Dirt from the Road with Brett Newski
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Music. Mental Health. Surviving the World. Host Brett Newski (insta: @newskimusic)
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WEIRD ROAD TRIPS with RED WANTING BLUE's Scott Terry
September 15, 2020 13:54 - 20 minutes - 36.6 MBRoad-veteran Scott Terry and Newski discuss their dirtiest jobs, weirdest road trips, offensive fashion and getting conned while on tour. Red Wanting Blue: https://www.redwantingblue.com/ Support the pod: patreon.com/brettnewski1 More on newski: https://brettnewski.com/
FRANK TURNER guests| bribing cops in Latvia, turning off socials, climbing out of depression, notable hate mail
September 07, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBFrank Turner and Newski chat about their weirdest travels, Frank's worst 24 hours on the road, mental health, overcoming substance abuse, and not being a fashionable band. More on Frank: https://frank-turner.com/home/ More on Newski: https://brettnewski.com/ Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1
EUROPE | blackmailed in Germany, trailer park gig in Belgium, confrontation at Italian bro bar
August 31, 2020 23:41 - 43 minutes - 80.4 MBBrett's original Tour manager Danimal sits in to discuss their 2016 European tour campaign behind the album "Land Air Sea Garage." The two spend over 3 months in Europe, covering most of the western side of the continent. They play a punk squat in Berlin, get caught peeing in public, and light the brakes on fire driving down a mountain in Norway. Support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 More: https://brettnewski.com/
VON BONDIES Jason Stollsteimer guests | turning down stadium tours, Letterman, life after rock fame
August 25, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBGarage rock heroes Von Bondies (Stollsteimer) talks about getting signed to a major label, touring the world, and sustaining mental health while getting significant international attention. Support the podcast: https://patreon.com/brettnewski1 Von Bondies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px6zUe3y7c8
COVID dating, SOUTH AMERICAN travels, Motorbiking in Asia
August 17, 2020 23:00 - 19 minutes - 36.5 MBSouth American travel tales. Scotty buys cigarettes from a 5 year old in Peru. Newski bikes thru Vietnam. Support the podcast: https://patreon.com/brettnewski1 More on Newski: https://brettnewski.com/
HEARTLESS BASTARDS Erika Wennerstrom guests | Medicinal Tripping in the Amazon jungle, self-evolution, being on LSD at Ponderosa, cosmic tour stops.
August 11, 2020 03:05 - 39 minutes - 71.4 MBIndie-rock legend and front-person of HEARTLESS BASTARDS sits in to talk about worst jobs before music, tripping in the amazon, and what happens after this life in a human body. Erika has a new single called "Revolution" available on all streaming sites. More on Heartless Bastards and Erika: https://www.erikawennerstrom.com/ Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1
NASHVILLE | Bad Bonnaroo mushroom trip, life as a music journalist, Andrew Leahey sits in
August 04, 2020 03:00 - 39 minutes - 72.9 MBRolling Stone writer Andrew Leahey guests to talk about what it's like to make a living as a music journalist AND a touring artist in 2020. Surviving the music industry and the times where touring is no longer a viable living. Support the podcast: patreon.com/brettnewski1 More on Andrew: https://andrewleaheymusic.com/
SOUTH AFRICA part one | full lockdown, tour meltdowns in S Africa, life of an artist in Cape Town
July 28, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 76.9 MBJon Shaban (the SHABS) sits in to discuss the intense lockdown in Cape Town, as well as what it's like to tour and make a living as a South African indie artist. More on the SHABS: https://theshabs.com/ Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1
CLEVELAND & CHICAGO | work-life balance, quitting FOMO, salt of the earth livin, yelling Freebird.
July 20, 2020 23:10 - 25 minutes - 46.2 MBNewski illuminates on the quarantines great ability to tame all FOMO & boost our ability to be present. Travels thru the great midwest to play a few socially distanced outdoor shows. Support the pod: https://patreon.com/brettnewski1 More: https://brettnewski.com/
WILLY PORTER guests | healthy media diet, finding zen, quitting the hamster wheel, career lowlights that inspired us.
July 14, 2020 00:00 - 40 minutes - 75 MBLongtime road-dog and Milwaukee legend Willy Porter is on! Willy and I podcast in the woods and talk about upgrading mental health, career highlights/lowlights, the future of live music, and the feeling when you get a bad album review. More on Willy: https://willyporter.com/ Support the podcast by joining Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1
THE NEW MEDICINE | anxiety hacks, avoiding social media, boosting morale, finding purpose.
July 06, 2020 14:42 - 50 minutes - 92.6 MBAnxiety hacks, avoiding social media, boosting morale, finding purpose. Get Newski's Guide to Defeating Anxiety: https://brettnewski.com/newskinewsletter Support the pod: patreon.com/brettnewski1
DIY PUNK TOUR CIRCUIT | crusty basement parties, sleeping alongside rats, visiting Breaking Bad house, Kurt Cobain memorial
June 30, 2020 00:00 - 44 minutes - 80.8 MBMyles Coyne sits in to chat life on the DIY punk rock touring circuit. He talks about running out of money in California, encountering a glory hole, sleeping in vans with five men, & enlightening a racist punk band in Michigan. Shoutouts to John Davey, TEMPLE, Tiny Moving Parts and Cursive. Support the Pod: patreon.com/brettnewski1
OLD AMERICAN SOUTH | band attends exorcism, Gator hunting, first Andy Frasco encounter
June 25, 2020 22:25 - 30 minutes - 56.3 MBThe band tours the deep south and gets weird in Florida. They stay with an alligator hunting man. Spatola attends an exorcism. Donate a band sandwich: https://www.paypal.me/brettnewski Support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 Grab a tour shirt: https://brettnewski.com/merch
MILES NIELSEN part II | shutting down hecklers, pub fights, comparing yourself online, playing the long game.
June 23, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 83.1 MBMiles and Brett chat about combating hecklers, bar brawls on tour, playing the long game and how to survive the apocalypse. Support Miles: https://www.milesnielsen.com/music Support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1
MILES NIELSEN part I | Germany tour drug bust, building long-lasting relationships, internet trolls, mental health
June 19, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 67.4 MBMiles Nielsen guests! He is the frontman for Rockford, IL rock band Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts. He is the son of Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen. Miles has toured the planet and plays over 100 shows per year. He also has a band with his father called "The Nielsen Trust". Support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 More: https://www.milesnielsen.com/ https://brettnewski.com/
BEST OF HIGH SCHOOL BULLY STORIES
June 16, 2020 00:00 - 41 minutes - 76.7 MBNewski addresses current events before the episode. Spatola goes off! Full rated R stories from his high school adventures: fights with teachers, co-workers hooking up in the gym office, worst bully stories. Enjoy! Support the podcast: https://patreon.com/brettnewski1 More: https://brettnewski.com/
IRELAND | festival in an ice storm, ecstasy, sleeping on grown men,
June 12, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes - 44.6 MBNewski teams up with Irish backing-band FOX JAW and tours the country. He wakes up deaf in a wet tent in Ireland after a party disaster. Newski's brother Ben sits in as co-host. The brothers discuss their collegiate basketball careers and fights in practice. Support the Pod: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 More: https://brettnewski.com/
LIVE PODCAST! Vietnam hospital visits, road bloopers, learning the music business, fan Q&A
June 09, 2020 00:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBFirst live pod ever! Newski and Spatola answer fan questions. Newski gets a $10 endoscopy in a budget Vietnam hospital. Spatola's friend gets busted by his grandma for watching "prono". Learning to drive stickshift in downtown Johannesburg, S Africa. Drummer problems and road bloopers. Plus, learning the music business and making a living on the road. Support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 Grab a "Failed Hipster" shirt: https://brettnewski.com/merch/failed-hipster-...
VIETNAM | living in Saigon, getting robbed, road rage, man tries to sell us a grenade,
June 05, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBNewski lives in Vietnam for two years and tell all: motorbike crashes, Saigon road rage, getting robbed, and smoking nicotine out of a car muffler in a rice field. Brett works as his brothers makeshift agent and gets him signed to the ASEAN pro basketball league. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 More on Brett Newski: https://brettnewski.com/
LA part one | Heroin house, Violent Femmes tour, Homeless man attack, Smoking with Jenny Lewis
June 02, 2020 02:10 - 21 minutes - 39.4 MBHollywood! The land of shattered dreams! Newski crashes on the floor of a hard drug dealing couple, visits Skid Row, smokes a cone joint with Jenny Lewis, & tours with fellow Milwaukee band Violent Femmes. Spatola co-hosts this one. Travel. Los Angeles. Music.
South & Central America | Meeting Escobar, death at soccer game, volcano sledding
May 29, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 41.4 MBBrett encounters a deadly soccer match in Buenos Aires, meets Pablo Escobars right hand man, and slides down an ash rock volcano in Nicaragua. Sketchiest episode to date. Travel. Music. Comedy.
Michigan and Ohio | angry house concert hosts, Packers locker room, sitting in with Barenaked Ladies
May 26, 2020 01:00 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MBThe fellas tour the midwest and discuss getting into the Green Bay Packers locker room, playing a house concert for an angry divorced couple in Michigan, sitting in with Barenaked Ladies. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 Site: https://brettnewski.com/
LA part two | Meeting Shaq, Scientology encounters, Chuck Ragan Tour
May 22, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 29.2 MBThe land of shattered dreams! Los Angeles Brett meets Shaq and Kobe...plus San Francisco punk squat failure and Scientology mothership encounters. Travel. Comedy. Music. Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BrettNewski1 Official site: https://brettnewski.com/podcast
Belgium | City shutdown post Paris attacks, rooftop show in Brussels
May 19, 2020 23:54 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBAll gigs in Brussels shut down after the Paris attacks, except Newski's. The band tours around Belgium and encounters odd characters and hilarious lodging. Travel. Music.
Northeast USA: Better than Ezra Tour, Preakness Horse Race
May 12, 2020 21:44 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBBrett goes on tour with his childhood heroes, Better than Ezra along the east coast. Travel, Music, Comedy, Adventure.
Northeast USA: Better than Ezra Tour
May 12, 2020 15:11 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBBrett goes on tour with his childhood heroes, Better than Ezra along the east coast. Travel, Music, Comedy, Adventure.
Switzerland
May 09, 2020 16:18 - 20 minutes - 38.8 MBAmerican musicians face a Police shakedown at the Swiss border, stay in a pube ridden hotel, and perform at Blueballs Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland.