Tag: Music

Ep 112 Renaissance Gem

Gem Fair does literally everything, from writing about music for Pitchfork, to making music as Space Buns Forever, drumming for Big Baby, Playing second bass for Larval State, and being the front man for Positive Thinking. Gem does it all, including some stuff we forgot, like being a ring announcer for Enjoy Wrestling. And like everyone one this podcast who practices in more than one medium, we go deep on what parts of the human brain get exorcise with each medium, as well as what it means to make art before the apocalypse. Finally, be sure to check out Gem’s podcast A Dog With a Mullet.

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Ep 110 Dr. Hazel Contains Multitudes

Dr. Hazel is a botanist, punk bassist, artist, zine publisher, and as you will hear in this podcast, intellectual powerhouse. I learned a lot about the natural world and tried not to sound stupid. Check out her art on Instagram, and see more things Dr. Hazel created on Tumblr, Hear her talk more about post-industrial ecology on the Plant Pals Podcast.

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Ep 105: An Oral History of Bob & the Dangerous Brothers in 10 Questions

Obviously, you’re probably thinking that everything can be said about all of the shining constellations in the musical universe that is Bob and the Dangerous Brothers has already been said. However, after months of tense negotiations with their legal team, we were given the opportunity to ask the members of the post-Bob and the Dangerous Brothers band B.U.F.L.O. ten agreed upon questions that explore the aura of the musical oeuvre that is all things Bob. The upcoming April first release of the live album Free, Bob! and the highly anticipated rarities collection The Bobthology on May Day gave us the opportunity to explore the emotionally raw history of one of the most storied bands in all of American musical history. We here at We’re All Gonna Die (And Other Fun Facts) want to thank the members of B.U.F.L.O for their courage and candidness. We look forward the fruits of the upcoming B.U.F.L.O. recording sessions as they cascade down over us all.

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Ep. 101: Spiff Wiegand is a Bookend

For our very special 101 episode, we we go back to the beginning with our guest for our first ever episode! Spiff Wiegand is a musician, actor, aspiring producer, and all around interesting human. He joins the podcast from a McDonald’s Parking Lot in Georgia. During the course of our sprawling conversation we discuss: Spiff’s Patron songwriting project, Spiff’s music, Spiff’s love for making old fashioned radio dramas, and Spiff’s life in the theater, including The Spiffemol Industries Radio Hour!

And it’s not a podcast if I don’t swear.

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Ep 98: Chris Q Murphy has a Livestream Now

We intended to discuss Season 1 of Chris Q Murphy’s livestream where he performs his songs and discusses songwriting craft with guests. However, CQM is the person I have been close friends with the longest, and well . . . things got off track. Join us for our intimate conversation about music, young people, and creativity.

Do check out past episodes of the Chris Q. Murphy Tuesday night livestream on his YouTube channel. Listen to CQM through his Bandcamp Page.

Most importantly, recognize that two guys from Jersey cannot not swear.

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Ep 97: Just Brook, Anyway Here’s Wonderwall

Brook Pridemore and I set out to talk about noise and music, and immediately we got sidetracked into an intimate conversation about the death of monoculture, protective identities, and what it means to revisit places that mean a lot to our (often painful) personal memories. During the conversation we kinda forgot to talk about why you should check out Brook Pridemore’s music on Bandcamp, but we did briefly touch on BP’s Patreon all request livestreams.

There is a moment of low bandwidth issue Zoom autotune about 10 minutes in, but it clears up quickly and what follows is one of my favorite conversations I have ever had on this podcast. And of course, we swear.

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Episode 73: Music and/or Lyrics

For this episode, old friend and repeat guest John Charney and I muse in a graveyard about how words and music do and do not get along as means of artistic expression. This is the continuation of a conversation we’ve had for about 20 years now, and I’m not convinced this podcast is the final statement.

John is an incredibly talented musician. He had never even heard of an Omnichord before I put one in his hand, and by the time I had set up my netbook and microphone, he taught himself how to play it, composing a new intro and outro for this episode, as well as playing throughout our conversation (all while perched precariously on the hood of a Toyota Camry). You should check out his new album A Drop of Love in an Ocean of Hate on YouTube and buy A Drop of Love in an Ocean of Hate on CDBaby. He also has a fine solo acoustic album called Far Away from Today available on Bandcamp.

As always we swear, and maybe background music will become the new normal.

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Episode 48: It’s Been Recorded

John Charney is an accomplished guitarist and music director.  We are both passionate about our music fandom, but the venn diagram of our musical tastes has very little overlap.  In this podcast (recorded on location in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Loretto, Pennsylvania on a perfect spring afternoon) we have a very civil dialog about what we love about music, what we listen for in music, and what a difference a few years difference in birth year makes.   I also tell the origin story of our friendship, which involves an A-ha song that is not “Take on Me”, and we bond over a mutual disdain of Bruce Springsteen.

I swear, because of course I do.

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Episode 31: Demoitis

For this episode the very talented Brett Zoric stops by to talk about the difficult moment of deciding when a creation is complete and ready to be shared with the world.  Instead, we end up talking about the one and only time Bruce Springsteen is listenable, Larry King-itis, and why whatever happens when you download this podcast is your own damn fault.

You can find out more about Brett and his music via the Triggers Facebook page as well as Triggers on Bandcamp.  Look for a new Triggers EP and Brett’s solo album in 2016!

We swear so damn much.

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Episode 22: I Brought a Printer This Time

Sarah Donner is a singer, songwriter, creative type, and cat lady from Princeton, NJ who is currently crossing the country for her annual summer tour.  She stops by to discuss DIY touring in an era when music has little or no monetary value.  Follow her at sarahdonner.com and be one of 2 million people to check out one of her videos here.

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