TraegerMethod Podcast
101 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsWest Coast America-centric punk / indie cultural history as told by the people who lived it with a dose of mindfulness and non-duality talk. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-traeger/support
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Episodes
Episode 89: Chris Squire (Part 2 with San Diego punk legend)
March 29, 2024 21:27 - 1 hour - 143 MBEpisode 89 marks the return Chris Squire for part 2 of our series that tells a history of San Diego punk through the life and lens of one of the scene’s legends. Our conversation picks up where the last one left off in the latter part of 80’s toward the end of Squire’s high school career and the end of the old school SD punk scene. Part 2 moves into the acid drenched, post-hardcore years that in many ways were just as wild and wooly as the earlier period but were far more experimental and f...
Episode 88: Paul Schlesinger (Los Angeles Clowning/First TM Pod guest returns!)
March 17, 2024 03:19 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBEpisode 88 marks the return of TM Pod’s VERY FIRST guest Los Angeles based creative / clown Paul Schlesinger. Paul is one of my best friends and favorite collaborators so it’s a special pleasure to catch up with him in the pod context. Our conversation focuses on his life today learning, producing and performing in the very happening LA ‘clown community’. He explains that modern clowning has roots stretching back to European traditional clowning and the circus clowns which most of us thin...
Episode 87: The pod returns with Sean Kelly!
March 01, 2024 21:53 - 2 hours - 116 MBThe podcast is back. We were gone for a spell. Now we’re back. Episode 87 finds us easing back into the podwaters with a low-key ‘comfort food’ conversation between myself and TMpod regular Sean Kelly (father, Tight Bros From Way Back When, SUBPOP, K Records, west coast punk rock real one) We share a warm hearted conversation that touches on the joy of vinyl records, old guitars, self directed programs of learning and growing and other stuff that confirms we are walking, talking embodied cl...
Episode 86: Bobby Lane ( Early San Diego punk flyer artist, tattooer)
October 17, 2023 00:12 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBHello and welcome! Our ‘Legends of San Diego Punk’ series continues on the pod… Episode 86 is a conversation with one of the great flyer artists of early 80’s ‘Slow Death’ scene, the very talented artist / tattooer Bobby Lane. Bobby paints a picture of his experiences going to his first shows as a teenager in 1980 just as the ‘hardcore’ era was adding a new even more aggressive and stripped down feel to the punk/new wave style that came before. He shares memories of San Diego / Los Angel...
Episode 85: Chris Squire (Part one with this San Diego punk legend)
October 02, 2023 22:58 - 2 hours - 114 MBHello and Welcome, dear listener. Episode 86 is the beginning of a conversation with San Diego punk legend Chris Squire. Chris has done it all, he’s run a record label, booked bands, done sound production, and he’s either sung, played bass, guitar or drums in a ton of bands; PG13, The Tori Cobras, Belle Cora, Tit Wrench, Tiltwheel, Battalion of Saints, Russian Tremors, Kerosene, Tar Halos, Dark Sarcasm, TV Eye, Digital Leather, Bizarro Son, No Laughing Matter, Dog Boy, Royal Pains, Half ...
Episode 84: Lia Friedman and Britt Neubacher celebrate the life of Rick Froberg
September 17, 2023 23:06 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBEpisode 84 is a conversation between myself, Lia Friedman and Britt Neubacher celebrating the life of artist and musician Rick Froberg. Lia and Britt have been friends for decades and the two were close friends of Rick’s going back to the 80’s. Britt tells us how in recent years her relationship with Rick transformed into an intimate partnership that she felt was still only beginning at the time of his untimely death. While Britt is a new friend of mine, I’ve known Lia since we were classma...
Episode 83: Brian Gathy (End On End Podcast, DC punk)
August 26, 2023 20:27 - 2 hours - 115 MBEpisode 83 is a conversation with prolific podcaster and veteran DC punk Brian Gathy. Brian is co-host of End On End, a pod that examines every Discord Records title in the order they were released, he also singlehandedly produces and hosts The Unanimous Hour dedicated to deciphering the fractal brilliance of DC band Lungfish’s catalog of songs as well as Dweller On the Threshold which explores the music of Van Morrison. Our conversation touches on those projects but the bulk of our talk ...
Episode 82: Sean Kelly Returns!
August 11, 2023 22:34 - 2 hours - 153 MBEpisode 82 is a free-form conversation with TMpod bestie Sean Kelly (Tight Bros From Way Back When bassist, Derrick Tape originator, Father etc.) Together we talk: Sean's pre-punk years as a Marine kid moving around, Toronto radio in the early 80's, San Diego 'Alternative' format pioneer 91X, the lives and careers of Sinead O'Connor and Pee Wee Herman, UFO/UAP disclosure, the horrors of Late-Stage Capitalism, and our mutual rediscovered love of playing music and musical gear among other sub...
Episode 81: Jason bends and folds time while sharing some musical flow and love to TM pod listeners
July 26, 2023 23:42 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBHello Deathless Neverborn, I had to toss a conversation with previous TM pod guest Don Ankrom because of some technical difficulties (aka heavy nose breathing on my part and a non-stop barking wiener dog named Enzo) so I am offering TM pod listeners a remix of that episode's introduction with some of my music thrown in for color and intrigue. It's a new twist on the podcast you love. ...you do love it right? Some links of people and places mentioned in the episode: Host of the open mic I ...
Episode 80: Rick Froberg Remembered
July 08, 2023 16:51 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBEpisode 80 is a celebration of Rick Froberg's life and a celebration of life in general. I'm flying solo here, strolling down memory lane on a summer morning. When I started the TMpod I did so with the goal of connecting and reconnecting with old friends and sharing those conversations with whoever might want to listen. Rick was an early guest (Episode 15) because he was top of my list of people I wanted to reconnect with. I loved the guy even though we hadn't hung out in years. I always to...
Episode 79: The Return of Tony Rettman! (Why Be Something That You’re Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985 2nd edition)
June 19, 2023 22:51 - 1 hour - 102 MBTraegerMethod Pod Episode 79 celebrates the return of writer, NO IDOLS HC kingpin Tony Rettman! Tony has literally written the book on hardcore punk having penned three crucial books on the subject; NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 , Straight Edge and his first book Why Be Something That You’re Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985. That book is about to be reissued in a new edition on June 21st through Revelation Records.Tony will have 100 signed copies with the rare green cover available thr...
Episode 78: The Very Special "Jason finally got Covid-19" Special
May 27, 2023 21:24 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBAs the episode title suggests Episode 78 is The Very Special ‘Jason finally got Covid 19’ Special episode of the TM pod. A solo thang recorded straight from my sick bed, in it I share some body sounds and assorted horror, tales of the virus, live music reviews, thoughts on my own musical journey and our entertainment saturated culture and some of my current flix pix from the streaming services. I also celebrate the lives and music of Tina Turner and Elliot Smith. Heretofore and furthermore...
Episode 77: Hutch Harris
May 20, 2023 02:55 - 2 hours - 104 MBHello and welcome and HAPPY SPRING. Episode 77 is the return of Hutch Harris to the pod. We talk about the formation of his new band Clear Rivers with Jordan Hudson the original drummer of his beloved former band The Thermals. The band's recently released self titled LP is out now and it's a smash that listeners must check out. We also talk pretty extensively about psychedelics and the pro's and cons of altered states of mind. There's also a bit of discussion of home recording and the diffe...
Episode 76: Marc Maxey (Justice League, Pollen Art Inland Empire 80's punk)
April 28, 2023 22:42 - 2 hours - 130 MBHere's a different way to do show notes. EPISODE 76 Intro: Spring has arrived. Mindfulness. GUEST: Marc Maxey Bio: bass / guitar / singer Justice League, Pollen Art, The Killing Flame, Slothfist Co-owner (with Justice League bandmate Ryan Hoffman) of Quiet Panic Records Date/Place of our first meeting: Southern California Early/mid 1980’s Conversation notes: Inland Empire/Pomona punk history: Toxic Shock Records Fartblossom Records / Bob Durkee Straight edge hardcore histo...
Episode 75: Gary Floyd (The Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)
April 07, 2023 20:34 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBHello and welcome! Episode 75 is a conversation with my old friend, Texas / Bay Area punk legend Gary Floyd. Possessing one of the most distinctive, soulful voices of the first wave of US hardcore punk fronting his band The Dicks Gary was always more than a singer; he was a trailblazing ‘out’ queer icon from the get-go. I mean just consider what it meant to be punk band in Texas called ‘The Dicks’ with a communist hammer and sickle in their logo fronted by a singer who at times looked like...
Episode 74: Christopher Sutton (The Dirt Bombs, The Gossip, Dub Narcotic Sound System etc.)
March 24, 2023 22:21 - 1 hour - 107 MBIt has been my great privilege to count this week’s guest low-end legend Christopher Sutton as a friend for near three decades now. Episode 74 marks his TMpod debut, the first of many appearances I hope! The conversation starts at the beginning, wherein we meet a young Chris in the 80’s walking down the strip mall streets of his hometown of Lacey, WA carrying his new $208 bass guitar toward home where he would begin practicing his hair metal bass shredding. It wasn’t until his mom insiste...
Episode 73: Gabe Dinger (Stand-up Comic, Portland Punk)
March 11, 2023 00:30 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBWe’ve had run of Olympia music history episodes on the pod but with this one we’re heading south on i-5 and sprinkling in some stand-up comedy history. Episode 73 is a conversation with my good friend, stand-up comic and 90’s/00’s Portland punk Gabe Dinger. Now based in Los Angeles, Gabe and I met in 2011 when we were both working the stand-up stages of Portland. Gabe was one of my favorite established comics on the scene and after becoming friends we bonded further on our shared punk hist...
Episode 72: Pete Chramiec (Verbal Assault) returns!
February 18, 2023 21:56 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBSo good to have Pete back on the pod. This episode Pete Chramiec and I stretch the very definition of what a podcast can be. For instance, together we prove that a podcast CAN consist of two late-middle age men looking through some old stickers and flyers in real time. We also demonstrate that if you space out a guest’s appearances it really doesn’t matter if we tell the same stories we’ve already talked about. Podcasting is a very intimate medium, I hope my voice feels like the voice of a...
Episode 71: Blaine Cook (The Fartz, 10 Minute Warning, The Accused, Toe Tag, Accused AD)
January 28, 2023 04:28 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBIt was a real thrill talking with Seattle punk/hardcore/thrash LEGEND Blaine Cook for episode 71. As a kid coming of age in the pre-Grunge Seattle punk scene of the early 80’s, for me and my friends The Fartz set the standard of what it meant to be a hardcore band. Their name sometimes drew snickers from the uninitiated but the intensity of their live shows and recordings, which owed everything to Blaine’s guttural sandpaper delivery, immediately dispelled any idea that this was some kind o...
Episode 70: Jason solo Mini-sode (Overcoming resistance, seeing The Mona Reels live, is Mick Jagger a golfer?)
January 13, 2023 21:56 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBEpisode 70 is a SOLO MINI-SODE. I've decided that here in season/year three of the podcast I am going to release an interview episode and a solo episode alternating weekly. If you subscribe and support the pod because you love the conversations I have with musicians, artists and friends NOTHING IS CHANGING you will still get an episode like that every other week, just like you've been getting. The difference is now you will ALSO be getting another episode in-between those ones. These solo...
Episode 69: Jared Warren (Unwound reunion, Big Business, Karp, The Melvins, Tight Bros)
January 07, 2023 05:10 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBEpisode 69 (...grow up) is a conversation with low-end god and Oly punk legend, Jared Warren. Jared has kept it heavy since high school where he met his KARP bandmates, the late Scott Jernigan and guitarist Chris Smith. From those beginnings he has gone on to front and play in several legendary combos, The Tight Bros From Way Back When, The Whip, and his current and most enduring job fronting and playing bass in his Big Business , his mega-duo with drummer Cody Willis. Big Business joined f...
Episode 68: Jason's New Years Eve/Day Reflections and Projections (Non-Duality talk)
January 02, 2023 02:04 - 54 minutes - 43.3 MBHAPPY NEW YEAR TM POD LISTENERS! This episode I say goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023 with some reflections and projections on them both. The bulk of the episode is dedicated to examining the non-dual perspective that has so informed and made possible the transformation I’ve experienced since a profound depressive episode at the end of 2021. Hopefully some of what I share is useful and helpful to listeners who might struggle with being ok and finding joy in their lives. Here’s some of the...
Episode 67: Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill, the podcast return of...)
December 10, 2022 02:32 - 2 hours - 123 MBEpisode 67 features the return of Tobi Vail to the pod! Last time she was on we spent most of the episode covering her musical / cultural biography, growing up punk rock in western Washington. This time around we focus primarily on her life today, making music at home and in residencies with groups like Girlsperm and Morgan and the Organ Donors when not touring the world with the newly reformed Bikini Kill. We hear her account of the fraught and sometimes alienating reality of touring in t...
Episode 66: Brandt Sandeno (Giant Henry/Unwound, Survival Knife, Olympia Music)
November 26, 2022 23:42 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBHappy (American) Thanksgiving to all TM pod listeners! I’m delighted to say TM pod ep. 66 marks the first ever podcast appearance, here or anywhere else, of musician, friend, founding Unwound member Brandt Sandeno! Brandt and I talk about his musical origin story beginning as a teen at Tumwater High School with his (pre-Unwound) Giant Henry bandmates Justin Trosper and Vern Rumsey. He describes how as a passionate guitarist, he was the band’s drummer out of necessity and was happy to turn o...
EPISODE 65 : TAE WON YU Returns! (Antiquarian Sticker Book: Imaginarium, artist, musician)
November 12, 2022 06:06 - 2 hours - 122 MBThe podcast is back baby! Artist, musician, dear friend of the pod, Tae Won Yu is also back! Season Three of the TMpod begins now with episode 65. I certainly don’t need any special excuse to have Tae on the pod but I am very pleased to be able to have him on at this moment to celebrate the release of The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Imaginarium. The new third installment of his much beloved and successful series on MacMillan/Odd Dot. Tae and I talk about the book and his process and experien...
Episode 64: The return of Lord Shanty aka OMA aka Andy Newton (old school San Diego punk/skater)
August 05, 2022 05:23 - 1 hour - 108 MBThis week’s episode marks the return of pod favorite, old school San Diego ‘Slow Death’ punk and underground skate legend Andy Newton aka OMA aka Old Man Andy aka Lord Shanty. Our freewheeling conversation takes the listener back to his pre-punk teenage years when he was listening to Ted Nugent, ditchin’ school, skating drainage ditches and smoking ditch weed as a member of The Chula Vista Cruisers skate team. Andy breaks down the legendary spots that preceded the arrival of the first skate...
Episode 63: Jason Returns!
July 28, 2022 02:50 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThe pod is back! This episode I let you all in on what’s been going on, how it’s going now and where the pod is going in the future. I explain how a couple of months ago pod momentum and all creative practices were derailed by a series of unforeseen illnesses in the family. Life suddenly got very focused on my immediate reality and not much else. I share some of the practices and teachings that have helped me through this challenging time, specifically the guidance I’ve found in the straigh...
Episode 62: Seth Lorinczi (DC Punk, Circus Lupus, Vile Cherubs, Author)
May 16, 2022 22:35 - 2 hours - 200 MBI didn't plan on taking a pod hiatus but that's what happened! Feels good to be back with EPISODE 62 a conversation with my dear friend, author, bassist, DC Punk, Seth Lorinczi. Our conversation covers how his early fascination with the 70's Mod Revival led him to 60's garage rock and punk before discovering and becoming enmeshed in the very vital, now-legendary harDCore scene happening right in his own backyard. Seth tells us about reuniting as a teenager with his childhood best friend Ti...
Spring Break Check-in / First solo music shows in 20 years
April 26, 2022 23:08 - 6 minutes - 5.22 MBA short update on all things TraegerMethod and a springtime message of gratitude to all pod guests, listeners and supporters. Check out Jason's upcoming shows with Hutch Harris! new episodes COMING SOON! April 29th Astoria OR May 1st Portland @ Kelly's Olympian downtown Music: The Fartz 'You Got a Brain' Other music by jason --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-traeger/support
Episode 61: Pete Chramiec (Verbal Assault reunion shows)
April 02, 2022 02:35 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBFreshly returned from his recent east coast Verbal Assault reunion tour, Pete Chramiec has returned to the TMpod as well. It is always a delight to catch up with Pete. Our conversation covers his experience on the VA 'two-er' (the band played two shows), his fear of having preshow diarrhea (he didn't!) and how wild it was for this 'humble carpenter' to take the stage again after all these years. We cover a ton of other stuff like house building, A-frames, my job at Amazon and the madness a...
Episode 60: Pete Normal (Punk Rock Therapist)
March 22, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBEpisode 60 is a conversation with west coast punk rock veteran and practicing therapist Pete Normal. Though we never met 'back in the day' our time spent in many of the same cities and our web of mutual friendships made talking with Pete feel like I was visiting with an old friend. In addition to our shared cultural and musical history we share a deep interest in mental health, personal transformation and spiritual growth. We talk about how his life in music and his interest in these subje...
Episode 59: Arrington de Dionyso (Old Time Relijun, Musician, Artist)
March 06, 2022 21:45 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBEpisode 59 is a conversation with my old friend Olympia based musician, artist, world / interdimensional traveller, Arrington de Dionyso. It was so good to sit down with Arrington in person in my painting studio a couple weeks back to record this conversation. I've long admired his singular, steadfast approach to art and music making over the decades we've been friends. His passion and creative fire shines through in everything he does and this light has been a consistent inspiration to me ...
Episode 58: Hutch Harris (Suck Up All the Oxygen LP, The Thermals, Clear Rivers)
February 26, 2022 21:14 - 1 hour - 109 MBMy guest this week is Portland based singer, songwriter of insanely catchy punk music Hutch Harris. You know Hutch from his years fronting The Thermals and if you're hip, you are keeping up with his new solo music exemplified by his perfect Covid-era lofi bedroom LP 'Suck Up All the Oxygen'. During our conversation he also tells us we can look forward to listening to his new band Clear Rivers. We talk about Hutch's life in music and we get deep into his love of the TraegerMethod podcast. T...
Episode 57: Cynthia Connolly (Minor Threat, Dischord House, 1982 Photo box set)
February 19, 2022 01:23 - 1 hour - 96 MBIt's been a little over a month since our last episode, and it feels good to be back with a return guest: photographer, artist, roots DC/LA punk Cynthia Connolly. We talk about her new Minor Threat, Dischord House, 1982 photo box set release and the epic heaps of work, reflection and feeling that went into making the project a reality. Speaking of work, we also talk in depth about my new job at a local Amazon sortation center and how surprised I have been by how much I like it. We also talk ...
Episode 56: Nariko Ott (stand-up comic / friend) and Jason talking Jan 6th one year anniversary.
January 07, 2022 01:53 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBEpisode 56 is a TMpod first: I'm dropping this one the same day it was recorded. This one is fresh out of the pod oven! My guest Portland based stand-up comic Nariko Ott is one of my favorite comics, a good friend and someone whose class conscious politics always resonate with me. Even though we're talking about the Jan 6th attempted coup and the rising fascist tide in America we still manage to have some laughs and share hopeful ideas about how to survive and win in our increasingly dystop...
Episode 55: Jackie Stewart (Smegma, The Tenses)
December 21, 2021 04:38 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBEpisode 55 is conversation with "Rock and Roll Jackie" Stewart of legendary west coast noise/experimentalists SMEGMA. She also makes music today as half of The Tenses with her partner and Smegma founder Ric "Ju Suk Reet Meate" Stewart. Jackie joined Smegma in 1983, ten years after the collective was founded in Pasadena, CA. but her west coast underground bone fides stretch back before the 'Summer of Love'. She tells us about seeing the Grateful Dead playing on a flatbed truck in the panhandl...
Episode 54: Nicky Thomas (Fire Party, Mavis Piggott)
December 04, 2021 02:53 - 1 hour - 78 MBTM pod is one year old! This week we celebrate with a very special friend to everyone at the pod (me)... Nicky Thomas! Nicky was drummer extraordinaire behind 80's Dischord / DC legends Fire Party, great Seattle 90's band Mavis Piggott and today she plays with bay area mods Hard Left. As you'll hear there were many bands and collabs before and in-between these notables. Of course with a new covid variant on the way her current band isn't playing much but she tells us she's working on a mem...
Episode 53: Sam Knee ('A Scene In Between' book and instagram feed)
November 16, 2021 21:50 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBThis week’s episode is a transatlantic conversation with Sam Knee, UK based creator of the always impressive and seemingly endless ‘A Scene In Between’ instagram feed and author/compiler of the book by the same name which is available now in a new revised edition. Sam and I talk about his life in music and fashion beginning with his immersion in the UK’s early 80’s Mod Revival through his years in the Indie guitar pop/garage rock scene documented in the ‘A Scene In Between’ book, into his t...
Episode 52: Peter David Connelly (The Mona Reels 'Without Love')
November 03, 2021 20:30 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBEpisode 52 is a conversation with brilliant Olympia-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter David Connelly aka The Mona Reels. His new album ‘Without Love’ is collection of songs that sound like classics you’ve loved all your life but are hearing for the first time. I just love it. We talk about the album and the creative process, we get into his history, arriving in Olympia in the early 90’s as a tween from Ellensberg, Wa. As a teen, he rejected the bustling local scene in ...
EPISODE 51: John Yates (Stealworks, artist, former Atlernative Tentacles co-worker)
October 27, 2021 22:41 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBHello and welcome to TM pod SEASON TWO Episode 51 with my guest, the prolific, punk rock, political graphic art legend John Yates. John and I met in San Francisco in the late 80's when we both worked for Jello Biafra at Alternative Tentacles. We've been in touch off and on ever since and I've never stopped admiring his artistic output over the decades. We talk about our time together in that very vital era of SF music before and after the dawn of the 90's. Working at the label gave us acces...
Episode 50 Part Two: Ian MacKaye
October 19, 2021 04:12 - 1 hour - 63 MBTM Pod is back after a two week break with a special two part Episode 50 featuring guest Ian MacKaye. Part two of Jason’s conversation with guest Ian MacKaye covers a very broad range of topics from the mystery of the cosmos to the difference between a Plymouth Scamp and Plymouth Duster (there isn’t much). It’s a fun conversation between two old friends. Thank you for listening! Music: Fugazi 'Great Cop' Coricky 'Woulda Coulda' TM pod Theme by Jason Support the podcast: Traegermetho...
Episode 50 Part One: Ian MacKaye
October 19, 2021 03:53 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBTM Pod is back after a two week break with a special two part Episode 50 featuring guest Ian MacKaye. Part One of the conversation focuses primarily on the hardcore years of the early 80's. Ian shares memories of barebones tours with Minor Threat, road tripping in vans, buses and drive-away cars, crashing in punk houses and wild (and sometimes surprisingly quiet) punk shows. With a friendship stretching back to the mid 80's, "Birthday Twins" Ian and host Jason have more than just a birthda...
Episode 49: Jon 'Quitty' Quittner (Brent's TV, Pinhead Gunpowder, Mukilteo Fairies, Behead the Prophet N.L.S.L.)
September 28, 2021 22:30 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBEpisode 49 is a conversation with Jon “Quitty” Quittner. Listeners will remember Quitty’s previous appearance along with his Tight Bros From Way Back When bandmate (and last week’s guest) Sean Kelly on TM Pod Episode 30. That conversation focused on the phenomenon known as ‘The Derek Tape’ This conversation Jason and Quitty discuss his earlier bands: Pinhead Gunpowder, Brent’s TV, Mukilteo Fairies, and Behead the Prophet N.L.S.L. The episode closes with a taped phone call made in 1990 bet...
Episode 48: Sean Kelly is a father now.
September 21, 2021 02:29 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBThis episode Jason talks with return guest Sean Kelly (Tight Bros From Way Back When, Derek Tape) about becoming a father for the first time two weeks ago. They also talk about Woodstock '99. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Music: Capitol Punishment 'El Salvador' Code of Honor 'What Price Will You Pay?' No Labels 'Ego' TM Theme by Jason. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-traeger/support
Episode 47: Star Athena (Olympia bands Subdebs, Flying Tigers)
September 07, 2021 19:38 - 1 hour - 112 MBEpisode 47 Jason catches up with his ex-wife, Los Angeles raised, former Olympia punk, now fellow Portlander Star Athena. The two talk about Star's experience growing up in Los Angeles. Raised in a westside apartment down the hall from Punky Meadows, frontman of Casablanca recording artists Angel. Her brother Heath played in many LA bands, doing a stint with Angry Samoans among others. She talks about how as a teen going to punk shows she was repulsed by the sexual violence and harassment ...
Episode 46: Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Sex Stains, Riot Grrrl)
August 30, 2021 15:59 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBTM pod 46 is a first for the podcast in three ways: it is the first episode recorded with a guest face to face, it’s the first one recorded outdoors and it’s the first time Jason has talked with singer, writer, podcaster, and OG Riot Grrrl Allison Wolfe. The two old friends cover her formative years in Olympia, where they met in the mid 90’s. They explore Allison’s multi-decade, ongoing run fronting more than half a dozen punk bands beginning with her ground zero Riot Grrrl band Bratmobile ...
Episode 45: Eugene S. Robinson (Oxbow/ Whipping Boy/ Author/ Martial Artist)
August 24, 2021 02:30 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBEpisode 45: Jason speaks with acclaimed writer, musician and martial artist Eugene S. Robinson. Listeners will recall his previous appearance on TM pod ep. 38 which explored the enigmatic late 80’s/early 90’s bay area Rollins doppelgänger Mark Sperry. This time Jason focuses on Eugene’s incredible life story: his days as a kid coming of age on the gang dominated streets of Brooklyn, his teen years split between the discotheques and punk clubs of 70’s Manhattan, to his long and legendary ca...
Episode 44: Bucky Sinister (writer, stand-up comic, east bay punk)
August 17, 2021 00:46 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBEpisode 44 is a conversation with Los Angeles based writer, stand-up comic, competitive kettle-bell athlete and old school East Bay punk (via Arkansas) Bucky Sinister. The conversation begins by revisiting a subject explored in prior episodes, the late 80’s / early 90’s SF Henry Rollins-doppelganger Mark Sperry, who was a friend of his in that period. He offers insight and shares his admiration for Sperry. The two get into Bucky’s biography, his discovery of punk rock, his move from Arkans...
Episode 43: Pete Chramiec (Verbal Assault Reunion Shows)
August 09, 2021 23:47 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBThis week Jason talks with TM pod regular, Pete Chramiec about the recently announced Verbal Assault reunion shows scheduled to take place Sept. 2021 in New England. Pete shares his concern that the newly surging Covid-19 Delta Variant may lead to the postponement of the dates but as of now they are very much a go. He talks about his recent trip back east to practice with the band and how much fun it was to revisit their set after a silence of 30 years. The two get deep into the reeds with ...
Episode 42: Fernando 'Ferny' Cruz Jr / Run For Your Fucking Life
August 02, 2021 21:26 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBThis week Jason talks with Fernando ‘Ferny’ Cruz Jr. about his formative musical years with San Diego (more specifically Chula Vista) hardcore madmen Run For Your Fucking Life. The band cut a swath of music and mayhem through endless house parties, desert generator shows and clubs from 1994-2001. The 2019 passing of their beloved singer Jason Weedon has inspired the remaining members to reissue their classic self titled LP this summer on 31G records. Ferny tells us about the trials and trib...