Podcast 25: Ugly
Podcastsohn reminisces about his days of being pretty, and also reveals some latent jealousy about men who can sew. Jenna and Ian Duvall of Sang Sarah talk about the creepy mannequin in their basement. Cinnamon’s EDM career takes a turn for the worse. We also have excellent music:
- Bronson Wisconsin with Goodbye Ventura
- The Styrofoam Turtles with Sunshine (album release on 10/31)
- Sang Sarah with Lantern
- SixToes with Nobody Inn
- The Ugly (the defunct one, from Temecula, CA) with Picasso
- Vienna Ditto with Dreamed Me a Riot
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Jenna Duvall and Ian Duvall of Sang Sarah for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.
Podcast 24 – Waves of Beautiful Gorgeousness
PodcastsThe race to sell out heats up as John thinks about investing in a white leather suit. Sean Bohrman of Burger Records talks about the unexpected virtues of cassette tapes. Cinnamon’s first beat hits the airwaves. And for the last half of the podcast, you will not look up from your shoes. (Hopefully you’re not driving.) We have excellent music:
- The Disposables with Revenge/Just Like Larry
- Half Stack with Dually
- CHAI with N.E.O.
- The Weakened Friends with Blue Again
- Helicon with The Bold Yin
- Un.Real with Blue Garden
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Sean Bohrman of Burger Records for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.
Podcast 23: The Race to Sell Out
PodcastsIn this episode John becomes a songwriter for the stars, gets peeping-tom’ed, uses the word ‘fuck’ a record-breaking nine times in one sentence, and is the most-fifth-excited he’s ever been in his life. Cinnamon makes a rock & roll mad-lib. Ed Madill of Wyla reveals that he chooses his band members based on how they smell. We also have excellent music:
Podcast 21: The Ultimate Compliment
PodcastsLet’s talk about feelings! We discuss ways in which artists are crazy, and then explore Cinnamon’s catalog of very young obscure rockers, and then we listen to doom rock for a long time. Eventually we figure out what grad students are for, and discuss the national feeling of bobsledding. David Lee Macrae of Aesoterra reveals how psychedelic metal can heal you. We also have excellent music
- Monkey Biscuit with I Just Wanna Lern
- Fisher with Amber Brown
- Forming the Void with Arrival
- Aesoterra with Smoke
- The Restoration with Constance
- The Launderettes with Marks on My Map
Podcast 22 – A Bag of Dix
PodcastsWhat a bag of dix looks like. Cinnamon’s list of lucky things. Theremin, as imported from Waconda. John exposes both anarchists and satanists as being “kind people.” Julie Shuchard of Tricycle Records offers a bunch of good advice that you should probably write down and hang on the fridge. We also have excellent music:
- Her Pilots with All I Can Ask
- Sandy’s with I and I
- Andrew St James with I’m Ready
- Gymshorts with Burrito
- Sleepy Poetry with Sorry I Threw Up
- Hard Rocket with Dash Dip Rock
Let’s talk about feelings! We discuss ways in which artists are crazy, and then explore Cinnamon’s catalog of very young obscure rockers, and then we listen to doom rock for a long time. Eventually we figure out what grad students are for, and discuss the national feeling of bobsledding. David Lee Macrae of Aesoterra reveals how psychedelic metal can heal you. We also have excellent music:
- Monkey Biscuit with I Just Wanna Lern
- Fisher with Amber Brown
- Forming the Void with Arrival
- Aesoterra with Smoke
- The Restoration with Constance
- The Launderettes with Marks on My Map
Podcast 20 -Hills Hoists
PodcastsFor our 20th episode we import Berliners Jim Kennedy and Bettina Morgenstern Kennedy to define ageism, hipness, upskirting, a bunch of German words, ethical giving, Picasso, David Lee Roth, and Hills Hoists. Pelvic Thrust has a reunion concert. Thomas Eugene and Meg An of Kitty Tsunami talk about their musical evolution from Infinite Boner to now. We also have excellent music:
- Dollar Signs with Tears/Beers/Fears
- Tonfabrik with Willst du was werden
- Kitty Tsunami with Tan Lines
- Gaffa Tape Sandy with Meat Head
- Arson Daily with Dos Muertos
- The Pretty Littles with Hills Hoist
Thank you to our public service announcement sponsor, The International Federation of the Red Cross (via Jim and Bettina). Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Thomas Eugene and Meg An of Kitty Tsunami for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.
Episode 19- Honest Expulsions
PodcastsAlabama new-age redneck Jeremy Mahon joins the Kennedys as we discuss naked ladies on album covers, football, passive income, and other forms of art. Meanwhile, John discovers what it really means to be a woman. We also have excellent music:
- Supervillain with Your Team is Hot
- Native Daughters with Sleep Lump
- The Power with Burger Bar Girl
- The Flora Ways with Fruit Punch
- Lala Lala with Destroyer
- Bundles with The State of Seattle
Thank you to our sponsor, Prihoda Fabric Duct. Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Elliott Kage Jones, Brandon Holcombe, and Lainey Harrison of The Power for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.
Episode 18: Po
PodcastsJohn is anxious about doing the Teletubbies wrong. Also, why pirates were the first punk rockers, Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassaday, men in hairspray, the social significance of doing shots, and why girl rockers should wear huge sweatsuits on stage. We also have excellent music:
- The Girls with Our Generation
- Howlin Rain with In the Evening
- The Styrofoam Turtles with Liars
- Gringo Star with Watchdog
- Joey Sweeney and the Neon Grease with Baptized in Vibe
- Menace Beach with Suck it Out
Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, and thank you to Kim Frye and Joshua Marc Levy of The Asheville Rock Collective for the excellent interview.
Episode 17 – Cinnamon=John Peel
PodcastsTotally unplanned, HCR bumps into music legends, we go on a small town parade with Sang Sarah and our Seven Nation Army, and Cinnamon is finally revealed as the reincarnation of famed BBC DJ John Peel. As usual Johnny’s musical ability is called into question, but he redeems himself with a bitter-sweet conversation with Mercury Arcs (Jonathan Morgan Price and Sadie Cook-Fender) on the Grey Eagle Porch after their final show. We also have excellent music:
- Celebration with Drum and Phife
- Death Valley Girls with Disaster Is What We’re After (Iggy Pop vid HERE)
- Blue Orchids with Incandescent Artillery
- Mercury Arcs with Said And Done
- Krektones with Megladon (Christmas thing HERE)
- Rich Girls with Blood Brother
Thank you to our sponsors, Mad Ones Podcast. Thank you to Foot Gun for providing our theme song, thank you to Jonathan Morgan Price and Sadie Cook-Fender for the excellent interview, and thank you to The Asheville Rock Collective, for existing.