Tag: Rock

088 – The Art of Zen Zenith

088 – The Art of Zen Zenith

October 31, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Zen Tao-Journey Jimalric Stevensson-Zenith is a  musician, and guitar instructor from San Francisco. We talk to Zen about his upbringing in an “unschooled” household, his education at the Musician’s Institute, his musical career featuring his former band Please Do Not Fight, his work as a manager for the band Picture Atlantic, his podcasting work, and his […]

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087 – Rubber Soul: Greg Kihn

087 – Rubber Soul: Greg Kihn

September 30, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Greg Kihn is a rock and roll musician, author, radio personality, and podcast host. We chat with Greg about growing up in Baltimore, moving to the Bay Area and forming the Greg Kihn Band in the 70’s and how the band signed with Beserkley Records. We discuss his hits The Breakup Song, and Jeopardy, and how the music video for the […]

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086 – Better Days: Clay Tarver

086 – Better Days: Clay Tarver

September 15, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Clay Tarver is a guitarist, screenwriter, and author. We talk to Clay about his life, starting with both his bands Chavez and Bullet LaVolta, his work over at MTV, how he learned the art of screenwriting from J.J. Abrams and Mike Judge, about his love of working on smaller writing projects for newspapers, and about […]

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084 – All Seeing Eyes: Zachary James

084 – All Seeing Eyes: Zachary James

August 16, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

 Zachary James is a songwriter and front man for the Zachary James and the All Seeing Eyes band. We talk with Zachary and fellow band and soul mate Alexandra Starlight.   Zachary James started his rock career in the Thunderboys with Gearhead Records, but quickly moved on to his current project. Zachary’s influences verge on his interstellar […]

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081 – On The Road: Final Curse

081 – On The Road: Final Curse

June 30, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Thrash metal band Final Curse describes of their first tour, which turned out to be a spectacular disaster, but makes for a great story. Final Curse is Mike Plowman (vocals, guitar), Fernie ” Ferndog” Ortega (bass), Madison Stegall (lead guitar, vocals), and Brendon Blackwelder (drums). Final Curse is from Charlotte, NC. Formed in Summer 2006, and […]

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080 – The Bandit of Kabul: Jerry Beisler

080 – The Bandit of Kabul: Jerry Beisler

June 15, 2013 | By | 2 Comments

Jerry Beisler is author of The Bandit of Kabul: Counterculture Adventures along the Hashish trail and beyond, a non-fiction, narrative history of the 1970s. Beisler also created and produced The Cutting Edge Television show from 1999-2006. The show won the Best Entertainment award for the Public Access Television in 2002, beating over 500 entries for the prize. Known as Jerry B in the […]

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079 – The Monster Show: Cookie Dough and DJ MC2

079 – The Monster Show: Cookie Dough and DJ MC2

May 31, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Update: 1/30/2015 – Eddie Bell aka Cookie Dough passed away on 1/29/2015 after a brief illness while getting ready to perform in Puerto Vallarta.  Read more about it here. Please visit the GoFundMe website to help raise money for medical, transportation, and funeral expenses.  You can see the amazing outpouring of love and comments on […]

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