Neil Rubenstein

Nate Newton, of Converge & Doomriders, takes some time after putting his daughter to sleep, to discuss his old band Jesuit and the Blood Moon project Converge has coming up. I fanboy out pretty hard on this one.

I had never met Jake Fertig before. I saw some videos he did for Mashable.com and a mutual friend introduced us online. It was really a great pleasure to speak with Jake. He had some great insight on Story, Judaism, and Kanye West.

This week, Johnny Cupcakes joins the podcast. We talk about the old days and he gives some great tips on how to draw attention to your brand.

Molly Kornfeld, comedian & co-host of the podcast, Babes In Boyland, postponed taking a nap by roughly 45 minutes to keep me from having several bouts of road rage. We talk about her Mom, our goals, and I worked pretty hard to shoehorn in a lame joke about Jewish parents.

Bayside's Anthony Raneri talked on the phone with me while I navigated the highways & byways of Long Island. We discussed what boroughs should be considered Long Island and why I chose to speak to Nick Ghanbarian first. Hint: It's because Anthony is a bit standoffish.

Riley Breckenridge, from Thrice, makes sure I get home safely on this week's podcast. Among other things, we discuss Productive Outs, his baseball related blog, and then I insult English teachers... but seriously, English teachers are NOT as cool as the band KISS. I don't think I'm breaking down any walls with that statement.

Dan Lomeli, of the band Incendiary, helped me pass the time while I sit behind the wheel of my Acura. We discuss the Flat Earth theory and the possibility of aliens flying the moon around.

Jonah Bayer of United Nations and Going Off Track podcast took some time to help me cope with the pains of rush hour traffic. We discuss some stuff that makes me sound pretty horrible. Starting to be a theme, I guess. Maybe I'm a shittier person than I think I am. Or maybe trying to be a good person makes you a shittier person. I'm the worst. Jonah is a close second. Like seriously, I couldn't be inconvenienced for 3 seconds to say "Preferred Gender Preference?" What a jerk. I see the error of my ways now.

Nick Ghanbarian of Bayside, co-founder of the clothing line Born & Bred, helps me forget about the headache of traffic. We start off the conversation with a horrible story of loss & finish up with me once again professing my love for Fetty Wap.

Steve Pedulla, of States & Kingdoms, entertained me on my shitty commute by talking to me about his old band Thursday, Homestar Runner & John Nolan's inevitable transformation to fashion mogul.