Tag: Aesthetics

Ep 112 Renaissance Gem

Gem Fair does literally everything, from writing about music for Pitchfork, to making music as Space Buns Forever, drumming for Big Baby, Playing second bass for Larval State, and being the front man for Positive Thinking. Gem does it all, including some stuff we forgot, like being a ring announcer for Enjoy Wrestling. And like everyone one this podcast who practices in more than one medium, we go deep on what parts of the human brain get exorcise with each medium, as well as what it means to make art before the apocalypse. Finally, be sure to check out Gem’s podcast A Dog With a Mullet.

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Ep 98: Chris Q Murphy has a Livestream Now

We intended to discuss Season 1 of Chris Q Murphy’s livestream where he performs his songs and discusses songwriting craft with guests. However, CQM is the person I have been close friends with the longest, and well . . . things got off track. Join us for our intimate conversation about music, young people, and creativity.

Do check out past episodes of the Chris Q. Murphy Tuesday night livestream on his YouTube channel. Listen to CQM through his Bandcamp Page.

Most importantly, recognize that two guys from Jersey cannot not swear.

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Episode 73: Music and/or Lyrics

For this episode, old friend and repeat guest John Charney and I muse in a graveyard about how words and music do and do not get along as means of artistic expression. This is the continuation of a conversation we’ve had for about 20 years now, and I’m not convinced this podcast is the final statement.

John is an incredibly talented musician. He had never even heard of an Omnichord before I put one in his hand, and by the time I had set up my netbook and microphone, he taught himself how to play it, composing a new intro and outro for this episode, as well as playing throughout our conversation (all while perched precariously on the hood of a Toyota Camry). You should check out his new album A Drop of Love in an Ocean of Hate on YouTube and buy A Drop of Love in an Ocean of Hate on CDBaby. He also has a fine solo acoustic album called Far Away from Today available on Bandcamp.

As always we swear, and maybe background music will become the new normal.

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Episode 21: The Limitations and Liberations of Genre

Do you like the sound of spring thunderstorms? Do you like conversations about aesthetic conventions? Do you wish the two could be combined somehow?

Well, join my old friend and accomplished musician John Charney in the lovely and beautiful St. Michael’s Cemetery in Loretto, Pennsylvania as we sit and discuss musical genres during a passing thunderstorm.  In the process, we don’t get hit by lightening but we do get all nostalgic and John busts out an amazing story about meeting Mike Patton.  He also plays for us.

John is a musician, musical director, and  music teacher.  He records and performs and will someday soon have a web site.  As of right now, you can find him at johncharneymusic@yahoo.com.

As always, I swear.

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Episode 10: Public Animal No. 1

The late GG Allin is one of the most compelling musical curiosities I have ever encountered.  His raw, uncompromising performances have fascinated me since I first learned about him in 1997, 4 years after his death.  I thought it would be a good idea to have two of my friends who have never seen the Todd Phillips documentary Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies over, make them watch it, and record their reactions for a podcast.  The film is graphic.  I can’t even post the trailer without fear of getting busted by the Internet police. GG is difficult to pin down into any category, and the film puts even the most jaded viewer into unknown territories and uncomfortable positions.  In this podcast, we not only talk about GG Allin, but we discuss aesthetics, nihilism, and a lonely and sad Christmas I had a few years ago where nobody got me what I really wanted.

On second thought, this probably wasn’t such a good idea.

Adam Rousseau and Brett Zoric are longtime friends of We’re All Gonna Die.  Brett, of course, wrote our theme music, and they are both in the awesome bands Triggers and Chrome Baby Jesus.

There’s lots of swearing in this one, and that tinkling sound you hear throughout . . . that’s the ice in our drinks.

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