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15 Danny Paul Grody (Tarentel) @ Haus Coffee in San Fransisco, CA (6/8/18) Nov 21, 2018

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Danny Grody and I met up in the Mission District of San Francisco to talk about an epic fail of a show from his days in Tarentel, traveling through Italy. Danny's deep humanity and thoughtfulness have longsince made him someone I love talking to, and I had to pare down the conversation to an manageable hour long episode.

14 Yoni Wolf (WHY?) @ Hotel Modern in Boise, ID (3/24/18) Nov 14, 2018

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I can't think of the last time I laughed as much as this time I talked to Yoni Wolf from the band WHY? about his experience of getting mumps on tour. I know it doesn't sound funny, but Yoni had me rolling.

13 Eliot Lipp & Michna @ Hotel Modern in Boise, ID (3/23/18) Nov 08, 2018

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Long time friend and collaborator Eliot Lipp tells a story about a super chill near catastrophe, and Michna talks about showing up to DJ an unfriendly party. The conversation mostly focuses around bullshit machismo and the glory of small towns.

12 BC Summers @ her home in Oklahoma City, OK (2/2/18) Oct 31, 2018

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Content warning: this week's episode deals with sexual assault. Probably the heaviest episode to date, I met up with BC Summers to talk about her worst show that alternates between hilarious to absolutely devastating. I don't think there's been another show where I stood up in disbelief while hearing the bullshit that BC endured at her shittiest of shitty shows. Her story is amazing in so many ways, and reminds me of why I wanted to start this podcast in the first place, to offer space for folks to tell their most difficult stories.

11 Thomas Meluch (Benoît Pioulard) @ his apartment in Seattle, WA (4/8/18) Oct 24, 2018

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Tom tells a story of a worst show in Vermont plagued by "melancholy plus" and a profoundly absent minded promoter.

10 Sarah Ruth Alexander (The Say The Wind Made Them Crazy) @ her house in Denton, TX (2/9/18) Oct 17, 2018

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Sarah shares a story about men who doen't listen. Fucking typical.

9 Andrew Weathers in Del on the way to Bisbee, AZ Oct 10, 2018

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Andrew Weathers and I did a short southwest tour together last spring, and we decided to do an episode of this here podcast while driving between shows. We saw road-runners and sweet cacti, and epic sunsets on the painted desert. And we shared stories of awful post-show hangs and tiny turnouts, among other things.

8 Dustin Hamman (Run On Sentence) @ Tranquil Buzz in Silver City, NM (2/25/18) Oct 03, 2018

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In this, the shortest episode so far, I sat down with Dustin Hamman of Run On Sentence outside a coffeeshop in Silver City, New Mexico to talk about a couple of shows that were both great and terrible.

7 Lisa Schonberg (Secret Drum Band) @ the Owyhee (TreeFort Music Fest) in Boise, ID (3/24/18) Sep 26, 2018

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I met up with Lisa Schonberg, the drummer from one of my favorite Northwest bands, Kickball, while we were at TreeFort Music in Boise, Idaho. We were both playing in a piece of music by Seth Olinsky, and only had a bit of time between the rehearsal and the performance. But Lisa and a few bandmates from Secret Drum Band were kind enough to share stories from the road as we all scarfed down a bit of pizza.

6 Brittany McConnell (Wolvserpent), Melissa Wilson (Thomas Paul), Bernie Reilly (New Transit), Jake Saunders (208 Ensemble) @ Melissa & Bernie's house in Boise, ID (3/14/18) Sep 19, 2018

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I sat down with a fun mix of friends while in Boise to get everyone's stories. Melissa Wilson is a cellist with whom I've toured a few times, and who also plays with Nick Jaina, Thomas Paul, and others. Her partner Bernie also plays music around Boise in New Transit and has a band under his own name. They were kind enough to host us, along with Brittany McConnell, who plays in Wolvserpent, Wolves in the Throneroom, and various other projects, and Jake Saunders who mostly plays classical music around the northwest (Tacoma, Salt Lake City, Boise, etc.), as well as the band Tispur. This is the largest number of people I've had in one episode, but I loved having all the commentary back and forth between folks who know each other well, both musically and personally. And there's a nice arch connecting Brittany's opening story to Jakes closing story.

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