The Sellin' Out-style episode of the special podcast series I produced about Caspian and their new record, 'On Circles.' Cross-posted to this feed for your ease and listening pleasure.

Leanne Bowes is a professional bassist, vocalist and music director for hire based in Los Angeles, where I sat down with her to talk about competition as a "hired gun" and what it takes to set yourself apart, keeping charts as fastidiously as tax paperwork, and not dying in some advertising job. Fun!

Perspective, A Lovely Hand To Hold are an emo/punk band from New Hampshire. I had the pleasure of recording their first two full length albums and an EP (and a split), and they’re just about to drop their third full-length, God bless ‘em. Jacob McCabe (vocals, guitar) and James Palko (bass) joined me to talk about the streaming age, conducting band business on the job and what audiences really give a hoot about – if they even give a hoot at all!

Casio Karaoke | "My jazz career will always take priority" | Office hours | 20yo or insane | Two (2) drink tickets | "They call 'em 'assets'" | Logistics of life | Lifting the spell | Turkey in the straw | "Culturally absorbent prototype" | Quantum Jennifer | Tourist sans hotel | "Run back to Old Navy!" | Hopped up on journalism

In which I resolve the cliffhanger ending of Sellin' Out, retconning my absence from your feed.

The Elaine dance | MacBook Pro commercial | Bandcamp renaissance | Two things can be true at once | Italian Sunrise | A little less like trash everyday | Post-show labor | Art on trial | "I unclog toilets" | The forgotten man is crying out | "Cabin's taken" | All content no context | Benefit of the double

Hibernate, rinse, repeat | “Post-college in the way that purgatory is post-life” | Long Live Daddy’s Junky Music | Homework isn’t good for teenagers | “What kind of pot?” | From band dad to real dad | John Q. Tubescreamer | “In good standing with the community” | Pedal triage at 70mph | 35-year-old tech bros vs. the next big emo band | “Soyboy curating soundscapes” | Science out the ass

Nights and weekends | “I didn’t want to let them down” | Extracurriculars | The grass is always greener | Classic startup situation | Haunted by the Northwest | “I do a lot of inexpensive things ” | Back to the drawing board | Trust the publishing process | Money on the horizon | One-stop shop | “Respect the space”

Bless the group chat | Parents’ basements forever | Literally foreign | “Why am I so fucking poor?” | The Uninsured Dental Hygiene Regimen | "Who hasn’t played in The Saddest Landscape?" | From one piece of shit to another | UberXXXL | DIY lifespan | “You’re young, aren’t you?” | "If this is the future, I'm out" | From rioting at The Rites of Spring to thumbing through Twitter | Neon green & safety yellow | They can't all be bangers

A taste for it | Kismet | “Pretty good...for being from Boston” | Bill’s Pickin’ Parlor | “See you in November” | The coolest boss in the world | The Jason Newsted Explainer | 10-15 to life | The MTV Cribs of bluegrass | Accidentally the most popular thing we ever did | Built-in audiences | Toiling in obscurity | “Wow, you’re so young” |