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This week we have writer, poet, and industry heartthrob Stephen Welch on the pod to talk about the 2002 Distillers album Sing Sing Death House. We also discuss: Edge Day celebrations, NYC weed seizures, old friends, Stephen's origin story,  "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", ongoing projects, Andrew feels illiterate, Anne Rice, relationships between church and local punk,  chick tracts, the My Heart to Joy show, Edge Frat, the coffee scene, Matt Ferraro (our boy revisited), slingin merch, Gainesville types, getting Festies riled up, mainstream excitement of punk, Brody as a punk icon, going from bad lyrics to good, after the breakup, (least)favorite Rancid records, punk is full of creeps, Philly scene tourists, leaving your neighborhood after 8 pm, the Govinda's chicken cheesesteak (rip), and so much more.

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