Zoiks! Online Podcast

Interview with Stand Up Comedian and Podcaster Jen Kirkman for Zoiks! Online.

Eddie Trunk is the premiere rock journalist. He’s got three radio shows, he co hosts “That Metal Show” and he has “The Eddie Trunk Podcast.” It’s rough out there for rock bands right now but it’s equally as rough for rock journalists. Eddie and I have a great conversation about “That Metal Show,” a potential […]

Today I got the chance to sit down with my first rock hero, Joey Tempest of Europe to talk about their new album “War of Kings.”

Recently I got the chance to sit down with Steve Zetro Souza of Exodus.

One of my favorite interviews that I’ve ever done is with Burton Cummings of The Guess Who. The man is such a story teller and he’s got great stories. Unfortunately shortly after doing the interview my computer crashed and I lost everything including this interview. I had emailed it to a couple of people but […]

My first guitar hero was Joe Perry from Aerosmith. I was turned onto the band in Jr. High. “Get a Grip” had just come out and I had heard them play “Dream On” with Michael Kamen’s orchestra on MTV. I bought the “Greatest Hits” and from there fell into a deeper and deeper appreciation for […]

Shaman’s Harvest is a great new rock band. Currently they’re about to go out on the road with Fozzy to support their new album “Smokin’ Hearts & Broken Guns.” I personally cannot wait to catch these guys live later this month. I got the chance to chat with frontman Nate Hunt and I had a […]

I got the chance to cover this years Uproar Festival tour in Peru, IL which featured rock heavy weights Seether. Seether has been around a long time and you could hear their influence on nearly every young band that played before them. Seether are veterans at this point who rely on their songs and playing […]

I’d never head of the band Leaving Eden before, but when I was turned onto them I fell in love. These guys are right up my alley. They have elements of classic rock, metal, pop, this band has it all yet they don’t sound like anybody you’ve heard. They have a new album out called […]

Progressive Rock icons Yes are back with a brand new album “Heaven and Earth.” I haven’t had my whole life to sit on this album like I have “Fragile” and “Close to the Edge,” but I did enjoy what I heard. Only time will tell if these songs stand the test of time. As a […]

My favorite new album right now if Fozzy’s “Do You Wanna Start a War.” I’ve probably heard the whole album 30 or 40 times and it’s only been out a couple of weeks. Normally I wait for the bands to come to me but you have an album this good I needed to talk to […]

On the latest episode of the Zoiks! Online Podcast Bob and Jason talk to Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon. Bob is a big Sevendust fan. He owns every album and had just recently caught “An Evening with Sevendust” in Joliet, IL supporting their most recent album “Time Travelers and Bonfires.”

It’s always great to see a couple local kids do good. Quad Cities natives Danika Holmes and Jeb Hart have done just that. Currently they live in Nashville, Tennessee and have made a living as professional musicians. We hate to see them leave our area, but lets be real there is not a whole lot […]

Everybody knows who Lisa Loeb is. She became a household name back in the early nineties with her hit single “Stay.” That may have been the peak of her popularity but she hasn’t gone anywhere. She’s still making music and going on tour, but now she’s doing so much more than that. She’s got her […]

This Friday Night/Saturday morning at Midnight Eastern Dave Attell’s new special “Road Work” will air…uncensored followed by the premiere of the new Comedy Central show “Comedy Underground” hosted by Dave Attell. It’s the first uncensored show on Comedy Central. If you ask just about any comic out there from Amy Schumer to Jay Mohr to […]

I like a wide variety of music. Let me rephrase that, I like a wide variety of rock music. Whether it’s simple punk, classic rock, or heavy metal, I like just about all of it. I can’t help but prefer the classic rock though. The problem with classic rock is the word classic. Classic means […]

Quad City natives Three Years Hollow have a brand new record out called “The Cracks” produced by Clint Lowery of Sevendust. Their hit single is called “Hungry” and each and every one of you should call your local radio stations and request that song, even if you own the album. They just got off the […]

You can argue forever who the best stand up comic is, what the best style is. Are improv comics as funny as stand up comics, do prop comics count etc etc etc. One thing that you can’t argue is that live comedy is so much better any comedy album or special. There’s something about the […]

Esther Ku is a comedian, actress and musician. (Photo credit: Sam Oh) Ku can be seen as a series regular on MTV’s new female-driven comedy series “Girlcode” on Tuesday nights at 10:30/9:30c. “GirlCode” is the sister show of MTV2’s hit show “Guycode.” Ku will also be making guest appearances on Nick Cannon’s “Wild’n Out” Season […]

Black Map. A clean slate, an open-ended set of directions with no boundaries or guidelines tying you to any predetermined path? Or a bleak, morbid symbol of nothing-good-to-come, no matter which journey you choose? Maybe a little bit of both? Dystopian themes and dark lyrical images sit atop bombastic, surging rhythms and melodies–suggesting all paths […]

Over the last year the Dollyrots managed to get pregnant, have a child and record an album. If you buy into the old adage my songs are like my children then Kelly Ogden from the Dollyrots had 13 kids, one human and 12 songs. The album is great and Kelly was great on the podcast. […]

Back in November Jason and I got to chat with Scott Bartlett, guitarist for the band Saving Abel. We did the interview live and in person at Rascal’s Live in Moline Il so forgive the background noise. We talked about the new EP, starting their own label and what it’s like out there is this […]

“Lust for Love” is the debut film from Anton King. It gets lumped into the Whedonverse films, but this is Anton’s baby through and through. The film got a large part of it’s budget via Kickstarter and stars Fran Kranz, Dichen Lochman, Beau Garrett and Felicia Day. Jason and I sat down with Dichen Lochman […]

Devour the Day’s “Time and Pressure” was one of the best albums of 2013 and now it’s getting rereleased in 2014 with two new songs, one of which is an acoustic version of their hit “Good Man.” Devour the Day is make up of Blake Allison and Joey “Chicago” Walser who use to be in […]

Zoe Sara is a lot of things, performer, writer, musician, Suicide Girl, model but you can sum it all up in one word artist. She’s got a new album out right now called “Fall.” On the latest episode of the “Zoiks! Online Podcast” we talk about the album “Fall” and how Zoe’s already itching to […]