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Talk About the Passion is a podcast where I will be talking with folks about their passions in creativity. There’s a slight slant towards people from the punk and hardcore scenes, but of course I’m open to anyone. Nominated for Best Music Podcast - Boston Music Awards - 2019.
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Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
#68: Step It Up (A Conversation With Rich Thurston)
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Episode 68 is a conversation with musician Rich Thurston who has played with a number of bands from Culture to Terror to On Bodies and his current projects Treason and Lowest. We get into all of these projects as well as others and what it was like to get into hardcore in Florida. Rich has some great stories from that era of his life. A great guest I will definitely have back.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
#67: Feeding The Fire (A Conversation With Wes Keely)
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Episode 67 is a conversation with drummer Wes Keely. Wes has played with a number of bands, most notably Walls of Jericho, Earthmover and Until the End. On this episode we talk about those and other various bands he has played with as well as the amazing story behind his drum kit sliding prevention technology company KBrakes. I had a great time talking with Wes, a driven and passionate person who is just the type of person I love having on.
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Episode 32 is a special episode, Mark McKay, founding member of Boston hardcore band Slapshot and Hank Peirce, long time roadie for Slapshot among other bands get together and talk about a backpacking trip around Europe they took in 1988. This 90 minute conversation is filled with some hilarious and interesting stories, covering just about all of their stops along the way. This is the story of two good friends taking an important and timeless trip outside of the USA in the late 80's.
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
#31: Restless Dreams of Youth (Angie C Shaw interviews me)
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
In this special one year anniversary episode, former guest, radio personality and my good friend Angie C Shaw talks to me about where I grew up, how I got into music and how I got to doing this podcast.
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Episode 26: Fly Robin Fly (A Conversation with JJ Gonson)
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Episode 26 is a conversation with JJ Gonson. JJ is a photographer from the Boston area who has shot everyone from Youth of Today and the Descendents to Janes Addiction, Nirvana and everyone in between. JJ's photographs of bands on stage, off stage as well as her amazing shots of the crowds at hardcore shows in Boston from the mid 80's to the early 90's are amazing and capture moments in time that are important and historical. JJ is a perfect guest for this podcast, her passion for all different arms of the creative world, cooking, travel and life in general is on full display here from stories of how she got started taking photos for xXx Fanzine, a few Nirvana stories as well as running her catering business Cuisine en Locale and club ONCE Ballroom in Somerville, MA.
Tuesday Jan 09, 2018
Episode 13: Definite Choice (A Conversation With Mark McKay)
Tuesday Jan 09, 2018
Tuesday Jan 09, 2018
Episode 13 is a conversation with my friend Mark McKay, founding member of Slapshot. Mark and I talk about all different types of music from The Clash to Kiss and Dead Can Dance, how Slapshot came to be and their role in hardcore history. We share similar stories of meeting a grumpy Henry Rollins, his love of reading and he talks about some amazng writing endeavors he's involved in right now. This was a great chat, Mark has some great stories and any fan of 80's hardcore will enjoy this episode.