and Walter Matthau in a ro…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for ⁠FThisMovie.com⁠, and Tim Rosenberger -- ⁠⁠a film writer for Film Obsessive⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a blogger⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠YouTuber⁠⁠ -- are joined by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle lover Andy Ginestra for another episode outside the boutique for more films not currently released under a specialty label. They look at three 1990s, live-actio…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a film writer for Film Obsessive, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, go to Miami and discuss two comedic crime films: Miami Blues (1990) starring Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, and Jennifer Jason Leigh; and Out of Sight (1998) directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Jenni…

Episode 200! And 6 years of Mad Beef Rollerblading Podcast! Wow.This episode is just a casual chat about driveway p-rail summer sessions with my teenage daughter, lunchtime skatepark sessions with some random middle-aged skate geezer and the joy of good socks.By Mikey Lynch

It's rare to find mentions of action sports and skating sports in literature... much rarer to have extended sequences. I started my first read of Anna Karenina this year and was stoked to come across this scene, early in the book.By Mikey Lynch

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a film writer for Film Obsessive, a blogger, and YouTuber -- discuss three more films from famed Japenese director Yasujirō Ozu. This time it's two family comedy-dramas and one crime drama: I Was Born But... (1932), Dragnet Girl (1933), and Passing Fancy (1933). The first and …

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, discuss two feel-good films from actor and singer Bing Crosby and director Leo McCarey: Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Both feature Crosby in the lead as young, optimistic Father Chuck O'Malley. …

For the podcast's third anniversary, hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- return to the mysterious, supernatural, horrific, and sometimes traumatic town of Twin Peaks. They discuss the cult show's third and, as of right now, final season: Twin Peaks: The Re…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, talk about the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, through two of his thrillers, both released through The Criterion Collection: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) and Notorious (1946).…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- travel back to the Golden Age of Television again with four live teleplays featured in the Criterion Collection's boxset The Golden Age of Television: Bang the Drum Slowly (1956), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956), The Co…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, celebrate Rosalie's birthday with two films from summer 1981, the year she was born. They take a look at John Carpenter's dystopian, science fiction, action movie Escape from New York starring Kurt Russell, and they close th…

I just bought some chocolate brown extra loose Dickies pants. 90s fashion is back in, and that means baggy trousers are back!———Some published excerpts from my yet-to-be-published rollerblading novel can be read online at:'Shane's Castration' — overland.org.au/previous-issues/i…hanes-castration/'Pilonidal Cyst' (to come online later in April 2022) …

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- talk about The Before Trilogy: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013). Directed and co-written by Richard Linklater and starring and co-written by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, the three f…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, our joined this month by writer Nora MacIntyre. For her website notoriouslynora.com, Nora has written about a wide variety of subjects, such as LGBT films or topics, toxic masculinity, sex, hagsploitation, and she also w…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- discuss two films from Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodóvar: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) and Volver (2006). The first, an almost screwball-like comedy drama, deals with the relationships between w…

For the first time, hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, step outside the boutique and cover films not released by a boutique home video label. They discuss four 90s films of Brendan Fraser: Encino Man (1992), Airheads (1994), Still Breathing (1997), and Bl…

In this episode I talk with Pieter Wijnant from Adapt Branch about their 2022 line, including new logo, Adrian Deck Brutale and GTO pro skates, new removable heel liner piece, changes to the Symetrics flat and Quattro frames and the soon-to-be-annouced Superleggera SP model.Check out the Adapt Brand website for more information (adaptbrand.com)The …

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- discuss two animated films you don't want to show to the kids: Heavy Traffic (1973) and Perfect Blue (1997). One's a Ralph Bakshi helmed semi-autobiographical X-rated dark comedy, drama about a young cartoonist who strug…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, celebrate Black History Month by honoring the great Sidney Poitier, who passed away about a month-and-a-half before this episode's release. Rosalie and Tim discuss why Poitier was so important and what he meant to them w…

In this episode I reflect on the ways I perceive the wider rollerblading culture to have changed over the last few years and what this might mean for what's next.By Mikey Lynch

In this episode I share an excerpt from a recently completed novel about rollerblading, for which I am currently seeking literary representation or a publisher.This excerpt describes the experience of big wheel blading.By Mikey Lynch

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- travel to Japan to discuss three early silents from famed Japanese writer and director Yasujirō Ozu. While Ozu would become known for his films examining familiar relationships and dynamics in post-war Japan, his early f…

In this episode I chat a bit about how spending a skate session working toward a skating run, rather than just mucking around or learning new tricks, is a different kind of session.By Mikey Lynch

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, dance their way through two 1933 pre-code musicals: Gold Diggers of 1933 and Flying Down to Rio. The former features musicals sequences directed by the great Busby Berkeley, both feature Ginger Rogers in supporting parts…

For the podcast's second anniversary, hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- make their first visit to the mysterious, supernatural, horrific, and sometimes traumatic town of Twin Peaks with the cult show's first two seasons and its feature film, released thr…

Another brief excerpt from the novel I'm currently working on—in fact I have now finished the first full draft!Also keep an eye out for my short story (also taken from the novel) that'll appear in the Australian literary journal 'Overland' probably in December 2021!---I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working titl…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- take a look at two European horror films: Eyes Without a Face (1960) -- from French director and co-writer Georges Franju -- and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), directed and written by Italy's Dario Argento. Bo…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, travel back to the Golden Age of Television with four live teleplays featured in Criterion's boxset...um...The Golden Age of Television. Hollywood later adapted all but one of the four teleplays -- Marty (1953), Patterns…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- look back at two of Al Pacino's earliest films: his second film and the first to feature him in a leading role, The Panic in Needle Park (1971), and Scarecrow (1973), a little-talked-about drama starring him and Gene Hac…

In this episode I share my liberating realisation that it's ok if I just don't want skate as often in winter.---I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help to set aside the time to get it done quickly and properly. It’s one small contribution towar…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.com, discuss Bruce Lee with big Lee fan, Andy Ginestra. The three dive into Lee's best known films, both available in The Criterion Collection's boxset Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits. First up, there's a 1972 Hong Kong martial …

In this episode I share another little excerpt from my work in progress. Let me know what you think!----I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help to set aside the time to get it done quickly and properly. It’s one small contribution towards build…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- celebrate pride month by educating themselves on the gay and lesbian experience through two historic documentaries: Portrait of Jason (1967) and Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977). The films explore what it…

In this episode I talk with Pieter Wijnant from Adapt Brand about the feedback on and future of the Superleggera project, changes in the 2021 product line, pump tracks and the long career of Julian Bah.---I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, travel through America and the afterlife as they discuss two Criterion comedies from actor, writer, director, and comedian Albert Brooks: Lost in America (1985) and Defending Your Life (1991). The films explore life, rom…

I went to Derby (TAS) a last week ago and bladed on the pump track up there. It was pretty awesome fun.The Dales of Derby accommodation is mentioned in this episode: dalesofderby.com.au---I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help to set aside the…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- put on their deerstalkers and grab their magnifying glasses as they investigate four silent Sherlock Holmes films: two German adaptions of The Hound of the Baskervilles and two screen versions of the famous early 1900s W…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, set the table and eat up a couple of cannibalism movies: Ravenous (1999) and Raw (2016).

Another little draft excerpt from my work in progress. This one about some characters getting into serious trouble skitching.---I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help to set aside the time to get it done quickly and properly. It’s one small co…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- delve into the matter of love with two films that feature a form of it: The Kid (1921) focuses on the love between a father and son, and the 1955 Best Picture winner Marty is about two people who fall in love over one ro…

Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, take a look behind the curtain of three boutique video labels: Kino Lorber, Arrow Films, and Flicker Alley. They discuss how and why each label does what it does by talking with Kino Lorber Senior Vice President and Prod…

In this episode I talk with X Games vert medallist, Rollerblade and Famus rider and Cirque du Soleil performer Nel Martin about vert skating.---I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help to set aside the time to get it done quickly and properly. I…

A general update at the start of a new year, chatting about the direction the podcast will be going for the next few months.-----I’m working on a literary fiction novel about rollerblading with the working title ‘Fruitbooters: a rollerblading novel’, and am looking for help to set aside the time to get it done quickly and properly. It’s one small c…

Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber --discuss why independent, black-and-white, 1961 film noir Blast of Silence and 1983 war film Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence starring David Bowie may contain unexpected Christmas moments and themes.…