034.5: Aram Arslanian Check In
Aram drops in to catch us up on what he’s been doing in the years since his last appearance. We start off with a conversation about the importance of simple, foundational HC lyrics and move on to cover Aram’s new band, new business, and new addition to his family. Miss Michaelanne, who sat in for all three hours of Aram’s original episode, was on another continent while we recorded this one, but we still found a way to include her through the magic of modern technology.
Check out Aram’s band CHANGE.
You can hear Aram’s original episode (#10) here:
www.nobodysnose.com/010-aram-arslanian/
Check out Aram’s company CADENCE LEADERSHIP + COMMUNICATION
Check out Aram’s Podcast CADENCE: ONE STEP BEYOND
With all the talk of INSTED in this episode, I feel I should mention that Mr. Mandel over at Indecision Records has their complete recorded works release available HERE.
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Check out Dave’s author website: www.writerdavidlarson.com
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Most of these conversations will contain shorthand speech and insider info that both parties will be familiar with and won’t necessarily stop to explain for the listener. Whenever possible, Dave will provide some after-the-fact definitions and descriptions. Like your own personal eavesdropping translator.
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
INSTED: Click HERE.
THE FIRST STEP: Click HERE.
”We’ll Make The Difference” 7” The only 7” vinyl record from Insted. Click HERE.
YOUTH OF TODAY: Click HERE.
”Bonds Of Friendship” Insted’s 1st LP. Click HERE.
”What We Believe” Insted’s 2nd LP. Click HERE.
Still available in various formats: https://amzn.to/35QxqXZ
Epitaph An classic punk record label. Click HERE.
”My Skateboard Shop” Dave’s skate shop from the 80s. Click HERE for the story.
BETRAYED: Click HERE.
Straight Edge: A lifestyle choice of abstinence from drugs and alcohol that originated in the Washington DC punk scene in the early 1980s. It quickly caught fire in the minds of weirdos everywhere and spread worldwide. The X is used as its symbol, and SXE is how you shorthand it.
There are various good books on the subject:
Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History: https://amzn.to/2NiDx0H
Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics: https://amzn.to/2uM1TcO
X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety: https://amzn.to/3a7fY4y
Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean Living Youth, and Social Change: https://amzn.to/30h1VVE
All Ages: Reflections on Straight Edge: https://amzn.to/2Rau9NI
UNIFORM CHOICE: Click HERE.
UNITY: Click HERE.
BOLD: Click HERE.
WIDE AWAKE: Click HERE.
7 SECONDS: Click HERE.
DOWNCAST: Click HERE.
SLIPKNOT: Click HERE.
Since we spend some time talking about their various releases, here’s what they are and where you can get them:
Slipknot: https://amzn.to/2RdpRFt
Iowa: https://amzn.to/36RBus3
Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses: https://amzn.to/2TlCr81
All Hope Is Gone: https://amzn.to/2QPCKpX
.5: The Gray Chapter: https://amzn.to/2tdDxbi
We Are Not Your Kind: https://amzn.to/30fPf1m
Cadence Leadership and Communication: Aram’s company. Click HERE.
Bob Swift, who we love: You can find out all about Bob in episode 32 of this podcast.
React! Records: Click HERE.
One Step Beyond Podcast: Click HERE.
WARZONE: Click HERE.
Ron Brotherhood: Ron Guardipee. See episode 6 of this podcast.
I’VE KNOWN YOU TOO LONG
David Larson is a screenwriter from the Seattle area who ran an independent record label called EXCURSION for many years. Over the course of the last three decades, Dave has formed friendships with a large number of people who have made an artistic impact, mostly in the world of Punk Rock and Hardcore music. Many of these people have gone on to greater and more varied adventures in the worlds of art, film, music, politics, and activism. In this podcast, Dave uses the timeline of their first meeting to explore back and forth through their histories to try and gain a better understanding of how they came to be the people they are today.
They say history is written by the conquerors, and while none of these campaigns are complete yet, it is time to get some of these tales nailed down before they are lost to time and age.
Check out Dave’s episode of the WORD ON THE STREET podcast HERE.
Check out Dave and Ron Guardipee’s episode of the EDGELAND podcast HERE.
DIG THAT INTRO MUSIC?
That’s Polymorph, a project by my friend Bryar Herrick. He has a ton of stuff you can check out here:
https://polymorph.bandcamp.com/
While you’re at it, give his other bands a listen: TICKLE TRUNK and THE DARKWAVE DEMO.
Also:
Check out books by Boris D. Schleinkofer at AMAZON and SMASHWORDS.
To get his audio book, ESCHATOPOLIS: CITY AT THE END OF THE WORLD, click this link:
And finally:
Dave’s book SHADOW KILLER, a story set in the world of Hugh Howey’s book WOOL, can be found at Amazon for Kindle here:
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