Will has just returned from performing in Paris, France. He shares the audio from his performances on Unstable Comedy, and the Improvised I Forgot My Notes show from Blast Off Comedy in Paris, and then has a quick chat with comic Rebecca Anne about Comedy in Paris, living in France and performing live after having to start over zoom in the Pandemic.
Unstable Comedy
https://www.instagram.com/unstablecomedy/?hl=en
Comedy in Paris
https://www.instagram.com/englishcomedyinparis/
Blast Off Comedy
https://www.instagram.com/blastoffcomedy/
Rebecca on Twitter:
https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_anne_comedy/
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Rerelease of my conversation with Goalkeeper Drummer Cody Ritchie from 2020
Comedian Justin Willliams and Will cut there teeth on comedy at the same early shows at the comic strip, and late shows at the Creek and The Cave. He talks to Will about Growing up in Missouri, how he got to New York City, starting stand up comedy, his History studies, and the advantages of producing a show in New Jersey just outside of New York City.
https://justinwilliamscomedy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ComedianJustinWilliams
https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinCWilliams
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Kris Roe of The Ataris survived two serious cases of Covid-19, and a serious car accident, and continues to be inspired and create music. He talks to Will about musical influences outside of Punk Rock, Growing up in the midwest admist the decline of industry, his early years living in his Van in Santa Barbara while putting together the Ataris, Kung Fu Records, Book Your Own Fucking Life, how their cover of Boys of Summer became a radio hit despite it not being planned as a single, the writing of Takeoffs and Landings, plans for music in the future, and going on his first tour since the begging of the Pandemic The Tried and True Tour with Alien Ant Farm, Lit, and Hoobastank.
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All Things The Ataris:
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Thank you to We Know Podcasting for editing help:
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Comedian Ethan Stanislawski's move to Los Angeles revitalized not just his life but his comedy as well. He talks to Will about being born and raised in New York City, being the son of a professor, going to school for journalism, music journalism, starting stand up comedy, when he realized he needed to leave New York, comedy in Los Angeles, Sketch comedy, and his plans for upcoming animation work.
https://www.ethanstanislawski.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ethanstancomedy/
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Since Marc's last appearance on the podcast his band Goalkeeper have released an EP, opened for Bowling For Soup, released an acoustic version of their song Black and Blue, and just put out the new single Sooner from their upcoming debut full length. He talks to Will about the response to Life in Slow Motion, Working with
Nik Bruzzese from Man Overboard and Casey Cavaliere of The Wonder Years and their different approaches to songwriting, going outside of their comfort zones when writing for the new record, and plans for extensive touring after the release of the album.
Listen to Goalkeeper:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1foCMRbxVRo99EWPglSD3n?si=Z0MRbhGXSVW53w3ivFk95Q
Marc on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MarcAJuliano
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
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Ahead of his upcoming return to the show and my return from the west coast. Here is my conversation with Marc Juliano of Goalkeeper from 2020. New episodes resume next week
Dave Gomez grew up right outside of the thriving Chicago punk scene.
He talks to Will about growing up outside of Chicago, playing shows at Age 14, what drew him to bass guitar, his love of Mest and Blink 182, writing songs for his project Summer Curse, and how he remains productive when he is the only core member of the band, and plans for future singles later in the year.
https://twitter.com/davegomez22
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Fireworks Bassist Kyle O'Neil is a performer at his core. He talks to Will About Fireworks' return from Hiatus, Their upcoming Fall tour with The Wonder Years, The status of Their new album Higher Lower Power, growing up going to punk shows in Detroit, Touring, recording with Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory as their producer, a great story touring in South America with his Hardcore band, and branching out into Improv, and Sketch Comedy.
Listen to Fireworks:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FcxTTXQKgTdJzTeACMlVU?si=GELYEBNBTsmu_2sm5EKrSg
See Fireworks live:
https://linktr.ee/wearefireworks
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Will's Band:
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Matt and Devin became friends early in life before forming a band. They talk to Will about the benefits of recording with a producer, guitars, The Warped Tour era of the early 2000s, and plans for the future.
Listen to All Systems Go:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vUgiedsWyaAljWZL0MMCo?si=_Auwhv3RRfCH1cd1uZ8eeA
https://linktr.ee/allsystemsgoNJ
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Westly Bunjunas' band Sunday Morning combines both melodic and heavier elements. He talks to Will about being influenced by Slipknot when he was younger, Sunday Morning's New Split EP with friends of the show What Makes Sense, The Connecticut alternative music scene, 3 hour cover gigs, and constructing left handed guitars for wider variety.
Listen to Sunday Morning:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jctlQLPR5HkLkNZz4Zo4G?si=OAaCSdJiSwi0OR71Jc0alQ
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Rishi Bahl followed his own path and passions inspired by his love of the bands of the label Drive Thru Records. He talks to Will about his love of the seminal Pop Punk record label, how it inspired the community feeling behind Four Chord Music and the Four Chord Music Festival, the thrill of creating something from scratch, His band Eternal Boy's new album Bad Days Are Over, Touring Japan, and England, and why he feels lucky that he never signed to a record label.
Listen to Eternal Boy:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2IEczGJYYQsPJb86o9vZ73?si=wyq5w2QZQ4WB9c3EQRInUQ
Get Tickets to Four Chord Music Festival:
https://www.fourchordmusicfestival.com/
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Comedian Josh Gondelman's first comedy special is now available after several successfull comedy albums and emmy winning work writing for TV.
He talks to Will about constructing his first hour for video after several comedy albums, touring as a stand up, dealing with hecklers when your friendly on stage, his Emmy winning writing work on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, going from staff writer to head writer on Desus & Mero, the role of a head writer, and advice for anyone who wants to write for TV.
Watch Josh's new special:
https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/josh-gondelman-people-pleaser/
Josh's Book:
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/nice-try-josh-gondelman?variant=32111999975458
Josh on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/joshgondelman
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Amber Nelson's skills as a stand up comic are now being applied to a wide variety of show business projects. She talks to Will about growing up in Saudi Arabia before moving to the American South, moving to NYC to pursue musical theater, discovering improv and her time in legendary NYC sketch group Murderfist, Her part in Netflix's The Characters, Her podcasts The Brighter Side and Somewhere Underneith, and The Last Podcast's Network's recent show at The Grand Old Oprey.
Amber on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AmberSmelson
Amber's podcasts:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0YaeblOEsYPI04aYnCLvFP?si=aca90e8ee79e4e6f
https://open.spotify.com/show/7CpYtkWmYGM9HGxfFaGRDj?si=a36c560b28fe438a
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Comedian Nick Alexander has always approached comedy as wanting to be able to perform for multiple types of audiences. He talks to Will about starting comedy in NYC, the importance of performing in front of different types of crowds, writing jokes, Moving to Los Angeles, and where he wants to take his career next.
https://www.instagram.com/nickofcomedy/
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With The Punches guitarist Dustin Wallace was unaware of the anticipation for his bands new ep after a 9 year hiatus or that said ep would be recorded during a pandemic. He talks to Will about the writing and recording of the bands new ep Discontent, how the band adjusted to writing while living apart and recording at the onset of the Pandemic, working as a teacher, Touring Japan, his custom built With the Punches guitar featuring the signatures of everyone who helped fund it, and his work with the band Keep Flying.
Listen to With The Punches and see them live:
https://linktr.ee/withthepunches
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Presave Will's new single:
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Megg Jacobs and Johnny Clifford are the co lead vocalists of the pandemic formed band 11 to midnight. Megg tells Will about growing up in rural Maine and discovering a love of singing from musical theater and later Pop Punk, and Johnny tells us about joining the army in order to kick drugs and get his life together and how that experience led him to build a tour bus and recently join 11 to midnight as the second vocalist.
Listen to 11 to Midnight:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/60dtoo7igIKKlhx59ORp62?si=bkUXaI02SFaDJ5ggRZC0fQ
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Chelsea Connor's career began wanting to join a union and came full circle when she started working for one. she talks to Will about growing up in Brooklyn, gentrification, how people doubting her gives her motivation, working in technical theater at 14, interning at a major news channel in College, local New York Politics, being married to the host of this podcast and the importance of telling workers stories in her current work at a union.
Chelsea on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/chelseaconnor
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Check spots are the hardest spot on a comedy show, and comedian James Mattern's new album/special was recorded during that exact spot. James returns to Between Awesome and Disaster to discuss the video version of The Check Spot which will be on Youtube June 3rd 2022, how he learned to succeed when performing during the check spot, opening for Chris Distefano, His new podcast about bombing called Thank You For Coming Out, and what happens when your heckler is a cop.
James on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thejamesmattern/?hl=en
James' podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thanks-for-coming-out-a-podcast-about-bombing/id1608436637
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Comedian Lace Larrabee and Will met in NYC 10 years ago, and this year she recorded her debut comedy album. She talks to Will about how Competing in beauty pageants prepared her for stand up comedy, the Atlanta comedy scene and being a comic based outside of NYC or LA, comedy festivals, road gigs, recording her first album, and how southerns will tell other southerns to go back up north sometimes.
Lace's website: https://www.lacelarrabee.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lacelarrabee/
Lace's Podcast:
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Lords of the Trident vocalist Ty Christian's Operatic voice and business knowledge has taken his band all over the world. He talks to Will about his new course DIY Band on SpectreDigital.com, his early love of vocalists and singing, discovering metal in college thank to his roommate and now Lords of The Trident bandmate, Power Metal, working as a roadie for Steppenwolf How to use color and branding to make your band stand out, how Lords of The Trident uses the DIY approach to merch creation, touring and recording music, and how you can apply these principals to touring in Japan.
Listen to Lords of The Trident:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1C11hnl3RZ7hadyMv5g5gm?si=P9zCSl6VRvKStvVshzOSQA
https://lordsofthetrident.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lordsofthetrident/
Ty's DIY band course:
https://spectredigital.com/product/diy-band/
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Dreadnoughts Lead Singer Nicholas "The Fang" Smyth's background in philosophy is interwoven into the gloriously fun Folk Punk. He talks to Will about the first single Cider Holiday from the bands' upcoming album Roll and Go to be released June 24th 2022. The sub genre of Cider Punk, UK Cider culture, balancing careers with intense DIY Touring, Philosphy, Nietzsche's connection to punk rock, Touring in Canada, a surprising gig in Northern Spain, writing sea shanty's and putting together vocal harmonies.
Listen to The Dreadnoughts
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tfnDOJ5a2ib3mHAI4qGyD?si=mk8SDOnnS_abtrgfmCwO0g
https://www.facebook.com/thedreadnoughts
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What Makes Sense frontman Radam Rebillard Thrashes with his band and makes Whisky. He talks to Will about making Whisky, selling real estate in upstate New York during the pandemic, discovering Pop Punk, being the frontman of a band and what that entails, songwriting, the formation of What Makes Sense, and the plans for more music in the future.
Listen to What Makes Sense:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2X89r7VnPlC3yrNk0GEdFd?si=o4Hb0KdvTKm9nNmmkiWl_A
What Makes Sense/ Radam on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/wmsny/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/radamreb/?hl=en
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Pete Bladel has been a comedian in New York City for a decade. He talks to Will about his just released comedy album Literary, his thought process behind recording a comedy album, starting comedy in Washington DC, his love of Jerry Seinfeld and the documentary Comedian, joke writing, Outrage as a marketing tactic, and the relationship between artists and their art and an audience's relationship with Art.
Get Pete's new album now! https://linktr.ee/petebladel
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Comedian Josh Alba. He talks to Will about his love of professional wrestling, growing up in Brooklyn, the paths that different friends took from his High School, starting stand up comedy, producing shows, and his comedy goals for this year.
Josh's show in Brooklyn:
https://www.instagram.com/gildedcomedy/
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