In April 2019, I begged Andy to let me guest-star on a podcast he was participating in. Instead, he suggested we start our own. Two weeks later, we were in the Substation space, recording our thoughts on the 1971 movie, The Abominable Dr. Phibes. We liked doing this SO MUCH that we immediately made three more episodes, wrote a theme song and designed a logo for our ridiculous name: Thee Movie Professors podcast. As Andy began spending much of his time in the hospital, he was unable to drive to the space. I was making plans to bring recording equipment to his hospital bed so we could discuss “The Seventh Samurai” which we had just watched in his Burien home. He died in September, with no respect for continuity. While those of us in his support team grappled with unbearable grief, we somehow managed to produce this podcast and made it into something I’m truly proud of. It would have never been possible without the help from Andy’s sister Amanda and his best friend Andrew, both humans who are wonderful beyond words. Here’s Episode One; guest-starring The Rant. Andy’s friends: You’ll know the one I mean. Amanda and I will make sure the other episodes are released soon, but we needed to put this one out there; wrap it up like a present to give to his loved ones. I miss him every day but now I have this very real, tangible piece of our friendship. Andy lived his life according to the adage “You want to be an artist? Make art". If I have to, I’ll extrude oil and sear this thing into vinyl, putting off all bio-degrade and mortality. I’ll make sure this lives forever. The great poet Ovid said, “Though the closing fires consume me, my better half shall live ever on”. It’s unclear if he was referring to his dick or his poetry, but I’m gonna go with the latter for the sake of this pretentious closing remark.