how did i get here?

2013-03

Episodes

Episode 158: Carl Thiel

Friday Mar 29, 2013

Friday Mar 29, 2013

hello my friends! how are you? have you had a good week? i have. it's been mellow. making a lot of music and doing some interviews. i've got a lot of good interviews coming up for you. will knaak, paula nelson, danny crooks and robyn ludwick are all coming up in the next couple of weeks. i'm getting my shit together to go play with SKYROCKET! tonight. i haven't played with them in three weeks. i miss them and i sure could use the money. what are you up to this weekend? tweet at me. i'm @johnnygoudie on twitter. oh on this episode i read some facebook comments and tweets. what's up?
my guest for episode 158 is extremely accomplished producer/composer, carl thiel. i've known carl for a long time and i've had the pleasure of working with him a couple of times and hanging out with him. he's a great guy and i just found out that he became a u.s. citizen today. congratulations carl!!! so, over a month ago,  carl came by the apartment and we got to sit down and talk about growing up in mexico, film school, making four-track music for commercials, producing records for bob schneider and many other musical luminaries, making music with/for robert rodriguez films, making films and much, much more. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Tuesday Mar 26, 2013

hello love muffins! i hope you're doing well. digging into the week. i am. it's been pretty cold the last couple of days, so i haven't been running. it makes me feel lazy. there's a treadmill in the gym at my apartments, but i just can't do the treadmill. i get really bored, i can't tell how far i'm really going and the whole time, i just wish i was outside. hopefully it'll warm up. i saw paula nelson play last night with special guest, todd v. wolfson. it was really good. i think i'm going to try to get her on the show. i was going to ask her last night, but i had to leave before they finished. she was really good and seems like a sweetheart. i'll keep you updated...
my guest for episode 157 is composer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist, stephen grisham barber. i love stephen. i met him at some point in the late 90's when he was working with alejandro escovedo. i have hung out with him from time to time and i've always wanted to sit down and talk to him about his life and career. i asked him to come by and tell me about his journey, and being the sweetheart that he is, he did. we talk about his talented family, including author john grisham, growing up in west texas, making music with the first eric johnson vehicle, the electromagnets, moving to new york and working with david byrne, keith richards, gilberto gil and many more. we talk about all of stephen's amazing projects in classical, jazz, rock and film scoring. stephen isn't just an incredible artist, he's a great hang. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 156: Steve Poltz

Friday Mar 22, 2013

Friday Mar 22, 2013

hello friends! i hope you're well and well rested. i've been sleeping later this week than i have in years and i fucking love it!!! it's been so nice. when i have woken up too early, i've been able to go back to sleep until i'm actually ready to wake up. so, i'm well rested. i saw my friend, lucas molandes do some comedy last night. if you like comedy and live in austin, i suggest you get out and see some of these guys like lucas, jake flores, chris cubas, matt sadler, matt bearden and so many more. there are some really funny people here right now. i'm actually going to see jake flores do some stand-up tonight. you might remember him from episode 36 of this show. after the comedy, i'm going to see my best friend, joseph king play at the scoot inn. he'll be playing every thursday for the next month. i'll be on the bill on thursday, april 4th at 9:30... the scoot inn. come out. get down.
my guest for episode 156 is the amazingly talented and entertaining, steve poltz!!!! you might know steve from co-writing "you were meant for me" with jewel, or one of his many solo albums, or from seeing him at one of his 250 performances every year. i've known about steve and his legend for years. i finally got to witness it several times this week and i fucking loved it! he is an incredible songwriter and possibly the most entertaining entertainer i have ever seen. i went to his hotel this week and we sat down and talked about, inappropriate times to laugh, drugs, naked shows, finding your true self, traveling, how jewel would skin him if he were a deer and much, much more. this was one of my favorite conversations i've ever had. steve is a true gem of a person and i'm so glad we met. let's get down!
ciao! -jg

Tuesday Mar 19, 2013

another sxsw has come and gone. i miss having parties to go to at noon.
hello friends! i hope you're well. if you were at sxsw 2013, i hope your life has gone back to normal by now. it's taken on a "las vegas on spring break" sort of intensity. walking down one of the closed off streets feels like walking through a tunnel full of white noise, sunshine and bearded dudes in skinny jeans. it's a lot of days. it used to start on wednesday and end on saturday with a softball game on sunday... now it goes for a week and a half and i swear i saw a band playing a showcase at my 7-11. it's huge. it's just gonna get bigger and longer and add more things. by 2020,  it'll be "the 2020 sxsw music/film/interactive/television/comedy/comic con/podcast/cable news/audiobook/cell phone/music business reenactment/youtube/facebook/pintrest/ mustache - festival"... it just means more parties. is that good, bad or is it just change?
episode 155 is another sxsw mash-up with some of the festival's hottest tickets! up first is comedian/musician/rapper/host of the very popular podcast, "who charted", howard kremer a.k.a. dragon boy suede. i am a huge fan and i was glad he took some time to sit down and chat with me with me. we talk about podcasting, "austin stories", the new dragon boy suede album, "douche minutiae" and much, much more... our second guests are south carolina power pop band, a fragile tomorrow. i just walked in to a show, saw them playing and i was blown away. i had them come outside and talk to me and we talked about having their album produced by the great, mitch easter, some of the album's special guests are, the bangles, susan cowsill and amy ray! great band and great guys... our third guests are brooklyn dance/pop duo, no way josie! andrew and kym rode their bikes to my apartment and we talked about music, life, health, dancing and we laugh our asses off. i just love these guys so much. i had a blast chatting with them... last up, i got to catch-up with new york band, the attic ends. i finally got to see them play and it was fantastic. we had some cocktails and ducked into the driskill hotel bar and talked about their recent album and tour, songwriting, sxsw, being tall and much much more. there is also a lot of laughter on this one. i hope you enjoy these conversations. i really did. sxsw is gone, but i think i kept a little of the vibe on these two mash-up episodes. for pictures and updates, go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/How-Did-I-Get-Here/255200761176138
ciao! -jg

Friday Mar 15, 2013

greetings from sxsw 2013! i hope you'r doing well. if you're in this madness, good luck. if you're not, i hope enjoy these tales of a music conference gone insane. i've seen a lot of music and i've met a lot of folks. there will be a part 2 next week and maybe a part 3. in the next episode, you'll get to hear my sit down chat with comedian/rapper, howard kremer a.k.a dragon boy suede. i'm meeting a pop duo in a minute called, no way josie from nyc. so things are busy. jake's been taking some pics with a nice camera and we'll be uploading them soon.
episode 154 is a sxsw mash-up with some of the festival's hottest tickets! first up, south africa's biggest rock band with 16 top-40 hits in their country, the parlotone's. the band stopped by during their hectic sxsw schedule to talk about their recent move to the u.s., touring the world, their new e.p., "shake it up" and much, much more... second, i met up with austin rapper, zeale. zeale's been on tour a lot for the past year with awol nation, he's been playing redbull events, hosting parties and making records. we had a good chat. my third guest for this episode is the incredibly talented teen rocker, grace london. grace came in from l.a. and came by the apt. to chat about her new album, "rocketship girl", writing songs, recording with brian beattie, playing with jonas wilson, being a teenage feminist and much more. i hope you enjoy these conversations. i did. now, off to the madness. let's get down!
ciao! -jg

Tuesday Mar 12, 2013

hello friends! i hope you're doing well today. i'm up and ready to take on this day. sxsw is here. i have some interviews today and a show with my old band, liars & saints. so far, i've met a few nice people and one very pretty girl. i have a friend staying with me. she seems to be having a good time here, so that's good. i got to see a live recording of the "wtf" podcast and james franco was a guest. that was cool. i ran around with charlie hodge and lucas molandes. my calves and shins are pretty sore. i'm going to do some yoga and stretch my shit out before i go back down there today. tomorrow i'll be back stage at the austin music awards interviewing folks. i'm looking forward to bringing you that show. are you at sxsw?
my guests for episode 153 are nathan singleton and jeremy harrell who make-up the energetic rock duo, the sideshow tragedy. nathan was our guest for episode 3 and has returned 150 episodes later with jeremy to talk about how the last year has treated them. i'm a fan of this band, these guys and what they do. i was glad they were both able to come by together so that people could see what's at the core of this duo... a real brotherly connection. we talk about touring, their new album, "persona", where they're going, marriage to their wives and each other and much, much more. nathan and jeremy are great musicians and real soulful people. i'm glad they're my friends and i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 152: Sphynx

Saturday Mar 09, 2013

Saturday Mar 09, 2013

they're here...
hello friends! i hope this episode finds you well. i'm doing well. i'm a bit exhausted. i played all week with liars & saints and skyrocket!. i smashed my fingers in a cab door the other night, so the last two shows have been a bit painful. painful, but fun. sxsw is here! the streets are filled with people. a lot of hip looking people. it's a scene. i'll be updating as much as possible to our facebook page, my twitter and instagram. check them out! are you in austin for sxsw? if you are, tweet at me @johnnygoudie and say hi!
my guests for episode 152 is one of my favorite new bands, sphynx. i happened to see them when i went to see my friends, black taxi and got there early. i thought they were amazing! they have great songs, a great stage show. their music has an uplifting element that really makes me want to listen to it and that's really exciting for me. anyway, i had them come to my apartment and was pleasantly surprised to find out that they're totally sweet, grounded and soulful guys. we talk about everything to growing up in the church to living on a modern commune. please enjoy my conversation with these very sweet, talented and entertaining guys. ladies and gentlemen, my friends, sphynx.
ciao! -jg

Tuesday Mar 05, 2013

hello my friends! i hope this podcast finds you well and in a good place in your life. i'm doing well. i have full-week of shows this week. three of them are SKYROCKET! shows and one liars & saints show. saturday, i head into the sxsw madness for eight days. this time, i'm not playing at all. i'll just be running around interviewing people for the show. i'll also be interviewing people at the apartment in the mornings. plus, i'll be set up backstage at the austin music awards, interviewing winners and folks that are just hanging out. all week i'll be posting photos to our facebook page or you can follow me on instagram @johnnygoudie. i'm looking forward to sharing the madness with you. stay tuned.
my guest for episode 151 is one of my favorite people/artists and the very first guest on this show, the incredibly talented and gorgeous, suzanna choffel. if you listen to the show, you know suzanna and i are great friends and i have a tremendous amount of respect for her as a musician and as a person. she lives in new york now and she's in town this week playing some shows so i reached out and asked her to come over and catch-up since she's had such a crazy year and a half. we talk about the whole thing, from moving to new york, getting on the tv show, "the voice", her experience on tv and what happened after, touring, preparing for a new album, chap stick, general gossip and we laugh a lot. oh! plus, she came over on her birthday. i love hanging out with suzanna and i think it shows. let's get down!
ciao! -jg

Episode 150: George Reiff

Friday Mar 01, 2013

Friday Mar 01, 2013

today there is no pope and if someone utters the phrase, "paper or plastic", they will be shot in the face. is this martial law?
hello lovely people! i hope this podcast finds you well. i'm suffering from allergies or a cold or maybe i just need to get laid. i'm not really sure anymore. hey! this is episode 150!!!!! can you believe it? 150 episodes of this crazy show! thank you for listening! we're growing every month and that's very exciting. next up, we're looking forward to bringing you some crazy sxsw shows. i'll be set up at the austin music awards, i'll be walking the streets, i'll be going to parties, i will occasionally have some cocktails and i'll be doing some interviews here at the apartment. i'm pretty excited about it.
quick announcement. liars & saints (me, kacy crowley, jeremy nail, palli pal and joe humel) is reuniting for a show next week! we'll be playing at antone's in austin, texas on wednesday, march 6th 2013 at 9 pm. we haven't played since last sxsw. so, if you're in austin, come out! here's a link to the event page http://www.facebook.com/events/487782484602238/
my guest for episode 150 is amazing bass player/producer and my dear old friend, george reiff. i first saw george play in 1989 and have been a huge fan and we've been good friends ever since. i am a huge fan of george as a musician and as a dude. you might know george from his production work with such luminaries as, ray wylie hubbard, the band of heathens, sheboygan and many more. you may also know him as a bass player with such acts as, ray wylie hubbard, jakob dylan, the courtyard hounds, ian moore, chris robinson (the black crowes), charlie sexton and MANY, MANY more. george also gives some keen insight and advice on being a sideman in demand, we talk about the 22 shows in one sxsw and so much more. we try to cover everything in this show. there will have to be a return visit. i love george and everyone who meets him feels the same way. i'm so glad we got to do this. i hope you enjoy it. i did.
ciao! -jg

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