In this conversation, Brook Pridemore discusses their latest single My Friends In Crime & the more collaborative & community-focused approach in their upcoming album Only I Can Prevent Forest Fires. Brook offers thoughts on Pat (Friends In Real Life / formerly Pat The Bunny) & April (Apes Of The State) as well as other committed DIY musicians who appear on the single. The conversation also covers topics like the thigh master, how AI robot, humanoids are currently being sold to replace the deceased & what AI could mean for the future of music.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• Beat based vs guitar based music
• “Once you’re identified as folk punk, you’ll always be identified as folk punk”
• Being among a community while creating the album
• Having a fear of confrontation 
• Thoughts on April Hartman
• Thoughts on Small Chucks
• Thoughts on Patrick Schneeweis (formerly Pat The Bunny)
• Suffering quietly as an alcoholic 
• Thoughts on Toby Goodshank & Angela Carlucci aka Double Deuce
• Remembering the Thigh Master & Suzanne Somers
• AI humanoids to replace the dead
• AI & the future of music

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