AFRO-PUNK: The Year That Afro-Punk Broke

11/29/21 • 81 min

Hey there, Doc-Heads! Your friendly neighborhood podcast hosts are back, and this week we're discussing James Spooner's seminal film, AFRO-PUNK. As always, we raise a series of important questions -- like whether it makes more sense to call the film a "documentary" or a "conversation"? what counts as valid commentary when you are not a film's (or any work of art's) intended audience? and, of course, is that a framed press photo of Ashes behind Chaka? We also laugh way too much at our own jokes... but not in a RHCP sort of way (SPOILER ALERT!). Are you confused now? Do you want to know what about what we've just said is a spoiler? Might we be suggesting that the RHCP have returned to the fold? Guess you're gonna have to listen and find out!

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Punk Compilations: Food (Not Bombs) For Thought

Hey there, Doc-heads! We’re back with a minisode about punk comps. And if you have not yet realized that we came of punk-age in the 90’s, then this one – and especially the amount of time we spend discussing MULTIPLE Food Not Bomb benefit comps – is really gonna hammer home that point. But don’t be mistaken; we also touch on timeless punk concerns, like whether streaming has killed the comp as a genre, whether the best comps are ones where each band sounds practically the same, and whether comps still make Geoff go “butt wild.” All that, more, AND a very special visit from our friend, HPK. So stop whatever you’re doing, now, and give this Noble Podcast/Peace Prize nominated episode a listen.

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THE ART OF PUNK: BLACK FLAG (no Rob Liefeld shit)

Welcome home, DTD-ers! We've missed you so, so we've put together a very special minisode. This week, we discuss the BLACK FLAG episode of Bryan Ray Turcotte and Bo Bushnell's terrific THE ART OF PUNK web series. And if you know Black Flag like we know Black Flag (and we know Black Flag, bc we're no poseurs), then you know that Black Flag's art means primarily the work of the great Raymond Pettibon -- with all due respect to the also great Edward Colver. So what more do we need to say? This is good, important, and meaningful stuff. Pettibon's art and Black Flag's music aren't too bad, either. In short: you should check out our new episode NOW; you won't be disappointed, especially if you're a fan of sound effects.