Episode 97: Karl Anderson (actor/writer)

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hello everyone! i hope you're taking summer's denouement in stride. i'm definitely feeling some "end of summer sadness". one way to get rid of the summer blues is to come see me and my friend joseph king play at the volstead lounge this sunday, august 26th. the volstead lounge is located at 1500 e. 6th st in austin texas. the show starts at 9. i'll play a set, joseph will play a set and then we'll play a set together. so come out to the volstead lounge on sunday and celebrate summer's end with the johnny and joseph show!
my guest for episode 97 is my old friend, actor/writer, karl anderson. i hadn't seen karl in a few months, when out of the blue i saw his face pop up in front of me at a gig last week. i was so surprised! karl and i have been friends for almost 18 years and have spent a lot of time talking art, music, books and of course, movies. plus, karl got me into bukowski. i'll never forget that! karl is a working actor here in austin. he's been in a lot of tv shows and movies. he was recently in a movie that got a lot of attention at the festivals over the last year called, "strings". i just saw it and it's amazing. it also stars one of our former guests, billy harvey. anyway, i'm really glad i got to sit down with karl and talk. i hope you enjoy it. i did.
ciao! -jg

Episode 59: Bevis Griffin

today's episode is sponsored by: urban squared realty
i'm coming to you from houston today. isn't that exciting? i'm here with SKYROCKET! playing some private events. it seems like we come here a lot... mostly because we come here a lot. somehow we have plugged into the private party/fund raising/wedding scene, which is awesome because those are the best paying shows. last night we played a grits-themed gourmet food party cancer fund-raiser called, "kiss my grits". sunday, april, 8th, i'll be playing a solo show in austin at hotel vegas. i play at 7 pm and i'm opening for danny malone, who plays at 8. oh! hey! if you like this podcast and you'll be in austin on sunday april 29th at 7 pm, come to hotel vegas for a live recording of "how did i get here?"! my guest will be danny malone. we'll know next week if there will be any other guests.... why don't you just follow us on facebook .
my guest for episode 59 is an extremely interesting and talented man, mr. bevis griffin. this is the longest conversation yet. honestly, when it was going on, it didn't feel long because i was enjoying bevis and his story so much. he's lead an extremely rich life from his father's barber shop in 1960's, pre-riot, watts in los angeles which also doubled as an illegal gambling place, the shop was on the same block as the renowned R&B nightclub “The Five-Four Ballroom” (located on the corner of 54 th St. & Broadway Blvd.) where many of greatest black entertainers, such as B.B. King, Ike Turner, and Bobby Bland often played, to 70's punk rock, to hard rock and the black rock coalition to becoming an entrepreneur, nurturing other rock acts. he's been around, and a part of, a lot of rock and roll history and he is a great story teller. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did.
ciao! jg

Episode 21: Bruce Machart (author)

welcome to episode 21! it's official, our podcast can legally drink. in honor of that, we are having our very first GIVE AWAY!  we will be giving a personalized, aughtographed copy of Bruce Machart's new book, Men in the Making (a collection of short stories) to the first three people to write our facebook page   http://www.facebook.com/pages/How-Did-I-Get-Here/255200761176138 and tell us why they deserve it. it's an odd game. anyway, you can find out more about bruce and his books here www.brucemachart.com here is what people are saying about bruce...
“Bruce Machart is one of our most ambitious and fearless young writers.” —Steve Almond, bestselling author of God Bless America
“...if you can read this book and not be moved, it's time to go have your head checked out.” — Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the Time
“I haven't been hit so hard by a collection of stories in a long time.” — Brad Watson, National Book Award finalist
bruce is one of my best friends and has been for almost 30 years. his brother chris is also like a brother to me. bruce, chris and i had our first band together, zephyr, in jr. high. i've watched bruce grow as an artist and a s a man, so you can imagine the pride i take is his success. i'm glad he was able to stop by while he was on his book reading tour. he now lives in boston, so i don't get to see him much. i hope you enjoy our conversation. OH! and don't forget to sign up on the facebook page to win a personalized autographed book!
ciao! -jg