Podcast appearances and mentions of john reis

Post-hardcore, noise y rock alternativo es lo que encontramos en el primer trabajo de Boca Catapulta, una superbanda del underground barcelonés. Charlamos con Iván y Marc, cantante-guitarra y bajista respectivamente, sobre este fascinante nuevo proyecto cno miembros y exmiembros de Gain, Nunnery y La Influencia de Júpiter. Durante la charla escuchamos dos clásicos contemporáneos de Nueva Vulcano y El Niño Gusano, recuperamos el proyecto pandémico Esa Fuerza Inmune y nos despedimos con la última banda de John Reis, Swami and the bed of nails. Enjoy!

This is the Built In Sun appreciation episode. Released on August 7, 2015 via PIAPTK Records, Built In Sun is Joe Plummer's first and currently only solo record. BIS began as an instrumental idea, with inspirations landing somewhere between John Cale's Fear, the punker vibrations of The Wipers, guitarist John Reis and Joe's favorite soundtrackists, John Brion and Clint Mansell. Recorded both at his studio in Seattle and with the late Richard Swift at National Freedom, Joe made a point to collaborate with his friends and former bandmates. The lyrics and vocals on the record are provided by longtime friend and former The Black Heart Procession colleague, Pall Jenkins, with additional players David Bazan and Cody Votolato filling out the piano and guitar respectively. In this episode, Joe expresses his love for the opportunity to make a record with his pals and leaves an easter egg or two. Built in Sun Episode supported by Izotope Episode supported by Distrokid Episode supported by Thunder Road Guitars

This week we are talking about Rocket From the Crypt's 1995 major label debut, Scream, Dracula, Scream!New Major Awards EP - majorawards.bandcamp.comMerch Shop  - redbubble.com/people/punk-lotto-pod/shopJoin our Patreon to get bonus audio, videos, blog posts, and access to our Discord for only $1 at patreon.com/punklottopodPodcast platforms and social media links at linktr.ee/punklottopodCall our voicemail line: 202-688-PUNKLeave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Song clips featured on this episode:Rocket From the Crypt - Born in '69Rocket From the Crypt - On a RopeRocket From the Crypt - Young Livers

Hello and Welcome, dear listener.   Episode 86 is the beginning of a conversation with San Diego punk legend Chris Squire. Chris has done it all, he's run a record label, booked bands, done sound production, and he's either sung, played bass, guitar or drums in a ton of bands; PG13, The Tori Cobras, Belle Cora, Tit Wrench, Tiltwheel, Battalion of Saints, Russian Tremors, Kerosene, Tar Halos, Dark Sarcasm, TV Eye, Digital Leather, Bizarro Son, No Laughing Matter, Dog Boy, Royal Pains, Half On Tongue, Sloog, Blades, Unit Unit, Go Go Lords, King Wheelie, Plasticman, Cholla … to name most of them? Part one of the Squire story really starts around 1980 when he begins attending The San Diego School of the Creative and Performing Arts  where he meets his guitar and boombox toting soon to be lifelong friend John Reis who introduces him to Dead Kennedys and Black Flag and sets him on a course that takes us through to Chris starting his first band PG13 later in the 80's. Amazingly, the first hardcore show he attends in 1984 is an Aggression and Ill Repute show at Fairmount Hall that my friends and I produced! A very cool factoid I did not know. Along the way, as Chris' story unfolds we get a road map of the SD punk family tree in the 80's that is a really great historical record, told in his engaging and colorful style the conversation is as compelling and entertaining as it is information dense.  I'm glad to share this episode with you all and I'm looking forward to part two as well! Thank you for listening and for supporting the podcast! PATREON SUPPORT THE POD If you can't support the pod with $ but you like it, please tell a friend. Music: Fishwife: 'Chad' (feat. Squire name drop) Conservative Itch: live in '86 pulled from Youtube TMpod theme by Jason --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-traeger/support

John Reis y Rick Froberg empezaron a hacer música juntos en el instituto, y juntos dieron forma a tres bandas tan seminales e interesantes como Pitchfork, a finales de los ochenta; Drive like jehu, a partir de 199... y Hot Snakes, los verdaderos protagonistas de este podcast, ya en 1999. Sirva este humilde podcast como homenaje al gran Rick Froberg, fallecido el pasado 30 de junio a los 55 años. Rest in peace. ¡Gracias por tanto! Burn, pigs, burn (de Pitchfork) New Kid (de Pitchfork) New math (de Drive Like Jehu) If credit's what matters i'll take credit No hands 10th planet I hate kids Suicide Invoice Unlisted Braintrust Audit in progress The mystic decade Six wave hold down I need a doctor Checkmate I shall be free

This week we have our longest episode yet as we take a deep dive into the work of Rick Froberg, the singer of Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu and Obits who sadly passed away in June 2023. Enlisting the help of post-punk encyclopaedia, and literal Doctor in punk music, our friend Ferruccio Quercetti, we take a real good look at the work of Nick Froberg through the lens of Hot Snakes. With work on their fifth album said to be nearing completion at the time of his passing, this episode serves as a tribute to the man's talent. Whilst we do mostly focus on Hot Snakes for most of this episode, we do touch on every project he, and John Reis, have been part of to some extent. We didn't want to dwell on the other projects too long though, as there's a really good chance we'll come back and do episodes on Drive Like Jehu and Rocket from the Crypt at some point in the future. Both Chris and Ferro chose their favourite Hot Snakes albums for this episode. Sucide Invoice, the band's second album, is Chris' pick, whilst Ferro plumps for their third album, Audit in Progress. Now that isn't to say that one is necessarily better than the other - truth be told, all four of their albums are really bloody good - but Chris and Ferro have their reasons for picking these two specifically, and we get into that in this episode. Along the way we also cite a ton of other bands that influenced Rick, as well as a whole bunch more bands that were influenced by him too. So please, grab yourself a beverage of any kind, raise it in a toast to Rick Froberg, and get stuck into this monster episode.  

Following the devastating news of his shocking death on June 30, 2023, I remember Rick Froberg, who is someone I've admired most of my life and became friends with over the past 20 years. Featuring my recollections about his artwork, songwriting, and bands like Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and Obits, and archival interviews I conducted with Rick about such things in 2005, 2009, and twice in 2011. Rick was truly unique, warm, and supportive, and I love him. Thank you, Rick. Photo by: O.Related listening:Ep. #383: Hot Snakes' Rick Froberg (March 12, 2018)Ep. #217: Do You Compute – The Story of Drive Like Jehu (October 8, 2015)Ep. #125: John Reis of Drive Like Jehu (August 22, 2014)Ep. #177: Sohrab Habibion on Obits calling it quits (April 2, 2015)Ep. #29: Sohrab Habibion of Obits (September 3, 2013)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Rick Moore, our longtime friend and guest on the show: "The first time I saw John Reis play was around Thanksgiving ‘95. Rocket from the Crypt at Midtown Music Hall. It was the best show I've ever seen. Circa Now was the record. Blue sparkle were the shirts. Well spanked Les Paul Customs and well vented 100W JCM 800s. Hot Snakes in Nashville a few years ago was almost as good. I don't follow much new music, but I can count on Reis for steady content that's always good and relevant. It's extraordinary talent, occupying a significant place on the map for 35 years. It should be heralded". Thanks Rick for your great pick, and go see Skin Jobs whenever they are playing in town!

Podcast del programa Submarino Amarillo 2.0, emitido en Radio Círculo el 28 de Octubre de 2022 En el viaje de hoy presentamos nuevas canciones de John Reis, Strange Blue Dreams, Andrew Bird, Editors, The Arcs, Arctic Monkeys y Doctor Explosión. También despedimos a Second y rescatamos tesoros enterrados por el tiempo, hoy Os Mutantes y Simon Dupree & The Big Sound. Y llegamos a Liverpool con una canción de los Beatles: Rain. Un viaje de John Lennon (en todos los sentidos) que nos regaló la que es para muchos la mejor interpretación de Ringo Starr en una canción del grupo. Gracias por viajar con nosotros, viajeros del rock and roll. Con Andrés Jiménez

Legendary California punk icon Swami John Reis of Drive Like Jehu / Rocket From The Crpyt / Hot Snakes discusses the origin of both of his original projects, preserving the human aspect of recording, bringing an element of confrontation to his performances and more.

SWAMI JOHN REIS (Swami records) - Ride the wild night - Do you still wanna make out   VAGUESS (Refry Records) - Nothing's Secret - When it's gone IGUANA DEATH CULT (Innovative Leisure) - Future Monuments   GUS ENGLEHORN (Secret City Records - label canadien)  Dungeon Master - exercise your demon NESTTER DONUTS (Voodoo Rhythm Records) - Flamenco Trash - Infection CD3   ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA (Guerssen) - S/T - Mother Writes SPINDRIFT (Alternative Tentacles) -  Spindrift "Classic Soundtracks Vol 3"- Buzz VS The Man SWAMI JOHN REIS (Swami records) - Ride the wild night - Ride the wild night SWAMI JOHN REIS (Swami records) - Ride the wild night - When I kicked him in the face ASTEREOTYPIES (Air Rytmo, 2022) - Aucun mec ne ressemble à Brad Pitt dans la Drôme - Le pacha REUBEN'S DAUGHTERS (Microcultures, 08 avril 2022) - Mami Wata - The well HORSEGIRL(MatadorRecords) Versions of Modern Performance - Anti glory KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD  WIZZARD & TROPICAL FUCKSTORM (Joyful Noise Recordings) Satanic Slumber Party Part 2 (Midnight In Sodom)   SWAMI JOHN REIS (Swami records) - Ride the wild night - i hate my neighbors in the yellow house

As broadcast February 11, 2022 with plenty of Texas soul for your anywhere podcast sun, moon, and stars.  Tonight we start and finish part 1 with some Texas soul, both marking the date Leon Bridges won his very first Grammy but more importantly paying tribute to Bastards of Soul front man Chadwick Murray, who tragically passed late last year.  The band has a new album dropping in March which presumably was Murray's last bit of work in studio before passing, may he rest in power and live in music forever.  Lots of new funk and soul to get through in the first hour on our Sampled feature, with a new album out from Dr. Dre for the new GTA Online game, along with a stomper from Abi Farrell and a fantastic new EP out from our Kiwi brother Arjuna Oakes.  Dan Lloyd joins us for hour two on the eve of some big albums dropping in the rock world, most notably Eddie Vedder's new full-length "Earthling" and Frank Turner's "FTHC."  #feelthegravityTracklisting:Part I (00:00)Leon Bridges – Bad Bad NewsAbi Farrell – Stepping Out of Your ShadowThe Diasonics – GuramiEboni Band – Sing A Happy Song (Shake It Down)Bastards of Soul – Glass of AshesBastards of Soul – There Will Be No Show Part II (35:04)Arjuna Oakes – The TeacherRavyn Lenae feat Steve Lacy – Skin TightDr. Dre feat Anderson.Paak & Rick Ross – The Scenic RouteKendra Morris – Nine LivesThe Poets of Rhythm – Discern/DefineKamasi Washington – The Garden Path Part III (64:48)Frank Turner – The ResurrectionistsLiam Gallagher – Everything's ElectricNHC – FearlessRed Hot Chili Peppers – Black SummerVoivod - Synchro Anarchy Part IV (94:51)Swami John Reis – Do You Still Wanna Make Out?Sharon Van Etten – PortaMetz – Demolition RowHalestorm – The SteepleThe Slackers – Don't Let The Sunlight Fool YaEddie Vedder – The Haves 

This is Vagrant Records: 25 Years On The Streets, where we tell the oral history of the label by the artists, fans, and insiders. In this episode, we will tell the story of The Hold Steady & Rocket From The Crypt featuring interviews with John Reis and Craig Finn. Hosted by Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids. Produced by Jesse Cannon. Executive Produced by Fred Feldman & Andrew Ellis

Rob Crow is a singer, guitarist and founding member of  San Diego luminaries Pinback, Physics, Heavy Vegetable and Goblin Cock to name a few.  His newest effort,  PLOSIVS,  includes John Reis (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt),  Atom Willard (Against Me!, The Offspring)  and Jordan Clark (Mrs Magician).  In this episode Joe and Rob talk west coast hardcore, the process of making the new PLOSIVS record and why taking his kids on tour is so important to him. Also Rob also tells us the tale of the Jersey Devil and we hear some tunes from both his newest solo record and the new PLOSIVS single Hit The Breaks (out on Swami Records soon). All this and.....surprise! Rob gives us a couple bonus tour stories!   Music by PLOSIVS, Rob Crow,  Hew Time and Joe Plummerhttps://swami-records.myshopify.com/https://robcrow.bandcamp.com/http://www.tgrec.com/bands/band.php?id=17Use Code Fret10 for a free month of Music Production Suite Pro and a 10% discount on all other software. Visit Izotope.com

Drive Like Jehu was an American post-hardcore band from San Diego active from 1990 to 1995. It was formed by rhythm guitarist and vocalist Rick Froberg and lead guitarist John Reis, ex-members of Pitchfork, along with bassist Mike Kennedy and drummer Mark Trombino, both from Night Soil Man, after their two bands disbanded in 1990. Drive Like Jehu's music was characterized by passionate singing, unusual song structure, indirect melodic themes, intricate guitar playing, and calculated use of tension, resulting in a distinctive sound amongst other post-hardcore acts and helped to catalyze the evolution of hardcore punk into emo. In this episode all songs by bands selected by Drive Like Jehu to play All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0 April 22-24, 2016. Lineup: Hot Snakes, The Blind Shake, Mrs. Magician, Flamin' Groovies, The King Khan & BBQ Show, The Schizophonics, Metz, Mission Of Burma, The Gories, King Khan and the Shrines, The Spits, Rocket From The Crypt, Betunizer, The Monkeywrench, Holly Golightly, Dan Sartain, Martin Rev, Tortoise, The Ex, PyPy, Gary Wilson, Claw Hammer, Wau y Los Arrrghs

For 20+ years singer/guitarist John Reis has fronted and co-founded legendary San Diego bands Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu,  Rocket From the Crypt, Hot Snakes and The Sultans.  He also works as a producer, operates his record label Swami Records and is a local disc jockey.   In this episode John shares his pandemic habits and what he realized was most important to him in that time.   Joe and John also discuss how supply chain issues have effected rock n roll,  why streaming platforms may not be the best custodians of music and John shares his brilliant idea for lives shows if things don't soon return to normal.  We learn about his latest project The Plosives and hear a couple un released tunes from his new record Swami John Reis. Sponsored by Izotope, https://www.izotope.com/ Enter code Fret10 for a discount on your software purchase.

This week, Pastors Tiffany Malloy and Chris Kopp talk with C.J. Klaas and John Reis about how they’ve used a tool called a Rule of Life to “rebuild differently.” Resources mentioned in this episode: “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry,” John Mark Comer // “You Are What You Love,” James K.A. Smith // “The Road Back to You,” Ian Morgan Cron // www.practicingtheway.org // Rule of Life Workbook: https://tinyurl.com/hw29wbpd Email us at podcast@blackhawkchurch.org

This week, Pastors Tiffany Malloy and Chris Kopp talk with C.J. Klaas and John Reis about how they've used a tool called a Rule of Life to “rebuild differently.” Resources mentioned in this episode: “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry,” John Mark Comer // “You Are What You Love,” James K.A. Smith // “The Road Back to You,” Ian Morgan Cron // www.practicingtheway.org // Rule of Life Workbook: https://tinyurl.com/hw29wbpd Email us at podcast@blackhawkchurch.org

Our very first Patreon supporter, Mr. John Reis, has returned to bring about another edition of Patreon Purveyor's Pours! Traveling in from the distant land of Indiana, John brings exotic new pours...and ends up a victim to a cruel tasting...Want to host your own Patreon Purveyor's Pours? Sign up for our Patreon here: http://patreon.com/bluecollarbourbonLearn More:Blue Collar Bourbon: https://linktr.ee/bluecollarbourbonLasting Media: https://linktr.ee/lastingmediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The conversation begins with Jason and Don's introduction at “the weirdo wall' of San Dieguito High School in the mid 80's and from there they go backwards and forwards to put together a picture of their enduring friendship and Don's biographical timeline. Don was a founding member of Pitchfork, a band that helped define the post-‘Slow Death' San Diego post-hardcore era. He talks about forming the band with John Reis and Rick Froberg at this transitional period as they sought alternatives to the violence plagued scene that came before. Among the many blanks the two fill in we learn Jason played a small role in launching Don's life of music making when he sold him his first bass guitar. Another revelation is Don's recollection of he and Jason's shared transformative experience in the free-form ‘Epistemics' class of visionary high school teacher Neil Merritt who was the prime inspiration for Jason's early departure from school to go on tour with 7 Seconds. In addition to these stories they talk about tribal/ecstatic/trance-punk pioneers Crash Worship, the influence of Lou's Records on the North County music scene, Rick Froberg's fanzine Subculture and much more. Music: TM theme by Jason Pitchfork: Sinking Crash Worship: live performance --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-traeger/support

The Padres lost their first playoff game in 14 years and the guys had local musician John Reis (Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes) on to talk about it. They get in to Chris Paddack’s start, Cronenworth’s base running, and Jayce Tingler’s overall performance.

O Professor e Engenheiro John Reis nos visitou para conversarmos sobre sua paixão: Estudo e Carreira na Engenharia. #engenharia #carreira #ensinosuperior #ideiarocha #novoepisodio #podcast

Musician and visual artist Rick Froberg can't help it, he f*&#ing loves rock and roll. Throughout his career he has fronted loud, uncompromising, agressive, totally original and influential bands like Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, and Hot Snakes with his partner in crime John Reis as well as Obits, last of the Juanitas, and others. He continues to record and perform all over the world. Rick creates the album artwork for all of his projects, as well as working as a commercial artist. We talked about getting along with Satan, shitty gigs in front of the culchies, being at the same Fugazi show when someone drew blood, saying what you mean with lead and bludgeoning guitars, the wonders of the internet, cigarette Nazis in Australia, learning analog art design, and a whole lot more. Episode sponsor: Ultra Lubricants. Opening music: Marchandise by Fugazi, performed by Pierre de Gaillande with James Fletcher, drums. Songs: Burn Pigs Burn by Pitchfork. Ant Farm by Night Soil Man. Luau, Super Unison, New Math by Drive Like Jehu. No hands, Death Camp Fantasy, Six Wave Hold Down by Hot Snakes. Military Madness, Two Headed Coin by Obits.  http://www.drive-like-jehu.comhttps://www.obitsurl.comhttp://hotsnakes.com

Musician and visual artist Rick Froberg can't help it, he f*&#ing loves rock and roll. Throughout his career he has fronted loud, uncompromising, agressive, totally original and influential bands like Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, and Hot Snakes with his partner in crime John Reis as well as Obits, last of the Juanitas, and others. He continues to record and perform all over the world. Rick creates the album artwork for all of his projects, as well as working as a commercial artist. We talked about getting along with Satan, shitty gigs in front of the culchies, being at the same Fugazi show when someone drew blood, saying what you mean with lead and bludgeoning guitars, the wonders of the internet, cigarette Nazis in Australia, learning analog art design, and a whole lot more. Episode sponsor: Ultra Lubricants. Opening music: Marchandise by Fugazi, performed by Pierre de Gaillande with James Fletcher, drums. Songs: Burn Pigs Burn by Pitchfork. Ant Farm by Night Soil Man. Luau, Super Unison, New Math by Drive Like Jehu. No hands, Death Camp Fantasy, Six Wave Hold Down by Hot Snakes. Military Madness, Two Headed Coin by Obits.  http://www.drive-like-jehu.comhttps://www.obitsurl.comhttp://hotsnakes.com

This time for Patreon Purveyor's Pours, we feature our very first Patreon supporter - ever! In all we've done, John Reis has had our backs, from our Rock N Roll Whiskey Tours to our first live show in Evansville, Indiana...will he in a tasting round? Connect:Patreon: http://patreon.com/bluecollarbourbonFacebook: https://facebook.com/bluecollarbourbonFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluecollarbourbonInstagram: https://instagram.com/bluecollarbourbonSHOP: https://thebluecollarbourbon.com/shop/

John Reis, General Manager Retail at Canada Post, is my special guest. Our interview was recorded at the recent E-BISS Retail Workshop. We cover: Canada Post's concept post offices Drive-thru parcel collection Self-serve terminals - including discounts on shipping rates Change rooms in post offices How FlexDelivery (delivery direct to post office) works PO Boxes and parcel collection Cash on delivery

We bust out the classics as we rediscover some icons of British cinema, learn how album art is designed with Rick Froberg and John Reis of Hot Snakes, and leaf through a transcript of ‘The Great Gatsby’. Meanwhile, we discover some of the world’s emerging artists and try some herbal concoctions. Plus: Marie Billon goes through the weekend papers.

There are a number of common questions that policyholders ask in regards to reporting claims. In this episode, ALPS Claims Attorney John Ries talks with Mark about some of questions he often hears. John also sheds light on why it's important for attorneys to call their legal malpractice insurance provider even if they suspect that an issue or event may give rise to a claim.   ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast, is hosted by ALPS Risk Manager, Mark Bassingthwaighte.   Transcript: MARK: Welcome to ALPS In Brief, the ALPS risk management podcast. We're recording here at ALPS home office in the historic Florence building in downtown Missoula, Montana. I'm Mark Bassingthwaighte, the ALPS risk manager. I have the pleasure of sitting down today with ALPS claims attorney John Reis. John, before we get into some discussions here, can you tell our audience just briefly a little bit of your background here at ALPS? JOHN: I've been here eight years. Before that, I was in private practice in Washington state for about five years. Then before that, I was in Oregon as a prosecuting attorney. MARK: Ah, interesting. Very good, very good. Both of us in terms of the roles that we're in get some common questions, which are just concerning, “I think I might've made a mistake. There's a problem out here. What happens? What do I need to do? What should I do?” The idea today is just to have some discussions about the claims process. If I am an attorney and I'm concerned that a mistake has happened, can you talk me through what the basic reporting requirements are? When do I need to report this? You see where I'm going? I don't even know. JOHN: In the past, and this is changing starting next year, we have in the past asked for attorneys to give us notice as soon as reasonably possible. Like all attorneys, reasonable is up for interpretation. Now we are changing it to “immediately notify us.” Basically, I always tell attorneys when they call, inevitably they'll say, “I wasn't sure if I should report this or not because it's not a claim yet.” Sometimes there are claims; they're just flat out “I missed the statute and I had to my tell my client.” MARK: Right, of course. JOHN: Sometimes, it's a little more in the gray area. “I've just lost a summary judgment motion. Is that a claim?”, or, “I may have forgotten to list an expert. Is that a claim?” I always advise people that it is a claim as soon as you think it's a claim. If you're thinking about whether or not to report it, you should just default and automatically report it, and not wait and see if it develops into an actual malpractice claim. There's a lot of problems if you wait. There's always the problem down the road. Someone will accuse you of having knowledge of it and not telling ALPS. MARK: Right, right. JOHN: Nobody wants to fight over that. ALPS doesn't want to. We'd rather you just tell us up front. It doesn't hurt you any, so you might as well tell us as soon as you think it's a possible claim. MARK: Right. A takeaway for me here is some people just assume “I don't have a claim until I've been sued,” and that's not really what this is about. It's about awareness. If you have questions or concerns, just call us. We'll sit down and work through it. I think just as a side note, we don't open everything that is reported as a claim. JOHN: Right. MARK: Would you explain that just briefly? JOHN: Yeah. We have the choice. Sometimes someone will call in and it's clearly not a claim or even a potential claim, and so we don't even open anything. We just put a note on the file. Other times, maybe many years down the road, it can turn into a claim or not. We'll open those as circumstances. A circumstance, we don't report it when you go to another insurance company, heaven forbid. We don't report those, so it's just an internal notation. If it does develop into a claim, they can turn it into a claim down the road. We call them circumstances. Sometimes, you'll see some insurance companies say, “We don't require you to report circumstances.” Basically what they're saying is, “We don't require you to notify us of things that are not actual claims,” which we think is problematic. That's why we ask you to report even potential claims, what we call circumstances. MARK: It seems to me, the value of that is “we're just going to pin down coverage.” JOHN: Yeah. MARK: “We've taken care of our reporting requirements just in case it's a little muddy.” JOHN: Right. MARK: Okay, okay. So, I've had a call with you or someone to chat with me, and the decision is, “Okay, this is something that should be reported.” Is there a formal process that I need to go through to formally report a claim? JOHN: Required in writing. We don't have a form. A lot of people call and ask, “Is there a form we have to fill out?” There's no form. Oftentimes, it's best you just call us first and we'll give you an idea of what we want so you're not sitting down and writing a 10-page letter that doesn't really help us that much. We just require written notice that just basically puts us on notice of what the issues are. Has what has been missed, what's being alleged, who the client is, when did this happen. It could be as short as a paragraph, depending on what the error or the potential error is. MARK: So you're talking about writing. Can I do this even via email? JOHN: Email's fine. Fax, email, regular mail. MARK: Okay, very good. Now you and I both know we get these questions a lot too: “Are you guys going to raise my rates?” This kind of thing. Is there an impact? What happens? How does ALPS deal with the fact that a claim has been reported? When we think about underwriting, rates, those kinds of things going forward. JOHN: Yeah, there's no impact on your future rates for just reporting claims. MARK: Mm-hmm (affirmative). JOHN: In fact, I would consider it to be more of a benefit to you as far as underwriting, that you're more cautious than the average person if you call in something that's maybe not a claim. At least it shows that you're thinking about the issue, which is much better than the other way, if you call us up six months after the claim has been made. MARK: Right. JOHN: If anything, I think it helps your future rates. There's not formula that really takes it into consideration. It all goes into the black magic of underwriting. There's not direct impact on your rates. MARK: So what I'm hearing is if I report a claim, you guys do your thing in claims and provide excellent customer service, and the claim goes away. I'm successfully [defended 06:45]. I'm hearing that that's really not going to be a problem. How about I've blown a statute and there is a significant loss here? Let's say there's a $300,000 loss and I don't know, $50,000 or something in defense costs, these kinds of things. Is that a similar outcome? What happens rate-wise there? JOHN: Yeah, the first thing that happens is there's a surcharge. Anything over $30,000 is surcharged. MARK: Whether it's loss or defense? JOHN: Right, loss or expense. I don't know what the exact number is, but the majority of claims are probably in the surcharge level. A fair number don't ever get to that high number. We can resolve them for next to nothing, or nothing at all. The ones that go over $30,000, the surcharge is relatively small. It's half the basic rate, which is 1900. It's a $950 surcharge, but that's added into the formula mid-way through, so the final number could be higher than that. MARK: Are there any obligations that I have under a policy when a claim arises? JOHN: Well the only real obligation is you have to report it. When the new policies go into effect beginning next year, you have to immediately notify ALPS as soon as you become aware of a potential or actual claim. That's your only requirement, is to immediately notify us. All of the claims attorneys have cellphones. We take calls 24 hours a day. Sometimes people say, “Oh, this came in over the weekend.” You can call us on the weekend. MARK: I get that I need to report the claim, but how about as you handle the claim, go through the process? Do I have obligations along those lines? JOHN: Yeah. The first thing that we'll tell you after you report the claim, if it is a claim and it's not just a potential claim or a circumstance, we'll ask for a complete copy of your file. That'll be the first, probably the biggest task you have as an insured is copying a file, depending on who the- MARK: – the importance of file maintenance and keeping files, but … JOHN: Yeah. Some people or some firms and some attorneys have a lot better record-keeping procedures than others. For some people, it's not a big deal. They can just hit a button, copy it to a memory stick, and mail it to us. Other people, their banker box is scattered through several offices. Papers are loose, they're difference sizes. I understand that's a bigger task. Some files are just plain huge. They can take a whole room. If that's the case, sometimes we can limit the request. Just give us the pleadings for now, or just give us the correspondence for now. Just enough to get us going. I guess the flip side would be if, we usually err on the side of just getting everything. It's just like when you get a new claim or a new case as a lawyer. You want all of the information, or in discovery, you want all the information. You don't want just the little bits that they give you. If there's too much there, we'll let you know and we can send it back, or just tell you not to send it to us to begin with. MARK: Do you prefer that digitally? JOHN: It's a lot easier for us digitally. I guess the downside of digitally, sometimes people copy a file, if there's multiples of thousands of pages, if it just goes from one to ten thousand, it's a little hard to sort through. We manage. MARK: I can imagine that one. JOHN: Yeah. It happens a lot, so we've gotten pretty good at going through and sorting it out. Most files are, even poorly kept, some files are better kept than others but all files have some natural order to them. Pleadings, correspondence, notes. There's a predictable outcome to each one. MARK: Going back to this sort of example of blowing a statute or something, I realized, “Oh my gosh, I really have made a mistake here and messed up here. This is going to be a malpractice claim.” Do you have any thoughts or advice that you would share in terms of, what do I do with my client? Should I just run out and fall on my sword and say, “[inaudible 11:18], I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'll make it right?” What is your advice? Walk through that, that issue of client information or management. JOHN: That's a tricky one. Knock on wood, I've never had to deal with that, even when I was in private practice. I can understand that's a difficult situation. I think most attorneys really want to tell their client, “I'll make it right,” or they feel bad. If it's a missed statutes of limitations, for example, they feel bad inevitably. Any error I guess an attorney feels bad. Then the next question is, “Well how do I communicate that to the client?” Well I guess we all tell the insured that you can be honest with them and tell them that the mistake was made. The only thing you can't do is tell them that the insurance company will pay you a certain amount, or that the insurance company will fix it somehow. You have to limit it to just, “I made a mistake. Here's what the error was.” You can't say, “And you've been damaged in the amount of x dollars. Just call up John and he'll cut you the check on Monday.” In the policy, it requires the insured to cooperate with ALPS. Part of that is to not undertake any debts or any obligations with your client. Within that limitation though, you can pretty much tell your client anything that you feel is necessary. That you feel bad, you wish it never happened. All of that's fine. It will come back in your deposition, so you have to be aware of that. If you say that you feel bad and you wish it never happened, you'll be asked about that. Keep that in mind. I think the best advice is just to tell them succinctly as possible, “I made an error. Your case is no longer viable. I've reported this to my insurance carrier. Here's the claim number. Please call him or her as soon as you can.” That's good enough. MARK: Well, my takeaway here is not to be afraid. If I am concerned that I've made a misstep, just to call and talk to the people that are experienced in handling these kinds of things and you will work with any of the attorneys calling in to try to understand, “Is this reportable or not?”, understand, explain how the process works. The other takeaway that I have here is, “Hey, if I am afraid I've made a mistake, I want to call ALPS first and have some discussions about how to handle this because I can get into some trouble in terms of just coverage issues and these kinds of things. I want to be informed.” For those of you listening, any time a claim comes up, I would just, “Hey, call John and he'll take you through the process. Well John, thank you very much for spending a little time. Thanks to all of you for listening to our show. If any of you happen to have any questions about the issues we've discussed today, please don't hesitate to contact me at mbass@alpsnet.com. We'd love your feedback on the podcast, including other issues you'd like to hear us cover. Thanks again. It's been a pleasure.

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One episode #44 we were supposed to be joined by label owner Bill Litfin of the now defunct Glazed Records to review the 1992 Rocket from the Crypt album Circa:Now! Bill couldn't make it, so we're left to our own devices to review what Jason calls the album that defines the sound of RFTC. With bombastic guitars and the distinctive vocals of John Reis, it's hard to pinpoint the influences and origins of RFTC. Voice your opinion on our Facebook page  or Twitter feed.

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