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28/06/2024

come hither to Episode 180 of Third Gear Scratch podcast in which we welcome Mr Tim Showalter of Strand of Oaks and a recent cast member on Mayans MC acting alongside the likes of Edward James Olmos for 2 seasons. Strand of Oaks has a storied and celebrated discography since Leave Ruin (2009) and shared the stage with other luminaries like Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams. The pandemic presented Tim with a moment to pause after 12 very busy years and 7 LPs and in that cessation he found Ram Dass, yoga, TM and an unforeseen need to start painting for 2 years straight and didn't touch an instrument. When he did reemerge he found his synthesizers were the tool most suited to his current state of mind and body. Miracle Focus (2024 Self-released) is an album of almost all synth based songs that still sounds refreshingly like SoA but also clearly has been rebirthed. it's a celebration of every minute of every day. great record and great rap with a vibrant artist.

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13/06/2024

Enter ye all who dare to Episode 179 of Third Gear Scratch podcast featuring Mr Aaron Stone of My Epic on the eve of the release of their 4th full length record LORIELLA out on Tooth & Nail Records June 27th. Aaron and I discuss at different lengths touring, making music, eating fast food, God, religion in rock, Michael W. Smith, Petra, toddlering, the Portland neighborhood in Louisville, why we make music, video production, and of course, the QUIZ! Great rap with a sweet man who's continuing his tradition of making passionate music about something for which he has great passion; his faith, and also how progressive views within Christianity aren't always what they seem to be. It's a nice glimpse of a man who's making powerful and often very heavy music that matters to him and their fan base who can't get enough of it--God or not.

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21/05/2024

Ahoy amigos! I'm deep in the heart of Catalunya con mi esposa and STILL, Third Gear Scratch podcast lives and breathes to bring you Victim 178 Steve Lamos, drummer and brass section for a little local band called American Football and also Professor of English/ Writing at University of Colorado Boulder. Steve and I reconnected last year at a show we both played and were grateful for the opportunity to reconnect the dots, as my band SHINER spent many days and nights in Champaign/Urbana in the 90's and IN FACT, AF opened for Shiner at the Blind Pig (IYKYK) back in the dizzay. craziness. they really only played a handful of shows before breaking up, then reuniting 15 years later after watching their first record quietly but totally fu***ng blow up on Polyvinyl Record Co.. We talk old days, new days, quitting, rejoining, Resonant Literacy--which he has written extensively about and currently teaches in his classes at UCB. it's a great rap with a man living his best life at home, at work and with his amazing band. jump in the water.

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08/04/2024

Greetings humans - entering the gauntlet of Third Gear Scratch podcast today is none other than the infamous and fantastic Conan Neutron of Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends, Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal podcast. On this episode we discuss all things Conan, including his bands Replicator, Mount Vicious, Victory & Associates, Household Gods, a all-star band with Dave Pajo (Slint) and Vern Rumsey (Unwound) and of course his current lineup in Secret Friends with Tony Ash (Trophy Wives and Dale Crover ((the) Melvins). Their most recent release Adult Prom (Learning Curve Records) is a split with the band LUNG and continues his habit of killing it with each new release. His podcast, Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal is one that I've built off of in a way and taken some of what I've learned from him to use here on TGS. he's on episode 380 (!) and still going strong with amazing guests each week that you may not know but certainly should. He's an inspiring character who's arranged his life to make music and tour the world with his friends and hero's and turns out, it's been working quite well thankyouverymuch!!

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26/03/2024

sakes alive, the sisters / BirdHands tour was the epitome of fun. big thanks to the great crowds all week! love to my tour mates.

now I got some AE solo and band shows afoot in April and into May.

APRIL - AE SOLO
6 Milwaukee Club Garibaldi's w Bob Nanna (Braid) and Ian Brown
13 Chicago LiveWire Lounge w Masonic Wave

APRIL - AE BAND
20 Berwyn FitzGerald’s w Mint Mile (Silkworm /Bottomless Pit and Palm Electric

MAY - AE SOLO
23 Barcelona VOL w Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab)

yes this is really happening. beyond belief.

18/03/2024

a hearty "ca-caw" and good morning to you. BirdHands tour with sisters feat. members of Spotlights , Molly McGuire and SHINER begins tomorrow. last outing before we start to sing new birdsongs. bring bird seed. don't be late. ca-caw.

SISTERS / BIRDHANDS MARCH FLIGHT PATTERN
19 St Lou Platypus w KILVEREZ
20 Chi subterranean Chicago
21 Lexington The Green Lantern Bar w Swamp Hawk
22 Tolono Loose Cobra
23 KCMO miniBar

15/03/2024

Enter the dragon of TThird Gear ScratchEpisode 175 featuring drummer AC Paterra of Pittsburghs post-everything-groove-duo ZZombiwith his longtime bandmate Steve Moore on keys, bass, and now sax! Their new record Direct Inject (RRelapse Records exhibits the diversification of their distinct sound by venturing into smooth sax solos and grooves typical of a certain era. indeed, covid brought them the time and creative energy to create a series of highly faithful covers from artists like Paul Davis, Steely Dan, Gerry Rafferty and Barry Gibb for their YouTube channel. worth your time. he's a recent chicago resident and enjoying his between tours with Zombi and also playing keys now in the eclectic and sprawling band GGrails. Proof that he's living his best life as a full time musician who also happens to be making the best music of his life.

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04/03/2024

good morning and god speed. I'm a lucky man to have Tristan Shone aka Author & Punisher as my next victim on Third Gear Scratch podcast, in which we take a loving snapshot of the nuts and bolts of the life of an artist. Tristan is well versed in nuts and bolts and ones and zeros and so so so much more as a mechanical engineer at the National Center For Microscopy and Imaging Research at UCSD. It's a highly technical job that dovetails perfectly with his life in A&P, in which he has literally invented and fabricated his own instruments to make his haunting and earth-leveling songs, which never fail to reveal his intimate melodic sensibilities, despite the weight and girth of his music. take a look at some of his tools here http://dronemachines.com. His most recent record on Relapse Records called Krüller was released in 2022 and features some old tour mates, Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor of Tool. He's also making some of these previously non-existent instruments for other artists like Arca, a groundbreaking performance artist for whose work these unique noise machines are perfectly suited. grab a slab.

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14/02/2024

well we did it. we really did it and it was such a banger. HUGE thanks to Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life for joining me for a live recording of Third Gear Scratch podcast at FitzGerald’s weeks ago, JAN 31st 2024. and even bigger thanks to everyone who made it out to witness it all. great night. Tims work is on the "insane level" of output, with a nearly a record per year released for the last 20 years. that is insane. such a prolific and profound lyricist with it all spelled out so eloquently on his sleeve, whether with Cursive, TGL or his more intimate solo records. his most recent solo release, Middling Age (15 Passenger) came out in 2022 and was most definitely a COVID baby, and some of his finest work. we had such a spirited rap that night, with highlights including his guilty love of Taco Bell, his outright rejection of KISS and RUSH, and the occasional financial anxiety but also spiritual gratification of his only job being a musician since nearly 2000. his set after the rap was fantastic but that was just for the folks in the crowd. so next time join us!! now jump in and get a big chunk of this live rap.
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14/02/2024

well we did it. we really did it and it was such a banger. HUGE thanks to TiTim Kasherf CuCursivend ThThe Good Lifeor joining me for a live recording of ThThird Gear Scratchodcast at FiFitzGerald’s weeks ago, JAN 31st 2024. and even bigger thanks to everyone who made it out to witness it all. great night. Tims work is on the "insane level" of output, with a nearly a record per year released for the last 20 years. that is insane. such a prolific and profound lyricist with it all spelled out so eloquently on his sleeve, whether with Cursive, TGL or his more intimate solo records. his most recent solo release, Middling Age (15 Passenger) came out in 2022 and was most definitely a COVID baby, and some of his finest work. we had such a spirited rap that night, with highlights including his guilty love of Taco Bell, his outright rejection of KISS and RUSH, and the occasional financial anxiety but also spiritual gratification of his only job being a musician since nearly 2000. his set after the rap was fantastic but that was just for the folks in the crowd. so next time join us!! now jump in and get a big chunk of this live rap.

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07/02/2024

Wow last Wednesday JAN 31 was such an incredible event. I hosted Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life at FitzGerald’s for a live Third Gear Scratch "taping" and the whole night was fantastic. what an amazing dude and performer. did not disappoint in any way. crowd was amazing.

I'm in KC now working on new SHINER music so this historic episode will air next Tuesday. Gird your loins.

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30/01/2024

cannot believe this is going down tomorrow! did you get your ticket to this historic event? do it now. https://www.ticketweb.com/event/third-gear-scratch-live-podcast-fitzgeralds-nightclub-tickets/13324833?REFID=clientsitewp

I, Allen Epley do hereby swear to use the Third Gear Scratch podcast taping at historic FitzGerald’s to get to the core essence of Mr Tim Kasher of Cursive, The Good Life and a prolific solo career. How? Why? To what extent or degree??

We rap first about all things Kasher, and how in the world has he made his way through the toughest of all bizzes, the music biz. THEN, Tim will show us all how it's done with an in-house-only performance. If you don't go to the show you won't hear it on the pod later is what I'm saying. Get your tickets. Do it! see ya's tmrw.

26/01/2024

Happy TThird Gear ScratchEpisode 172!! Let's escape this trashy weather with a hearty welcome back to mr Jordan Zadorozny, the heart, mind, soul and loins of BBlinker The Star a solo-collective band he created in the mid 90's that made a huge impact on many, me included, with his nuanced chord structures and thoughtful arrangements on a KKen Andrews(Failure) produced record called August Everywhere (Dreamworks). A few months ago Jordan asked me to contribute to his new record out now called Animal Math (self-released). He sent me a song that became Throwing Dice on the record and I'm honored to have been asked and that it turned out so fantastic. Animal Math is a departure for JZ and BTS with a much more upbeat approach with telepathic influence from Jeff Lynne, later Rush, and a dark lyrical push that belies the quicker tempos and major keys. Jordan is a returning champ to the TGS studios after his first rap with me on DEC 16 2019 for our 28th episode

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22/01/2024

i have personally never met Tim Kasher of the legendary band Cursive and The Good Life and a prolific solo career, but when we do finally meet it'll be onstage at FitzGerald’s on WEDS January 31st for a live recording of Third Gear Scratch podcast, of which i'm the host.

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plus it's $5 burger night just sayin. this will be a special night.

17/01/2024

dang you guys can't believe this is only 2 weeks out. Tim Kasher, the heartbeat of Cursive , The Good Life and his own prolific solo career is coming to FitzGerald’s in Chicago on WEDS JAN 31!

tix here! https://www.ticketweb.com/event/third-gear-scratch-live-podcast-fitzgeralds-nightclub-tickets/13324833?pl=fitz&fbclid=IwAR2KbCdonsD_rRkrpVrFDLkv6WtSg4OMDGAkm9sbyJfeNQcz9_m2mRsG_lI

Raps with me, 'natch, with hijinx aplenty, then an exclusive solo performance for in-house crowd only. only the rap will be on the pod much like the Matt Talbott of HUM episode 100.

And now, courtesy of Drugan's Drums & Guitars, everyone in attendance is automatically registered to win a Samick acoustic guitar! Git it!

11/01/2024

Ahoy and Happy New Year! are we still saying that? Either way I'm so stoked to welcome my first Third Gear Scratch victim of 2024, Mr. Jay Ryan, The Bird Machine, and stoic bassist of 90's Champaign-Urbana-Chi scene Dianogah. Jay spills about his life and work in which he has created an entire ecosphere of squirrels, toasters, bicycles, rhinos, cats and every other sub-species with wide-set eyes that inhabit his distinctively sweet and ethereal hand-screen printed concert and event posters. You've seen his work for bands like HUM, Flaming Lips, The Breeders, Andrew Bird and literally hundreds of your faves. His band Dianogah is a perfect example of the intricate math-y grooves and jangling sounds from Cham-Bana in the 90s with others from the era like Castor, Menthol, Love Cup and later American Football, except with 2 bassists and no guitars! They made 5 beautiful records with the likes of John McEntire and Steve Albini on Southern Records till their long hiatus in 2009. But now Dianogah is playing FEB 3rd with FACS for a Smashed Plastic Record Pressing event. Great rap with an artist living his best life on all levels.

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07/01/2024

3 weeks till this goes down with Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life at FitzGerald’s. everyone in attendance is automatically entered to win a new snare drum from Drugan's Drums & Guitars that night!.

we rap, then he plays an exclusive solo set! be apart of a live recording a Third Gear Scratch podcast!

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02/01/2024

Happy New Year Scratchers! we're back with new episodes starting next week!

On January 31st 2024 Third Gear Scratch is LIVE at FitzGerald’s with your hero rapping with Tim Kasher of Cursive(band) and The Good Life . Twill be a great night.

Tim will play a solo show after the chat for the in-house crowd only! so get your tickets to be apart of this hot night.

Find tickets for Third Gear Scratch Live Podcast, Tim Kasher showing at the FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB - Berwyn, US Wednesday Jan 31, 7:00PM Tickets starting at $20.00

29/12/2023

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12/12/2023

This is real. Tix below to see the chat and live solo performance y Tim Kasher of Cursive at FitzGerald’s house n JAN 31 2024.

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04/12/2023

Greetings Earthlings and enter episode 169 of Third Gear Scratch in which we welcome a true renaissance man of the world Mr Eugene S Robinson, who not only is the frontman of the artful-noise band OXBOW but is also an accomplished author, former MMA fighter, body builder, editor-at-large and writer for many publications like VICE, GQ and Hustler. Eugene's newest printed offering, A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer's Row: A Memoir (Feral House), his 5th book, zig zags through Robinson's life including his time fronting his first band Whipping Boy and offers sharp insights on his time in punk rock and politics. He's a busy man by design, spreading himself widely throughout the printed medium as a writer for hire, online shows like Show Stomper with Eugene S Robinson, his vlog called Look What You Made Me do, and of course with his band OXBOW and now Buñuel. It's a great rap with a very big and forever-hungry mind.

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13/11/2023

The path from A to Z is a long and winding road, as any artist who's worked a lifetime in their field will tell you. So it goes with Third Gear Scratch guest for Episode 168 Mr Rob Zabrecky, a mentalist, magician, comedian, actor, author, and for one solid decade of madness, he was the singer, bassist and frontman for 90's indie rockers Possum Dixon. In the early 90's PD pulled down a 3 record deal with Interscope Records and indeed birthed a hit with their tune "Watch The Girl (Destroy Me)" with their final record being produced by Rik Ocasek. After the excesses of rock made their rounds through the band and they disbanded, Rob learned the skill of auctioneering, allowing him time to master the craft of sleight of hand and legerdemain. He was already funny and charming, had acted in TV and indie films, so the transition to an act of metalism, magic and comedy made sense in a surreal way. In 2020 he released his memoir Strange Cures. Today he headlines around the world as Zabrecky, holding residencies and sharing the stage with the biggest names in magic and comedy.

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13/10/2023

Throw some horns for Episode 166 of Third Gear Scratch featuring Mr Tony Higbee, lead guitarist with Cinderella's Tom Keifer Band, Brother Cane and his own band The East Side Gamblers of Nashville TN. Among other things we discuss his love for rescuing animals (currently hosting a small zoo at his home), the sublime perfection of Cheap Trick, regularly sharing the stage with legends in the biz, why his ability to sing well was the linchpin on his getting gigs as a lead guitarist and why the pandemic allowed him guilt-free time for himself. He's a bassist by trade but came to guitar naturally and has no illusions about rock star life vs life as a civilian, living a life full of gratitude as a proud cancer survivor. Great rap with a man living at full volume.

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29/09/2023

Arise Lazarus Rise! For Episode 165 of Third Gear Scratch I was lucky enough reel in a big fish this week featuring Mr Jeffrey Babko, resident keyboardist on Jimmy Kimmel Live, touring pianist with Steve Martin and Martin Short, session player with the likes of people like James Taylor, Jason Mraz and Sheryl Crow, composer for films such as Encanto, Toy Story 4, the new "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic, not to mention the artists he's played with on Kimmell. If that ain't enough, he also has a band with Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Coffin Music called Mondo Trio and a new album called The Libretto Show with David Piltch. He's a podcast host for Caffeinated Keyboardist and is a studio owner himself. it's a great rap with this funny and driven human that ultimately just makes music because it's the right thing for him to do for himself. One of those humans.

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18/09/2023

ahoy all ye who dare! Episode 164 of Third Gear Scratch welcomes Mr Ryan Patterson of Fotocrime and formerly of Coliseum for a wide-ranging and Louisville-centric rap about Fotocrime's new album called ACCERLERATED (Artoffact Records) and how exactly he ended up creating and fronting this new dark-wave band after spending 15 years at the helm of an earth-rumbling band like Coliseum. We talk at length about his longtime relationship with the great J. Robbins, a producer, friend and mentor to many rockers, yours truly included. Ryan produced Accelerated on his very own this time after so many years under J's wing for Coliseum records and earlier Fotocrime music, and the result of his tutelage is clear and profound on this record which brings to mind the best of artists like Nick Cave, Joy Division and Ataraxia. It's a powerful testament to the impact of analog synthesizers which he has championed so successfully in this with no small amount of help from guitarist Nick Thieneman (Young Widows) and Will Allard. of no small importance to Ryan's enterprising ways is his site Shirt Killer that he created to make designs for his friends bands and you'll see instantly it's grown so far beyond that, giving him the time and support to make music as he sees fit for as long as he wants. HUZZAH!!

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31/08/2023

Hot days on Third Gear Scratch with Episode 163!! Jason Sipe and Victor Riley of Chicago's own make a particularly powerful and vicious form of music that many might assume descends from grunge music of the 90's. On the surface perhaps, but this mighty trio, with the help of Mr Mike Lusst, a prodigious producer (Urge Overkill, William Elliot Whitmore, everybody in Chicago) and two-time TGS guest has created a moving testament to laying it all out and flinging the resulting blood on the wall. MOCK (Reptillian), their 4th record and first with Reptilian Records conjures images of bands like Cows, The Jesus Lizard, Unsane, and yeah some very early Nirvana, but is also more immediate and complicated than those RIYLs. Victor and Jason represent what we all represent in the arts which is busting their respective humps to make music and take it on tour, by working jobs that allow them to do just that. In fact, they're both literally at their jobs on the day of this recording and it gives a nice peak into the life of a working musician. jump in the water!!

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18/08/2023

Even on tour the Third Gear Scratch podcast juggernaut will not wait! Episode 162 welcomes Ryan Raddatz, a vet of the TV, film and commercial world as an actor but mainly as writer for sitcoms like The Odd Couple on CBS, The Neighborhood, and PBS WordGirl. It's a great rap with this Northwestern grad and how he ended up as a writer when his professional career began as an actor and how the transformation was so clear to him. We also talk much about the current strike for Writers Guild of America West and SAG-AFTRA, their demands and the implications for them as AI begins to take hold in Hollywood. Jump in!!

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