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This week’s guest dreamed of having a bar where his favorite bands could play, and he made it happen beyond anyone’s expectations. Saint Vitus in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is not only a popular neighborhood bar, it hosts bands that no other club their size would ever manage to land. In our interview, we talk about Arty's teen years as a metalhead on Long Island, seeing the world in iconic hardcore bands like Mind Over Matter, and what led him to become the proprietor of multiple venues in NYC. We’re ending this series on a high note, so enjoy this episode, and maybe we’ll see you again in the future. Thanks to all of our listeners for a great run.

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St Vitus

https://www.saintvitusbar.com/

Wreck Age

https://wreck-age.com/pages/about-us

Arty’s Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/966759-Arthur-Shepherd

Chaminade

https://www.chaminade-hs.org/

Mind Over Matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrlUIgipwM8

Bad Trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXa6t_YOH8

World’s Fastest Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXpzp-_9znU

Silent Majority

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3rEJ9xIuU

Double G

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp-Umd720IQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBur04kodBI

Limelight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Ntoy-RKdY

Ironclads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BREc1zKLyY

We discover the seedly underbelly of corporate America through everyone’s favorite punk rock accountant, John Sex Bomb! We also talk about Connecticut’s premier punk/hardcore club The Anthrax, why sales tax is so damn complicated and all that you ever wanted to know about acclaimed northeast grocery chain Stew Leonard’s. Check it out!

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Seizure

https://www.discogs.com/artist/85697-Seizure

https://youtu.be/DGV8b06Ls6k

Dumpster Dive Zine

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0211/28/dumpster-dive-ct-hardcore-punk-zine_1_3b110f72b41cf750402f6c8471dc8ba0.jpg

Auditors

https://youtu.be/S6tRjimpJe4

Brooks Brothers

https://youtu.be/STC4qVm52Ew

NYC Sales Tax Code

https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01675

American Machine and Foundry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Machine_and_Foundry

https://youtu.be/Ag6pqy0-lKs

Anthrax Club

https://youtu.be/ybw_ffqDfHY

Wetsons

https://youtu.be/nNvxNkm7avg

Caldor

https://youtu.be/wKXoRukX-XQ

Cheetah Chrome

https://youtu.be/qXQAbN_97fI

Jayne County

https://youtu.be/9ELPk8O28d4

Stu Leonard's

https://youtu.be/xetLMdbA87I

This week’s guest drew from his own personal experiences to develop a new way of looking at mental wellbeing and the healing process. In this in-depth and insightful conversation, Sascha leads us through his childhood discovery of punk rock and his first experiences with the mental health system to the creation of the Icarus Project and his current work as a social worker and mental health coach and trainer. We also dive into the role that punk rock played in it all, and the lifeline it provided him. All in all, this episode is a masterclass from a true trailblazer.

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Guest Steve Karp helps us get to the bottom of BIM (Business Information Modeling), and what exactly he does in the construction process. In addition to BIM, we talk about art and illustration, the laws and legality of tattooing in CT and NYC, interning at Marvel Comics and a whole lot more. Steve’s hilarious takes on the hardcore scene, his time in Yuppicide and making ends meet as a ‘professional’ without resorting to violence are priceless. Check it out!

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Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/929517-Steve-Karp

Yuppicide

https://youtu.be/WbKEYYGAcAw?t=1018

100 Demons

https://youtu.be/mKHH45uLtiU?t=226

What is Building Information Modeling?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suNadRnHy-U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CxshQK0C5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ULPY3B2BoQ

Amish Drafting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-HPOYtTio

SFA Live (Pratt Alums)

https://youtu.be/g_dW1BXERJE?t=19

Yuppicide Shirt Example

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/A7gAAOSwrgFehdw8/s-l500.jpg

Rejuvenate Art Evolution

https://photos.app.goo.gl/4beJpdhjiqsVwD2T7

Squat or Rot Flyer

https://nypunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/squatrot3.jpg

EC Comics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6b5ZRAAfQ

Shockley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkFccfsr8A

SPI Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDe_JDew1E

Tattooing in NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhBtvHHmvXQ

Zack Judson of Puzzlehead / Product 19

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1572294/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

You may know this week’s guest from his band, Hell No, but even if you aren’t a hardcore punk rock fan, you may know him from his legendary video store Reel Life Video, which existed on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg well before the boutiques and luxury apartments. John later went on to co-found Nitehawk Cinema, where he still works as director of programming and acquisitions. In our conversation we dork out about music, movies and dive into the intricacies of making his dream of a movie theater that serves high-quality food and drinks a reality. It’s more complicated than you think, but John’s approach and attitude helped make for one of the coolest theaters in the world. Check it out!

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Nitehawk Cinema

https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/about/

https://nitehawkcinema.com/

Hell No

https://www.discogs.com/artist/395630-Hell-No

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEn-mVMg19o

https://youtu.be/C7G7U0_p_jQ?t=1942

Matthew Viragh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Lk4DDkB-I

Bruce Goldstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mU85gkFXGw

80 Blocks From Tiffany’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71yLEfRpsKo

Rich Trash

https://youtu.be/5SoPWqSEe_c?t=22

Unsane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rW5VAwn3vI

Kims Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMv4v3xvqIg

It’s Gonna Blow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--FTU73CoUk&list=PLPcW9BedSKxmKulAgllDwcIq7gcY7ID1F

Spencer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lagauhb5GyY

Cocksucker Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_TR2mdzhw

Video Music Box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiz8sixXNLo

Crispin Glover Movie Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhtaI7SCvq0

Ultimate Revenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5jLEyiotec

Cannibal Holocaust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8VKf8WsMk

Raw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFlXVX2af_Y

New Breed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TN1QHb_OQ0

What Awaits Us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEHTJk6USGI

Rye Coalition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWc7c3xyoOA

Velvet Goldmine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRY9K78uDRs

n addition to being integral parts of the early Los Angeles punk rock scene, Alice and Greg also had successful careers - Alice as a school teacher and writer and Greg as a hospitality executive and photographer. But our area of focus in this episode is what happened when they decided to retire, and realized they didn’t have the money to do it in California. Not only did they decide to move to Mexico City, they also made the decision to document the process for all to see. We talk about the challenges, exciting developments, lifehacks learned from punk rock and how they’ve used social media to share it all.

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Alice and Greg Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWPMxahEhAFq8jN3k_O_Zw

https://www.instagram.com/aliceandgregmx/

Alice Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/629400-Alice-Bag

Greg Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/6161796-Greg-Velasquez-2?type=Credits&subtype=Visual&filter_anv=0

https://muckrack.com/luxehotelier

ALICE BAG - AVIÉNTATE YA (New Single)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrJ7JtyhQdw

Alice Bag - Se Cree Joven (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHUXT6vyck

La VERDADERA Casa De Las Brujas/No Vengas, Mira Esto...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjaZgQkyPU

Fanny - Right to Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zspd9hFRtkw

Subele, by Alice Bag, her Punk band and feat. Belinda Carlisle at a secret show in Mexico city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72dsTG49te0

Pastry War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06pvB4vBkk

Mallomars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpfi0f1KXqw

Drew Sands of Trap Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atATtW4-ej0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPiGq0-waZo

Lucille Norman

https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/the-women-of-regeneracion-an-incredible-history-of-organizing-defying-and-empowering

This week we’re excited to share the professional story of one of punk rock’s most famous working stiffs, Milo Aukerman! From the moment he went to college to his subsequent career and the reformation of Descendents in the 90s, punks around the world have known that Milo left music to pursue a career as a scientist, but not much else. In this episode, we dive into his career as a molecular biologist, his areas of specialty, what drew him to science and his recent retirement to focus on music. Lots of laughs as we discuss finally becoming a ‘professional’ musician in your fifties, studying dirt vs. corn, and why science themes didn’t figure more prominently in Descendents songs. So break out the bonus cup and enjoy!

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Milo’s Research

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=milo+aukerman+research&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/090114/a-champion-of-the-nerds

Descendants Live - Making it look effortless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeRX9NfpooA

Norman Bourlang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9-HTtgFOk

Fritz Haber - The Bill Cosby of Agriculture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEE5uvFhOM

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13015210

Neo-Malthusianism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkW_i0bDpQ

CRISPR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YKFw2KZA5o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSvN6WZSjc

Daniel “Bug” Snow - Roadie of Roadies

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34958432@N05/6116272687

Bananas (not the band)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPEErJnErU

Lysenko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvt2Zo6WIkk

EO Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSgSOm7WTg

Wilson Vs Lewontin

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00127089

Put a penny in it

https://youtu.be/0a2lv4IwZFY?t=157

https://youtu.be/oIUtq0GZ1Z8?t=120

9th and Walnut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0dF2ikZbgQ

This week we’ve got another first! Sure, we’ve had spouses yelling comments in the background before, but we’ve never had partners who both play in great bands and also run a business together, let alone multiple businesses! You know Mike Lucas from the Phantom Surfers (and tons of other projects) and Marie Davenport from The Bananas, but did you know that they are also beer distributors AND vinyl record manufacturers? We talk about both, as well as a lot stories about obscure films, European history, encounters with the band S.O.D. and so much more. Strap yourself in for this conversation and enjoy!

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In the pantheon of badassery in punk rock, no one has a lead on Deniz Tek. In addition to helping to bring Detroit-style rock ‘n roll to Australia and then to the world with Radio Birdman and playing with some of those Detroit legends in New Race, Deniz became an emergency room surgeon, then a navy pilot and flight surgeon and finally a Kona coffee farmer in Hawaii. We talk about it all, from his early years working at an auto plant in Michigan to his current music with James Williamson of the Stooges, an upcoming reissue of the New Race LP and how he’s still learning new things and taking on new challenges. Yeah hup!

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Deniz’s website

https://www.deniztek.com/

TEKONA Coffee

https://www.tekonacoffee.com/

Deniz Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/258125-Deniz-Tek

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/feb/23/cult-heroes-deniz-tek-radio-birdman-punk-rock-australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Birdman

Bill’s disaster at sea reading list

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/862342-bill-florio?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=disaster-at-sea

Kona Coffee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kona_coffee

https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1999/01/04/story1.html

Pepsi Kona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOM5i1amTKg

Olive Oil Police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSaj9RRzGE

Easybeats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnqxbdnzlhw

Michael Banzai Ramos

https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/pilot-lands-home/attachment/commercial-pilot-michael-banzai-ramos-calls-mira-villa-a-luxury-condominium-community-in-summerlin-home-he-purchased-the-cielo-floor-plan-one-of-the-few-top-floor-units-not-price/

Mort Stevens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s499hbtwUEs&list=PLDkPmVsDCFndWsJKC024MsUxf2RZhmD3L

Aloha Steve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkKiZ9VSD6U

You’ve pretty much got it made when part of your day job involves comparing the sound of different pressings of Stooges records, and we talk to Ben Blackwell about how he came to co-found Third Man Records with Jack White, become the official archivist for all of the music / ephemera of the White Stripes and help expand the label into record stores, a pressing plant and a global brand. We cover it all, from his teen years getting into music to his years playing with the Dirtbombs and his move to Nashville, starting a family and balancing the rock ‘n roll with more responsibility than you’d think.

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Third Man

https://thirdmanrecords.com/

Ben Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/artist/868312-Ben-Blackwell

The Third Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yyDEDGlr0

Dirtys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id99U9TZ8dw

Teengenerate - Not Reunion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9Gy3z0G0I

Christopher Lowell

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-christopher-lowell-show/2861367

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoElmgljXZw

United Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx7VEkf1xfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nzLCW7xRw

Emperors of Chocolate

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/71619

Porkys Prime Cuts

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/porkys-prime-cuts

Steven Colbert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmKVIDMMYDA