The SideStreets Podcast

Topics: New massive projects, dedication, hard work, interviews, myths, make believe, what actually matters, Black Sabbath, babies, parenting, books, The Resonars, seeking encouragement, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Doing the work, drawing all day long, GRILL, Long Island, figuring it out as you go along, a life’s work, ignoring self doubt, alter egos, free stuff, fundraising, constantly creating, and the things we do for love.

Topics: CAN'T WAIT on KXCI, internet radio, new shows, defending albums, comedy rock, parody, Super Bowl halftime shows, bearing one's soul, rejection, cult followings, terrible grunge, sludge, felony songs, subtle improvement, glam, two wrongs making a right, losing one's voice, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Gamma Like Very Ultra, fuzz, experimental rock, fretless bass, jazz, fusion, a new Boogie Nights soundtrack, green, deep red, small towns, Sonic Youth, sweet dreams, aggressively danceable, Wiener Records, heroism, running, lost voices, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Tucson, more Tucson, road trips, visiting Tucson, making people happy, taking the brunt of people’s complaints, a unique vantage point, iTunes playlists, the music biz, selling points, moving around, a foot in the door, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Breaks, breathers, siestas, chill-outs, Louise Le Hir, sports, nonsense, CAN’T WAIT ON KXCI, Blood Stone, sweet 666teen parties, two weeks, the summer of SideStreets, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Steff And The Articles, pop music, writing for piano, breaking the mold, not fitting in, digital hoarding, seeking new avenues, Kickstarter, making adjustments, working really really hard, mini tours, personal connections with new fans, memorable shows, weird musical flourishes, useless mp3s, the recorder, the heat of the moment, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Filmmaking, imagination, Alex Italics, bad manners, Eugene Mirman, guitar, turning one’s back on political science, rethinking old forms, a running tally of ideas, They Might Be Giants, film festivals, aesthetics, the relationship between visuals and sound, collaborating with your heroes, Daycones, validation, film strips, psychoanalysis, the Kennedy assassination, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Acorn Bcorn, formative years, Colorado, refineries, masonry, Desperado, membership drives, supportive parents, oldies, middle C, cardboard boxes, early songwriting, making things difficult, feeling real, instincts, minimal filters, things going wrong, Twister, repeating stories, shattered ice scrapers, incredible local bands blowing national bands off the stage, reconfiguring, heavy and small, freeing limitations, 93-percent guitar, 70-percent bass, flying drum sticks, Bob Log III, loudness, shipping containers, unorthodox venues, no red tape, Tom Walbank’s stroller, Night Of The Living Fest, projecting vocals, hollering, heavy swans, special shows, a big big May, multimedia events, the shape of things, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Golden Boots, Growing up in South Jersey, Romo Tonight, gravitating toward drums, Trashcan Hawaii, no-grass, poking at ideas, ceilings, repeating Desperado, Devo, early four-tracks, psych rock, bigger drums, the Flaming Lips, subtle inspirations, barriers for entry, conspiracy rock, over-ambitious tours, proving you’re a band, feeling welcomed, excellent collaborators, weird luck, odd releases, CDs inside of tacos, KXCI, quilted albums, Mike Dixon, pushing every envelope, wire recorders, Wight Lhite, complementary songwriters, chance meetings, Park The Van, Magnolia Electric Co., The Teeth, great things happening, joining Dr. Dog, frustrating stupidity, whitewashing culture, re-branding to spite people, and the things we do for love.