No Idols: Recent Episodes
Tony Rettman
Photo: Eliot Muka
Greetings and thanks for joining us here for the season finale of the Sandpaper Lullaby podcast. We hope you’re doing AOK and staying remotely sane.
Our guest for the final episode of this season is none other than legendary dude Brian Baker, guitarist for Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion, and many others. Cop a squat and listen in as we trace Brian’s entire musical career which spans the gamut of playing with Carlos Santana at twelve to touring with Minor Threat to his short-lived band The 400. From there we go into Dag Nasty to Junkyard to Bad Religion…and beyond!
Thanks to Brian for his time and Robert Ryan for the use of his studio. Thanks as usual to our producer, Eliot Muka.
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Hey there!
Hello and welcome to a break from all the chaos via the fifth installment of the Sandpaper Lullaby podcast. We hope you’re holding up.
Our guest this week is James June Schneider, co-director of the documentary about the Washington D.C punk scene, Punk The Capital. Listen in as James and I discuss his entry into the punk scene in the mid-80s, the forgotten bands within the history of D.C punk and his latest project: a documentary on the underground news collective from the 60s, The Newsreel (co-directed with filmmaker Ivora Cusack).
PLEASE NOTE: I (Tony) am working remotely and do not have access to our usual recording equipment. So, please excuse the sound quality for some of this episode.
Thanks as usual to our producer, Eliot Muka. Thanks as well to James for taking the time to talk with us and John Woods from the Nitehawk Cinema for setting up the interview and giving us a space to record. Barring whatever might happen between then and now, please tune in on Sunday, April 5th when we will be capping off the first season of the podcast with our long-promised episode with Brian Baker of Minor Threat, Government Issue, The Meatmen, Dag Nasty, Junkyard, Bad Religion, Fake Names and Beach Rats (Man, that was a mouthful!) And if you want to hear the complete, uncut interviews used for the podcast, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll get access to all the complete interviews as well as bonus content. You’re gonna be holed up for a while and have time to kill...so why the hell not?
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Hello and welcome back for episode number four of the Sandpaper Lullaby podcast. Thanks for joining us.
This week we spoke to Brian Gorsegner, vocalist for the Night Birds as well as the person behind Wired Booking. Brian slipped into punk during that weird moment in time that was both post-Nirvana and pre-internet which made for some interesting discoveries on the way to forming his personal aesthetics within the underground. We discussed that matter at length as well as his appearance on a reality TV show with Vinnie Stigma, the formation and longevity of Night Birds and the how and why behind his newly minted booking agency.
Thanks to Brian for his time and Robert Ryan for the use of his studio. Thanks as usual to our producer, Eliot Muka. Our next episode will be March 22nd with James June Schneider, co-director of the Washington DC punk documentary, Punk The Capital. Be sure to come back and check it out.
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Photo courtesy of Robert Ryan
Welcome back for episode number three of the Sandpaper Lullaby podcast. We really hope you’ve been enjoying what we’ve been serving up so far.
This time on the pod, I spoke with old pal and renowned tattoo artist Robert Ryan. Based out of Asbury Park where he co-owns Electric Tattoo, Ryan was a part of the New Jersey hardcore scene in the late ’80s and early ‘90s and one of the first kids I remember to adopt Krishna Consciousness into his life. We talked about that as well as his explorations with hallucinogenic drugs and how it guided him through the formation of his late ‘90’s band, Lord Sterling. We of course also talk about his visual art and his tattooing and how the spirituality discovered all those years ago informs it all.
Thanks to Robert for his time and use of his studio. The producer of this podcast is Eliot Muka. Our next episode will be up on March 8th where our guest will be Brian Gorsegner of the Night Birds. Hope you’ll check it out!
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Photo courtesy of Robert Ryan
Welcome back for episode number three of the Sandpaper Lullaby podcast. We really hope you’ve been enjoying what we’ve been serving up so far.
This time on the pod, I spoke with old pal and renowned tattoo artist Robert Ryan. Based out of Asbury Park where he co-owns Electric Tattoo, Ryan was a part of the New Jersey hardcore scene in the late ’80s and early ‘90s and one of the first kids I remember to adopt Krishna Consciousness into his life. We talked about that as well as his explorations with hallucinogenic drugs and how it guided him through the formation of his late ‘90’s band, Lord Sterling. We of course also talk about his visual art and his tattooing and how the spirituality discovered all those years ago informs it all.
Thanks to Robert for his time and use of his studio. The producer of this podcast is Eliot Muka. Our next episode will be up on March 8th where our guest will be Brian Gorsegner of the Night Birds. Hope you’ll check it out!
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Hello and welcome to the second installment of the Sandpaper Lullaby podcast. The overwhelming response to our first episode with Tom Lax was truly shocking and phenomenal, so thank you for that as well as allowing us into both your inbox and your hearts.
This time around on the pod I’m speaking with longtime pal and all-around swell fella Ari Katz, vocalist for legendary New Jersey punk band Lifetime along with Zero Zero and most recently, Beach Rats. And yes nerdlingers, he was also in Enuf, Up Front, Courage, High School Sweethearts and Miss TK & The Revenge…are you happy?
Our conversation revolves around the formation of Lifetime and our rearview appreciation of the 90s east coast hardcore scene we were a part of, Ari’s association with the DFA cadre when he was in Zero Zero during the 2000s and Beach Rats, his new band with Minor Threat guitarist Brian Baker. There’s a fun and intimate vibe to this one, so I hope you enjoy it as much as we dug putting it together.
Thanks to Ari Katz for his time and Robert Ryan for the use of his space to record the episode. The producer of the podcast is Eliot Muka. On February 23, episode #3 will be made available here where our guest will be the forementioned Robert Ryan.
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Artwork by Alex Ratcharge
Hello and welcome to our first episode of the Sandpaper Lullaby Podcast!
On our first installment, we welcome Tom Lax, proprietor of the long-running Siltbreeze label outta Philadelphia, an imprint responsible for exposing artists on the outer fringes of underground music unconcerned with fitting into the mold of indie rock or punk such as Brother JT, The Gibson Brothers, Strapping Fieldhands, The Shadow Ring, Tyvek, and The Dead C. Listen as we discuss the origins of the label, his discovery of bands such as The Dead C and Harry Pussy and where Siltbreeze stands in the present day. Trust us, it’s a helluva listen!
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Thanks to Tom for sitting down with me and Eliot Muka for his production work on this episode. Come back in two weeks to hear our episode with Ari Katz of Lifetime, Zero Zero and Beach Rats.
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