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Nerds Wait For The Blackout, The Light Is Too Bright. This week on Footnotes, Chris & Damian take a deep dive into the John Reis Episode to talk Pushead, Nemesis Records & Rocket From The Crypt. Also, a disaster of a news segment & the mailbag toooooooooooooooooooo!

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Episode 159:

WHAT A WEEK?!?! Damian & his kid's are very proud to have Yo Gabba Gabba’s own JOHN REIS ON THE PODCAST! John of course plays the music loving Swami on the show & also plays in a few bands as well… THAT’S RIGHT, THE SWAMI HIMSELF, A.K.A. SPEEDO FROM RFTC, HOT SNAKES, PITCHFORK & DRIVE LIKE JEHU IS ON THE SHOW!!! THIS ONE RULES!!! 

Also Touched On:

A White Whale Guest

Growing Up A Theatre Kid

Ian Brings A Dictaphone

Black Flag Over The Sex Pistols

Listening To Kiss Like Audio Comic Books

Hearing The Saints

Battalion Of Saints

RFTC: Keeping The Flame Going For Vinyl

Seeing The Jackson 5 Live

Seeing Kiss

Seeing Black Flag In 84'

Coatis Interruptis Becomes Conservative Itch

Cops Bust Parties

The Origins Of The Legendary Casbah

Going To LA To Escape The Violence Of San Diego 

TFM: Totally Fast Music

DRI

Discharge

Being Into Strumming Really Fast

SPEEDO DROPS SONS OF ISHMAEL!!!!

What Was Wrong With Chicago?

The Origins Of Che Cafe

No All Punk Band Gigs

Forming Pitchfork

The Origins Of The Name & How Rocket From The Tombs Was Even On The Radar 

No Fitting In With The Jock Scene

Smoking Pot Straight Edge

Drive Like Jehu Forms

Cargo and Headhunter Start

The LEGEND Of O

Forming Rocket From The Crypt

Getting Into The Damned Retroactively 

Not Liking Grunge Music & Wanting To Be The Opposite

Not Being Into Nation Of Ulysses, But Still Loving Them

California Shaping Your Sound

Touring Japan With Long Gone John and Pushead

Meeting Sakevi From GISM

Why Touring Japan Is The Best

Dealing With Majors

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!

It takes sometime to fix it up, but that’s something Nerds do. This week on the show Chris & Damian discuss the amazing hardcore kid past of Michael Ian Black as well as everyone's shared love of Hüsker Dü. Also: MAILBAG

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"Time Heals, Time Goes On & Time Really Flies." THIS WEEK WE HAVE MICHAEL IAN BLACK ON THE SHOW!!! Listen in as Damain & Michael discuss everything from City Gardens to 10,000 Maniacs to who was his most feared New York Hardcore band. This one goes even deeper than we could have expected, so kickback & get ready!!!

Also Touched On:

Growing Up In The Wilds Of Hillsborough, New Jersey

Reading The Candy Apple Grey Review

“Oh, They Sold Me A Bum Cassette” Why Would There Be Static On A Tape?

Liking Pop & MTV

There Must Be More Than Wham! & Duran Duran Out There.

"Candy Apple Grey Was My Sgt. Peppers"

Going to Princeton Record Exchange To Find Things That Scared, Shocked & Were Funny.

10,000 Manics Is Way Too Nutty Of A Band Name For A Tame Band

Princeton Record Exchange Employees

Forming A Band With Tim Shaw (Ensign) "The Pleased"

Fear Of Sick Of It All

Mosh & Die

Violence In The Scene

Going To City Gardens

A Whirlwind Of Change

Hating Metal

An Intense Discussion On The Effect Of GNR & Jane’s Addiction

Sounding Like A Bunch Of Suburbanite 16 Year Old Hardcore Kids

Getting The Growl

Playing CBGBs

Joining The State

Kari Kenney’s Cake Like

The Music Scene In New York

Going To Shows By Yourself

& Much, Much More….

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Positive hardcore is what nerd claim. Open minded music is our game. This week Chris & Damian sit down to talk about the awesome Chaka Malik & nerd out about all things NYHC and punk.

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We aren’t here for a long time, but this week come join us for an amazing time cause NEW YORK HARDCORE LEGEND CHAKA MALIK IS ON THE SHOW!!! Join Damian as he sits down with Chaka to find out about the path that took him to becoming one of the genres all time greatest front people. Again, this isn’t a super long episode, BUT it more than makes up for it with awesomeness. Sit back & hear some stories - Punk, Hardcore, GRAFFITI, mosh pits, hugs and more!!!

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THEY CALLED IT THE NERD PACK, WE CALLED IT UNITED NERDS!!! This week on the show Chris & Damian talk about how awesome Patty is, ask where Kiss was most popular & take a deep dive into the K discography! THIS IS LIVING!!!

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What An Episode!!! This week, Hits So Hard author (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patty-schemel/hit-so-hard/9780306825088/) & Hole/Upset/ Death Valley Girls etc. drummer, Patty Schemel is on the show! Join us as Patty sits down with Damian to talk about growing up punk in small town Washington & how her hometown scene would up changing the world of music forever. Seriously, this one made the TOAP Hall Of Fame. DON'T MISS IT!!!

Also Touched On:

Mutual Love & Respect

Patti Smith On SNL As First Contact

Nowhere To Buy Punk Records

Canada Has SCTV & SCTV Has The Plasmatics & Rough Trade

Time Square’s Amazing Soundtrack

Going To The Comic Book Store To Buy Rock Scene

Buying Leave Home On 8 Track

The Pacific Northwest Obsession With KISS

Being Cursed For Life 

Carol Pope Is A Pioneer

Brave New Waves Was THE BEST!!!

Asexuals Invented Pop Punk 

Early 54-40 Is Super Underrated

The Secret Punk History Of Platinum Blonde

Pointed Sticks

Moral Lepers

Seeing The Ramones At The Hippadrome

Footloose In Reallife 

Circle Jerks’ Terrible Fanbase

Duff Comes Back To Town… With His New Friends, But The Violent Femmes Were Playing In The Other Room

Soundgarden, Melvins & Husker Du All On One Show

The Fastbacks & DOA At Gorilla Gardens… But Getting Arrested Before DOA Played

Forming The Milkbones & Playing With The Accused

The Deep Six Comp

Bruce Pavitt’s Record Collection

Dropping Acid & Listening To Spaceman 3

The Archetype Of 90’s Indie Record Label Ownership

Kill Sybill

& Much, Much More...

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This week on Turned Out A Punk we are celebrating the announcement of "Turned Out A Punk Live in LA: The Punk/Wrestling Connection" (on February 25th) and what better way to celebrate than by having LA wrestling hero Rocky Romero? So sit down and enjoy as Damian gets to talk to one of his favourite wrestler's and a secret punk kid about the journey to training with Antonio Anoki and becoming a star in Japan.

Also touched on:

Listening to Sublime

“Check this band out, it’s a little harder than what you are you to”

Operation Ivy

The Misfits

Loving horror movies

Video Store Culture

Independent film in the 90s

the problem(s) with Tarantino

the state of wrestling

Anoki and music and wrestling

Union 13

The adventures of going to your first show

The early days of the internet

“What happens is they turn off the internet?” printing out binders of information

Wu-Tangs one off record as a model

Is the WWE the ultimate custom match company

Starting a band

& MUCH, MUCH MORE…

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