Punk, Love, & Compassion

This episode with Francine from Birmingham, Al. From Domesticatrix and the Replicants in addition to The Firehouse Community Arts Center

We talk about PUNK as a personal experience, Being true to yourself, Punk allowing and making space available for marginalized groups, Learning from failure, How to create safe spaces for marginalized communities without creating private clubs, Having faith in people, as well as many other topics.

Bands mentioned/Talked about

Domesticatrix and the Replicants, Matchi

Acute Effect, Agnostic Front, Aus-Rotten, Big Black, Bile, Bomb 20, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cock Sparrer, Leonard Cohen, Coil, Crass, Crucifucks, Discharge, Earth Crisis, Gism, Gloss, Green Day, Henry Rollins, KMFDM, Madball, Man or Astroman?, Minor Threat, My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, Nurse with wound, Perfect X Blue, Pianos Become Teeth, Poison Ruins, Iggy Pop, Psychic TV, Prodigy, Radiohead, Rammstein, Skinny Puppy, Snake Church, Snake River conspiracy, Subhymnal, Tiny Tim, Title Fight

Super stoked on this episode! Mic is my first international interview.

He is in the Band An Slua out of Ireland, and we go all over the place in our conversation.

We did have to break a couple of times, so this interview took place over the span of two weeks. Perhaps you will notice some splits in the conversation.

We talk about community, mentorship, meeting our role models, the importance of not taking ourselves too seriously, living and functioning with in a society that has different moral/ethical values than you and how to make concessions in order to operate within that society, cryptids, and a couple of other things as well.

I think we mentioned more bands in this episode than any other episode.

Here are most of them:

An Slua, Alternate Action, Bishops Green, The Brass, Blink 182, Green Day, Rancid, Unseen, Global Threat, Templars, Minor threat, The Evans, Pennywise, The Distillers, The Vigilantes, Sub-humans, Citizen Fish, Dropkick Murphy's, Running Riot, Oi Polloi, Crass, Lost Legion, Leatherface, Fuerza Brutta, The Oppressed, The Press, The Descendants, Section 4, Claim Choice, Sympos, Slugger, Negative Approach, Collapse, Battery March, United Battles, Easy Company, Rebel Spell

I am really stoked for this episode. I get to speak with a friend for the first time in about 26 years.

Billy Thompson from the bands: Spiritiste, Secret Smoker, Heavy Mantle, and his solo work as William Edward Thompson.

We discuss appreciating what we have around us, redefining our expectations of success, does the pink scene/community actually exist, looking at what we give value to and the reasons for that value, as well as other topics.

Bands Mentioned:

• Spiritiste
• Secret Smoker
• Heavy Mantle
• Reversal of Man
• Darkest Hour
• Avail
• Boy Sets Fire
• Snapcase
• Doughnuts
• Earth Crisis
• Bad Religion
• Big Drill Car
• Fugazi
• The Mesasthetics
• William Edward Thompson

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As with all of our episodes, the conversation ranged across many topics.

From mental health, walking what you preach, community, hope, and more.

Bands mentioned:

Domesticatrix and the Replicants

Louder Transition Collective

Merc

No time Records

Impermanence

Hong Kong fuck you

Ramones

World Peace

David Bowie

and many others

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In this week's episode, host Bo talks to Phil from the bands Eugenius, Maw, and Culture Void.

Bands mentioned in this episode:

• Eugenius
• Maw
• Culture Void
• Green Day
• Rancid
• Blink 182
• Earth Crisis
• Snapcase
• Death Through Adam
• Corpus Cristi
• Public enemy
• Truck Violence
• Chatpile
• Clipping
• Ebony tusk
• Oxbow
• Converge
• Scenario

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In this episode Jacob from Boomstick and Lava Hands Pepper Company. He and I talk about finding a scene/community later in life.

The therapeutic value of Punk. Trying to do something meaningful and that people will enjoy.

As well as joke around and have a good time. Probably the most lighthearted interview yet, with a lot of laughter.

In this episode I speak with Andy Caro from Seattle. Andy was involved in the punk/skate/toy/collector scene out there beginning in the early 80's. Playing in March of Crimes, The Accused, as well as others.

Bands we mention:

• Bad Brains
• Dead Kennedys
• March of Crimes
• TSOL
• Tex and the Horseheads
• Circle Jerks
• Napalm Beach
• GBH
• Fear
• Citizen Fish
• Subhumans
• Melvins
• The Wailers
• The Monks
• Four Golfers
• The Accused
• Steely Dan
• Duran Duran
• Tame Impalla
• Fontaines DC
• Amyl & the Sniffers
• Die Spitz
• Turnstile

Host Bo Wolfe sits down with Todd from the band Abusements, a band hailing from Montgomery, Alabama. Bo and Todd discuss the punk scene, Todd's journey from high school in Portland to finding his place in the punk world, how punk culture fosters connection and support, iconic bands that shaped the both of them, and the importance of creating safe spaces at shows where everyone can feel welcomed and valued.

Bands mentioned in the episode:

• The Wipers
• DOA
• The Dills
• Sado-Nation
• Dead Moon
• King Bee
• Or Else
• Boom Stick
• Kinder Gentler
• Hans Condor
• Darkest Hour
• Battery
• Damnation AD
• The Breaks
• Poison Idea
• Negative Approach
• Aretha Franklin
• Richard "Groove" Holmes
• Claudine Longet
• Herbie Mann
• March of Crimes

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In this episode with Seneca from Wyoming, he and host Bo Wolfe talk about:

• Learning to give ourselves grace
• The impacts of trauma
• Forgiving our influences and forgiving ourselves
• Hope
• Struggling to fit in
• Finding community
• The authenticity of love
• A couple of bands that are mentioned: Blank Slate from Denver and Angelus Errare from Laramie, Wyoming

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In this episode, host Bo Wolfe speaks with Tandi and Nick from Triangle Fire, a band out of Athens, Georgia.

Like every episode, the conversation weaves in and out of all sorts of topics.

Host's note: I would like to apologize for the last 15-20 minutes of the episode. Our vocal tracks got off time, so there are some instances where it sounds like I am speaking over them. Apologies for the technical issues.

In the episode:

• Punk rock parenting
• Being open, honest, and transparent with your kids
• Introducing children to Punk
• Role modeling vulnerability
• Sobriety journey
• Much more

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