Jake Skolnick's band Quel Bordel may be the first band who have been told to turn down during a gig because they were upsetting the Whales. Jake talks to Will about the band's new instrumental gypsy jazz album Dinner for Derelicts, his formative years as a teenager in France loving punk rock, being introduced to traditional folk music as a teenager, working as a performer on cruise ships where he met his future bandmates, show Quel Bordel was formed busking on a beach, moving to San Diego to start the band, mixing original show with cover sets, and sets in Irish pubs, opening for the Squirrel Nut Zippers, songwriting, diy recording, and upcoming Quel Bordel releases.
Listen to Quel Bordel:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7y8GrDd7D6u2R5T0LMKybH?si=o20eeq2oQIuMbSn7psbI_g
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It's the week of Christmas and that means it's time for Will and Paul Cohen to discuss the year in pop punk that was 2021. It the 4th edition of a holiday tradition on the podcast Will and Paul discuss their favorite EPs, Singles, Full lengths, and in a welcome addition, live shows they were able to attend/ perform this year.
Will and Paul's Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IKq2vSG9W0Gdmkq2pEMY3?si=9b35fc519ed94d83
Paul on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/therealpaulcory/
Paul's year end recap list
Grayscale - Umbra
Better luck. - Summer of Pain
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Gone Are The Good Days
Mod Sun - Internet Killed the Rockstar
Between You & Me - Armageddon
Settle Your Scores - Retrofit
A Day to Remember - You’re Welcome
Rise Against - Nowhere Generation
New Pop Punk Trend
Mod Sun/Lil Huddy/KennyHoopla
Comeback Album - Real Friends (new singer, new EP)
Legend Album - Joey Cape
Live Concerts
New Found Glory/Less Than Jake
Bright Ugly
Covers
Punk Rock Factory - 2 releases (Masters of the Uniwurst, Scene This!)
Alex Melton (Youtube) - If Blink 182 wrote “1,000 Miles (and more)
State Champs - Chicago is So Two Years Ago
Singles
State Champs - Just Sound
Stand Atlantic - Molotov, Deathwish
All Time Low - Once in a Lifetime
MXPX - Say Yes
Mayday Parade - Kings of Summer
EPs
Young Culture - Godspeed
Hot Mulligan - I Won’t Reach out to You
Real Friends Torn In Two
Lolo - Overkill
Kenny Hoopla & Travis Barker - Survivors Guilt: The Mixtape//
Comedian Courtney Fearrington and Will likely crossed paths in the Washington DC Comedy Scene before officially in NYC. Courtney tells Will about growing up in Washington DC to military parents, joining the Marine Corp and being stationed in Japan, why you shouldn't go back to your home town, starting comedy, how underrated the DC Comedy scene is, his podcast Thug Passion Presents and the next steps he wants for himself in his writing career.
Courtney's website: https://www.bigccomedy.com/
Courtney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigccomedy
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Comedian/Author Bob Gurnett moved to New York later in life than most comedians Will knows. He talks to Will about growing up in Omaha, Nebraska. working crappy retails jobs, how college football can help you out on when working black Friday in a red state, moving to New York City, the challange of finding a community when you first move to NYC, the next generation of comics he is seeing at open mics, and how the Scholastic book fair became an important part of his work as a children's book author.
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