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Cassidy is an internationally acclaimed DJ. To set the stage, He performed at the wedding of Jay Z and Beyonce. And provided beats for President Obama in the White House. Cassidy explains his pitch to all of the amazing artists he collaborated with on “Calling All Hearts” Boater hats from Bates Hats in London Cannot live without Shell toe Adidas and the boater hat Explaining his “wildest” DJ set Discussing the conversation he had with his grandma before performing for the President Last song played on iPhone: Sam Cook’s “You Send Me”  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Shailene Woodley and Theo James play lead roles in the upcoming futuristic dystopia film called Divergent. Live in Limbo attended the red carpet for the Toronto premiere screening at the Scotia Bank theatre downtown Toronto. And get a chance to speak with the stars and their loving fans. Andreas Babiolakis and Olivia Leung talk to Sean Chin in this episode about their surreal experience and how it all went down. Links:  Shaeline Woodley on hugging interviewers Andreas and Liv get caught on Twitter (thanks to @james_mudblood) Pharrell has the first album of 2014 to hit 50,000 sales per week  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

On this episode of the podcast, Sean and Andreas talk about societies dependancy on technology. Ranting on crappy Canadian ISPs such as Rogers, Bell and Telus Steve Jobs introducing and demoing the first FaceTime call Apple set to release iOS in the Car next week with Ferrari, Mercedes & Others  iTunes wants more exclusive album streaming such as Beyonce St. Vincent’s self-titled album receives a 9.2/10 on Live in Limbo Exploring great television such as Fringe, Person of Interest and Seinfeld. Plus,  Heroes returning to television in 2015 Music Links:  “I Prefer Your Love” by St. Vincent  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Sever (aka Skye Sweetnam) is the front woman of Sumo Cyco. They are an edgy independent punk rock metal band based in Toronto, Canada. Discussing hair colour. Green for Ireland? And Winning Indie Week Canada Making the transition from pop to punk rock/metal Making indépendant B-horror film styled music videos Breaking down the “Go Go Go” video and releasing singles and videos as chapters of the album On almost opening for The Pretty Reckless Keeping social with fans consistently Female role models in the punk metal genre: Animal Alpha, Skunk Anansie, Courage My Love, Gwen Stephani, M.I.A. & Janelle Monáe Music Links:   “Go Go Go” by Sumo Cyco  “Good Time” by Crystal Castles  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

The 86th academy awards will be on March 2nd this year and what a year it has been for films! We haven't had a year this good since 2010, with films like 127 hours, the social network, inception, the kings speech, black swan and more. This year we have been blessed with a large amount of excellent films and with a very stable list of best picture nominees. We play a fun trivia game. And make predictions on some of the most coveted prizes. Our panel includes LiL’s film academic Andreas Babiolakis, LiL’s resident film reviewer Dakota Arsenault, LiL’s publisher & chief editor Sean Chin and popular film YouTuber Adrianna Floridia. Adrianna links: http://freshfromthetheatre.tumblr.com http://moviemezzanine.com/author/adriana/ http://cinefilles.wordpress.com http://movie-knight.com Dakota links: All 12-parts of the 2014 Oscar Primers  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Lauren Malyon is the front woman of Lyon. They are a Canadian indie pop band, getting ready to take over the airwaves. Lyon are fresh off releasing their debut EP called Indian Summer and are coming to a Canadian city near you. Releasing “Floating” music video and living downtown with karaoke bars Behind the track “Happy Alone” Covering Lorde’s “Team” with Wolf Saga Choosing a new wall colour and taking IKEA pencils The journey to finding a voice On the Disclosure and Lorde remix at the BRIT Awards and a dream collaboration with Bastille Being inspired musically while snow mobile-ing Discussing quality over quantity Music Links: "Happy Alone" by Lyon “Good Time” by Crystal Castles  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

J. Willgoose Esq. is the front man of Public Service Broadcasting. The duo are a very exciting band hailing from Great Britain. If you’re in the mood for some Burial meets Living Colour meets DJ Shadow shadow meets Doctor Who, then PSB is for you. Their latest album “Inform. Educate. Entertain.” is highly regarded and a new favourite of ours. Willgoose explains the concept of sticking historical archival audio and video together Favourite quote from Roygbiv: “I believe in this world to come, I believe it is going to be a pretty good one” Inspirations and future dream collaborations such as Burial Thoughts on the music industry in general right now The importance of a sense of mystery for an artist Reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four Music Links: "Roygbiv" by Public Service Broadcasting “Good Time” by Crystal Castles  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Brandi Sidoryk is the lead singer of Sidney York. Along with Krista Wodelet are a Canadian pop duo ready to explode as they just released their newest album

Jason "Human Kebab" Parsons is the DJ, emcee, turntablist and hype-man of Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS). Along with lead singer and guitarist Ash Boo-Schultz, USS is a  2-time CASBY award winning alternative rock, dance, electro-funk band from our great city of Toronto. Russian Interior Ministry police choir sing Daft Punk's “Get Lucky” in Sochi opening ceremony How the band gets in the zone and mood for their elaborate and highly energetic on stage performances Growing up in the York Region and reminiscing on living in Markham Artists and musicians that influenced USS like Radiohead's “Kid A” Finding the balance between making something still beautiful and not uncontrollably chaotic with Tawgs Salter The making of the brand new album “Advanced Basics” on iTunes Thoughts on the current state of electronic dance music (EDM) Music Links: "Ying Yang" by USS “Good Time” by Crystal Castles  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Glasvegas is a platinum selling and Mercury Prize nominated rock group hailing from Glasgow, Scotland. James Allan, Rab Allan, Paul Donoghue and Jonna Löfgren chat with Sean and Andreas about their upcoming North American tour and show in Toronto. James & Rab talk about the writing process of creating new albums and songs Jonna discusses the dynamics she adds to the band Paul explains the responsibility the group has at representing Scotland while overseas Discussing the role of social media in reaching out to fans Music Links:   "I'd Rather Be Dead (Than Be with You)" by Glasvegas “Good Time” by Crystal Castles  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Billy Pettinger is known to the music world as Billy The Kid. She’s a self made singer-songwriter living in Vancouver, Canada. She hangs out with me and we talk about her musical career, collaborations and what’s next. Red Hot Chili Peppers not being plugged in at the Super Bowl Discussing the impact of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman How her career in music began, being on Warped Tour & creative process Making 31 music videos in 31 days and working with Frank Turner on a new album Listening to Frank’s “Tape Deck Heart” for 20 hours straight in LA Love for reading books by authors such as Kurt Vonnegut and Chris Hadfield Music industry not having enough strong prominent lead female role models Differences between working with the likes of Frank Turner and Raine Maida The dream to continue making music forever and building a home studio in the middle of nowhere  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

This week, Andreas and I talk about celebrities, crime, the Grammy aftermath and we drop a few F-Bombs. Turns out we were pretty much spot on with our Grammy predictions last week: Daft Punk and Lorde took the cake. And their sales are skyrocketing  Ads and musicians performing at the Superbowl. We highly anticipate an epic Ad by Apple for celebrate 30 years of Mac Burial posts a self and letter teasing new music  Andreas explains why he gave “Too True” by Dum Dum Girls a 6.4/10 Lorde is frustrated with the paparazzi post Grammy wins in New Zealand  The need and differences between onstage and real life personas We discuss the issue of young celebrities and getting into serious issues with their lives. Such as Justin Bieber attacking a limo driver, egging a house and being arrested for DUI in Miami   Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Matt Webb is the lead guitarist of Canadian alternative pop-rock group Mariana’s Trench. Sean and Katrina talk with Matt about his soon to released sophomore solo EP called “Right Direction”. Discussing how get into the right mood or zone to perform in very different genres of music Matt explains what drives him to pursue solo work He talks about the feedback and response he’s received from peers We discuss the rumor of Daft Punk punking everyone at the Grammy Awards (turns out I was wrong) Matt goes through the process on how he forms his songs and lyrics  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Agah Bahari is an Iranian composer, guitarist, producer and sound designer. He also happens to be a voting member of the GRAMMY and JUNO awards. Sean and Andreas talk to him this week about how his musical career began, his early morning Zen meditation routine and the state of the music industry today. Agah encourages new artists to do their own music, social media and marketing instead of trying to get signed to a label. Agah discusses his early life and getting banned from Iran He reveals what the voting process involves at the Grammys Sean, Andreas and Agah all predict who will win what category awards, it looks like it will be the year of our Lorde, pun intended Agah talks about his favourite concerts of 2013: Yes, Megadeth and Meshuggah Discussing the damage MTV has done on the music/entertainment industry Agah highly recommends checking out Tom Nazziola, Ricky Kej and Bonobo  Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter

Her (2013) is a film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, the voice of Samantha. It also features the likes of Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde. This masterpiece is by directed, produced and written by Spike Jonze. Andreas and Sean discuss the significance of Her in todays society and culture. Montreal's Arcade Fire is even nominated for a Grammy for their original score. This podcast is probably way longer than any film review should be. And yes, there is a heavy amount of spoilers in here.   Subscribe via iTunes | RSS | YouTube | #CapsulePodcast on Twitter