Nate's back with a chat with Canadian singer/musician, Art d'Ecco. In a dense chat, they talk about the Non-COMMvention, WXPN, growing up in Canada, how Beethoven led him to piano, the early Art d'Ecco music, his first album, Day Fevers, producing, how the two months he spent in New York City birthed Serene Demon, the lack of movements in contemporary music, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the "Disco Sucks" and anti-Glam movements of the late 70s, how people's relationship with music has changed, cellphones, being present in the moment and happy accidents. Then, Art dives into The Jawntlet!

• Art d'Ecco website
• Art d'Ecco on Facebook
• Art d'Ecco on Instagram
• Art d'Ecco on X

Nate is joined this week by Nick Hexum of the band 311. They chat about Philly show memories, his early music memories, learning how to play piano and pivoting to guitar, Fish Hippos, how prolific band was early in their career, the range of music in the 90s, the end of Capricorn Records, "Love Song" and the 50 First Dates soundtrack, the NIck Hexum Quintet, Waxing Nostalgic and the EP release plans, playing in the same lineup for almost 40 years, his tech startup SKP, the streaming industry, the 311 Cruise, 311 Day and the Tiny Desk Concert. They, Nick makes his way through the Jawntlet!

• 311 website
• Nick Hexum on Instagram
• Nick Hexum on X
• Nick Hexum on Facebook
• Nick Hexum on Tiktok
• SKP website

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Nate chats with entrepreneur/technologist Benji Rogers. They talk about meeting years ago at Fergie's Pub, growing up in a family of music industry managers, getting into music, the true purpose of streaming, the CD-R and MP3 era, Bandcamp, content collapse, the give & take of technology, Substack, Sureel.AI and attribution, and how it has been received by the industry. Then, Benji hangs out for The Jawntlet!

• Benji's Substack
• Lark42
• Sureel.AI
• Marwood on Apple Music

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Nate's back with an all new chat with the team behind the new nine part HBO documentary Celtics City, director Lauren Stowell and producer Gabe Honig. They chat about Nate's Sixers fandom, Lauren's SC Featured piece The Dutch Destroyer, finally getting t share the doc with the world, how the doc handles the racial dynamics of Boston & the NBA, the weight of telling this story, favorite teams, their favorite eras the covered, how the Celtics as a team transcends the free agency era, anticipating the Celtics fan reaction to the documentary & what's next.

Celtics City - official site

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Nate sits for a chat with Master puppeteer and Animatronic Designer, Dave Barclay to chat about his new autobiography, My Life With Animatronics. Movies, Puppets and Beyond. They discuss Dave's childhood growing up in England, his parents's puppetry group, his desire to get into film and special effects makeup, Yoda and bridging puppetry and animatronics, how Mark Hamill got him into the film industry, the gravity of working on Empire Strikes Back, joining the Henson Company on The Dark Crystal, performing Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi, practical vs. CG, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, collaboration, the Labyrinth sequel and the legacy of the original, the Outabody rig, the memoir, unsung heroes, Mauldrix, and working on the Secret Life of Pets ride at Universal. Then, Dave tries his hand in The Jawntlet!

• Dave Barclay website
• Dave Barclay IMDb
• Dave Barclay Vimeo
• Purchase My Life With Animatronics (via Coolwaters Productions)

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Nate is back with a recap of the Eagles victory in Super Bowl LIX before a great conversation with singer/songwriter Andrew Dost. They talk about theDead Milkmen, growing up in Michigan, unfinished projects, Andrew's musicalColumbus!, recognizing and growing from early missteps, scoring for film, finding himself musically after the dissolution offun., playing theMetal Bubble Trio material live, going to college for journalism and advertising, the desire to write a musical, theAlly Coalition, and his song"Holding Onto" ft.theMiND. Then, Andrew steps up to the Jawntlet!
Metal Bubble Trio website
Metal Bubble Trio Instagram
The Ally Coalition website

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Sexy Season Six!! Nate is back riding high from the Eagles heading back to the Super Bowl with a great chat with keyboardist/producer/composer, Corey Bernhard! They chat about growing up in Massachusetts, the music that played around the house when he was a kid, learning the piano, children's resilience with failure, playing Phish and Led Zeppelin in early bands, becoming a Jazz head, writing sheet music, moving to Philly, forming Killiam Shakespeare, playing with Bilal, the Okayplayer boards, the Killiam Christmas EP, going solo, the collab project with the Bul Bey, the pandemic, joining the Late Show Band, A Blessed Leap Into Eternity, taking a different approach in creating the album, tour plans, playing with Charlie Hall for his Invisible Ink shows at Solar Myth, backing Rachel & Vilray and playing with the magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff. Then Corey takes a run at The Jawntlet!
Corey on Bandcamp
Birdbrain Records
Corey on Instagram
Corey on Facebook
Corey on X

Nate sends off 2024 with a recap of the year and a long list of Thank Yous for his friends, family, contributors and listeners....

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Music: "Auld Lang Syne" by T. Bless & the Professionals

Nate delivers the audio version of his yearly ukulele singalong livestream, 'Twas the Jawn Before Christmas 5!

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Nate is joined once again by his pals, James and D.X. Ferris to once again chat about Christmas. This season, they tackle some Christmas likes and some Christmas dislikes. So fashion yourself a glass of eggnog, settle down by the fire and enjoy!!
D.X. Ferris on Amazon
DXMas XXX: 30, Flirty & Thriving (2024)

Y!TMJ The Podcast presents... Christmas Jawns vol. 3

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