The SideStreets Podcast

Topics: Tucson, capturing moments, unspeakable tragedy, the kindness of strangers, obsessively shooting photographs, Arizona Public Media, the border, drought, tacos, Beyond, Prom Body, Romo Tonight, three big announcements, podcasts, long-form journalism, the desert, Whispering Wires, echoes, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Screenwriting, failing, succeeding, eliminating pretension, treating your creative endeavor like a job, finding your voice, background noise, basketball, going beardless, birthdays, responsibility, adorable children, following through, proving people wrong, chasing a dream, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Lathe cuts, the Speedway Scene, pied pipers, sound reproduction, hexagon-shaped albums, Murfy The Dog, brushing like a dentist, New Zealand, carving out a niche, grooves, tricks of the narrating trade, 1965, beer stilts, Joyful Noise Recordings, infinite patience, the holidays, baby penguins, out-thinking the competition, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Cover songs, costumes, swan dresses, mustaches, party atmospheres, health care, food banks, Bowie, psych rock, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Big Star, Pink Floyd, the most fun, preparation, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Billy Bates, filmmaking, paying your dues, art as life as art, Old Tucson Studios, tow trucks, The Best Show, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, Harsh Mistress, gravity ghosts, going on tour, Tucson in the fall, The Loft Cinemas, seven years, Mary Pickford, and the things we do for love.

Topics: The Best Show, meeting your heroes, the life rights to Sheriff Joe, hometown pride, Titus Andronicus, getting excited, building an infrastructure, looking back at 13 years, artifice, sound collages, competitive streaks, butterscotch cathedrals, the Friends Of Tom, and the things we do for love.

Topics: KXCI, community radio, cynical programmers, protecting vital cultural resources, taking advantage of rare opportunities, the thrill of live broadcasting, eliminating vocal crutches, talking to just one person, the continued evolution of the music industry, the future of freeform radio, hard work, miracles, and the things we do for love.

Topics: KXCI, Locals Only, freeform radio, getting involved with your local music scene, figuring out how radio fits into people’s listening habits, validation, finding out how much you don’t really know about your town, elephants, dune drifting, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Freeform radio, freeform art, free (you get the idea by now), what a nickel can get you, starting major projects from scratch, wolf gangs, providing a platform, the revitalization of downtown Tucson, addressing arts inequality, paperwork, exuberance, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Music festivals, Night of the Living Fest, putting fun first, memorable experiences, carnival games, getting rid of inhibitions, backup plans, letting noise wash over you, Dia do los Muertos, two sides of the same coin, Double Nickels on the Dime, and the things we do for love.