The Printer Pod w/ Basic Printer

Today marks the beginning of a 6 part series called "Printer Preludes." I will be unveiling old records that I have recorded and since banished to a vault. These records were made when I was less sharp and a lot more emotional, if you can believe it. The debut episode, this one, features my first record I ever made in 2011 called Poor Ian, a concept record about a reclusive, broken soul. I hope you enjoy this interesting piece of Printer history.

I went on tour last week and was sure to take a series of field recordings, voice memos, and interviews of characters along the way.

I met Jess once a couple of years ago and we had not hung out since, but had kept in touch lightly on the internet. Observing her tunes and general attitude, I grew to be more curious about her work and philosophies, so I invited her on! We talk a lot about social media, doing what you want in music, and beauty standards...

In this week's podcast I deconstruct the closing track on my latest record Good Weird - Headbang. This is actually a super old song that had already been released, but is no longer listenable online. I go through the older version of the tune and talk about what elements I carried over to the new, released version, and why. This is one of my most calculated tunes, and one of my most darkest - I hope you'll enjoy the long-form ruminations.

I met Christine & Jamie through Christine's old blog Nashville Offbeat, and ever since we have had a delightful working relationship and hilarious friendship. Listen to us discus entrepreneurship, the media, comic books, being creative, and whether or not you'd want your arms to be made of enchiladas or muffins. Yep, you read that right.

Niagara Moon is the indie pop project of Thomas Erwin, a friend of mine. His music is honestly some of my favorite and most listened-to music. He runs a podcast as well, so we decided to have an extra long conversation and then split it in two where we could each host half of the podcast! To hear the rest of the conversation, hop over to his podcast at niagaramoonmusic.com. :)

Carly is a dear friend of mine from years ago. While we did meet in around 2013, we weren't actively friends until 2015. We have sung together many times and she has frequently sung backup for BP. She is also the funniest woman I know, most likely. We talk about how we have disguised our personal intentions through cosmic songwriting, our histories, and we even perform a few little ditties.

kate.'s guitarist reached out to me last year to play a show with them, which I found to be a little odd because they seemed to be so pop. What would they want to do with weird old me?! As I started to meet and talk with everyone involved with project, I realized that we have similar attitudes to making music - saying what you need to say, being alternative about your approach, and ignoring the system. I've always been hella intrigued that they've been helming that way of making music in such a rules-oriented genre, and so I've been waiting for the day to have this convo for a while! I love kate.'s music and Kate is a NUTS singer. ENJOY.

A few weeks back I polled my e-mail list to get questions to be answered on this podcast...I answered 'em. Some of the topics included involve: Musical guilty pleasures, my first show, my 'math' brain, and Ryan Adams.

I met the Pep boys offhandedly in a teensy basement a few weekends ago whilst catching another set from one of my fave local bands Madame Butterfly. I had seen part of a Peppermint Boys set before, but didn't get the chance to be properly blown away. Once I caught up to their recordings, I was floored, intrigued, flabbergasted! So hastily, I asked to hang with them and have a long conversation with them, which I thankfully recorded. Very thoughtful young boys. Enjoy! Intro song is Ironface - Basic Printer, and the ending song is 'Io - Peppermint Boys'.