Everything Went Black Podcast

PODCAST 011 Occupy!

Happy New Year, welcome to 2012, the government can now arrest and detain you without a trial, indefinitely, it they suspect you of "terrorist activity." We just received a false decline in unemployment, not because more people went to back to work, but because they just gave up looking for jobs. Amidst feelings of powerlessness and political invisibility, the Occupy Movement rose, first in Zuccotti Park, in New York City's Financial District. Soon the Occupy banner was being flown all across the US, Europe and the UK. I met up with Shane Patrick, one of Occupy's Public Relations operatives, to get the lowdown on the whole trip.  You can follow Shane at @OccupyShane.

PODCAST 010 Halloween Episode with Mike Inhuman

Halloween is days awau so check out Part 2 of our Halloween Week Podcast with Me and Mike Scondotto as we discuss West Memphis 3, Last House on a Dead End Street, hipster, the Youth of Today Reunion and movie suggestions for the upcoming Halloween Weekend. I must apologize for the trail-off; we actually ran out of card space on my trusty Zoom recorder. Nonetheless, it was a pretty cool conversation for a Monday night.

PODCAST 009 An Enchanting Evening

Halloween is coming up, so we dropped in to visit David and Cat at Enchantments, an occult supply shop in the East Village. We had a nice evening, sitting in the courtyard, discussing Wicca, Spirituality, Occult and human consciousness, unfortunately we sacrificed a little sound quality for atmosphere, so please keep in mind that we recorded outside in New York City. Join me, Jaclyn, David and Cat in our conversation

EWB PODCAST 008

Tombs just wrapped up a European Tour with our buddies The Secret. I had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Michael Bertoldini and Marco Coslovich of The Secret, along with Carson James from Tombs. We opened the talk with addressing the false accusations of fascism thrown at The Secret by a German promoter; we just rolled after that. I apologize in advance for the sound quality.

EWB PODCAST 007

Mike Scondotto stops by to talk about his new band The Last Stand, metal and horror. Plans are laid out for a future podcast

EWB PODCAST 006

Mike Repasch-Nieves stops by to talk about new Junius record, futurism and the Singularity

EWB PODCAST 005 TRASH AMERICAN STYLE

Once upon a time, before the internet, before downloading, there was a golden age when people bought all their music at record stores. Often times these record stores became meeting places where people would congregate, get turned on to new ideas, expand their minds. They became the nexus point for kids that may not have fit it, where weirdos, the malcontents. Trash American Style was one such store that existing first in Brookfield and later in Danbury, CT. Officially, the store existed from November 29, 1986 to September 27, 2006. Malcolm and Kathy, the owners, are two of the most radical people that I’ve ever known. I can’t even begin to calculate how many hours and gallons of coffee I logged in hanging out there, getting turned on to new music, talking to the cast of characters that worked there, discovering new bands. It opened me up to things that I would have never been exposed to if I played it safe. I want to emphasize that the closing of Trash wasn’t brought on by financial hardship, but instead by greed and deceit. Ultimately, it the underhanded, cowardly methods of Minuteman Press, Trash’s neighbor coupled with the landlord’s refusal to renew the lease that did them in. A great documentary called “I Need That Record” summarizes the entire saga. Despite this, the story continues. Malcolm and Kathy, faced with the obstacle of their store closing, decided to take it on the road and travel with the store, taking it to the people. This is one of the primary lessons I learned from the Trash American Style crew; the refusal to give up, to choose your path and stick with it despite everything else. That’s why Malcolm will always be the Man. I caught up with Malcolm in the parking lot of the Heirloom Arts Theater in Danbury. The occasion was an Adrenalin Overdose show; the parking lot was filled with old punks and younger kids. Malcolm rolled up with his distro and we talked.

EWB PODCAST 004 DOOMSDAY EPISODE

Paul Delaney and I discuss Harold Campings ridiculous doomsday prediction, rehearsing in Brooklyn and other fascinating topics

EWB PODCAST 003

I spoke with Keith Morris and Dimitri Coates last year during CMJ week. The Off! records had just come out and everyone was talking about them. This episode captures the entire, nearly 2 hour conversation we had; originally, this appeared on the Brooklyn Vegan Site in a severely edited form.