Podcast appearances and mentions of Mike Felumlee

It's not out of bounds to say that the Smoking Popes began as a bit of a joke. Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Josh Caterer deems the earliest incarnation of the band as “a Spinal Tap version of hardcore punk,” choosing song titles first and how those songs would actually go later. But after finding a propulsive drummer in a teenage Mike Felumlee, the quartet began showing true heart around 1993: no longer just goofing off in the garage, Caterer was penning some of the punchiest, most direct odes to lost love on the college radio dial, emphasizing all the best parts of the Smiths, Cheap Trick, Roy Orbison and the Ramones, while feeling wholly original. It's now been three decades since Born To Quit, the band's heroic half-hour featuring “Need You Around” and “Rubella,” put them on the map. And although an LP reissue dropped earlier this year (without the band's consent or knowledge), Josh and Mike decided that the Popes needed their own “Taylor's Version” of sorts, in order to take these songs back into their possession — even in the most modest of terms. So before a minimal audience in a small, central Illinois studio, the band chose to cut Born To Quit live, front to back, and a vinyl version comes out this week to put a stamp on the occasion. During this episode, Josh and Mike speak to their longevity as a unit, what we can expect from their brand new album this spring, and what it meant to control Born To Quit's legacy a bit, with this new approach. We also dive into Mike's tenure in Alkaline Trio, and Josh's solo performances pressed to wax during the 2020 lockdown. Visit anxiousandangry.com to pre-order the Born To Quit Live Session, and hit up smokingpopesmusic.com for tour dates, social media and more.

JOIN THE PATREON The Replacements have a complicated history to go along with their impressive discography. Danny and Jon get into it and beyond with the assistance of the many brilliant contributions of the artists featured in this episode! Featured Artists: The Replacements, Mike Felumlee, Bullyclub, Pete Astor, Philip Steven, Scribe Wolf & Giant Rat, Samantha Lu, Michah Schnabel, Arms & Hearts, Sleepies, Radiator Hospital, Destroyed Room, Kindling, Featherfoot, Fabulous Bird, Pittsburg Tribute Fest, Wlkrz, K for Kridens, Shiloh, Outer Banks, and Sam Rasitosis --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blanketingcovers/message

Episode 129: Mike Felumlee ​(Part IV of V of The Smoking Popes) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests.  This week we talk to Mike about being a Midwestern Boy with transient roots, Discovering punk through Thrasher and Skateboarding, The Truth Comes Out About The Trombone, Working with Brothers, Fears of Being Replaced on a Major Label, Returning To The Smoking Popes, Into The Agony, and The Rock Room, plus more more drummy drum more!Link to Mike's The Rock Room

This week I talk with the punk rock legend that is John Jughead Pierson! You know Jughead from Screeching Weasel, Even in Blackouts, The Mopes, The Mitochondriacs and his podcast Jughead's Basement. On this episode we talk-creativity that you can't turn off-how John losing his record collection was a catalyst for Jughead's Basement-revisiting early Screeching Weasel for inspiration for The Mitochondriacs-the similarities and differences between writing a play and writing a song-the far reaching (and long lasting) impact of Lookout Records-the importance of travel and seeing the world-using improv skills to podcast-picking up the songwriting duties in Even In Blackouts-how Johns mind forced him to write songs again after taking a break-breaking strings and breaking guitars with your strumming-finding inspiration for music and art in the world-why Al Sobrante has an executive producer credit on My Brain Hurts & much moreFollow John https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.comhttps://themitochondriacs.bandcamp.comhttps://eveninblackouts.bandcamp.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/JohnJugheadhttps://www.instagram.com/johnjugheadpiersonhttps://www.instagram.com/jugheadsbasementhttps://www.facebook.com/MemoriesOfAJugheadCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 to midnight est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY. Stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA app.powerchordhour@gmail.comInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourYoutube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify Episode Playlists - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg

We finish up our Top 5 Alkaline Trio songs and I don't even hang up on Zach this time.Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appemail me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg 

This week I'm joined by our resident pop-punk experts Zach & Kyle to discuss our top 5 Alkaline Trio jams. Laughs were had and tears were shed. I also hang up on Zach for saying Enjoy Your Day is a good song.Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appemail me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg 

If you remember the Smoking Popes, it's probably thanks to their Buzzbin / Clueless soundtrack single "Need You Around." Lead singer Josh Caterer got tagged as punk-rock Morrissey, and while the band continued on, many were left with the impression that the Smoking Popes were something of a novelty. As we dug into this album for the first time, the realization quickly set in that the early Morrissey comparisons were way off base, as both Caterer, along with his brothers Eli and Matt, and drummer Mike Felumlee, are significantly less punk than expected. Sure, you can hear the energetic down strums of Ramones across the record, but instead of 90s pop/punk, the band channels the likes of Wings, The Smithereens, Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra and more in their quest to write exquisitely arranged pop-rock gems.   Songs In This Episode:   Intro - Need You Around 18:49 - Rubella 21:56 - Mrs. Me And You 25:46 - My Lucky Day 28:30 - Gotta Know Right Now Outro - Midnight Moon   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.    

If you remember the Smoking Popes, it's probably thanks to their Buzzbin / Clueless soundtrack single "Need You Around." Lead singer Josh Caterer got tagged as punk-rock Morrissey, and while the band continued on, many were left with the impression that the Smoking Popes were something of a novelty. As we dug into this album for the first time, the realization quickly set in that the early Morrissey comparisons were way off base, as both Caterer, along with his brothers Eli and Matt, and drummer Mike Felumlee, are significantly less punk than expected. Sure, you can hear the energetic down strums of Ramones across the record, but instead of 90s pop/punk, the band channels the likes of Wings, The Smithereens, Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra and more in their quest to write exquisitely arranged pop-rock gems.   Songs In This Episode:   Intro - Need You Around 18:49 - Rubella 21:56 - Mrs. Me And You 25:46 - My Lucky Day 28:30 - Gotta Know Right Now Outro - Midnight Moon   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.    

Mike Felumlee has the special distinction of being both the former and current drummer of Smoking Popes. Between stints in the seminal Chicago punk band, the percussionist spent a few years playing drums in Alkaline Trio. Along the way, he started a solo project, began a record label and stepped away from music for a few years before getting back behind the kit and making his way behind the camera for his Live From The Rock Room music video series. My First Band host Tyler Maas recently joined Felumlee in Rock Room version 2.0 in the veteran drummer’s new home in Milwaukee. After talking about some of his favorite pizzas and burgers in his adopted city, Felumlee went all the way back to his childhood, when his parents bought him a used drum set. Over the course of the long, interesting and incredibly open discussion, he also touched on his pre-Popes projects, the backlash the band has faced through the years, replacing one of his friends in Alkaline Trio, what led to him being kicked out of the group shortly after the release of From Here to Infirmary and much more. Smoking Popes will perform at The Back Room @ Colectivo on Dec. 6, and Mike Felumlee & The Bigger Empty will play X-Ray Arcade on Dec. 14. My First Band is sponsored by Boulevard Brewing. The show is edited by Jared Blohm. You can listen to My First Band on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and wherever else you get podcasts. Music used in this show comes courtesy of Devils Teeth (“The Junction Street Eight Tigers”), The Smoking Popes (“Let’s Hear It For Love”) and Mike Felumlee (“Can’t Hardly Wait”).

Car Con Carne favorite and theme song creator Josh Caterer returns to the show after Smoking Popes delivered yet another phenomenal show, closing out the first annual T1 Fest at the Forge in Joliet. This episode is sponsored by C&H Financial Services. Discussed on the show: Caterer brother/Smoking Pope Matt Caterer uses stage performance as his sole exercise regimen. #GOALS My mistaken identity situation with Matt Caterer. My ongoing mispronunciation of Popes drummer Mike Felumlee's surname. Why do people spoil setlists for themselves? Dan Vapid crashed the podcast! The art of mixing a setlist with old and new songs. I wouldn't blow smoke up Josh's ass. We recorded on the "good side" of Joliet. The band's live set was a little "loosey goosey" that night. Josh was in Apocalypse Hoboken for a minute. Secondhand smoke at the Forge damn near killed me. Why on earth haven't people been eating on Car Con Carne lately? The next time I interview Josh, it'll be in Lombard and it'll be for breakfast.

Car Con Carne favorite and theme song creator Josh Caterer returns to the show after Smoking Popes delivered yet another phenomenal show, closing out the first annual T1 Fest at the Forge in Joliet. This episode is sponsored by C&H Financial Services. Discussed on the show: Caterer brother/Smoking Pope Matt Caterer uses stage performance as his sole exercise regimen. #GOALS My mistaken identity situation with Matt Caterer. My ongoing mispronunciation of Popes drummer Mike Felumlee's surname. Why do people spoil setlists for themselves? Dan Vapid crashed the podcast! The art of mixing a setlist with old and new songs. I wouldn't blow smoke up Josh's ass. We recorded on the "good side" of Joliet. The band's live set was a little "loosey goosey" that night. Josh was in Apocalypse Hoboken for a minute. Secondhand smoke at the Forge damn near killed me. Why on earth haven't people been eating on Car Con Carne lately? The next time I interview Josh, it'll be in Lombard and it'll be for breakfast.

This one has been a long time in the making! So happy to have sat down with The Smoking Popes drummer, Live From The Rock Room host, The Bigger Empty frontman, and my friend, Mike Felumlee. We covered everything from learning to play the drums to his time spent playing with Alkaline Trio. We honestly could have talked for hours. Mike has been doing so much for the music scene with his amazing live concert series Live From The Rock Room, I highly recommend checking it out. We even recorded this podcast there! Definitely won't be the last time I’ll have Mike on the show. So here it is, Welcome to The Underground.

Josh Caterer & Mike Felumlee (The Smoking Popes). 

Chapter 101: "This one's for Jet" ...as read by Mike Felumlee of The Bigger Empty and The Smoking Popes (Recorded on April 11th, 2017) Mike Felumlee has quite a musical resume....and drummer for The Smoking Popes and Alkaline Trio wasn't quite enough. Mike is the lead vocalist and guitarist for his group The Bigger Empty. Mike tells us about skateboarding in the basement, playing a show for the deaf and opening for Weezer to about 17,000 people. We also cover dogs, his band Duvall and what it is like to be a non-religious guy in a band that suddenly has a religious change. Oh...and this little thing called "Live at The Rock Room." Crazy. This is a great chapter and we have Gary Strack of Reybee Inc to thank for the hook up. Thanks, Gary! The Bigger Empty FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TheBiggerEmptyBand/ The Bigger Empty Reybee page: http://www.reybee.com/wp3/roster/the-bigger-empty/ The Bigger Empty on La Escalera: http://laescalerarecords.com/bigger-empty-eps/ You have GOT to check out the Rock Room: https://www.livefromtherockroom.com Chapter 101 Music: The Bigger Empty: ""By Its Own" Smoking Popes: "That's Where I Come In" Smoking Popes: "End Of Your Time" Alkaline Trio: "Stupid Kid" The Bigger Empty: "Take My Heart With You" The Bigger Empty: "All Mixed Up" As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes ATSG YouTube Channel Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com This chapter was edited by the bohemian Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

You may know Mike as the drummer of the Smoking Popes, or from his stint with Alkaline Trio. Mike talks about his band The Bigger Empty's new EP "Lakes & Oceans Volume 1: Michigan". He also talks about his site www.livefromtherockroom.com, his amazing career with the Smoking Popes, Alkaline Trio, and more!

Mike Felumlee tells us all about the brand-spanking-new EP by The Bigger Empty (out today!) and we play tracks, and he also tells us about rejoining the Popes and the fun he's having with his video channel Live From the Rock Room. Also, drummer talk.

Mike Felumlee from Smoking Popes joins us for a chat about the 80s and 90s in Chicago, movie soundtracks, playing with Alkaline Trio and his new band The Bigger Empty. The Washed Up Emo Podcast is sponsored by Epitaph Records. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/washedupemo)

This week is Sam's picks. We feature music from Noise By Numbers, Dan Andriano In The Emergency Room, Sugar, the Huntingtons, Chuck Ragan, Mike Felumlee, the Horrible Crowes, Goin' Places, Lucero, and many more! http://www.tuesdaynighthoot.com