Zia

Eugene Web-Exclusive Appraisal: 1915 J.D. Medina Zia Four Seasons Pot

Zia (Patrick Fugit), distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also 'offed' herself, he sets out on a road trip, with his Russian rocker friend, to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where they discover that being dead doesn't mean you have to stop living.

A profile of underground hip hop group, Common Market. Ra, the group's MC works for a property management and maintenance company as his day job, where he takes out the garbage, rakes the leaves, unclogs toilets, etc. VC2 Producer Zia Mohajerjasbi follows Ra through a regular day as he puts down the mop and picks up the microphone to rock the crowd.

This is a rough cut of my first pod as an SEP. Record shops around the world are closing down at alarming rates due to digital music and illegal downloads. Zia Records manages to keep its doors open, but how?