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Can't Stop

*Can't Stop* is the third episode of the second season of Living Free. Directed by Dylan Van Hauen, it was written by Mike Barkhoff and airs on April 1st, 2022.

## Plot

Tasked with writing a script for Dylan, Mike finds himself struggling to write. Worse yet, he's on a formed schedule.

He gets distracted by his Star Wars shirt, which reminds him of the events in Astral, as well as by his phone and his fleeting mentality.

When he proceeds to type away, it's revealed that it's the Breaking Bad Reddit he's spending so much time on. He lies to Dylan, saying that the writing is going smoothly and will be accomplished on time.

A song gets stuck in his head that he doesn't know the name of, so he hums it and flicks a light on and off in it's tone.

Mike then eats his honey roasted peanuts, and jams out to the song - which he now knows the name of, Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Can't Stop" - and actually completes the script.

Dylan calls and asks for a second draft due to there being 126 spelling errors, Mike obliges but then, when getting off the phone, lets out an exhausted sigh.

## Production

Barkhoff has considered this episode the most unscripted of Season 2, and therefore the hardest to accomplish. This episode was built around the other three episodes Barkhoff had ideas for (Episode 4 being three of the three), as he felt Episode 2 was Point B and Episode 4 was Point D, feeling the need to make a Point C.

## Reception

The episode was met with very positive reviews for it's simplicity and comical efforts. It maintains a 9.6/10 on IMDb.

Upon release, 12Digits' song used in the episode saw a massive spike in streaming numbers on Spotify, garnering 2,037 plays.
Drakoloid

Drakoloid is a content producer, known for creating and curating projects aimed at a younger audience, such as "ARTic", "Midnights On Air With John Lopez", and the upcoming "Our Jurassic Family", "Men Of The House", and "Meet The Vox's".

Drakoloid reached out to Mike Barkhoff due to a mutual associate in Ron Gomes and, since then, Barkhoff has taken on roles in the latter three titles and appeared as a cameo in ARTic's sixth season as a character named Moe Delawn.
Bent Edges

Bent Edges is an upcoming web series created by Mike Barkhoff. Originally conceived in 2016 and seeing numerous rewrites between 2017 to 2020, it was decided to be filmed in 2022. The series began filming but didn't complete so it was delayed from a August 2022 release, at first to a September 2023 release, and then to an April 2024 release. During this time, Barkhoff lost inspiration briefly and took a brief hiatus, "admittedly procrastinating". Despite this, when Barkhoff began editing the series again in November 2023, he found inspiration to finish it, but also discovered the ending was needing major touch-ups, so decided to split the miniseries into two blocks of four episodes as opposed to one block of eight. Barkhoff's concept was inspired by HBO's "Silicon Valley", and the series is set to release on April 6th, 2024.

The series follows a set of twins who are caught for vandalism on school property, but, due to their leaving a copy of a comic book they made, their punishment is to help their school's comic book club come up with ideas, which ultimately ends up being their story they dropped, about a hero named Deathray. The Deathray comic book in the show is based on a superhero Barkhoff created, and Barkhoff has expressed interest in making a comic book about the character in real life. At one point, comics were going to release alongside the show - part of the reason it was delayed - but Barkhoff announced this would "happen at a later date" due to the length of time it takes to make a comic, and his lack thereof time.

Barkhoff collaborated largely on the idea with Jarrod Van Hauen throughout it's production and received story notes from Conner Paulsen in 2022. Paulsen portrays the Principal in the series, while Harry Scott portrays the comic book club leader and Mike Barkhoff portrays the twins.
In The Air Part II

"In The Air Part II" is an episode of Chapters. (Season 4), released March 23rd, 2023, and directed by Alan Smithee. This is a reference to filmmakers who dislike their work changing their credit to the name Alan Smith.

The film is a sequel to the Horror Fest 2018 entitled In The Air, which received very subpar reviews. To announce the episode, Live Free remarked "a sequel to one of our worst efforts is coming next". Barkhoff described the idea behind making the episode as "It wasn't trying to redux the project or the past. It was just to be funny and make a point on Hollywood's culture."

## Plot

A man films himself clarifying how the world has changed after being forced to share it with aliens.

## Reception

The episode received positive reviews, being noted as a "Welcome tonal shift" by Clarke Accloades. Many have deemed it a massive improvement over it's predecessor, "In The Air", as it "clings to simplicity and doesn't overdo itself."
Only If

*Only If* is a song from Norff on Overmorrow. Featuring 69ERRAS, it sees the two rap over a near 'Hawaiin' beat, each delivering a verse.

## Themes

Norff and 69ERRAS both defend their positions in their respective careers in the overall rap game. 69ERRAS' verse, and the song, ends with a threat aimed at Mike Barkhoff and UGK David, stating if they do not stay in their place, they can be dissed alongside all other rappers that 69ERRAS dissed (including GMKTre, Lolo Coop, Tae Barber, and more).

## Reception

The song was met with critical acclaim and is considered one of Norff's best, and one of the highlights off the album, particularly for the ending of the song and 69ERRAS' verse.
Forgive The Delay

*Forgive The Delay* is a series of EPs by Norff which are released prior to big projects for promotion.

The first preceded Life Is Rough following it's setback on the schedule and the second is set to release on September 3rd, 2021, prior to Norf.

## Volume One

Volume One included the songs "Baby Please" and "Dead Body" (Fact Diss, Vol. 3's alternate title). It was released shortly before Life Is Rough.

## Volume Two

Volume Two was announced for release on September 3rd, 2021, but was announced in May 2021. Many suggested perhaps Norff is dropping the Norf EP before then and it will serve as a prelude to Overmorrow, until it was then announced Norf wouldn't release until the "fourth quarter" of 2022.
In Tha Mirror

**In Tha Mirror** is the fifth episode of Living Free (Season 3). Released May 19th, 2023, it was written by Mike Barkhoff and directed by Anessa Smith. The episode was met with universal laud and has been considered the best episode of the series to date.

The title of the episode bears resemblance to the second episode of the third season, In The Mirror. It also correlates to a track made by Barkhoff, "Talkin' To The Mirror", in his third album [I Attest].

## Plot

Mike falls asleep in exhaustion after a hard day of self criticism and film work. He has a nightmare in which he is wrongfully arrested when he wakes up and prepares for his day. The Interviewer is a cop in his nightmare, who is racist and has targeted him for a murder (even though he has a solid alibi) due to her perception of those "his color". Barkhoff tries to fight The Interviewer in court but is sentenced to prison due to his preconceived notions of his guilt based around his color.

## Release

The episode was released alongside a short essay by Barkhoff that reads: "This one is important to us. It's about racism in a different world where it's reversed. We're trying to show those who are racist how it feels because they don't think about who's effected, just being heard."

## Reception

The album was met with universal laud from an online audience. Clarke Accloades commented "Living Free is very much it's own Atlanta - and this episode proves just that. This episode, similarly to Teddy Perkins', introduces such a dark concept that's so well buried under how odd the scenery and world is around it. The fact this series can manage it in it's short time capacity makes it even more impressive, and it's notable: Barkhoff and crew know that too little sometimes is just right."

## Post Release

Many audience members, including family of Barkhoff's, suggested he submit it to film contests. If done, it would be the first time he'd done so since 2018. Barkhoff admitted even before anyone suggested it, he considered it, but stated "if film and art is to a point where you only win because of the political themes, it's all fake then. This one was very important to me, but I shy from political stuff because it can feel too forced with no originality. I feel like the originality would get overlooked for the message, so no."

Anessa Smith, the episode's director, backed this statement, saying: "First off, I hate my work. Secondly, it's ideal for stuff like this to exist. So much of it, done professionally, is for profit. We're not even trying to promote this, it's a silent type of moment for everyone to share somberly. We're not trying to make a huge moment out of it."
The Great Escape

*The Great Escape* is an announced feature film by Mike Barkhoff, acting as the sequel to INFINITE. and Patron.

It was written in 2019 by Barkhoff when he was inspired by "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Film" and decided to explore where Joey Evans was at in life. He wrote the plot while on an away vacation, and then, upon returning, wrote the script in one sitting, the only time he's done so.
Ron Gomes

Ron Gomes is a South American writer in the Live Free collective. His first adapted script was arrived in Chapters. (Season 3) under the title of Limbo. Barkhoff met Gomes on a Facebook page when trying to recruit for new members. He contacted Ron to read his script he had posted about, and, upon receiving and reading it, Barkhoff was a massive fan of Gomes'.

The first script Gomes sent Barkhoff is currently being produced as the next release from Gomes' adapted works. It is titled Monster At Home. Barkhoff intends for it to be released in early 2022, with another one of Gomes' scripts, Stalkers, being released in late 2022.

Barkhoff has discussed Ron's scripts and his appreciation of them by stating: "It's as if Ron knew me since I was a kid and wrote alongside me at the tables of my school. I'm not calling him a kid, and not saying it in a bad way, either. He literally writes how I wrote before my teacher made me feel like what I was writing was criminal in nature during the PTAs. I admire that, that defiance towards society. A part of me, in my shell, feels like I'm in the wrong for writing some of the darker stuff. It's like Ron is at one with it. I wish I could be that way. And for that, Ron's scripts - and his career he's setting up - are just glorious."

Barkhoff asked Gomes to be an actor in Living Free, due to Ron's knowledge in comedy, also - he runs a channel called Draft Of Humor. Ron obliged to portray a fictionalized version of himself, and appeared in the first two episodes of the season.

Barkhoff admitted that he was scouting "too hard" and found both Gomes and Draft Of Humor within days, and talked to both about partnering up. Shortly thereafter, he discovered they were the same people, unknowing initially.

Gomes stars in the Drakoloid series Midnights On Air With John Lopez. He is responsible for introducing Barkhoff to Drake Vegas.

## Filmography

- all Draft Of Humor videos

- Midnights On Air With John Lopez (actor; as John Lopez)

- Limbo (writer)

- Living Free (actor; as himself)

- Monster At Home

- Stalkers
Black & White

*Black & White* is the collaborative album by Live Free Music, consisting of songs done by Norff, Gee Mak, Mcee Detox, UGK David, and Mike Barkhoff. This is the first time since 2018 that Barkhoff has released music with his vocals over the track.
The album is exclusive to Spinrilla and was released on March 19th, 2021. It was first teased during a production photo of Death, My Darling, which seemingly teased at a Black and White version of that film.

## Tracklist

1. BVEPSA (Mike Barkhoff, Jarrod Van Hauen and Conner Paulsen)
2. First Words (Mike Barkhoff)
3. Pica-Boo (Gee Mak, ft. Norff)
4. ROBIN WILLIAM$ (UGK David)
5. Hustla Mothafucka (Norff, ft. Mcee Detox)
6. Get To The Money (Mcee Detox, ft. Natjamesworld)
7. 99 FREE$TYLE (UGK David)
8. She Ma Lady (Norff)
9. Need (Mike Barkhoff)
10. Introspective (Mike Barkhoff)
11. Mirror, Mirror (Norff, ft. Gee Mak)
12. YE$ $IR (UGK David)
13. Sanitize Your Hands (Remix) (Norff, ft. Mike Barkhoff)
14. Candlelight (Mike Barkhoff)
15. 2018 BVE Freestyle (Mcee Detox)
16. Suicide (Skwad!) (Norff)
17. Lord Make Way (Mcee Detox, ft. Gee Mak and BOMO)

## Reception

The album was met with positive reviews, but was criticized for being all over the place and containing several already released songs by the brand names of Live Free's collective. It was seen by many as a simple marketing technique to help boost other artist's fanbases due to the success of Norff's recently released Sanitize Your Hands.
H.A.A.M.

*H.A.A.M.* (an abbreviation for "Heaven All Around Me") is the tenth episode of Chapters. second season, subtitled **Atrocity Exhibitions**. Written and directed by Mike Barkhoff, it stars himself in the same fictional role as the prior episode, Doppelgang. It is a music video for Saba's song of the name "Heaven All Around Me", presented as if Barkhoff died, as he did in the prior episode.

Like the episode prior, it was fit into the 114 web series long after Barkhoff halted production on it.

## Plot

Barkhoff 'awakens', dead, and crawls about his life in the afterlife whilst remembering moments shared with family and friends, from his time as a kid until now, until he stumbles on the fact that, regardless of how little he appreciated life in the moment, he's not ready to die.

## Production

Barkhoff heard the song in late 2019 while severely depressed, explaining "I had heard the song before but never vibed to it until then." He goes on, "I heard it right before we were about to start filming Season 2, and I was really down. But I heard it and I instantly jolted upwards, like 'This is perfect!'. It was a happy moment and inspired me to make Season 2 really personal."
Barkhoff stated his idea behind Season 2 was to show his appreciation towards everyone and to end on a note where he admired life more, behind the camera and in front of the camera, stating it was a purpose for him not to die on camera again too brutally.

## Themes

Barkhoff has even admitted this episode strays from the addiction narrative, but says that it does continue from the prior episode's addiction of being perfect, and has suggested possibly the addiction of wanting to be loved by others.

The episode's themes include remorse, mourning, guilt, and trauma.

## Trivia

- Barkhoff originally had a whole music video sketched out for this episode which would've required he purchase a drone but he couldn't do the initial idea due to COVID restrictions, though he waited all year optimistic he could. He considered momentarily scratching the idea but then remembered how vital this was to Season 2.

## Continuity

- The photo of Mike and Jarrod is a photo from Timeline (2015).

## Reception

The episode received acclaim for tying Season 2's thematic structure together, but was considered by some to be "rushed" or a "missed opportunity", as Barkhoff could've done more with the music video. Others, however, appreciated it's fabric of Barkhoff's life and past spread through it.

## Aftermath

The credits released shortly after this Episode, playing over Royce Da 5'9's song "Cocaine". Barkhoff went against his word and featured death scenes of himself in Room 4, the next episode (which was filmed prior to this), and Death, My Darling.
ROBIN WILLIAM$

*ROBIN WILLIAM$* is a 2020 single by UGK David off of his album $EX $ELLS, released on SoundCloud in June and on all streaming platforms in October.

Taking the matter of the celebrity it borrows it's name from, David created the track to discuss depression, especially after his own recent suicide.

## Conception

David had previously made tracks related to depression for, such as "Self Care". He wanted to make an upbeat one with serious hitting words to try and make a "radio-hit-esque" song that would draw in an audience but make them take the issue more seriously.

## Reception

The track was met with acclaim from the online community. It received UGK David a competing spot in Coast 2 Coast 2021 and also saw him become a Next Level DJ, with an article mentioning the song attached to his joining. It is one of his most popular songs. It and "Self Care" are the two songs with depression as the topic in his album "$EX $ELLS", and the latter is seated halfway through the album and the former, this song, takes spot as last song of the album. The placement was met with positive feedback due to it feeling as if a "natural cycle of depression haunted the album, which was filled with ups through forms of braggadocio and uptempo anthems, just to be met with these depression songs" - Clarke Accloades.
President Jarrod

President Jarrod is a character played by Jarrod Van Hauen that originated in films made for Government in Barkhoff and his class in High School.

The character appeared in three shorts made for School, before returning in INFINITE.

The character was intended to return in the final episodes of Bond P Batman, and also in I Give It A Year as a potential presidential candidate in cameos. The former was shelved due to lack of inspiration at the project, and the latter's filming was put on hold due to COVID-19.

President Jarrod is Jarrod's main Twitter handle still to this day.
Jarrod Van Hauen

Jarrod Van Hauen is an American film director, video editor, scriptwriter, and actor.

Van Hauen began getting interested in the idea of filmmaking when Mike Barkhoff began approaching it seriously at the age of fourteen. Van Hauen had, until then, appeared as an actor in several shorts and helped Barkhoff concoct plots.

Barkhoff tutored Van Hauen's scriptwriting skills for the second season of "The Happy Murder Spree". He also appeared in Timeline (2015), Bond V Batman: Age Of Vengeance, and it's sequel Bond P Batman. He served after school detention alongside Barkhoff for The Moderate Gatsby and stood in front of a filled movie theater giving a speech with him to present Into the Wild. Van Hauen's first mainstream debut came in the form of "Bloodbath", which received attention due to being released shortly after Barkhoff's "Candlelight". Van Hauen was a constant on set for "Spree", the first episode of Chapters., which received ambiguous positive reception, and after that conceived the idea and made "Road Trip", which is regarded amongst the best comedy sketches the crew has mastered.

In 2019, for a brief period, Van Hauen and Barkhoff sparred about personal issues. They reunited and made a Friday The 13th fan film, as well as the short comedy sketch Kit Kat's Kick Ass. 2020 saw Van Hauen remain fairly dormant, which was due to COVID-19 and, prior to that, Barkhoff not able to visit Van Hauen, who lived about forty-five minutes away, to film his scenes for I Give It A Year, where he was set to play his President Jarrod character the duo had originated in High School. Due to this, Barkhoff dug through old projects and reutilized a shelved film, Twisted Sibling, renaming it Invasion.

In 2021, Van Hauen released his debut feature film, Death, My Darling. He also directed an episode of Chapters. (Season 3) and Living Free's first season finale, The Interview. He became more involved with the creation of content, and a cameo was announced for him in Living Free 'soon', hinting at a renewal of that show.

Van Hauen serves as third in command for Live Free and half in command for Barking Vans. For the former, he is producing all primary content for 2022 and on. For the latter, he is promoting it to find the projects successfully completed there syndication to new networks as of 2020 alongside Barkhoff.

He has a Barking Vans tattoo on his left arm. He is the older brother of Dylan Van Hauen.

## Short Filmography

2018 - Bloodbath

2018 - Road Trip

2020 - Ebb

## Discography

2018 - Squid Thoughts (as Lil Squid)

2018 - squid.ink (as DJ Squid)
Kit Kat's Kick Ass

*Kit Kat's Kick Ass* is an episode of Unscripted released in 2019 for Live Free. It was one of four 'mobile episodes' that the show released in that year. Directed by Laney Gardner, it was written by Mike Barkhoff and starred him and Jarrod Van Hauen.

## Plot

Barkhoff hears a knock at his door and opens it to see Van Hauen robbing him with a plunger. After trying to give Van Hauen his ownings, Barkhoff realizes he bought 'anti robbery' shoes- shoes with a Kit Kat bar attached to the bottom - and knocks Van Hauen out. The short ends with the two breaking character and arguing over Kit Kat's or Reese's, an ongoing debate in their friendship, and the main reason behind their 2019 falling out.

## Production

The idea came to Barkhoff after he said at work one day to Travis Barkhoff, "I love Kit Kats! Kit Kats Kick Ass" and they jokingly turned it into a commercial narrative where that was the company's slogan.

Barkhoff told Van Hauen the idea and they agreed to move forward with it. Barkhoff wrote a script but much was improvised. Two takes were done and the first of the initial take was used for the opening, then the latter of the second for the ending.

Laney Gardner initially didn't intend to direct, but edited it, filmed it, and more, eventually - after directing it - agreeing to direct.

## Reception

The short film was posted to Barkhoff's Instagram and the YouTube channel and has amassed a lot of positive reviews with many commenting their appreciation of the comedy.
2018 BVE Freestyle

*2018 BVE Freestyle* (alternatively titled, as a single, simply *Freestyle*) is a single from 2018 and, as of 2022, the second song on Mcee Detox's debut album IMPL LP.

The song is notable for being Mcee Detox's debut single.

## Background

Detox recorded the song upon signing to Barking Vans. The single was produced by Mike Barkhoff, who also made the cover artwork, and, in the process, created the then logo for Detoxify.

This was recorded with the intent of being a single, it wasn't planned for inclusion on his debut EP Stage One but got placed there following lackluster streams upon initial release.

## Reception

The song was met with universal acclaim, particularly for Barkhoff's production and Detox's lyricism. It is frequently cited as a standout track of Detox's.
IMPL LP

The Debut Album From Mcee Detox

*IMPL LP* (an anagram for *In My Personal Life*) is the debut album by Mcee Detox. Released by surprise on Friday the 13th, in May of 2022, it followed years of teasing the album's release. A little more than a month after the album's release, Detox's second album, Life Worth Living, was surprise released.

## Production

Mcee Detox revealed the title of the project in 2018, shortly after the release of his EP, Stage One.

The cover art was revealed in 2020 on Barkhoff's website, while the album was confirmed in 2018.

Mcee Detox struggled with writer's block during the production, and, when he felt inspired again, he found himself recording songs that sonically did not fit the themes of this intended album.

Due to this, Barkhoff struggled to make the tracklist for IMPL LP with the songs he had collected from Mcee Detox, frequently rearranging them and waiting for more "filler" to keep the album at least somewhat cohesive. Due to this, the album was delayed from an intended 2021 release date.

Following a night of drinking, Barkhoff stumbled upon the idea of dividing Detox's tracks, grouping some for the intended and announced first album of his and storing some on the second album Detox had concocted in the prior year - the second album would see the 2021 songs "Lord Make Way" and "Holy Water" featured on it.

The album noticeably only included one song that hadn't been released previously, "Hustler Genes". Others were singles or part of Detox's debut EP, Stage One.

Barkhoff had the idea to release the album by surprise on Friday the 13th (originally, it would've released alongside Gee Mak's second EP. Scheduling this occurred in January of 2022, and, when Kendrick Lamar revealed he was returning on the same day in April of 2022, Barkhoff briefly considered delaying the album but ultimately decided against it, citing it "not disrespectful but just because we were excited about it" and stating "now the night will be twice as fun".

## Lyrics and Themes

Across the seven song album, Detox discusses his status as an up and coming rapper, addresses a frailed relationship with his mental health due to his longing for success, his background in poverty, the work ethic he brings forth alongside his friends, as well as addressing anger towards Gee Mak on the first song off the album, "Interdisciplinary".

## Tracklist

1. Interdisciplinary
2. 2018 BVE Freestyle
3. Get To The Money (ft. Natjamesworld)
4. Numbers (ft. Norff)
5. Blowing Weasels
6. Hustler Genes
7. Life As A Rapper (ft. Norff and Panda Tee)

## Reception

The album was released to positive reviews, though was met with some criticism for containing back catalogue songs moreso than new ones. Norff declared the album a classic in 2018 and reaffirmed his thoughts upon release; newcomers to Live Free 12Digits and 69ERRAS also approvingly applauded the album, with the latter calling it "timeless to the ears".

Clarke Accolades dubbed the album "strong throughout" and complimented it's succeeding of "leaving the listener wanting more".
Hustle II Success

*Hustle II Success* is the third EP from South African rapper Gee Mak. Following 2021's Hustle Till Success and May 2022's My Lane, it is a sequel to the former title, and released on September 17th, 2022. Consisting of five songs, of which is the previously released "Focus", it spawned from the initial title "Hustle Loyalty Respect", and omitted another previously released song, "Loyalty".
The EP was met with critical acclaim and saw an uptick in streams for the rapper, with many favorably comparing it to the first entry in the series and positively applauding its distance from "My Lane"'s sonical style.

## Production

Initially, Gee Mak wanted to make an EP in early 2022 titled "High Way To Hell" before changing it to "Hell's Trap". The sonical style from those EPs saw him retitle and release a trap influenced project, "My Lane" in May 2022, following several hurdles in the release date's initial announcement. Likely due to this, fans and critics were less impressed with his follow-up, complimenting his experimentation but voicing their preference for his debut project, "Hustle Till Success".
Following this, and a significant decrease in streams for the EP, Gee Mak set out to make an EP to follow-up his debut. Originally titled "Hustle Loyalty Respect", Gee Mak released a single in June entitled "Loyalty". Gee Mak then voiced that he had grown from the title and initial concept, but had a new EP to present entitled "Hustle II Success".
Mike Barkhoff, who executively produced the EP, set out to design the artwork following receiving the audio files. Barkhoff, who typically creates the project's cover early in the process - before hearing much of the album, sometimes none at all - took this approach as he wanted it to "thematically tie in". Barkhoff also took heavy inspiration from the EP's title and connection to the original, so based it off of that's artwork.
Barkhoff's artwork also bled into the individual song's YouTube files, where Barkhoff cropped portions of the cover to include the song's title, essentially giving every song a "single cover's artwork". Barkhoff explained that the artwork "grew" from the original's in that "It became real life colors, painted on a surface. Before, it was cartoon grafitti-esque. In this one, Gee Mak's grown into his releases and took away life value, which he discusses, with these projects in his life to the degree they are. Before, it was like he was imaging a cartoonish land. Now, he sees it more for what it really is."

## Tracklist

1 - Hustle, Pt. II
2 - Focus
3 - Chance
4 - For The Night
5 - Drip (John Morrison)

## Reception

The EP was met with critical acclaim. Compared to his prior release, "My Lane", the online community showed more appreciation. Gee Mak's streams also went up following the release.
Easy To Like

*Easy To Like* is the debut EP from South African rapper TeaRupt. Surprise released June 17th, 2022 - alongside Mcee Detox's second album Life Worth Living - it consists of five songs and a feature from Trill$ap. Unlike many Live Free releases, the EP saw no involvement from Mike Barkhoff aside from the cover art and distribution.

## Production

Norff asked Barkhoff to allow TeaRupt into the group and, when Barkhoff did, TeaRupt introduced himself and came suited with five finalized songs. Barkhoff enlisted his abilities to replace a potential cover art that wouldn't have worked for streaming services to provide the music.

## Tracklist

1 - DREAMS

2 - U.N.I.

3 - ENERGY (ft. Trill$ap)

4 - DON'T LOOK BACK

5 - EASY TO LIKE

## Reception

The EP was met with universal acclaim from an online community, complimenting TeaRupt's sound and comparing his flow to 12Digits while suggesting his lyrics were alongside those of Norff.
The Children of Talos

The Children of Talos (TCOT) is a select group of children abandoned and bought to Talos 1 for "protection". Some staff think Jonah just has them as some kind of human pets, but regardless, they are safe from where ever they come from, so that's a plus. They live in the Arboretum of Talos 1, at the very top over looking earth. The Children know they're on a ship and that there's civilisation out there. Jonah has a "no lying" policy when it comes to people's well being. Another reason why they stay isolated from society, is due to their unique skill, controllable or not, they're not suited for society. There's multiple other issues with them, whether it be social, mental or physical.

Doctor Marina Sculptan is in charge of administering subjects into TCOT.

## List of "Children"

TCOT currently consists of 14 subjects, more detail in their own files.

Sirin, Herrscher of the Void

Liz, The Mutated Human

Chara, The Misunderstood Human

Sora, The Incurable Child

Murata Himeko, The Woman In Imaginary Space

Tianwu Chen and Ana Schariac, Lovers Trapped In Imaginary Space

Basil and Sunny, The Innocent Murderers

Aubrey, Kel and Hero, The Grieving Teenagers

Misao and Aki, the Quiet Teenagers

Angel, the Half-blood Ghoul
Sky Falling Down

*Sky Falling Down* is a song from Norff featuring Gee Mak off of the former's second album Norf. It acts as the album opener. It received a music video on July 6th, 2021, four days after the release of the album.

## Overview

The song features the two artists discussing their career's thus far, and the good and bad that's come with it.

## Production

The song, as with many on Norf, was produced by Bayden Records. It was originally titled "Dreams" but was changed after Norff remembered he had made a song with the previous title in 2018, which ended up on Life Is Rough. Mike Barkhoff, the Producer of the album and the tracklist organizer, chose the song to open the album because of the song's opening and the fact "it was a good jump off for Norff, to examine how far he's come but also how far he's got left [to go]."

## Reception

The song was met with mostly positive reviews, though the altered voice and excessive use of a chorus was criticized.
Give Me Your Love

*Give Me Your Love* is a single from 69ERRAS featuring Norff released on February 11th, 2022. It was included with an EP alongside Gee Mak's Dear Crush - also featuring Norff - and 12Digits' Missing You, which featured Female WE2 also.

## Production

Barkhoff received this track and Chasin' This Life from 69ERRAS and Norff in the same email on the same day. Barkhoff decided to save this track for Valentine's Day 2022, especially as time approached for 69ERRAS' proposed EP release date. As that time came, and when 69ERRAS wasn't finished recording Power, Barkhoff decided to schedule this for Valentine's Day, saying "certainty went from ninety-nine to one hundred."

## Reception

The song was met with positive reviews from an online community, with many complimenting the fact that 69ERRAS' vocals sounded different from his debut single. Due to it's release after Norff's album Overmorrow, which featured 69ERRAS across multiple tracks, it was pointed out that 69ERRAS flow in this song was subpar to some of his in the aforementioned third album from Norff.
Supply Run

*Supply Run* is the sixth episode of the first season of Living Free. Written and Directed by star Mike Barkhoff, it co-stars Dylan Van Hauen, and is set to premiere October 29th, 2021.

## Plot

Mike calls Dylan and invites him to ride along with him for film supplies, the first contact the former has made since their argument in the prior episode. Dylan makes a video via cell phone about information on the fight, saying he is recording it for potential required records if Mike is coming to kill him.

The duo meet up, and Mike apologizes, offering to take Dylan out to eat after they get film supplies. Mike discusses how he feels like he has enormous weight on his shoulders and admits feeling different lately, likening his artistic state to Dr. Dre's during the time period of "I Need A Doctor". At the end, the duo make amends.

Dylan gets out of the car to perform some stunts for his film project.

## Production

Barkhoff was inspired by his other series Chapters. to make an episode that was unique. Originally intending for Episode 3, Business Call, to be 'regular', this was to be the unique episode. Ultimately, the season ended with two unique episodes, as this one is filmed vertically as opposed to horizontally.

### Variant

The episode was featured as a Bonus Feature on January 10th, 2022, when the Original Variant was released. The Variant features a shorter runtime due to being completed before Barkhoff concocted reshoot ideas.

## Reception

The episode held the highest of the series for views in it's first thirty minutes. The episode holds an 8.8/10 on IMDb from 20 reviews. This is the second lowest rated episode, following Business Call.

Clarke Accloades critiqued the episode as "one too many odd installments", but did positively review the comedic timing, although lamenting the episode lacked enough. Clarke also suggested the dialogue felt flat at times, therefore feeling like a bloated episode. Clarke, however, gave the episode a 7/10.
B&w

*b&w* is the fourth episode of Chapters.' first season. Written and directed by Mike Barkhoff, it was filmed on an iPhone and starred Ashtun O'Rourke and her infant nephew, as a story unfolds of a neglectful and forgetful babysitter turning her back one too many times just to turn around again and find the baby injured.

It features scenes in both color and black and white, but they organize the story, as color is flashforward and black and white is present.

## Conception

Barkhoff had the idea after seeing a surge in films being made with phones. He collected miscellaneous footage from his gallery and decided to make a quick story out of it.

## Plot

A babysitter's negligence leads to the child she is watching falling off of the table after tripping on a toy and landing on the floor, deceased.

## Production

The primary film was shot in the course of a day, with the nonlinear sequences having been done throughout random intervals in time prior.

## Reception

The episode was met with positive reviews, but was considered not open enough to allowing the viewer an explanation. Some felt this made it's theme and message less impactful. All in all, the episode has been considered the most unique of Chapters.' debut.
Never Lose Faith

*Never Lose Faith* is a song from Norff and 69ERRAS. The last song on Overmorrow, it was also one of the primary singles when the album was released.

## Production

The song is an upbeat rendition between the two artists as they discuss how far they've come from what they used to be, but also how far they still have to come. Nonetheless, they remind themselves why they shouldn't slow down anytime soon.

## Reception

The song has been met with universal laud and is considered one of Norff's best songs, as well as one of the best songs from Overmorrow, tied with Timeless.
Zach Attacks: Costa Rica Especial

*Zach Attacks: Costa Rica Especial* is a documentary film by Zach Delfs created to serve in the lineup of his series Zach Attacks. The film serves as the second film released by Barking Vans, and released on December 7th, 2018.

## Production

The film is cut together from clips Zach Delfs gathered on a trip to Costa Rica. Delfs came to Barkhoff with the idea, originally wanting it to feel simple and like a documentary.

## Release

It was edited and marketed by Mike Barkhoff. Barkhoff struggled editing it due to the non-linear nature, and not being a fan of documentaries, but enjoyed seeing everybody having a good time. He finished editing less than a month before its release.
Asphyxiation

Asphyxiation is the third episode of the third season of Living Free. Directed by Zach Delfs, the episode was made without a proper script. It stars Mike Barkhoff, creator of the series, as his fictional self dabbles with the idea of fatherhood in his future.

## Plot

Mike awakens in a basking pink light after a Dr. Suess inspired quote appears: "Oh the places you go... Don't let asphyxiation be one of them." He talks to two unseen forces that he sees out of frame which suggests he take a photo of himself on a camera that shows the future. Upon taking a photo, he sees the camera reflected in it, and no feature of himself. He demands answers, claiming they' ve lied to him nonstop upon his arrival.

Mike introduces himself to another unseen force, explaining his recent stoppage of nicotine as well as his intent to buy a house. When he asks who the force is, he is force fed alcohol and immediately vomits it up. Mike is offered everything he enjoys - honey roasted peanuts and cigarettes - but denies them, as he is trying to refrain in the former and as he has quit smoking in the latter.

Mike ends up hearing a little kid's voice asking him questions about life. Mike initially replies knowledgeable and with clear motivation to answer the questions respectfully and patiently. This ends, however, when Mike becomes annoyed and angry due to the kid asking what "asphyxiation" means. He snaps on the kid, demanding to know why he even knows of the word. Mike realizes his fatal flaw and lingers in a train of thoughts before conjuring the words "I'm not ready for kids."

## Reception

The episode was met with extremely positive reviews, with many complimenting it's usage of themes and it's ability to tell so little but impact so much.
Life Is Rough 2

*Life Is Rough 2* was at one point planned to be the fourth album from Norff and the sequel to his debut album, Life Is Rough. Following the series of albums, Norf and Overmorrow (both released in 2021), the album was expected to release in 2022. It remains to be seen if the album was going to return to the sonic approach of Norff's debut album, or fall between his first and second album, or stay similar to the third.

Mike Barkhoff was to, again, act as Executive Producer. The album would've been the fourth distributed by Live Free from Norff. The cover was essentially revealed on the company's Facebook page in 2022.

The album was scrapped around August or September 2022. It had been about halfway recorded when Norff preferred a new sound he had been working with. This new sound lead to Norff considering the album The Story Of Norff, but eventually he released For Your Consideration instead.

In May 2023, Norff released Body Bag, which is "basically what Life is Rough 2 was forming to".
Limbo

*Revisitor* is the ninth episode in Chapters.' third season, subtitled **Bad Things Happen At Noon**. Written by Ron Gomes, it acts as his public written project debut, as it was the first to enter production. This is the first time since Chapters. (Season 1) that both an episode's story and plot were done without Barkhoff'a involvement.

## Cast

Mike Barkhoff as Stu

Anessa Smith as Emily

## Plot

Stu is mourning the death of his mother and becomes closer to being an alcoholic. His friend Emily visits him and suggests he turn to coffee and hot showers to quit drinking. Stu tries to resort to nicotine, but still sees visions of his mother.

Reporting back to a doubtful Emily, Stu convinces her to help him. She goes to a psychic who suggests Emily look for an obituary and present it to the spirit, who is probably one trying to neglect and ignore the fact that they have died.

Emily presents the suggestion to Stu, who's visions and drinking have both increased. Stu urges Emily to follow through with the idea to help him. In the midst, Emily remembers her not being there for Stu due to a miscarriage and apologizes to him.

Emily returns with the obituary after Stu has an angry confrontation with his mother's ghost. Stu suggests he is actually dead, and asks Emily to look for his name. In the process, she sees her name. The psychic telekinetically links to Emily, revealing that she is the spirit who has died and doesn't want to accept. Stu relives the visions, and it's revealed his mother is helping him through alcoholism and mourning Emily's loss. Emily, who committed suicide after the miscarriage by swallowing pills, has haunted Stu, keeping him disturbed by the guise she is alive. Stu and Emily part ways, Emily to her deceased baby, and Stu to his kitchen where he empties his alcohol, both commenting to the other "I will love you forever."

## Background

Upon meeting Gomes, Barkhoff suggested Gomes write multiple scripts so they could begin with one that required a relatively easy production. This was a script Barkhoff was sent shortly after that conversation. Barkhoff suggested it be added to Chapters. due to it's themes and to get Gomes' a handful of viewers for his debut.

## Production

The episode is the last to be filmed for Chapters.' Season 3. Barkhoff intended to film it earlier but found himself unable to because of the fact that many of his actors ended up getting busier than they had before, especially in contrast to Chapters' third season's more "solo" approach for acting, and many of the guest directed episodes being via online communications.

## Reception

The episode received critical acclaim, particularly for the acting, Gomes' writing, and camerawork. It holds a 9.9/10 on IMDb.
Your Broadcast To...

*Your Broadcast To...* is the eighth episode in Chapters.' third season, subtitled **Bad Things Happen At Noon**. Your Broadcast To... is based off of a concept and story outline by Mike Barkhoff, while it was written and handled by Zach Delfs as the credited director. The concept of the episode is that of a radio show sending messages to anyone that may be surviving at the end of the world.

## Background

Due to Season 1 having an episode at least partially in black and white (b&w) and Season 2 having an episode that was entirely silent (The End Of The Tunnel), Barkhoff felt it would be wrongful to not have a special episode in the third season.

Initially interested in an animated concept, Barkhoff was going to turn to friend and associate Drakoloid but couldn't due to the latter's busy schedule. Thus, Barkhoff presented Delfs the idea and asked him to be a guest director, quoting his idea for Season 3 being "one episode me, the next a guest, the next me, and so on." and saying Delfs needed to be involved.

## Production

Barkhoff recorded the audio on his own and sent it to Delfs for further review. Barkhoff also acted as the audio engineer for the radio show, editing distortions into the vocal effects.

## Plot

A broadcaster searches for people replying to his signal as he discusses the end of the world and trying to take cover and protect yourself, but he comes across no one, instead just receiving distorted audio waves, which, when reversed, form an alien like speech. Upon realization, the place of his broadcast's origin is attacked.

## Reception

The episode received mostly positive reviews, with it's main criticism being towards it's nature of barring no visuals, but also for Barkhoff's audio engineering, with some feeling his 'alien voice' attempts were overkill.
The Man

"The Man" is the first episode of the third season of Living Free. Written and Directed by series creator Mike Barkhoff, the episode's plot sees Barkhoff's fictional character meeting a future variant of himself who asks for advice on a face tattoo and it's appropriateness. It marks the first episode in the series bearing Drake Vegas as an associate producer. The episode received acclaim.

## Plot

Mike awakens and sees someone standing across his room. It turns out to be him, visiting from the future. Future Mike reveals he is debating getting a face tattoo, but cannot decide what to get - the idea he has he fears may be too racy. He proposes that he needs Mike's help figuring out if it is, indeed, too racy. His idea is a teardrop under the eye, which he fears will get backlash due to it being a known gang/prison fad. Present Mike suggests the only aspect of the idea that is racist is the fact it was presented as being racist.

Future Mike suggests Present Mike step away from filmmaking, declaring it to be a time waste. Present Mike gets defensive, saying that he won't stop until it becomes moreso a job than a hobby, declaring that he is having fun and coming to the conclusion aloud that "it's all about having fun".

## Production

The episode bears similarities to that of Doppelgang, the third feature film from Barkhoff, and Bully, an episode from the series' second season. The story comes from one a co-worker of Barkhoff's told him once.

The episode, along with a majority of the third season episodes, makes use of color gel to set the tone. This episode's color is forest green. Barkhoff was inspired to do this based off of his experience making the film Knock.

Barkhoff admitted that, as the series' primary writer, he wanted to approach more "simplistic plots" going into the third season, attributing that to one of "Atlanta"'s ingredients.

## Reception

The episode was met with critical acclaim for it's usage of color gel, the writing, and the thematic social commentary it presented in regards to the tattoo plotline. It has been favorably compared to that of Breaking Bad's third season premiere.

The episode has had the slowest uptick in viewership to date for the series, in particular for a season premiere, sitting on 30 views at a day's release. Nonetheless, it was confirmed by Live Free that the series has been renewed until completion.
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Ali3nated

**Ali3nated** was a musician signed to Barking Vans Music in 2018. Notably, he was the first person to join forces in Mike Barkhoff's attempt at a record label. The label distributed one release, a single, for the artist before terminating his contract.

His contract was terminated because he attempted to have his friend, KidGrip, bribe Barkhoff with a payment for Barking Vans. Barkhoff declined the payment - without even consulting in his business partner Jarrod Van Hauen - in a state of anger and disbelief.