Le Saboteur is a band that is sotra-kinda-used to be from San Diego, California and now mostly resides in the Pacific Northwest. Geography aside, this band is amazing. They have the songs, they have the attitude, they have the best looking bass player in the history of history. It’s true, just ask him. This episode has an interview with Michelle, Kyle Bob and Uriel of Le Saboteur, four songs off the band’s new EP “Ditch” and a little cryptid-related trivia thrown in for the sake of fun. Maybe the person in Le Sab with the bigfoot tattoo will win? Listen and find out!
Sarchasm, the band, not the attitude. Let’s be clear about that. But wait, are Sarchasm sarcastic? A double positive of a band? Yeah, I would say so. But! Sarchasm are lovely people, every one of them. Even Scout, the Dr. Doolittle of animal noises. Even Stevie, who has a hard time when around free water. Mari? Mari is a monster that can’t eat pizza like a human. Alex can’t listen to music. Which is weird when you’re in a band? Quirks aside, Sarchasm are the nicest, funniest and rocking-est bunch of people from the East Bay. The music, ohhhh the music. So good. Toe tapping, do-si-do-ing, dance til your shoes fall off good. This episode has an interview with Sarchasm, 4 songs by the band and a Simpsons Trivia Challenge!!!! Alex is damn good at Simpsons trivia, by the way. Join the fun, join Team Sarchasm. Join the band with these links!
Sarchasm Bandcamp - https://sarchasm.bandcamp.com/
924 Gilman St., Sarchasm’s home away from home - https://www.924gilman.org/
Sposnors of this episode! Check them out!
Thirty-One Ten Printing - https://www.facebook.com/thirtyonetenprinting/
Sticker Junkie - https://stickerjunkie.com/
Mike Bruno wears so many hats. This is a figurative statement, not literal. Owner and operator of Long Island, New York’s Dead Broke Rekerds. Bassmaster of Iron Chic. Bass dude and one of the singer dudes in Adult Magic. Mike is busy, and for that I am very glad - the world would be a much more dreary place without Iron Chic, Adult Magic and Dead Broke. Don’t forget Mike’s part bands like Down In The Dumps, after all, that is how he got the name Mike Dumps. History is important! Well, in this episode, Mike and I talked for a bit about all things Mikey Dumps - bands and music stuff, horror movies, life on Long Island and more. Horror movies? Yes, there’s a trivia challenge in this episode and it’s all about horror movies. Songs by Down In The Dumps, Adult Magic and Iron Chic. Here are some links for you to enjoy -
Dead Broke Rekerds Bandcamp - https://deadbrokerekerds.bandcamp.com/
Dead Broke Website and Distro - https://store.deadbrokerecords.com/
Dead Broke Discogs, look at all these AWESOME releases!!! - https://www.discogs.com/label/154793-Dead-Broke-Rekerds
Mike Dumps Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1473855-Dumps
Mouse & Monkey Button Co. - https://mmbuttonco.com/
When did Se Vende steal my heart, as a band? Hmmm. Probably sometime around November of 2019, if I had to assign a date to something so ethereal. Se Vende is a punk rock band, but wait! There’s more. Se Vende also has the San Diego thing down in the best possible way. You’ll be cruising along listening, solid punk songs, then BLAMMO, a time change, a break down, that doesn’t seem like it will work, but goddamn, these fellas make it work so well. I love this band’s music, but as people? The Se Vende’s are the greatest people. I asked questions, they answered and this episode is the result. Bonus? FIVE songs are included in this episode, free of charge! What a deal! Here are your links!
Se Vende Bandcamp - https://sevende.bandcamp.com/
Thirty One Ten Printing - https://www.facebook.com/thirtyonetenprinting/
Sticker Junkie! Best stickers in the WORLD!!! - https://stickerjunkie.com/
Plan 9 Alehouse, beer & food & fun - http://www.plan9alehouse.com/
Joe Wood. The name brings to mind a smokey voice, soaked with whiskey and a lifetime of hard times and heartbreak. Joe’s songs are dark, no doubt, but guess what? So is life. Joe writes and sings about life, the dark corners of life, to be sure, but life nonetheless. After spending some time with Joe, I can’t help but think of how ALIVE the man is, especially when considering the normal topics of his songs - suicide, revenge, substance abuse, loss, love. The songs and music of Joe Wood can speak for themselves, so this episode has four songs from Joe’s time in TSOL. But his words, listen well, because Joe has some things to tell you, as only a man such as Joe Wood could. Check out these links, plus some info about some of Joe’s upcoming live shows!
Joe Wood Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/541270-Joe-Wood
TSOL Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/255060-TSOL
Joe Wood and The Lonely Ones on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DN4L2vcuhDtqFWvOM7M5d
Change Today at San Diego’s Casbah on 3/20/2020 - https://www.casbahmusic.com/e/joe-wood-change-today-poison-hearts-a-c-the-writhers-south-towne-sham-96950707175/
Joe Wood at O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub in Escondido, Ca - https://osullivansescondido.com/escondido-o-sullivans-irish-pub-escondido-events
The band Ash Williams of San Diego is calling it quits after ten years of being awesome. On this episode of the Bobcast, join me in sending them off in style. Pat and Uriel of Ash Williams sat and talked with me for a while about all kinds of stuff, but the horror movie trivia part of the interview is my favorite. Then, Pat, Uriel and I went on a ghost hunting excursion to San Diego’s Hotel Cosmopolitan, specifically room 11. We found a couple of interesting “things”, you’ll see. Ghost cat? Yes. This episode also features 4 (yes FOUR) Ash Williams songs. Ash Williams gets four songs because they are THAT good. Now, let’s go hang with the GOAT for a bit and get spooky, silly and rad. Here Are Your links -
Ash Williams Bandcamp - https://ashwilliamstheband.bandcamp.com/
Hotel Cosmopolitan - https://www.oldtowncosmopolitan.com/
Ash Williams is named after the main character of the Evil Dead franchise? Yup. Here’s a link to all things Evil Dead - http://deadites.net/
Plan 9 Alehouse - http://www.plan9alehouse.com/
Red Brontosaurus Records - http://www.redbrontosaurus.com/
When I asked Jonny, of the San Diego punk rock band Se Vende, whether or not he believed in ghosts his reply scared me silly. Jonny had quite the ghostly experience in an old, abandoned warehouse he lived in many years ago. The warehouse is still there, still abandoned, but not completely uninhabited, if you catch my drift. Something spooky is going on in the “Meat Locker”, the most menacing sounding warehouse I’ve ever heard of. In this episode, I’m joined by Jonny, Collin and Bre of Se Vende, plus Bre’s sister, Chloe, on a weird walkthrough of the extremely creepy warehouse of doom. We made it out without any problems, but we were prepared - which begs the question - are YOU prepared and brave enough to listen? I double dog dare you. This episode also features two songs by Se Vende, a section on how to ghost hunt, the history of the Meat Locker and then audio of the ghost hunt itself. Press play, if you dare. Check out these links -
Se Vende - https://sevende.bandcamp.com/
3110 Printing - Custom t-shirts and so much more! - https://www.facebook.com/thirtyonetenprinting/
Sticker Junkie - Best stickers, best prices, simply the best! - https://stickerjunkie.com/
You think you have what it takes to hunt ghosts, tough guy? Read this first - https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/how-to-ghost-hunt
When you buy that “special someone” a Valentine’s Day card or box of chocolates, besides being a good partner, did you know you’re taking part in a holiday that is around 600 years old? Sort of true! Just like this episode is filled with songs that are “sort of” love songs, welcome to the Valentine’s Day Special, I Wanna Party With Bob style! Sad Girlz Club from Sacramento, California, Turncoat from Japan, Lost Avenue from Ireland, Legacy from Columbia, Broccoli from Scotland and Leatherface from England, this episode is an international lovers delight. Featuring a short interview with (most of) the bands, plus a song or two by each band, prepare to get cozy and fall in love with these bands for the first time, or, all over again. Each song has something to do with love, a facet of love at the very least, so light the fireplace, break out the bubbly and let’s get this Valentine’s Day started in style. XOXOXO Bob. PS - Here’s your links to the bands and this episode’s sponsors -
Sad Girlz Club - https://sadgirlzclub.bandcamp.com/
Turncoat - https://turncoat-fnd.bandcamp.com/
Lost Avenue - https://lostavenuelrr.bandcamp.com/
Legacy - https://www.facebook.com/legacyhorrorpunk/
Broccoli - https://broccoli.keekmerch.com/?fbclid=IwAR2limzBk83pAR9BdLHLwFXzJmSIHl4BiNzqDKoukXAxeSooIpZtUVx93JE
Leatherface - https://leatherface.bandcamp.com/
Plan 9 Alehouse - http://www.plan9alehouse.com/
Sticker Junkie - https://stickerjunkie.com/
Let’s take a spiritual and mystical journey to the mysterious Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde was home to thousands of the Ancestral Puebloan people - who up and disappeared, more or less all at once. What!?!? This is true. You’ll get the scoop on what happened to these people in this episode. Plus, a ghostly encounter my family had during a recent visit to Mesa Verde. Spooky. Best of all, two songs by the band Planes Mistaken For Stars and an interview with Captain of the good ship PMFS, Gared O’Donnell. Come for the stories, stay for the music kind of thing, you betcha. A condensed history of Mesa Verde and the incredible cliff dwellings that made Mesa Verde famous is also in this one. Here are some links!
Planes Mistaken For Stars Official Website - http://planesmistakenforstars.net/
Planes Mistaken For Stars Bandcamp - https://planesmistakenforstars.bandcamp.com/
Planes Mistaken For Stars Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/255492-Planes-Mistaken-For-Stars
Mesa Verde National Park - https://www.nps.gov/meve/index.htm
Sticker Junkie! Use Code BOBCAST for $10.00 off of your order, or BOBCAST10 for 10% off of your order! - https://stickerjunkie.com/
Red Brontosaurus Records - Buy one used DVD, get ond used DVD FREE if you mention the Bobcast! - http://www.redbrontosaurus.com/
Danger Inc. is quite a fantastic band and quite a fantastic group of people. Don’t let the name fool you - the only thing dangerous about them is you could die of kindness and laughter while in their presence. Wait, though I should say, their music will assuredly kick you in the ass and leave you by the side of the road, wondering what the hell just hit you. Yes, they are THAT good. We talked about a ton of good stuff - Star Wars, burritos, Taco Bell, So Cal vs. Nor Cal, anal leakage (what?), how to properly get paid at a punk show and so much more. Check out deez linkz -
The band! Here they be - https://dangerinc.bandcamp.com/ and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1FvGd49dHFp1vBO5058YOd
The photo up top was taken by Erik Caballero, he’s rad - https://www.instagram.com/erikhcaballero/
David’s page - hire him, he does rad stuff!! - https://www.davidtercero.com/
I recently had the opportunity to travel to San Francisco and have a talk with Ben Snakepit. This podcast is the result, a partial food coma (from Taqueria Cancun) couldn’t even stop us from talking about some great stuff. Ben’s track record? 38 bands (by his counting), a comic a day for 19 years and 8 books. Ben is a prolific and busy fellow! What word would you use to describe a human if you were a Klingon? That’s in here. Is your DIY punk lifestyle aimless and off track? Listen to this one for “The Rules” .And, of course, that old Bobcast standby, where to find the greatest burrito in the world. Fun, fact-filled and the world’s trickiest word association. All in this episode. Check out some of this stuff below -
Ben’s Website - Buy his books, they all rule -https://bensnakepit.com/
Razorcake! Your source for all the DIY punk stuff, and Ben’s comics! - http://razorcake.org/
Here are some GREAT bands Tiltwheel got to play with at Ben’s book release show on 12/14/2019 -
Silent Era - https://silenterabayarea.bandcamp.com/
Sarchasm - https://sarchasm.bandcamp.com/
Fleshies - https://fleshies.net/
Wanna check out more of Ben’s bands? Here!!!
Bloodbath And Beyond - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1686038-Bloodbath-Beyond
Ghost Knife - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2F8at5I1Z6HZnP7ZUQ4iaV
J Church - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5cGuLuR5EH4Xj9KKZlcggT
City Mouse and Miski D. Rodriguez embody all the good things about DIY punk for me. Hard working, great ethics, productive, fun. Talented? Oh my, yes. City Mouse is one of the best bands going these days. One of the best bands ever, in my opinion. Songs from and by the heart, written by someone who lives by and for her heart. I had the opportunity to spend some time with Miski before and during the recent Fest 18 that took place in Gainsville, Florida. We looked for some ghosts at the Gainsville Hippodrome. We drank a bit and talked for a bit longer. Here is the result and I’m very, very happy at the results. More happy to have such amazing people like Miski in my life. Check out some City Mouse here -
https://citymouse.bandcamp.com/
Some YouTube stuff? Check this out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tckdHZGLALM&list=RDEM7wj162NUqjQkSq3ZO0AwIA&start_radio=1
Little Rocket Records has some City Mouse stuff here -
https://littlerocketrecords.co.uk/artists/city-mouse/
City Mouse - The Webpage
The beer this week? And every week to follow? Plan 9 Alehouse’s “California Nightmare”. Check them out here -
The Hammerbombs are so tight, so good. They have that blasting through songs, beers all over the stage thing down pat. I’m serious, so goddamn good. And they are all super nice people. Bonus? Yes, for sure. Do you want to know what a “Sidewalk Slammer” is? Listen and figure it out, punk. Also, check out this stuff, these fabulous links -
The Hammerbombs on Bandcamp! - https://thehammerbombs.bandcamp.com/
Paper Street Cuts Records - http://www.paperstreetcuts.com/
Check out Rob’s shop!! - http://meteormotorbikes.com/
The Dodges. San Diego’s finest? Yes, I’m of a mind they are. They bring the rock, in the guise of four incredibly nice and awesome dudes. We had a good time talking about a few things. Rock ‘n Roll trivia? Yes. They whooped me, by the way. Ghostly stuff? Wouldn’t be and iwannapartywithbob shindig without it. Covered. Listen to the songs, that’s the important part. The Dodges songs. Whoah. So damn good. Enjoy.
Check them out here - https://thedodgesband.bandcamp.com/
Western Settings blows me away. With their string of releases over the last 5 years, extensive touring and just general badass DIY ethics, they are more a mechanical nightmare beast rather than a band. I mean that in absolutely the best way possible. They are incredible dudes and an incredible band. Give then a shot, you will absolutely not regret it.