Ep122: Mike Greenlees/John Mohr (Tar)

<div id="attachment_758" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-758" src="http://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-758" srcset="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar-50x50.jpg 50w, https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-758" class="wp-caption-text">Mike and John from Tar</p></div> <p><a href="itpc://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/feed.xml"><img decoding="async" title="Subscribe via iTunes" src="http://www.radionope.com/static/itunes.png" alt="Subscribe via iTunes" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://stitcher.com/podcast/conan-neutrons-protonic-reversal"><img decoding="async" title="Protonic Reversal on Stitcher" src="http://www.radionope.com/static/stitcher-300x300.png" alt="Protonic Reversal on Stitcher" width="42" height="42"/></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/radioneutron"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.radionope.com/static/face.png" alt="" width="42" height="42"/></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/conanneutron"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.radionope.com/static/twitter.png" alt="" width="42" height="42"/></a><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/feed.xml"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.radionope.com/static/rss.png" alt="" width="42" height="42"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2018-08-03_122_ep122__mike_greenlees_john_mohr_tar.mp3">(stream and download – Episode 122)</a></p> <p>Well, well, welcome to another episode of Protonic Reversal! Conan and Josh had fun chats with (separately) Mike and John from Tar! First up was Mike, with whom we discussed such whimsy as:<br /> -A 25 year gap between radio call-in shows<br /> -Getting back into show shape<br /> -Picking songs for the set<br /> -Aiming for Barry White, settling for KC and the Sunshine Band<br /> -Being on Amphetamine Reptile, Touch & Go, Dischord AND Sub Pop<br /> -Tar’s Static and Jawbox’s Static<br /> -Cuddly scene beef with Poster Children<br /> -Sharing a bill with Kyuss<br /> -Fitting in on AmRep<br /> -Various lost arts of record buying and making<br /> -Being on T&G to remain control<br /> -Page Hamiltron trash talk<br /> -The effect of Tom’s arrival on the band’s songwriting<br /> -Henry Owings</p> <p>Then we got John on the line, and talked about:</p> <p>-The disastrous last tour of Tar<br /> -Writing the last album<br /> -Picking songs for the reunion sets (yeah we asked him too)<br /> -Being satisfied with the end of the band and getting back [...]