Jughead's Basement

John "Jughead" Pierson

Interviews, album dissections, and radio adventures of punk and underground bands, comedians, and performers.

  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Episode 211: Episode 211: Lynda Kicks of Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah, and Taxi Girls (Montreal) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Episode 211: Lynda Kicks of Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah, and Taxi Girls (Montreal) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks to us about: Marriage Talk, Kicks Pseudonym and her Briefs Brother Stevie Kicks, Always Having Wanted To Start A Girl Band, Jugheads Gets a Lesson in Roller Derby from Lynda, From Roller Derby Back to Punk Rock, Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah and Taxi Girls on Improving as a Drummer, Lynda and Jughead share Body Wound Stories plus much much drummer drumming montreal mania wrestling and more!

    Dirty Cheetah Website
    Taxi Girls Bandcamp
    Pale lips Bandcamp

    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    11 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Episode 210: Episode 210: Tobias Jeg of Red Scare Industries on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Episode 210: Tobias Jeg of Red Scare Industries talks to us about: Is Red Scare Solvent, Punk Rock Postal Workers, On Being a Booking Agent and Negotiating Fees, "My Job is Dealing with Liars," This is not a Soccer Podcast, Fat Wreck Chords and Red Scare Crossover, Is Signing Bands Truly Dumb Luck, Lillingtons Talk, being Part of the Creative Process and the Value of Life, Election & Apathy, Lastly the 20th Anniversary Comp, and not much more more more because that's a lot lot lot!

    Red Scare Web Site

    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    5 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Episode 209: Episode 209: Dan Panic of Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Beulah and more on Catching Up with Friends

    What a treat to talk to my old friend Dan Sullivan (DAN PANIC). We talk Screeching Weasel, Beulah, Cartoons and its affect on us as people and musicians, our diverse musical influences, plus just a whole hell of a lot of fun. I walked away from this one feeling good. It was very heartwarming to chat with him after so long.

    LINK TO PATREON FOR JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT

    28 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    Episode 208: Episode 208: John Jughead on The Power Chord Hour

    Episode 208: John Jughead. Anthony Merchant from the Power Chord Hour is one of my favorite interviewers. He has had me on a few times. Here is his podcast of our interview presented to you in full. We talk about such things as the new band Semi-Famous, How to run a podcast, interview styles and how to get better, Screeching Weasel, plus much more.


    Jughead's Basement Patreon  (Donate to the show)
    https://www.patreon.com/jugheadsbasement

    Places to hear The Power Chord Hour

    https://powerchordhour.simplecast.com/

    https://www.facebook.com/powerchordhour/

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg?app=desktop

    https://www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/?hl=en

    14 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 54 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 207: Episode 207: Kyle Kinane on Catching Up with Friends

    Kyle Kinane has been on the show a few times, and it is always enjoyable. He is a very smart funny man who also partakes in and enjoys the music of punk. His style is influenced by the Chicago Punk Movement. We talk about Japan, Our aversion to Pranks, Travel, Aging as a Comedian, and coming off Hiatus, plus more of course!



    Kyle Kinane's Website

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    7 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 39 seconds
    Episode 206: Episode 206: Maria Surfinbird from bands Sex Dream and Gigillas on Catching Up With Friends

    Episode 206: Maria Surfinbird on Catching Up with Friends. Maria and I are in a band together called Mitochondriacs. She is always fun to talk to. I am sure you will enjoy this conversation. And afterwards go search out her music at these locations:

    https://sexxdream.bandcamp.com/

    https://gigillas.bandcamp.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@mariasurfinbird

    https://linktr.ee/sex.dream

    30 September 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Episode 205: Episode 205: Effigies with Steve and Paul on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Episode 205: Steve Economou and Paul Zamost of The Effigies talks to us about Chicago & Steve Albini, Formation of The Effigies & The Brooding John Kezdy, Chicago Clubs: Exit, Neo, and Oz, Side Projects Between Effigies and Effigies, Studio and Influence Talk, Time Runs Out, The New Record Burned and Its Recording, Unfinished Business, and The Loss Of John and the Future of The Effigies.

    The Effigies Website for Info
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    23 September 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Episode 204: Episode 204: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth and The Cheats on Catching Up With Friends

    204: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth and The Cheats has been my friend since the late 80s.  We have been through a lot together and apart.  And it was nice to chat with him about Sludgeworth, The Cheats, What's up next, The Postal Service and the status of mail, and the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.

    Sludgeworth at Red Scare
    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    9 September 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Episode 203: Episode 203: B.A. of Sloppy Seconds on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Episode 203: B.A. of Sloppy Seconds talks to us about wearing band shirts, early rock influences including KISS and Queen, road to punk, Sloppy Seconds' strange song writing process, the affect of tv on our punk scene, using sound clips, pros and cons of maturing musically, I wanna and Don't wanna be a homosexual, working with Paul Mahern, band as family, and the transition from Danny to Ace, plus plus much much sloppy sloppy drunk and floppy second  more more more!

    Join the Jughead's Basement Patreon

    4 September 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Episode 202: Episode 202: Glen Herman of Impulse Manslaughter on Catching Up With Friends

    Glen Herman was an important part of Screeching Weasels introduction into the world of Chicago punk friendships.  And on this podcast we talk about such things as Chicago Music Venues and the band Articles of Faith, Being the Band Nazi, MRR and its reach, Russ Forster and Underdog Records.  Wakthrufyre Records, Durty Nellies - Punk in the Suburbs, plus other things.

    Brought up during the episode was Russ Forster's 8 Track obsession.  Here is the link to his documentary:
    So Wrong They're Right

    26 August 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Episode 201: Episode 201: Blag Dahlia Part II of Dwarves, Introducing Ralph Champagne, and Author on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Episode 201: Featuring Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, Author and Singer of Introducing Ralph Champagne talks to us about Sleep & Gluttony, Introducing Ralph Champagne, Self And External Criticism And Editing, Working with Mad Mark Rude & Blag's First Novel, Holding Music Copyrights, Nina & Highland Falls, Blag's New Upcoming Podcast, Patron Questions about Sponge Bob, Meeting Your Heroes, and Stage Personae, plus much much blaggety blaggety blagmore more!

    Dwarves Website
    Blag's book Highland Falls at Rarebirdlit
    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    19 August 2024, 1:00 pm
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