When it comes to East Bay punk stuff, Alex Botkin knows his stuff. As the person behind Lavasocks Records, Alex does his part to keep the history and radness of the East Bay sound alive with releases such as “The Thing That Ate Floyd” comp. “Floyd” originally came out on Lookout! Records back in the stone ages of 1988 and has pretty much every band from the Bay Area of the time on it. An incredible record that Alex felt needed a new lease on life. Coming soon from Lavasocks is a partnership with Sell The Heart Records and a rethinking of Rancid’s classic record, “And Out Come The Wolves”. This version has a much better title, “And Out Come The Lawsuits”. Track by track, “…Lawsuits” features 19 bands covering ALL 19 songs on the original record and WOW. It’s an amazing record! So, Alex and I talk about the records, a little music history of the Bay Area, Gilman Street, Lookout Records, Rancid and more! Music of the episode is two songs of of “Floyd” and “…Lawsuits” - Sweet Baby and Cringer off of Floyd, Danger Inc. and Sarchasm off of Lawsuits. This episode is brought to you by Thirty One Ten Printing and Hodad’s. Here are some links!

Lavasocks Records Bandcamp

Lavasocks Records Big Cartel Site

Thirty One Ten Printing Website

Hodad’s Website

LEGAL STUFF

Intro and outro song written and performed by Se Vende.

Sweet Baby, Cringer, Danger Inc. and Sarchasm appear courtesy of Lavasocks Records.

Intro and outro background music - Kevin MacLeod - “Quirky Dog” http://incompetech.com/

Grant Lawrence is a venn diagram gone horribly, horribly wrong. Where do you start with this guy? Grant is the singer of Canadian Crazies The Smugglers. He’s a radio and podcast personality for the Canadian Broadcast Corp. Books? Grant has written them and even has a children’s book on the way in late 2021. What else? Oh yeah! Grant and The Smugglers were on the Lookout! Records roster during the “Golden Years” of both Lookout! and pop-punk in general. So, Grant decided to reunite some of his labelmates for a series of Lookout! Records based livestreams that feature music, conversation and fun! What a great thing, these Lookout! Zoomout! streams are for a covid weary world. Interested in hearing more? Good, because this episode is a conversation with Grant where we talk about all of this and more! Three songs by The Smugglers are also featured in this episode - “Death At Disneyland”, “Rosie” and “Buddy Holly Convention”. Tune in and get awesome with Grant Lawrence! Here are some links!

Buy tickets to Lookout! Zoomout! HERE

The Smugglers Webpage is HERE

Check out Grant’s books on Goodreads HERE

Visit the Lookout! Records group on Facebook HERE

The Smugglers - Rosie From the album Rosie, released February 1, 2000Listen/buy here: https://smugglers.bandcamp.com/album/rosieThe SmugglersFacebook: https:...

Dr. Frank of the Mr. T Experience, the catchiest band to “catch” my heart and ears, has been making music since the early 1980’s. That’s almost 40 years. Can I get a “HOLY SHIT”? For someone to do absolutely anything for 40 years is such a huge accomplishment, to have written so many incredible songs and done as much rad stuff in those 40 years as Dr. Frank has? Inconcievable, but there it is. Dr. Frank and I had a talk via Facetime in the summer of 2020 about some stuff. His early years prior to Mr. T Experience, how the MTX reissue campaign came to be, Dr. Frank answered some questions asked by fans I got via a Facebook Lookout! Records group, plus the notorious I Wanna Party With Bob ghost and burrito questions! So much good stuff, how could there POSSIBLY be more?!?!? There is more. Four MTX songs - And I Will Be With You, Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba, I Fell For You and Dumb Little Band. Listen, enjoy and fall back in love with the catchiest band that ever did band stuff. Brought to you by Sticker Junkie and Mouse And Monkey Button Company. Here are some radical links for you!

Sounds Rad Records, your source for all things Dr. Frank and MTX - https://www.soundsradical.com/

Dr. Frank’s Amazon page, buy his books! - https://www.amazon.com/Frank-Portman/e/B001HD389Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Sticker Junkie, get your very own custom stickers made here - https://stickerjunkie.com/

Mouse And Monkey Button Company, DIY Done Right! - https://mmbuttonco.com/

King Dork (King Dork Series)

By Portman, Frank

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Watch The Mr. T Experience perform "More Than Toast" Live from The Rock Room Follow MTX here: https://www.facebook.com/The-Mr-T-Experience-1026092854070299/ ...