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Episode 396: Wonderbitch

Friday Jul 17, 2015

Friday Jul 17, 2015

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. things are good here. i have shared custody of my dogs with my ex and she's leaving town today and i'm going to stay with my dogs for a whole week. i love it. i miss living with them, so this is a nice treat. i have to go in for a follow-up post-op appointment at the dentist. i'm pretty sure it'll all be fine. it feels fine. i have a big announcement. as you know, we are closing in on episode 400 and we're going to celebrate by having a live podcast recording! it will take place wednesday, july 29th from 8-10 pm at the townsend. my guests will be aj vallejo, suzanna choffel, jazz mills, nakia and justin elliott! here's a link to the facebook event page. if you live in austin, come celebrate with us.my guest for episode 396 is alex chod from the disco/psych/prog band, wonderbitch! i first heard about them from matt and lauren from solstice festival. so, i looked them up and was blown away by their ability to cross the lines of prog and dance pop. alex and i have a great conversation about everything college in indiana, expensive chords, the subtle magic of the DX7, how to be prog but not too prog, making "playing keyboards" sexy, finding like-minded bandmates, i learn what y.o.l.o. means, über driving and much, much more! their new single, "josanna" is available online now! i had a great time getting to know alex. i'm sure will too. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 342: Silver Ships

Tuesday Jan 13, 2015

Tuesday Jan 13, 2015

hello friends! i hope you're all out there successfully fishing in the stocked pond of life. things are good here. i'm starting to feel normal again. i've been making plans for later in the week. i don't have any shows this weekend. we're just doing a private show at the acl moody theater on wednesday. should be fun! i'm feeling good enough to start working on some new music. i've been itching to make some new songs, but i've felt like such shit the last couple of weeks, that didn't. anyway, i'll let you know when i do. my guest for episode 342 is four-track wizard, chazz bessette from the band, silver ships! they've just released a new album, songs from a room that never moves, that is absolutely gorgeous. chazz recorded it himself writing all the songs, playing all the instruments and recording on to a four-track reel-to-reel tape machine. we have a fantastic conversation about coming up a four-track in seattle, math rock, moving to austin, touring and much, much more. i was getting sick during this conversation so please excuse me if i sound grumpy. i hope you enjoy getting to know chazz as much as i did. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 305: Hooka Hey

Tuesday Sep 02, 2014

Tuesday Sep 02, 2014

hello friends! i hope you all had an amazing labor day weekend. closed the door on another successful summer. i labored the whole weekend. i played thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. i played at the house of blues in houston on saturday and i took zuri. we stopped on the way into town to see my grandmother and my aunts and cousin. we had a nice visit and a fun trip. i got one of my grandfather's backgammon boards and zuri and i broke it out last night and played 6 games in a row! i love backgammon. hey! if you're in austin tonight i will be playing at strange brew lounge side for my tuesday residency, "johnny goudie & friends". sadly, this is the 2nd to last one. i'm gonna miss it. come out tonight, my guests are the amazing erin ivey and the legendary, kimmie rhodes who will be playing with her ultra-talented son, gabe. music starts at 8. do it!my guest for episode 305 is french rocker, hugo de saint-quentin from the band, hooka hey! i had the pleasure of sharing the bill with hooka hey on a balcony tv taping on sunday. the band is a raw rock and roll band. the kind you feel might be missing from today's mainstream landscape. i know i do. well, hugo and i talk about that and much, much more. he just moved here from paris, put a band together, recorded an e.p. at two of austin's best studios and they're playing shows al over the state. look or hooka hey coming to a town near you. i had a great time getting to know hugo. i'm sure you will too. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 286: Angus Clark

Friday Jun 27, 2014

Friday Jun 27, 2014

hello universal soldiers! i hope you're all living the american dream. i'm good. i played with skyrocket last night at this place called, the roost. it was good. sometimes it just takes us being together and making each other laugh to make it a good show. we're lucky like that. i'm starting a residency this coming tuesday 7/1 at strange brew in austin, tx. i'll be playing every tuesday in july and august while my friend, jeff plankenhorn, is on vacation. it's called, "johnny goudie and friends". i'll have one person playing a 30 minute set before me, then i'll join them for their last song. after that song, they'll leave the stage and i'll stay up and play my set. then i'll be joined by the last person for my last song and i'll leave the stage and that person will play their set. i'm trying to make it a seamless show which should be fun for the audience. my guests on tuesday will be joseph king and jeremy nail. here's the event page https://www.facebook.com/events/1470709166502528/my guest for episode 286 is the phenomenally talented guitar player, angus clark! angus is friend of mine i met through playing with song division, but you might know his from trans siberian orchestra, "rock of ages" on broadway, daredevil squadron or any of his instructional videos on youtube. needless to say, he's an accomplished player. i met up with angus when i was in new york a few weeks ago. he came to my hotel room in brooklyn and we talked about everything, growing up in new york city, finding david gilmore, bending strings in tune, touring with kitaro, the amount of production involved in a trans siberian orchestra tour and much, much more. i had a great time getting to know angus. i'm sure you will too. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Tuesday Jun 24, 2014

hello friends! i hope this week has met you with open arms and you feel like you're swimming downstream... with the current. i'm good. i'm sitting in with jeff plankenhorn, brannen temple, yogi musgrove and malford milligan tonight. that should be fun. i'm going to be taking over plankenhorn's tuesday night residency for the summer while he goes to canada. it's called, "johnny goudie & friends", it's at strange brew and it starts next tuesday, july 1st 2014. my first guests will be jeremy nail and joseph king. here's more info https://www.facebook.com/events/1470709166502528/ so, if you're in austin on any tuesdays in july and august, come out and see some music. cheers!my guest for episode 285 is taylor wilkins from the amazing rock band, otis the destroyer. i got to see otis the destroyer the night before we had this conversation and i am really glad i did. the band is so great. they have great songs, they're really loud when they have to be, taylor is a great singer and they go into these prog-informed jams that really take you somewhere. taylor was on once before with his old band, the couch. anyway, we had a great conversation about the band, touring, making their e.p. dark arts and much more. i hope you enjoy my conversation with taylor. i did. 

Tuesday Aug 27, 2013

hello people of the world! i hope this episode finds you well. i'm going to take this moment to thank you for listening to this show and for writing me or coming up to me and letting me know that you get something out of it. that means a lot to me. you guys mean a lot to me. thank you for letting me be a part of your life. we're almost to 200 episodes! can you believe it? which episode is your favorite? who was your favorite guest? have you had a favorite moment that touched you or made you laugh? let me know. we have a "how did i get here?" facebook page. you should like it. here's a link https://www.facebook.com/pages/How-Did-I-Get-Here/255200761176138 go to the page. "like" it, and let us know your favorite episode/moment/guest. thanks!episode 198 is a double-header! first up, one of my best friends making his 3rd appearance on the show, joseph king. you might remember that joseph was in a band called, deadbeat darling from new york. they have disbanded since their last appearance on the show and joseph has embarked on a solo career. he was in texas playing some shows and promoting a new kickstarter campaign for his new solo album, "wanderlusting". here's a link to the kickstarter, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephking321/joseph-king-records-his-debut-solo-ep-wanderlustin go to it. get involved. give him some money to finish and put out his album. we always have a good time together and i think that comes through in this conversation. my second guests are deter and logan from the progressive rock/math rock band, halaska! i don't get to talk to many bands that are working at this level. these guys are making music that challenges themselves and their audience and i like it! i'm glad there are musicians out there still trying to shake it up and that's what these guys are doing. we had a great talk about their music and music in general. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i did. ciao! -jg

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