Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, R.E.M., Tuatara) about his path towards becoming a Zen monk, Buddhism and the state of the music industry.  

Martin also touches on his time in alternative era bands Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara and as part of R.E.M. - including his decision to decline taking over for original member Bill Berry. He also reflects on some of the friends he lost and confirms that he and fellow Screaming Trees members Mark Lanegan and the Van Conner brothers all still talk and get along (contrary to most music gossip).  

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Patrick Keenan of Chicago hardcore band Wrong War. Keenan discusses the band's sophomore album, Once Upon a Weapon, available now as a split release on Atomic Action Records and Council Records. Once Upon a Weapon was recorded and mixed by Michael Manthei at Eberly Studios, mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room and features art by John Yates/Stealworks.

Keenan discusses the band's formation, the recording of Once Upon a Weapon and the ease of the band members living near one another.

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Paul Ben-Victor (The Wire, In Plain Sight) about his role in the upcoming Hulu limited series, Pam & Tommy, about the stolen celebrity sex tape featuring Motley Crue's Tommy Lee (played by Sebastian Stan) and Baywatch's Pamela Anderson (played by Lily James). The tape sparked a nationwide feeding frenzy about the pair and was the first huge internet craze.  

Ben-Victor plays the couple's inept attorney, and he discusses his role in the show, working with the cast and his memories of the time. He also talks about some of his career highlights, including his time on HBO's The Wire, his friendship with the late James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) and gives some insight into his upcoming role in the Antoine Fuqua / Will Smith epic film about a slave that breaks his chains and heads north to join the Union Army.  

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with comedian Joe DeRosa about his new sandwich shop/social club, Joey Roses on the Lower East Side in New York City. DeRosa discusses how he went from making just making sandwiches with his family, to opening a pop-up at comedy club The Stand, to pulling the trigger and opening a brick and mortar. Joey Roses has seen great success since opening last November.

DeRosa and the Ghost also get into some Star Wars talk - they're both huge fans of the entire saga, as well as DeRosa's current and future plans for comedy while running his new business.

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with screenwriting duo Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Ant-Man and the Wasp) about their latest film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is in theaters beginning today.  

McKenna and Sommers discuss where they left Peter Parker in Far From Home and how that sets up his desire to make everyone forget that he's Spider-Man. In the Jon Watts-directed film (his third go round as well), Parker enlists Doctor Strange to help, but things go sideways and he ends up pulling in villains from the multi-verse who all go after Parker/Spider-Man.  

The duo also talk about their work style, as well as get into the fun and reverie had at the Spider-Man: No Way Home premiere, which took place the night before our interview (McKenna indicates he had a lot of fun).  

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun about the band's new album, Over the Overlords, out now on Wax Trax! Records. 

Pezzati discusses the recording of the album, the final one with bassist Pierre Kezdy, touches on the band's past and potential future, and also gets into the wildlife rescuing that he and his fiancée do.

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Randy Schrager of Jesse Malin's band. Schrager discusses the work on Malin's new album, Sad and Beautiful World, as well as his time in the band. He also talks about his start into music, who inspired him and charts his work over the years, including time with acclaimed eletro-pop band Scissor Sisters.

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with acclaimed pizza chef Anthony Scardino, aka Professor Pizza.  Scardino has been making pizza for years now and will be slingin' pies at Chicago's The Blind Barber (948 W. Fulton Market) Wednesday, November 24, Friday, November 26 and Saturday November 27. Pizzas available are Margherita, sausage and pepperoni ($18 each).

In the interview, Scardino discusses his path to becoming Professor Pizza, his run-ins with celebrities like Chance the Rapper, Kevin James, Jeff Garlin, JB Smoove, as well as why pizza is so important around the holidays.

Professor Pizza was recently included in Steve Dolinsky's The Ultimate Chicago Pizza Guide: A History of Squares & Slices in the Windy City.

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Steve Conte about his new solo album, Bronx Cheer, out now on Wicked Cool Records.  

Conte talks about his songwriting process - some of the songs on the album date back to the early 90s - and how he works out the recording process. He also looks back at his early years as a member of Company of Wolves, his various bands with his brother John (who, along with Charley Drayton, forms the core group on Bronx Cheer), as well as his time as part of the New York Dolls.  

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Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician John DeServio of Black Label Society.  

John discusses the current tour the band is on, their upcoming album - Doom Crew Inc out November 26th, his music upbringing and the two even get to talking about East Coast pizza.  

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