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This week we have filmmaker Jon Nix on to talk about his new documentary about Justin Pearson "Don't Fall In Love With Yourself" and the Desaparecidos debut Read Music/Speak Spanish. We also discuss Cleveland tourism, baseball fights, John Lennon's pants, Kinsella vintage store, where to begin, compiling interviews, Mike Patton inside jokes, St. Vitus' cult following, Steak Mtn love, trade schools, for-profit higher education alum, the Cleveland music scene, Central Florida, The American Dream, things only get worse, being ahead of your time yet timeless, complaining about culture, Arizona drama, the grindset, and so much more.

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This week we have Andy Anaya from Pool Kids, You Blew It!, and Dikembe on the pod to talk about the sophomore Rage Against The Machine album Evil Empire. We also discuss: POOL, joining Dikembe, Andrew overuses a “job interview” analogy, pre emo revival time, touring in a conversion van, central florida, Pool Kids origin, that house in Binghamton, photo rigs, the yashica t-4, Pearl Jam, Pier 17 or 19, spicing the parts up, our favorite Audiotree sessions, Tom Morello’s guitar playing, trading sincerity for great riffs, Audioslave and being a butt rock apologist, “Down Rodeo”, the Wu Tang tour, and so much more. 

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This week we have author, photographer, and Fiddler Records founder Amy Fleisher Madden on to discuss the Jimmy Eat World record Clarity. We also discuss: not Nashvill TN, the Release doc, 90s clothes were big, the Vacant Andys, podding from the Carrabba basement, "here's your drama", Law of Inertia, OG Dashboard Confessional Drowning CDEP, the hydro flask, Sparks ended 3rd wave emo, new wave of nostalgia, you really should go to shows, Coheed, how many waves have there been?, Hot Rod Circuit, group homework assignment, adult contemporary, Clarity, "you felt the holy", era soundtracks, Mark Trombino brought the magic, using the budget, the 10", and so much more

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This week we have musician, actor, and comedian Dave Hill on to talk about the Hüsker Dü album New Day Rising. We also discuss: ravioli eating, the wrong times to buy a book, WFMU, Dave’s range of friends, recording studios, the last week tonight theme, having fun/being stupid, the paths to comedy, America’s Moby, Neil Hamburger, metal is underdogs music, Zooropa, Mark Messier, not connecting with hardcore, Mould songs vs Hart songs, Zen Arcade, lots of Danzig chat and so much more. 

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This week we have Hutch Harris of The Thermals on to talk about the Subhumans album From The Cradle To The Grave. We also discuss: the dawgs, Portland quadrants, missing the road, worst shows, Song Exploder, Marc Maron has Neil Young over, venue merch cuts, Fantasy Metal TM, Skate 3, music videos, selling out, Burn To Shine, Brendan Canty, NJ recording studios, Yo La Tengo, Chris Walla, Hurricane Sandy, first punk bands, The Decline, reinventing something new, punks vs the monarchy, oogles, and so much more.

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This week we have rapper, producer, artist, and member of Teen Suicide/The Pom Poms Kitty Ray on to discuss the groundbreaking Hole album Live Through This. We also discuss: we re-record the Heartwell LP, Teen Suicide rehabilitation, production meeting, upstairs at the Barbary, feelin like Twiggy, the Courtney Love of this bullshit garbage, Omar Rodriguez Lopez' ridiculous box set, Nardwuar, we launch RITG management, Baltimore, onlyfeets, The Pom Poms, Ableton, Billy Corgan looking sad at Disneyland, a snapchat of someone's art, writing from spite, riotgrrrl, the truth about Lyme's disease, Don Henley, hits and misses on Live Through This, pop in the front and art in the rear, and so much more.

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This week we have writer, poet, and industry heartthrob Stephen Welch on the pod to talk about the 2002 Distillers album Sing Sing Death House. We also discuss: Edge Day celebrations, NYC weed seizures, old friends, Stephen's origin story,  "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", ongoing projects, Andrew feels illiterate, Anne Rice, relationships between church and local punk,  chick tracts, the My Heart to Joy show, Edge Frat, the coffee scene, Matt Ferraro (our boy revisited), slingin merch, Gainesville types, getting Festies riled up, mainstream excitement of punk, Brody as a punk icon, going from bad lyrics to good, after the breakup, (least)favorite Rancid records, punk is full of creeps, Philly scene tourists, leaving your neighborhood after 8 pm, the Govinda's chicken cheesesteak (rip), and so much more.

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This week we Circle Back to the sophomore Owen record No Good For No One Now. We also talk about: doin the daytime pod, Rose Books deliveries, offensive baseball memes, Phils win!, Wawa pizza, bagel chat, parking ticket madness, self defense (individual), what not to do when you’re carjacked, hanky code, airtags, personal achievements, Bobbi Althoff, Swifties, Mike Kinsella’s projects, the Owen discography, S Carey, less tracks and more length, post breakup clarity, and we talk a lot about the record. 

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This week we have celebrated artist, illustrator, and animator Dessie Jackson on the pod to discuss the seminal Say Anything album ...Is A Real Boy. We also discuss: Andrew doesn't apologize, the Swiss Cheese Pervert survivor gofundme, The Philly Avengers, the Action News theme, hanging out at your friend's job, Red Bull, Corrupted Image, Jury Duty, stop motion, Marilyn Minter, Real Skateboards, listening through the lens of age, leading off with sexuality, penis on every track, Max Bemis, child safety, straight outta the asylum, "Alive With the Glory of Love", there are warning signs everywhere, the push and pull of art, ADMIT IT!, we define "penultimate", and so much more. 

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This week we have Josh Caterer of the Smoking Popes on to discuss the 2017 Menzingers album After The Party. We also discuss: ol Jerry Bolm, Riot Fest scene report, the Gaslight Anthem, solo listening, 8 tracks, Iggy Pop, Kiss - Double Platinum, problematic lyrics, lots of Big Bopper talk, prehistoric times (before internet), Willy Wonka, After the Party (taking the ride), adult coworkers, “Lookers”, sad version of Born to Run, are these all about the same person?, and so much more. 

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This week we have pop singer/songwriter Raffaella on the pod to talk about the Regina Spektor album Soviet Kitsch. We also chat about: getting into Canada, Drake/Stephen Hawking, Market Hotel, Dan needs a sweaty lady, leaving NYC for Minneapolis (for love), band dudes laundry, getting over deodorant, not knowing how to drive, Raff’s love story, New York cliques, The Strokes, theme songs, the 2020’s small mindset, “Poor Little Rich Boy” percussion, punk performance in non punk records, and so much more. 

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This week we talk about our top records from the year so far. We talk about: everyone is always on vacation, single Andrew activities, bangin’, going to the bar, finding the edge of humanity, Brace, using the lottery to fund war, winning the lottery, lottery taxes, the airport shit, and so much more.

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This week we have drummer of A City Safe From Sea and Achings, Justin Staller on to talk about the Team Dresch album Personal Best. We also talk about: where do you find the time?, everybody be moving to Roxborough, Fishtown is dead, Daniel Danger doesn’t think we’re brave enough, Golden Tea House, is Justin undercover,  “hat all the time” guy, knit hats with the visor, Achings, This is Fort Apache comp, Van Pelt, music that feels plucked from the brain, Restorations, Aspera Ad Astra, Personal Best drum sound, Evergreen State College, Andrew says Diary is backloaded and then realizes he knows Justin, and so much more. 

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This week we have podcaster, poet, and vocalist for Touchè Amorè Jeremy Bolm to talk about the Belle & Sebastian record Dear Catastrophe Waitress. We also discuss: pod talk, Starbucks, snobby coffee, butter on bagels, growing up in LA, Jeremy Barf, Weird Al, hanging with Radcliffe, talking with actual celebrities, Morrissey at the Smoking Popes gig, Destination Failure, Alex Henry, First Ever Podcast, Lament, the Belle & Sebastian discography, Mike Piazza, the B&S dance party, The Life Pursuit, lots of The National chat, and so much more. 

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This week we have songwriter and bagel daddy Tyler Daniel Bean on to talk about the Des Ark album Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker. We also discuss: Burlington VT, 242 Main, Willow's Bagels origin, nu-bagel, the pumpernickel wave, always untoasted, FFFA, Basement shows, On Days Soon to Pass, Evan T Weiss is in your bed, Ryan Stack, Lovitt Records, Des Ark radio sessions, quiet records/loud live, Aimee Argote, accidentally climbing a mountain, band practice on the radio, two closing tracks?, fuck the world not for the win, and so much more.

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This week we have King of the Punks and Prince of the Skins and co-host of the True Anon podcast Brace Beldon on to talk about Annihilation Time II. We also talk about: we’re Lizzo apologists, Razzlekhan, the synchronized swimming scene, Gilman, Green Day, Liquid Death, Philadelphia: a place unlike any other, I (don’t) fuck, Bad Religion, Brooklyn, “they don’t have these where I come from”, lots of Jewish chat, SynAnon, the goofiest fucking pants known to man, being a teenage runaway, The Worm (Trevor), Blue Oyster Cult, Brace's love of bald girls with rats, and so much more. 

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This week we have old friend of the pod E.M. Ricchini aka Charbelle on to talk about the Lana Del Rey album Norman Fucking Rockwell. We take multiple trips down memory lane discussing wrap up podcasts, the Bed Stuy Applebees, early Covid moments, 7-11 taquitos, banana phone, West Virginia, tortured artists, terrible street art, Daniel Johnston, mosquitos in the studio, small town drama, HomoClimbtastic, The Ick, Linkedin Grindset Influencers, heartbreak, Lana Lore, looking back on your life like a movie, and so much more.

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This week we have writer for Pitchfork, Billboard, Stereogum and lots more Patrick Lyons on to talk about the Rilo Kiley record More Adventurous. We also talk about: anthems for a seventeen year old girl, Queens (borough), Anacortes, Steve Brooks, the pitchfork review process, Ontological Mysterium by Horrendous, Turnstile (again), music on the beach, emo revival, getting all the details wrong, hyperpop, 100 gecs , letting it spray, disappointing follow-ups, the latter Modest Mouse catalog, bidding on Elliott Smith’s car, the unibomber’s backpack, Don’s Plum, we also talk a lot about Rilo Kiley. 

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EPISODE 100! This week we have host of Axe to Grind and Worst Possible Timeline podcasts and member of Drug Church and Self Defense Family Patrick Kindlon on to talk about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones album Question The Answers. We also discuss: video podcasts, Ghost (again), Islamic menswear, the Australian Identity, bogans, covid protocols, home protection, regional political machines, crypto, Skibidi Toilet lore, hanging in Norway, Devilstone Festival, becoming a noise guy, our porno grind newsletter, resenting people with money, balancing projects, living in the drums (bad), dropping the plaid, we actually talk about the record too. A very sincere thanks to everyone that’s supported us over the first 100. To everyone else: there’s still time to catch up. 

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This week we have Steve Brooks of Floor and Torche on to talk about the Breeders 1993 album Last Splash. We also discuss: the Cuddle Puddle, chicken drama, bears, getting run out of town, moving to the woods, origins of Floor, tuning low, finding dummers, KISS, custom guitars, sounding like the Bee-Gees, Torche album art, deciding to end a band, the beginning of covid, Kim Deal fandom, "Divine Hammer", our favorite Last Splash tracks, Breeders music videos, Guided By Voices, being too prolific, Breeders on Conan, guitar tones, perfect length albums, interesting songwriting vs technical ability, djent, "firestarter", spite as a motivator, Jawbreaker, connecting to sadness, Throwing Muses, and so much more.

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This week we have Justin Pearson from Three One G, The Locust, Some Girls, Head Wound City, Retox, etc on the pod to talk about the debut self titled album from Drive Like Jehu. This is an extremely special opportunity to discuss the band and their impact on music due to the passing of Rick Froberg. In this episode we discuss: needs no introduction, San Diego, Kasher in Tinseltown, Roskilde Festival scene report, strange hardcore, touring Japan, Melt Banana, Jungle Rules Live, Misunderstood, Septic Death, John Waters, Danzig, will Justin give Mike Patton the shirt?, love the USA or gtfo, the Drive Like Jehu origin, RFTC, tension in San Diego, Swing Kids, Fugazi, the Deftones cover, The Locust tone, what does Jehu mean, percussive guitars, Some Girls, and so much more.

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This week we have Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life on to talk about the debut self titled album by the Violent Femmes. We also talk about: the writers strike, the Good Life tour announcement, catching up from the covid era, lightning in a bottle bands, the Cure scene report, Tim Kinsella, Starland Ballroom, saddle creek rd, touring as an adult. Domestica reissue, Novena on a Nocturn, Dan describes a meme (posted on our Instagram), writing sad songs, “the safest sex”, html as a lyric, First Ave, The Violent Femmes origin story, busking, selling out to Wendy’s, and so much more. 

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This week we talk about the 1988 Siouxsie and the Banshees album Peepshow with Rainer Maria’s Caithlin De Marrais. We also discuss: whatchu drinkin, Rainer Maria heads, First Unitarian Church, reliving your 20’s, Madison WI, we own Viceland, syncs, Caithlin’s newest record, spotify, awards, The Cure, whatchu watchin, having kids, Mike Kinsella, Siouxsie is everywhere, what makes Peepshow so significant, horror films, Blonde Redhead, our favorite songs on the record, Christian Death, Siouxsie origin story, choosing songs for a record, and so much more. 

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This week we circle back to the debut record from The Killers, Hot Fuss. We discuss: Andrew ruins the intro, cumming at the opera, bad pods, Instagram live dating, papa's whips, we bask in the approval of others, meeting your idols (good), POZ breaks news, Fall Out Boy, Skate and Surf 2012(?) scene report, meme chats, Dupree Sister drama, Max Bemis (sucks), Andrew gets called a scumbag, Scottish pronouncing Hoot Foos, "the murder trilogy," generational hit Mr. Brightside, Ceremony (band), Darby Crash, festival plays, so many singles on this record, horrifically front loaded, Kind of Like Spitting, bad synths and bad drums, and so much more

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This week we have Matt Miller (GDP, George Douglas Peterson, Orange Crystal, The Post Office Gals) on to talk about the Local H album As Good As Dead. We also discuss: shoutout legacy photo, motorcycles in Vietnam, the vistas, Wicca Phase, townie funeral home parties, Chris Gethard, Fury of Five, the salesforce holiday party, Justin Pearson (again), Electro Grindcore, Incendiary, Discordance Axis, emo boys kissing, the hardcore masculinity pendulum, AI, Andrew attacks Dan's creativity, two piece bands, diss tracks, connecting with music, 2 drummers, band names, parking domain names, clownfupa.com, a real 2 girls 1 cup day, and so much more.

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This week we have DC hardcore veteran and former DC Comics alum Ian Sattler on to talk about the 311 album Transistor. We also discuss: no help with Q and not U, the 9:30 club, Brian McTernan, Adjacent Fest scene report, music photography, knowing your role in the local scene, LLC's, the merch game, for profit college, the comic world, Scott Ian, Crossed, the MCU, Dark Horse comics, talking to normies about punk, Fucked Up, Succession, Wrestling, 311 is from Omaha, From Chaos, some Transistor puns, the AV Club review, Kid A (lol), divided on Hexum songwriting, the 311 DVD (again), George Clanton, bad lyrics, and so much more.

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This week we have the host of the After The Deluge podcast Justin Cox on to talk about the divisive Bright Eyes record "Lifted or The Story is in the Soil so Keep Your Ear to the Ground". In this episode we also discuss: can I get a goddamn timpani roll?, Jackson Browne is not Van Morrison, podcast origins, anti-vaxxers, Paul Simon, The Offspring discography, Orcas Island, Killer Whales against capitalism, facebook fan groups, your art saved my life, Tim Kasher, The Hard Times, Todd Fink, skipping opening tracks, one sided 7”s, Dead Oceans and the Saddle Creek split, Ted Stevens, the kissy bitch drama (again), Evan Dando, Jawbreaker, Flea, W, and so much more.

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This week we have writer and founder of Rose Books Chelsea Hodson on to chat about Nothing’s 2018 release Dance on the Blacktop. We also discuss: our happy family, Rickly’s romance novel, Tyrant Books, Rose Books origin story, there’s no one like Chris (Norris), the editing process, our reading habits, indie press identity, Tucson Arizona (great place), javelina, tumblr projects, Maria Abramovic, album cover modeling, poetic lyrics, Horror Show, Lana Del Rey, real darkness, Christie’s Auction scene report, Death of Lovers, and so so much more.

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This week we have artist and musician (PsyWarfare, Integrity) Dwid Hellion on to talk about the 1971 Funkadelic classic Maggot Brain. In this episode we discuss: Dan nails the intro, where open mic and improv meet, Black Flag, Mike Vallely, what's up in Belgium, the Dwid backstory, the problem with positivity, childhood cassette tape loops, White House and early industrial, Metallica at the grocery store, the process church, Integrity, PsyWarfare (and actual psychological warfare), This Is Hell split, sound cannons, the Maggot Brain solo story, the satanic panic, local zines, being too tall for motown, drugs do some good for musicians, outsider art, Henry Darger, and so much more.

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This week we have artist Steak Mtn AKA Christopher Norris also of combatwoundedveteran, and Reversal of Man on to talk about the landmark Assuck record Misery Index. We also discuss: submitting to the bit, Hunchback 88, Atom And His Package, Jud Jud, getting into horror, writing screenplays, Rose Books, Holy Day, favorite NYC theaters, we start a film podcast, The Holy Mountain, local boys Assuck history, Reversal of Man lineups, the bridge from metal to punk, classing up grindcore, spa music, Earache records, final Reversal tour, Gary Panter and so much more. 

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This week we go to the movies and talk about the documentary Spend an Evening With Saddle Creek. We discuss: our recent successes, our man Dwid, home improvement tales, moving is the worst, storage wars, having A+ neighbors, Andrew is a picky eater, Charly Bliss scene report, Market Hotel, dance punk, the Obersts', 1619 House, Lullaby for the Working Class, The Faint, Todd Fink the hornball, pollen, Tim Fucking Kasher, I don't want YOU to love ME anymore, the overlooked Saddle Creek bands, we need more documentaries, and so much more.

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This week we have half of the How Long Gone podcast Jason Stewart on to talk Integrity's landmark record Humanity is the Devil. We discuss recording styles, the complexities of Ableton, doing 500 episodes, scheduling snafus, podcast priorities, creating a reason to talk to people, the joy of saying no, the origins of How Long Gone, letting it spray behind the paywall, being peer-pressuring into straight edge, smoking banana peels, friend of the pod Noodles, Sublime talk, doing crime, girls with the red bandanas in their hair, flash photography, jobs within the scene, prolific merch, deodorant glitter, wedding DJs, frosted tips, pushing weight music, harsh noise lore, cease and desists, and getting stabbed in Philadelphia.

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This week we have a woman who needs no introduction, Alessandra DeBenedetti, on the pod to talk about the legendary 24 Hour Revenge Therapy by Jawbreaker. We discuss sound cops, art on Canal Street, vacations in Syria, the collapse of society, zine gatekeeping, not being punk enough, long staplers, fiscal conservatism, rainy day drugs, West Philadelphia born and raised, the Fung Wa Train, chiefing a bong, the Verve Pipe debate, Connecticut discourse, Queen Diamond, roller derby, spooky skeletons, the sock man idea, a less casual Panera, expensive negronis, famous bouncers, an app to get into Berghain, Ben Weasel, the smell of Watain, insulting Matt Skiba, and becoming the void.

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This week we're excited to have Jeff Howe of Reversal of Man, Combatwoundedveteran, Horsewhip, and Heavens Gate on to talk about The Cure's singles collection Standing on a Beach. We also discuss: the restaurant business, favorite vegan hot dogs, more hot dog talk, living in Florida, are indie rock and the internet killing hardcore? (still no answer), the "get the kid with the sideburns" official story, Horsewhip and horse eating countries, Longmont Potion Castle, combatwoundedveteran, The Locust, Gainesville venues, the Fest hot dog guy, "Killing an Arab" gets you in hot water, Galore has the mega hits, songs on this record we hate, single vs. hit, Ida and Lisa Loeb, Mike Patton, the Boss, and so much more.

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This week we have comedian, co-host of Cowboy Boys podcast, and aging punk Shayne Smith on to discuss the Linkin Park album Hybrid Theory.  This week we discuss: Dan gets invited to a podcast after not getting invited to a podcast, living in a podcaster house, Shayne: Edge Icon, the PETA awards, living in squats, edge frat, tour of Utah, clean comedy, touring, the spirituality of surfing, cruise discourse, homemade tape comps, crying, post nu metal, Hybrid Theory was a massive record, the anime crossover, favorite Linkin Park records, and so much more. 

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This week we have drummer of Gel and engineer at Noise War Studios, Zach Miller on to discuss the Blink 182 record Enema of the State. This episode we discuss: Central Jersey bands, pay to play shows, snare sounds, the yellow Xterra, mixing on blown speakers, Topper, abusing student loans, Gel goes to Europe, locking your keys in your car, stealing, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, favorite Enema of the State songs, Machine Gun Kelly, open source hardcore and so much more.

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Join our PATREON for bonus episodes. This week we have Erik Ratensperger, drummer of Jeromes Dream and host of the MICRO SPY Podcast, on to talk about Radiohead's Kid A. This episode we discuss: podcasting, everyone loves Mike York, 90s hip hop, the pre-internet world, pandemic motivation, new Jeromes Dream material, Casey from Iodine Records, California living, overwhelming news cycles, the skull split, How Long Gone, the screamo legacy, Snapcase, violence in hardcore, playing with your back to the crowd, the Radiohead creative shift, Sheryl Crow guitar tone, the Kid A 2x10", Thom Yorke's phrase turning, deep song revisions, vibe exploration, Kid A vs. Amnesiac, gathering fans by album, Radiohead artwork, pay what you want records, what would the 4th Nirvana album have sounded like, Andrew gets haunted and way more. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @jeromesdreamforever, @microspymusic and @runintotheground.  Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here.

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This week we have Jordan Usatch, guitarist for the Brooklyn based post-hardcore band Husbandry to talk about Cave In’s 2003 album Antenna. In this episode we discuss: the podcasters convention revisited, pinnacle whipped and water, Brooklyn rehearsal spaces, quantifying expensive guitars, vintage nike soles, axe talk, the Ringer’s state of hardcore, Roadrunner Records, major label hardcore, where to start with Cave In, Brodsky’s lyrics, 2000s alt rock, Photoshop brush packs, and so much more.

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This week we have Mariel Loveland of Best Ex and Candy Hearts to discuss the beloved Weakerthans album Reconstruction Site. In this episode we discuss: Jersey girls to the front, Matt Ferraro's origin, the Staten Island Ferry bar, Andrew's fear of boats, what to see in NYC, living on punk indigenous ground, Hoboken should be erased, Best Ex scene report, Iodine Records, women in the music industry, Andrew Tate (bad), global culture's experimental phase, AP fucks up, John K Samson's lyrics, there was no cat, the last time kitsch was indie, differences in scene phases, Mariel's Brand New cover band, Oh Canada, turning junk jewelry into gold bars, instagram algorithms and so much more.

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This week we take to the movies and discuss the documentary adaptation of Meet Me In The Bathroom. We discuss: Andrew has a birthday and Dan ruins it, the Big Mac, our preferred French fry styles, Daniel Danger’s reality show idea, text response time, keeping your pants up, wristwatches, the new jersey divide, what the doc leaves out, the fucking moldy peaches, sex man guitar rock, the cycle of grit to clean pop music, how we spent Y2K, Nick Zinner’s hair, 9/11, Paul Banks’ folk past, Old Man Murphy, Ryan Adams the enabler, and more. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground.  Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here.

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This week we have Geoff Rickly from Thursday, No Devotion, United Nations, and author of Someone Who Isn't Me on to discuss the first two Ink & Dagger 7"s. We talk about: jersey boys on the pod, RIP Earth, the podcast industrial complex, Geoff at fashion week, the new book, Mark McCoy, the book writing process, Ibogaine treatment, Turkish hair plugs revisited, the New Brunswick basement scene, the Ink & Dagger beat, collective experience, fighting on LSD, earworm lyrics, the halloween shows, getting jokerfied, overlooked parts of the Thursday catalog, the No Devotion curse, Dan Ozzi's Sellout, those nights in the basement, writing in the process of "we", Andrew doesn't mention Initial Records, and much more.

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This week we have Jay Papandreas from the Listen Up, Nerds newsletter on to discuss the sophomore Sunny Day Real Estate album LP2. We also discuss: blunts, the adult straightedge, Bed Stuy landmarks, turkish hair transplant maintenance, the Brooklyn Monarch mosh corral, work gloves in the pit, Davey Havoc, more iphone filming discourse, the hate5six rip offs, Self Defense Family st Krazyfest, the Initial Records catalog, the LP2 story, the Snapcase snare sound, bad Sunny Day album art, good Sunny Day album art, Troutmaster, the Batman Forever soundtrack, Kenny Loggins, vocals as an instrument and not a narrative vehicle, LP2's time relationship to Revolution Summer, the Nordstrom ad, Nate Mendel's AIDS denial and a whole lot more. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @listenupnerds and @runintotheground. Check out the Listen Up, Nerds Substack here. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here.

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This week we have pod favorite John Ross of Wild Pink on to talk about the Paul Simon album Graceland. We also discuss: playing a network TV morning show, the recent Wild Pink catalog, Jesu, writing ILYSM, Ol' Slo-Mo Brenner, the blue album revisited, Tony Molina, a lesson on Melbourne FL, Vampire Weekend, Paul Simon on SNL, apartheid, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, cultural boycotts, the 80s embrace of world music, producing your own albums, the upstate NY vibe (cidiots), DAWs, the Graceland hits, the Mets, and some more bullshit. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @wildpinknyc and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here.

This week we have Knox Colby from Enforced to talk about the seminal self titled City of Caterpillar record.In this episode we discuss: stealing the Friend Zone, the vices of Evan Dando, Lemonheads fans as enablers, 200 Stab Wounds, basement dwelling, tour riders, Dan tries out metal voice, the NC fake desert, Andrew gets semantic about the birth of aviation, Skywalker is canceled, the Buckfast alibi, best Manhattan bathrooms, Century Media artists, the screamo band identity, divisive Fugazi opinions, City of Caterpillar is directly responsible for terror in the middle east, and way more. // Join our PATREON for bonus episodes here. Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @knoscolby, @enforcedrva, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here.

This week we have Mike York from Pianos Become the Teeth and Suahn on the pod to talk about the Bon Iver masterpiece 22, a Million. We discuss: AP owes Dan money, RITG footwear discourse, a Maryland geography lesson, the legion of doom, the Converge discography, writing Drift, the zen of screaming, The Wave, Andrew asks that same Jade Tree question again, the Bon Iver origin, folk maximalism, leaning into the wrongness, the Justin Vernon vibe barrage, we all want OP-1’s. // Join our PATREON for bonus episodes here. Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @pianosband, @suahnmusic, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here.

This week we are joined by Spencer Fox of Charly Bliss to talk about Fountains of Wayne's infectiously catch self-titled Debut. We discuss secret photoshoots, the office candy dish, soup vending machines, Spencer's top tier soups, frosty mugs, remembering the Party Expo, Andrew's nights at House of Yes, touring with Jimmy Eat World, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dan toots his own horn, Starland coffee runs, gatekeeping harder, Horny Pop, deconstructing the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Emo Game, Dark Rose McGowan, Maryland Manson, names you can trust, the Barsuk private jet, podcasting live at Red Rocks, simple and cathy music, SR-71, Shanty Pastiche, a list of albums that came out in 1996, first track singles, our preferred Weird Al albums, Matthew Lesko, rude British bikers, and Big Hog Rider Andrew. // Join our PATREON for bonus episodes here. Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @greatmouthfeel, @charlybliss and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have celebrated comedian, actor, and all around 90s nostalgist Jacob Givens on to discuss the Smashing Pumpkins masterpiece Siamese Dream. In this episode we discuss: 2022 wrap up, Medieval garage taverns, the Hanson brothers, beef with Mraz, celebrity rundown, the Jonsi connection, the origin of the Givens reels, Music Tok, weeding out the freaks, 90s Pizza Hut promotions, the Siamese Dream tone, sonic caramel, a RITG guide to meeting celebrities, R U Talkin’ Pod, and our favorite Pumpkins songs. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Follow Jacob on Instagram and TikTok. Please donate if you can to Janelle's Gofundme. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have Douglas Robinson of Long Island band The Sleeping. This week we discuss:  photo store meet cutes, Modcup Coffee (again), the Long Island scene, myspace mathcore and Dans html background empire, Tom reps Dipset, playing with Sebastian Bach, Hep Alien, cool cameras, Jason Statham, Bai Ling, the Deftones influences, typical nu metal, Chino on the Mt Rushmore of sexy voices. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @vinyladdictionrecords @thesleepingofficial and @runintotheground. Please donate if you can to Janelle's Gofundme. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we get Fast and Loose talking about our top records of 2022. In this episode we discuss: our holiday weekends, Cometeer (cancelled), coffee at your parents house, the New Jersey metal scene, Andrew hears Deafheaven for the first time, the double VHS, RIP Saluggi’s, one of us doesn’t understand the assignment, thanks for listening and taking the pill with us. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Please donate if you can to Janelle's Gofundme. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have TrueAnon producer and musician Yung Chomsky on to talk about Neutral Milk Hotel's landmark album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. We discuss getting things done even when it's cold out, mixing business with pleasure, podcast quality, Full Sail University, Formative Wawas, school plays, Koding With Klossy, teaching guitar, Ol' Slow Hands, making electronic music out of necessity, working within restrictions, the Year of the Smile, composing a live set, MC Shaq Diesel, the expression of dance, Tiny Telephone Studios, keeping the dream alive, John Vanderslice, Survival Research Laboratories, meme bands, flesh licking ladies, "ethnic" music, and awful fandoms. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @trueanonpod, @yungchomsky, and @runintotheground. Check out TrueAnon on Patreon here and tour dates and tickets here! Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 12 Best of 2022 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.