Aaron B Koontz on the Punk Rock ethos in the DNA of Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge

Damian sits down and chats with Producer Aaron B Koontz, co-director of Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge for this Bite Sized episode of Mostly Harmless. In this quick chat we cover the DIY/Punk rock ideals that helped inspire the creation of these films, Rad Chad’s Legacy, and how there’s a little Rad Chad inside us all. All of this and more in today’s episode.

V2 e10: Phuc Tran: Interview on his Punk rock Memoir: Sigh, Gone & chatting about Authenticity, parenting & more!

Episode 10: Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In. Our Special guest this week is none other than Phuc Tran, Latin Teacher, Tattoo artist & the author of the punk rock memoir; Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In! In this freewheeling chat with Phuc, we talk a lot about authenticity, identity & finding yourself, as well as becoming a parent & how he grew closer with his family. All this and more in this week’s episode! Don’t want to watch on […]

V2 E06 – Filmmaker BREA GRANT interview on her days as a punk rock Drummer, Directing her new film12 Hour Shift & more!

Mostly Harmless V2 Episode 06: Filmmaker – Writer – Actor: BREA GRANT! BREA GRANT is our special guest of the week! Brea is an actor who you may have seen on NBC’s HEROES or maybe DEXTER. She also played Mya in ROB ZOMBIE’S HALLOWEEN 2! These days Brea is more than just an actor. She’s written the graphic novel Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley’s Great (X3) Granddaughter! She’s the writer and director of the acclaimed indie horror film:12 Hour Shift, starring Angela Bettis (May) & David Arquette (Scream). Brea is also the writer and star of the upcoming Shudder […]

126 – Sweet Action Ice Cream owners Sam Kopicko & Chia Basinger talk Ice Cream, their DIY begginings and how punk rock inspired their shop!

SWEET SUCCESS! Today we’re chatting with Sweet Action Ice Cream owners Sam Kopicko & Chia Basinger! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks and the Ratio Sessions! In this week’s interview, Damian joins Sweet Action partners (life and in business), along with their daughter Opal and dog Lamar Vannoy, at their Denver home to chat about their upcoming world domination in the Ice Cream business! Sweet Action has just made the move into small grocery stores such as Whole Foods Market, Tony’s Market and soon to be many many more! So we talk about the couple’s early punk rock days, […]

109 – BOB SUREN Author of Crate Digger, Founder of Burrito Records & Sound Idea Record Store

This week’s guest is BOB SUREN! Bob Suren is the author behind one of my favorite book discoveries this year, Crate Digger, out now on Microcosm Publishing. The book is about his early childhood discoveries of punk rock, how that discovery became an obsession. He tells the stories of how he opened Sound Idea in Brandon, Florida and Burrito Records out of that same shop; not to mention how he met and fell in love with his wife in those hallowed halls.    Bob was recently in Denver to promote Crate Digger, and this interview was done at the 7th Circle Music […]

106 – LIVE: Scary Stories with Mara Wiles, Josiah Hesse & The Knew!

MOSTLY HARMLESS LIVE: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!” Guests include Comedian Mara Wiles (Mara Wiles and the Funky Brunch) , Author Josiah Hesse (Carnality: Dancing On Red Lake /Vice Magazine) & musical guest: THE KNEW!! Recorded in front of a “studio” audience at Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks, who were on hand during the event pouring their beers Repeater & Domestica! In this month’s live episode, Damian and the gang discuss the monsters that lived under their bed during childhood, what scared them now, getting over your fears and MORE! The gang […]

96 – LIVE! Adventures in Employment with Comedian Timmi Lasley, Artist Jake Fairly & musical guests: Black Dots

MOSTLY HARMLESS LIVE with Comedian Timmi Lasley & Comic artist Jake Fairly & musical guest: BLACK DOTS!! Recorded in front of a “studio” audience at Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks & Death Wish Coffee! In this month’s live episode, we talk about shitty jobs and our adventures in Employment. We talk about when and where our dreams died and how we work to keep our artistic journey’s alive. Oh and Jake tells a graphic story of how he quit Papa Murphy’s! The gang also play another rousing game of “Who said it? Stone […]

94 – SUCCESS from Seattle talk about chasing Success, Bottlecap Recording, and working with Toby Jeg & Red Scare Industries!

This week I interview SUCCESS! I join members Aaron-Rev Peters and Austin Jones outside the Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado! We talk with the band members about chasing Success, Bottlecap Studios, joining Red Scare Industries & working with Toby Jeg. We also find time to talk to the band about their Seattle hometown scene, building your own scene, participating in your town and oh so many ways that you and your own band can find SUCCESS! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks & Death Wish Coffee! This episode features the tracks “22nd Street,” & “Lives That We […]

92 – CHRIS FOGAL Interview on DWAYNE’s debut LP, Black In Bluhm’s success and more!

CHRIS FOGAL! In this week’s interview we join The Gamits front man at his recording studio, Black In Bluhm, to talk about the studio’s success, Denver at large and his new band: DWAYNE’s self-titled debut on Paper + Plastick! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks & Death Wish Coffee! We’re happy that to have Fogal return to the show. We talked about Fogal’s origins, The Gamits & more in Episode 4 waaaay back in 2013! In this week’s interview we join Fogal back at Black In Bluhm after 3 and a half years to talk about his success as an engineer […]

91 – ALEX COX: The director of REPO MAN, Sid & Nancy, and Bill The Galactic Hero

ALEX COX!!!!!! The filmmaker and director of Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Straight To Hell & Bill The Galactic Hero is this week’s special guest! This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks & Death Wish Coffee! In this week’s interview, Damian travels north to Boulder to meet up with filmmaker Alex Cox. Cox has been teaching film at the University of Colorado for the last four years and has recently finished a collaborative project with the students on an adaptation of the Harry Harrison novel of the same name. We meet up with Alex Cox at his local […]

90 – Mostly Harmless Live with IAN DOUGLAS TERRY, ZAK KINSELLA & SLEEPING WEATHER! Brought to you by Ratio Beerworks!

MOSTLY HARMLESS LIVE IS BACK! This is the first episode of our new run. Recorded in front of a “studio” audience at Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver! In this episode, we are joined by comedian Ian Douglas Terry, Comic artist Zak Kinsella & musical guest: Sleeping Weather to discuss unrequited love and those early school boy heartbreaks that made us the “Men” we are today! We also make a mixtape and play a rousing game of “Who said it? Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage or Rosie O’Donnell!” This episode is brought to you by Ratio Beerworks & Death Wish […]