The SideStreets Podcast

Topics: Laughter, harmonicas, sketch ideas, gray jeans, how sock removal signifies the end of the day, sounding like John Mulaney, attorneys watching the detectives, life in Ottawa, President Interpol, Bob Log III, gravitating toward comedy, laugh tracks, dealing with things, twitter personas, friendship, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Art as unifying force, the infinite universe, the amount of things we will never know, Bowie, dumb loud pointless motorcycle revving, planetary science, physics, geology, Spiritualized, wedding songs, practical applications of scientific research, Spacehog, rocket men, space quilts, lunar kits, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Being cool, finding common ground, the color purple, things to avoid bringing to rock shows, sounding like few other bands in town, visual style, leggings, making music videos, being silly, teaming up with talented filmmakers, Head Over Heart, Chicken Man, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Prom Body, four-track recording, making it happen, the buzz, hiding things in a recording that only you know about, a little help from your friends, trading stability for the artistic life, setting things on fire, getting off the assembly line, the Song Of Summer, excitement in all its forms, Tucson pride, paradise, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Writing, finishing what you start, NaNoWriMo, self publishing, Robert Altman, DMX, unswimmable beaches, people who truly understand burritos, coming up with a workable creative process, chasing a dream, The Yorke Report, summah, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Stained glass, Nicolas Cage, being moved by a piece of art, creating things with your bare hands, Raising Arizona, pets, burritos, Stephin Merritt, St. Mary's Mexican Food, men of the year, legal drinking age, Lil Jon, being made fun of by Dave Chappelle, the Supreme Court, fun with impressions so bad I should be ashamed, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Music writing, Simply Thrilled, vulnerability, using music as a way to talk about yourself, enthusiasm as a springboard for more enthusiasm, the desire to tell everyone you know about a song you heard, the rejection of ironic detachment and negativity, starting your own thing, new voices, Good Faces, and the things we do for love.

Topics: England, delightful accents, the underdog mentality, hometown pride, phone fun, The Best Show on WFMU, The Chris Gethard Show, reunion unions, seeking out like-minded people, using comedy to help deal with your issues, that awful Iggy Azalea song, that awful John Legend song, that awful Passenger song, the SideStreets Song of Summer, Redlands, self promotion, and the things we do for love.

Topics: GBV, GBV, GBV, Guided By Voices, lotta dudes, over-laughing, expensive beer, The Simpsons, Los Angeles, slurring your words, holding it together, singing along with Echos Myron, new stuff versus old hits, writing my own songs, listening to records by myself, feeling self conscious, handlebar mustaches, shutting off that part of your brain that tries to limit your creativity, brownies, tacos, Friends Of Tom, my wonderful wife, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Tucson music, finding an audience, encouragement, the importance of knowing that someone is actually listening, burrito brackets, audio problems, ambient noise, Tucson hip hop, reunions, super sweet bass moves, Burning Palms, eclecticism, Lenguas Largas, Big Meridox, Isaiah Toothtaker, the unexpected benefits from the collapse of the music industry, reaching people, and the things we do for love.