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078 – Art of Life: Lynnee Breedlove

Erik Core — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:50:28 +0000

Lynnee Breedlove (aka Lynn Breedlove) is a visionary who has long been shaping revolutionary art. Lynnee was the front-person of the first American out dyke punk band, Tribe 8, which promoted queer, transgender, multiracial, and working class visibility. Lynnee went on to become a notable solo performer, and toured the world with the one-person performance show “Lynnee Breedlove’s One Freak Show: Less Rock, More Hilarity”. In 2009 while on tour, Lynnee’s mother had a stroke, leading Lynnee to retire from the tour schedule and begin to provide care giving service for mom.

Now Lynnee has found another way to provide community service, as the founder of Homobiles which is a noncommercial, 24/7, queer car service for the LGBT community, as well as others around San Francisco who need safe, dependable rides. Lynnee talks to MLR’s Erik Core about punk rock, sobriety, the evolution of self, work on the Breedlove memoirs, the importance of service, and finding our own role in the current world of shared economies and community-based giving. The pending memoirs combine both Lynnee’s roots as a queer punk rock anarchist, and Lynnee’s moms’ life which includes growing up in Nazi Germany, and the interrelation of those two worlds. Lynnee is also the author of Godspeed (now a movie) and One Freak Show.

Credits: “MLR Theme” by “Rob McCann”, intro and outro music “Hapa Girl” by “Tribe 8“, “Rise Above” by “Greg Ginn” performed by “Tribe 8“, “Prison Blues” by “Tribe 8“, “Queen of the Scene” by “Tribe 8“, “Daredevil Delivery” by ”Tribe 8”

072 – Sensitive Badass: Bucky Sinister (2/2)

Erik Core — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:00:19 +0000

Bucky Sinister is a poet, self-help author, and a comedian. He’s also a published journalist with focus on film reviews, and he’s written a few short stories. Erik Core interviews Bucky about his move from the mid-west to the Bay Area to hang out with the beat poets and punk rockers, his recovery from drugs and alcohol, his unconventional approach to writing self-help books, and his natural progression to the world of comedy. This is part two of two episodes.

Poetry: He counts nine chapbooks, and four books of poetry, and one album. Most of his poems are about drugs and alcohol.

Comedy: He currently participates in a weekly show at the Dark Room called The Business. Most of his jokes are about drugs and alcohol.

Self Help: He has a very unconventional take on the world of 12 Step recovery, which led to him writing two books, Get Up and Still Standing. He’s a staunch atheist but also a strong proponent of the higher power part of 12 Step, and doesn’t see a conflict there. All of the self help books are about drugs and alcohol.

Credits: “MLR Theme” by “Rob McCann“, “Apache” performed by “The Gillbillies“, “Fun is What Fuck’s You Up” by “Bucky Sinister“, ”Higher Fuckin’ Power” by ”Bucky Sinister“, “Apache” performed by “The Gillbillies“, “The Alternate Universe of Bruce Wayne” by “Bucky Sinister“.

071 – Sensitive Badass: Bucky Sinister (1/2)

Erik Core — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:00:47 +0000

Poetry: He counts nine chapbooks, and four books of poetry, and one album. Most of his poems are about drugs and alcohol.

Comedy: He currently participates in a weekly show at the Dark Room called The Business. Most of his jokes are about drugs and alcohol.

Credits: “MLR Theme” by “Rob McCann“, “Rumble” performed by “The Gillbillies“, “There She Goes” by “Bucky Sinister“, ”Kingmaker” by ”Bucky Sinister“, “Rumble” performed by “The Gillbillies“,”Drowning on God’s Urine” by “Bucky Sinister“.

051 – Opera Stories: Ben Bongers

Erik Core — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:00:45 +0000

Ben Bongers, tenor, is an artist in demand by many opera companies throughout the world. MLR’s Erik Core interviews Ben about his life, including how he went from the Nebraska farmlands to star of the opera stage, and all places in between. Ben breaks down an opera for us, talks about how to take care of your voice, why memory is so important, and what it is like on tour with an opera. Ben answers questions like “How loud is it on stage?”, “How do you memorize a 500 page opera?”, “Is rap real music?”, and many more from the man whose voice is so big it’s been called ”an earthquake on legs”.

Credits: “MLR Intro” by “Rob McCann”, “La Donna e Mobile from Giuseppe Verdi‘s opera Rigoletto” performed by “Ben Bongers“, “Nessun Dorma from Giacomo Puccini‘s opera Turandot” performed by “Ben Bongers” both recorded live at Music Life Radio Studios.

048 – Dobro Dave Dalton

Erik Core — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:57:08 +0000

Dave Dalton has been playing music since the 1980′s. He started out in the punk bands Screaming Bloody Marys, and Cell Block 5, and is now diversifying his sound after picking up the dobro. His current projects include the Irish Folk rock band Ol’ Cheeky Bastards, the acoustic busker punk band Pissed Off Punks (POPS), as well as solo performance. Erik Core interviews Dave about his past, his many different projects, and we capture a live in-studio performance by Dave. Click the images below to see a brief photo history of Dave Dalton’s bands.

Credits: “MLR Theme” by “Rob McCann”, “Mi Hijo, Mi Futuro, Mi Vida” by “Ol’ Cheeky Bastards”, “Mota” by “Screaming Bloody Marys”, “I Like It” by “Cell Block 5”, “The Kids Are Aliright” by “The Who” performed by “Cell Block 5″, “Maude” by “POPS”, “Six Men from Birmingham”, “Mary”, “Mi Hijo, Mi Futuro, Mi Vida” performed by “Dave Dalton” at MLR Studios, “Strength to Endure” by “Ramones” performed by “Ol’ Cheeky Bastards”

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Extra Audio content. Erik and Dave talk about the state of music today.

046 – Rabble Rouser: Bill Collins

Erik Core — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:45:56 +0000

Bill Collins is a guitarist, singer/songwriter, and music teacher, who has performed for over 35 years, playing everything from hardcore punk to children’s music (Irish, Rockabilly, Ska, Folk, Blues, Metal, Reggae, Country, Rap, and nearly every kind of Rock ‘n’ Roll). He has made music with the best, gigged in sixteen countries and most U.S. states, and holds more than thirty releases under his belt. In 2005 he began performing music that supports Progressive Political causes, especially the Labor Union Movement. Erik Core interviews Bill Collins about his life and extensive musical career, and we capture a live in-studio acoustic performance by Bill.

Credits: “MLR Intro” by “Rob McCann“, “Big Beach Jihad” by “the Swaggerts”, “Make the Leaders Fight” by “Special Forces”, “Too Poor to Retire” by “Rabble Rousers”, “Union Made” by “Rabble Rousers”, “Hold There”, “I Say Union!”, “God Told Me To” written by and performed live by Bill Collins at MLR studios, “New Hard Times” by “Rabble Rousers”

More videos at Bill Collins – YouTube Channel

042 – B.O.B Fest: Kate Knox

Erik Core — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:59 +0000

Erik Core interviews Kate Knox about her role as an organizer for the international punk rock festival BOBFEST. The BOB stands for Bremen – Germany, Oakland – California USA, and Bath – England and every couple of years the festival rotates between these three cities. Folks come from all over to get together and enjoy lots of live music, attend events like picnics and art shows, and help raise money for friends in need. The festival is organized by committee which coordinates the venues, schedules the bands, sells merchandise, and handles other logistics necessary for putting on a major event. Kate Knox has been helping to organize the festival since its inception in the mid 90′s.
Check out The B.O.B Family website for more info.

Credits: “MLR Intro” by ”Rob McCann, “Juvenile Pose” by “A-Heads“, “Dead Inside” by “Restarts“, “Train Oil” by “Fracas“, “Buried in Debt” by “Scheisse Minnelli“, “Bobsaw” by “Kicker”

B.O.B Festival 2011 Benefit Compilation for Steve Chinn