Desert Island Punks: Recent Episodes
Desert Island Punks
Asking Punks the important questions - What 5 albums, book and luxury item would you take to a desert island?
Jake is joined by Robin of Random Hand to talk about their 2011 album 'Seething is Believing' on Bomber Records, track by track!
Listen to the album here - https://open.spotify.com/album/63ydnzHoISa8Q5bghkDzBj?si=der8JKUvSyqtAQLnj8msxA
Buy the album here - https://store.bombermusic.com/products/516548-random-hand-seething-is-believing-cd-or-download
https://www.facebook.com/randomhand
DIP #26 Rob Piper (Darko/Lockjaw Records)
Jake's guest this week is Lockjaw Head Honcho, Darko guitarist and all round good guy Rob Piper.
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5AOdilYfCDehUmaqjUvquq?si=TYF5Ydn0SwmGqIFkFJ7rcQ
https://lockjawrecords.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Darkoband/
- Dave Brubeck - Time Out
- Rise Against - RPM
- Mastodon - Leviathan
- Courtney Pine - underground
- Sikth - the trees are dead and dying
Book - Philip Pullman - Northern Lights
Luxury Item ‘My Blue Guitar”
http://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks
Sulynn Hago
https://www.sulynnhago.com/ https://propagandhi.com/
Jake is joined on this episode Desert Island Punks by guitarist of Propagandhi, Feral Babies and Career, Sulynn Hago!
PLAYLIST - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ah76HiAg6ofop5oLjA8lt?si=I-u4MStiTAytSBX8L8n_oQ
PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks
ALBUMS Tom Waits - Rain Dogs The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow Tortoise - TNT Zero Boys - Vicious Circle Dead Can Dance - Dionysus
BOOK Sharon Olds - Strike Sparks
LUXURY ITEM Fender Jaguar
Jake speaks to Dani from UK Punk/Ska/Dub band Faintest Idea about their 2016 album on TNS Records 'Increasing The Minimum Rage'
https://www.facebook.com/Faintestidea/
Listen to the album here - https://open.spotify.com/album/4EqnkUZ65iMfiupVUhGWho?si=in6ozde2SV6NxOlwTfmCYw
Grab the record from TNS - https://www.tnsrecords.co.uk/shop/bands/faintest-idea/faintest-idea-increasing-minimum-rage-vinyl/
19’ - Circling The Drain 30’ Cocktails The Educators - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408777/ 36’ Down Pressure 47’30” Echo Chamber 57’30” The Well Has Run Dry 1’04” Lord of War 1’12” No Consequences 1’21” Ouroroborus 1’23” Corporation 1’25” Tightrope
Reading List
Books
As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela - Mark Thomas Mutual Aid - Peter Kropotkin Anarchism And Other Essays - Emma Goldman This Is Not Propaganda - Peter Pomerantsev Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible - Peter Pomerantsev Hegemony How To - Johnathan Smucker Good Cop Bad War - Neil Woods How To Change Your Mind - Michael Pollen
Documentaries
The Corporation Hyper Normalisation
Jake is joined by Faintest Idea's Dani Rascal as they look back on their 2012 album 'Voice of Treason'.
https://www.facebook.com/Faintestidea/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6EAHHWWIgTkMzVNcbVZYdE?si=MIszkb2STymyhUyh2lt6kg
Longtime friend Mike Ainsworth AKA North or Nowt joined Jake via ZOOM to talk about his Desert Island choices.
https://www.instagram.com/north_or_nowt/
PLAYLIST - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0BZq2UBlFFvllAQqmGQXKq?si=vgPDH9ruR42y2O3wSzFwdA
- Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
- Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
- Bronx - IV
- Mina - Studio Uno
- Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
Book - Calico the wonder horse - Virginia Lee Burton
Luxury Item - Cat
Listen to SUNLINER's new EP on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/album/665557gfjmPKt3fK9oOZug?si=mPsxHbG1R4qxyHBcWRvhtQ
Order the Flezi Disc from Lockjaw Records here -
https://lockjawrecords.co.uk/sunliner-structure-average-at-best/
Dani (Faintest Idea)
Jake hung out with Dani, bassist and frontman of Faintest Idea via the medium to the internet to find out his Desert Island Choices!
PLAYLIST -https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nTflg2nyrGqLqEeamUkFS?si=QIOntj-UQSmnFsUk9pTiPA
https://www.facebook.com/Faintestidea/ https://faintestidea.bandcamp.com/
Albums
The Specials - The Specials ICH - You Won’t Like It Jehst - The Return of the Drifter Babyhead - Baby Boomtown Dub Pistols - Worshipping the Dolla
Book
Robert Tressell - The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Luxury Item - Dog
https://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks
Gaz Brookfield
Jake hung out with Gas backstage before his show in Leeds!
http://www.gazbrookfield.com/
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31BxlOJ9WsyCFXtdsk7tKR?si=hkx5IdTcROujKvbFxGVxWw
Radiohead - The Bends The Levellers - Levelling The Land Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible Jimmy Eat World - Futures Loudon Wainwright III - Career Moves
Book - Belinda Blinked
Luxury Item - Guitar
Kay Stanley (Specialist Subject/Cosmit)
Jake spoke via the medium of the internet to Kay of Specialist Subject Records and new band Cosmit!
https://www.facebook.com/specialistsubject/
https://shop.specialistsubjectrecords.co.uk/
5 ALBUMS The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter... Ever (double CD from 2001) The Best Party In the World… Ever (double CD from 1997) Short Music For Short People Martha - Courting Strong Shit Present - S/T (an ep, but I think it makes up for two double CDs)
BOOK 100 Fishponds Road : Life and Death in a Victorian Workhouse by Roger Ball, Di Parkin, Steve Mills
LUXURY ITEM Seeds
For the 20th episode we have a special role reversal, Jake's sister Ellie interviews Desert Island Punker and Sunliner frontman Jake McAllister!
http://www.facebook.com/sunlinerband http://www.soundcloud.com/desertislandpunks
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/39dmDQDkCDXkYuZ2GndrQt?si=7jgBITZmQ9S2Hkb4yOVv8g
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell Against Me! - New Wave The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta! Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight The Pixies - Doolittle
Book
Stephen King - 11/22/63
Luxury Item
Friends seasons 1-10
Jake hung out with Pan guitarist and one of two lead vocalists for London based punk band, and label mates Burnt Tapes!
https://www.facebook.com/burnt.tapes/
Spotify Playlist -https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tAcmxPiuyZD3x4U5PLLOs?si=wVNQlIAcR5W8iuquM7teWg
Blink 182 - Enema Of The State Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards Propagandhi - Supporting Caste The Lawrence Arms - Greatest Story Ever Told Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Disappear
BOOK The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Luxury Item - Flesh Light
https://www.facebook.com/burnt.tapes/ https://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks
Jake is joined by bassist of Canadian Party Punk band Pkew Pkew Pkew Emmett O'Reilly! Find his choices in the description below...
Spotify Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1U5cvSRB5pyU1gQoFzxshE?si=ZNYHo9qLTvOIdVIwQDNEKw
https://www.facebook.com/PkewX3/
Albums:
Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler Iron Maiden - Powerslave Alison Balsom - Haydn & Hummel Trumpet Concertos Against Me! - The Original Cowboy Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony
Book: The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Luxury item: Acoustic guitar
Jake is joined by frontman of Reggae/Punk 'Jaya The Cat’ Geoff Lagadec! Choices below...
https://www.facebook.com/JayaTheCat https://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6b0tGq9nPzw2szjHmUR0Cw?si=YqYH1ugEQIqYncDncXxQnQ
ALBUMS
Flaming lips - Yoshmi Battles The Pink Robots The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God Lord Creator - Songs My Mama Never Taught Me Herb Alpert - Going Glaces New order - Low-Life
BOOK - PG Wodehouse - ??
LUXURY ITEM - Endless supply of Kimonos
Jake is joined by his siblings Callum and Ellie to discuss their best films records and books of the year!
All info below... . . . .
Cal Album - Slingshot Dakota - Heavy Banding Film - Last Christmas Book - The Recovering - Lesley Jamison
Ellie Album - Angie McMahon - Salt Film - The Peanut Butter Falcon Book - The Wild Girl’s - Ursula Le Guin
Jake Album - Laura Stevenson - The Big Freeze Film - Us Book - Carrie Brownstein - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Stuff we talk about throughout https://shop.specialistsubjectrecords.co.uk/products/653860-2020-season-ticket-vinyl-subscription Martha Banger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvyveBeqEw
Www.toodlesandthehecticpity.com https://www.instagram.com/mcallistereloise/ http://www.facebook.com/jakeandthejellyfish
Jake hung out out with Dylan Slocum of Spanish Love Songs in The Knott in Manchester before their gig with Hot Water Music and Red City Radio in Manchester.
Spotify Playlist Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HpsLsDTqaPJcZDlXetlA9?si=OCZxgdPhQ7ez07IjGwwXuQ
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee Counting Crows - August and Everything After Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism/The Postal Service - Give Up
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle/haruki-murakami/jay-rubin/9780099448792
Luxury Item - Piano
https://www.facebook.com/SpanishLoveSongs/
Jake sat down backstage in Manchester with Garrett Dale of Red City Radio!
https://www.facebook.com/redcityradio Episode playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7n0PvASjvibneiIkHYslSb?si=7ogjRprTSw25wq140ETIMg DIP Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks . . . Record Choices...
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Keith Sweat - Keith Sweat Osker - Idle Will Kill Tina Turner - Private Dancer The Quiet Man (1952 Film Score)
Book Miguel chen - The Death of You
https://www.amazon.com/Death-You-Anyone-Might-Forever/dp/1614295743
Luxury Item - Pot Seeds
This week Jake is joined by Shout-Louder head honcho, and Lockjaw Records team member Sarah Williams!
https://shout-louder.com/ https://lockjawrecords.co.uk/
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uv1od1GxzlQUNNhfxqKxb?si=4Ym8f5y1QMCZXkwtBXGiFw
DIP PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/desertislandpunks
ALBUMS
Fenix TX - Lechuza Random Hand - Another Change of Plan A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear Darko - Bonzai Mammoth
Book - Craig Clevenger
Luxury Item - A bunch o’ Heroin
This week Jake is joined by singer/songwriter Erica Freas of Specialist Subject Records!
https://www.facebook.com/musicofericafreas/
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6TpY8SdStZo3LPCinvgGJesi=pzauqqMfSkil2fJTZKHqbg . . .
Albums
Joni Mitchell - Blue Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense Divers - Hello Hello Prince - Purple Rain Fiona Apple - Tidal
Book - Ursula K Le Guin - Hainish Novels & Stories Volumes 1 & 2
Luxury Item - Umbrella
https://www.facebook.com/musicofericafreas/
Jake's guest this week is country folk punk artist Chloe Hawes! Choices below... . . . . . Albums Green Day - American Idiot Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues Bikini Kill - Revolution Girl Style Now The Gaslight Anthem - The ’59 Sound Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Book Patti Smith - Just Kids
Luxury Item Hair Band
PLAYLIST - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6sB2HJcxT9uuEXopRlIFVr?si=IZddUWgyQJ-oYRw-mANz0Q
https://www.facebook.com/ChloeHawesMusic/
This week Jake is joined by Astpai frontman and Petrol Girls drummer Zock!
AC/DC - Live at Donnington The Hold Steady - Stay Positive Fucked Up! - David Comes To Life Kid Dynamite - Shorter, Faster, Louder Tegan & Sara - The Con
Book: Nagel - Wo Die Wilden Maden Graben
Luxury item: Collection of WWF wrestling figures + ring
Spotify Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26Kb3R3nADbdFrX3lOEHZK?si=Su2FMLTqSjqQKGFKe6GWQw
https://www.facebook.com/ASTPAI/ https://www.facebook.com/Petrolgirls/
Episode 10 (!) of Desert Island Punks with punk rock legend Todd Kowalski of Propagandhi!
SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish (1986) Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Unleash the Archers - Apex Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance KISS - Alive!
BOOK Stephen Baxter - Evolution
LUXURY ITEM Flares/Sun Block
PLAYLIST - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MSQU9RG7TckDyKAev8UMh?si=B54vGSc5SFOFBzWry3Ppnw
DIP #9 John Polydoros (Off With Their Heads)
Fugazi - 13 songs Sloppy Seconds - Destroyed The Arrivals - Volatile Molotov Metallica - …and justice for all Dresden Dolls - Dresden Dolls
Book -
House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Leaves-Mark-Z-Danielewski/dp/038560310X
Luxury Item - Cable TV
https://www.facebook.com/Dasowth/
https://anxiousandangry.com/
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1EWq9RA5iBhF5RAKeC98TN?si=cZRIwWz6RGSa53TbS6-d0Q
Jake's guest this week is folk/punk artist and fellow Jake, Jake Martin.
Albums - Rentokill - Anti-Chorus Discontent Industry Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine The Levellers - Levelling The Land NOFX - I’ve heard they’ve actually gotten worse live Crazy Arm - Born To Ruin
Book - Outdoor Survival Handbook - Ray Mears Luxury Item - Guitar w/Fridge
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TDZSoCuayPZdv2rctM4GK?si=2M2gVW48RY6ViOimWfopXA
https://jakemartinmuzic.com/
Jake hung out with Lou Koller of Sick of it All at this years Punk Rock Holiday!
Albums - Motorhead - No Sleep ’til Hammersmith Black Sabbath - Masters of reality Twisted Sister - Under The Blade The Supremes - Anything! Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Book - The Rising Brian Keene https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EZC42IA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Luxury Item - TV w/netflix
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Fc7NIeTQsQ7iqBoNUHGuY?si=E3-o916OQJuPfsKuAkY8pA
Jake spoke to Katrin Wipper of Destiny Tour Booking at this year's Punk Rock Holiday!
Dead To Me - Little Brother EP Dead To Me - Cuban Ballerina Dead To Me - The rest! The Kings of Nuthin - Learning English - Lesson One Die Toten Hosen - Get Busy Livin’ or Get Busy Dyin’
Book/Film - Some Like It Hot
Luxury ‘item’ - Husband
https://www.destiny-tourbooking.com/
Jake welcomes Frank Turner on the podcast to choose his 5 albums, book and luxury item!
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/hifromjake/playlist/1Ab1YZa9TfUxyFJZUIpr5P?si=z1T8sybsQUiEneA2KO5OFw
Rancid - …And Out Come The Wolves The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Descendents - Everything Sucks Propaganda - Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Book
Henry Rollins - Get in The Van
Luxury Item
Guitar
https://www.facebook.com/frankturnermusic/
Jake sat down in the van with guitarist Ryan Donovan of Oklahoma punks Red City Radio!
Albums - Green Day - Dookie Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous Charles Bradley - Changes Bueno Vista Social Club - At Carnegie Hall (Live) The Buzzcocks - The Way
Book - How to Survive on a Desert Island for Dummies
Luxury Item - Nylon String Guitar
https://www.facebook.com/redcityradio
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/hifromjake/playlist/3qy0B0faxr9BRSNPKvrKHy?si=0yEDChX6TJKAzDtkxb2sbQ
Jake talks to Robin Leitch of Random Hand and stage acting fame!
www.facebook.com/randomhand
Robin's Albums...
Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/hifromjake/playlist/35qLX7yKq0n0n2xm3KmyZi?si=i94ZVUOxQMGdv6Sr3Px5XA
Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
Voodoo Glow Skulls – The Band Geek Mafia
The Clash – The Clash
Less Than Jake – Hello Rockview
Capdown – Civil Disobedience
Book: War of The Worlds - H G Wells
Luxury Item: Toilet Paper
Next week - Ren Aldridge