The Rawkwardness Podcast

Ep.50 - Alicia Blue “No One is Gonna Listen to This”

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony are back at the Waymore in Nashville with folk singer-poet Alicia Blue, talking about secret emo poems, the lost art of the mix tape, sensitivity as a strength, and wanting to be the next Jack Kerouac. 
 
Alicia Blue on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Malcolm Clark Hayes, Jr - Put Your Love to the Test - Liberty Records
Northern Soul
Wall of Sound - Phil Spector v Grateful Dead
Long Strange Trip - Grateful Dead documentary
Pomona Valley, CA
The Wild Reeds - also from Pomona
The LA County Fair
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks - The Hurricane - “This is like journalism”
Dead Poets Society English teacher
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
LA Weekly
Harvard & Stone
“Your body is not a coffin” quote
Mario’s mix tape highlights - Sweet Thing by Van Morrison, Mimi and Richard Farina, Long as I can See the Light by Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young
Johnny Guitar Watson
1966 school teacher edition Rhodes - rescued from Los Angeles Community College
Eduardo Rivera - folk EP
CD Baby
Jason Goldstein, Jordan Ruiz - produced Bravebird in 2020
Lincoln Parish (Cage the Elephant) - produced new record
Hollywood Thai - Nong: the Thai singer who took her to buy her first guitar and taught her guitar
Queen of Echo Park
Lauren Ruth Ward - the Queen of Echo Park herself
Brian Ross - Elliptic Management -  Alicia’s manager
Joni Mitchell - open D tuning
Suzie Chism - on Spotify - Suzie’s episode of Rawkwardness!
Lucinda Williams 

Ep.49 - Jillian Shea “My Sister is a Guitar”

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Jillian Shea about being a Disney kid, playing with her dad, writing with her boyfriend, producing her own short film, and singing with Sabrina Carpenter. 
 
Jillian Shea on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
“The Noise” Short Film
“I Don’t Know” - 2020 - produced by dad
Walk the Prank
Godmothered
Les Miserables - Young Eponine
Crazy Fast theme song - Runaway
Tuning Fork
Crave Cafe on Ventura in Studio City
Meg Donnelly
Joshua Bassett 
Jack Gray on Spotify
Tia and Jack on SoundCloud
Katelyn Tarver on Spotify
Berklee College of Music
Sabrina Carpenter
Waitress the Musical
Legally Blonde the musical
Ava King’s episode
Zeke and Luther
Kirby Buckets
High School Musical
Maddie Poppe
Andra Day
Hozier

Ep.48 - Suzie Chism “You’re Done in This City”

This week, we’re back in Music City with Suzie Chism, talking about leading youth worship, trading CDs with boys at the skate park, learning guitar from an Elvis impersonator, and all the Nashville tea. 
 
Suzie Chism on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Til’ The Wheels Fall off - New single
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Suzie’s Hotel Indigo ad
Daddo Video - Pobrecita
No Dancing - Duke’s Nashville
Moseley
SUP
Waymore Guest House and Casual Club
Ace Hotel and Swim Club Palm Springs
Nikki Lane’s High Class Hillbilly
Hutton Hotel - Analog
Ella Vos
The Monthlies in Tucson
The Picture and the Frame - Rickett Baker
Santa’s Nashville
Yarrington, Nevada
Modest Mouse
Bouncing Souls
30 Seconds to Mars
Tsunami Bomb from San Francisco
Ali Wong - Skateboarders bit -Baby Cobra
Bay Area Hip Hop
Hyphy Scene
Andre 3000’s flute record
Shannon and the Clams - Suzie’s drummer on the new record Nate Mahan 
Kat Hamilton - Guyville -  Should Have Never Dated
Paul Cossette produced Suzie’s new record
Aimie Lovett Sommer

Ep.47 - Low Hum “Terra Incognita”

Rose, Terence, and Tony chat with Collin Desha of Low Hum about his pedal board, Hawaiian culture, how a song can become bigger than the artist, and going to the unknown places. We also have a very exclusive deep cut from Collin’s high school band, Geronimo, and a beautifully stripped down version of “Hints,” from the new album “Terra Incognita.”
 
Buy Low Hum’s new album on vinyl
Low Hum on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube
Only if You Say So video
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Vanaprasta on Spotify 
Sun Drug on Spotify
 
The pedal board: 
Echo Master by Death by Audio vocal pedal
“The Low Hum Sound” - Vaderin pedal - Germanium fuzz
Deco by Stryman - clean tone RE202 - Space Echo Boss
Digitech Whammy - Harmony with octaves
79 JMP
The Edge’s effects set-up
Eventide vocal processor - Julian Casablancas
Uniform Music
Mudhoney T-rex distortion
 
Last Gang Records
Jules de Gasparis - Edgar Everyone
Keveen Baudouin - Carré 
Taylor Brown - Slip
Helen Desha Beamer - relative 
Beamers slack-key guitar players - Keola Beamer - on YouTube
Anti-Flag
NoFX - Fat Mike, El Hefe
The Vandals
Raw Irons - Andy Irons surf video
Beastie Boys
Bad Religion
Taylor Steele - making a lot of the surf videos
Fenix TX
Squier Starter Pack
Total Request Live (TRL)  - Carson Daly - Blink 182, Greenday, Nirvana
The Jackass era
The Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster
Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA
Duke’s Huntington Beach
Duke Kahanamoku
Digi 002, Protools
Vincent Herbert
Stephen Wilkin on TikTok
Andres Villalobos of James Supercave
Cameron Dmytryk
Chad Carlisle
Joaquin Pastor - singer of James Supercave
Full Sail University in AZ
Wild Belle
Moonrise Campout - Betawave Studios
Matt Shores - Street Light Events
Warpaint
Jon Joseph - producer - Spotify playlist 
The Bluestones
Stella Mozgawa - drummer of Warpaint

Ep.46 - Andy Sorge (WYO) “I’m Out For More”

This week, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to artist and composer Andy Sorge of landscape-rock band WYO about his home state of Wyoming, being mentored by Anthony Gonzalez of M83, finding his voice, and seeking inspiration in nature…and sometimes video games.
 
WYO on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube
Down by the River video
June Gloom Fest - June 23, 2024
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Ballpark Pizza
Call of Duty Russian Landscape
All Quiet on the Western Front
Anthony Gonzalez from M83
Brain Farm
Andy Irons: Kissed by God documentary
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season documentary
Reason
Brad Wood - Producer
Ryan Bingham
Aphex Twin
Freak on a Leash - Jonathan Davis of Korn
Mom’s Spaghetti - Eminem
Pelle Hillström - session guitarist - Pelle’s Jazzmaster
School Night - Chris Douridas
Chris Douridas interviewing Jeff Buckley on KCRW
Avi Buffalo
Belly Up in San Diego
Mountain Resort in Jackson Hole
Samick bass
Gibson J45

Ep.45 - Oliver Pierce & Andres Ahogado (Jive Talk) “A Rip Snortin’ Good Time”

On this week’s episode of Rawkwardness, Rose, Terence, and Tony are back in Nashville at the Waymore Guest House with Oliver Pierce and Andres Ahogado of Jive Talk. We talk about musical theater, teenage Pink Floyd cover bands, the band’s wildly different taste in movies, and always, “The Business.”
 
Jive Talk on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Waymore Guest House and Casual Club - Nashville, TN
Muhlenberg County, KC - “Paradise” by John Prine 
Okey Dokey on Spotify - Look out for their episode later this season!
Harper and the Bears - Andres’ college band
Hair the Musical - Woof’s song
Million Dollar Quartet - Oliver played Elvis
4115 Studio
Korg MS 2000
True Grit agency
Red Light Management - Neil Mason
The Cadillac Three - Neil’s band
Zakk Davis - video guy
Polychrome Ranch - Jared Corder
Zella Day
Anthony Bourdain
Why? the band - Yoni Wolf
Favorite movies: Enter the Void - Gaspar Noe, Stop Making Sense, Heavyweights, Synecdoche New York, There Will Be Blood
Slow Dive
Phish - playing a vacuum cleaner
Little Person from Synecdoche, New York - Jon Brion
Books and Pens by White Stripes - Napoleon Dynamite

Ep.44 - Daniel Brummel “When Times Were Good”

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Daniel Brummel of Ozma and Sanglorians (and many other projects) about the history of Pasadena, the earliest social media, and touring with your childhood heroes. Spoiler alert: we talked about Weezer a bit.
 
Daniel Brummel on Spotify and Instagram
Ozma on Spotify and Instagram
Sanglorians on Spotify and Instagram
Eulogy for a Rock Band - Everything Will Be Alright in the End - with Weezer
Monstro with Ezra Buchla, Corey Fogel and Laura Steinberge
Spain the band
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Weezer on Spotify
Weezerpedia
Weezma
Weezer Cruise
“Buddy Holly” video included with Windows 95
Van Halen in Pasadena
Marcel DuChamp in Pasadena
Battling for Baby - Debbie Reynolds
Mos Def dissing Drake
Chuck Klosterman - The Nineties
Harry Smith Folk Anthology - Smithsonian Folkways
Frank Stanford
 
No Future Cafe - Pasadena 4 Square church rec room - all the free iced mocha you could drink
The Smell
Unknown Theater - playing on the set of the play
Machine Project in Echo Park - Mark Allen, Emily Lacy
Chain Reaction in Anaheim
Fuck Yeah Fest/FYF
Echo Park Rising
 
Beatles Anthology - 2nd one 
Smashing Pumpkins
Nirvana
L7
Pearl Jam
Greenday 
Breeders
REM - Stand
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
REM - Flood
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives me Crazy
B52s
Psoma 
Shufflepuck
Nada Surf 
Rilo Kiley
Clancy Brothers
The Pogues
Luke Kelly
The Dubliners
Shane McGowan

Ep.43 - Devon Thompson “Gothabilly”

This week, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to spooky LA baby Devon Thompson about her tween YouTube channel, throwing the coolest all-ages DIY shows in the Valley, Gibson Guitars, and her dream collaborator: Tim Burton.
 
Devon Thompson on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
Devon’s tour dates with Dead on a Sunday
Devon & Gibson Guitars - with the black and white J45 - the Gothabilly guitar
Pop Studios in Northridge
Devon’s Top 5i(sh):
Blondie
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Pretenders
Johnny Cash
Alabama Shakes
Fiona Apple
Kat Hamilton’s spreadsheet of ethical LA  promoters
Rebecca Black - Friday 
System of a Down
Last Dinner Party
Hiatus Kaiyote
Tim Burton - retrospective at LACMA, more from the retrospective