Thanks to Diego and Abby of Philadelphia b/w of Seattle's Ramona for the sick interview back in April!

Check out their new record, Deals, Deals, Deals!, out now on Red Scare Industries!

PLAYLIST:

Somerset Thrower - Wake Up, Motherfucker! It's Casual Friday!

Ramona - Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Hearts

Ramona - Hater's Ball Parade

Hard Sulks - Moaning Myrtle

CW for this one: sexual assault, trauma, sex talk

In this episode, I did something a bit different. I spoke at length with my friend Bee, who lives in Chicago and does a zine called Burn Black (and an upcoming podcast called Big Thick Energy).

We've had this idea for a while about doing a special podcast episode where we discuss, openly, about sexual assault/trauma and how it relates to dating, relationships and mental illness. This will be a two part episode. Part 2 coming eventually. The only song played was a special request by Bee. Reagan Youth - "It's A Beautiful Day".

Thanks for listening and we hope you like.

On January 5th, 2018, I hung out in the band room of Baby's All Right in Brooklyn, NY and chatted with Mike Natoli, Jon Hernandez and Max Stern of the NY/Philadelphia based Timeshares. We chatted about their newest, self-released EP On Life Support, Max joining up with the band in the last year, bagels, doughnuts, milkshakes, and everything in between.

Jon Pagano, formerly of Rhode Island's Weak Teeth, was touring with Timeshares as a 5th member and makes a brief appearance as well.

PLAYLIST Ellen and the Degenerates - "Fair To Me"

Timeshares - "On Life Support"

Timeshares - "Tail Light"

Cayetana - "Too Old For This"

Sat in a car in early September, 2017 and interviewed Skylar Sarkis of the band Taking Meds. Skylar also performed acoustic guitar from his solo project, Growing Stone. PLAYLIST

Freya Wilcox and the Howl - "Skin" Taking Meds - "Taking Meds"

Growing Stone - "Party City" (live performance) Save Ends - "Same Old Dice"

And we're back! Returning from our first show back since July of 2016, with guests (and also returned band), Albany, NY's Aficionado! In early March of 2017, I sat down with Aficionado duel vocalists Nick Warchol and Laura Carrozza (also flutist) at Suburbia in Brooklyn, NY to discuss why the band decided to get back together after 5 years, their upcoming new album on No Sleep Records, what they've been up to and more fun stuff. We also talked a bit about their other musical projects and I play two tracks from Aficionado side bands, Hospital Corners and Death Vacation. It's a reunion! PLAYLIST toyGuitar - "Move Like A Ghost" Aficionado - "Stir Like Hell" Death Vacation - "Mundane Life" Hospital Corners - "Brushed Aside"

Thank you again to Zach, Brian and Erich (and briefly Jarrett) of New Orleans' PEARS for the fun interview! Go listen to their new record, Green Star (out now on Fat Wreck Chords). Go see them live, they're constantly on tour.

PLAYLIST: The Backup Plan - "Send Her Seaworthy" Zach Quinn - "Infinite Sigh" PEARS - "Hinged By Spine" JANK - "Wut I Liek Abt U"

After months of trying to coordinate our schedules, I got to sit down with Arthur "Arty" Shepard, owner of NYC bar/venue Saint Vitus. Arty is also a longtime fixture in New York's music scene, having played in bands such as Mind Over Matter, Errortype: 11, Instruction, and currently in UnWed and Primitive Weapons. Arty and I sat in St. Vitus's basement and had an awesome conversation. Check it out! Music from Arty's bands. Note: I accidentally read the URL of the venue wrong, it's saintvitusbar.com

PLAYLISTGameface - "Always On" (feat. Arty on guest/backup vocals)Errortype: 11 - "Better Than The Superbowl"UnWed - "Derelict Monroe"Mind Over Matter - "Virus"

Thank you to Marisa, Hugo and Ramona for the stories about Rob.

Please donate to the McAllister Family Memorial Fund, if you can. Rest In Peace, Rob. *Note: This was recorded February 29th, not February 24th. I'm a goof.

PLAYLISTSilent Majority - "Cross Crowded Rooms"Carly Comando - "Fallow"The Reformation - "Inspiration"Capital - "Road Rash"Iron Chic - "Time Keeps On Slipping Into the (Cosmic) Future"

Earlier in January, I sat down with Pittsburgh, PA/Brooklyn/Philadelphia transplant and great human, Roger Harvey, in the basement of St. Vitus Bar in Brooklyn and asked him some questions. Apologies in advance for the noise in this - the venue's ice machine was making it and I did all I could to fix it in editing (though it made for some funny moments).

Roger should be touring a lot this year, so check out his 2015 release, Twelve Houses, and go see him play! PLAYLIST:The Penske File - "Put Your Dreams To Bed"Roger Harvey - "City Deer"Roger Harvey - "Arrow/Plane"

Happy 2016! For the first podcast of the year, I broke form a bit and had two of my dear friends on the show. Genna Howard is an up and coming tattoo artist, artist, and photographer (she's shot The Fest for a few years in a row); Christian Beale has played in bands such as This Is Hell, Extinction A.D., and his current project, Starving Arts. We sat in their apartment in Brooklyn and shot the shit about Fest, touring, our respective holidays, The Sims video game series, vegan food/restaurants and they briefly interviewed me, which was pretty cool. We also delved a bit towards the end to talk about top records of 2015. Brief music from G.L.O.S.S. and Starving Arts.PLAYLISTG.L.O.S.S. - "Outcast Stomp"Starving Arts - "New Ways To Disappear"

Last of the Fest 14 interviews. Thank you to all the wonderful people I spoke to! PLAYLISTWorriers - "Plans"Banquets - "Stop Signs in a Ghost Town"Spraynard - "Everywhere"Bad Cop / Bad Cop - "Joey Lawrence"Binary Heart - "The Good Death"Reservoir - "Seems Like There's A Show Every Night"