HeyJaredPunkast
Jessica Schwartz, Associate Professor of Musicology sets out to find the meaning of punk through conversations with punks themselves: the musicians, videographers, and various cultural shakers who lived and created punk's history, and also the academics who study it.
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Stella Stray Pop (KXLU) (opens the original)
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In this episode: “Radio…really is a labor of love.” Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird sit down with Stella of KXLU’s Stray Pop for a conversation spanning nearly five decades of independent radio, punk, and underground music in Los Angeles. Stella traces her beginnings at Loyola Marymount University in 1977 and the launch of Stray Pop in 1980, when playing punk and new wave on KXLU could still get her in trouble. From D. Boon singing an impromptu fundraiser song in the studio to the chang
Marie Arleth Skov and Maria Buszek (Unruly: The Body in Punk) (opens the original)
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In this episode: We need to respect the scene and shine a spotlight on folks who were, in fact, laying the foundation. Jessica Schwartz speaks with art historians Marie Arleth Skov and Maria Buszek about Unruly: The Body in Punk , curated by Marie and currently on view at ARoS in Aarhus, Denmark. Taking the exhibition and its catalogue as a starting point, they ask what becomes visible when the body moves to the center of punk history—exploring unruliness, feminism, sexuality, beauty and uglines
James Spooner (Afro-Punk) (opens the original)
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In this episode: “A big part of finding your voice is being willing to be vulnerable and honest.” Jessica Schwartz speaks with filmmaker, artist, and writer James Spooner about Black punk, belonging, vulnerability, and the complicated work of finding—and trusting—one’s own voice. Beginning with Spooner’s experiences as one of few Black punks in the Southern California desert and later within New York punk and hardcore scenes, the conversation considers what punk can make possible while remaining
Chris Desjardins (The Flesh Eaters) | Part 2 (opens the original)
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In this episode: “We’ve turned out something I think that’s even stronger than what we did when we were younger.” In Part 2 of this conversation, Chris Desjardins (Chris D.) joins Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird to reflect on creativity across a lifetime—moving among music, poetry, politics, film, recovery, and the ongoing work of making meaning through art. Chris discusses his relationship to the Gun Club and Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the possibilities and limitations of political art, and w
Chris Desjardins (The Flesh Eaters) | Part 1 (opens the original)
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In this episode: “The punk stuff that was coming out of England really excited me.” In Part 1 of this conversation, Chris Desjardins (Chris D.) traces the evolution of the Flesh Eaters from the earliest days of Los Angeles punk through the band’s many incarnations. Moving through his encounters with the Stooges, MC5, British punk, blues and R&B, poetry, surrealism, genre film, and other musical and cultural influences, Chris reflects on the eclectic materials and relationships that shaped his cr
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