![]() I'd heard on that film that they had repurposed all of the costumes from Killer Clowns From Outer Space to make all the trolls. But that had some pretty intense moments. It's the same thing with Ernest Scared Stupid, which is obviously, way sillier. There are some parts that are just so horrific and scary but it's in this package of a kid's movie. There's kind of a common thread between all these formative picks in that what I loved about Dark Crystal being a really young kid is that I didn't know if I should be watching it or be allowed to watch it that young. The reason it makes no sense to me is that every single time I went to Blockbuster, I’d rent the same film and it just makes me wonder why wouldn't my parents just buy me the VHS? The amount of money they probably spent at Blockbuster renting the same two movies over and over again for years is mind-boggling to me. The main memory that I have attached to Dark Crystal and it's a little bit confounding to me because I remember going to Blockbuster very young, maybe four or five years old, and renting either this or what I almost picked instead, Ernest Scared Stupid. There's no way I could pinpoint the first time I saw The Dark Crystal. With what I know about the film despite not having seen it, I can imagine how it would have influenced you and your work. Tell me about the first time you saw The Dark Crystal. Below, read our conversation which ranges from the spooky stuff kids love to a recent appreciation of latter-day Peter Gabriel tunes. Plus, he’s just a great person to interview. I’m happy Lutsko worked out to be the first guest on Taste Profile, a new series on No Expectations, because I knew he’d pick things I’d never guess or have checked out myself. Plus, he’s been enjoying fatherhood as the dad of a two-year-old girl and recently wrote a reflective song about it in “Obituary.” Now, Lutsko is headed back on the road (he sold out two nights at Lincoln Hall in 2022) and will be hitting up Park West on April 7 ( Tix here). His music is a full-time gig, he’s moved to a new spot with his family complete with a home studio and film set up for his videos and live streams. ![]() In the last couple of years, his life has changed pretty drastically. Few people captured the absurdity of that era better than Lutsko. It’s better experienced than explained on paper. His videos are bonkers, combining jokes with horror and occasionally outlandish puppets. That LP is a collection of joke songs he posted first as Twitter videos from 2019 to 2021 including unsolicited theme songs for Spirit Halloween, Netflix’s The Irishman, and increasingly dark takes on the Republican National Convention, Trump Jr. ![]() ![]() While Lutsko has been making music for years both in traditional songwriting like his 2019 album Swords and writing parody tunes for places like Super Deluxe, I interviewed him in 2021 for VICE about the music that would make up his album Songs on the Computer. Nick Lutsko is a musician from Chattanooga, Tennessee who makes unhinged comedy songs with hooks so infectious and anthemic they’ll stick in your brain for months. ![]()
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