Conan Neutron is a singular force in the world of indie music — a songwriter, performer, and overachiever whose creative restlessness has fueled his Protonic Reversal podcast which has been running strong for an impressive 11 years! We talk about his current band, Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends as well as his previous groups, Replicator and Victory and Associates. In this energetic conversation, we dig into his uncompromising approach to doing everything he does and the DIY ethos that fuels his ambition and seemingly endless reserve of infectious energy. 

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In this episode, I sit down with an old friend, Nabil Ayers — music executive, host of The Identified podcast and author of an acclaimed memoir 'My Life in the Sunshine,' which explores his experiences growing up as the son of legendary jazz musician Roy Ayers, a father that he never knew as a kid. The book AND the podcast explore questions of identity, race, and what constitutes family in environments that don't necessarily conform to "traditional" expectations. From his early days as a drummer and record store owner to his current role as a major figure as a music business executive, Nabil reflects on the experiences, lessons and epiphanies that have help to define his creative life.

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In this episode, a rare and unfiltered conversation with Laurie Lipton, the Los Angeles–based artist whose painstaking black-and-white pencil drawings have captivated collectors, critics, and art lovers around the world. Over decades, she’s built a reputation for works that blend obsessive detail, a wicked gravitas and dark wit — forceful visual meditations on mortality, consumerism, politics, and the absurdity of modern life.

If you’ve seen Laurie’s work and felt drawn into their labyrinthine detail, this conversation will peel back the layers — revealing the philosophies, humor and emotional connections that make her work so haunting and luminous.

Laurie’s Website: LaurieLipton.com

Laurie’s Instagram: Instagram.com/LaurieLiptonDrawings 

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Day of the Dead / Dia de Muertos (2005): https://amzn.to/47ez6Mo 

The Extraordinary Drawings of Laurie Lipton (2010): https://amzn.to/4hgXWQh

The Drawings of Laurie Lipton (2013): https://amzn.to/4nh21FH 

Laurie Lipton Drawing (2022): https://amzn.to/3LeCYFM 

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Stuart Gray, better known as Stu Spasm, is the manic mind behind the legendary Aussie noise-rock band Lubricated Goat and his latest, the explosive Art Gray Noizz Quintet. A true underground icon, Stu’s career spans decades of confrontational performance, genre-defying experimentation, and raw sonic intensity. From the gritty stages of 1980s Australia to New York's avant-garde scene, his work blends punk, noise, art-rock, blues and chaos into a visceral experience. In this episode, we dive into the madness, music, and legacy of one of noise rock’s most fearless creators.

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Jack Endino is a man of many hats. He was the guitarist and co-founder (with your host, Daniel House) of the Seattle-based band Skin Yard. He's a recording engineer, and has recorded hundreds of records including all the early stuff for Sub Pop, including Nirvana, Soundgarden, L7, Mudhoney, TAD, The Fluid, the Afghan Whigs and SO MANY more! We talk about the early days, and what it's like living out in the country and what's in store as he continues to look ahead.

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Jason Blackmore, one of the founders of the '90s Kansas City legends Molly McGuire, has been in another dozen or so bands since then and since he moved to the west coast some 25 years ago. His new project is the second record by SISTERS, 'Wings of Deliverance' and as we discuss in this episode, he's literally right in the middle of recording a FOURTH Molly McGuire album!

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Best known as the drummer for Minneapolis band, Babes in Toyland, Lori Barbero is the queen of Rock 'n' Roll. She's managed bands, she's been a booker, she had a small indie record label for a time and she was a disco queen in NYC in the 1970s!

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Larry Schemel has had a LONG career as a guitar player in a plethora of bands including Flesheaters, The Death Valley Girls, Roky Erickson and Midnight Movies. Larry also played on Courtney Love's only solo record with his sister, Hole drummer Patty Patty Schemel. We talk about all that and also about horror movies, the struggle that is drug addiction, punk rock in general, and the need to always be pushing forward with the next creative endeavor. PF0B55hDDUogRlJ06OiJ

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Scott Crane is an old friend and an creative force with the kinds of perspectives that always surprise, engage and make you think about things in new ways. He's Bob Crane's youngest kid (that's Hogan for TV fans our there), one of Seattle's music producers, and has many stories from the early days. He's responsible for designing and building Soundhouse Studios, Jack Endino's home for over a decade and is currently an actor in the longest daytime soap in the history of television. Go it without any expectations, because with Scott, that's pretty much an impossible feat.

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