Will and Slaney usual see each other passing through the tech booth at the Peoples Improv Theater, so a long conversation is a nice change of pace. Slaney talks to Will about studying vocal performance, musical theater, and theater. How she translates these skills into sketch comedy, tech disasters, improv comedy, and her ideas for many different solo shows.
https://thepit-nyc.com/people/slaney-rose-jordan/
https://www.instagram.com/slaneyrose/
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Will's Band:
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Lena McFrison's band The Loyal Cheaters will be playing with Will's band in Astoria Queens on November 2nd the last day of their US tour. Before that they sit down to talk about discovering Punk Rock and putting on shows in a small town in Italy. the logistics of planning a tour of the USA as an international DIY act, Their upcoming show at The Fest in Gainsville, Florida, and the songwriting process for their newest album And All Hell Broke Loose.
Follow and See The Loyal Cheaters Live
https://beacons.ai/theloyalcheaters
https://www.instagram.com/theloyalcheaters/
https://open.spotify.com/album/3nzloYQ27lnXmPrxHsYZBk?si=mXRRc92VTH2US_-1o26SfA
Goalkeeper guitarist Marc Juliano returns to the show ahead of the band's new ep Pins and Needles during their tour with Calling All Captains. He talks to Will about their newest single Black Hole, the heavier direction that they are taking musically and lyrically on the new ep, his current live set up and the bands current tour opening for Calling All Captains.
Listen to the new Goalkeeper single:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZvWNjZk7kFwvM4EF5fiGf?si=_i4gX8z-RJaePdvuFna5GA
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:
Larry Spahn recently celebrated two milestone anniversaries of his pop punk band On Hiatus, and his hardcore punk band But, Pyrite. He talks to Will about growing up in Queens, New York, how started by playing bass cause a friend told him he needed a bassist, his degree in history, the inspiration for the brutal riffs and goofy lyrics of But, Pyrite, 15 years of Hopeless Otis, how he co founded a record label with Brandon Bujnowski of Bedpan Fight and how he puts together DIY tours.
Listen to Hopeless Otis
https://hopelessotis.bandcamp.com/album/leave-it-all-behind
Listen to But, Pyrite
https://butpyrite.bandcamp.com/album/get-it-down
https://www.instagram.com/knuckledownrecords/
See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:
A lot has changed since the last time Aaron Barkstrom was on the show. He has a new band Suburban Surf Club and a new ep titled Something Higher. He talks to Will about their summer concert schedules, The collaborative writing process of the new ep, his deep dive into listening to The Grateful Dead and Surf Rock and how these diverse influences combine into the band's new ep.
Listen to Suburban Surf Club:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0iKsHGYwoABR0Mv2t58GZ2?si=71x9__Q6T1-m7XEU1m3EfQ
See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:
Mike and Rob's band The Challenged have been a part of their lives and the NYC music scene for 20 years. They tell Will about the DIY and house show scene in Brooklyn, sharing the stage with punk rock legends, learning how to record all of their own music, songwriting and how the band is critical part of their emotional and physical well being.
Listen to the Challenged: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UgvwKkB30lo4JNpGXx6Jl?si=7DUCQSXIQi-4S8TLGT0zNw
https://www.instagram.com/thechallenged?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
See Will's band Skip Lag in NYC 10/18/24
https://www.seetickets.us/event/Skip-LagMichael-Hilliard-and-The-Working-ClassGhost-Melody/618249
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
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Will's Band:
On Hiatus vocalist/bassist Tom Lee Rose is dedicated to building up the punk rock scene in Des Moines, Iowa, and continuing the band throught van tours and incrediable loss. He talks to Will about the band's recent tour, the music scene in Iowa, the music that drew him to bass guitar, self recording the band's newest ep One More Day, and the small victories that need to occur for a band to get on stage.
Listen to On Hiatus:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jYIcwKrCbqkYeMRcOODY5?si=f9SfTl4jSlSsDh0dimkkow
Follow the band and Tom on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/onhiatusband?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
https://www.instagram.com/tomonhiatus?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
Awesome Disaster Highlights!
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Will's Band:
Precursor guitarist Stuart Mckillop says the bands music is a product of their surroundings and the angst that you discover when you get older. He talks to Will about the band's new album Thick & Thin, working with the bands lead vocalist on song rewrites, the recording and engineering of the album, the punk scene in Vancouver, BC of the late 90s early 2000s, his time in Daggermouth and how Precursor is the natural extension of this musical style.
Listen to Precursor.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3WWcjT7IvFYLR5MLB5fe6Q?si=ps6l4eJfSxSeoGOd2yUHNg
Stuart on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sturules604/?hl=en
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
Awesome Disaster Highlights!
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Will's Band:
https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/
Pat Condon graduated college just as Covid descended on the world, but it only slightly delayed his plans of moving in NYC. He talks to Will about growing up in rural upstate New York, playing in cover bands, working at a rental car place solo, how the first interation of the band came together before Will joined, Skip Lag's new single Rhode Island and where the band plans to go next.
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
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Will's Band:
Musician Dani Nash splits her time between being an in-demand touring drummer for some of Canada's top artists with her own career as a singer-songwriter. She talk to Will about the writing process for her new singles Ordinary Love and Anything at All, how being a drummer first influences her songwriting process, Madonna's influence on her when she was growing up outside of Toronto, and how playing an arena can be easier than a club show.
Listen to Dani's new single:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5uhhMtVWA86HSGLS43u8V2?si=q_Axfor0S563q9xZRQVXXg
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
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Will's Band:
Creating music is crucial to who Tony Lovato is as a person and he has done that with Mest for nearly 30 years.
He talks to Will about Mest's recent Japan tour, finding a dream guitar in Tokyo, Chicagos legendary DIY punk venue Fireside Bowl, his relationship with John Feldmann, what he learned about songwriting from making four records with John, why you shouldn't let go of what you loved when you were younger , Mest's new single When We Were Young from their upcoming new album out May 31st
See Mest live:
https://www.instagram.com/anthonylovato/
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Will's Band:
https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/
Writer and comedian Chloe Hawker started comedy as a release valve from attending Harvard Law School. She talks to Will about growing up in Colorado at high altitude, the musical rent, theories on the legal system and international relations, sketch comedy, writing, and finding The Peoples Improv Theater before moving to NYC.
Chloe's website:
https://www.instagram.com/chloechawker
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Emily Bones joins the show ahead of the release of her band The Anti-Queens second album Disenchanted. She talks to Will about growing up going to concerts in Toronto Canada with the help of cool parents, the city's formative DIY venues, touring America in a van, her growth as a songwriter over the course of the band, and plans for touring in the future and where she'd like to go internationally.
See The Anti-Queens on tour with Bowling for Soup:
https://antiqueens.com/tickets
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CX0fdiDs9n9HSJs1PRSy3?si=ZKPRwcqfQoG3paZj_aK6wQ
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Comedian and writer Erin Gonyeau is
She talks to Will about interning at Disney World, growing up in Connecticut, attending college for dramatic acting, discovering sketch comedy, the basics of sketch writing, and her shows at The People's Improv Theater the newer Your Father and I, and the extremely popular Love is Live.
Erin's linktree:
https://www.instagram.com/eringonyeau/
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Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
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Comedian Jake Otero has structured his life around stand up comedy. He talks to Will about growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico pre and post Breaking Bad, the cities up and coming stand up scene anchored by Dry Head Comedy Club, getting sober at a young age, discovering stand up comedy, working with National Headliners, and he and Will share their mutual love of Punk Rock music.
Jake on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jakeoterocomedy/
https://linktr.ee/jakeoterocomedy
Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com
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Awesome Disaster Highlights!
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Jason Lamb spent years grinding on the Canadian Comedy Scene in a fashion that parallels the band which is the subject of his new book NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History. He talks to Will about the uniquely original punk scene that developed in his hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, his introduction to NoMeansNo, the Canadian comedy scene of the late 90s, transitioning into journalism and then radio, meeting NoMeansNo, and how he compiled the incredible oral history that details the bands unique sound, touring career and songwriting style.
Buy NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History
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Writer and comedian Jason Saenz's new solo show the Wheel World recounts his experience of becoming paralyzed, and his experience of trying to adapt to a world that does not consider wheelchair users.
He talks to Will about his experience performing at New Faces at Just For Laughs Montreal, starting improv in Washington DC, working as Steve Harvey's social media manager and writing jokes in his voice, his evolution as a writer and comedian after his accident, the development of his solo show The Wheel World, upcoming Fatherhood, and the country he'd most like to visit.
https://www.instagram.com/jasoncsaenz/?hl=en
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Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster
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