From the Newsroom: The Tuscaloosa News

Tusk podcaster Mark Hughes Cobb yaks with D.C. Moon, Alabama punk rocker, about origin stories, the point of rock 'n' roll, Lemmy, GWAR, The Ramones, and his bands The Drillers, Burning Zoo, D.C. Moon and His Atomic Supermen, Mary Tylosaur, and more, including his new CD "Nothing's Ever Perfect." D.C. and band will play Egan's Monday, for New Year's Eve. No cover, and promised surprises, of the enjoyable kind.

Tusk Podcast host Mark Hughes Cobb talking all manner of things with man about town, king of cool and sultan of sweet Bo Hicks of Druid City Brewing Company, about playing percussion, shoveling grain, the perils of solo singing, and generally about making Tuscaloosa a better place for all the oddballs.

Tusk Podcast host Mark Hughes Cobb talks with Stacy Vaughn and Michelle Smart of the city of Tuscaloosa, about ice-skating and other city-sponsored events, including upcoming Bicentennial celebrations.

Tusk Podcast host Mark Hughes Cobb talks with writer and University of Alabama creative writing professor Michael Martone about theories on writing and teaching writing, and his latest book of fictions and science fictions, "The Moon Over Wapakoneta." Michael will be reading from that, along with his former student Michael Meija, who'll be reading from his new book "Tokyo," in an evening titled "M&M&M&M: It Melts in Your Mind," 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday 9/20 at Chuck's Fish.

Host Mark Hughes Cobb talks with multi-hyphenate cool person Soapy Jones, owner of all-natural Left Hand Soap Company; aka Mama Dixie, madame of Tuscaloosa's Pink Box Burlesque; manager of the historic Drish House; singer and all-around creator of cool things.

Tusk talks with theater prof Allison Hetzel about her upcoming one-woman performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, vocal techniques and being a stepmom.

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