…I think there are going to be some server changes with the mp3 files that make up our podcast. There might even be some old episodes disappearing. So, go download everything you want right now! You have until whenever I figure out how I’m handling the hosting account.

-BFH

Shakeytown Radio - Live from Riverside DIY Print Fest 2013 (44 mins.)

In this live report from Blood-Orange Infoshop in Riverside, California, BFH attends the Riverside DIY Print Fest and tables with Sarah Bitely, the creator of the comic book “Pimpkillah,” and her partner Matt.

This episode features the music of Land of Ill Earthquakes and includes interviews with Fest and Zineworks organizer Annie Knight, as well as vendors Daniel from MRDR, Sarah from Freeways Collide, Elisebee…

…and Jen Venegas of “She’s Not A Morning Person” zine and the blog SkinnedKnees.net.

There is an interview and spoken word performance from Stacy Russo of Wild Librarian Bakery…

…and of course, a cameo from special guest star Amber Garza of Zineworks and Geeks Out, with updates on her life and wisdom for the ever-deteriorating mental state of this podcast’s host. (photo by Raymond Duran)

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Getting ready for Riverside DIY Print Fest 2013 - in the meantime, here’s last year’s!

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Riverside DIY Print Fest - A Shakeytown Radio Minute (13:55)

BFH files a report from an independent publishing event at the Blood Orange Infoshop in Riverside, and interviews Angela Chaos, one of the organizers of the event and a zinester in her own right (“Bitch King,” “Raptor Fancy,” and the zine distro and workshop organizers Zineworks).

Also, the music of The Cigs.

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BONUS WEB EXCLUSIVE!

Here’s some photos from the event.

I saw the sign…

Inside the fest.

David Reeves

Stacy Russo

Elliot Fong, Double Fur Press

Victor Castellanos, Double Fur Press

Meghan Marshall

a collection of Raymond Pettibon’s work

Thanks to everybody! Annie, Angela, Elliot, and all the great folks at Blood Orange Infoshop and this year’s Riverside DIY Print Fest!

Shakeytown Radio: End of Year Three (1 hr, 10 min)

BFH, Gene & Libby close out the third year of the podcast - a season finale, if you will. As we approach our upcoming summer specials and the start of Shakeytown Year Four, the team looks back at the last year of interviews, tells stories about what happened off microphone, share their recent personal adventures away from the podcast, and chat on the usual tangents about politics, pop culture, and tortured segues and references.

Also, featuring the music of Timbre Timbre and Hickey.

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My appearance on Poobah Records’ Family Dinner Radio with Simon Sotelo, Rhea Tepplim and Kenzo Roc Martinez, with music courtesy of Ron Stivers, is up now. There is some NSFW talk about sex and drugs, but worse than that, I break out into a rap.

Other topics include:

• The Rolling Stones at the Echoplex
• Angelyne in her recluse phase
• Canadians
• dungeons
• gas station desserts
• early 1990s Nickelodeon teen programming
• race and identity
• what Geto Boys and Morrissey and Taryn Hipp and I have in common
• LL Cool J’s transcendental antiperspirant
• homeschooling and textbooks
• family dynamics
• creative processes
• goth accessories
• the importance of teenagers and struggle in pop culture
• Nirvana and the indie revolution
• 1960s idealism versus 1990s apathy
• losing touch with friends
• the fates of the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” actors (with my Spazz impression)
• Busy Phillips‘ smelly puking habit
• transgressive humor and taking offense
• a family story from Simon

I can’t say enough about how much I loved this experience. I hope to be invited to Family Dinner again.

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Not only did the Family Dinner team drafting me make for a fun time, but I think you’ll enjoy when I get each of these folks on Shakeytown!

-BFH

(photo by Meredith Wallace)

Shakeytown Radio, live from Claremont Zinefest outside of Grove House at Pitzer College, with special guest host Bianca Barragan - 51 minutes

BFH is joined by Bianca Barragan (the writer of the “You Can Trust Me” series of zines and an organizer with L.A. Zine Fest), our special guest host.

This episode includes:

-chats with Raymond Duran from A Shop Called Quest, Meredith Wallace from L.A. Zine Fest, Amber Garza from Zineworks, and the faculty and student organizers of CZF

-reviews of student midterm zines

-stories from Bianca about her years at Pitzer

-a live, on-mic BFH anxiety attack

-lots of songs…

Morrissey - “Alma Matters”

Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson - “Candy”

the music of Glenn Miller

The Beatles - “Twist and Shout”

and The Advice Column doing their version of Bert and Ernie’s “Things That I Remember” for the “Henson Stitch” compilation. 

See more pictures from Claremont Zinefest at FAIRDIG.com!

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I will be on Family Dinner Radio with Simon and Rhea at 8:00pm this Sunday, April 28. We will talk about many things, I’m sure, but three things guaranteed: creativity; family; drugs. Listen on PooBah.com. 

I’m crossing the streams! I’ll be on another radio show! Not the usual one!

-BFH

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FAIR DIG and Bianca Barragan (an L.A. Zine Fest organizer and the author of the You Can Trust Me series) will be sharing a table at Claremont Zinefest from 1:00pm to 5:00pm outside of Grove House at Pitzer College this Saturday, April 27.

Bianca will be “selling some LAZF merch and Guides To LA. Swing by and say hello – she will have candy.”

Come for the zines - stay for the candy.

FULL DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER/ATTEMPT AT SELF-AWARENESS AND NOT SELF-INVOLVEMENT: I am merely writing the following for anybody who keeps their eyes on this space and pays attention when we post new things. If you’re one of those people, thanks for reading. The world does not revolve around Shakeytown, but since Shakeytown lives in the world, I just wanted to let you know how our little show is doing since it’s been a while.

Last week was an awful, awful week in America. It got me down, like I’m sure it got you down. For me, this weekend was better, even considering it included a memorial. 

Sounds counterintuitive, right? Let me explain.

Pat Sawyer was an editor and producer whose staff I worked for during my first years in L.A. She was amazing, so much nicer to me than someone in her position ever had to be to someone at my lowly level when I began my career. She passed away a couple of weeks ago, and this weekend was her service. I hadn’t seen or talked to her in years, but I have nothing but good things to say. I’m not alone in that, and there were a lot of stories about how Pat lived to the fullest. For a sad evening with a lot of tears, it was actually a fun and life-affirming event. I am ready to tackle this new week with enthusiasm and hope.

However - and this is so not important in the greater scheme of things, but this is a website for a podcast, so I might as well share some info about the show - my attendance resulted in me canceling our usual podcast recording time this weekend, and even without the memorial service, I really doubt that any of us on the Shakeytown team were in a mood to laugh or chat lightheartedly given last week’s events. I mean, I’m sure we wouldn’t have done anything inappropriate, like publish a poem for one of the bombers and retweet sycophants praising us for it, but it still seemed best to give things a rest.

Also, I really want to make sure you all listen to Dylan Brody’s episode. I would totally understand if you didn’t get around to it last Monday. Perhaps you, like me, instead stayed glued to news and social media, waiting to figure out if you should take shelter and wait out another terrorist attack, meanwhile making sure your friends and loved ones in Boston were safe.

Now that the worst appears to be over, I want to make sure Dylan’s humor, stories, words, and fine phrases get the attention they deserve. That, and the aforementioned scheduling circumstances last weekend, is why we are holding off on a new episode this week. When we do return, I doubt we will mention the bombings. There’s nothing funny to say about what happened, and a serious discussion doesn’t have a place on our fun and often silly show. The peripheral stuff, like the aforementioned attention-seeking poem? No guarantees on punches being pulled there. But as far as the actual tragedy, we probably won’t dive into things too directly. 

(But you never know - we don’t censor on the show. There’s the occasional personal info that sneaks out on mic, and we edit it out as a courtesy in respect of people’s privacy. But there are things that guests and even hosts on the show have said that made me uncomfortable, and yet I left it in. It’s up to you as the audience to judge, not me to “protect” you from hearing anything you don’t want to. There’s an “EXPLICIT” tag on the show in iTunes and I try to treat it as much as a “live” show as possible. That said, if there’s something any of us ever do that you truly feel does not belong in the greater arena of public discourse, the marketplace of ideas, let us know. We’re not aiming to offend, honestly, and I try to make amends when I owe apology.)

So after a masterpiece of a show with Dylan Brody (a masterpiece because of him, and because of Bob booking him), and some breathing room between the horror show of last week and our next recording effort, what will Shakeytown have in store?

I will give you these clues… a past guest who is one of my favorite people… a recording outside the city limits… and one of my favorite topics that the show frequently covers. I can tell you it will be a minisode, a report filed from the field, a travelogue of sorts. You know how we do.

That will go up next Monday. And then after that, the team will be back in the studio, and we will have new, interesting people to introduce you to, more fun and creative projects to showcase, stories to share and music to enjoy.

It’s good to pause when you have to. But life’s too short to just stop. So on we go…

BFH

(photo by Cat Gwynn)

Shakeytown Radio Hour: Dylan Brody (1 hr., 36 mins.)

Dylan Brody is a storyteller, humorist, author, columnist, radio personality, recording artist, martial arts master, and all-around good dude. He joins BFH and Bob on the podcast this week to discuss his new album Writ Large, growing up with showbiz in his blood, his prep school adventures and the writing advice that John Irving gave him, coming out to Los Angeles to make it as a comedian and joke writer, and how he evolved on his path as a Purveyor of Fine Words and Phrases. Brody takes the mic and runs with it in this episode, as Shakeytown enjoys its first episode with a long-form story recorded under dangerous audio circumstances.

Also featuring the music of another Brody, and her band Spinnerette.