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79 Arthur Shepherd Bar/Venue Owner ( Mind Over Matter - Errortype:Eleven - Primitive Weapons - Wreck Age Records) Apr 12, 2022

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This week’s guest dreamed of having a bar where his favorite bands could play, and he made it happen beyond anyone’s expectations. Saint Vitus in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is not only a popular neighborhood bar, it hosts bands that no other club their size would ever manage to land. In our interview, we talk about Arty's teen years as a metalhead on Long Island, seeing the world in iconic hardcore bands like Mind Over Matter, and what led him to become the proprietor of multiple venues in NYC. We’re ending this series on a high note, so enjoy this episode, and maybe we’ll see you again in the future. Thanks to all of our listeners for a great run. For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: St Vitus https://www.saintvitusbar.com/ Wreck Age https://wreck-age.com/pages/about-us Arty’s Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/966759-Arthur-Shepherd Chaminade https://www.chaminade-hs.org/ Mind Over Matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrlUIgipwM8 Bad Trip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXa6t_YOH8 World’s Fastest Car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXpzp-_9znU Silent Majority https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3rEJ9xIuU Double G https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp-Umd720IQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBur04kodBI Limelight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Ntoy-RKdY Ironclads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BREc1zKLyY

78 John Sex Bomb - Tax Accountant ( Seizure ) Apr 05, 2022

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We discover the seedly underbelly of corporate America through everyone’s favorite punk rock accountant, John Sex Bomb! We also talk about Connecticut’s premier punk/hardcore club The Anthrax, why sales tax is so damn complicated and all that you ever wanted to know about acclaimed northeast grocery chain Stew Leonard’s. Check it out! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Seizure https://www.discogs.com/artist/85697-Seizure https://youtu.be/DGV8b06Ls6k Dumpster Dive Zine https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0211/28/dumpster-dive-ct-hardcore-punk-zine_1_3b110f72b41cf750402f6c8471dc8ba0.jpg Auditors https://youtu.be/S6tRjimpJe4 Brooks Brothers https://youtu.be/STC4qVm52Ew NYC Sales Tax Code https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01675 American Machine and Foundry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Machine_and_Foundry https://youtu.be/Ag6pqy0-lKs Anthrax Club https://youtu.be/ybw_ffqDfHY Wetsons https://youtu.be/nNvxNkm7avg Caldor https://youtu.be/wKXoRukX-XQ Cheetah Chrome https://youtu.be/qXQAbN_97fI Jayne County https://youtu.be/9ELPk8O28d4 Stu Leonard's https://youtu.be/xetLMdbA87I

77 Sascha Altman DuBrul - Mental Health Coach / Social Worker / Writer ( Choking Victim ) Mar 29, 2022

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Links:

Sascha's Practice
https://www.saschadubrul.com/

IDHA Training Program
https://www.idha-nyc.org/

Sascha Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sascha_Altman_DuBrul
https://www.mapstotheotherside.net/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/966825-Sascha-Dubrul

Maps to the Other Side
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3648/

Navigating brilliance and madness: Sascha Altman DuBrul at TEDxHunterCCS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Tep6m9wRI

Anarchist Switchboard
https://signs-of-life-nyc.blogspot.com/2013/02/flier-from-anarchist-switchboard-1988.html

C Squat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8qvcjaGsbE

Institutionalized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ

Icarus Project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus_Project

Slug & Lettuce
http://slugandlettuce.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_and_Lettuce_(fanzine)

AC Thompson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8g3UWNmdms

Food Not Bombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbiypS9Ot4

Fireweed Collective
https://fireweedcollective.org/

Hearing Voices Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBq2FfgHMgQ

Lipstick Traces
https://www.amazon.com/Lipstick-Traces-History-Twentieth-Anniversary/dp/0674034805

Steven Banks
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/magazine/steven-banks-homelessness.html

Pete Earley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dom_pBkgCL4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpdqBF1fTs

Issa Ibrahim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMMHm9SKPM

No Commercial Value
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2wlQsksPM

San Loco
https://www.sanloco.com/menu

IFS Therapy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdzH2YRmv6Y

76 Steve Karp - BIM Coordinator / Draftsman ( Yuppicide / 100 Demons ) Mar 22, 2022

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Guest Steve Karp helps us get to the bottom of BIM (Business Information Modeling), and what exactly he does in the construction process. In addition to BIM, we talk about art and illustration, the laws and legality of tattooing in CT and NYC, interning at Marvel Comics and a whole lot more. Steve’s hilarious takes on the hardcore scene, his time in Yuppicide and making ends meet as a ‘professional’ without resorting to violence are priceless. Check it out! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/929517-Steve-Karp Yuppicide https://youtu.be/WbKEYYGAcAw?t=1018 100 Demons https://youtu.be/mKHH45uLtiU?t=226 What is Building Information Modeling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suNadRnHy-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CxshQK0C5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ULPY3B2BoQ Amish Drafting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-HPOYtTio SFA Live (Pratt Alums) https://youtu.be/g_dW1BXERJE?t=19 Yuppicide Shirt Example https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/A7gAAOSwrgFehdw8/s-l500.jpg Rejuvenate Art Evolution https://photos.app.goo.gl/4beJpdhjiqsVwD2T7 Squat or Rot Flyer https://nypunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/squatrot3.jpg EC Comics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6b5ZRAAfQ Shockley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkFccfsr8A SPI Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDe_JDew1E Tattooing in NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhBtvHHmvXQ Zack Judson of Puzzlehead / Product 19 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1572294/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

75 John Woods - Movie Theater Programming Director ( Hell No - Hot Poop Zine ) Mar 15, 2022

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You may know this week’s guest from his band, Hell No, but even if you aren’t a hardcore punk rock fan, you may know him from his legendary video store Reel Life Video, which existed on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg well before the boutiques and luxury apartments. John later went on to co-found Nitehawk Cinema, where he still works as director of programming and acquisitions. In our conversation we dork out about music, movies and dive into the intricacies of making his dream of a movie theater that serves high-quality food and drinks a reality. It’s more complicated than you think, but John’s approach and attitude helped make for one of the coolest theaters in the world. Check it out! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Nitehawk Cinema https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/about/ https://nitehawkcinema.com/ Hell No https://www.discogs.com/artist/395630-Hell-No https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEn-mVMg19o https://youtu.be/C7G7U0_p_jQ?t=1942 Matthew Viragh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Lk4DDkB-I Bruce Goldstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mU85gkFXGw 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71yLEfRpsKo Rich Trash https://youtu.be/5SoPWqSEe_c?t=22 Unsane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rW5VAwn3vI Kims Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMv4v3xvqIg It’s Gonna Blow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--FTU73CoUk&list=PLPcW9BedSKxmKulAgllDwcIq7gcY7ID1F Spencer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lagauhb5GyY Cocksucker Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_TR2mdzhw Video Music Box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiz8sixXNLo Crispin Glover Movie Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhtaI7SCvq0 Ultimate Revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5jLEyiotec Cannibal Holocaust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8VKf8WsMk Raw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFlXVX2af_Y New Breed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TN1QHb_OQ0 What Awaits Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEHTJk6USGI Rye Coalition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWc7c3xyoOA Velvet Goldmine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRY9K78uDRs

74 Alice Bag and Greg Velasquez - Retirees ( The Bags / L.A. Punk Scene ) Mar 08, 2022

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n addition to being integral parts of the early Los Angeles punk rock scene, Alice and Greg also had successful careers - Alice as a school teacher and writer and Greg as a hospitality executive and photographer. But our area of focus in this episode is what happened when they decided to retire, and realized they didn’t have the money to do it in California. Not only did they decide to move to Mexico City, they also made the decision to document the process for all to see. We talk about the challenges, exciting developments, lifehacks learned from punk rock and how they’ve used social media to share it all. For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Alice and Greg Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWPMxahEhAFq8jN3k_O_Zw https://www.instagram.com/aliceandgregmx/ Alice Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/629400-Alice-Bag Greg Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/6161796-Greg-Velasquez-2?type=Credits&subtype=Visual&filter_anv=0 https://muckrack.com/luxehotelier ALICE BAG - AVIÉNTATE YA (New Single) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrJ7JtyhQdw Alice Bag - Se Cree Joven (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHUXT6vyck La VERDADERA Casa De Las Brujas/No Vengas, Mira Esto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjaZgQkyPU Fanny - Right to Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zspd9hFRtkw Subele, by Alice Bag, her Punk band and feat. Belinda Carlisle at a secret show in Mexico city https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72dsTG49te0 Pastry War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06pvB4vBkk Mallomars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpfi0f1KXqw Drew Sands of Trap Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atATtW4-ej0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPiGq0-waZo Lucille Norman https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/the-women-of-regeneracion-an-incredible-history-of-organizing-defying-and-empowering

73 Milo Aukerman - Research Scientist / Musician ( Descendents ) Mar 01, 2022

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This week we’re excited to share the professional story of one of punk rock’s most famous working stiffs, Milo Aukerman! From the moment he went to college to his subsequent career and the reformation of Descendents in the 90s, punks around the world have known that Milo left music to pursue a career as a scientist, but not much else. In this episode, we dive into his career as a molecular biologist, his areas of specialty, what drew him to science and his recent retirement to focus on music. Lots of laughs as we discuss finally becoming a ‘professional’ musician in your fifties, studying dirt vs. corn, and why science themes didn’t figure more prominently in Descendents songs. So break out the bonus cup and enjoy! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Milo’s Research https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=milo+aukerman+research&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/090114/a-champion-of-the-nerds Descendants Live - Making it look effortless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeRX9NfpooA Norman Bourlang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9-HTtgFOk Fritz Haber - The Bill Cosby of Agriculture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEE5uvFhOM https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13015210 Neo-Malthusianism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkW_i0bDpQ CRISPR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YKFw2KZA5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSvN6WZSjc Daniel “Bug” Snow - Roadie of Roadies https://www.flickr.com/photos/34958432@N05/6116272687 Bananas (not the band) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPEErJnErU Lysenko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvt2Zo6WIkk EO Wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSgSOm7WTg Wilson Vs Lewontin https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00127089 Put a penny in it https://youtu.be/0a2lv4IwZFY?t=157 https://youtu.be/oIUtq0GZ1Z8?t=120 9th and Walnut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0dF2ikZbgQ

72 Michael Lucas & Marie Davenport - Beer Distributors ( Phantom Surfers / The Bananas ) Feb 22, 2022

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Links:

Lime Ventures

https://www.lvbev.com/

Marie

https://www.discogs.com/artist/4155517-Marie-Davenport

Mike

https://www.discogs.com/artist/923777-Mike-Lucas-2?type=Credits&filter_anv=0

The Bananas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHCfJ07Hi_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4FEW8mSZrM

Phantom Surfers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7Y9KQOP2M

Knights of the New Crusade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boBWwthGEjA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiqGcxGFRhU&t=615s

Hiroshi Hasegawa's Poontang Wranglers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML5IXi4N5fI

Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgYnJ3EUBI

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131978/reference

https://www.discogs.com/release/2743628-Various-Blood-Orgy-Of-The-Leather-Girls

Street Trash Trailer and Short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryg9KYXXq0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u2fnh7lgQ

More Fatty Arbuckle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZwC7vzO5Zg

Rudos and Rubes Publishing

http://rudosandrubes.com/

Devil Born Without Horns - Novel

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2202431

Rock Stardom for Dumb Shits

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7100262-rock-stardom-for-dumbshits?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=LgttCBEYjS&rank=1

Hank Rank and Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW2bQNVdVaI

Gore Gazette

https://www.j4hi.com/page15/Best%20of%20GORE-GAZETTE-page1.html

https://thebedlamfiles.com/commentary/remembering-rick-sullivan-and-the-gore-gazette/

Montreal Smoked Bagels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHluEdv71no

Maple Syrup Heist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puPbZ3VDnh0

Virtual SOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuNLtqxDGUI

Trappist Bar - Chuck from Gangreen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35oMwHRSdps

Dee Dee Ramone’s Grave Ducks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhnU4UNKqNg

Titus Oates Popish Plot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGlS68CQn0

Neat Neat Neat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--erJSsmraY

John Wesley Hart

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wesley-hardin-is-pardoned#:~:text=Infamous%20gunslinger%20John%20Wesley%20Hardin,year%20stretch%20beginning%20in%201868.

Asses in the bible

https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/words/Ass~s

71 Deniz Tek - Doctor / Flight Surgeon / Coffee Farmer ( Radio Birdman / New Race / The Visitors ) Feb 15, 2022

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In the pantheon of badassery in punk rock, no one has a lead on Deniz Tek. In addition to helping to bring Detroit-style rock ‘n roll to Australia and then to the world with Radio Birdman and playing with some of those Detroit legends in New Race, Deniz became an emergency room surgeon, then a navy pilot and flight surgeon and finally a Kona coffee farmer in Hawaii. We talk about it all, from his early years working at an auto plant in Michigan to his current music with James Williamson of the Stooges, an upcoming reissue of the New Race LP and how he’s still learning new things and taking on new challenges. Yeah hup! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Deniz’s website https://www.deniztek.com/ TEKONA Coffee https://www.tekonacoffee.com/ Deniz Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/258125-Deniz-Tek https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/feb/23/cult-heroes-deniz-tek-radio-birdman-punk-rock-australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Birdman Bill’s disaster at sea reading list https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/862342-bill-florio?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=disaster-at-sea Kona Coffee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kona_coffee https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/01/04/story1.html Pepsi Kona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOM5i1amTKg Olive Oil Police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSaj9RRzGE Easybeats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnqxbdnzlhw Michael Banzai Ramos https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/pilot-lands-home/attachment/commercial-pilot-michael-banzai-ramos-calls-mira-villa-a-luxury-condominium-community-in-summerlin-home-he-purchased-the-cielo-floor-plan-one-of-the-few-top-floor-units-not-price/ Mort Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s499hbtwUEs&list=PLDkPmVsDCFndWsJKC024MsUxf2RZhmD3L Aloha Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkKiZ9VSD6U

70 Ben Blackwell - Record Label Stooge / Music Archivist ( Dirtbombs ) Feb 08, 2022

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You’ve pretty much got it made when part of your day job involves comparing the sound of different pressings of Stooges records, and we talk to Ben Blackwell about how he came to co-found Third Man Records with Jack White, become the official archivist for all of the music / ephemera of the White Stripes and help expand the label into record stores, a pressing plant and a global brand. We cover it all, from his teen years getting into music to his years playing with the Dirtbombs and his move to Nashville, starting a family and balancing the rock ‘n roll with more responsibility than you’d think. For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Third Man https://thirdmanrecords.com/ Ben Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/868312-Ben-Blackwell The Third Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yyDEDGlr0 Dirtys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id99U9TZ8dw Teengenerate - Not Reunion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9Gy3z0G0I Christopher Lowell https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-christopher-lowell-show/2861367 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoElmgljXZw United Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx7VEkf1xfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nzLCW7xRw Emperors of Chocolate https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/71619 Porkys Prime Cuts https://www.soundandvision.com/content/porkys-prime-cuts Steven Colbert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmKVIDMMYDA

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