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Ep. #962: Tom Beaujour & Richard Bienstock on ‘Lollapalooza’

Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock discuss their new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story Of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival, living among bears, whether Guitar World journalists are required to shred, why their book Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion and Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991, led them to Lollapalooza’s rise and fall, activism, credibility and selling out, why many artists who played or agreed to play Lollapalooza were not into it, Guided by Voices destroying Beastie Boys in backstage basketball games, the infamous year Metallica headlined, why Kim Thayil wrote the foreword, if this book could be more than a book, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #959: Real Sickies

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Ben Disaster is here to discuss Real Sickies and their new album Under a Plastic Bag, his weekly CJSR radio show, This is Pop, festive DIY kitchen parties on the east coast of Canada and the uniquely different Alberta vibe, the girl in grade three who gave him a mixtape that changed his life when he was in kindergarten, feeling rather informed when you’re involved in underground culture, being a fan of Green Day as a kid and then becoming friendly with Billie Joe Armstrong after he said he likes Real Sickies, working with Josh Wells from Autogramm, field recording trains and burying your phone in dirt, the new album’s dark but empowering themes, new music, shows, other future plans, and much more.  

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Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’

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Filmmaker Lance Bangs and Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich discuss the new film Pavements, how they met in the early 1990s when Lance began filming shows by the likes of Pavement, the Replacements, and Nirvana, his mentor Jem Cohen, the story behind Lance’s 2002 Pavement DVD/documentary Slow Century, what Kurt Cobain said to Bob at the Reading Festival that Nirvana invited Pavement to play, what David Berman yelled at the Lollapalooza audience that infamously flung mud and rocks at Pavement, why Bob thinks adding Rebecca Clay Cole as a member is the most interesting thing about recent Pavement tours, unusual depictions of Pavement and their crew and why releasing Alex Ross Perry’s Range Life biopic was reconsidered by all involved, how Pavement’s members really feel about the project, what’s next for Pavement, Bob, and Lance, other future plans, and much more.   

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