Colin and Dave from Mustard Plug join the podcast to talk about recording at the Blasting Room in the early days of the studio, the revolving door of horn players, and how the album sat around for almost a year before release. 

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Sum 41 bassist Cone joins Mike (JV Allstars, Punknews.org, Who's Zoomin' Who?) and I to discuss the band's 2002 record Does This Look Infected? 

Allie from Pilates Punx joins the podcast to discuss The Ramones classic Rocket to Russia and all the doodles on the back cover. We talk about her independently owned business, playing local shows together back in the day, and how we were both in the same marching band class for two weeks.

Steve Caballero joins the podcast to talk hot rods, his favorite records, his new band Urethane, his input into the Pro Skater games, and a whole lot more.

Karina and Jason from the Dance Hall Crashers join me to discuss 1995's Lockjaw.

Alex from the Vinyl__Tap joins the podcast to discuss the amazing 1979 album London Calling by the Clash. We pick our favorite songs from the double LP and chat about the album's impact on us.

Adam Davis from Link 80/Omnigone joins the show to discuss Link 80's explosive 1997 punk/ska album 17 Reasons. Adam shares stories about being in the band, how the band completely changed his life, and we both somehow end up revealing our ages. 

Pulley vocalist Scott Radinsky joins the podcast to fill us in on the band's 2004 album Matters.

Jay Stewart from Symphony of Distraction/SecondShot stops by to share with us the innovation of recording an album when you live across the country from your band, the DIY ethics in a technology world, and how punk works on a piano. 

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Hang out under the mistletoe in your reindeer turtle neck and tune into this special bonus episode of Talking Records. This is our second annual collection of favorite Christmas songs.