Episode 285 - Talib Kweli (Black Star, Javotti Media, People’s Party)

Thirty-Five years ago a young photographer set up a mobile studio on the Bowery & spent the next few years documenting the young punks that made up the early CBGB's hardcore scene. Last year, this photo project was released as a book called Matinee & now that photographer, Drew Carolan, is on Turned Out A Punk! Join Damian as he and Drew chat about finding punk before the term was coined in mid 70's Long Island. Also, how it led him to Matt Dillion, Harley, Mark Ryan & documenting hardcore shows to making videos for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Living Color. Also Discussed: Growing Up In Long Island Going To Hot Dog Beach For The Laughing Dogs The Shirts In All Their Glory Seeing Patti Smith In All Her Spitting Glory Getting Into The MC5 & The Stooges NYC Record Stores The Fugs GFR At MSG Seeing The Ramones For The First Time Getting Into Photography Enter Harley: Seeing The Stimulators For The First Time In 1979 Stumbling On To The CBGB’s New Scene Setting Up A Mobile Studio On The Bowery “Some Of Them Thought I Was A Cop” Meeting Tony Dust Mike Judge: “I Ain’t Going Over There. That Guy’s A Cop.” Seeing Agnostic Front & Being Blown Away Jerry’s Kids & FUs Crucifix MDC “It’s Crack Yo”: The Rise Of Drugs The End Of The Project The Changing Of The Scene Meeting Cooch Making Music Videos & MUCH MUCH MORE.... BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

31 Des 201755min

IT'S FINALLY HERE! KEVIN DREW IS ON TURNED OUT A PUNK! Several years in the making and now just in time for the holidays!!! It is a post Hanukkah Miracle!!! Listen in as Damian sits down with one of his best friend's in music, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene to talk about how he isn’t a punk but ultimately he really is and it is awesome! Also Discussed: Damian’s Barbwire Bat Kevin’s Dad’s Records Hearing The Sex Pistols Based On Colour Scheme The Dads & The Who Connection Wasting A Life Chasing A Dream Getting Jaded Quoting Farris Buller Being Scared Of Dark Side Of The Moon New Order Kids VS Depeche Mode Kids The Clash Walkmen Child Sex Makes You Lose Your Memory Kevin Writing & Staring In A Play Meeting Amy From Stars Project 9 13 Engines Nancy Despot Orange Alert The 8th Rib: The Pre-Deadly Snakes and Taking Speed To See One Step Beyond: The Pre-New Deal Band “It’s Called Ritalin. Have One.” The Cult At The Skydome Rage Against The Machine Seeing The Tragically Hip For The First Time Getting Into Sonic Youth & 7Seconds Meeting Greg Dick At 10 Years Old Going To See Dinosaur Jr. Getting Into Pavement Damian & Kevin’s Craziest Hang's All Over The Place Kevin’s First Band: Quicksand…. No, Not That One Crowd Surfing Parties In Kevin’s Room Explosion In The Sky: Best People Frightened Bread: Kevin Just Runs Around On Stage… On Drugs Kevin Spits In Bradford Cox’s Mouth & MUCH, MUCH MORE... BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

23 Des 20171h 47min

The week on the show we blow the whole hardcore/graffiti connection wide open with guest and author of the new book Urban Styles: Graffiti in New York Hardcore, Freddy Alva! Sit back as the two discuss Freddy’s journey coming to & growing up in NYC with early rap, graffiti, hardcore and how it led him to documenting the connection between these worlds. This is a monster episode for all the fans of PUNK history and cultural studies! Also Touched On… Killing Joke On The Radio Freestyle vs. Breakdancing Meeting Writers Mackie & The Style Wars Connection Frontline: The Graffiti Hardcore Connection Bad Brains Come To New York & Changes Everything Graffiti & NYHC Logo Meeting An Armed Citizen In Jr. High Anthony Comunale Going To See Dayglo Abortion & Raw Power At CBGBs With A New Wave Friend Violence In HC Cro-Mags At The Ritz ABC No Rio & The "New" New York Scene Sane’s Of Sane Smith’s Punk Connection The Pyramid Club Some Records FTW & Zine Culture In New York Making The New Breed Comp Wanting To Document Absolution Divergent Politics Co-existing In NYHC Noise Rock: A Scene Unto Itself Noiseville Records Inside Out NY: More Obscure Then Than They Are now Time for Living: Beastie Boys Covering Frontline Tony Reitman Rules! Stimulated Dummies: The First Two Singers Of Frontline Filthy Sex: The MOST Obscure Graffiti/Punk Band Cooch Knows Punk In Peru & Much, Much More!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

16 Des 20171h 8min

The Wrestle Punk Revolution Is Real!!!! This week on Turned Out Of Punk Damian is joined by the proud punk and independent wrestling pioneer M-Dogg 20 aka Son Of Havoc aka Matthew Capiccioni! Join Damian and Matt (and Jake the Ref and Mr. Pickles the Cat) as they sit down at Damian’s Kitchen table to discuss the journey from stumbling into a Face to Face show to singing with Integrity in Japan and the entire Wrestling/Punk Connection! Also Touched On: Matt (and Jake) come to Damian’s house What if Wrestlers sang in bands? Wanting to put together a straight edge supergroup Not a lot of edge breakers in wrestling Music not being your thing Beach Boys and Roy Orbison LIVE Going to Industrial shows Going Buzzardfest ’95 for Moby but coming face to face with Face To Face “You don’t like it. It’s punk.” The Ramones and the Sex Pistols in 1996 Hearing Op Ivy and everything else dying the Swinging Utters being criminally underrated White Noise: poor choice for a band name Earth Crisis, Path Of Resistance and the allure of gang culture to young straight edge kids Missing your prom to see Path Finding out about the One Life Crew… in Cleveland Earth Crisis almost killing your friend getting a ride home from Josh Prohibition Meeting Integrity in Japan Misfits cover band ECW was the Punk of wrestling… and WWE is U2 Bringing the aggressive audience interaction to pro wrestling Pro-Wrestling: the punkest sport Wrestling has it’s punk moment The Wrestling/Punk convention AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

9 Des 20171h 48min

"DANNY VAPID OF THE METHADONES, 1, 2, 3, 4!!!" This week we're joined by non other than POP PUNK / HARDCORE HERO, DAN VAPID! Dan jumped on a call with Damian to take a quick trip down memory lane and man, his metal/punk roots go deep. Get ready for a fun one!!! Also Touched On: Getting Into Metal & Punk In Des Plaines, IL Fast & Loud On Saturday Nights. Hearing The Offenders - I Hate Myself Articles Of Faith, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, The Misfits Made The Biggest Impact Going With His Brother To The Death Strike Audition Dan's Brother Playing In Abomination The Mission To Get Records At Wax Tracks First Show: The Descendents & Seven Seconds Los Crudos & Martin Going To See Out Of Order, Life Sentence Starting A Band At 15 - STP Joining Generation Waste & Playing With The Exploited, Adolescents, Corrosion of Conformity Bhopal Stiffs, ID Under, No Empathy, GEAR Seeing Shows In Palatine, IL Embracing The Ramones & Early Punk In Your Late Teens Hearing Screeching Weasel For The First Tim & Thinking The Lyrics Were Too Stupid until "American Suicide" Recording Punk House & Unlimited Potential Joining Weasel & Being Forced On Bass Borrowing All The Equipment On The First SW Tour The Impact Of The Bay Area, Maximum RNR & 924 Gilman St Playing A Show With Green Day At Larry Livermore's Place Meeting Joe Queer & Much, Much More... BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

2 Des 20171h 4min

IT'S A TONY RETTMAN PART #2!!! That's right, this week we are joined by punk rock author force of nature, Tony Rettman! Tony originally came out for the New York Live Show (Episode 115 - TURNED OUT A PUNK IN NYC), but talk about a guest more deserving of a stand alone episode. Tony can nerd out with the best of em and that's just what these two get up to. Get ready for a TOAP / FOOTNOTE HYBRID!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

28 Nov 20171h 26min

WE'RE BACK WITH VIC BONDI!! The Chicago punk/hardcore legend sat down with Damian to talk about everything from The Accüsed to Steely Dan. There's so much to go over here that they barely scratch the surface, but in TOAP fashion, a Part #2 has already been planned. Bet Your Bottom Dollar You'll Loose The Blues! Also Touched On: Growing Up In Pensacola, Florida Getting A Radio & Discovering Soul Music & Classic Rock Reading About Punk In Rolling Stone Elvis Costello On SNL Hearing Never Mind The Bollocks Give Em Enough Rope Safe European Home Changed Everything Seeing The Clash At The Aragon Ballroom Identifying With Punk Rock "In The Shadow Of The 60's" Forming Direct Drive The Effigies, Strike Under, Naked Raygun, Trail By Fire, DVA & 1st Wave Chicago Punk DeKalb, IL & The Subverts Moving To Chicago Getting Your Body Bag Single Signed & Getting Back "Biafra Punks Fuck Off" Going To Shows In DC & Catching The Bad Brains In 81' The Birth Of Articles Of Faith & Building A Scene Booking Shows At The Central American Social Club Big Boys, Personality Crisis, Young Lions & MDC The Accüsed Orthodoxy In Punk Bruce Springsteen & Neil Young Punks Always Considered "Beyond The Pale" Never Stop Seeking Out New Music The Internet Killed The Independent Punk Star Recording What We Want Is Free From 2:00AM Until 8:00AM For $500.00 Dead Ending & Jones Very The Mixed Blessing Of Modern Music & Technology Working On Weatherman With Tom Morello The Clash vs. The Pistols (Again) Seeing Elvis Costello & Steely Dan Give Yourself Completely To The Live Show Or Don't Bother. Don't Half Step! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

15 Nov 201750min

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S A PART #3! Damian once again gets the chance to sit down with the bonafide Hardcore Legend, WALTER SCHREIFELS! More of a shooting-of-shit than a formal interview, Walter carved out an hour prior to the Dead Heavens set in Toronto to catch up & go over... Pretty much everything. We owe Walter a commemorative jacket or something after this one. You're In For A Serious TOAP Treat! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

3 Nov 20171h 9min