Month: February 2023

Ep323: Russell Simins (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, S-E-R-V-I-C-E, Crunt)Ep323: Russell Simins (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, S-E-R-V-I-C-E, Crunt)

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DANG! it’s the drum man for the BLUUUUUUES EXPLOOOOOSSSION. Who also happens to be half of the creative braintrust of the mighty SERVICE (Whose: DRAG ME was named best record of 2022 by this show!). A detailed history of JSBX, album by album… starting from the very beginning. R.L. Burnside! Playing with Tom Waits. Butter 08, production, JUST FRED, Pranking Weird Al with Yoko Ono. And of course the origin story of S-E-R-V-I-C-E one of the best rock bands on the planet. You want in-depth? You got it… punk!

Ep322: Rose Marshack (Poster Children, Salaryman, Author)Ep322: Rose Marshack (Poster Children, Salaryman, Author)

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The incredible Rose Marshack of Poster Children has written a book called: Play Like a Man: My Life In Poster Children. Join us as we discuss music as community, the nuts, bolts and dollars and cents of making music. Surviving the 90s gold rush on a major label. Creative ventures. Origin stories, tour reports, computers, the indie code of ethics, the complicated expectations of rocking while a woman, teaching, zen, martial arts, Mercy Rule, Ian Mackaye and so much more. It is a great conversation and a great book. 

Ep321: Ivan Julian (Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Shriekback, Matthew Sweet)Ep321: Ivan Julian (Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Shriekback, Matthew Sweet)

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Ivan has a new record called Swing Your Lanterns. Starting in live performance with the Foundations (Build Me Up Buttercup) with touring 101, starting in with Richard Hell and the Voidoids in 70s New York. Rehearsing 3 or 4 songs for months for the first ep, Black Generation. Liars Beware! The different sounds and bands of that NY scene and whoever sells more records gets written about more. The story of the Outsets, Giorgio Gomelsky and Bob Clearmountain. Working without a net. Working with Matthew Sweet, touring with Shriekback. All that and so much more, a lifetime of incredible music.

Ep320: Kevin Rutmanis (Hepa.Titus, Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk)Ep320: Kevin Rutmanis (Hepa.Titus, Cows, Melvins, Tomahawk)

Kevin is back and he has TWO new records! Uneat, the latest from Hepa.Titus. And Crackpot Whorehead a collaboration with Trevor Dunn. The Bass V – I. A brief history of hepa.titus, and remote collaborations. Selected Melvins memories. The joy of grabbing weird gear and doing cool things with it.  All that and a living history of Cows records (or whatever Kevin remembers of them!). 

Also, don’t miss episode Ep144 when Kevin was last on THREE YEARS AGO! 

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