Matthew Ussia

Episode 4: Keeping Your Own Personal Scene Alive

Join Anne Volk and I at a 3 AM recording session as we lay out the triumphs and challenges that come once you’ve decided to die a music geek. Hear about my old irrational anxieties when it came to running out of new music to listen to or being born at the wrong moment in history. Listen to the utterly insane thought I have at the truly great shows. We bond over geek moments involving our favorite bands and why not everyone joins us in the tortured life of being a music snob. Finally, I confess to being a music hoarder, but I totally rationalize it so it’s okay, right?

As always, I can’t speak for an hour without swearing.

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Episode 3: Grumpy Young Men

Join us as I talk to Nate Hunt about the joys of being a young curmudgeon. In a world where lots of things are really terrible, people like Nate and I keep watch over pop culture horribleness, and we make sure that anyone and everyone knows how much stuff really sucks.

We also discuss the world of working angry, roadside memorials, and why I am not a New Jersey Devils fan.

Nate was in a retro-screamo band which you can check out here: meanstoanend.bandcamp.com

I had to make a “razor blade” edit of this one, but thanks to my skills with audacity you won’t even be able to tell.

This one has a lot of swearing and quite the discussion on irritable bowel syndrome!

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Episode 2: For Love or Money

After a million years, hello!

This episode is about the difficult choice between doing something one loves or doing something that will make one a lot of money. Our guest is Brandon Michael Taylor, who is someone facing this difficult decision right now. We also touch on such fun subjects as why Orlando, Florida sucks, the pain of rejection, making the conscious decision of dying alone in the gutter, and why I think John Mayer is evil. As always, there’s some mild swearing.

You can learn more about Brandon and what he is up to at brandontaylor.net

And as an added bonus Brett Zoric cooked us up a sweet instrumental outro. You can find out about what he is up to at triggersmusic.com and chromebabyjesus.bandcamp.com

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Episode 1: This is Your Brain on Cars

In this episode, I talk with the supremely talented Spiff Wiegand about the unique mental state that comes from driving.

Spiff is a musician, actor, and all-around smart and funny human being. He travels the country in a Volkswagen Golf performing as a one-man band. Spiffwiegand.com

Special thanks to Brett Zoric for the midi magic theme song, which is funnier and more interesting than anything I have to say. His voice is better than mine too. Triggersmusic.com

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What I Think I Am Doing.

Hello All,

Sometime back, I saw Kevin Smith do a spoken word show. He said, “You should all be doing podcasts.” I thought, sure sounds like a good idea. So here we are. I shall do this with my interesting friends until this is no longer fun. The End.

Dr. Mu