Ryan Is Super Strong!

Strength Level: Matell Today, it’s freakin episode 199….I can’t even believe how far we’ve all come together!! And this week’s guest has been around for EVERY SINGLE EPISODE! YES! It’s the inimitable: CHRIS HACKMAN!!!! Chris is the best. This is an extremely silly episode, and you get to hear Chris’ music in the intro, the outro, compliment corner, GYDBOMF, AND from his new project “Real Human Barbie”!!! I know you guys MAY already know this man, but after this episode, you’re just gonna fully love him and want to be his new BFF. I just know that about you, and how you’ll feel. So when you’re done, hit IG immediately, and follow him!!! (@therealhumanbarbie) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
200!!! Episode 200 is NEXT FREAKIN WEEEK!!!! WOWZEEE ZOWZEEEEESS!

Strength Level: Brothers This week, on episode 198, I invited my dear friend (and past guest) Will Reno to guest co-host, and interview his brother: BEN RENO!!!!!!!! Ben is an incredible actor, producer, funny man, brother, musician, and basically supertalent/jack of all trades. YA WANNA KNOW HIM. YA WANNA FOLLOW HIM!! Listen as we talk about cereal mascots and it goes right over Ben’s head, listen as we revisit many of your favorite games and scream over the Zoom call, and listen to a pure example of friendship and brotherhood. After that, go rate and review the show, and follow Ben on IG IMMEDIATELY!!! @benreno90 OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
2 weeks til episode 200!!?!?!???!!! What the heck!?!?! How did we even get here!??!?!?!!!!??

Strength Level: BFFs Get ready for an hour and a half of straight bro love today my friends. Today, my best friend, my best man: JAKE HARPSTER!!!!!!!! Jake is a MONSTER percussionist (one of my favorites), a member of the United States Army Band, a bad ass cyclist, a dog Dad, and so much damn more, it’s insane!!! Sorry in advance for this long and super indulgent time of reminiscing and complimenting each other……and by “sorry”, I mean, shut up! 
This is a free show, and it was such a blast to hang out with my best friend, and you can just shut up! Sorry….I really lost control there. ANYway, this Zoom hang with my friend was MUCH needed back in May when it happened, much needed now, and at VERY least, was really fun for me to sit down and edit and listen to again. You know what I mean? Some friends just make ya feel good! As soon as you’re done here, go try and find videos of Jake playing, and then follow him on IG (@jacobharpster). One of the baddest men around!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
There are a lot of old (back in May) thoughts about the Coronavirus and the situation we are all in NOW, but rather than edit them out, I kept them in as part of the “time capsule” elements of this #CORONAFILES time. Though we’ve learned a lot since then, these were our thoughts from then, and I hope it doesn’t get ya all riled up! Either way, today? WEAR A DAMN MASK

Strength Level: Anime! On this week’s episode of your favorite silly pod, you’ll get to hear me sit down with my dear friend: BOBBIE LEE CROW III Bobbie is an incredible musician, a funny man, and just a joy to hang with. I WISH we could have done this in person and had some drinks, but hey, when you’re dealing with a guy like Bobbie, you just take what you can get! Zoom hang it is! :) Make sure to follow his awesome projects (@serasymphony and @iconiquestra on IG), and stay IN THE KNOW WITH BOBBIE CROW!!! He’s definitely a shooting star in the music biz! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 Sorry this episode was a bit late this week everyone! I’ve got so little to do…..but when faced with a difficult technical snaffoo and a serious lack of motivation during the weirdest period of all of our lives…..you can be assured that the first priority was beer. THEN editing this podcast for you all. Hahaha

Strength Level: #DRUMFAM We’re back again this week with the Corona Files/ZOOM edition of the show, and this week featuring the wonderful:

NICK TAYLOR!!!! Nick is a fellow Hoosier and drummer from the mid-west who is a member of the US Navy Band, a freakin BICYCLE RACER, a father of one little baby and two little pups, a husband to a lovely lovely lady (who is also a killer drummer), and so much dang more. Nick has been on my list of guests I’ve wanted to have on the show since DAY 1!!! So thanks Quarantine….for ONE thing. And one thing only: Bringing me my dear friend Nick via Zoom Make sure to follow Nick on IG (@drumznbikes), and keep up with all of his bad assery, of which I can assure you, THERE IS MUCH. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
Episode 200 is just around the corner!!??!?! That’s insane as all damn hell!!!!!!! What are some things you’ve done 200 times?

Strength Level: Procrastination We Are BACK BAYBEEEEEEE!!!! I took a few weeks off, and you’ll hear all about that in the LONG intro on this episode. But today, I’m bringing to you one of my dear friends who I’d wanted to have on since I started this dang thing! 
Only problem is that he lives in AUSTIN, TX and we never get to dang hang out! But thanks to the crappy corona, we got to ZOOOM hang!! I had a blast reconnecting with Matt back when we recorded this at the beginning of quarantine, and I’m really excited for you to check him out, check out his music, and follow him immediately on all the social medias (@mathjudson on IG)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
I hope my taking a few weeks off from the show didn’t piss you off too damn bad. I really struggled with it every week, but it just didn’t feel right. But this week, it was quite the opposite feeling! I miss you guys, I miss my friends and family, and I’m ready to get back to being part of each other’s lives every week. Plenty more episodes coming your way!!!!!

No show this week Please stay safe Please stay focused Please stay informed Please donate ANY amount to funds/organizations that you find during this time BLACK LIVES MATTER

Strength Level: Haircuts Whooooooo-eeeeeee!! We’ve got a GOOD one for you this week my friends. DANIELLE WITHERS IS HERE!!!!! Danielle is such an awesome person, energy, and super talent. Though she is well known for backing up artists like J-LO, Justin Timberlake, Chrisette Michelle, USHER, and more and more and more bad asses, this episode features HER and HER bad-assery!! Once you’ve met her and listened to the tunes she’s here to share today, you’re going to agree with me! Then I hope you RUN to Instagram (@daniellerenewithers), soundcloud, youtube, etc, and become Danielle’s newest and biggest fan!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
My only thought is: I HATE QUARANTINE!!! Can’t wait to get off of these restrictions and hang out with all of these bad ass guests again one day!!!!

Strength Level: The Mighty Chanticleer On this week’s installment of the “Ryan is Super Strong!” Podcast, I have brought you a TRUE bad ass, recording all the way from Myrtle Beach, SC!! DR. JESSE WILLIS IS IN THE HOUSE!! Jesse is not only a doctor, a father, and a bad ass drummer. In addition to all of these things, he is one of my favorite people on this very globe, and one of my closest friends. One thing I’m very grateful about during this Corona time is that all of you get to meet even more of my bad ass friends!!! So I hope you enjoy this episode, check Jesse Willis out in any way that you can, check out his program at Coastal Carolina University, and then feel a little closer to one of the coolest drummers walking around today!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
This Quarantine blows. I hope you’re getting through is as well as you possibly can, because I KNOW it sucks!! I’m right there with you, and so is the whole dang globe, so please know that you’re not alone, and that you are loved!! Thanks for listening to this crazy podcast, and I hope it’s serving as a nice distraction during these weird ass times!!

Strength Level: Goodbyes This week on RISS, we’re featuring the wonderful super talent:

VICKY FAREWELL!!! Vicky is an incredible pianist, composer, producer, and all around bad ass, and I hope you enjoy this peak into her life. More importantly, a peak into how she’s handling all of this crazy Coronavirus Quarantine baloney!! You can hear her work with incredible acts like Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, and she is DEFINITELY an artist who you’re going to want to keep up with as the years go by, and her career continues to become even more bad ass. Follow her on IG (@vickyfarewell), and become her newest and greatest fan TODAY!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
I hope you forgive the fact that these #Coronafiles episodes have slightly worse quality audio. I know it’s not as warm and clear as my usual studio set up, but in these times, I think it’s worth it to document how people are getting through the days and situations that we’re faced with today, even if it’s a bit worse on the ole ear balls! Either way, I hope you are enjoying getting this sneak peak into how the bad ass artist community is getting through their quarantines!

Strength Level: Merlin This week, we begin the CORONA SERIES!! This series will inevitably feature a lot of quarantine and Corona talk since that’s what we’re all dealing with like crazy….but more importantly, this series is all being done VIRTUALLY via Zoom. I’ve never done virtual or phone call episodes before, so to start us off, I have a guest coming in from CANADA!!! This week’s guest is the wonderful talent man: ANTHONY KING! Anthony is an incredible guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and all around gentleman. I’m honored to know him, and pumped to bring him to the show in ANY way that we can during this crazy time. In short, NOTHING will stop me from bringing you bad ass guests to learn about every week!!!! After you fall in love with Anthony and become his biggest new fan, please go check out his music and social media (@anthonykingguitar). Inject your life with a ton of his bad assery ASAP!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
As we continue dealing with the Coronavius, quarantine life, and all of the things that go along with it, I hope you don’t mind hearing me and my guests chat about it. In general, I try to keep things pretty evergreen, but this series is definitely going to serve as more of a time capsule of how crazy things are right now. Either way, I hope these episodes continue to give you a break from the craziness, even if we DO talk about the crap crap crap of life a bit more than usual.

Strength Level: Nostalgia Volume 7 is HERE, and with that, we conclude our 2 week look back at the INCREDIBLE artistry and musicianship that has been displayed on my whacky ass show over the last year and a half! This episode features: Kassandra Kocochis (from Episode 130 where she shared, “Mirrors” from Vahagni’s album, “Imagined Frequencies” Ada Pasternak (from Episode 128 where she shared the tune, “Perfectly Imperfect”) Denny Jiosa (from Episode 123 where he shared his tune, “Mueve Tu Cuerpo”) Martin Diller (from Episode 124 where he share the tune, “Trader Joe’s Parking Lot” from the album, “Martin Diller Quartet at the Blue Whale” Bobby Wilmore (from Episode 161 where he shared the tune, “Chango” from Lazaro Galaraga’s album, “Emi Okokan”) Arean Alston (from Episode 145 where she shared her tune, “Believe”) Patchwork (from Episode 131 where he shared, “Feel” feat. Charlie Cavallo) Michael Ragonese (from Episode 154 where he shared the tune, “Slow Down” from his album, “Day to Day”) Robert Rothko (from Episode 180 where he shared his cover of the tune, “Down Under”) Gretje Angell (from Episode Kyle Crane (from Episode 150 where he shared the tune, “Kaleidoscope” from his album, “Crane Like the Bird”) I hope you enjoyed revisiting all of THESE bad asses today, but please do go back and check out all of their hilarious episodes, and do ALLLLL of the streaming, watching, listening, and purchasing you can in order to help out these amazing artists!! Times are hard for everyone right now, but you KNOW it’s the art that’s helping you get through these tough times, so I hope that, IF you have the means, you’ll find a way to help out some of these incredible humans! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: More bad ass talent, music, and sillyness will be coming at you NEXT week! Thank you all so much for listening every week, and I hope you loved this Best Of Series!!!

Strength Level: Unemployment!! This week, the Best Of Music series continues with Volumes 6 today, and 7 coming out on Friday!!! This episode features: Rachel Mazer (from Episode 137 where she shared, “Is It So Wrong?” from her debut album, “How Do We Get By?”) David Aggyare (from Episode 183 where he shared, “Gateway Drug” from The Brevet’s album, “Legs”) Jeff Sorenson (from Episode 168 where he shared, “Day Tripper” from Pete Anderson’s album, “60’s with a Twist”) Hauk Heimdallsman (from Episode 184 where he shared, “Three Chords” from his album, “Red Tail Rising”) Fernando Navarro (from Episode 142 where he shared his track, “Striges”) Symphonic Planet (from the #NAMMUARY Series and past episode where they shared, “Trip to Krakatoa) Quartet 405 (from the #NAMMUARY Series where they shared their Medley of Paul Anka’s Music) Hush Crush (from the #NAMMUARY Series where they shared the tune, “Katana”) Bird and the War (from Episode 182 where they shared their tune, “Memories”) Andrea Lisa (from Episode 181 and 169 where she shared the tune, “Ruptured” among many others) Please check out ALL of these amazing artists this week, and if you can spare a buck or two, throw it their way(s)!!!! And if you don’t have a buck or two now, maybe you, like ME, need the reminder to go apply for unemployment now that independent contractors can do that!! Wooo wooooo!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: You are beautiful, and also smell really good, even though you haven’t been showering or changing your clothes as much as you normally do. It actually REALLY works for you, and you’re special that way, amongst many other ways.

Strength Level: Freelance Artistry Volume 5 of the Best of Music episodes is HERE!! And it’s a BONUS episode this week! This episode features: Sarah Reich (from Episode 152 where she shared, “Gemini Vibe” from her album, “New Change”) Alex Pfender (from Episode 148 where he shared, “The Bloom” from his band Yoya’s album, “The Half Turn”) Mike Uhler (from Episode 155 where he shared, “Sports Song” from Weird Al Yankovic’s album, “Mandatory Fun”) Nicole Marcus (from Episode 129 where she shared, “Singing for My Life” from her self-titled EP) Baritoned (from Episode 132 where they sang a few snippets from their live show, “You have been Baritoned”) Mathias Kunzli (from Episode 136 where he shared, “Elk Drive” from his album with LausHaus) Ana Barreiro (from Episode 153 where she shared, “Saudade” by her group AmyAna) Adan Alonso (from Episode 158 where he shared, “Mi Changui” by Sitarason) Phil Romo (from Episode 140 where he shared, “Berlin” from Intercept’s album, “Yellow Dog”) FEVAH (from Episode 163 where she shared her track, “West Coast Lovin’”) Corey Frye (from Episode 138 where he shared, “Sweat” from The Main Squeeze’s album, “Without a Sound”) I really hope you’re enjoying these episodes, and that you’re getting inspired to check out and support some of these amazing artists!! More comin at ya next week, but I hope this holds ya over through the weekend at least!! :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you’re bored, dig into ALL of these past episodes. I couldn’t be more proud of the incredible pantheon of artists these Best Of’s represent, and I’d love it if you got to know them all like I do!!

Strength Level: Quarantunes The Best of Music series has RETURNED!!! It’s been about a year and half since volumes 1-3, and there has been SO MUCH bad ass music since then! So now, I bring to you Volume 4!! This episode features: Matt Hornbeck (from Episode 127 where he shared, “Get to Steppin” by the White Blinds) Lucy LaForge (from Episode 134 where she shared, “Just Friends” from her album, “Little Spoon”) Bobby Wooten (from Episode 139 where he shared, “Everybody’s Comin to My House” from David Byrne’s album, “American Utopia”) Jesse Palter (from Episode 143 where she shared, “Sever the Ties”, from her album, “Paper Trail) SCHMAB (from Episode 151 where they shared the track, “Titties & Shoulders”) David Linard (from Episode 141 where he shared, “Maple Leaf Rag” from Sammy Miller and the Congregation’s self-titled album) Ben Mathews (from Episode 126 where he shared, “Guarare” from the Latin Jazz Collective’s album, “Que Sorpresa!”) Nathan Alef (from Episode 159 where he shared his solo piano arrangement/performance of “Blackbird”) Alex Churchill (from Episode 169 where he shared, “The Sweetest Taboo” by another bad ass past guest, Andrea Lisa) Daniel Rotem (from Episode 123 where he shared, “Serenading the Future” from his album under the same title, which ALSO features past guest, Erin Bentlage) If you don’t enjoy listening to these tunes back to back…..I don’t know what’s wrong with you; but it’s serious. Check out ALL of these past guests and their appearances on my whacky show, and more than ever, please look for ways to support these amazing artists! Stream their videos and albums, and buy their dang music if you can!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
Thank you for listening and supporting all of these artists. I am so proud of knowing all of them, and I hope you are proud to be a part of this little community too. Stay safe and healthy, and we’ll get through this TOGETHER with the help of bad ass artists like these!!!!

Strength Level: Rainier Boy-o-boy do I have one more great Pre-Rona treat for you guys!! This week, it’s the return of my guest from episode #94 back in July of 2017: WILL RENO!!! Will is one of my best friends and favorite people on the globe, and you’re gonna hear ALLLLL about why. 
I’ll be honest with ya, we recorded over 3 hours of conversation on this one WHILST drinking together at Will’s home in Portland. With this in mind, I have edited HEAVILY!!!! :) It was such a blast to be in Portland working with my bud, and even cooler to squeeze in another great episode of this whacky ass show. I hope you enjoy it, and go follow Will on EVERYTHING ASAP!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
I hope your quarantine time is as productive, or NOT, as you need it to be. Now, go take a nap, and chillllll! You deserve it!

Strength Level: The Red Tailed Hawk This week, the episode features one of my final PRE-RONA recordings. I had the opportunity to sit down with a new friend and human man, Hauk Heimdallsman, and we had a great time talking and listening to music from his new album, “Red Tail Rising”. Hauk is a great multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, theatre owner, and lovely person! So I hope that once you’re done listening here, you’ll run to IG, follow @haukrules, and head to iTunes and Spotify to purchase and stream ALL of his music! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the past when we once were able to hang out close together in a room! And for all of you listening now when we’re in quarantine times, I hope you are feeling strong, healthy, and finding as many ways as possible to sit back, relax, and get through this weird ass time we’re all in. Hopefully, it will be over sooner than later, and we can all get back to real time friendship, but I’ll be putting out episodes every week either to way to help you pass the time! :) Feel free to reach out about life, quarantine, or just to chat at ryanissuperstrong@gmail.com. I'd love to meet you all!

Strength Level: Contractual Agreements On today’s episode of the Ryan Is Super Strong Podcast, we travel back to the times BEFORE Coronavirus and our new quarantine lifestyles, and bring you to my sit down with wonderful drummer and human man: DAVID AGUIAR!!! David is a fantastic human with tons of skills, not the least of which is playing with the band, The Brevet. This episode not only features his kind and cool personality, but also a ton of music from the Brevet!! I hope that this episode not only makes you fall in love with David and the Brevet (@davidaggyaredrums and @thebrevet on IG), but also serves to help you relax and take your mind off of the stresses that today offers by sitting and listening to two guys talk and get A TON of facts incorrect. :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 Special EXTRA thanks to everyone who helped make the gofundme a success for everyone involved!! This truly is a stressful and strange time, and knowing that we are all fighting this stuff together is extremely reassuring. Thanks for being a part of this whacky little community.

Strength Level: The Mighty Hawk On this week’s episode, we sit down with BIRD AND THE WAR!!! You guys KNOW Tom Rasulo, but I hope you enjoy meeting the wonderful Chris James, and listening to some of this band’s amazing new music. I had a blast sitting down with these guys, and boy-o-boy did we have some silly times. Obviously Tom is always a goof on this crazy show, but Chris is now a great new addition to the roster of HARD CORE BAD ASSES that have made their way into my studio and just giggled and giggled with me. After you listen, please go look these guys up everywhere music streams or is sold, and hit them up on the ole IG (@chrisjamesbird, @birdandthewar, @patchwork.jpeg), and become their newest and biggest fans!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
Like I say in the beginning of this episode, I’m wishing nothing but good health and safety for all of you listeners!! If you want to check out the gofundme for RISS guests, check out the link here: gf.me/u/xq5awz And if you’d like to support the Union High School Percussion Ensemble up in Washington, check them out playing my new piece, “Inis Mor” here: https://youtu.be/gVdlLDIy5tQ Stay healthy everybody!!

Strength Level: The Surprise! You met this week’s guest on episode 169 with Alex Churchill! She surprised me at my house that evening, surprised me at my house again for this episode, delighted me with THIS great hang, and brought a ton of amazing music to share!!! This week’s guest is the wonderful: ANDREA LISA!! I am so happy that I know Andrea now, and can’t tell you how much of kindred spirits we have found that we are. She’s a bad ass, I hope you love her and this episode, and then I hope you RUN to Instagram to follow her @andrealisa.comm, then right over to iTunes to BUY ALL OF HER MUSIC!!! You are gonna love this one, and I hope you share it with your friends, your moms, your dogs, your grandmas, your enemies, and every stranger you meet! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!!!!
Stay safe out there!! I know the green beer is fun, but just look out! This day gets CRAZY!!! P.S. You’re wonderful

Strength Level: The Coronavirus In this “special” episode of the podcast, I’m joined by the wonderful Sean Patrick Gallagher to announce the kick-off of a brand new gofundme campaign targeted at helping past guests of this very show. 
Please follow the link below in order to help out with this attempt at helping the “Ryan Is Super Strong!” Community of friends/artists/freelancers who have been impacted so negatively by the Coronavirus. https://www.gofundme.com/f/ryan-is-super-strong-vs-the-coronavirus If you’re on the fence about whether or not these are the right people to donate to, check out ALL of their music, art, past interviews, and let them prove to you how involved they are in this community.
 Like I say in the podcast and on the gofundme page, a donation to this campaign and to these individuals IS a donation to the community at large, and I hope this community turns into something even more beautiful than it already is. Artists/Past Guests you’re going to hear from in this episode include (in no particular order): DUSTIN KOESTER NOOR CHE’REE 
TARA LOUISE 
KIRA HOOKS 
EDWARD MISKIE 
DENNY JIOSA 
LORI PASQUALINO 
COREY FRYE 
MARCOS VARELA 
AMY CADLE 
JEFF KNUDSEN 
JONAH LEVINE 
BEN MORGAN 
ZACH CHURCHILL 
JULIANE GRALLE
 DAVID LINARD 
BEN MATHEWS 
GRANISON CRAWFORD 
REUBEN GINGRICH 
SOTIRIS ELIOPOLOUS 
CHELSEA GONZALEZ 
CAMERON BEDELL 
CAROLYN JANIA 
ADAM CESCHIN 
PHIL ROMO 
SHYLEE & EMBER EICHELBERGER 
NICOLE MARCUS 
SHANE WILLIAMS
 CHRIS LUEBECK 
REED FLYGT  
ANGELA MUHWEZI 
ISABELLE 
OWEN STEVENSON 
MATTHEW GRANT 
LIZA WALLACE 
ADAN ALONSO 
JULIAN HOFFMAN BEECHKO 
EDDIE HADDAD 
DANIEL ROTEM 
JESSE PALTER 
ERIN BENTLAGE 
KASSANDRA KOCOCHIS 
JOSH JOHNSON 
MATHIAS KUNZLI 
MIKE UHLER 
KIRA MORRISON 
BRETT ROJAS BOBBY WOOTEN OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 Please stay safe, stay healthy, and stay strong.
You REALLY aren’t alone, and we really are in this together, even if it doesn’t always feel like it in our solitary quarantine situations.

Strength Level: The Game Changer This week on episode 180 of this whacky ass show, I’ve invited the great ROBERT ROTHKO back on the show!!! Robert was one of my first guests (episode THREE), and was also on episode 68!! He’s been a member of the #RISSFAM forever, and I’m so delighted that this time, he gets to share some of his produced tracks for you to relax and vibe out to! We catch up, talk about his move and new life experiences as a married man living in Australia now, and just have a goofy ass time in general. Have a great time listening, go to IG and follow him @robertrothko, go listen to his old appearances on episode 3 and 68, and then hit iTunes and pick up ALL of the music you can find with his name(s) on it!!! It was a true delight to get to sit down with an old friend, and I’m pumped to share it with all of you. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: We are INTO March y’all.
2020 has been a really positive year so far, and I hope you’re feeling the same way. That being said, if it’s been a particularly difficult year so far, I hope you can remember that things go in waves, and you’ll be back on top soon!! You’re the best. :)

Strength Level: Candles Today, we are out of #NAMMUARY, into March, and I’m bringing back the regular format of the show with our newest bad ass guest: JON ALVAREZ!!!! Jon is a fabulous LA based bass player, and I’m glad to know him. I hope you celebrate voting this week by listening to Jon and I talk about and goof around about everything BUT politics…..although we do talk Aliens and conspiracy theories for quite a bit. :) #spaceforce Anyway, Jon is great, I hope you fall in love with him, and as soon as this episode is over, I hope you follow him on social media (@bassoviol on the ole IG), and become his newest AND biggest fan. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: My heart goes out to Nashville this week as they are starting the rebuilding process after yesterday’s devastating tornado. Nashville has played a big part in this podcast’s history, and mine personally, and I am praying about all my friends, and everyone that’s there now. Can’t wait to come out and hug you all in a few weeks!!

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 8 With much excitement, and much sadness, I bring #NAMMUARY and DRUMMER WEEK to a close with this 8th and final installment of this love month spectacular!! Today’s episode features short interviews with: Mike Kotzen (master cajon craftsman of my favorite cajons: Kotz Cajons!) Brian Collier (bad assssss) Omar Hakim (LIVING legend!!!) Getting to do a whacky ass show that then provides me the opportunity to talk to literal LEGENDS like I have during these episodes is such a crazy blessing in my life, and I still can’t believe it’s real sometimes!! Please check out all of the bad ass guests that we’ve had throughout the #NAMMUARY series, and, if you’re feeling generous with your time and your words, please go rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts! We’ll be back next week with the regular show format!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I hope you guys enjoyed the #NAMMUARY series!!!!
It was a very fun experience and test of what this will be like, and I cannot wait to see what #NAMMUARY 2021 brings!!!

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 7 Welcome to the final week of #NAMMUARY….. DRUMMER WEEEEEEEK!!!!!! Today’s episode (a day late) features short interviews with: Nick Mason (The Living Dead Drummer!) Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez FUNKY Rick Latham Mike Brucher I mean guys…..LOOK AT THAT LIST!!! These guys are insane legends of drumming, and we’ve got even more coming at you on the next and final episode of NAMMUARY, so enjoy this, and stay freakin tuned!!!!! DRUMS IS GOOD!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I’m posting this episode from Portland, so today, I shout out my love (during love month, and during drummer week) to the Rose City!!!! I love you. I love you suh much.

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 6 Man-O-Man, episode 6 of the #NAMMUARY series is here, and to join me, I have interviews with: Tom Rasulo Sean Moriarty Nick Stone Sean’s interview is co-hosted by Eddie Haddad, and Tom/Nick’s interviews are co-hosted by Sean Patrick Gallagher and Jeff Sorenson!!!!!!! This episode is not only a feature of a LOT of good man love and friendship, but also serves as a prequel to next week’s “NAMMUARY DRUMMER WEEK”!!!!!!! So fasten your seat belts (especially if you’re driving), and enjoy another episode of your favorite podcast! :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Happy Love month once again my friend. You are so beautiful (inside and out), that it’s not fair to anyone else.

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 5 WAHOOOOO!!! Not only is it Love Month, not only is it NAMMUARY, not only do we have 3 more episodes this month, but this week, we’re featuring the bad asses of SYMPHONIC PLANET!! This includes: Noor Che’ree (past guest) Jonas Petersen (past guest) Lila Crosswhite (cool as all hell) Mike Rudolph (wonderful and inspiring on multiple levels) You’re going to love this episode, and I TRULY hope that afterward, you go check out as much as you can about this REALLY cool and unique project. I have been enamored with Symphonic Planet since I first heard about it, and I KNOW you will be too!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Rupert had an ear infection a couple weeks ago, but it’s completely cleared up now. Listeners of the show are often fans of Rupert…so I felt obligated to give you this update. Rupert is a true King.

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 4 VALENTINE’S DAY IS HERE!!! Like I say in the intro, sorry for not getting this episode out yesterday on Thursday, but because of this wonderful loving holiday, I’m actually PUMPED for the mistake!!! What better way to say I love you all, then to say I love you all with an incredible NAMM episode ON freakin Valentine’s DAY!?!?!? Anyway, you’re gonna hear from Eddie Haddad, Chance Wilder Onody, Axel Mansoor, and Phil Romo today, and if you don’t get hit by Cupid’s little arrow for all of these guys, then I don’t know what’s wrong with you!! Go follow ALL of them immediately on every available social media, and become stronger in every way by letting yourself enjoy these wonderful men! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Happy Valentine’s Day all of you beautiful listeners!! I truly do love you and am thankful for every single one of ya!!!!

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 3 This week on RISS, Ryan gets to sit down with lovely ladies of QUARTET 405!!! That includes: Rebecca Schlappich Charles Eliza James Dayne Chou Danica Pinner Not only do you get to sit and laugh with these amazing musicians and humans, but you get to listen to some of their music, AND celebrate love week (the week of love) by listening to easily the most heartfelt and charming “Compliment Corner” of all time!!! Don’t wait to check these ladies out on youtube and all of their social media, and stay tuned for Thursday for episode #5 of the NAMMUARY series!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: LOVE WEEEEEEK!!!!
 Happy Valentine’s to all of you listeners, and I hope that you feel as loved as I do by whoever reads all of these whacky show descriptions I write. :)

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 2 This week, Ryan and special NAMM co-host, Jeff Sorenson get to hang at the Roland media day party at NAMM and hang with Travis McIntosh, Pat Kennedy, and John Pullan!!!! These guys were all very cool and generous to hang around and chat on this whacky show, and I am delighted to get to hype a company that I have been a HUGE fan of for years and years!!! I hope you enjoy this special bonus 2nd episode of the week, and gear up for PLENTY more #NAMMUARY episodes coming in February!!! Make sure to hit the “subscribe” button, head to IG (@ryanissuperstrong) so you can see pics and behind the scenes peaks at the guests and our time at NAMM, and if you’re feeling particularly generous, head over to apple podcasts and leave us a nice 5 star review!!!!! Love ya suh much OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Hope you’re enjoying the NAMMUARY episodes!!! Will Ryan ever do two episodes a week again after this month?!?! Maybe for a million doll hairs!!

Strength Level: NAMMUARY - EPISODE 1 It’s finally here!! NAMMUARY!! This week, we launch into an EIGHT episode month to hit you twice a week with cool interviews, music, and general fun and games with a TON of great guests who were all in attendance at the Winter 2020 NAMM Convention in Anaheim! This week, you’ll hear snippets from our guest cohosts Jeff Sorenson and Sean Patrick Gallagher, as well as short hello’s from some upcoming NAMMUARY guests! That being said, we’ll be spending MOST of our time with Kirby Lee and Cameron Woodruff of the San Francisco based band, HUSH CRUSH!!!! They sit down with Ryan, and share a couple tunes, and even talk about their new video “KATANA”, which I DEMAND you to hit this link NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LZ5TO-q4fk&feature=youtu.be MAN I love that tune, and the video is just plain insane. Anyway, this month is going to be a blast!!! So make sure you and yo friends are subscribed, and stay tuned so you don’t miss any of our time with these bad ass special guests!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Sorry again for the poor quality of recording at the booth, but the heart and soul of NAMM is represented!!! This is the first year I’m trying it, and it will just get better and better from here, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the freakkkin show!!! :)

Strength Level: The Marching Band This week, I’ve got the WONDERFUL pleasure delight of introducing you to this multi instrumentalist, this brass specialist, this fellow Silverlake Conservatory family member, and this all around great human man: MATT EVANS!! Matt is one of those guys that I’ve run into over the years, and I’m ALWAYS so glad when it happens. We had a few beers before this recording, and it was one of the first times we ever got to just sit down and chill, and it made me like him even more! 
By the time we started recording, it was just a full on trip down to silly town. I hope you enjoy it, and check out ANYTHING you can involving this wonderful man!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: NAMMUARY STARTS NEXT WEEEEEK!!!! Can’t wait to start unveiling these episodes, so get pumped, go back and listen to all of your favorite episodes, and we’ll see ya again NEXT WEEK!!!!!

Strength Level: The Rooster This week, we are back for a regular style episode, but there’s nothing average about this week’s amazing guest: ALEX CHURCHILL!!!! Alex is a New Zealand based musician, friend to one of my favorite people on the globe (and past guest producer) Coleman Cook, and just a great hang of a man! He brought with him the inimitable Andrea Lisa (who you guys will all FULLY meet in March!!!), and we sat down together and had a FREAKIN blast in the studio recording this episode. Get yourself comfy and prepare your ears for a sonic delight. After the episode (or during if you like), head to IG to follow both of these incredible musicians/humans (@alexchurchillmusic and @andrealisa.comm), then go and buy all of the music you can find that involves these new friends o mine!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: NAMM week was a BLAST. There is SO MUCH content to cut and edit now, so prepare yourself for two fun weeks of guests before NAMMUARY (what our elders once called, “February”) begins!!

Strength Level: A SMACK This week is not only NAMM week, it’s also JEFF SORENSON WEEK!! I’ve been looking forward to this week for months now, and I am fortunate to get to share so much of it with my dear friend and bad ass drumming colleague, Jeff. Jeff plays for Pete Anderson, the Rye Brothers, and many more. He runs a bad ass studio, is a founding member of DRUMSMACK TV, and in addition to being a true jack of all trades, is just a wonderful and sincerely kind man. I am pumped to share this person with all of you, hope you love him and all the music he brings to the table, and can’t wait for you guys to hear EVEN MORE from him during February’s MONTH of NAMM episodes!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I am SO FREAKIN EXCITED to be at NAMM 2020 this year doing interviews and harvesting content for this show. I hope you’ll come say hey to me if you’re at NAMM, and more importantly, share the shows in February where you’ll get to hear EVERYTHING that we collect over this wonderful NAMM week! NAMMMM!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!! I'm sorry for one last short snippet episode, but believe you me, 2020 is going to be PACKED with amazing new things; beginning with this very podcast being an official MEDIA OUTLET AT THE NAMM SHOW NEXT WEEK!!!! I can't wait to harvest as many great hours of content from bad asses at NAMM, and I can't wait to share all of the great eps I already have in the can for 2020. Anyway, have fun listening to this short episode/new year announcement, and I'll be back with FULL interviews and episodes starting NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Thanks again for listening each week, have a SAFE and GREAT NYE celebration, and we have SO MUCH AWESOME STUFF COMING IN 2020!!!!! See you then!!!!

No episode this week, and listen to hear why!!! Happy Holidays to EVERYONE who listens!!!!

Strength Level: Pace Picante Sauce This week, my dear friend GRANISON CRAWFORD is back on the show to special guest co-host this episode featuring a dear friend of his: THEO MANHATTAN!!!!!! Theo and Granison are brothers in the stand-up comedy game, and boy-o-boy did I enjoy my time sitting in the studio goofin and gabbin with these two silly boys. You are going to LOVE this whacky ass episode, and then I encourage you to follow Theo (@themostrelatableman on IG) AND Granison (@instagranison) because these are two guys you are going to WANT to keep an eye on. They are the best-o-the-best!!!!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: We are getting into a couple weeks of holiday partying, and I hope you’ve got a LOT of love coming your way! Make sure to use your smile to make someone else smile, and you’ll feel good about it too.

Strength Level: Word of Mouth Holy crap balls do we have ANOTHER bad ass drummer, guest, and human gentleman for you this week!! It’s been a long time coming, but in my opinion, it’s NEVER too late to meet the great SAM WEBSTER. Sam is such a great dude, you’ve heard him on records and recordings without even knowing it, and EVEN seen him playing drums in movies like “La La Land” and “Jersey Boys”! EVER HEARD OF EM?!?! Check out www.samwebsterdrums.com to learn and see more about the man, the myth, and the legend: SAM WEBSTER OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Oh baybeeeee we are gettin close to them gifting holidays. I hope that, if you’re feeling stressed about money, picking the right gifts, ordering things on time, keeping secrets, making plans, etc etc etc….you also know that you AREN’T ALONE!! We are ALL in this holiday stress time! It sucks!!!! But it’s also magical. So keep your eye on the magical part, and that will make you feel good and also better.

Strength Level: Sea Turtle Today’s guest is a living percussion legend of a man. The wonderful: LEDDIE GARCIA In addition to being an amazing human gentle man, he is a percussionist who has shared studio and stage time playing music with a seemingly never-ending list of musical legends like: Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Cindy Lauper, Gladys Knight, Macy Grey, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, and SO many damn more. Leddie and I have played together a ton over the years, and it’s ALWAYS such a treat to get to hang. It’s also important to note that he is incredibly generous with his time, whether it is to volunteer in the community weekly, come give of his time freely to work with children, or even to come hang and do my whacky ass podcast! Truly an admirable man, one you’ve heard on the radio and on commercial jingles and movies throughout the years without even knowing, and someone I’d CERTAINLY take note of and follow online in every way possible (@leddieg1 on the ole IG)!! Thanks again for guesting on this crazy show Leddie!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I hope that you’re coming off of your Turkey hangover by now because it’s the last of the “brrrr” months, and SUCH a huge time of celebration and love!! If you’re someone who gets a little blue this time of year, know that you’re not alone, and I hope this crazy show gives you a little break to hang with some friends via the ole podcast waves!!!!

Strength Level: Pumpkin Pie! It’s finally THANKSGIVING time!!! Man I love this time of year and holiday, and I hope you do too. And what better to be thankful for than another BAD ASS GUEST??!?!?!!??
 This week, I’ve invited the wonderful: BRETT ROJAS. 
Brett is a gentleman, a fellow drummer/percussionist, MULTI instrumentalist, native Los Angeleno, and so much more. I’m grateful for his friendship in my life, and you should be too!!! So check out Brett (@brojasperc on IG), scoop yourself another big ole helping of mashed taters, stuffing, or whatever your favorite thanksgiving side dish is, and scream 5 things your grateful for at your family! They love it!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I hope your surrounded by family, friends, love and FOOD this Thanksgiving!!! And as usual, I’m REALLY thankful for you. :)

Strength Level: Ibuprofen After this week’s episode, you’re gonna need to hit this week’s strength level hard to cool yo dang head down. We’ve got FEVAH in the house!!!!! So excited for you guys to meet this wonderful Cincinnati born, LA based singer/songwriter. AND she shares a dang track for you to enjoy (featuring much cowbell)!! Fevah really is a truly wonderful human, and you just feel better after hanging out with her. I really hope you can feel that through your speakers, headphones, or whatever the heck you’re listening to this podcast with!! After you’ve fallen in love with Fevah, hit her up on all social medias (@giveyafevah on IG), because this is one lady you’re gonna wanna keep your eye on!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: It’s gettin chilly, and it’s feeling like Holidays. Life is hard during these times for so many, so I hope YOU are feeling good and spreading some cheery vibes to your loved ones. If you are the one in need of some extra loving right now, I hope you get it NOW!!!!

Strength Level: Robert Moog This week on “Ryan Is Super Strong!”, I’ve invited another great guy who I’m excited for all you guys to meet! This week, the wonderful JOHNNY LUNA IS HERE!!!!!!! Johnny plays so many damn instruments, has an extreme love and passion for all things electronic, is a proud father of two children, and a fellow teacher and worker with kids-er like myself, and I couldn’t be happier to have him on the show to get to share his personality! After you’ve fallen in love with him, hit the social media, follow him everywhere you can (@johnnnnyluna on IG), and your life will be better for knowing him! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Another week into thankful month, and I hope you are spending some time each day goin, “man o man am I thankful to be this wonderful”. Cuz you are

Strength Level: Bedrock This week is a weird one because you actually met this brand new guest LAST WEEK!!! BOBBY WILMORE is here this week, we actually recorded this episode right before the power hour episode (episode 160), and then they came out in reverse order!! What the heck!? So I hope you enjoy getting to know the wonderful man who refused (due to fun all day cocktails with yours truly) to ever speak on mic last week. Hahaha Bobby is a FANTASTIC drummer/percussionist, one of the coolest cucumbers around, a founding member of the baddest Cuban band around (Sitarason), and you’re just gonna need more of him in your life!! Once you’ve listened, please go to all the social medias and follow him (@bobby_wilmore on the ole IG), try to see Sitarason LIVE immediately!!!!!!, and if you ever hear about Bobby playin somewhere or selling some new music, SUPPORT THIS MAN! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: It’s thankful month, and boy-o-boy am I thankful for YOU!!!!!!!

Strength Level: The Mighty Rocky Mountains HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEK!!!!! 

Guys, this is not only the Halloween episode for the year, but also episode #160, which means I’m bringing back the POWER HOUR!!!!!! This time, the guests of the Power Hour are past guests: Carolyn Jania Adam Ceschin Mikala Schmitz Jonah Levine And FUTURE GUEST: BOBBY WILMORE! Like I mention in the LONG intro, this episode was planned and meant to be EXTRA silly. That being said, MAN do I ever lose complete control of this whacky pack of friends of mine!!! Hahahaha 
We had SUCH a blast doing this episode together, I’m grateful I got to introduce these great humans to one another, I’m grateful YOU now get to experience this insanity, and that next week, you’ll get to FULLY meet the wonderful man, Bobby Wilmore (and he talks on mic the whole time!). I hope you get yourself PLENTY of beers to play along with us this time, and have a happy and safe Halloween with friends and fam!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Though we all clearly drank far too much on this episode, I want it to be known that all participants stayed at my apartment for a LONG time after we got done recording. There was resting, eating, drinking water, and general tom foolery all around. Everyone got home safe, had people pick them up, left cars at my place over night, etc! IF you decide to play along, or drink a crazy fun amount over the Halloween weekend, PLEASE do so safely!

Strength Level: The Piranha This week, on episode 159, I’ve brought to you another fine guest/human/individual for your listening enjoyment. This is the wonderful man: NATHAN ALEF!!!! Nathan is a KILLER piano player, sound designer and producer, as well as another member of the very cool and impressive “Buckets Moving Co.” team. We had only ever really hung out in rehearsals or on stage, so this was a true delight to sit down, get to know each other better, goof around, and just laugh way too much! Nathan has a TON of great videos on youtube, and plays all around, so if you get ANY opportunity to see or hear him play, PLEASE run, do not walk. I beg of you not to walk. Also, follow Nathan on the ole IG (@nathanalef), and stay tuned for ANY project he is involved in because I can give you my personal guarantee that it will be: 1.) cool 2.) kick ass 3.) something that improves your life OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Next week is a VERY special Halloween episode….if I were you, I’d go buy some beers NOW. Hint hint

Strength Level: Cachao This week on “Ryan Is Super Strong!” (You know, you’re favorite podcast that you love), Ryan has invited the wonderful, peaceful, super talent, soft spoken, velvety voiced, bass playing wonder man: ADAN ALONSO!!!! Adan has played with the LA based Cuban band, Sitarason, for MANY years, and this week, we are featuring some of that bad ass music!! You are gonna LOVE these tunes, and love Adan even more; which is really sayin somethin! I hope you’ll go follow Adan on his social medias (@pa_bajo on the old IG), and go buy Sitarason’s album, “Sentimental Reasons”, and then sit back and enjoy your even better life! :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you go buy Sitarason’s album….do yourself a favor and get yourself a bottle of rum, and make a nice evening of it. You won’t regret this choice! :)

Strength Level: The Elephant This week on “Ryan is Super Strong!”, I’ve invited the wonderful super talent, GRETJE ANGELL back on the show!! Gretje’s first appearance was on episode #29 (check it out in the archive), and though it was a great chance to get to know her a bit, we didn’t share any of her music!!!! BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER!!! So this time, Gretje has brought her new album, “In Any Key” along with her, and she’s hyping it here by sharing music FROM the album, and talking with me about ALL kinds of great stuff. It’s always so much fun to get guests BACK on the show, and this is certainly no exception. Gretje is beautiful inside and out, so as soon as you’ve listened to this episode, hurry up, get to social media and follow her (@gretjeangell on IG, etc), buy her album, “In Any Key”, and just be glad you got to meet her in general!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Week two of spooky scary month….I get it….we’ll get through it together. DO NOT BE SCARED!!!!

Strength Level: Gold I don’t know what to tell you guys….this week’s guest is just a true gentleman. Actor and multi-talent, GLENN EDWARD is here this week! I’ve known Glenn for several years from working with his husband and the Los Alamitos Show Choir program, but this was SUCH a treat to get to sit down with him for an afternoon and get to know him better. I hope that because of this interview, YOU will benefit from meeting this wonderful man as well! After your heart has been warmed all the way through by this gem of a human, I hope you RUN to Instagram and support his social media(s) (@iamglennedward), and become his newest, greatest, human fan!! And like the intro says, thanks again to all of the listeners who have been hitting the “Best of Music” episode series from the beginning of this year!! It makes me SO happy when my bad ass guests get even more ears on their music, personalities, goofiness, etc. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you are a listener who comes here for the music, sorry this week didn’t have a bunch, but just go back in the archive you fool! Just because you heard those interviews and tunes once doesn’t mean they’ve spoiled! Time for a revisit!!! :)

Strength Level: Power Tools This week, THE MAN is here: MIKE UHLER!!!!!!!! I am so glad to finally have this friend of mine in the studio, and I hope you guys are comfy, cuz you’re in for a dang treat! Mike has worked with Weird Al, Flea, The Red Hot Band, the makers of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, and so many more. He’s one of the most versatile and knowledgeable musicians and multi-instrumentalists on the scene, and you’re gonna hear him display some perfect pitch, a ton of music he’s worked on, and just get to know this silly man in general! Once you’ve realized that Mr. Uhler is the best man on the globe, I hope you run to Instagram to follow him on social media (@uhlymike), and lookout for ANY way to support this bad ass man! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: You are strong, easy on the eyes, wonderful in your brain, and just an all around beautiful person. This week, try to remember that every dang day!!!!!!

Strength Level: Red Wine It’s actually your lucky day because MICHAEL RAGONESE IS BACK!!!!! Mike is the dang best, but in order to make things even better, I invited the wonderful super talent: TARA LOUISE!!! 
I have been lucky as hell to get to hang and play with these two a bunch, and they graciously come back to guest on this whacky show to share their music, their goofy sides, and so much more. 
Stay tuned for so many cool things to come from these two, check them out ALL OVER THE INTERNET, and thank your lucky stars that your alive to hear the beginnings of this wonderful musical relationship!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Like I say in the intro, this would be a GREAT week to help support an amazing organization like the Los Angeles Music and Arts School! Go to lamusart.org TODAY and buy tickets for the crazy Citadel Outlet event this Saturday!!!!