Jughead's Basement

B Face and I were in The Mopes together. A band that was and is not a band. We also talk about guitars, amps, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, and also about our personas in the punk scene. This is very stripped down, no music, no edits.

Episode 39 - Danny Panic Here is an October 2012 Interview Jughead conducted with Panic for episode 2 on My Brain Hurts. Panic and Jughead talk about Screeching Weasel and some of their experiences in the band.Opening song for Jughead's Basement used to be called Johnny's Got A Problem, NOT Johnny's Out Of Control.  In this podcast I call it by the wrong name.  It's a great song by the band DI.Please donate to us, simply go to paypal and donate money to jugheadsbasement@gmail.comONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Kody Templeman of The Lillingtons and Teenage Bottlerocket. This is a full interview with Kody from April 2013, talking about Death By Television and much much more. Please donate to us, simply go to paypal and donate money to jugheadsbasement@gmail.comONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Episode 37: Tim McIlrath, An unedited interview with Rise Against's lead singer and songwriter, Tim McIlrath, about their record Sufferer & The Witness.  Recorded in July of 2016. ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Navajo Artist and Punk Rocker: Ryan Singer. Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 36, subgenera, Lo Interviews with Hi Fi guests, today featuring an interview with Navajo artist and punk rocker, Ryan Singer. Ryan Singer currently resides and works out of his studio in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ryan allows many of his influences to affect his artwork including comic books Native art, pop art, and of course often created in his studio while listening to such bands as J Church, Black Flag, The Misfits, and even my band The Mopes. The first time I saw Ryan’s work online, I was impressed, and when The Mopes needed a new shirt design, Ryan was the first I asked.Ryan Singer videoRyan Singer Art Facebook ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

This is episode 35.  Hayley Cain, from Hayley and The Crushers, and Jughead talk Punk music, life, theater, writing, and even a bit of psychology. Hayley and her husband Doctor Caine were also together previously in their punk band Magazine Dirty. Hayley and Jughead have been corresponding for over a year now, and they began to work together to help each other out with social media. During this period their correspondences turned into a pretty cool friendship. This subgenera episode is a bit closer to a dueling interview format because Hayley had many questions for Jughead, but you will learn quite a bit about Hayley Cain too.Hayley & The CrushersHayley's BlogONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Paul Russel is an artist known for his work on HALO and creating the Screeching Weasel Logo: Paul and I met when we were in high school, and together we made films and worked together on many artistic pursuits. Paul is the artist who created the original Screeching Weasel logo plastered on bodies across the world, he was also the guy who came up with the name Halo for Xbox and created the walls and textures of that very same game. For the past 5 years he has been creating birthday portraits of his many friends. He has done 700 to date.Philosopher Zone on video gamesPaul Russel's Patreon ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

An interview with famed musician and engineer Steve Albini. This is an unedited interview Jughead conducted with Steve Albini back in 2014, co-interviewed with the help of Russ Forester. In this interview we discuss Steve's childhood and coming to Chicago, his beginnings with Big Black, concerts, and thoughts on their album Atomizer.This interview is unedited and in no particular order.  ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Jughead’s Basement featuring Moral Crux’s 1998 release Something More Dangerous released on Panic Button Records. Moral Crux formed in 1983 with frontman then and now James Farris and the then guitar player Jeff Jenkins. Soon down the line they would add the incredible bass player Justin Warren and they would go on to release various recordings with a diverse amount of smaller labels such as Velveteen Records, Polemic records, Vandal Children Records, Monitor Records before Ben Weasel approached them and convinced them they needed a proper release on the Lookout/Panic Button record label he and I were running at the time. The album was recorded with Mass Giorgini at Sonic Iguana in Lafayette Indiana, and now on this episode we bring you singer songwriter James Farris, Bass payer Justin Warren, and producer Mass Giorgini to give us a lesson in good strong pop punk songwriting from Moral Crux ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Jughead's Basement takes an odd existential turn on its sub genre: Lofi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests. We believe this is needed in this world of today, a bit of honesty and compassion. In this episode we focus on punk influenced parents talking to their children about... what happens next.Denis BuckleyDino StamatopoulosErica & Jeff SpreitzerRay CarlisleKate (Punky) SchultzDaryl WilsonAdam RipJonas CannonPortia SykesChristopher AppelgrenDan VapidONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

Welcome again to Lo-Fi Interviews with Hi-Fi guests, Teacher, Mike Lamphere. This is the second in a series of four interviews I have conducted and will release consecutively with Punks working in the fields of service to the common good. I have interviewed, a punk doctor, teacher, police officer, and firefighter. Listen to Mike and John talk about The Fairness of Authority, Moral Models, Chicago Punk Rock, and how to guide the younger generations even though we are older and don't quite understand them. (as it should be). Dr. Mike Lamphere was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent his formative years in the pit at the Fireside Bowl, Metro, and various clubs in the Chicagoland area.  While attending undergrad college he was an active member of the scene in Carbondale, IL where he played in the Riff Randells as a member of the Lost Cross Music Co-op.  In 2000 he moved to Denver and then Colorado Springs where he is still an active member in the local music scene.   He finished his PhD in 2012 and after 16 yea

This is Daryl Wilson, his interview is the beginning of our 4 episode series exploring punk positions of authority and care: a doctor, a police officer, a teacher, and a firefighter. Listen to Jughead and Daryl talk about evil, selfish/selfless intentions, pharmaceuticals, the social influence of punk rock, family, and much more! JUGHEAD: This is the first in a series of four interviews I have conducted and will release consecutively with Punks working in the fields of service to the common good. I have interviewed, a punk doctor, teacher, police officer, and firefighter, to learn and explore how they move about the world, what punk means to them, and what motivates them to help others. This episode focuses on Daryl Wilson lead singer for the band the Bollweevils. Daryl Wilson is also an MD, EMS medical director for the Edward system, working for Edward Hospital in Naperville Illinois. So with no further ado listen to me in my living room with Daryl Wilson. Paypal donations to: jugheadsbasement@gmail.com

Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 28 Featuring Pansy Division's record Absurd Pop Song Romance, released on September 8, 1998, 20 years to the date of the release of this podcast. It was their last record on the label Lookout Records. This podcast features interviews with all the band members performing on Absurd Pop Song Romance, including Jon Ginoli, Chris Freeman, Luis Illades, and Patrick Goodwin plus later member Joel Reader, and lastly engineer Steve Albini.Editing: John Jughead, Paul Joseph, Jason Brow, and David Dufault. Please support Jughead's Basement.ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

This is Kyle Kinane. Kyle Kinane is a comedian from Chicago who now lives in Los Angeles. He has done many other things but you can look that up, if you want more detail. I like him, and I think he is very funny. Also here is a link to our Patreon page. We need your donations to keep this shit coming.Partially Examined Life - Free SpeechThe Panpsycast - John Stuart MillsTranny by Laura Jane GraceONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: ORPATREON LINK

In this second episode I talk to David Lyons. David is an LA Location Manager. He spends his day finding and managing locations for television and Feature Films. David has been at this job for 15 years and has worked with directors such as Wim Wenders, Noah Baumbach, Sean Penn, Terrence Malick, David Lynch, Mike Nichols, Oliver Stone and JJ Abrahms, to name a few. He also produced pilots for Fox and Adult Swim. David, may be known to many of you as the character Koko in one of the internet video pioneering serial comedy Yacht Rock.I met David when he sang a Weasel song with me at a show hosted by Jonah Ray, in Chicago. I liked him immediately and presented him with a rare gift. It was an empty bottle of Weaselbrau, a brewed beer consisting of only one case of beer Screeching Weasel made in, oh shit, maybe like 1989. This gift blew his mind, and so he invited me to stay anytime with him in LA. And so he made these LA interviews possible.David also has a podcast called "Beyond Yacht Rock", where he and o

This second episode is with Jonah Ray, actor, comedian and writer. Jonah hails from Hawaii and ventured out alone to Los Angeles to make a name for himself. He considers himself a fan boy. He definitely knows more about punk rock than I do. He co-hosted the Nerdist Podcast, plus Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. He has a hilarious parody show on Seeso called Hidden America with Jonah Ray. He has a podcast of his own called Jonah Raydio, and most important to my girlfriend, he is the current host on the well received reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix.Please support Jughead's Basement by becoming a patron at Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=4145447

A more spontaneous version of Jughead's interviewing style, with friends in the entertainment field. This week featuring:Dino Stamatopoulos:Dino is a writer, producer and reluctant actor. You may have seen him as Starburns on the hit show Community. As a writer he is known for his work with Ben Stiller, Dana Carvey, Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, and the Mr. Show with David Cross and Bob Odenkirk… amongst others. He has also reached out into production with his company Starburns Industries with his writing friends and collaborators Dan Harmon, Joe Russo II, James Fino and Duke Jonhson  Starburns Industries birthed Dino’s very own Morel Orel and Frankenhole, along with Dan’s Rick and Morty, and Charlie Kaufman’s oscar nominated animated film Anomalisa.Dino is also the author of a graphic novel called Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music, which was originally performed in an earlier incarnation at The Annoyance Theater of Chicago in 1990.https://www.starburnsindustries.com/Dino's band: Sorry About Everything:

This episode finally sees the light of day! I have been working on it for two years. I had dropped it at one point because we could not get the full band involved. But after an email thread with all the participating members it was decided to forge ahead. Sludgeworth was one my favorite bands to watch on stage during the early days of our Chicago scene (1989 - 92). So I am proud to release into the world this long awaited episode, 1995 Lookout Records compilation release of Losers of the Year including interviews with band members:Dan (Vapid) Schafer (vocals)Adam White (guitar)Mike (Strat) Hootenstart (bass)Brian (Vermin) McQuaid (drums)Thanks to my podcast team: Jeromy Corp, Paul Joseph, and Jason Brow.donations to support the podcast can be made on paypal to jugheadsbasement@gmail.comPlease support Jughead's Basement by becoming a patron at Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=4145447

For Episode 22 We will be introducing a sub format for some episodes from The Basement. To help fill the long periods of time between full band episodes we will now engage in a second endeavor called Jughead’s Basement Presents: Dueling Interviews. In these episodes the interviewer and interviewee will become one, and within a previously dictated amount of time these two will pose questions for each other to answer, hopefully resulting in a somewhat meaningful conversation. Each episode will contain two randomizing elements to lead the questioning in different directions. And each interviewer/interviewee will have two minutes at the end to some up. This podcast will NOT be highly edited, and will be more of a spontaneous exploration of art and music. Episode 22 - Dueling Interviews With John Jughead & Grim DeedsFor more info and music by Grim Deeds:https://grimdeeds.bandcamp.com/album/grim-deedsPlease support Jughead's Basement by becoming a patron at Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=4145447

Episode 21 of Jughead’s Basement featuring Rise Against’s The Sufferer & The WitnessWith interviews with all four band members including: Joe Principe, Tim Mcllrath, Brandon Barnes, and Chris Chasse. With additional interviews of founding member Dan Wieklinski and current guitarist Zach Blaire.Podcast Editing credits to John Jughead, Jason Brow, and Paul Joseph.Correction: The last track is called Boys No Good, and is a cover of a band called Lifetime.Please support Jughead's Basement by becoming a patron at Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=4145447