Director John Roecker joins me on the podcast this week to talk about Heart like a Hand Grenade, the film that documented the nine months he spent with Green Day while they made American Idiot as well as the black comedy musical Live Freaky! Die Freaky! and the concert DVD he directed and starred in for the the band The Network.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Bulma - Farewell in Vegas

2. Night Clubbin' - Helta Skelta

3. Roshambo - The Network

This episode I speak with all four members of The Sold! and Bones about their coming together as a band, their new debut album "Full Circle Suicide" and the making of their music video for "I'm Right! You're Wrong!!". Plus the usual question roundtable.

TRACK LISTING

1. Wednesday Night Melody - Bleached

2. Dark Black Makeup - Radkey

3. Bored in L.A. - The Sold! and Bones

Bonus track: Fucked Up Baby - The Skulls (1977 CAN)   

This episode I have an interview with Taco Hell drummer Max Qayyum where we talk DIY, the importance of playing your own city first, and promoting a band in this internet age. There's also music from Hunter Dumped Us Here and Youth In Revolt. Send me your recommendations!

TRACK LISTING

1. Blue Treasure - Hunter Dumped Us Here

2. The Broken - Youth in Revolt

3. Girl Up (live) - Taco Hell

This episode Kat is joined by all four members of Shadow of Everest, the band that this very podcast played a track from on its very first episode. We talk about being a band in Atlantic Canada, Tool, existing outside genres and their new EP "Idle Hands". As well the track listing is full of bands from the Maritimes, who says they don't put out great music?

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Feel the Same Way Too - The Rankin Family (Nova Scotia)

2. Behind the Garage - Eric's Trip (New Brunswick)

3. Peter's Dream - Lennie Gallant (Prince Edward Island)

4. Idle Hands - Shadow of Everest (Nova Scotia)

The first episode of Start the Music without a guest, but have no fear because that half hour of talking has been replaced with twenty-six shiny minutes of music from across the genres. Take it on a commute, listen on a lunch break, there's something for everyone. 

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Fear - Americas Pastime

2. Back on Track - Counter Theory

3. I'm Right! You're Wrong!! - The Sold! and the Bones

4. Bumper Cars - Trapper Schoepp

5. Saturday Night - Johnny & the Razorblades

6. Time Heals - Arbors Lane

7. Russian Beers - Woodchuck

8. Warriors - Static Alice

9. There Goes my Baby - The Millwinders

This episode I'm joined by Corbett Redford, director & writer of the Green Day funded documentary film Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk. We talk about 924 Gilman, being a first time director and about being a punk in the East bay area.

There's some music too, all related to the film. Make sure to listen to the end for a song by supergroup The Armstrongs that you can buy on iTunes with proceeds going to 924 Gilman.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. We Are the One - The Avengers

2. Boyfriend Wanted - Pansy Division

3. Story - The Lookouts

4. If There Was Ever a Time - The Armstrongs

This episode of Start the Music! I get to geek out a little with Doctor Who composer Dominic Glynn. We talk about theme tunes, UK techno, and about being a musician spanning the bridge between analogue & digital. I also have the pleasure of playing one of his Doctor Who theme remixes that you will not want to miss. 

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Strange - Kill Devil Hill 

2. Hung Upside Down - River Street Kings

3. Doctor Who Theme (Gallifrey After Dark Remix) - Dominic Glynn

For those of you who like Jonathan Coulton, Weird Al and comedy songs, you'll want to hear this... In this episode I talk to musician and cartoonist Peter Chiykowski, known on the interwebz as Rock, Paper, Cynic thus fulfilling my CanCon requirement at least twice over. We talk about Canadian comic conventions, the Weakerthans and John K Samson and how a comedy song is like an oil spill.* Credit to Peter for that metaphor.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Movement - Riviera

2. Say Goodnight To The Bad Guys - Chasing Immortality

3. This Will Never End - Rock, Paper, Cynic

We're in the double digits and we're celebrating by playing music from one of my personal playlists this week. 

My interview guest this episode has production credits which include work with Nine Inch Nails, Motion City Soundtrack, Blink-182, +44, The Cure, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers amongst many others... This episode I talk to Christopher Holmes co-producer of Blink 182's Neighborhoods & Dogs Eating Dogs about his journey getting into the music industry, being an engineer vs being a producer, working with Blink 182 and his upcoming soundtrack work.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. The Future Freaks Me Out - Motion City Soundtrack

2. East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day

3. Dogs Eating Dogs - Blink 182

This episode of Start the Music! I talk to Sam Eastmond, composer and one of the leaders of Spike Orchestra. We talk about music and community, being a band geek and the usual questions about first albums and first gigs. Find all you need to know about Spike Orchestra at: www.spikeorchestra.com

I also give some details about episode 10. 

Please leave a review and rate STM on iTunes and let me know what you think. 

The full length interview with Sam is available on the website at: 

www.stmpodcast.com

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Black Sheep - Abandin All Hope

2. Salaries & Wages - The Real McCoys

3. Life Inside - Spike Orchestra

Interview introduction music is a piece of the track: Construction - Spike Orchestra