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Podcast 25: Ugly

Podcast 25: Ugly

ohn 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:

 

 

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

Podcast 24 – Waves of Beautiful Gorgeousness

The 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:

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

Podcast 23: The Race to Sell Out

In 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

Podcast 21: The Ultimate Compliment

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

Podcast 22 – A Bag of Dix

Podcast 22 – A Bag of Dix

What 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:

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:

Podcast 20 -Hills Hoists

Podcast 20 -Hills Hoists

For 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:

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

Episode 19- Honest Expulsions

Alabama 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:

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

Episode 18: Po

John 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:

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

Episode 17 – Cinnamon=John Peel

Totally 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:

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.