Dive Bar Mitzvah

This week we're in St. Paul's oldest bar with Sound Unseen's Jim Brunzell! Sound Unseen is Minnesota's best film fest and it's starting this month! We chat with Jim about the music video for Fishheads, the lack of nostalgia for laserdiscs and growing up with a professional wrestler as a dad! Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!!

We bring our run in New Orleans to a close with the amazing and intoxicated Derek Sheen! We talk about prog rock, when your mom is your fan and proper etiquette when seeing street fellatio. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!!

This week we're ON THE ROAD! In the great city of New Orleans, I chat with comedian David Heti about his new album, teaching comedy and the wonders of the TV show "Intervention Canada." Cutter's always brings out the magic and it really did on this night. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!!

This week we're in one of my favorite dive bars with Hastings 3000! Listen along while technology goes down and the regulars play Bob Seger. Hastings and I talk about the perils of living in an ambulance, being in a jam band and I unexpectedly gush about the music of Men At Work. I was also surprised about that one. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!!

In this episode we have a first: we're in a bowling alley! Listen while I chat with Corey Adam about Bob Dylan, living in Las Vegas, getting hit in the head with a pipe and the right time to drop the 'c' word. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!!

I'm thrilled to have comedian Maggie Faris on this week! We hide in a corner of Otter's Saloon where Maggie can see into the men's room while we chat about college crowds, karaoke and driving a semi through NYC. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!!

It's time for the second episode of Dive Bar Mitzvah! This time we have the legendary creator of First Avenue and the "#1 unforgettable Minnesota character*" Steve McClellan! We chat about how to properly clear a bar of it's occupants, how to deal with a corrupt landlord, and my thoughts on Scott Walker. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!

* http://www.startribune.com/music-critic-jon-bream-lists-his-faves-from-40-years-of-concerts-and-interviews/323509361/

** I had some software issues with this episode and it's 5am and I want to go to sleep. If you hear some hiccups, it's not your imagination.

It's the first ever episode of Dive Bar Mitzvah! Listen to Ian chat with Rana May at the N.E. Palace over a fishbowl of booze and discuss illegal venues, fruit flies and why you need dog insurance. Follow us on Twitter @divebarmitzvah!!