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Tchotchke is Anastasia Sanchez, Eva Chambers, and Emily Tooraen. Their latest record, Playin’ Dumb, is out September 5, 2025.

Tchotchke

Music

Welcome to Adam Green’s Chat With Tchotchke

Podcast

Episode 328-Sour Times with guest DJ Haram

262 | Writing (and Directing) Intimate, Personal Films That Feel Cinematic (ft. Sorry, Baby’s Eva Victor)

Miki Magasiva is the director, writer and producer of the new crowd-pleasing New Zealand drama <a href="https://linktr.ee/tinathefilm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tinā</a>, which is out now in theaters. Born in Lefagaoali’i, Samoa, Magasiva resides in New Zealand. Directing his first project in 2003, a set of award-winning ads, he continues to direct spots for major brands worldwide. In 2005, Magasiva was selected as a Breakthrough Young Director, representing Australasia at the AFEST film section, culminating in his first short film, Rites of Courage. He completed his second short film, Uso, the following year, when he was nominated for Best Script at the NZ Television Film Awards and won the Digital Dream Award at the Hawai’i International Film Festival. His short film Sina &amp; Tuna, included in the Teine Sa (2021) television anthology, won Best Narrative Feature at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. That same year, his work with The Panthers, New Zealand&#8217;s first-ever drama series to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), earned him Best Director: Drama/ Comedy at the NZ Television Awards. He collaborated with Indigenous filmmakers from New Zealand and Australia with the We Are Still Here (2022) feature film, opened the Sydney International Film Festival, screened at TIFF and won Best Dramatic Feature at imagineNATIVE. (Photo by Ryan Alexander Lloyd.)

Miki Magasiva

Film

A Hotel Room and a Movie – The Magical Discovery of Being Italian

In the darkest days of December, 2020, when NYC was being battered into a shell of itself by the pandemic, Joe Denardo (Growing, Ornament) encouraged Dan Wise (Honey, Psychic Ills, Kill Me Tomorrow) to start jamming some songs Dan had been sitting on. After a few years and different personnel, the Cool Whip sound coalesced and FLAME IN MY HEART was born.

Cool Whip

Dan Wise and Mark Ibold Eat Potato Chips at Union Pool

Riz Ahmed Wants To Abolish Elections

Noah Cyrus: I Want My Loved Ones To Go With Me (Afterlife Science with Kim Penberthy)

Transmissions :: Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords)

649: The Art of Clocking Restaurant Critics with Drew Nieporent

839. – Bar Italia

A version of james K was born. Comprised of bones, reactive metals and a larynx with freckled eyes that catalyzes that mix. She produces her music and makes temporary haven for indomitable lyrics — and these are in constant flux. You can check what they are here: [917 908-1173]. It&#8217;s only a part of her ultra-detailed world. A world that she abandons and then builds upon.

james K

james K and Huerco S Have a Lot of Connections

The Making of WRITER’S BLOCK by Peter Bjorn and John – feat. Peter Morén, Björn Yttling and John Eriksson

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