July 28, 2011
Let’s talk about Under appreciated bands. Rock Bands. Bands that really have been putting out consistent music over an extended period. The band I’m thinking of is Sloppy Seconds. From the first time I heard the chords to “Come Back Tracy” and “I Don’t wanna be a Homosexual” to their latest CD ENDLESS BUMMER. This band continues to put out quality, fun, hookey guitar punk rock music. It’s fun as hell, well played and about subjects that only teenage boys and horny twenty year old’s talk about. Which is just fine with me. So check out this band, see them on tour. When I got their DESTROYED LP in the mail at WLKL 90 FM back in the day, it was the start of a wonderful relationship, them playing JUNK ROCK and me loving every minute of it.
MUSIC ON THIS EPISODE OF SLTM (THE PODCAST):
Bret Hinds Presents Fiend without a Face
Totimoshi
Cain Marko
Enablers
Campaign
Resurrection Sorrow
July 19, 2011
I waited all night long in line for tickets to see Ted Nugent. Now, that might shock some of you, but I love the Motor City Mad Man. Love his music, I mean “Free-For-All”? Come on, that song rules. I waited with a few friends of mine, Mike Mouchi, Morty Martin, Greg Van Halen (his favorite group was,..you guessed it AC/DC) and my brother. We sat in line shooting the breeze, every once in a while nipping off to the van, one or two at a time, to get a smoke or have a drink. By the time 7am rolled around the the box office opened, we were hammered and Mouchi had fallen asleep/passed out propped up against a trash can and a wall. We just left him there when the line started. We did come back to get him after we got our tickets, we were certain that no one would harass him.
It’s time like those that made me glad to have a van that we could borrow, so that we could have a smoke, take a drink and in Greg VH’s case, get a blow job. Good times.
Music on this Episode:
End of Level Boss
Fried Goat
Brainoil
Capital – Giver Takers 12 inch Vinyl from Under Ground Communique
Lake of Tears
Broadcaster
July 18, 2011
We had a chance to talk to Andrew Kling and Ted Faust of The Dirty Feathers before their show at Mike N’ Molly’s in Champaign, IL on July 10, 2011. It was a nice short chat, I will take the blame for that one, I should have a few more questions lined up. The sound is pretty good, and Andrew and Ted couldn’t have been nicer. A really good up and coming group, Dirty Feathers played great and put on a good show. Check out the interview then head on over to their web site and find out more about them and when they are playing next.
PS- I let the tape on the interview go on a bit after the usual thanks you’s and what not because I wanted to share the band you hear in the background The Curses, and two so you could hear my girlfriend at the end say she loves The Dirty Feathers, which she does. Normally I would cut that out, but I thought both things should be included in the interview.
The Dirty Feathers Web Site
July 13, 2011
I liked to tell you a story about the first time I ran into Larry V at his Fried Egg Palace in Farmer City. I was a bit down on my luck, I’d been fired from my job managing a chicken farm and had been hitting the bottle a little too hard. One day I stumbled into Larry’s Fried Egg Palace. There he was behind the counter talking to customers, a short squat man wearing a ball cap two sizes too small for his head. Just chatting away, telling stories about his time in the Air Force. I staggered up to the counter, about to puke. Larry just sized me up and said “Hey Partner, did I ever tell you about the time I was stuck in the woods with a bad case of herpes and nothing to drink to Peroxide?” and with that began a long beautiful relationship.
I went to work for Larry not long after, working my way up from dish washer to head cook and eventually his right hand man. It was a beautiful two months. I miss the place, and when I get hungry for Meatloaf Fried Egg Supreme, I stop in Farmer City. Larry is still there, talking about his “war” wounds and his trek across America on a Tricycle. I love that man, if it wasn’t for him, there would be no SLTM (The Podcast). So this one is for you Larry, thanks a ton buddy your just like a jabbering angel whom god got tired of hearing from.
Music on this Episode of SLTM (the Podcast) #112:
Drainland
Deep Sleep
Quinn Hedges
Handguns
Run, Forever – Split 7 Inch with The Wild
Agathocles
Braid
Grave Mistake Records Band Camp Site – Stream 30 Grave Mistake Releases
The Dirty Feathers Site – Interview Clip Episode 112, Complete Interview next Week
July 11, 2011
Here is the complete 19 minute Nate Kinsella Interview. We played a clip from it on Episode 111 of SLTM (The Podcast). We sat down with Nate in Late June at Caffe Paradiso to talk about the new Birthmark album he is working on. Nate is a really nice guy and very fun to talk to, we discussed the accordion, Nate recording with Joan of Arc, Kickstarter (where I first heard about the new Birthmark record), and his tour plans.
Thanks for listening and please check out Nate’s web site.
July 6, 2011
It’s the first new Episode of Season 5 for SLTM (the Podcast). Normally, I write some funny little story or bit for this paragraph, but I’m to tired to do that this time. Plus, let’s just get to the show.
Music on this Episode:
The Luyas
Half Hearted Hero
Great Cynics- Don’t Need Much LP
Love of Everything
Shakra
Brent Hinds Presents: West End Motel
Here is the other interview clip from the interview we did with Ryan of Mixtapes. In this clip we discuss download codes inside of vinyl releases. Enjoy and please feel free to post any of these clips where ever you like.
