Crash and Ride

Well, well! Back from the dead! This is one of the Crash and Ride song explications, and this week's is "Revolution Blues" by Neil Young. Seemed apropos! Hopefully it won't be so long before we speak again!

Maurice Rickard is one of the most prolific musicians and composers I have ever met. He is constantly creating. He's also one of the calmest people I know, so I was shocked when he told me that he had battled anxiety his entire life. We talked about how drone music and staying constantly creatively engaged has helped him to focus his mind and stay on top of his periodic bouts of anxiety. You can check out his absolutely voluminous body of work at the following links: Drone/semi-generative work with software he's been writing in Max/MSP: https://snwv.bandcamp.com

(of that project, one of his favorite compositions is here: https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/live-november-5-2015 ) Streaming drone concerts are here every Monday night 8-9PM EDT: http://onezeromusic.com:8000/ Weekly tracks (2014-2020, even years): https://weeklybeats.com/onezero

Weekly tracks (2017 and 2019): https://streak.club/u/onezero

2015's on his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tags/weekly%20beats%202015

My good friend Faiz Razi was my guest for last year's April Fool's episode of Crash and Ride. I interviewed him about his feelings of Imposter Syndrome. This year he wanted to interview me, and so that's what we did. We talked about the genesis if this show, the absurdity and uncertainty of the times we're living in, and we talked about the tragedy of losing our sweet, funny friend Jake Nelson.

Boy, is it good to be back on the air. I'm locked-in to avoid catching Corona virus, but I was able to focus on getting an episode out, finally. Back before the world went sideways, I talked to Ryan Monahan, a guitarist, bassist, recording engineer, and composer about his struggles with childhood trauma and chronic thyroid malfunction. You can check out Easter Island here: https://easterisland.bandcamp.com/ You can watch their Kickstarter video here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ethanpayne/help-easter-island-finally-release-lp-number-2?ref=creator_nav I promised in the episode to post a before and after photo of Ryan from when he got his diagnosis about his bunged up thyroid. Here it is:

Zack Hembree is the singer of Hembree and the Satan Sisters and the former guitar player in a zillion bands, including the infamous Music Hates You, a band I was also in. We have slept on a thousand floors together and we were as close as brothers for many years. Zack talks about being the son of an abusive drug addict, surviving his own battles with booze and substances, finding redemption in the arms of his beautiful wife, and how we almost started a riot at a VFW Hall in Selma, Alabama. You can hear HSS here: https://rustyknuckles.bandcamp.com/track/whos-launghin-now You can hear Music Hates You here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6VQZx3jNxc

his is a good one: this week I spoke with my friend John MacBeth and he told a whole hell of a lot of truth. We talked about childhood trauma, trying heroin for the first time at 16, a stolen shotgun, and how crack saved his life. You can check out his band Husk here: https://www.facebook.com/huskbandofficial/ You can listen to Dr. Nadine Burk Harris talk about childhood trauma here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk

This will be one of my favorite episodes for a very long time. Doug Grean is an audio engineer, producer, guitar player, and filmmaker with a resume that is truly stunning: Sheryl Crow, Ricki Lee Jones, Corey Glover, Glen Campbell, Cyndi Lauper, Tim McGraw, John Taylor from Duran Duran, Annabella Lwin from Bow Wow Wow, and on and on and on. Most prominently, though, he was music director, production partner, and lead guitar player for Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots.

Doug is also a depression survivor and recovering addict. This interview goes really, REALLY DEEP. It's long, but I think it's totally worth it.

This week's episode is an interview with bassist and vocalist Jeff Rapier. Jeff was a member of Athens, GA punk band American Cheeseburger, as well as Donkey Punch and the Dumps. Jeff is the survivor of a deeply chaotic childhood and also the death of his younger brother. We talked about trying to find the balance between meds, self-medication, and surviving.