how did i get here?

QUENTIN

Hello friends! The amazingly talented and always entertaining QUENTIN is my guest for episode 1547! The first single, the emotionally charged anthem, "HELLO DENIAL" from their upcoming album, TOMGIRL is out now on Playing In Traffic Records! Quentin will be playing SXSW on Sunday, March 15th at The Continental Club for the Traffic Music SXSW Showcase. Go to quentinmusic.com for music, videos, show info, and more. We have a great conversation about making TOMGIRL at Sonic Ranch Studios in West Texas, finding their true voice and being their true self, realizing their anger and working it out in music, their love of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Todd Rundgren, living in NYC and LA, playing characters in performance for years and learning to be themselves, working with a team,  and much more. I had a great time catching up with Quentin. I'm sure you will too. Let get down!
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Amy Atchley / Andy Langer Checks In About SPIN IT FORWARD

Hello friends! I have a great big show for you today! Singer-songwriter Amy Atchley returns to the show for episode 1546! Her latest single, the dreamy "Games And Magic", produced by Noëlle Hampton (The Belle Sounds), is out today wherever you get your music. Amy is celebrating the release with a show at Soundspace on Thursday, March 5th at 7 pm. Go to amyatchley.com for music, show dates and more. We have a great conversation about writing "Games And Magic",  recording with Noëlle Hampton, altering her sound, working for the City of Austin, public speaking, marriage, grown kids, keeping a band together, and much more. Plus, Andy Langer, from The Moritz Center for Societal Impact at The University of Texas checks in about  SPIN IT FORWARD, a donation drive for ATX-VINyL.  ATX_VINyL is a bedside vinyl program at Dell Seton Medical Center that brings record players and curated listening sessions to patients and families facing difficult diagnoses and treatment.Bring your old vinyl to Waterloo Records between now and Sunday, March 1st and get a discount on a purchase. Bring more than 3 records and you'll be entered in a raffle to win a top-of-the-line Crosley STAVE turntable and vinyl bundle from Waterloo Records. Find out more about it HERE. Help provide music for hospital patients. Donate records. Bring comfort. I hope you enjoy these conversations. I sure did. Let's get down!
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Scott Strickland Pt. 2

Hello friends! Singer-songwriter, Scott Strickland returns to the show for episode 1545 part 2! Scott just got back into town from a tour out west and hasn't been on the show in a couple of years, so I invited him on to catch up and got much more than either of us expected. That's why it's a two-parter. Go to scottstricklandband.com for tour dates, music, merch and more. We have a great conversation in part 2 about recommitting to music, the positives and negatives of playing "money shows", his faith and work with the church, playing SXSW and some horror stories, his non-profit, Black Artists Rock, the crazy political climate in America, and much more. I had a great time catching up with Scott! I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Scott Strickland Pt. 1

Hello friends! Singer-songwriter, Scott Strickland returns to the show for part 1 of episode 1545! Scott just got back into town from a tour out west and hasn't been on the show in a couple of years, so I invited him on to catch up and got much more than either of us expected. That's why it's a two-parter. Go to scottstricklandband.com for tour dates, music, merch and more. We have a great conversation in part 1 about making his last EP "Strings Attached: The 1500 Sessions" (2024) live in an empty event venue, using Chat GPT to to book his last tour, playing in Vegas, being married, recording, playing solo, and much more. Part 2 drops on Tuesday! I had a great time catching up with Scott! I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Erin Walter

Hello friends! Minister, activist, lead singer and bass player for Austin rock band Parker Woodland, Erin Walter returns to the show for episode 1544! Erin was recently featured in the Texas Monthly article, "All Eyes On Dilly" when she went to the Dilly, TX ICE detention facility with a group of interfaith ministers to protest last month. (Read the article HERE) Outside of being a rockstar, Erin is a minister with the Texas Unitarian Universal Justice Ministry and spends a lot of time fighting for justice for those that need it. I invited Erin on the show to talk about her work as an activist and her experience going up against ICE in Dilly. Erin has been front and center for a lot of the protests we've seen in the last year and she tells us how we can get involved at any level. Find out more about the Texas Unitarian Universal Justice Ministry at txuujm.org. We have a great conversation about fighting authoritarianism. Also, Parker Woodland will be playing on Friday, March 6th at 3Ten ACL Live with Molecular Steve and Stella and the Very Messed. Check out their new single, "Police On My Back" available wherever you stream. Go to parkerwoodlland.com for show dates, music, "Abolish ICE" t-shirts and more. 
San Antonio Current article on TXUUJM's legal defense fund for those arrested at Dilley: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/san-antonio-news/activists-collecting-to-cover-legal-fees-for-protestors-arrested-at-dilley-detention-site
Erin's speech against AI surveillance at Austin City Hall: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUWkDRvEqgY/ 
Listen to Sulma and Kendy's firsthand accounts of ICE detention: https://www.facebook.com/TXUUJM/videos/906609362004839 
Get tickets for Clarity Is Sublime: Live Podcast with Bevis Griffin HERE
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From The Vault - Chuck Prophet From ep. 1448 (11/26/2024)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1448 on November 26, 2024 with legendary singer-songwriter, musician, producer Chuck Prophet talking about overcoming cancer, his obsession with Cumbia music, working with Cumbia band ¿Qiensave? on Wake The Dead, Green On Red, touring, songwriting, connections to Austin, and much more.  Below are my original notes from the show.
Legendary singer-songwriter, musician, producer Chuck Prophet is my guest for episode 1448! His latest album, Wake The Dead, an incredible collaboration with California cumbia group, ¿Qiensave? is available now. He's just wrapping up a tour in Europe and will be hitting the Southeast and East coast in January. Go to chuckprophet.com for tour dates, music and more. We have a great conversation about overcoming cancer, his obsession with cumbia music, working with ¿Qiensave? On "Wake The Dead", Green On Red, touring, songwriting, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Chuck. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
 
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From The Vault - Mary Gauthier From ep. 1135 (2/4/2022)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1135 on February 4, 2022 with Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier when was promoting her amazing book, "Saved By A Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting".  Below are my original notes from the show.
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, author and all-around badass, Mary Gauthier is my guest for episode 1135! Her phenomenal new book, "Saved By A Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting" is available now wherever you get your books or audiobooks. Go to marygauthier.com for book info, music, show dates and more. Mary and I have a great conversation about writing "Saved By A Song" and working on a new book, searching for truth in her writing, finding her voice as songwriter, staying sober, being an orphan and finding her tribe and much more! I had a great time getting to know this amazing woman. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Almost Heaven

Hello friends! Stefan Barraza and Jaelyn Valero from Austin based, indie dance, post-punk, electro-pop duo Almost Heaven are my guests for episode 1543! Their infectious new EP, "Raw Cranium" is out today on all streaming platforms, CD, and vinyl. Go to rawcranium.com for more info. They're celebrating the release of "Raw Cranium" with a show tonight, Friday, Jan. 30 at Brushy Street Commons in Austin. Get tickets HERE. We have a great conversation about how the duo came together last year and made "Raw Cranium" with producer Ernesto Grey, Stefan's time growing up in El Paso and how his curious mind and restlessness lead him to music, Jaelyn's native Austinite upbringing seeing local bands on a regular basis, creating a scene, their zine Locket Magazine, starting their own label, dealing with today's political climate as artists and human beings, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Stefan and Jaelyn. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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Mikky & The Doom

Hello friends! Marijke Boers, A.K.A. Mikky from Sonic Guild grant winning rockers, Mikky & The Doom is my guest for episode 1542! Their debut album, Dame Doom is available now wherever you listen. Go to mikkyandthedoom.com for music, videos, show dates, and more. We have a great conversation about writing and recording Dame Doom over two weekends with co-writer and producer Jacob Bunton (Mariah Carey, Steven Tyler, Smokey Robinson, and more), her early days as a tennis protogé, her time as a musical stand-up comic and blowing up on TikTok, working in animation, winning a Sonic Guild grant, her success with OnlyFans, and much more. I had a great time getting to know Marijke. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
 
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From The Vault - Cotton Mather's ”Kontiki” With Magnet Classics Podcast From Ep. 1268 (4/20/2023)

Welcome to another episode of How Did I Get Here? From The Vault! Today, we go back to episode 1268 on April 20, 2023 for a special collaboration with Magnet Classics Podcast. Magnet Classics Podcast host Hobart Rowland and I talk to Cotton Mather songwriter and frontman Robert Harrison about their classic album Kontiki. I hope you enjoy our conversation with Robert about this amazing album. I sure did. Below are my original notes from the show.
Hello and welcome to a special How Did I Get Here? and Magnet Classics Podcast collaboration episode where we talk all things Kontiki with Cotton Mather frontman, Robert Harrison! Over SXSW, Magnet Classics Podcast host, Hobart Rowland and I sat down with Cotton Mather's Robert Harrison to talk about their 25 year old classic album, Kontiki, from where the band was when he started writing, to recording it to touring with Oasis in the U.K. in support of it. Listen to Kontiki HERE. Check out Magnet Classics Podcast HERE or wherever you pod. Thanks to Hobart and Robert for this enjoyable chat and Magnet for the collaboration. I hope you enjoy it. I sure did. Below are Hobart's notes on Kontiki.
"Initially released with a whisper 26 years ago on a tiny Houston-based label, Kontiki is one of the great lost albums of the ’90s. Working out of his house and a friend’s place in the Texas Hill Country, Cotton Mather’s Robert Harrison recorded then deconstructed songs he’d once assumed would get a more conventional rock-band treatment. Tools included an ADAT, a four-track cassette recorder and a two-track DAT machine. The result is one of the catchiest “experimental” albums you’ll ever hear. Tracks with odd titles like “Camp Hill Radio Operator,” “Homefront Cameo,” “Aurora Bori Alice” and “Vegetable Row” offer equally strange and cryptic lyrics set to overtly hummable melodies. Conceived in a virtual creative vacuum, Kontiki ranks among the best power-pop albums of all time. A quarter-century later, it still sounds utterly timeless—yet weirdly current." - Hobart Rowland
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