Once upon a time… It was September 2012. I was in Chicago for Riot Fest. I had aquired a three day pass from my good friend Jenn Valdez. I found myself alone for the first night of Riot Fest, wandering the city with only my Google Maps GPS and my handy dandy CTA 7 Day Transit pass. With the recommendation of my good friend and AMP Magazine Editor, Lisa Root, I decided to go check out the Naked Raygun / Dan Vapid And The Cheats after party. It was there I was fortunate enough to meet my new Best friends […]
Author: Dammit Damian!
You may know Damian as one of the Managers at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You might know him as the Former booking agent for The Triple Nickel Tavern in Colo Springs. Or maybe you've met him on the road, where he has Traveled with Drag The River, Two Cow Garage, Michael Dean Damron, Austin Lucas, Harrison Bergeron and The Rightaways.
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 […]
Colorado Springs Best of 2012 Award Winning Blogger!!!
Hello Friends! My name is Damian Alexander Burford and I am the ridiculous host of the Mostly Harmless Podcast. I am the former publisher of MOSTLY HARMLESS MAGAZINE. I am a freelance writer and have written for AMP Magazine, Hails And Horns Magazine and other smaller zines and blogs. I am the former Talent Buyer/ Booking Agent for The Triple Nickel Tavern in Colorado Springs. I am a Manager on Duty and Bartender at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs. I have tour managed for Drag The River, Austin Lucas, Michael Dean Damron, Jughead’s Revenge, The Nobodys, The Right Aways, and […]
28 – TREASURE FLEET interview with Isaac Thotz (Arrivals) and Neil Hennessy (The Lawrence Arms)
BUDDIES! We’re back after a short hiatus, and boy what a treat do we have for you today! While in Chicago for Riot Fest, I wanted to do some episodes with folk who we don’t see too much of in Colorado. Talking with my buddy Derek Muller from the Chicago band, Whipped, suggested I talk to Isaac Thotz about his new project: TREASURE FLEET. Isaac of course is the lead singer and guitarist for Chicago’s best kept punk rock secret, THE ARRIVALS. Joining Isaac in the group is an impressive who’s who of the Chicago music scene. We’ve got Neil […]
27 – Matt Allison of ATLAS STUDIOS (Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms, Menzingers, The Arrivals!)
Buddies! I’ve never had as magical a time as I’ve had in Chicago for Riot Fest 2012. But today’s episode is not about the adventure I had, but one of the Chicago specific heroes I met on my adventure. I’ve been following the works of Matt Allison since I was 16 or 17 years old. It all started when I picked up a copy of BEN IS DEAD magazine or FLIPSIDE, don’t ask me which, because I do not remember now, in my early 30’s. I ordered a record by a then little known band called THE BROADWAYS. The […]
Glass City
It’s been another year around the sun and it has reached my least favorite of anniversaries, the death of my baby sister Brittany. It has been three short years and I can’t believe how quickly time passes and what life can happen in that window. I think of Brittany daily, without fail. A drawing she did as a very little girl adorns my left arm, close to my heart. From time to time she appears in my dreams to scold me on whatever stupidity I’m into or maybe to console me about the ever evolving mystery of the women in […]
RIOT FEST – CHICAGO!!!!
I’m sitting in a busy, but oddly empty coffee shop on West Fulton Street in Chicago. It is called Jupiter Outpost. The barista is a beautiful young lady who looks like she could be Zoey and Emily Deschannel’s other sister. She’s wearing a sun dress although the day is overcast, cold and dreary. She’s a ray of sunshine, and I can’t take my eyes off her. God damn! I’m excited about this week’s episode! Talking with BILL GRAHAM from SKA BREWING about his early years and how throwing caution to the wind became their recipe for success has inspired me. […]
26 – REEL BIG FISH & SKA BREWING’s BILL GRAHAM!
Hello Friends! This week’s episode my old roommate Sean Neu and I travel to southern Colorado to the wonderland that is Durango! We were there to celebrate 17 years of Ska Brewing. While there, we had several wild nights on the town, met a ton of wonderful people and most importantly: We drank a TON of BEER! I’m a gigantic fan of craft beers. I’ve been wanting to interview more and more small craft breweries. I’ve emailed dozens of small Colorado Breweries, but I’ve not yet gotten a response… Until now! Bill Graham, Co-Founder of Ska Brewing enthusiastically wrote back. As […]
25 – RED CITY RADIO’s Paul Pendley and Garrett Dale talk about destiny, finding the world of punk rock and the 7th Greatest country musician in the world.
Hello Friends! This week I travel northward into the alcoholic wonderland that is Fort Collins. Great times where had on a Sunday night at the infamous Surfside 7.I follow the Red City Radio guys back to The Chowder House (home of Arliss Nancy). In typical Dammit Damian style, I proceed to drink extremely too much in a town where the streets are literally paved with breweries! After blacking out around three am, I coax Red City Radio guitar players, Paul Pendley & Garrett Dale into joining me on the patio for a late night chat session. I proceed to make an ass […]
24 – THE FLOBOTS – Jonny 5 talks comic books, hip hop & middle school and the lessons he’s learned, the new album Circle in The Square & More
Hello Friends! I am excited to be switching things up this week by hosting Jaimie Laurie aka Jonny 5 of The FLOBOTS as this week’s guest! Jonny 5 is warm and welcoming as we sit on an uncomfortable ledge and watch the crowd enter the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs on a cool summer night. I’m not the world’s biggest hip hop fan. I do dabble in this world, but it is not one as familar to me as the Indie/Punk rock world. What is interesting to me is the building blocks of a person’s character. What makes that person […]
23 – THE TOADIES talk early musical years & PLAY. ROCK. MUSIC. Plus UME’s Lauren Larson on learning to play music
HELLO FRIENDS! This week on the Mostly Harmless podcast, we have a special DOUBLE EPISODE! Join us today are UME from Austin, Texas and THE TOADIES From Fort Worth, Texas. Ever since I was 13 years old, The Toadies have always been a popular choice on the FM stations of my hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. I had become friends with bassist, Doni Blair, when his surf-punk instrumental outfit, The Mag Seven, would play my venue in Colorado Springs. I had been following Doni (and his brother Zach currently of Rise Against) since their early 90’s Pop-Punk band, Hagfish, also from […]
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