the Book Of Very Very Bad Things Podzine - a 3:33 A.M. Studios Production

Tonights episode is near and dear, as Author/Publisher?Musician Duncan Barlow's music has been an intrinsic part of my being since 1991. Later in the same decade, we had become acquainted and my respect only deepened.

  On this episode, we cover that fabled journey to Louisville, our connections to one another, creating within and retiring from Hardcore as a scene. We traverse the stony terrain of authorship, publishing, being an educator in the time of Covid, and times come and gone.

  Come along and lick your wounds with two Punk elders as we wax poetic, bemoan our respective aging processes, and generally yuck it up.

This special Friday episode contains an episode with vocalist/lyrcist of StickFigureCarousel/ Icepield vocalist Chad Stroup. Chad is the exact center of a dichotomy between Blake and Service. An author that encapsulates the juxtaposition of American terror.

  Having been the frontman for myriad Hardcore outfits, Chads musical angst is only bested by his literary sense of utter oblivion. This is the sense of man as the conduit for the bind infinite. The voice of the teeming many, poised to overthrow the privileged few.

Steve needs no introduction. Having co-fronted and played guitar in Neurosis since 1989, he is an actual heavy music Icon. We speak about the spiritual aspects of music, the union of matter and spirit, mining the source, and his stunning new book of poetry, Harvestman:23 Untitled Poems and its accompanying spoken word album.

Folks, this is a rare treat! We are given ANOTHER exclusive from our kindred spirits in Lycia! New single! More Lycia music! The possibility of live performances! Mike and I sit and examine the John Hughes film soundtrack qualities of Simpler Times, and the conversely morose song craft of A Far Away Place. The new single is available via preorder @ SoundCave.com, Projekt

 PA heartfelt thank you all involved and invested. One may find us on IG, FB, and PCP! 

In this chapter, we sat with Des Moines, Iowa's own Ghautika. An artist who uses influences from Trap beats and Breaks, Black Metal and Noise, Darkwave and Post Punk, and steeps them together. We discuss the creation of his new EP (Sunless.Realm), skateboarding culture, dating sites, marijuana, how the influences of Lil Peep and (Book of Very Very Bad Things alum) Lycia have helped guide his creativity, Ghostemane, depression, and love.

You can find him on all music streaming platforms, Soundcloud, and instagram.com/ghautika.

Trigger Warning!!!This episode covers topics such as substance abuse and 12 Step Programs, alcohol, and language of a frank and mature nature. Discretion advised.

On side B of this special 2 part Damienpalooza, we dig into misspent youth, aging disgracefully within the context of the "Scene",the compulsion to create, more on mortality, and the trappings of being a silver fox in music!

This is one of the greatest conversations I've ever had with a fellow musician, and I'd be remiss not to mention that, although it may seem long to you, I've trimmed over an hour from the body of the discussion in order to deliver these 2 episodes. Furthermore, I realize that this episode is late, but my family actually observes Dr. King's day, so we don't work on it.

TRIGGER WARNING!!! This episode contains themes of drug abuse and suicide, as well as language of a frank and graphic nature. this is meant for an adult audience.

This is part 1 of an epic, late night conversation with Damien Moyal of Hardcore legends Culture, Morning Again, Bird Of Ill Omen,BridgeBurnR, Shai Hulud, As Friends Rust, On Bodies plus a half dozen more. His once solo, now full band experience, Damien Done, sets his vocals and lyrics in an entirely new light. 

We discuss his past musical and emotional journeys, marriage and fatherhood, life and it's living, the advent of his defining statement, Damien Done.

Michael and I sat down for an episode that serves as both an exploration of his mellifluous creation of Your Labour, as well as a brief overview of his trajectory, plotting his ascent from Connecticut Hardcore kid to Indie Punk glory, playing in Nigel 6 and the legendary Damn Personals. Michael is the consummate Independent artist, forgoing the arduous process of assembling a group and relying solely upon himself.

 Your Labour is both indie pop bliss and Darkwave dirge, pushed through a prism of low end rumble and alternative rock swagger. This is outsider art at it's most beautiful, summoning early U2, Echo and the Bunnymen, Prince, and Lucky Pierre/Prick. 

Michael's music can be found on Instagram @your_labour, Spotify, yourlabour.bandcamp.com, YouTube.com your labour, plus on the Darkness Calling compilation which can be summoned via darkness calling.bandcamp.com as well as Instagram/DarknessCallingOfficial.

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Hudson County, NJ's Zak Ferentz is nothing if not an eclectic persona. having cut his teeth in Jersey Hardcore outfit War Story, Zak had gleaned his entrepreneurial spirit from the DIY ethics of Punk. Shifting musical gears to acoustic, singer?songwriter folk, he'd begun to find his own particular voice while creating music "for his parents".

 Felons is all his own, borrowing liberally from his musical and emotional past, Felons injects the intensity, of Hardcore, the intimate honesty of Folk, and the electronic elements of Post Punk, Industrial, and Hip Hop.

 Zak opens up about his musical influences, his storied past running the streets of New Jersey, coming up on his own terms, and how we are ALL truly FELONS.

 Tonight we spend some time with singer, songwriter, and Poet Gray Tolhurst. Gray breaks down the journey from his previous ventures into song craft, his out and out disconnection from the  notoriety of his storied and brilliant father, the eventual acceptance of his place in said lineage. We pontificate on the end product of his own journey through a landscape of influence and experience that is utterly his own. 

 Come and navigate a beautiful soul's acceptance one his self via conquering the obsession of alcohol addiction, accepting the things he cannot change, and conquering everything else.

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