Episode 17 - Street Trash! A Conversation with Ryan Kruger plus Eli Oslberg

Episode 17 - Street Trash! A Conversation with Ryan Kruger plus Eli Oslberg

Author: They Live By Film April 17, 2025 Duration: 3:47:53
Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.

In Episode 17, Eli is back! to cover March releases with me and more Melusine titles with Celeste. We are lucky to get an extended session with Celeste that catches us up all the way to last months Melusine titles.

And not to bury the lede, but I am thrilled to also be able to sit down with Ryan Kruger, an extremely prolific music video and shorts director internationally who has recently been given the opportunity to dip into features. We discuss Fried Barry as well as his VSP release of the Street Trash reimagining. He was humble and came across as just another film geek, I really loved the discussion. Thank you Ryan!

Coming up in May we have an OCN partner discussion with one of the worlds leading SOV authorities and mid month we are close to finalizing time with one of the VS team members that has not given an interview as part of the VS family.

Thank you for those who continue to listen and please let me know how I can make this better!

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 45

Punk Vacation: An Unofficial Vinegar Syndrome Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Episode 41 - The inimitable Scooter McCrae and March Releases [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:47:58
Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.Episode 41 is Eli and I covering March titles in depth but most…
Episode 39 - VSP Director Kansas Bowling and February Releases [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:50:14
Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 39 Eli and I cover the Feburary announcements and det…
Episode 37 - Valentine's Special: Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:35
Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 37, Eli and Chris are back for Part 2 of the Valentin…
Episode 33 - Valentine's Special: Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:12:38
Finding the joy in unfettered creativity. A podcast dedicated to bringing awareness and context to movies of any budget, from anywhere, and during any time.In Episode 33 we are going to try something slightly different.…