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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 Feb 27, 2018
Episode 18: So Long Ago (A Conversation With Jonah Jenkins)
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Episode 18 is a conversation with Jonah Jenkins. Jonah is best known as the vocalist for seminal Boston hardcore/metal band Only Living Witness. We talk about his time in that band as well as other bands he's been involed in like Milligram, Miltown and his current band Rawradarwar. He also talks about a new project he's involved in that sounds great. Although shorter than most episodes this one is full of some great stories, and I finally have someone to talk about the first Boston album with.
PS the title of this episode is a reference to The Freeze song of the same name!
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Episode 17: Find The Arise (A Conversation With Buz McGrath)
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Episode 17 is a conversation with Buz McGrath, guitarist from the band Unearth. We talk about the origins of that band, some pretty crazy tour stories, as well as the song writing process he uses to write music for Unearth. We go all over the place in this hour long episode.
Unearth are a metalcore band from Massachusetts who formed in 1998 (Note: I mentioned knowing Buz and Point 04 in "the early 90's", I should have said "late 90's", doh!) They are one of the best live acts around. Buz is an amazing guitar player, and a hilarious guy with some great story telling skills as you'll hear on this episode.
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Episode 16: Georgia On My Mind (A Conversation With Christopher DeBari)
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Episode 16 is a conversation with my friend Christopher DeBari. You may know Chris from his time in Today is the Day, recording the epic Sadness Will Prevail record, which he talks about in this episode, as well as how he joined that band. Chris also tells some intense stories about times music and life collided to create some powerful memories and emotions. I had a great time hanging with Chris and hope to have him on again.
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Episode 15: Candy Girl (A Conversation With Angie C. Shaw)
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Episode 15 is a conversation with Boston area DJ Angie C Shaw. Angie is a close friend of mine so of course it was a natural conversation. Her lifelong love of music and the enthusiasm to talk about the stuff she loves made her an obvious choice for the podcast. We cover a lot of ground from her early days in radio through the current state of terrestrial radio. Angie is a great story teller and there are some good ones here, including some cool behind the scenes stories with some big name musicians. Angie was on WFNX in the early 90's right as Nirvana broke and into the early 2000's, she now can be heard on the classic rock station WZLX 100.7 FM. Enjoy!
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Episode 14: Ace of Spades (A Conversation With Keith Bennett)
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Episode 14 is a talk with Keith Bennett. Keith is a veteran of the Boston hardcore and metal scene and has played in multiple bands, most notably Wrecking Crew in the 80's and currently PanzerBastard. Keith talks in length about getting into music as a kid, his stories are intense and hilarious. Keith speaks from his heart and gets into some pretty heavy subject matter at times, and yes there is some salty language on this one. All said, this 90 minute episode is packed with a ton of great stories and I definitely hope I can get him back on for another one.
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.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
Episode 12: Be a Part of It (A Conversation With Kevin Cafferty)
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
Episode Twelve is a conversation with Kevin Cafferty. We talk about the film he made called It's a Bash about RI band Neutral Nation, growing up in Rhode Island, his radio show he had for a long time as well as his work in television. Kevin is an interesting and funny guy and I learned quite a lot from him.
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Episode 3: Dance of Days (A Conversation with Jason Kooken)
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Episode Three of Talk About the Passion is an in depth conversation with my friend Jason Kooken. Jason talks about his time growing up in New Jersey, Washington DC and other parts of the country. His time getting into hardcore in Washington DC just as the "Revolution Summer" hit, his time serving in the Coast Guard as well as working as a policeman in Massachusetts. He also talks about his recent injury that almost left him permanently paralyzed as a result of a stage diver at a hardcore show in NJ. His numerous bike tours raising money for families of fallen police officers as well as many other charities.
This was my first interview I did for this podcast, Jason is a great storyteller, an intense, smart guy that has a lot of great things to say. His story and his outlook on life is the very definition of passion.
Monday Oct 09, 2017
Episode 2: Look Back & Laugh (A Conversation With Peter Bebergal)
Monday Oct 09, 2017
Monday Oct 09, 2017
Episode Two is the first "conversation" episode of Talk About the Passion. My guest is author Peter Bebergal (Season of the Witch, Too Much to Dream, The Faith Between Us) We talk about growing up in the suburbs of Boston discovering outsider music, hardcore music, punk rock music, playing Dungeons and Dragons, adventuring into the city and where we're at now with music.
There is a companion Spotify playlist I made with some of the artists we talk about on this episode here
You can buy Peter's books here