East Bay punk legend Jesse "Luscious" Townley, has been in a LOT of punk bands, Blatz, The Criminals, The Frisk, The Gr'ups and The Pathogens, but perhaps most importantly was the GM of Alternative Tentacles Records for 16 years. Sometimes humor is the most dangerous weapon. Today we discuss the use of satire in punk, and how highlighting societal absurdity can be as easy as holding up a mirror.

Bert Hoover, the kind, brilliant and excellent guitarist you may know from Hooveriii and Jesus Sons, invites me to the tiki zen garden that is his backyard, to sort through who the fuck David Bowie even thought he was. A semi chronicle of the alien's career with special attention paid to the Berlin Trilogy, and the stories that drench him in mystery.

Jon has a depth of musical knowledge that should take 10 lifetimes to accumulate, which is why he is a supreme member of my musical Jedi council. Today we discuss the unique case of why Motörhead is the only band both punk rock and metal embrace as their own, analyze the elements that make the genres what they are, and tell the savage legends that made Lemmy Kilmister the baddest MF that ever lived.  

"If we moved in next door, your lawn would die." - Lemmy Kilmister

After working for arguably the best lighting company in the entire live music industry for 6 years, Dominic has probably seen more shows than any human you've ever met. On this inaugural episode, we discuss shows we were completely unprepared for, bands we thought sucked, or we hadn't heard of, that melted our faces