Ep144: Kevin Rutmanis (hepa.titus, The Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk)

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-31_145_ep144__kevin_rutmanis_hepa_titus__the_cows__melvins__tomahawk.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ep144-kevinrutmanis.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-884"/></a><figcaption>Kevin Rutmanis</figcaption></figure> <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 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><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FZ5oNuOZMvHudPbP5erPq?si=b547e0c74d6c469e"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/spotifypodcast.png" alt="Spotify Podcasts" width="33" height="33"/></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.protonicreversal.com/podcast/media/2020-01-31_145_ep144__kevin_rutmanis_hepa_titus__the_cows__melvins__tomahawk.mp3">Stream/DL</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/download.php?filename=2020-01-31_145_ep144__kevin_rutmanis_hepa_titus__the_cows__melvins__tomahawk.mp3"></audio></figure> <p><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-31_145_ep144__kevin_rutmanis_hepa_titus__the_cows__melvins__tomahawk.mp3">stream/dl</a></p> <p>At last! Kevin Rutmanis comes on Protonic Reversal, a delightful conversation with a self-identified genuine musical weirdo that is not heard from NEARLY OFTEN enough! In this episode Conan and Kevin talk about: </p> <p>-Covering Night Goat in Hepa.Titus<br /> -Boutique vinyl, human hands touch almost ever piece!<br /> -Finding Alice Cooper (who also hated everybody)<br /> -AM Radio inspiration and enjoyment<br /> -Da Blues!<br /> -Not picking up the bass until 28, he was very busy.<br /> -The Cows, a nasty bunch of creeps that also played music. <br /> Inspiration by other bands not being great.<br /> -SLIDE bass!<br /> -New generations getting into “weird” music and finding music in general.<br /> -Cape Fear guy.<br /> -Recording the last “Cows” record and then joining the Melvins.<br /> -Buzz wanting the Kevin thing. <br /> -The story of Tomahawk, Kevin’s tale. A contrast in musical approaches. (thanks Buzz!)<br /> -the story of Hepa.Titus, from early to now. <br /> -How great is Paul Christensen?<br /> -The Bass V-I… Kevin R. is NOT a gear guy<br /> -Electrical Guitar Company necks.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify [...]

<p></p> What happens when you get two rock ‘n roll talkers together? Good, good stuff. Sit tight for a momentous protonic with the legendary Mr. Mike Watt. The movement! Minutemen! Stooges! more… <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-23_143_ep143__mike_watt_minutemen__firehose__the_stooges_1.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ep143-mikewatt.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-884"/></a><figcaption>Mike Watt</figcaption></figure> <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 loading="lazy" 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><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4rwuR412v5R6Oa2ztNYWUl"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/spotifypodcast.png" alt="Spotify Podcasts" width="33" height="33"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-23_143_ep143__mike_watt_minutemen__firehose__the_stooges_1.mp3"> Stream/DL</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/download.php?filename=2020-01-23_143_ep143__mike_watt_minutemen__firehose__the_stooges_1.mp3"></audio></figure> <p>-Technology! As tool of punk rock/DIY<br /> -DROOOOOOONE<br /> -Composing with BASS! (…and leaving room for the others that way)<br /> -Contemplating the engine room<br /> -Ballhog or Tugboat?: band as comp tape!<br /> -Pedro<br /> -Nautical imagery and Watt’s dad, ships and touring bands<br /> -Gigs v. flyers<br /> -Taking turns in punk rock. <br /> -Bumper stickers/No Littering, etc. <br /> -Perception is 9/10 of the law.<br /> -Driving the van<br /> -Il Sogno del Marinaio<br /> -taking turns and different roles.<br /> -Playing stuff that you didn’t write.<br /> -Plowhard (not blowhard!)<br /> -The story of Watt joining up with the Stooges. J. Mascis and the Fog, etc.<br /> -“First you rip of a guy, then you play with him.”<br /> -The songs end when they end.<br /> -Little Doll/Pharoah Sanders<br /> -Uniform music and punk rock.<br /> -“Steve, BLOW!”<br /> -Stooges crowd age.<br /> -Delivering the songs [...]

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-17_142_ep142__matt_cronk_qui__cunts.mp3"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ep142-mattcronk.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-884"/></a><figcaption>Matt Cronk of Qui</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="itpc://www.protonicreversal.com/podcast/feed.xml"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Apple_Podcast_Icon-150x150.png" alt="Subscribe or listen via Apple Podcasts" width="50" height="50"/></a><a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yYWRpb25vcGUuY29tL3BvZGNhc3RzL3Byb3RvbmljcmV2ZXJzYWwvZmVlZC54bWw%3D"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/google-podcasts-150x150.png" alt="Subscribe or listen via Google Podcasts" width="50" height="50"/> </a><a href="https://www.protonicreversal.com/podcast/feed.xml"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/rss-512-150x150.png" alt="Protonic Reversal RSS Feed" width="50" height="50"/></a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wX8RsI6u6oVRFDdn5cZg3?si=abf7b7644b124e71"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/spotify_icon_130826-150x150.png" alt="Spotify Podcasts" width="50" height="50"/></a><a href="https://www.pandora.com/podcast/conan-neutrons-protonic-reversal/PC:24747"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PikPng.com_pandora-logo-png_840733-150x150.png" alt="Protonic reversal on Pandora Podcasts" width="50" height="50"/></a></p> <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');</script><![endif]--> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-891-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/podcast/media/2020-01-17_142_ep142__matt_cronk_qui__cunts.mp3?_=1" /><a href="https://www.protonicreversal.com/podcast/media/2020-01-17_142_ep142__matt_cronk_qui__cunts.mp3">https://www.protonicreversal.com/podcast/media/2020-01-17_142_ep142__matt_cronk_qui__cunts.mp3</a></audio> <figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/download.php?filename=2020-01-17_142_ep142__matt_cronk_qui__cunts.mp3"></audio></figure> <p>First episode of 2020 is up! Matt Cronk of <a href="https://quiband.bandcamp.com/">Qui</a> and <a href="https://cuntsla.bandcamp.com/album/cunts">Cunts</a> speaks to Conan about all things rock!</p> <p>-Quite a bit of talk about midwest vs. L.A.<br /> -Cunts origin story<br /> -AmRep/Touch and Go style or Hardcore Band?<br /> -The name, reactions or non-reactions thereof. “If you’re offender by it, it’s probably not for you… and that’s fine”<br /> -Being in a band that is getting a little bit of attention while being a musician approaching middle age. <br /> -“While they argue about riffs, I can look at girls on tinder”<br /> -Qui… and Anything Goes!<br /> -Genre vs. Emotional Response. <br /> -Qui on recharge status<br /> -Covering “Goin’ Out West”<br /> -Hardcore bands lack of originality.<br /> -“I just want to listen to Captain Beefheart and REM<br /> -David Yow joining Qui<br /> -Qui recording Ashtry Heart with Buzz Osborne, Dale Drover, Trevor Dunn and Kevin Rutmanis<br /> -Ramones vs. Eric Dolphy: respect to both, different skill sets.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe title="Spotify Embed: Ep142: Matt Cronk (Qui, Cunts)" style="border-radius: 12px" width="100%" height="152" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen [...]

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-11_141_ep141__donna_diane_djunah__beat_drun_juel.mp3"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ep141-Donnadiane.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-884" srcset="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ep141-Donnadiane.jpg 600w, https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ep141-Donnadiane-50x50.jpg 50w, https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ep141-Donnadiane-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ep141-Donnadiane-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption>Donna of Djunah</figcaption></figure> <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 loading="lazy" 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><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4rwuR412v5R6Oa2ztNYWUl"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.protonicreversal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/spotifypodcast.png" alt="Spotify Podcasts" width="33" height="33"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/?name=2020-01-11_141_ep141__donna_diane_djunah__beat_drun_juel.mp3">stream/DL</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="http://www.radionope.com/podcasts/protonicreversal/download.php?filename=2020-01-11_141_ep141__donna_diane_djunah__beat_drun_juel.mp3"></audio></figure> <p><br />Conan talks to Donna about the <a href="https://djunah.bandcamp.com/album/ex-voto">Djunah full length Ex-Voto</a>. Going over on a song by song basis, as well as the VERY BUSY YEAR that the band has had.<br />There is talk of Donna’s previous band Beat Drun Juel as well… and gosh darn it, it’s just a great talk.</p> <p>Listen in!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IYmbr0Xg1EvE8fWtH1ig2?si=x-LzB4-GS0aj5Wn_yCGEJA </div></figure>… [...]