Conversations With Dwyer

Saloon poet and frontman of The Capgun Holdups joins to discuss the harsh realities of the Chicago saloon poet scene verses the LA scene, Punk Rock in Chicago and tale about John Wayne Gacy trying to give him a ride.

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The legendary Jerry Stahl returns for his monthly visit with Dwyer to discuss herpes, climate change, smoking crack with Oprah, Oscar Levant and the depressions of writing a memoir.

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One of CWMD most popular guests Danny Bland returns to CWMD to talk about his collaboration with Greg Dulli, I Apologize For The Awful Things I'm Gonna Do. Dwyer joins Danny Bland in a dark hotel in Hollywood to talk about developing a criminal mind, The Black Panthers, being a man and of course working with the great Greg Dulli

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Author comedian and perennial TV guest star Fred Stoller joins the CMWD microphones for a hilarious conversation. Fred shares what it is like to return to stand up comedy after seventeen years, the difference between creative success and financials success and the challenges of the publishing world. Fred also shares his secret to talking to his mother and how to make it bearable.

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It is an honor to have an iconic musician like Phil Ranelin on CWMD. Mr. Ranelin shares his days as a session player for Motown, political jazz music and it's effect on black consciousness, working with Freddie Hubbard and the spirit of Eric Dolphy. Mr Ranelin delivers an emotional, passionate and humorous conversation. It is unlike any that have graced the CWMD microphones.

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We return to the CWMD Road Trip series with legendary Fisher Poet Geno Leech. Artist & filmmaker Shane Bugbee joins me in a joint interview with the charismatic and fascinating writer about life on a merchant marine boat, how he got into writing his first time performing and he regales us with an incredible performance of his work. Seriously you want to hear his performance. The man has a voice from God.

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Author of Permanent Midnight, I, Fatty & Happy Mutant Baby Pills Jerry Stahl joins CWMD in what may be the funniest episode to date. Jerry and Matt explore their similar lives of dead dads, being the town outsider and the huge god sized mommy hole in the center of their beings. They also get into writing, bitterness, skin problems and life with stalky ex's

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Ken Vandermark is a brilliant Jazz musician who has been awarded the MacCarthur Genius Fellowship for composing. He joins CWMD for a very impassioned conversation about how artists are viewed in America, the challenge of pushing yourself to say something new each night on stage, the differential of what creative people are trying to accomplish and what they achieve and the how society judges work based on worth. Vandermark is a force and anyone creative or interested in art and music should not miss the episode. Anyone who is creative or interested in creativity should listen to this episode.

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CWMD is proud to have Mr. McCusker as a guest. He is enlisted in the Marines to fight in Vietnam and quickly became against the war. He helped start Vietnam Vets Against The War, started a number of underground protest papers and has a weekly public radio show on KMUN in Astoria. He talks about what it was like to be shot at for the first time in Nam, being defended by Phil Ochs and America's current obsession with war. Mr. McCusker is a great conversation and a legend in Astoria, Oregon.

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The first interview in the in Astoria Oregon Kelly Rose and I stop in on dancer, chef, writer and drag star Marco Davis. It's a damned interesting and fun conversation. Marco talks about being beaten up for being gay before he knew he was gay, his young days partying at Webster Hall in NYC, the world of drag and his road to discovering his drag persona Daylight Cums. Mr. Davis also enlightens me on the world of drag kings and queens and blesses me with my drag name. At the end of the conversation you can listen to Daylight Cums great song "Angry Hand Job" at the end of the episode.

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