Talk About the Passion

Episode 12: Be a Part of It (A Conversation With Kevin Cafferty)

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. 

Episode 11: Something for Nothing (A Conversation With Breaux Silcio)

Episode 11 is a conversation with my friend and former bandmate Breaux Silcio. Breaux and I talk about him growing up in Louisiana. Him moving to Massachusetts and his journeys through different genres of music. This episode is a long one at almost ninety minutes. Breaux is an intersting and smart guy and we talk quite a bit about Rush, Kiss, Sabbath and everything in between. 

Episode 10: Baggy Trousers (A Conversation With Kevin Patey)

Episode 10 is a conversation with Boston area musician Kevin Patey. Kevin played in the rockabilly band Raging Teens, and now performs under the name Jittery Jack performing rockabilly/50's inspired rock and roll. He talks about growing up in England and discovering music on the radio, moving to the United States as well as a comprehensive story about how the Raging Teens formed around the rockabilly scene in Boston in the 90's. Kevin is yet another hilarious guest and his stories are filled with anecdotes and details that make him a great guest I hope to have on again. 

Episode 9: Out In the Street (A Conversation With Tommy Hardy)

Episode 9 is a conversation with my friend Tommy Hardy. He's sometimes called Tommy Somerville, here he's my friend Tommy Hardy talking to me about music, comedy, the band Kiss, growing up in Somerville, Massachusetts, the infamous "Rosalita Man" video, more Kiss as well as more personal stories. Tommy is a great story teller, an all around hilarious guy. Check it out. 

Episode 8: Light My Fire (A Conversation With Richard Guerin)

A long conversation with my friend Richard Guerin who works for Orange Mountain Music, the company that releases the music of Philip Glass as well as other artists. Richard is also part of Salem Classical, bringing live classical music to Salem Massachusetts.

Richard is from the classical music world with little knolwedge of the hard rock music world I come from and I know little about classical music, so this episode explores some of the differences as well as some of the similarities within both worlds. 

 

Episode 7: Red Shoes (A Conversation With Gretchen Shae)

Episode 7 arrives a day late and a little shorter than all of the other interviews I've posted. Regardless, this was a great conversation with my friend Gretchen Shae of the Boston based band The Knock-Ups. She talks about the role her mother and godparents played in her musical development, getting back into playing music after a break for a few years, getting to play on stage with U2 in Boston in front of thousands of people, teaching at Berklee as well as being on the board of directors for New Beginnings Re-Entry Services which helps incarcerted women re-enter society after prison. 

Gretchen is an extremely driven person and was a perfect guest for the podcast, enjoy!

 

Episode 6: Easy Livin (A Conversation with John Brookhouse)

Episode 6 is a talk with John Brookhouse, vocalist and guitar player from Worshipper, a great metal band out of Boston, MA. John talks about getting into music as a kid in Maine, through college as well as some of the other musical projects he's been involved in throughout the years. John talks about how they recordd a Pink Floyd cover for an upcoming tribute to The Wall, as well as his involvement with the new internet radio site Gimme Radio. This is a music nerd heavy episode that is great and covers a lot of different genres and artists, enjoy!

Episode 5: Diary of a Madman

Today's episode is a short one. This is not an interview episode; like the first episode of the podcast this is just me talking. I talk about some myths I heard as a teenager involving Ozzy Osbourne, Dio and Neil Peart, how the larger than life rockstar aren't as larger than life as thet were in my time. I talk a little about growing up in Swampscott, MA and what type of enivornment that was for longhaired teenage outcasts. 

I'm working on doing more of these types of episodes in the future. Until then, bare with me wth these! that 

Episode 4: Elevate Me Later (A Conversation with Michael Brousseau)

Episode four is a talk with tattoo artist and owner of Hope Street Tattoo in Providence, RI, Michael Brousseau. We talk in detail about his artwork and how he went from an early love of Mad Magazine, to grafitti, to tattooing and everything in between. We spend a good amount of time on hip-hop music as well as 90's indie rock. Michael talks in detail about the infamous "Guilty of Being Delicious" tattoo he did on his close friend. 

Michael has a great personality, is hilarious and is a great story teller. The perfect guest for Talk About the Passion, a good friend that can hold an in depth coversation about anything. His passion and love of his artwork and an intense love of music are glaring throughout this conversation. 

Episode 3: Dance of Days (A Conversation with Jason Kooken)

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.