GREETINGS PODIENCE! We come to you on the DAY OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS to share our takes on the best picture nominees. Yep - we watched them all for you so you don't have to! ALSO, great news, we were nominated in the "best Oscar movie takes from gig musicians" category so you'll be seeing us scam our way to the red carpet any moment now. If you see any cops dragging away two beautiful ladies get your wallets ready for our bail fund. BUT BEFORE THAT, we have a half hour with our wonderful guest, Jason Beckmann, where we gossip, discuss what makes an Aries an Aries, talk opera, and we give you a great celebrity GHOST OF GAGS PAST and a traumatic GAG story from one of our favorite listeners. ***OSCARS talk at the half hour mark***
Greetings, podience. We come to you with a Leap Day Pod. If the only thing you do today is listen to this leap day pod, you will have had a good day. CAPICE?! The last Leap Day was in 2020 and we ALL REMEMBER HOW THAT WENT, DON'T WE!? Anyway, in this pod we talk financial advice, Caroline recalls her "for the looks" gag, we read one write in and we discuss some THRILLING classical music news items. Ta Ta for now...see you on the next one!
Happy GAG/GAL/GAY/VA-LENTINE'S DAY, podience! Do we love to celebrate one of the most popular Saints, Mr Saint Valentine? ABSOLUTELY. AND we're doing it HERE, ON THE POD, with many segments including: a roast of someone's angry orchestra reply all e-mail, two phallic gag stories, we play FMK romantic opera edition AND we read one of Beethoven's immortal beloved letters. LOTS OF CONTENT, PEOPLE!
BELOW ARE LINKS TO THE FMK OPERA TRACKS
1st one:
VISSI D'ARTE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLR3lSrqlww
NESSUN DORMA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJkCwQB2CY
VOGLIATEMI BENE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnIPF3WY_Fo
2nd one:
E Lucevan le stelle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzb9uwfgD1w
Flower Song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1dafrlt10w&t=70s
Che gelida manina, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--L3uqoQUV4
PODIENCE! It's our first anniversary! We accept congratulatory gifts via cryptocurrency, Venmo, rolled up wads of cash, etc. In this episode, we reminisce about our pod with Benni, Marta rants about AN ENEMY SHE MAKE AT THE OPERA, we pull back the curtain on influencer and gen z gigs, we screen a vintage video titled "small, angry man yells at trumpet player in New York" AND we close it up with our top 7 moments of the last pod year. Thank you for listening and cheers to another year of pod!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E62iA6KCIQ
Hoe Rogan....I mean, Gag Economy, is back and welcomes esteemed, talented, amazeballs violist/improviser/composer Benni von Gutzeit to the pod!!! *air horn sounds* Podience, you are IN FOR A TREAT. Say GUTEN TAG—this strapping German Man will keep us LADIES on track (or will he???) as we discuss AI, the future of Music, rewrite his bio, and share fun facts about Mr. Good Time. Danke for listening, dear Podience!!
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Hi Bbs, as you may know we are well into the third week of January. The horror. If you, like us, feel horrified - listen to this pod. We will snap you out of it using our verbal NAVY SEAL tactics. You'll come away from this episode saying, "what are they talking about?" or "I love that one but I can't stand the other one" or "why do these women act like this?" or "someone get these shrews some adderrall" and, definitely, "was that a slur?" We talk improv group politics, we share a gag of the week, we read a write-in gag, we engage chatgpt's voice feature, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. If you didn't read that last bit like the King from "The King and I," you will explode in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - ....phew, good job. You saved yourself by listening to the pod! Hooray!!!
Is your feed packed with New Year Round-Up episodes??? Well, we've got something extra special for you, podience!!! ANOTHA ONE.
We the Gaggers give you a LIFE UPDATE (Maestro--did we watch it?? BB goes to London--did she love it??), we introduce you to the genius that is GIG MATH, and we recap the BEST FIVE GAGS OF THE YEAR.
Hold on to your aulds, bbs, they are about to get lang syned.
Happy two days after Xmas, podience! We bring to you a medium grade ADHD episode yet again! Segments include: Musician Martyr Minute, How to be a clown!, an improv quickie with an ambiguously offensive accent, we opine about the top 5 moments of our friendship, there's a call in gag story, we recap our joint gig at an EMBASSY AND we have an A+++ rant from the call in gag story mystery gentleman from before. GOSH WE LOVE OUR PODIENCE! WHAT AN XMAS GIFT YOU ALL ARE!
Hello, podience. We have been DELINQUENT, and, yet DETERMINED to bring you another episode answering the paramount question - "was it a gig or was it...a gag?" Miss Caroline is in the process of finishing her soul contract with Radio City and Miss Marta has commited to humiliating herself for the rest of 2023 by learning a new skill. NEVERTHELESS, SHE and the other SHE PERSISTED. In this episode, we have Caroline's MOMMY on third mic as we recap Thanksgiving gigs, a gig with Sponk De Ban Tits, an epic ghost of gags past from MOMMY and a painful WRITE IN GAG! xoxoxooxoxoxoxo
P.S. stay till the end for some harrowing gag flavored tea.
DISCLAIMER: If you want to know what goes on in the freelance artist-for-hire world in NYC - THIS POD IS FOR YOU! We answer questions like: what makes a gig a gig, what makes a gig a gag? Can they be both? Does it even matter? We occasionally have stories from listeners about their wierd gigs/gags. AND sometimes we don't and we just TALK!
Now back to the irregularly scheduled programming.
Mimi and Smelly are BACK in full swing, podience! The holiday season is upon us and we have no choice but to GO, GO, GO - FULL SPEED AHEAD! This pod is FULL OF FEELINGS! We start with a little "how are you?" and end with a little "DID YOU KNOW!?" Marta and Caroline hone in on their improv skills, share gigs and gags, have some final words about the nauseating-and-finally-concluded-SAG strike, et cetera et cetera ET CETERA!
Welcome, podience. This is episode lucky number 28, our favorite number. In this edition, we ask important questions, like: what is the difference between hot and classical music hot?...is Lindsey Stirling a good dancer?...should gaggers be forced to wear sequin jumpsuits?...would you attend Gag University? ...Pertinent. Relevant. Enjoy.
WE ARE BACK with another car pod. BEFORE YOU AUDIBLY SIGH, just know that it sounds AMAZING THIS TIME (YES we ARE YELLing) because we have our PROFESSIONAL set up mobile unit. Just imagine we're in, like, a big red emergency vehicle but for podcasters...so basically a decorated clown car. In this episode, we fantasize about the lottery again, give you tips on how to strike, bring you in on the time we almost scabbed big time, etc, etc, AND we end with a write-in gag story.
Podience, we are truly honored to be joined by our favorite classical music Lord of Memes, @Maxim_Memegerov AKA Sean Flynn. WARNING!!! This episode could not be more niche. @Maxim_Memegerov is the micro-micro celebrity you have been waiting to follow. We discuss classical music influencers, his viola c-string kink, we the burning questions "why meme? why now?" and of course gig stories. You do not need to thank us - we know we are doing the Lo*d's work here.
The ladies face their ultimate freelance battle: time. In this episode, a ceasefire forces them under a bridge at the Central Park Zoo in NYC.
Join them as they barely string thoughts together, make up excuses to people who don't even notice them and shield themselves from a child's projectile vomit... we of course include gigs and gags. Special guest: the sights, sounds, smells of beautiful Central Park Zoo. You're welcome for this NYC moment in time.
Good evening, podience!
There's nothing like assembling for a quick chat as you wander the earth like a ghost in between gigs. Some of our favorite places to lurk are the Port Authority Bus Terminal bathrooms, the Starbucks on 34th and 8th or the changing rooms at the Times Square H&M. Since those were all occupied, join us LIVE FROM Caroline's PARKED car about toxic teachers/students, how not to be an NPC gigger, random other stuff and FINALLY we end with two juicy write in stories from our beloved GAGGERS!!!
WE ARE BACK for the SEASON, PODIENCE! What happened to us? Well...better answer is what DIDN'T HAPPEN TO US cause we MAY or MAY NOT HAVE gotten abducted by aliens/UAPs, been soft recruited by the CIA, coerced into being mascots at a corn husk shucking competition by an oddly tall and convcing Tom Cruise look-alike...
ANYWAY, we are SO HAPPY to have the ILLUSTRIOUS international man of violin, Filip Pogády, on the pod. We lured him into our car pod lair under the guise of an easy gig upstate. WARNING - THIS IS OUR FIRST CAR POD. NEXT CAR POD WILL SOUND BETTER BUT THIS STILL SOUNDS GOOD ENOUGH, SCOUTS DISHONOR.
In this episode, we embarass ourselves, talk sh*t about being a good classical music baby, etc. all while Caroline tries masterfully not to crash!
Podience you are in for the best episode yet. We got our husbands to take a sneak listen to which they both unequivocally said, "that part was kind of funny" and "...I've gotten used to the sound of your voices." In this episode we discuss UAP whistleblower David Grusch, we have our dreams deciphered by an AI dream decoder, we share a Ghost of Gags Past/Gag of the Week combo and end with a great lil' write in from one of our favoritest podience members. But wait...look over there!
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190390376/ufo-hearing-non-human-biologics-uaps
Did you see Chevalier? Don't worry, we did. And we will tell you what to think about it. Did you see Barbieheimer? We did, too. And we recap the genre bending war between the plastic doll and the atomic bomb. Ghosts of Gags Past from guests at the end!!!!
PODIENCE! We are BACK after a long-ish hiatus. Many things have happened: a EuroTrip, auditions, gigs, gags, pod epiphanies, KitKat clubs, dungeon djs, strikes, lizard people - you name it. First 1/3 of pod: EuroTrip recap, second 1/3 of pod: SAG strike musings and last 1/3 of the pod we end with not one not two but THREE, YES THREE!, gag stories from our listeners. Besitos mamis and papis! Hope u likey xoxoxo
DING DING DING! If you've wanted to know what it's like to hang out in a musician's green room - now's your chance. Sybarite and trumpeter Alex Bender brings us into his dynamic life as a BRASS MUSICIAN! In this episode we give you INCREDIBLE advice on being a freelance musician, Alex tells us a scamtastic cruise ship story, we talk David Byrne Broadway fiasco and of course you'll find some snippets of garbage and gold along the way. We include a CAMEO and a BONUS gag story from Florida Orchestra violinist, Vivek Jayaraman. Now that's what I call ICING ON THE CAKE, BABY!
Our gayest episode yet featuring the amazing Jason Beckmann! We gag over eachother, laugh, gossip and serve c*nt on air! We talk music summer camp stories, one ghost of gags past, a pride gag of the week, we take ask me anything write in questions and serve Jason with a fierce current cultural events questionnaire.
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Greetings podience! We are brought to you live from the great smokening of NYC - thank you, Canada. We talk Magic Flute at the Met Opera, we talk about a recent New Yorker Article that hits close to home, we dive into some ghosts of gags past and include a little roast of HBO's The Idol.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/how-to-hire-a-pop-star-for-your-private-party
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Gig/Gag season is upon us and we are thusly pregnant with gig/gag rage. We are full on b*tch mode and, guess what, kvetching is the name of the game in this episode. No $10 words here - top words used in this episode: b*tch, stupid, dumb. We talk sh*t about infamous author/critic Alex Ross, let you in on what it's like to be in gig pergatory and we give you details on our 4 hour car ride to the end of the world: the Hamptons. A tip for you gaggers - avoid Hamptons gigs at all costs unless you are getting helicoptered in. ALSO, some fun facts about our favorite conductor, Herbert von Karajan and a succession spoiler AT THE END!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifonwgNbpuU&t=20
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Welcome back, loyal podience of gaggers! WE TOOK A DAY OFF!!!! A much much needed day off. Marta went to a wedding, Caroline started a new book and, yet, the world kept turning and turning.
This week we are talking opera, gigs and gags (we conjured an orgasmic reaction at a gig, FORREAL) and we end with some Succession series finale preditions (SPOILER KIND OF). We are so excited to annnounce that this is the beginning of a 5 year promotional campaign for Marta to direct a production at the MET. GET READY!
RIP Tina Turner
Welcome back, podience. Episode 14 debuts the misadventures of Mimi and Smelly. We have already copywrited it so you cannot steal our idea. SORRY - THE PATENT WENT THROUGH, NO TIME TO C*NSPIRACY US!!! TOO LATE FOR ESPIONAGE! ALSO INCLUDED IN THE EP: judgement of the LA Phil Orgasmer, a discussion about pilgrimage to the suburbs and tips on how to sink really low as a gig worker.
LA PHIL-LANDERER https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-30/la-phil-concert-orgasm-twitter-tchaikovsky
MARIA CALLAS INTERVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBAqTAYSdk
VITAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=989-7xsRLR4
Great News! Come sink really low with us in this episode where we weave in and out of c*nspiracy theories during our braindead gig/life takes while making various nauseating sounds. This one is bound to dissapoint our families. If this leaves you repulsed - WE TOLD YOU SO! That's how the cab*l does it. Check out the videos below while we're grossing you out and SEND US YOUR GAG STORIES!
SHAYNE SINGS: https://youtu.be/DLtPP1DVbsg
TYSON IS HOT: https://youtu.be/MlVI3NPfw6k
AMERICAN GIGOLO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vimb_RuN7c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU78lJs4RRc&t=78s
...and then this incredible movie
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CONGRATULATIONS, PODIENCE! - another week in the books as gag workers. The gals discuss Caroline's bag day, celebrate Jack Nicholson, express their love of the film, Witches of Eastwick, they recall Marta's epic Cantonese cinema ghost of gags past with some ASMR sprinkled in between.
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In this episode we dive into the past (or is it, the future?) with Marta's college roomate James Jaffe. We take the gag economy oath, discuss chamber music, reminisce about our first encounter, talk massive sh*t and re-tell the ambulance incident. GO BLUE!
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First, a spoiler alert, if you are not caught up on Succession, sorry in advance.
We are in a deep, deep mind prison of conspiracy theories and we want to talk about it. This episode is FUN! Don't take it SERIOUSLY! Boing yourself!!!
We are talking fake moon landing, aliens, and CLASSICAL MUSIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
Finally, two incredible write-in Ghost of Gags past from two beloved Gaggers.
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Hello Gaggers!
Your favorite podcast about slogging through the Gig Economy is BACK with gag stories and more.
We've got a three year old's birthday party ft. party favors that will make you cry, a Birthday Suit write-in from listener Carlos, and a Ghost from Gags Past involving special appearance from Miley Cyrus and pink sparkly duct tape.
Listen to the end for a special ASMR News Hour treat.
Please rate, subscribe, and share with fellow Gaggers!
A celeb sighting in beautiful Astoria, an explosive Gag of the Week, and when Bergdorfs broke Marta’s heart in Ghost of Gags Past.
BONUS: Witness a laugh/cry/hyperventilation attack in real time!
P.S. Send us your gig stories! Text or voice memo - record your memo on ur iPhone, find three dots to the right of your memo, then click share and choose e-mail! EMAIL TO: gageconomy@gmail.com
Here are the jeans...THE JEANS. Not just any jeans...but the BEST JEANS IN THE WORLD. Marta is a size 38/40 in Alaïa. THERE IS ONLY ONE SIZE 40 LEFT. Before you go crazy about her body type reveal, realize that size 36 in Alaïa is size -4 in US sizing. SO CHILL. U WILL NEVER KNOW UNLESS U MEET HER IN PERSON. If you would like to buy her the jeans, e-mail gageconomy@gmail.com
P.P.P.S Was that unhinnged? ABSOLUTELY. But also, check out Stavvy's pod. He's the best: https://open.spotify.com/show/3kDS5MRlBl53tA3MRGqLzx?si=1c1a7b52fdb044ba
Comedian, violist, filmmaker and fellow gagger, Isabele Hagen, joins the pod. The Kickstarter for her film, On A String, is LIVE - HAVE YOU DONATED?!
Special Gag Mail with listener submissions, Isabele shares Ghost of Gags Past, the Gaggers do some serious talk about her upcoming film, and of course, FMK.
DONATE TO THE ON A STRING KICKSTARTER HERE:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onastring/on-a-string
Other Isabele projects mentioned:
Fallon Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivQXA-xc9tM
Is A Violist Web Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_IugFWgccaxCxdcioDLQ1tvShmyJ8VQB
Violist Walking Video: https://youtu.be/g2lZPPhbHZY
OSCARS RECAP WITH THE GAGGERS and best friend of the pod Jason!!!! Jason loves The Whale, Caroline loves Top Gun: Maverick, Marta loves Ana de Armas.
Women are embracing being slobs and the Gaggers discuss. New York Times article about slobbery here.
Organist, composer and conductor Buck McDaniel, joins the pod!
We present: Why we should all open our cold, dead hearts to love music again, Buck's debut SNL performance, and of course, a brief history of when Buck ghosted Marta.
MAIL CALL: GAGGERS OF THE WORLD (non-musicians included), please write us an email or send a voice memo to gageconomy@gmail.com with your funny/tragic/moving gag story. We want to include YOU on the pod!
Sam Smith SNL Performance: Click here for Buck's incredible SNL performance!!!
The gaggers are back and more unhinged than ever. Caroline finally watched Tar, the timeless nature of viola jokes is discussed *trigger warning for violists*, and the gals cover RULES FOR HOW TO BEHAVE ON A GAG.
The gals had one hell of a week and are here to tell you about it. This episode covers NYC Fashion Week gigs, non-existent Times Square gags, and of course, a Ghost of Gags Past. They are joined by special guest Lucy.
The gals talk about gigs, gags, gay aliens, Dudamel joining NYPhil, and are late on Rihanna and even later on the Grammys. They're joined by special guest Jason Beckmann.
Welcome to the inaugural episode! The gals discuss the giggery and gaggery of 3 million dollar weddings and theatrical debuts of aging European cinema divas with special guest on third mic, the wonderful, Jason Beckmann.