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Punkast

Jessica Schwartz, Associate Professor of Musicology sets out to find the meaning of punk through conversations with punks themselves: the musicians, videographers, and various cultural shakers who lived and created punk"s history, and also the academics who study it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:13:30

Kristy Martinez with XTINE RECKLESS and CELESTE

Punkast ·

2025/10/11

PUNKAST BACK TO SCHOOL MINISERIES SPECIAL!“SoCal music spaces: Scene, Emo, and EDM ” (part 2 of 3)Here at the Punkast, we're continuing our special summer-to-fall mini-series with guest host Kristy Martinez, a PhD Candidate in Musicology at UCLA , bringing special guests - per Kristy's introduction: 'In these interviews, we meet with some of the early 2000s scene and emo kids in SoCal. This episode is made to highlight the contributions of women creatives and music promoters.First, part one of our

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53:38

Kristy Martinez with JASE FELDER

Punkast ·

2025/08/30

PUNKAST BACK TO SCHOOL MINISERIES SPECIAL!“Alternative in the I.E. 2000s and more in the Inland Empire” (part 1 of 3)If you couldn't already tell by the title for Part 1, we, here at the Punkast, have a REALLY special summer mini-series for you! Your regular host, Jessica Schwartz, is handing the mic over to Kristy Martinez, a PhD Candidate in Musicology at UCLA and the OG TA for UCLA's "Punk" online course, who does amazing, compelling work (see 'host bio' below), and is bringing exciting guests

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47:39

Paul Fields

Punkast ·

2025/07/30

'[Punk] isa music genre and a subculture and a whole way of living that is full of contradictions, hypocrisy…’Does punk promote inclusion or exclusion? Violence or protection? And what about health, accessibility, self- and communal care? Join Jessica Schwartz and PAUL FIELDS for this special interview in three parts as they discuss his research on punk and the sometimes contradictory ideals in the scene and academia.Guest Bio.Paul Fields is an associate professor at Buckinghamshire New University

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53:47

Hudley Flipside

Punkast ·

2025/07/16

“For me punk rock is really the song.” For some, punk means destruction and revolt; for others, it means DIY and community. In this episode, Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird are joined by HUDLEY FLIPSIDE to explore her perspective on punk garnered from her formative Flipside zine-and-scene building experiences in the early LA scene.Guest Bio.Hudley Flipside 'HUD' is a versatile artist, filmmaker, writer, and publisher with a diverse background in punk culture and journalism. She is known for

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47:06

Kounosuke (Ko) Kawakami

Punkast ·

2025/01/30

“Make festival, not war. Soul Beat Asia. In which what doesn't exist, we recreate together.”Join Jessica Schwartz in conversation with guest Dr. Kounosuke (Ko) Kawakami from Kurashiki University (Japan) that began as a talk, “The Punk Scene in Japan Today: Soul Beat Asia (World Music Festival Under the Bridge)” and wove its way into an inspired contemplation on belonging and misfitting, DIY punk as intergenerational practice, politics, infrastructure and importance of DIY festivals, and a host of

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48:26

REPOST: Robby Krieger

Punkast ·

2025/01/13

"In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single “Light My Fire” in the living room of his parents’ Pacific Palisades home. This week, nearly six decades later, the lyrics took on a disturbing resonance as the structure where the music originated burned to the ground." (Amy Kaufman, LA Times, 1/11/2025)Recent LA Times headlines:"The Doors’ hit ‘Light My Fire’ was written in Pacific Palisades home that burned"1/11/2025"Former Morrison Hotel, made famous by a Doors

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35:45

Bruce Duff

Punkast ·

2024/11/10

“The music of which there was supposed to be no rule book, suddenly had a rule book…” So, what are these rules, how do they impact creativity, and how do musicians, producers, and artists, more broadly, continue to push the limits in Los Angeles’ dynamic DIY musical subculture? Join Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird as they speak with BRUCE DUFF about his experiences as he addresses students’ questions about this complicated terrain.Bio:A musician, producer, journalist, artist manager and

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1:02:30

AdobePunk: Behind the Scenes

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

This “Behind the Scenes” episode is the final episode in the PUNKAST/Adobe Punk: the concert Mini-Session Interview series. It features Jessica Schwartz in conversation with Theresa Chavez, Gabriel Garza, Dorothy Hoover, and Sage Lewis, who discuss their inspirations and contributions to Adobe Punk’s creation and production. Theresa Chavez highlights About Productions' collaborative approach, which has been building projects from the ground up for decades. Gabriel Garza emphasizes the

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20:05

AdobePunk: Jimmy Alvarado

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Jimmy Alvarado has been active in East L.A.’s underground music scene since 1981 as a musician, backyard gig promoter, writer, poet, bouncer, flier artist, photographer, podcaster, and historian. He has authored numerous interviews, articles, and shorts spotlighting the East Side scene, and an episode of hisEastside Punksdocumentary series about first-wave East L.A. punk band The Brat was named best documentary short at the 2020 Highland Park Independent Film Festival. He writes for Razorcake and

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21:06

AdobePunk: Teresa Covarrubias

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Teresa Covarrubias was born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of East Los Angeles and became the lead singer for The Brat, a Chicano punk rock ensemble (lead guitarist Rudy Medina, and alternate lead and rhythm guitarist Sidney Medina) originating from the barrios of East Los Angeles, California. From their conception in late 1978, to their eventual break-up in1985, The Brat contributed to the customization and intermeshing of multiple musical and cultural models that culminated in the

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20:18

AdobePunk: Lisa Fancher

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Lisa Fancher’s venerable Frontier Records celebrates 44 years of independence, its initial releases include debut albums by the Circle Jerks, Adolescents, TSOL, China White, Christian Death and Suicidal Tendencies. Two decades after this impressive string of hits, Frontier discovered Portland’s Heatmiser, featuring the great Elliott Smith. Fancher is a San Fernando Valley native. She worked at record stores like Bomp!, Vinyl Fetish and Licorice Pizza in North Hollywood. She recalls: “We were the

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23:02

AdobePunk: Mike Watt

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Mike Watt is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen, Dos, and Firehose. He began a solo career with the 1994 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, and has since released three additional solo albums. He is also the frontman for the supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder, a member of the art rock group Banyan and is involved with several other musical projects. From 2003 until 2013, he was the bass guitarist for The Stooges. In November 2008, Watt

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22:44

AdobePunk: Jesse Velo

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Jesse Velo co-founded Los Illegals in the late 1970’s. Jesse says, “With our backs against the wall, facing an impenetrable, almost segregated Hollywood industry, we partnered with radical elements and (OSF) nuns of the Catholic church to co-found Vex, the first alternative music and art space in East L.A. We kick-started an Eastside L.A. Renaissance that brought together major world-class artists, musicians, actors, and writers with elements of agitprop in a display to the world as a show of unity

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21:06

AdobePunk: Nina Diaz

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Nina Diaz (co-songwriter and musician/performer) made her theatrical debut in 2019 as part of The Neighborhood Band in About...Productions’ Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe. Now off-stage, Nina has co-written with Theresa Chavez the punk songs for About...Productions’ 2022 premiere of Adobe Punk. Nina Diaz's musical career began at the age of 13, as main writer and front woman for San Antonio all-female punk band Girl in a Coma. By the time she turned 17 the band was signed to Joan Jett's

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9:41

AdobePunk: Mini-Session Interviews

Punkast ·

2024/08/31

Introducing…. a PUNKAST mini-series: Adobe Punk: the concert, Mini-Session InterviewsIn this introductory episode, Jessica Schwartz (Punkast host/producer) and Theresa Chavez (About Productions, Adobe Punk co-creator) discuss their unique collaboration that produced mini-session conversations with punk trailblazers about their formative contributions and ongoing vital roles in the dynamic subculture. These conversations between Schwartz and each guest (see list below) were recorded live before each

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59:05

Felix Alanis

Punkast ·

2024/08/25

"I owned a record store and all of a sudden I had a record. You know, why is RF7 anything? The only limit is what you put on yourself." Join Jessica Schwartz and Tequila Mockingbird as they speak with FELIX ALANIS - singer-songwriter of RF7 and founder of Smoke 7 Records - about paving a DIY punk path in the early LA scene and reflecting on its historical importance as well as unpacking his music from the early years to now!Bio:In 1979, Felix Alanis co-founded the punk rock group RF7. A year later

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1:15:56

Prof. George Grinnell

Punkast ·

2024/08/15

“So, what does it mean to speak about punk pedagogy?” asks Prof. George Grinnell on his Punk Pedagogy website. Check out this episode (and, of course, the website linked below), to hear Prof. Grinnell share his educational provocations -- with insights on punk and settler colonialism, punk memoirs, and, crucially, critical approaches to open-ended DIY, in academia.Bio:Dr. George C. Grinnell (he/him) is an Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of British Columbia,

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1:06:38

Mike Dines + Russ Bestley

Punkast ·

2024/07/11

Lots of new PUNKAST content is coming soon! In the meantime...It’s here… the Punk Scholars Podcast!Co-hosts and producers, Jessica Schwartz (UCLA) and Paul Hollins (Bolton), set out to explore the seemingly paradoxical role of punk (and punks) in the academy and break with oft-generalized dismissals by highlighting the pivotal contributions and necessary interventions made by punk scholarship.And, who better to kick off the first episode than Punk Scholars Network (PSN) founding members Mike Dines

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53:07

Pleasant Gehman & Theresa Kereakes

Punkast ·

2024/02/18

Join Jessica Schwartz in conversation with Pleasant Gehman and Theresa Kereakes, as they discuss their pivotal roles in the early LA punk scene and the importance of recognizing the LGBTQIA+ foundations of punk subculture and communicating such significance across generations. Known for their influential first-wave punk zine, Lobotomy, they have found continued success in a variety of endeavors --from podcasting to photography to writing books and reading tarot to playing music to hosting War

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48:08

Gary Leonard (photographer)

Punkast ·

2024/01/23

Join Jessica Schwartz in conversation with Gary Leonard, acclaimed photographer of LA punk history and LA history more broadly as they discuss everything from being there to capture the nascent scene....and becoming part of LA punk history in the process...to having your work front and center in the Las Vegas Punk Rock Museum (among other notable locales and media).Artist Bio: Gary Leonard has spent the better part of the last 63 years photographing Los Angeles. His work has been featured in

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