The Christie Gee Podcast.

In this episode I chat with my friend Jay Bakker. Jay is an author, speaker and pastor of Revolution Church. He is the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker who are pretty well known in the Christian Evangelical world. Growing up in the spotlight of his parents made for an interesting life story to say the least. Jay’s story is really unique and inspiring.

Jay is very open about his life, his theology of grace and his mental health journey. I had so much fun talking to Jay! I am happy to call him a friend and I believe he has so much to offer the world. Even if you don’t subscribe to what Jay teaches, I know that everyone can benefit from his journey. Its one of acceptance, forgiveness and authenticity . Who doesn’t want more of that in this world?!? We talk about all this plus music, tattoos, his family, mental health and even our shared Enneagram 4 traits!

If you want to hear more of Jay’s story you can check out:

HIs interview with Larry King:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6HENm_-Qvw.

And this episode of the Marc Aaron WTF Podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Udib_NiXg.

Be sure to give Jay a follow on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jaybakker!!

In this episode we added TWO new songs to the podcast soundtrack. Jay’s picks were:

’Same Mistakes’- The Echo-Friendly

‘Suspect Device’- Stiff Little Fingers

You can subscribe to the podcast soundtrack via Spotify & Apple Music by going to my Instagram account!

Follow me at www.instagram.com/christiegee.

You can also find these links and more over at www.christiegee.com.

Thank you all again for your support! Be sure to tell all your friends!

XO, Christie

I am psyched and honored to have the amazingly talented, ever so sweet (( see what I did there) and by far one of the coolest people I have ever talked with, Amy Fleisher-Madden on the show this week!

Amy founded the independent record label, Fiddler Records, in Miami, Florida when she was 16 years old. In her mind, it was a logical progression from her local fanzine. Before she could even vote she discovered and broke bands like Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory, and several other indie darlings you may or may not have heard of. She oversaw the creative direction and released over 25 records—which is what fueled her desire to properly learn Art Direction at the world-famous Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Upon completing her degree, Madden promptly moved to New York City to work as a Copywriter for an advertising agency. Having real-world experience with her own business helped her climb the ranks quickly, and she fast became a Creative Director working for what you could call ginormous brands.

And after nearly a decade of that hustle and bustle, Madden decided to try her hand as a freelance creative whilst writing a book. This worked out well, and her first novel A Million Miles was released in 2014 to rave reviews and has become a fan favorite in the music scene.

In 2022 Amy inked a deal with Chronicle Books to release NEGATIVES, a first-of-its-kind photographic archive of the emo music scene from 1996 to 2006, which will be released October, 24th!

I loved this conversation so much and I hope you do as well!

You can follow Amy at:

https://www.amy-madden.com

and

https://www.instagram.com/AMYXMADDEN/

There you can find links to her book signing events and ways to order 'Negatives' and 'A Million Miles' as well.

You can follow me at:

www.instagram.com/christiegee

You can listen to the Spotify playlist I made inspired by 'Negatives' over at:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Zi7mPNVib8WQrg122ftOQ?si=8cc3c7a6249848c8

Thank you all so much for listening!

<3

A special thank you to Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional for providing the podcast music.

This episode is dedicated to my super rad cousin, Thomas! <3

In this episode I have the honor of chatting with my friend Rusty Pistachio of H2O! Rusty is one of the kindest people and he is insanely talented! In our chat we talk about all kinds of fun stuff! Ranging from his history in the hardcore scene, fun stories of the early years of H2O, tales about bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, being on tour with Saves The Day & Dashboard Confessional, his journey with jewelry making, the fact that dogs are the best thing ever on planet Earth, how Angela Kinsey (The Office) and I both have the same thoughts when it comes to Rusty’s 80’s pickup truck and MORE!

We added some great songs to the podcast soundtrack!

You can find links to the podcast at http://christiegee.com/podcast-soundtrack/

Rusty’s picks were:

Saves the Day - Shoulder To The Wheel / Saves The Day- Nightingale /Dashboard Confessional -Screaming Infidelities /U2 -One Tree Hill/U2- In Gods Country /U2-Miracle Drug /U2-Song for Someone /The Police-Darkness /The Police-Omegaman /Sting-Language Of Birds /The Police-Hole In My Life /The Police-Beds Too Big Without You /The Cure-Closedown / Alkaline Trio-Sadie /The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -Kinder words /The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-Pictures To Prove it /The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-I Don’t Believe In Anything /The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-Impression That I Get /The Verve - Drugs Don’t work /The Verve-Space And Time/The Verve-Sonnet /Shudder to Think -Youre Gonna Look Fine, Love /Shudder To Think- Saddest Day Of My Life/Shudder To Think-Red House /Coldplay -Shiver /Coldplay- Daddy /Coldplay- Old Friends /Coldplay-Eko

Also of course H20!

One Life One Chance

Memory Lane

Underneath The Flames

I also wanna throw in The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Someday I Suppose cause DUH!

Be sure to follow Rusty at

www.instagram.com/RustyPistachio

and www.instagram.com/p.nutjewelry

You can follow me at www.christiegee.com

And at: www.christiegee.com

If you are interested in any of my artwork and buttons you can find that at:

https://etsy.me/2LMnzKT

Again, thank you so very much for listening in! If you like what ya heard please rate, subscribe and tell your friends!

XO, Christie Gee

Podcast into/ outro music provided by the wonderful Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional.

This week I have the honor and pleasure to have my friend Chris Carrabba on the show! I have enjoyed Chris’ music for over 20 years. Starting with Further Seems Forever and then on to of course Dashboard Confessional & Twin Forks. Some of my most favorite memories were going to see these bands play live over the years.

In this episode we chat about:

• One of our favorite venues, the nostalgic ORIGINAL Emo’s in Austin, TX.
• The Legendary John Bunch
• The history of Further Seems Forever
• The “This Is About As Social As I Get Now” livestream.
• His collaboration with Ruston Kelly.
• His journey as he recovers from his motorcycle accident earlier this year.
• The hope he has for recovery and the future.
• The epic tale of Vindicated and how it became the single for Spiderman-2
• Something surprising many people may not know about him
• And lots more!!!!

Quite a few songs were added to the podcast soundtrack!

These consist of my favorites of his music, songs we talked about in the episode and a couple he shared with me that he loves a lot!

• The Swiss Army Romance- Dashboard Confessional
• Vindicated- Dashboard Confessional
• New Year’s Project- Further Seems Forever
• Scraping Up The Pieces- Twin Forks
• Hidden Driver-LVL UP
• Collector- I Kill Giants
• Goshen ’97- Strand Of Oaks
• Jake Leg- Baroness
• Bolt Cutters- Single Mothers
• Building- Sense Field
• You Missed My Heart-Mark Kozelek
• Screaming Infidelities- Ruston Kelly (feat. Chris Carrabba)

You can find links to this soundtrack and lots more by heading over to my instagram:

www.instagram.com/christiegee

You can also go to www.christiegee.com

And of course be sure to follow Chris over at:

www.instagram.com/dashboardconfessional

www.instagram.com/chris_carrabba

www.twitter.com/dashboardmusic

www.facebook.com/dashboardconfessional

You can find the enamel pin mentioned in the episode over at www.screamingpinfidelities.com

Thank you all so much for listening! If you like what ya heard, please subscribe, rate, review and tell your friends!

XO, Christie Gee

Tom Wisniewski is the guitarist for one of my all time favorite bands aka MXPX!
I was so excited to have him on the show!
7 years ago I interviewed Tom for my blog, www.christiegee.com! During that time I asked him some silly questions which we revisit in this episode!
It’s fun to see how the answers were different and sometimes EXACTLY the same as his answers now!

We also dive into the questions y’all had for me to ask him!
Those questions range from:
Favorite MXPX album that he worked on.
His Ron Swanson like hobby.
His favorite and not so favorite crowd moments with MXPX.
The guitars, amps and pedals that he uses and MORE!

We chat about shows including the ones they just played in Denver and San Antonio recently and the upcoming show in Salt Lake City.

* today it was announced that the Salt Lake City shows have been rescheduled due to the Coronavirus issues we are facing in this country. It’s a great idea for all of us to be safe for ourselves and others*

I mention that my friend and tattoo artist moved to Salt Lake City recently and is working at Yellow Rose Tattoo! I had to give him a shoutout! He is an amazing artist! SO...if you are searching for a tattoo artist in that area be sure to check out Yanni! You can find him at www.instagram.com/scrawnyyanni!
Once the Coronavirus is under control and it becomes safe to go out again, go give him a visit! Tell him I sent ya!

We also added THREE songs to the podcast soundtrack!
‘Secret World’- Peter Gabriel
‘Where The Streets Have No Name’- U2
‘Rolling Strong’- MXPX

You can find the links to the soundtracks and more by headin to my instagram at www.instagram.com/christiegee!
You can also go to my blog to read my interviews with Tom & Mike over at www.christiegee.com!!

Be sure to give Tom a follow too at www.instagram.com/tomwisniewski!!!

Thank y’all for your support! Tell your friends, rate, subscribe!
Leave me a fun comment and I will give ya a shoutout in the next episode!

XO, Christie Gee