WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?! Punk friend and celebrity to ALL, Chris Farren of Fake Problems & Antarctigo Vespucci is the guest on this week’s Mostly Harmless Podcast! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks and the Ratio Sessions! Damian meets up with Chris while on tour with Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon on American’s birthday, July 4th in Denver! Backstage at the Summit Music Hall, the two talk openly about depression, creativity and recharging your batteries before the two talk about Chris’s partnerships with Bomb The Music Industry’s Jeff Rosenstock! We even get a few hints about Chris’s upcoming album! All of this […]
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103 – JEFF ROSENSTOCK talks We Cool? Starting a new band, being 30, the end of Bomb the Music Industry and more!
YES! JEFF ROSENSTOCK! The onetime madman behind BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY talks to us today about his new self-titled band and the new record, WE COOL? Not only that, Damian gets birthday drunk and chats with Jeff about Zines vs Podcasts, turning 30, Getting off the couch, being a lifer in music, The Bomb documentary and so much more! Don’t miss the much more sober chat with Dan Andriano at: http://mostlyharmlesspodcast.com/101-dan-andriano-from-alkaline-trio-talks-the-emergency-room-his-friendship-with-mike-park-and-his-daughters-love-of-music/ This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks! This episode features the songs, “Hey Allison!” & “Nausea,” from Jeff Rosenstock’s record WE COOL? out now on SideOneDummy Records and Quote […]
101 – Dan Andriano from Alkaline Trio talks The Emergency Room, his friendship with Mike Park and his daughter’s love of music.
WOAH! Dan Andriano! The Bass player and singer for ALKALINE TRIO is our guest on this week’s podcast! In this interview/chat we talk to Dan about his newest band, THE EMERGENCY ROOM! We also touch base on his relationship with Asian Man Records founder Mike Park, What Dan wanted to be when he grew up, and his daughter’s love of music. All of this and more in today’s episode! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks! Don’t miss Damian’s birthday drunk chat with Jeff Rosenstock from this same show at: http://mostlyharmlesspodcast.com/103-jeff-rosenstock-talks-we-cool-starting-a-new-band-being-30-the-end-of-bomb-the-music-industry-and-more/ This episode features the songs, “Enemie” & […]
84 – LEMURIA chat about Turnstile Comix, Entertainment Weekly, becoming comic book characters, being comfortable with each other and more!
LEMURIA are our guests this week on the Mostly Harmless Podcast! We meet up and interview Alex, Max and Sheena in the basement green room of the Hi-Dive in Denver! We chat with them about their newest release and appearance in Turnstile Comix #3, working with Mitch Clem, appearing in Entertainment Weekly, and the art of becoming a comic book characters in both Turnstile #3 and Li’l Depressed Boy! We also talk with the band about being comfortable with each other, First musical memories, their personal defining moments in the band, and where do they take their career from here. Max talks about joining the […]
83 – Sharkanoid! Dan Potthast (Mu330) & Rick Johnson (Mustard Plug) chat about their new project!
This week’s interview is with DAN POTTHAST from Mu330 and RICK JOHNSON from Cold War Studios & Mustard Plug! They join Damian at the Gothic Theater in Denver, Colorado to talk about their new Pop-Punk concept album, Sharkanoid and how Guided by Voices inspired the creation of this record. Rick spills the beans on why Ian Graham from Cheap Girls is no longer employed by Mustard Plug, and the two reflect on their first meetings, their first record purchases, adult jobs and real life, tour life and more! Dan talks about jumping into the Mustard Plug van and Rick tells […]
82 – HARD GIRLS interview! The band talks about their experiences with Operation Ivy’s Jesse Michaels and Classics of Love, their new record A Thousand Surfaces & going for it at 30 years old! Mike also talks Shinobu!
HARD GIRLS are our guest this week on the Mostly Harmless Podcast! We join up with Mike Huguenor, Morgan Herrell & Max Feshbach at the tail end of the band’s longest tour in Denver, Colorado. We talk to the band about their newest record, A Thousand Surfaces, and the road that led them to taking the band seriously. The band tells stories about working with Operation Ivy’s Jesse Michaels and being a part of Classics Of Love, touring with Andrew Jackson Jihad, working with Mike Park and what he thought about the band going for it fulltime at 30 years old! […]
77 – Sundials and Dowsing along with Photographer Alissa Reynolds
SUNDIALS, DOWSING & photographer ALISSA REYNOLDS chat with us from within the bus known as Busrog in Denver, Colorado while on tour with The Sidekicks! In this episode, Damian chugs a ton of whiskey and jumps into the Dowsing van to do a round table chat about touring life, where they grew up and came into their own, their respective records and what they learn about themselves and each other in their cramped quarters. All this and so much more in today’s audio adventure. This episode includes the tracks “710” & “Mosby Blues” from When I Couldn’t Breath by Sundials and “Get Weird” & […]
60 – THE WILD from Atlanta interview! We talk to the band about the loss of Anthony Poynter, recording with Laura Jane Grace, DREAMS ARE MAPS and more!
This week’s interview is with THE WILD from Atlanta, Georgia (as well as other parts of the US.) We join THE WILD ATL (Witt, Diana & Dakota) in the backstage basement of the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins where the band is on tour with The Front Bottoms and You Blew It. We talk to the band about their musical origins, first records, touring with Andrew Jackson Jihad, and working with Laura Jane Grace! We also talk to the band about the loss of their friend Anthony Poynter and how that factored into their new albums, Dreams Are Maps as well as the […]
31 – THE ATOM AGE (Asian Man Records) & YALE STEWART Comic book creator of JL8 & Gifted
Today we bring you what will be the start of some new programming here at the Mostly Harmless Pod. We love comic books. We love Movies. We looooove Music! Why not combine our loves and showcase them to the world! So today we bring you an episode that combines our love of Punk/ska with Comics?!?! Our first interview in today’s episode is with YALE STEWART, world famous creator of GIFTED and of the critically acclaimed, award winning JL8! JL8 is of course the web comic that re-imagines The Justice League (Superman, Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Ect…) as eight year old kids in Day […]
Top 10 of 2012 plus Mostly Harmless Podcast Mixtape!
Before I get started here, I’m not a music reviewer. There is a reason I stick mostly to interviews. I’m not really good at explaining the WHY of why I like something. My passions come from a more gut sense of things. Below I’ll try to put into words why I liked these ten records of 2012. Hopefully I convey some idea of why these albums are great and perhaps you will check out the mixtape I’ve made! All songs count down to Number 10 to #1! You can also find the mix over at Spotify (http://open.spotify.com/user/damian.burford/playlist/3VMXIvPK8apjtI5S19ORzY) or you can […]
22 – JOYCE MANOR talks Punknews Album of the year, How Bowling created their band, Their current wild ride, and where it will take them
HELLO FRIENDS! Holy crap guys! We have the winner’s of the coveted PUNKNEWS ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR 2011 on today’s show!! This is quite possibly my favorite episode yet. We just sit back and have a blast bullshitting about life the universe and everything. I think you’ll have a blast listening! This episode is sponsored by ASIAN MAN RECORDS! On today’s episode we talk about: The Dangers of drinking Fireball whiskey and wrestling women. Their earliest childhood influences. How bowling factors into their origin story. What sets them apart from other pop-punk bands What it was like winning Punknews.org album of the year […]