Ben Levesque joins us at the shop to talk shop about shows, concerts, gigs and such! Ben has been with Manic Presents for about as long as we've had the store now (over 17 years!), but recently made a huge jump from working essentially 2 full time jobs to dedicating all his time to Manic Presents in a yet to be named position. When it comes to running and booking shows he's a jack of all trades. We talk about some inside baseball - the inner workings of things without blowing up any spots.

Ben of Manic Presents

We talk about music in general and we push out in all directions pertaining to Manic Presents and its venues and what Ben hopes to do with all of those and more!

You can buy tickets to all their shows at the store with no online extra fees (they are emailed and not physical, but no fees). You can also check them out online (and buy tickets) through their site: https://manicpresents.com/

Music on this episode: Intro: Monkees "Circle Sky" Head (RCA / Colgems...)

Rick: Moin "Cubby" You Never End (Ad 93) Abhorration "Chamber of Agilarept" Demonolatry (Invictus) Molina "I Am Your House" When You Wake Up (Escho) Dame Area "Sempre Cambiare" Toda La Verdad Sabre Dame Area (Mannequin) Space Camp "Impasse" How Could I Not Be Your Girl? (Self Released) Forest Thrall "Nyrostungheimm" Apparitions of the Golden Horned (Eternal Death) Cybotron "Earth" Parallel Shift (Tresor) Dregs "Guilt Garden" Dregs (Purely Physical Teeny Tapes / Mud Records)

Josh: Trees Speak "Among Us" TimeFold (Soul-Jazz) Behemoth "The Thousand Plagues" XXX Years Ov Blasphemy (Nuclear Blast) Plateau "Trainwreck" Kushbush (Sub-Conscious Communications / Artoffact)

Ben: Bayway "Namesake" Word Is Bond (Daze)

Exit: Sonic Youth "Kool Thing" Goo (DGC)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it's all of interest to us. With the show we'll generally have a localized focus. We'll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We'll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We'll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we'll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you're welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).