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- Episode 94: 'Tis the Year of the Grift
After a recent exposure at a gig, we've all thankfully tested NEGATIVE for COVID-19. During this show, you hear us discover one gig is cancelled while we firm up another one. Eric shares some fascinating things he learned about the late great Neil Peart during a PASIC roundtable that he moderated last week. Also, we've recorded a new Christmas single which will be out SOON!
Show notes- The Van Halen Interview
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Show dates- Blaggards.com
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- Bandsintown
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
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47 min - Episode 93: Mincing Down the Hall
This week on SlapperCast, Eric talks about his adventures with Percussive Arts Society... also favorite instrumentals. Thanks Greg for the question!
Blaggards online store- https://blaggards.com/store/
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Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
54 min - Episode 92: Effervescent as Always
This week on SlapperCast, we talk about the joy of being able to play live again during the pandemic, even if only a limited capacity. Also, artists we'd like to record/write with.
Thanks to Bob for the question!
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Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
50 min - Episode 91: Everything's Private Property If You've Got a Gun — Doug Stanhope (Part Two)
Here is Part Two of our conversation with Doug Stanhope. In this segment, Doug spends much of his time essentially interviewing us, which again shows you what a genuine person he is. Can't wait to have him on the show again.
Topic list:
- Congratulations to our friends Kelly & Debbie Howe on their 30th anniversary
- Doug asks about our mutual friends in Houston-based band RAT RANCH
- Doug's history at Chilkoot Charlie's in Anchorage, Alaska
- The challenges of having too many people in a band
- Paddy: being a comedian is the hardest job in the world
- How old-school casette audiobooks changed Doug's life on the road in the early days
- The joy of exploring backroads locations while on tour (how Doug found Bisbee, AZ)
- Doug and Paddy compare their (very close) ages
- Doug asks how long Blaggards have been together
- Eric's frustration with joining the band right before the pandemic kicked in
- Why our former drummer Mike McAloon left the band
- Doug asks what 'Blaggards' means
- 'Plausible deniabilty' for band names before the internet
- Doug asks what "Behind the Music" dirt Blaggards might have
- Doug asks if any of us are sober or single
- Is music a young man's sport?
- Doug asks what cover songs we love doing in our own style
- How Blaggards side-step Irish rock clichés
- Doug's love of Irish Rock (despite his disinterest in music in general)
- What Irish rock band does Paddy dislike the most
- Overplayed bar-band songs
- How cover songs are often better than the originals
- The complicated issue of comedy theft
- How Australian comedian Jim Jeffries blatantly stole a routine from Doug
- Comics have no recourse to copyright infringement
- How joke theives are effectively drummed out of the business
- Doug asks if anyone has ever stolen from Blaggards
- How we came up with our version of "Drunken Sailor"
- How young comics often try impress Doug with similar material
- How language barriers can create conflicts in comedy material
Show Notes- dougstanhope.com
- Doug Stanhope Podcast (Patreon)
- Doug Stanhope on Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast (May 12, 2014)
- Digging Up Mother - Doug Stanhope
- No Encore for the Donkey (audio book on Audible) - Doug Stanhope
- The Dying of a Last Breed - Doug Stanhope (Amazon Prime Video)
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Show dates- Blaggards.com
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Special Guest: Doug Stanhope.
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48 min - Episode 90: You've Got a Friend in Bisbee — Doug Stanhope (Part One)
This week on SlapperCast, we're thrilled to have comedian Doug Stanhope on the show! This is a long conversation split into two parts (part two will be out next week).
(PARENTAL ADVISORY for sexually explicit content)
- dougstanhope.com
- Digging Up Mother - Doug Stanhope
- No Encore for the Donkey (audio book on Audible) - Doug Stanhope
- The Dying of a Last Breed - Doug Stanhope (Amazon Prime Video)
Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021- Ireland 2021 — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour
Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Special Guest: Doug Stanhope.
Support SlapperCast
1 hr 7 min - Episode 89: Bands we used to dislike & 1980s fashion choices
This week on SlapperCast:
- bands we once disliked but now have grown to like
- 1980s haircuts and fashion choices
Thanks Greg for the question!
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Show dates- Blaggards.com
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- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
56 min - Episode 88: Double Kick in the Head
This week on #SlapperCast, we recap this past weekend's mini-tour as we drive home from Omaha... our first out-of-state road trip since the pandemic began. Also, a long discussion about the recently departed Eddie Van Halen.
Show notes- Donate to Siena Francis House
Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021- Ireland 2021 — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour
Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
- Facebook
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
40 min - Episode 87: Least Favorite Boy of Summer
This week on Slappercast, we talk about best/worst live bands, opening songs, encores, etc.
We're also giving away a case of Blackwater Draw Brewing Co.'s "I Wity the Fool" to one lucky winner in the Houston area. To enter the drawing, go watch this episode on YouTube, subscribe, and leave a comment there telling us about your favorite (or least favorite) live band, opening, encore, etc. BY TUESDAY OCTOBER 13. Recipient must be of legal drinking age in Texas.
Cheers!
- Black Water Draw Brewing Co.
- Houston VWalkz
Topics:
- Poorly recalled music memories of 1987
- Eric's memories of Extreme opening for Aerosmith at the Orpheum in Boston
- Patrick's memories of seeing Aerosmith in Miami
- Great opening songs (The Police, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Cheap Trick, Queen, David Bowie, Crowded House, Dio, etc.)
- Great live bands with mediocre studio albums
- Disappointing encores
- Great encores
- Live shows ruined by bad sound
- Best/worst opening bands
Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/DVUAKC58Y6UJoin us in IRELAND Fall 2021- Ireland 2021 — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour
Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
- Facebook
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Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
1 hr 10 min - Episode 86: Part-time Professionals
This week on #SlapperCast: a free-form discussion of metal/prog drummers, recent gigs, and how we're learning to navigate this seemingly never-ending pandemic as professional musicians.
Topic list:
• What coffee are we drinking today?• Patrick’s coffee brewing tips• Praise for drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mr. Bungle• Dave Lombardo’s on-and-off again relationship with Slayer• Lombardo vs. drummer Paul Bostaph• New tour dates in early October (Wichita KS, Omaha NE, etc.)• T-Bone Tom’s in Kemah on October 23rd• Acoustic Blaggards shows... without a fiddle player?• Many thanks to Tim Kennedy for providing video footage from our performance at the Sherwood Virtual Celtic Gathering• Our recent show at Blackwater Draw Brewing Co. in Bryan TX• Eric’s new drum kit• Texas Governor Greg Abbott is choking our pubs and breweries• Praise for Chris Buckley, former Blaggard fiddler who played with us last week• Time signature changes vs. “feel” in rock music• Eric’s favorite Rush song• Eric’s upcoming PASIC roundtable discussion on Neil Peart, featuring Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater• Do prog bands take themselves too seriously?• Our habit of teasing audiences with brief bits of classic rock songs we have no intention of actually playing• Our new album is in the mixing stage• Looking forward to getting out-of-state for the first time since the pandemic started• Memories of our first road trip with Eric back in 2017• NEXT WEEK: a giveaway of Blackwater Brewing Co. beer on Episode 87• Upcoming Houston-area shows in November• People who request songs and then disappear• Song requests that make no sense• Billy Joel’s overt Beatles influence on “Nylon Curtain”Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021- Ireland 2021 — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour
Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
- Facebook
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- Instagram
Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
55 min - Episode 85: Martinis & Disappointment
This week on #SlapperCast: record store memories from our youth, disappointing albums, musicians we like but wouldn't want to work with, difficult working relationships in bands.
Friday September 25: Blaggards LIVE on Facebook from Blackwater Draw Brewing Co.
Blaze gets mad!! Iron Maiden Chile 1996
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll (1987) - Bonus Clip: Chuck & Keith Rehearse
The Police - Better Than Therapy, Living The Police Reunion
Ricky Gervais Discusses Friendship with David Bowie
Topics:
- Eric's "ointment" story
- Recapping our first full-length performance in months
- How much time off is too much?
- The challenge of developing an unspoken language as a band when we're not gigging
- Managing different tempos and keys in a set list
- Last week's show with Cindy Heywood (see Episode 84)
- Slade Ham's recent outstanding stand-up comedy show at Improv Houston (see Episode 83)
- Other comedy shows we've seen
- The possibility of Blaggards doing shows with stand-up comedians
- Eric's memories of Hi-Ho Records in Berlin, New Hampshire
- Patrick's memories of Houston's Cactus Records in the old days
- Patrick and Eric remember learning about new album releases by reading music magazines
- Chad remembers the joy of discovering new album releases at record stores just by chance
- Chad's deep disappointment with Peter Gabriel's "So" album when it first came out in 1986
- Eric explains the one thing that makes Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" cool
- Eric's disappoinment with the Boo Radleys
- Patrick's disappoinment with Iron Maiden's Blaze Bailey period
- Chad's disappoinment with Queen's "Hot Space" album
- Patrick's disappointment with Freddie Mercury's solo material
- Eric's disappointment with Sting's early '90s solo material
- A critique of the "Synchronicity" album by the Police
- The joy of a watching solid three-piece band perform like the Police or ZZ Top
- Sting and Stewart Copeland's turbulent working relationship
- Musicians we like but wouldn't want to work with (Chuck Berry, Buddy Rich, James Brown, etc.)
- Tin Machine versus David Bowie's solo material
- Bootsy Collins' experience working with James Brown
- Ricky Gervais' friendship with David Bowie
Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021- Ireland 2021 — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour
Show dates- Blaggards.com
- Facebook
- Bandsintown
Follow us on social media- YouTube
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Instagram
Become a Patron- Join Blaggards on Patreon for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.
Rate us- Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes
Questions?If you have questions for a future Q&A episode,
- leave a comment on Patreon, or
- tweet them to us with the hashtag #slappercast.
Support SlapperCast
1 hr 18 min
About SlapperCast
From the publisher's feed
SlapperCast is a weekly podcast by Blaggards, a band based out of Houston, TX. Hosted by Patrick Devlin (lead singer & guitarist) and Chad Richard Smalley (bassist). Past guests include drummer…
Vinny Appice and comedian Doug Stanhope. Full video versions of each episode are published on the SlapperCast YouTube channel. All episodes are mixed and edited by Chad.