Adam Robinson of Portlandia

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02/14/16 • 95 min

Nope. Not kidding. Adam Robinson of the hilarious Portlandia shares his chapter with us...phone issues and all. (Gotta love technology.) Adam was influenced by his musician father who is still in three bands in his mid-70s! He tells us about his new teenage mutant turtles guitar, his mom fighting cancer, his first bands and earliest gigs, his love of the band jellyfish. Adam tells us how Portlandia came to be. It all came from a strange opportunity because "some dude broke his foot"...hey, ya never know. His story of the FIRST time he met Fred Armisen is hilarious and how he's still a fanboy of Steve Buscemi.

I am joined in the intro by Mister Werkheiser and I get to tell you all about the awesome experience I had at an Umphrey's McGee show. This has been a great week.

Chapter 47 Notes:

Robinson/Moncrieffe "Rorschach Happy Love Skull" youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmiraBshAY&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4YMnGwjYV34VgAyJSSnqSTU
Portlandia IFC site: http://www.ifc.com/shows/portlandia
I remember now! Fred performed "Police On My Back" by The Damned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgm4Gucf3kQ

Chapter 47 Music:

Jellyfish: "The King Is Half Undressed"
Robinson/Moncrieffe: "All The Hope She Had"
Robinson/Moncrieffe: "Paper Planes"
Robinson/Moncrieffe: "The Future"
Washed Out: "Feel It All Around"

As The Story Grows links:

I am joined in the intro by Mister Werkheiser and I get to tell you all about the awesome experience I had at an Umphrey's McGee show. This has been a great week.

Chapter 47 Notes:

Robinson/Moncrieffe "Rorschach Happy Love Skull" youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmiraBshAY&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4YMnGwjYV34VgAyJSSnqSTU
Portlandia IFC site: http://www.ifc.com/shows/portlandia
I remember now! Fred performed "Police On My Back" by The Damned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgm4Gucf3kQ

Chapter 47 Music:

Jellyfish: "The King Is Half Undressed"
Robinson/Moncrieffe: "All The Hope She Had"
Robinson/Moncrieffe: "Paper Planes"
Robinson/Moncrieffe: "The Future"
Washed Out: "Feel It All Around"

As The Story Grows links:

Previous Episode

Kelsey Zimmerman of Blast Beat Network / Manutara

Kelsey "Chapstick" Zimmerman joins the story. Kelsey tells us how she went from a West Virginia drummer/rock fan to a New York City metal industry artists' spouse. She is part of the metal twitter family and is actually kinda hilarious. Kelsey works for Blast Beat Network and gives some insight on what metal advertising is all about. She is an accomplished drummer having won awards in her past; she now plays in the band Manutara. Kelsey's first spin was Zeppelin which CLEARLY leads a metal fan to Incubus...I know just listen. She reveals how she meets her husband (artist Aaron Zimmerman) but she still loves this one dude named Jasper even more. She also teaches my old ass about "mean mugging"...which I had to look up. Ugh. I suck. Another fun chapter from awesome industry folk who are worth the listen.

Seth W of the Skull Toasting W's joins me on the intro to tell us about a new podcast that I want everyone to subscribe to because it's hilarious. The new METAL MINUTE is exactly up the alley of all of this growing online community and #metalbandcampgiftclub supporters. It's made by Seth and Petkau, the guy helping support the #metalbandcampgiftclub birthday lists. Check. It. Out. Support.

Chapter 46 Links:

Seth and Petkau's new Metal Minute podcast: https://metalminute.simplecast.fm SUBSCRIBE!

Blast Beat Network: http://www.blastbeatnetwork.com

Kelsey's band Manutara: https://manutara.bandcamp.com

Kelsey's Husband Aaron's webite: http://aaronzeem.com

Aaron's interview with Ian MacKaye: http://www.ducts.org/12_05/html/art_gallery/mackaye.html

Chapter 46 Music:

The Doors - "Peace Frog"
Incubus - "Vitamin"
Manutara - "Dustcake Boy"
Manutara - "Haze"
High On Fire - "The Falconist"

As The Story Grows links:

Next Episode

Bill Meis of eOne (Alove For Enemies)

We are joined by Bill Meis of eOne. Bill is the former guitarist of the Long Island Facedown band Alove For Enemies...so he's been there. Now, he works with the likes of Black Crown Initiate, Zakk Wylde, Ace Frehley, and St. Louis' Black Fast. Bill and I discuss Cornerstone generator stages, the drive in the weekend warrior tour stories and how we would change nothing. We get to reflecting on being a part of the Christian music scene which was a LOT of fun to discuss. Bill ain't no dummy neither; he has taught english in Prauge. He articulates how working at a record label doesn't make you the enemy...something we all need to be reminded of. Bill is one half of the workbench podcast with our beloved Seth W. We close it out with a little baseball talkies and Bill Meis introduces me to the "baseball player name game".

This chapter is dedicated to Brad Barber. Thanks.

Chapter 48 Notes: