Run Into The Ground

This week we have former bassist of Hellogoodbye Travis Edson on the pod to talk about Spiritualized's incredible record Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space. We also chat about pod exhaustion, baseball, the Griffeys, baseball fights, Modern Baseball, why Travis loves our podcast, DJ Remixes, live reviewing music, bad DJs, a DJ's brunch, who DJs the DJ brunch, Aaron Carter, Kevin Morby, Roasts, Donald Judd chairs, Marfa, East vs West coast garage doors, Snoop or Sublime, weed talk, Dan's Hellogoodbye story, AIM noises, Touring with Andrew, Using your sole, Elvis, Youtube comments, secret marriages, songs sung in a round, Radiohead, Gospel harmonica, and hardcore banjo. Listen everywhere. Tell everyone. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, @travisedson and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 8 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week Dan and Andrew circle back to Why?'s genius record Alopecia. Coming at you topless and streamlined talking about Pavement with Terry Gross, freakrets, Italian sandwiches, iced coffee in a paper cup, straw opinions, smoking in the Starbucks basement, getting nervous, horrible and unfair problems with internet orders, Wagu hot dogs, the Chamberlain scandal, the intolerables, hammered instruments, and the Bay Area. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 8 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have renowned artist, musician, and guitar pedal collector Daniel Danger on the pod to talk about Plow United's self-titled debut. We discuss Vincent Gallo, guitar pedal addiction, 30 Metal Zones, Smashing Pumpkins, theater kid indie rock, Bush, grunge guys who just make the noise, smashing guitars, Guitar Center warranties, your grandfather's Les Paul, Dave Knudson, holding Lightning Bolt's drums, jam bands, the Swing Kids discography, recording a panic attack, pizza pop punk, and our favorite colored Line 6 pedals. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @tinymediaempire @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 8 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have Elena Maravelias, bi-coastal hair stylist of the stars, model, and tenant of a doorman building in Manhattan to talk about Turnstile's second LP Time & Space. We dig into cheap lava lamps, capitalism, severe dental pain, living in a niche famous landmark, talking to the help, Monster Tour Water, being shadowbanned on Instagram, Epitaph handling Jade Tree's legacy, favorite cover songs, revisiting Moneen, yawning during Copeland, yawning during Dragonforce, legendary NJ venues, grindcore at Club Deep, drinking in a hole, Diamond Youth, Hellfest 2004 scene report, stage theatrics, putting on newer bands, mixed bills, and Juggalos. We brainstorm our two new bands Dragging Force and The Early Works of Jane Austen. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @elena.maravelias @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week Dan and Andrew circle back to I Hate Myself's only full length Ten Songs. Andrew gets fired, Dan has a fine dining experience. We talk tennis doubles, swinging, male attention, turn-of-the-century Arby's architecture, splitting the check, the new Botch song, Bayside, Yellowcard, your bell curve, stealing a computer, being born in the wrong generation, and the headwalking video. Shoutout to Overnight Drive. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have Nick Tazza of Algernon Cadwallader, Dogs on Acid, and Ape Up! to talk about Weezer's debut The Blue Album. We go really deep on regional punk scenes, what its like to be a Jade Tree recording artist, the Ferret Music office, X-Fest, Radio Shack, the Be Happy house, bringing a step ladder to the house show, spray painting CD-Rs, linkin_Park_P4percut.exe, Andrew's Compaq, Joe Pulito, Misfits cover bands, the 2000 Subway Series, the Ape Up! European tour saga, Weezify, music cruises, drumming influences, Pinkerton, The Rentals, Peter Gowland's album art, Rivers Cuamo, Leaves Cuomo, making sweet love to memories, crossing the Beach Boys with hair metal, writing songs in Excel, and Fat Mike encounters. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @nicholas.tazza @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have the lovely Norman Brannon of Texas is the Reason, New End Original, and Anti-Matter Fanzine to talk about Slayer's legendary record Reign in Blood. We dig into what to wear on stage, looking for the perfect shoe, pop punk anti-fatigue mats, purpose built venues, Norm's London flat, the vibe shift, new and old England, fleeing to Maine, vacation itineraries, being on the Cod, the origin of New End Original, keeping Chino Moreno's secrets, working on the new Onelinedrawing record, making the Anti-Matter Fanzine compendium, Satan!, Rick Ruben's fingerprints, Slayer's vocabulary, black metal to-do list, screamo teleprompter, Tori Amos, how chill the Satanic bible is, checking Jane Doe's DMs, and the real short king. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @normanbrannon @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week Dan and Andrew circle back to Manchester Orchestra's brilliant debut I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child. They also touch on rearranging furniture, Dan's art, the price of everything, the worth of nothing, photo etiquette, our preferred temperatures, the BMW service center, Andrew's cancelled artist poster collection, breakup texts, and away messages. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

This week we have Joe Reinhart of Algernon Cadwallader and Hop Along to talk about OWLS' insane self-titled record. Joe comes to us live from his personal beach house on a day off from tour to chat it up about the Algernon reunion, drinking in public, two drummer discourse, Headroom Studios, Big Mamma's House, the current Philly scene, democratic access to technology, music fatigue, recording a bands first record, the compulsion to make music, operating on the edge of your abilities, the complexities of Hop Along, the Jade Tree legacy, the Initial Records catalog, and Sacred Grounds. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @bestsandwichever @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.

Dan and Andrew discuss the recent list by The Ringer of the most important emo songs from 1985 to 2022. You can check out the list for yourself HERE. This episode is not fast but it is certainly loose, and its our gift to you from us. You're welcome. // Follow us at @danbassini, @mysprocalledlife, and @runintotheground. Listen to our RITG Mixtape Vol. 7 here and our Best of RITG playlist here.