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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.
Episodes
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 May 01, 2018
Episode 25: Same Old Song And Dance (A Conversation With Mike Lucantonio)
Tuesday May 01, 2018
Tuesday May 01, 2018
Episode 25 is a great talk with my friend Mike Lucantonio. I've known Mike since I was a child and we talk about his connection to my family and getting into music as well as his times years later playing with thrash band Temporary Insanity (the story of how his song My Brush was first recorded is hilarious), his time in the seminal Boston band GangGreen as well as numerous other musical endeavors. Mike is a humble, down to earth guy, and absolutely hilarious. Glad to have him as a guest for my 25th episode.
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Episode 23: Restless and Wild (A Conversation With Scott Helland)
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Episode 23 is a conversation with Scott Helland. Scott has been playing music for over 30 years, getting his start as a teenager forming the hardcore bands Deep Wound and Outpatients. We talk about both of those bands, as well as his various musical projects he's been involved in through the years and ones that are still very active. Scott is an extremely passionate and intense guy, especially talking about music, so of course he was the perfect guest for the show. Scott talks about the things behind his drive to play music, including a tragic event when he was a teenager that fueled a lifelong motivaton to live life to the fullest. This episode is named after a record by the heavy metal band Accept, which ties into the early part of Scott's musical journey.
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Episode 22: Electric Eye (A Conversation With Steve Karp)
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Episode 22 is the longest episode yet, at almost two and a half hours. My guest is Steve Karp, guitar player and founder of the New York Hardcore band Yuppicide. Steve is one of the funniest people I know and is a hell of a story teller. Steve is a perfect guest for this podcast, as you'll hear he is intensely passionate about everthing he talks about here and I was glad he talked about so much in this jam packed episode. Listen to Steve talk about discovering music as a young kid with his friends through his time in Yuppicide. Also, most importantly find out if Steve is a Faith guy or a Void guy!
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Episode 20: You Might Ask Me What (A Conversation With Nate Newton)
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Episode 20 is a conversation with Nate Newton, most known as the bass player for hardcore band Converge. Nate also is in Doomriders and Old Man Gloom. We talk about all three of those bands as well as how he got to work with Cavalera Conspiracy, and we get a bit into skateboarding which ties the whole episode together. Nate is a down to earth, passionate guy and it was great to have him as a guest.
Check out the newest (Nov 2017) Converge record The Dusk in Us on Epitaph and Deathwish Records!
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!
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 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.