Shakeytown Radio

Aurora Lady (auroralady.com) is a true artist, and in this episode, BFH, Libby & Bob chat with her about living an artist's life. They talk girl pop vision, zine heroes and teen magazines, the best newspaper mascots, the artist's ego & author intent versus audience impact. There's also an abundant amount of talk about food & even a rhetorical analysis of the new Miley Cyrus video.

Brodie goes to the Airliner for the Soundpaint event presented by Late Night Laggers and Magic Garage, with a postcard exchange and zine library hosted by L.A. Zine Fest. Brodie finally talks to Rhea (LAZF, Family Dinner Radio, Whisper Kid) for the first time on air, and, oh my, has she had a day. Also, interviews with The Drawing Club, Marjorie of Magic Garage, artist and filmmaker Zara Bloom, Jeff of Common Genus zine, Matt of many musical projects, including Bugliens, and artist Roxanne Morataya. Brodie chats and hangs up pictures with our old friend Simon Sotelo, and pledges a blood oath with the newest Team Shakeytown member, Bianca Barragan.

Independence Day is over but the revolution in Shakeytown is just beginning. This week, Brodie Foster Hubbard tries something different from the usual format, though very traditional in the world of radio. It's just BFH, a lot of songs for the July 4th party we didn't get around to having, and some stories about hometowns, bad last calls in Palm Springs, beautiful strangers answering the door, and Mike Ness' idiosyncrasies.

Also, some info about upcoming events with Shakeytown Radio, Fair Dig, L.A. Zine Fest, and Freeways Collide.

Simon Sotelo (hiresimon.com) is an artist and illustrator, one of the hosts of Family Dinner Radio on Poobah.com, and an L.A. Zine Fest organizer. She joins BFH, Gene, Bob, and birthday gal Libby to talk about summertime, print art, the creative process, dating professional hobos, marionettes, songs about dog-related mysteries, and cult aesthetics.

Also featuring the music of The Undertones.

In this live report from Blood-Orange Infoshop in Riverside, California, BFH attends the Riverside DIY Print Fest and tables with Sarah Bitely, the creator of the comic book "Pimpkillah," and her partner Matt. This episode features the music of Land of Ill Earthquakes and includes interviews with Fest and Zineworks organizer Annie Knight, as well as vendors Daniel from MRDR, Sarah from Freeways Collide, Elisebee, and Jen Venegas of "She's Not A Morning Person" zine and the blog SkinnedKnees.net. There is an interview and spoken word performance from Stacy Russo of Wild Librarian Bakery, and of course, a cameo from special guest star Amber Garza, with updates on her life and wisdom for the ever-deteiorating mental state of this podcast's host.

BFH, Gene & Libby close out the third year of the podcast - a season finale, if you will. As we approach our upcoming summer specials and the start of Shakeytown Year Four, the team looks back at the last year of interviews, tells stories about what happened off microphone, share their recent personal adventures away from the podcast, and chat on the usual tangents about politics, pop culture, and tortured segues and references. Also, featuring the music of Timbre Timbre and Hickey.

(photo by Meredith Wallace)

Shakeytown Radio, live from Claremont Zinefest outside of Grove House at Pitzer College, with special guest host Bianca Barragan - 51 minutes

BFH is joined by Bianca Barragan (the writer of the “You Can Trust Me” series of zines and an organizer with L.A. Zine Fest), our special guest host.

This episode includes:

-chats with Raymond Duran from A Shop Called Quest, Meredith Wallace from L.A. Zine Fest, Amber Garza from Zineworks, and the faculty and student organizers of CZF

-reviews of student midterm zines

-stories from Bianca about her years at Pitzer

-a live, on-mic BFH anxiety attack

-lots of songs…

Morrissey - “Alma Matters”

Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson - “Candy”

the music of Glenn Miller

The Beatles - “Twist and Shout”

and The Advice Column doing their version of Bert and Ernie’s “Things That I Remember” for the “Henson Stitch” compilation.

See more pictures from Claremont Zinefest at FAIRDIG.com!

(photo by Cat Gwynn)

Shakeytown Radio Hour: Dylan Brody (1 hr., 36 mins.)

Dylan Brody is a storyteller, humorist, author, columnist, radio personality, recording artist, martial arts master, and all-around good dude. He joins BFH and Bob on the podcast this week to discuss his new album Writ Large, growing up with showbiz in his blood, his prep school adventures and the writing advice that John Irving gave him, coming out to Los Angeles to make it as a comedian and joke writer, and how he evolved on his path as a Purveyor of Fine Words and Phrases. Brody takes the mic and runs with it in this episode, as Shakeytown enjoys its first episode with a long-form story recorded under dangerous audio circumstances.

Featuring the music of another Brody, and her band Spinnerette.

Shakeytown Radio Hour: Mike Postalakis (1 hr., 25 min.)

Mike Postalakis (Dickheads comedy group, Hugs & Disses podcast) joins us to discuss the quality or lack thereof of street performers, catering celebrity parties, debauchery in the Delta, and the upcoming Night of Storytelling where he'll be sharing quite the tale (we know what it is and we're not telling). This episode features the music of (Young) Pioneers.

Allison Krumwiede is an artist, illustrator, zinester, and 80s/90s pop culture devotee.

This week, she joins BFH, Libby, and Bob to discuss growing up and living in Rancho Cucamonga, buying and selling art on Etsy, being interviewed by ESPN at L.A. Zine Fest (wait, what?!), and we all chat about our favorite donuts and Mormon magnet cities.

We also plug Claremont Zinefest, where Allison, BFH, and our pal Bianca Barragan will be tabling, as well as Bob, BFH, and some previous Shakeytown guests appearing at A Night of Storytelling, and Libby's new favorite Second City show, One City Under Smog.