Episode 25: Releasing the Emotion with FTHRS
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Celtic has drinks with professional music producer, dancer, and cohost of Drinking and Dance: After Hours, the invincible FTHRS (pronounced "feathers"). Over the course of the interview they discuss the influence of Omarion and You Got Served, Dragon Ball Z weight training, growing up in the world as a fat child, health issues plaguing the Black community, humor as a means of self defense, the origins of the names Scarecro and FTHRS, remembering Sarah Ball and Peter Kim, making music as a means of processing grief, the emotional journey of making Placeholder, rebelling agains purism in dance, the art of not taking oneself seriously, gatekeepers v innovators, his origins in production,improving musicality by making music, dancers who kill the vibe of jams and events, the ins and outs of the Colorado dance scene, normalizing political discourse, economic class struggles, and the criminality of corporations and modern indentured servitude. Celtic gets hella Marxist near the end.  FTHRS has asked that instead of making donations to him, you instead donate that money to any cause that you believe will help make our country a more just and equitable place to live. He also asks that you vote as soon as possible. 
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