Generic Insight: The Podcast

Thanks to Diego and Abby of Philadelphia b/w of Seattle's Ramona for the sick interview back in April! Check out their new record, Deals, Deals, Deals!, out now on Red Scare Industries!   PLAYLIST:   Somerset Thrower - Wake Up, Motherfucker! It's Casual Friday! Ramona - Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Hearts Ramona - Hater's Ball Parade Hard Sulks - Moaning Myrtle   

CW for this one: sexual assault, trauma, sex talk    In this episode, I did something a bit different. I spoke at length with my friend Bee, who lives in Chicago and does a zine called Burn Black (and an upcoming podcast called Big Thick Energy). We've had this idea for a while about doing a special podcast episode where we discuss, openly, about sexual assault/trauma and how it relates to dating, relationships and mental illness. This will be a two part episode. Part 2 coming eventually.  The only song played was a special request by Bee. Reagan Youth - "It's A Beautiful Day".   Thanks for listening and we hope you like. 

On January 5th, 2018, I hung out in the band room of Baby's All Right in Brooklyn, NY and chatted with Mike Natoli, Jon Hernandez and Max Stern of the NY/Philadelphia based Timeshares. We chatted about their newest, self-released EP On Life Support, Max joining up with the band in the last year, bagels, doughnuts, milkshakes, and everything in between. Jon Pagano, formerly of Rhode Island's Weak Teeth, was touring with Timeshares as a 5th member and makes a brief appearance as well.    PLAYLIST Ellen and the Degenerates - "Fair To Me" Timeshares - "On Life Support" Timeshares - "Tail Light" Cayetana - "Too Old For This"

Sat in a car in early September, 2017 and interviewed Skylar Sarkis of the band Taking Meds. Skylar also performed acoustic guitar from his solo project, Growing Stone.  PLAYLIST    Freya Wilcox and the Howl - "Skin" Taking Meds - "Taking Meds" Growing Stone - "Party City" (live performance) Save Ends - "Same Old Dice"

And we're back! Returning from our first show back since July of 2016, with guests (and also returned band), Albany, NY's Aficionado!  In early March of 2017, I sat down with Aficionado duel vocalists Nick Warchol and Laura Carrozza (also flutist) at Suburbia in Brooklyn, NY to discuss why the band decided to get back together after 5 years, their upcoming new album on No Sleep Records, what they've been up to and more fun stuff.  We also talked a bit about their other musical projects and I play two tracks from Aficionado side bands, Hospital Corners and Death Vacation. It's a reunion!  PLAYLIST toyGuitar - "Move Like A Ghost" Aficionado - "Stir Like Hell" Death Vacation - "Mundane Life" Hospital Corners - "Brushed Aside"

Thank you again to Zach, Brian and Erich (and briefly Jarrett) of New Orleans' PEARS for the fun interview! Go listen to their new record, Green Star (out now on Fat Wreck Chords). Go see them live, they're constantly on tour.      PLAYLIST: The Backup Plan - "Send Her Seaworthy" Zach Quinn - "Infinite Sigh" PEARS - "Hinged By Spine" JANK - "Wut I Liek Abt U"

After months of trying to coordinate our schedules, I got to sit down with Arthur "Arty" Shepard, owner of NYC bar/venue Saint Vitus. Arty is also a longtime fixture in New York's music scene, having played in bands such as Mind Over Matter, Errortype: 11, Instruction, and currently in UnWed and Primitive Weapons. Arty and I sat in St. Vitus's basement and had an awesome conversation. Check it out! Music from Arty's bands. Note: I accidentally read the URL of the venue wrong, it's saintvitusbar.com  PLAYLISTGameface - "Always On" (feat. Arty on guest/backup vocals)Errortype: 11 - "Better Than The Superbowl"UnWed - "Derelict Monroe"Mind Over Matter - "Virus"  

Thank you to Marisa, Hugo and Ramona for the stories about Rob.   Please donate to the McAllister Family Memorial Fund, if you can. Rest In Peace, Rob. *Note: This was recorded February 29th, not February 24th. I'm a goof. PLAYLISTSilent Majority - "Cross Crowded Rooms"Carly Comando - "Fallow"The Reformation - "Inspiration"Capital - "Road Rash"Iron Chic - "Time Keeps On Slipping Into the (Cosmic) Future"  

Earlier in January, I sat down with Pittsburgh, PA/Brooklyn/Philadelphia transplant and great human, Roger Harvey, in the basement of St. Vitus Bar in Brooklyn and asked him some questions. Apologies in advance for the noise in this - the venue's ice machine was making it and I did all I could to fix it in editing (though it made for some funny moments).  Roger should be touring a lot this year, so check out his 2015 release, Twelve Houses, and go see him play! PLAYLIST:The Penske File - "Put Your Dreams To Bed"Roger Harvey - "City Deer"Roger Harvey - "Arrow/Plane"

Happy 2016! For the first podcast of the year, I broke form a bit and had two of my dear friends on the show. Genna Howard is an up and coming tattoo artist, artist, and photographer (she's shot The Fest for a few years in a row); Christian Beale has played in bands such as This Is Hell, Extinction A.D., and his current project, Starving Arts. We sat in their apartment in Brooklyn and shot the shit about Fest, touring, our respective holidays, The Sims video game series, vegan food/restaurants and they briefly interviewed me, which was pretty cool. We also delved a bit towards the end to talk about top records of 2015. Brief music from G.L.O.S.S. and Starving Arts.PLAYLISTG.L.O.S.S. - "Outcast Stomp"Starving Arts - "New Ways To Disappear"

Last of the Fest 14 interviews. Thank you to all the wonderful people I spoke to! PLAYLISTWorriers - "Plans"Banquets - "Stop Signs in a Ghost Town"Spraynard - "Everywhere"Bad Cop / Bad Cop - "Joey Lawrence"Binary Heart - "The Good Death"Reservoir - "Seems Like There's A Show Every Night"

Better late than never to finally post up the Fest 14 episodes, right? Apologies.  That said, same format as last year. Mini interviews and talks with band-folk who played or attended this year's Fest party. The ending was me and my Fest hotel roomies talking about our weekend in the Tampa, FL airport that Monday following the Fest while waiting to fly home to New York. This features Billy Bolinger of Podactor/Crucial Dudes, Tom Rheault of No Trigger, and Ed McNulty of Beach Slang.Also at the beginning, pay tribute to Brandon Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket. Rest In Peace. Note: yeah, it gets cut off at the very end, sorry! PLAYLISTTeenage Bottlerocket - "Radio"The Penske File - "Wasters"Podactor - "Absurdity In Everything"No Trigger - "Owner Operator"Beach Slang - "Ride The Wild Haze"

Thanks a ton to Brian from New Jersey's Night Birds for the rad interview. Check out their new album, Mutiny at Muscle Beach, out now on Fat Wreck Chords.PLAYLISTNothington - "To Hold On"Bad Cop, Bad Cop - "Like, Seriously?"Night Birds - "Left In The Middle"Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band - "See Some Lights"

In which I sat in the living room of Brooklyn's Suburbia venue one evening and chatted with Rochester, NY's Such Gold. Pick up the band's most recent LP, The New Sidewalk, which came out in 2014 on Razor & Tie.Thanks to Nate, Matty and Jon for doing this, it was lots of fun!  PLAYLISTBroken Field Runner - "Black Irish"Taking Meds - "Jim Jones"Such Gold - "Engulfed In Flames"Original Sharks - "The Angel Ross"

Matt and Patrick (also of Self Defense Family) and I had a great discussion about comics, punk rock and other musicians creating comics, and their most recent book series, We Can Never Go Home. Check out their site for more info on their comics: Ashcan Press Order We Can Never Go Home back issues here, or check your local comic shop. Issue #3 out now. PLAYLISTSelf Defense Family - "Location Scout"Royal Psalms - "Anything"Hollow Sunshine - "Coral"Timeshares - "Tail Light"

Very excited that I got to sit down and chat for a bit with the vocalist/lyricist of my favorite band of all time, Strung Out.I preface this at the beginning of the episode, but this was particularly nerve racking for me and not an easy interview for me to do. I managed to get through it, albiet some awkwardness. Still, the end result was a cool, interesting chat that was also very funny. I've been seeing Strung Out shows consistantly for many years and it is always a cathartic experience for me. Thank you so much, Jason, and to the rest of Strung Out and their crew for always being so damn cool to me. I appreciate it more than you guys will ever know. Music-wise, I kept this Strung Out related, two songs from the band and two from SO side projects; Jason Cruz and Howl (Jason's other band), and Implants (SO guitarist Rob Ramos' other band).The band's newest release, Transmission.Alpha.Delta, was released on March 24th on Fat Wreck Chords.PLAYLISTStrung Out - "Rats In The Walls"Jason Cruz and Howl - "Warsong"Implants - "Through The Window"Strung Out - "Too Close To See"

Very psyched that I got to sit down and chat with Jake about his bands. We talked about his move from Boston, MA to Austin, TX, Defeater going on tour for the first time since vocalist Derek Archembault's hip replacement surgery, Dreamtigers' crossover with Defeater fans and more. PLAYLISTCreative Adult - "Deep End"Touché Amoré / Self Defense Family - "Low Beams"Defeater - "The Red, White, and Blues"Dreamtigers - "Letting Go"The Down House - "Time"

Recently, Nate Gluck, bassist of New Jersey hardcore stalwarts Ensign has been diagnosed with cancer. So the band and a few friends have come together and booked an incredible 2-day benefit show for him. The show has been dubbed NateFest and info can be found at that link. It will be on Saturday, March 21st, 2015 and Sunday, March 22nd, both at Gamechanger World in Howell, NJ. Both dates are currently sold out but keep checking the above link/Facebook page for anyone who may be selling tickets.The interview in this episode was with Ensign guitarist Dan Brennan, one of NateFest's organizers, and we talked about both the organization process of the show as well as the separate crowd-fund fundraiser that was started, that to date has raised over $100,000 to go towards medical costs, as well as to help Nate and his wife pay their home's mortgage payments while he undergoes treatment. Thank you Dan for talking with me! Please, if you were not able to get a ticket for the fest, feel free to donate to the GoFundMe link above if you wish to help. Generic Insight wishes Nate a healthy and speedy recovery! PMA!PLAYLIST (special: all bands played will be playing NateFest)None More Black - "Oh, There's Legwork"Ensign - "The Direction of Things To Come"Kill Your Idols - "Falling"Endeavor - "Kill Traitors"

The last (and late) interview I did at Fest 13, this one is with my hotel roomies, Staten Island, NY pop punk band Everything Ever. I chatted with dNo and Zack about the Fest of course, as well as being vegan while on the road, how to get free food for bands, and we trailed off into a very interesting conversation involving feminism/dudes being feminist allies. Check these boys out, their new record Solid Ground will be out in March on Secret Audio Club. Happy 2015!PLAYLISTHostage Calm - "12/31"Everybody Row - "Coming Out Clean"Everything Ever - "Doing Nothing"The Swellers - "2009"

Listen to Cayetana. I had a fantastic chat with these Philadelphia, PA ladies about non-ironically being fans of ska music, drummer Kelly's cat sneakers, chili doughnuts, women in the punk scene in 2014 and some actual stuff related to their band. Also in this episode, Christmas themed music just because.PLAYLISTJimmy Eat World - "Last Christmas"Cayetana - "Black Hills"Cayetana - "South Philly"Night Birds - "Less The Merrier"

In this episode, I chatted via Skype (admist terrible echo, sorry) with my pal Bryne Yancey about his blog, The Runout, social anxiety in punk, briefly devlving into a serious conversation about much-needed discussions surrounding oppressions that marginalized groups (i.e. non white, non-male, etc) within the punk community feel. Then we switched to a lighter topic and discussed our personal year end lists for our favorite music releases of 2014.This was a long one, so I kept the music to a minimum. DISCLAIMER: Apologies for the echo again, and semi poor sound quality on this one. I tried to fix it but didn't work too well.PLAYLISTModern Life Is War - "The Outsiders (Hell Is For Heroes), part 1"Chumped - "Novella Ella Ella Eh"

We've reached a milestone, big number 20! The last of my Fest 13 coverage before we resume regular episodes once again.Thank you to Jordan Luff, Chad Toper, Greg Frontiero, and Daniel of Arrow's Aim Records in Gainesville, FL for the interviews.(Be sure to check out Arrow's Aim if you're ever in Gainesville; honestly one of the best record stores I've ever been to, and Daniel is a top-notch dude). PLAYLISTPUP - "Reservoir" Old Flings - "TBC"Antarctigo Vespucci - "I Drew You Once In Art Class"A Wilhelm Scream - "Number One"

In part 3 of our Fest 13 coverage, I give you two post-Fest interviews with Greg Barnett of The Menzingers and Jon Loudon of Restorations. Plus, two more during Fest (final day) interviews with Ryan Hex of Hex Records & Jeff Takacs of Rocket Fuel podcast. Last bits of Fest coverage coming soon before we go back on regularly scheduled nonsense. I swear.PLAYLISTThe Marked Men - "Ditch"The Menzingers - "The Obituaries"Restorations - "Separate Songs"Beach Slang - "Dirty Cigarettes"

Fest 13 coverage part 2, this episode features NYC/Philadelphia's Timeshares, Rhode Island's Weak Teeth and Canada's Jenn Fiorentino. Thank you all for the rad interviews and check out all their music!   PLAYLIST Hot Water Music - "Trusty Chords"Timeshares - "Woke Up In Grappler School"Weak Teeth - "Get A Life, Read A Book, Eat A Dick"Jenn Fiorentino - "Left In Vain"

Check out my homies in Florida's Protagonist as well as my Fest roomies' co-label, Secret Audio Club! PLAYLISTDillinger Four - "Gainesville"Protagonist - "The Stranger The Boy Became"The Flatliners - "Count Your Bruises"

Thank you immensely to Dave, Xin and Andrew (and of course Bao Bao) for sitting down with me again! Check out:Iron PierOvernight Drive podcast PLAYLISTSelf Defense Family - "The Way Out Is Back"Deep Pockets - "Stanley Street Justice"Self Defense Family - "Incoming Calls" 

Thank you again to Al, Justin and Earl from Dangers (and Vitriol Records) for the really awesome interview. One of the best current bands in hardcore (or even music, I think), listen to them if you haven't. Thanks.PLAYLIST:Beach Slang - "Kids" Graf Orlock - "The Dream Left Behind"Dangers - "The Mourning Routine"Dangers - "Opposable" Cayatena - "Scott, Get The Van, I'm Moving"

Thank you to Nick Deiner of The Swellers, Marc Dangora of A Loss For Words, Rachel Taft of Feed The Scene, Sarah Jane, Reid, and Fred for recording sound bites and/or submitting stories. RIP Tony.Two years, gone but not forgotten.PLAYLIST: Tony Sly - "Justified Black Eye"Alkaline Trio - "Straight From The Jacket"The Swellers - "Chasing Rainbows"Teenage Bottlerocket - "Via Munich"A Loss For Words - "Soulmate"Karina Denike - "Biggest Lie"No Use For A Name - "On The Outside" 

Thanks muchly to Alex for the rad interview! Check out their newest LP here, and then buy it, cause it's awesome. PLAYLIST:    Greenhorn - "I Hit The Wall" (note: ignore my brain fart that I couldn't remember the song title when I spoke about it)Gameface - "Regular Size"Somerset Thrower - "Being Human"Silver Snakes - "Grey Wolf Wild"Dikembe - "Mad Frustrated" Note: brain fart #2 happened beginning of this episode, when I said it was episode 12, apparently I'm living in the past.

Thanks to Mike, Mike and Steve from Hollow Earth! *Note: I don't know why, but the opening song/intro I had recorded got cut off in the final publish. Boo. So don't be confused if I said the first song was by the Swellers and then you don't hear it. Sorry! PLAYLIST: Another Breath - "Nausea"Hollow Earth - "There Will Come Soft Rains"Run With The Hunted - "Red Queen"

First ever podcast "themed" episode - comics/comic books! Guest is my friend Andra Passen, a very cool lady who does equally cool comics with a punk influence on them. Check out her website, Crowded Thoughts and Crooked Teeth.Also thanks Andra for helping me pick the songs on this episode's playlist! PLAYLIST:Latterman - "If Batman Was Real, He'd Have Beaten The Crap Out Of My Friends"The Lillingtons - "X-Ray Specs"Husker Du - "Sunshine Superman"Dillinger Four - "Superpowers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery"Crazy and the Brains - "All I Really Want" 

Thank you to Jamie for the short but sweet interview, and thank you to Glenn of Kiss Of Death Records for the download links for the songs. Be sure to check out the label, all these bands and releases (links below)!Also check out Jamie's podcast, Cool Dudes Radio! PLAYLIST:Arms Aloft - "DOUBLEDRANOPERCOCETNOICE"Pale Angels - "Wasted On You"The Arteries - "Capture The Flag"Old Flings - "It's Not You"The Slow Death - "Song 1 Side A"Senders - "Shooting From The Hip"

Thanks so much Drew from Run With The Hunted for talking to me. Stream their new record here, it's incredible. PLAYLISTCrow Bait - "83"Everybody Row - "The Sea Inside" Silver Snakes - "All Your Eye"Run With The Hunted - "Mea Culpa"Bad Cop / Bad Cop - "My Life" 

Trying something new, this was my first ever "live" podcast recording. Recorded at the Suburbia venue in Brooklyn, NY and featuring mini-interviews with the residents of the house space, MA/NY's The Saddest Landscape (Topshelf Records), PA/FL's Direct Effect (Tiny Engines), and New Jersey's Capacities. Thanks to everyone involved for putting up with my unprofessional dorkiness. Recorded on May 22nd, 2014.Short episode, runs at about 30+ minutes or so. Bear with me, it was the first live recording and I didn't want to overdo it. Also, aired completely unedited, another first. PLAYLISTScreeching Weasel - "Hey Suburbia"Living Room - "Red Saints"The Saddest Landscape - "This Heals Nothing"Direct Effect - "Solar Flare"Capacities - "The Unexamined Life"

Ryan Young, vocalist of Off With Their Heads took some time to talk with me via Skype tonight to talk about his most recent project, the podcast Anxious and Angry, including how he interviewed a mountain lion and other anecdotes/unhelpful suggestions from me. PLAYLIST: Banner Pilot - "Modern Shakes"Nightmares For A Week - "Bloodshot Monday"Direct Effect - "Thursday"Off With Their Heads - "1612 Havenhurst"Broadcaster - "Tomorrow"

This episode I interviewed my buddy Josh Mikel, from Atlanta, GA. Josh is a former drummer for a few bands (namely Look Mexico). He is now an actor working his way through small roles and getting into various films, TV shows and commercials. He's also a graphic designer who puts out work under the moniker Sharkguts Design, and a video producer who most recently has directed videos for Against Me! Josh and I talked about his beginnings into acting, his band days, his design experience (fun fact: he is the creator of the GIR manta ray logo you're probably staring at right now, or above this text paragraph), and working with AM!/Laura Jane Grace, among other things. Thanks, Josh! PLAYLIST:Restorations - "New/Old"Chris Stowe - "I Only Miss Her When I'm Drinking"Outta Gas - "Every Day"Placeholder - "Don't Look Back"Look Mexico - "Don't You Dare"Birthday Candles - "Wishes"

Brooklyn, NY punk rock band Chumped sat down with me and we talked about music, bad movies and videogames, amongst other random things. We also debuted a brand new song by Jason Cruz and Howl, the vocalist of Strung Out's new solo project/side band's new LP, Good Man's Ruin (out April 29th). PLAYLIST:Jason Cruz and Howl - "High and Lonesome"Nothing - "Dig" Heartsounds - "Constant Crossroads"Chumped - "Something About Lemons"Direct Hit! - "The World Is Ending (No One Cares)"Somos - "Dead Wrong" 

Mike Bingham is a good friend of mine that I've known for a few years now. His new(ish) band, Creative Adult, from Santa Rose, California just released their debut full length, Psychic Mess, on Run For Cover Records. Mike chatted with me via Skype about CA's new record, playing the South By Southwest music festival, cool record stores worth checking out in California, the record label/clothing line/collective that him and his friends run, and his other band No Sir. Also listen for a chance to hear me being goofy about Skype video advertisements and resisting the urge to make terrible puns. PLAYLIST: Spraynard - "Until The Next Time"Cayetana - "Hot Dad Calendar"Gifthorse - "High Ceilings, Low Lives"Creative Adult - "Far Out"No Sir - "C.A.L.I.F.O.R.N.I.A"Crusades - "The Torchbearer"