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Worst Little Podcast

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S14E21 Larry Cooper: Must Die

July 03, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

We had a cozy healing session with thee magic man himself Mr Larry Cooper.  Larry is a talented multi-instrumentalist whose musical hustles include being the bassist for artsy pop rockers Roxxy Collie and often sitting in with his homies in the Grimtones or maybe you’ve been blown away by his solo work. His debut solo […]

#555 S14E20 Voidsinger 

June 26, 2024 17:18 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

This week’s guests are industrial dark wave songsters Voidsinger. Casey Fritz and Rob Pelikan’s music is like Love and Rockets mixed with New Order and maybe a dash of Ministry’s With Sympathy. Incorporating hip hop and grunge and just about any genre they like. They have made ten albums in a year and a half. […]

S14E19 WITTIKKA- Dark Wavers

June 19, 2024 07:29 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MB

We are back with a brand new episode featuring dark wave goth vibers WITTIKKA. This trio consists of Daniel on guitar Dave on drums and computer programs, and James on bass and vocals. Dave points out that James is the visionary front man providing lyrics as well. James insists it’s a group effort.  Their sound […]

#553 S14E18 FATHER’S DAY! With Johnny Bailey, Max Volume, Nick & Quinn Ramirez

June 12, 2024 12:26 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

This week we’re celebrating Dads! Nicks dad Nick and Nicks grown kid Quinn Ramirez, joined by KOZZ’s star DJ, Max Volume (Glenn Bailey) and his son, our friend Johnny Bailey of the ripping rock group Rigorous Proof shoot the shit about rock musicians, cars, podcasts, family upbringing and of course what being a dad means. […]

#552 S14E17 Dennis McDonald: DJ DMac and the State of the Cellar 

June 05, 2024 18:17 - 1 hour - 71 MB

We had our friend Dennis McDonald on last year, where he came on the show and played us tracks from 6 of his favorite bands who have graced the Cellar Stage at Alturas bar on 4th street, Dennis’ dream job here in the biggest little city. The episode was a hit, and some listeners wanted […]

S14E16: KNVC 95.1 FM: On The Air With Funk & Houk

May 29, 2024 12:47 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

95.1 FM KNVC is community radio programmed for the people by the people, headed up by Steve Funk and Will Houk who, much to our pleasure and invite, dropped by the Dogwater Studios to give us the four one one on what’s happening with their totally rad homegrown radio station in Carson City.  For one […]

#550 S14E15 Dave Berry: Long Road Driven 

May 22, 2024 18:19 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

This week for our 550th episode, we have a personal hero of ours, family man, talented athlete, songwriter and brilliant guitarist Dave Berry of the well known rocking funk outfit Jelly Bread.  We first talked with him way back in the first season of the podcast, 2011, towards the end of his then band PufferBilly.  […]

#549 S14E14 Greybush- Tyler Goes To Knob Noster

May 08, 2024 23:30 - 1 hour - 101 MB

This week we have a great zoom chat with Tyler Edwards from the NorCal metal group Greybush.  Tyler says the name is because they’re men of a certain age and the changing colors not unlike the foliage in the fall. This isn’t their first rodeo in the music scene and with age comes experience and […]

S14E13-Divine Defecation: Talkin’ Sh!t

May 01, 2024 18:20 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Holy shit! This week’s guests hail from one of our musical sister cities, Nevada City California. With Tony on drums, “Poop”Nick on guitar and demonic vocals and Sage on bass. Devine Defecation are a tight dirty chunky Cookie Monster, stoner deathcore Heavy Metal thrash band,(I think that covers it) that are not to be poo […]

S14E12 Winnemucca Brown- Take You To Brown Town

April 24, 2024 18:26 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Our guest this week is a man of many names, Freddie Fretless on Facebook, Jerry Leon in real life and his musical moniker Winnemucca Brown. He hitched  his wagon all the way from eastern Nevada, take a guess where specifically. That’s right we win more than a Mucca this week as joining Jerry is his beautiful […]

S14 E10 repost: Rhiannon Box- Hello Unicorns, Goodbye Horses

April 15, 2024 17:53 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

*we don’t know why but this episode disappeared, hence the repost. Enjoy! For our last installment of this year’s Women’s March, we have our good friend and multi-talented queen of the scene, Rhiannon Box!  When she’s not styling hair, heading up a theater company, creating award winning short films, or jamming with her band Stabby […]

S14E11 Bobby Joe Ebola & the Children MacNuggits: Phoning It In For The Win

April 11, 2024 04:34 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MB

MacNuggits: Phoning It In For Room a zoom Zoom! Kim, Nick and Dogwater Dick were all able to podcast from the comfort of their own phones or computers as did our guest Dan Abbott from the band Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits. These songs are all different genres mixed, telling detailed epic stories […]

S14E10 Rhiannon Box- Hello Unicorns, Goodbye Horses

March 27, 2024 22:22 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

For our last installment of this years Women’s March we have our good friend and multi talented queen of the scene, Rhiannon Box!  When she’s not styling hair, heading up a theater company, creating award winning short films, or jamming with her band Stabby Unicorn, you might catch her at a pinball tournament, or she […]

S14E9 Kat Heart- Wild At Heart

March 20, 2024 18:07 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MB

We’re halfway through our Women’s March and this week we’re joined by our friend and local folk rock hero Kat Heart! We were going to have one of her bands (Sierra Sirens, Kat Heart and the Business) on but the stars just didn’t align for that. Not to worry, Kat packed up her pedal board […]

S14E8- Kasey Christensen with Liam Kyle Cahill: Rock Soup

March 15, 2024 17:28 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

Our annual Women’s March continues with the soulful folk sounds of Kasey Christensen accompanied by her boyfriend, local folk hero Liam Kyle Cahill!  We had a ball getting to know this talented singer songwriter with her beautiful vocals and heartfelt songs.  Kasey also owns the popular restaurant Sűp so we talk a bit about that, […]

#542 S14E7 Robin Robinson-Burgled by Katherine Hepburn 

March 06, 2024 08:50 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MB

After illness and snowstorms, we are back! Kicking off our annual Women’s March salute to local ladies who make music, we have a blast from the past, singer songwriter Robin Robinson! Robin and Nick were friends back in the 90’s, attending open mics and local shows at old school Reno venues like the Blue Lamp […]

S14E6: Bang Marry Kill- Thank You So Hard

February 14, 2024 17:35 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

For Valentines we get bromantic. Three rad dudes from established Reno bands like Ostracized, Grimedog and Filipendejo among others, Lucas Grimes guitar and vocals, Tyrell Cruz bass and vocals and Kevin Montoya drums and vocals are the new super group and power trio BANG MARRY KILL. Funky and reminiscent of funny jam acts like Ween, […]

S14E5-Drought: High and Dry

February 07, 2024 06:18 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

We had a rocking good time hanging out with Trevor Lame-Vocals, Guitar Cheyenne Cha Cha-Bass and Jake Sticks-the drummer who are now collectively known as brand new baby low fi sonic punk band Drought. Only a half a year in the life of Drought and they’re already landing some great gigs and of course their […]

S14E4: No Healer-Nutria

January 31, 2024 18:41 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

This week on WLP we welcome Nevada City’s No Healer with Justin on drums, Barry guitar and vocals, and Blake on bass. They are a genuine, sonic garage, kickass rock and roll outfit. With influences like the Stooges, Dead Moon and the Sonics this power trio knows how to keep it raunchy, hooky, fast paced […]

S14E3: That’s What She Said-Canyon White

January 27, 2024 17:27 - 1 hour - 58 MB

We are back with folkin’ funny lady Canyon White! After a lengthy discussion about colonoscopies and cheeseburgers, we dive right into catching up with this longtime northern Nevada musical nomad, and friend of the show. Canyon always has a full schedule including hosting open mic sessions, radio shows and acoustic performances.  She is embarking on […]

S14E2: Death Means Profit: High Desert Crust Punks

January 18, 2024 17:53 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

Howdy Reno neighbors and neighborenos! We are back with a fresh new band to meet and explore. It’s 2024 and the young folks are still punk rocking for the betterment of mankind and for the sheer fun, absurdity and love of it all. These antiwar, pro equality anarcho-punx, Death Means Profit are comprised of Lilith […]

#536 S14 E1 Hardcore ‘24: The Latest Fashion 

January 13, 2024 08:43 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Welcome back and happy new year! Season 14 kicks off with the hardcore metal act The Latest Fashion!  With local luminaries in the Reno music scene, Chris Tuffino on drums, Benjamin Tyler Brown on bass, Tony Jensen on guitar, Corey Nuckolls also on guitar, and Jeremy Granata bringing the monster vocals. They’re all amazing musicians […]

#535 S13E43 The X-Mas Files 2023

December 22, 2023 18:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB

Join us for aur annual holiday episode and WLP Season 13 finale! It’s family, friends, kids and chaos.   We’ve got a Robert Earl Keen Christmas song from our buddy Breck Lee Durham (Trouble Show), a big cast that dwindles as we go, a few Christmas wishes, crying children, the Elvis story, therapy talk and a […]

S13E42-Nick’s Mix: They Say It’s Your Birthday!

December 15, 2023 03:28 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

It’s an OG WLP this week with all original hosts including Chewie, gathering in celebration of our Sagittarians, Rory, Nick and Rick, winding down season 13 and looking forward to the annual Xmas finale episode, a nice little break and our Season 14 premiere!  Music provided by One Ton Dually (w/Reverend Rory!), Roxxy Collie, Glitter […]

Triflin’ Bitches: The Bitches Curse

December 06, 2023 22:39 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

All dressed up and ready to go but wouldn’t you know it, as usual the Triflin’ Bitches LIVE episode was not to be. First it was Covid a couple years back, forcing a zoom episode, then another unexpected drama with a band member breaking up right before their next appearance, leading to a lackluster episode […]

S13E40-Vakker: Black Gaze

November 29, 2023 18:16 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

Our WLP correspondent Sophia Shortz does it again with an excellent booking for the show. New black metal shoe gaze group Vakker, with Ryan on drums, Chris on guitar, Noah on bass and Erin throwing down the vocals.  It was a great hang where we get a little history, and tracks currently titled Roman numerals […]

S13E39 Thanks For Listening To Chewie’s Mix Tape (NSFW)

November 22, 2023 23:29 - 1 hour - 77.5 MB

Kadillac Kim, Anna Mouse, Amy Lee, Nick, Chewie and Dogwater Dick all got together for a very special WLP Thanksgiving episode with music curated by Chewie! (Also known as Josh Martin.) Our dear friend and co host has created a fun, totally not safe for work mixtape from his collection of music by touring bands […]

repost#530 S13E38 ToneMark Sounds: Empire Records 

November 15, 2023 18:25 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

Greetings dear listeners! What do Eric Stangeland, Thee Saturday Knights, Heterophobia, ASCA, Vague Choir, Rhiannon Box, and Kanawha all have in common? They’re all badass bands and musicians from Reno, they’re all on ToneMark Sounds record label, and they’re all our musical guests this week, courtesy of Mark Earnest and Tony Ashworth, owners of the […]

#530 S13E38 ToneMark Sounds: Empire Records

November 15, 2023 07:05 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

Greetings dear listeners! What do Eric Stangeland, Thee Saturday Knights, Heterophobia, ASCA, Vague Choir, Rhiannon Box, and Kanawha all have in common? They’re all badass bands and musicians from Reno, they’re all on ToneMark Sounds record label, and they’re all our musical guests this week, courtesy of Mark Earnest and Tony Ashworth, owners of the […]

S13E37 Blunderbusst: Magic Busst!

November 08, 2023 18:46 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Join us this week as we journey into the mind and heart of the magic making duo known as Blunderbusst (and sometimes noise vessel Wizard Colors). Songwriter Jen Scaffidi sings vocals and plays guitar, holding down rhythm and melodies joined by the soundscapes and otherworldly guitar vibes of Carson Cessna.  Blunderbusst is a unique band […]

S13E36 Rigorous Proof: Boys To Men

November 02, 2023 02:19 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

Johnny Bailey on guitar and lead vox, Adam Landis (also from Greg Gilmore and the Fever Dreams) on keys and vox, Jake Cactus (also from the punk band Heterophobia) keeping the beat, and Bailey’s musical life mate Jesse Gaddis on bass. From middle school roots to becoming the Madorians when we first met them, to […]

S13E35 All Hallow’s Eve Spooktacular with Glitter Bats!

October 28, 2023 21:38 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

This week on the Worst Little Podcast, one of the inmates, err, former interns is hosting the show! Join Ian as he brings us the latest and greatest from gothic horror rockers Glitter Bats! Their haunted tones are the perfect vibe for your Halloween bash!  Freddie Ferox’s powerful voice and dark lyrics paint a frighteningly beautiful […]

S13E34 Deadly Gallows: Pirates of the High Desert

October 20, 2023 15:35 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

A vast ye matey! This week we have Reno pirate punk rock royalty, The Deadly Gallows! With John Underwood on banjo and trumpet, Hector Acevedo on guitar, Jason Ricketts on accordion, Jason Gingerballs on drums, Skylar Powers on bass, Alan Lyons on violin and mandolin, and Alex, the reluctant sax player.  Our guest host, the […]

S13E33 The Grimtones: Skin & Bones and Cover Songs 

October 11, 2023 17:15 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Sans keyboard player Michael Tegio, this week’s guest and lifelong friends,The Grimtones, brought a bunch of rad cover songs and a slew of funny to the Dogwater studios. They perform a couple live acoustic style and play us some new, full band recordings. We go through a bit of Grimtones history, dating back to their high […]

S13E32 “Handsome” Steven Hanson II!

October 04, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB

Our scheduled guest Blunderbusst came down with the flu and we were bummed, but Jen Scaffidi, sister of our intern Lee, had a plan. Jen suggested we have her friend on, Carson City singer songwriter, referred to by Jen as “Handsome” Steven Hanson II. Crisis averted!  Of course, like other friends of the show, Sophia […]

S13E31 Where Would You Haunt?: Doc Gruesome and Dark Corner Haunted House

September 27, 2023 19:52 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

This week we’re joined by Holly Spahr and Jack Karczewski from Dark Corner Haunt and our musical guest is dark hip hop artist Doc Gruesome!  Holly and Jack tell us all about their over the top, two level haunted house that starts this weekend and runs through October 31st at the National Bowling Stadium in […]

S13E30 Donkey Jaw, the Reverend and Renoites

September 20, 2023 17:06 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

This week we were joined by our podfather himself, Thee Reverend Rory Dowd, as well as Connor McQuivey , host of popular local podcast Renoites! Our musical guests are the kickass, pop punks Donkey Jaw.  Newish members, Jared on bass and Sean on guitar, were an absolute pleasure to get to know. Find out how […]

S13E29 ÜLTRA: All About That Bass

September 13, 2023 14:59 - 1 hour - 57 MB

This week is a banger episode with hardcore punk rockers ÜLTRA. Jacob McCoy on bass and vocals, and Taylor Sommer on drums and backup vocals.  Their sound is like thrashy, heavy skate punk with a vocal style reminiscent of Al Jorgensen. With themes ranging from suffering to bird watching.  They’re aggressive, trippy, a little dark […]

S13E28 Glass Tung-Cunning Linguists

August 30, 2023 15:45 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

Alex Ross “MorAl” and Johnny “Junes” Wilson are the two emcees behind one of Reno’s premier hip hop acts, Glass Tung. We were stoked to meet this dynamic duo at the Dogwater Studios for an outstanding display of skills, drive,and friendship.  Chewy, our resident expert in hip hop, made sure to come in for this […]

S13E27- Los Pistoleros-Tres Hombres

August 25, 2023 16:26 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

#520 Season 13 Episode 27 Our longtime amigos and Reno’s undisputed kings of psychobilly punk rock, Los Pistoleros, stopped by the Dogwater Studios to share the good news that they’re back as a power trio and they are en fuego! Fresh off an opening slot for punk legends FEAR, the Pistoleros share the good times […]

SUCKA PUNCH: Tales from the Punchbowl

August 16, 2023 21:02 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB

Sans frontman Mike and newest member, guitarist Andy, we sat down with drummer Pierre, Bun on bass, and saxophone player Shannon from Reno Ska punk band ,the legendary Sucka Punch! We go through the origins, timeline and many members of the longest running hardcore ska band in Reno. It’s a hilarious and fascinating story of […]

Two Man Lemmon Band – Lemmon Party

August 11, 2023 21:02 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MB

This week we welcome the ever-evolving Two Man Lemmon Band!Spencer Eldridge started out solo with his guitar and some songs under the banner Just In Beaver. That was followed by being joined on bass by Grimedog’s Lucas Grimes. Then after a name change to the current, Two Man Lemmon Band are now joined by Bobby […]

Charlie Marks – Old Timey Folker

August 04, 2023 07:07 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

This week’s guest hails from the woods halfway to Susanville, slinging guitar and banjo ditties from the early nineteenth century – our new bestie, Charlie Marks!Down to earth, with a fascination for the finger picking styles from a time just before Appalachian bluegrass, when folks played traditional porch music, Charlie intends to keep this art […]

Dylano: Skills To Pay The Bills

July 31, 2023 06:27 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

This weeks guest is a rising talent in the Reno hip hop scene. Sometimes with his new group The Ones To Love and sometimes solo as Dylano. Either way, this hard working, hard playing MC comes with the goods. Creating his own beats and music and spitting rhymes live in the Dogwater Studios.Having started a […]

Keller – Antisocial Wizards

July 23, 2023 19:36 - 1 hour - 83 MB

We’re back worst little listeners! All apologies to The Electric who will be rescheduled due to an illness last week on our part. Everyone is feeling better, besides the heat stroke. We have a fresh new episode with a fresh new band; KELLER – featuring friend of the show, fellow podcaster (MixTapes) and guitar wizard, […]

The Sonic Dead – Feroxcious! – S13 E21

June 30, 2023 06:43 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

This week we catch up with our dear friend and Nick’s Glitter Bats bandmate, Freddie Ferox (pronounced Fair-Ox, not fur-oh: Latin not French. Got it.) ‘Prolific’ doesn’t seem word enough for Freddie’s musical output. Perhaps ‘relentless’ would be a better one. Freddie has been a driving force behind Murderock, Candy Apple and the Razor Blades, […]

Ian and Lacie – Laced with Love

June 25, 2023 22:38 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB

This week we have Lacie Rose Pich and Ian Mitchell on to talk about “Laced with Love”, a series of benefit shows to help Lacie with her congestive heart failure. We hear from Lacie about what the process of dealing with congestive heart failure has been like and the plethora of events that Ian (her […]

Alfredo – Building Impermanence – S13 E19

June 16, 2023 06:22 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

And we’re back!It was great meeting our new best friend Just Alfredo and his solo guitar looping instrumentals. Another member of the Spike McGuire army, he’s been tearing it up all over 4th street and at 10 Torr’s open mics and showcases. Alfredo’s layered guitar constructions are sometimes reminiscent of spaghetti western music, surf, classical […]

Sticker Guy! and Debauch-a-Reno: A Birthday Story

June 12, 2023 16:10 - 1 hour - 63.5 MB

We have a fun and exciting show this week. If you’ve ever needed to order stickers, you may have heard of our guest: all the way from Reno, NV and points beyond – The Sticker Guy! himself, Mr. Peter Menchetti. Coming up in the punk scene of Reno in the 80s and 90s with a […]

Ryan Stark – Putting the ‘No’ in ‘Reno’ – S13 E17

June 02, 2023 21:08 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

Hey, friends! Reverend Rory is back this week and is pleased as peaches to welcome to the show one of his and Dogwater Dick’s oldest friends and collaborators, Ryan Stark. A Reno native, Ryan has been involved with the underground and performing arts scenes of Reno for quite some time. He is also the proprietor […]