Episode 218: Joel Reader of The Fatal Flaw, MTX, The Plus Ones, Pansy Division, Bomb Bassets, and Avengers talks to us about how California is vast, Hardwired to have a melody and pop sensibility, Mother's chamber trio dreams, Joining MTX as a big fan was like a mentor project, Cello to drums to bass, Dissecting regret, Moving from California to Boston and the origin story of The Fatal Flaw, Power pop talk, plus much much emotionally motivated intellectually charged more more more!

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Episode 217 with Tyson Cornell founder of Rarebirdlit and drummer for Semi-Famous and Scooby Don't talks to us about Minneapolis of the 90s with its culture and music, the Scooby Don't Punkhouse, I think like a drummer, Touring with Scooby Don't and splitting dates with Aaron Cometbus, Hair Core Rock and Tyson's stint in Supercool and working relationship with Japanese band Sex Machine Gun, Semi-Famous and it's dynamic, on being older and more internal, Tyson's appearance on the inner sleeve of Screeching Weasel's Kill The Musicians, plus the genesis of Rarebirdlit, and scores and scores and lores and novels more more more!

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Episode 216: with Ronnie Barnett of The Muffs.  He talks to us about Jughead and Ronnie First Meeting on the Buck, Muffs, and Lillingtons tour in 1999, Lisa Marr and Cub, Ronnies Record Store Career and Venturing into Rock Criticism, On Moving to LA for Love and the Beginning of The Muffs, The Influence of Older Brothers, Major Label Talk, Working with Sub Pop and Fat Wreck Chords, Our Mutual Distain for Warped Tour, Kim was a Perfectionist, Kim Shattuck Plays with The Pixies and her Battle with ALS, Small Talk about White Flag, plus much muff muff much more!