Sellin' Out

It took a global pandemic and an almost-total disruption of the live music industry to get Ruben Polo to slow down. For many years he was tireless in his pursuit of doing right by bands he liked, throwing them shows whenever they came through Philadelphia. More recently his own band Soul Glo has taken up more time & attention, with their brand of hardcore punk finding ever-greater poignancy in a country riven with racial and economic injustice.

Former Transit vocalist Joe Boynton is on the show to talk about his first new music project in almost 5 years, Narrowcast. We also discuss his hardcore punk origin story, balancing work & school during Transit's salad days and stealing Clif bars from gas stations so you don't starve on tour (sorry Mom!)

K.Z. Staska and Aki McCullough from Dreamwell discuss the various circles of development hell they went through to release their debut full-length album Modern Grotesque, out Friday 2/26/21. Other topics include - what else - Covid-19, capitalism, trans issues and more.

As a new academic year looms at America's schools, Sellin' Out is speaking with music educators as they weigh their profession and the needs of their students against the pandemic that has been steadily ravaging the country for five months. This week, it's Chris Lee-Rodriguez (Really From, ex-I Kill Giants) on his experiences in and out of the nonprofit teaching sector.

New skills | Up in the air | Quarantine content | "Nice if you can get it" | Longevity takes upkeep | My introvert is showing | "And if it flops, then I'm sorry" | Just gimme the MIDI | How do you do, fellow kids? | "Many people who look like Bret Michaels"

Inessential Independent Contractor | Monikers aside | Crowdkilling | Jobber talk | “Something broke in my brain” | Clean slate | #euroamproulette | RIP Great Scott | “Up to and including my freedom” | Thinking about death | Two hours or three weeks |

Tour manager at the Grammys | “It’s about the passion, mom” | Outta nowhere | Stale bread | “Cool, I triple-minored” | Education through failure | The name-your-price debacle | Allston-Brighton Artist Impact | Nay! Nay nay nay! Naaaay! | “You moved here” | We need Aerosmith

Jennifer Bartlett is the lead vocalist of Michigan-based rock band Lokella and formerly of Fine Fine Titans, both formed with her husband Evan. Her day job has dried up from the coronavirus, their tour to SXSW cancelled outright, so we survey the road to this point and how she's holding up in self-quarantine.

Pontificating on pathogens and the plight of performers.

Seamus Menihane is an accomplished drummer who rose to prominence in bands like My Fictions, Vattnet and Vanna, and filled in with other acts like Lydia, Astronoid and Hit the Lights. Now he's taking it easy from touring and focusing on his merchandise fulfillment company, Down Right Merch. We talk about skipping college to tour, drum teching for Mayhem on a 3-week South American tour, making a soft landing out of gig life and much more.