tomxchao: Recent Episodes

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Tom X. Chao has written, directed, produced and performed original theater pieces for over 10 years. His works include: "The Negative Energy Field," "Can't Get Started," "Cats Can See the Devil," "Freak Out Under the Apple Tree," and "Callous Cad."

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4 bars of 808 pattern using samples from Native Instruments Kontakt Factory Instruments. Slight compression only. 120 bpm.

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Tom X. Chao's unfinished holiday song 2021: "It's Too Early to Celebrate Christmas." Rough mix of home demo. Lead vocals, shaker, sleigh bells, digital sampled instruments arranged and performed by Tom X. Chao. Lyrics: Tom X. Chao. © 2021 Tom X. Chao

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A work-in-progress for Charlie Snyder.

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Driving around the San Gabriel Valley in the middle of the night. Where did Naugles used to be? © 2014 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The Future Isn't Pristine. There's always scuff marks and signs of wear. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Tom X. Chao's Knitting Podcast. Please help me get over 20,000 listeners to surpass these people I just met who have a knitting podcast. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Audition tape for the role of Rolf in "The Sound of Music" (non-union). Hair: black. Height: 6'1". Age range: 15-75. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Woman, You Make Me Feel Like I'm Looking at a Painting by Balthus. The one that the Met didn't put into their retrospective, Cats and Girls. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Do You Have a Wide, Oval Face? You need to co-mingle your DNA with a person who has a long, narrow face. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Sourdough bread, taste memory, and enjoyment of life. What flavors do you forget about for years at a time? © 2013

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Podcast: Relax Your Head and Neck. Have you ever done it? It's weird! ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: How To Market Yourself Successfully. What is your favorite beverage? Don't say Diet Coke! © 2013

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Podcast: Serious Realization About My Life. It came from a near-chance encounter with a stranger. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Screaming at Birthday Parties. I'll come to your birthday party and enliven it by screaming. Does that sound appealing? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Falling Asleep Amidst the Groceries. The Trader Joe's groceries gives one a great sense of security. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: How to Eat a Salad Like Noted Filmmaker Gregg Araki. Have you ever wondered how that Japanese-American auteur eats a salad? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Things You Grow Out Of. There's a lot of things you can move past in life. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: How Can You Make Your Cooking Show So Dull? It Should Be Fascinating! I mean, cooking seafood and grilling should be exciting and fun. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: I saw that on television. I don't have much to say in any conversation. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Control Your Own Sexual Destiny, Sayeth Prophet Tom. I come with many reforms for our society. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: I Can't Stop Thinking About Ham. Particularly a ham sandwich I bought (and ate) in Toronto. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: I detest my existence. A depressing podcast that shouldn't be published. © 2013

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Podcast: The Ten-Year Anniversary of "Cats Can See the Devil." I'm still around, people! © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The Ineffable Springsteen Feeling. Do you remember tearing up the streets? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: My New All-Inclusive Curse (Warning: Extremely Offensive). I hope it offends everyone equally. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Annual Reminiscence About Summer Camp. Never forget that girl you didn't get at summer camp. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Trying to Outrun a Glacier. There's still a little time left for me to make something with that title. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: My coat of arms. I picked crazily optimistic symbols. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Strachan Streetwalker. Perhaps she was a Fringe burlesque performer? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Fire Artists I've Met Recently, There's more around (me) than I would have guessed. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Profound Toronto epiphany. This realization is as important as the other one about failing to find a woman. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Peter Gabriel vs. R.E.M. I detest R.E.M. © Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: I'm Going to Win This Comment Thread. I must prove my superiority. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The Adulterers League of America. Must you wear that dress to our adulterous liasons, woman? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Episode 27 of The Ineluctable Diaries of Doctor Graber Hamstocklington. Tonight, Doctor Graber Hamstocklington faces his greatest challenge to date. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: A Tumultuous, On-Again Off-Again Relationship. I know you hate me, woman! I know you don't want to date me! © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Why did I like those things? They seem so meaningless now. © 2013

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Podcast: I vow to consume less animal flesh. Except in rare (medium or well done) circumstances. © 2013.

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Podcast: The Simple Joy of the Triangular Premade Sandwich. You know, the kind that come in a triangular plastic or paperboard container. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: You made that thing look so good. Woman, you really knew how to work it. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: I Hate Being the First Human on Mars. Really, it sucks. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Hello, Claes Oldenburg sculptures, my old friends. I've seen many of the pieces now at MoMA in different museums in various different cities. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Cold-Weather Recipes. I still haven't made spoonbread, potatoes au gratin, etc. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Papa's got a brand-new whisk. Why can't America prepare for disasters properly? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: How to cover your inadvisable laughter. It could be embarrassing. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Trying to find a good time. This is the wrong neighborhood. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Where Can I Find an Acceptable Yorkshire Pudding? Also, where can I find everything else I need in life? © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Woman, I see you are a conventional person. You do not desire a person who possesses uniqueness and originality. © 2013.

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Podcast: Never reveal yourself to your enemies. Enemies will turn personal information against you. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Late-night cycling at Randall's Island. Beware of monsters. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: 7-Eleven nachos and a tallboy of Miller High Life. That's not a meal, really. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: What makes a good interviewer? Not asking gimmicky questions. @ 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The discourse of others. It irks me greatly. © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: My new children's theater show. Norman, Carl, Sally & the ... Vegans! © 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Do you remember when I was big in the scene? I used to be big in the scene. @ 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Damn stupid bed! I never did have sex on it! @ 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Never store stuff in a cloud! @ 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The ghost bed. I woke up screaming, so the bed must be haunted. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Tom's test kitchen. I need a test kitchen of my own. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The magnetic North Pole. I'll -provide one for your compass. ©2013 TOM X. CHAO

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Podcast: This Is Not A Grim-Sounding Depressed Podcast About Lacking A Wife, Girlfriend, Or Lover. However, I'm not wrong to record such podcasts! @2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Am I hideous, woman? Are you so perfect? ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Filled with evil. I wish I wasn't. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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It's the worst thing you can do before sleeping. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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I'm no Eric Rohmer. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Oh, those long-distance running women. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: No one is listening to my podcasts by tomxchao

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Why is it so difficult? ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Nondescript friends. They're really forgettable. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: Block of the cock. Is it too soon for me to discuss this topic? ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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It's a part of life. ©2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The prison planet. Those goddamn tattoos! Copyright 2013 Tom X. Chao

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Podcast: The lonely coughing dork (Warning: contains coughing fit.) Copyright 2013 Tom X. Chao