Conversations With Matt Dwyer

This is what was until now the Patreon exclusive Part 2 to my conversation with Warner recording artist Kathleen. We continued out chat talking about the feeling of looming fame, cooking and her interests in doing voice acting. Make sure to listen to the part one of the episode HEREOpening Song Going In Reverse by KATHLEEN from the album The Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice (Buy Album HERE)All things KathleenClimate Emergency Fund Donatethemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor and musician Sam Quartin of the Bobby Lees joins Dwyer to talk about her role as a parking lot sex worker in Candy Land, how playing someone else gives her a break from obsessing about herself, the transition time of searching for the next creative moment, the joy of working with the legendary Jon Spencer and her hobby of cold dipping (swimming in freezing cold water.) Opening Song Strange Days from the album Bellevue - by The Bobby LeesThe Bobby Lees websiteCandy Land TrailerThe Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate JusticePerpetual Doom Preservation Societythemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The great Julie Doiron joins Dwyer in an epic conversation about being signed to Sub Pop amidst the Grunge hubbub, why she feels happy songs are bragging, the brilliance of Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum, and the future of house shows. This is part one of an epic two part conversation. Part two lives solely on my patreon page and you an listen to that HERE.Opening Song, You Gave Me The Key from the album I Thought of You by Julie Doiron.Julie's bandcamp HEREJulie's official website The 11th Hour: Songs For Climate Justice Purchase HEREPerpetual Doom Preservation Society SubscriptionMike Bridenstine's Comedy Album HustleGet a website by Kelly R Dwyerthemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clarke of Clarke and the Himselfs joins Dwyer to talk growing up and Escaping Boise Idaho, what makes bad music, making Los Angeles home after years of bouncing around couches and bleak living spaces and what makes bad music bad. PPatreon Part 2 of the Patreon exclusive chat with Clarke HEREOpening Song, Come Along from the album The One and Only Clarke and the HimselfsClarke and the Himselfs BandcampClarke's WEBSITEBuy: The 11th Hour: Songs For Climate Justice Perpetual Dooms Preservation Society BundleGet a website from Kelly R Dwyerthemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Rossiter of Young Jesus joins Dwyer to talk about growing up and not fitting in with your surrounding community, growing up without artistic role models, the bizarre concept of preserving human bodies after they are dead, and how perhaps those who are floating through life with ease are probably liars. Listen to the Patreon Exclusive Part 2 to this Conversation HEREOpening Song Shepherd Head from the album Shepard Head by Young JesusYoung Jesus BandcampYoung Jesus Website HEREBuy The Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice HEREDonate to the Climate Emergency Fund HEREGet a Website built at Kelly R. Dwyer Dot ComThemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the part 2 to my conversation with poet Tongo Eisen-Martin. We originally spoke for two hours. I published the first hour for all to hear and the part two on my Patreon. Since this is episode is dropping on Thanksgiving I thought it appropriate to continue the conversation of revolution. Tongo also shares his thoughts on how gentrification is violence and how he writes/rewrites his poetry. If you haven't listened to part one of this episode I suggest it. You can hear it on my website HEREOpening music, Church Bell by LOANTongo Eisen-Martin BANDCAMP Tongo's Books Someone's Dead AlreadyTongo's Books at City Lights BookstoreTongo on TwitterTongo in InstagramThemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elise Okusami of Oceanator joins Dwyer to talk about the sport of Ruby, pizza making, weird songs and beats she's recorded that she has yet to share with the world, her long collaboration with her brother, and her song that she has on the Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice out now on Sub Pop Records.Opening Song "Average Joe," from the compilation album The Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice,.By the Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice at Sub Pop RecordsDonate to the Climate Emergency FundOceanator BandcampPolyvinyl Records Get a website from Kelly R. Dwyer The Matt Dwyer Dot Com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Executive Director of the Climate Emergency Fund joins Dwyer how when it comes to the climate crisis discourse isn't enough, how normal channels have failed and we must take disruptive action to save our lives, how she has maximum fear as well as maximum hope. She also sheds great light on the Just Stop Oil protestors and how the actions they take that don't get media attention.Donate The Climate Emergency Fund HereJoin the conversation and download a chapter of her book at ClimateAwakening.org Buy her book Facing The Climate Emergency: How To Transform Yourself With Climate Truth HEREOpening Song SOS To The Cosmos from the album The Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice buy HEREMarinero Bandcampthemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos joins Dwyer to talk about the song she contributed to The Eleventh Hour Compilation album that benefits The Climate Emergency Fund, how one's environment can influence their music, and how writing music helps her understand her feelings.Patreon Exclusive Part 2 to the Greta Kline Conversation HEREOpening Soong "Table" by Frankie Cosmos from the album The Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate JusticeFrankie Cosmos BandcampFrankie Cosmos WebsiteSub Pop MegamartGet a Website Designed by Kelly R DwyerConverationswithdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte Cornfield joins Dwyer to talk about the Climate Crisis and the Sub Pop compilation album The 11th Hour: Songs For Climate Justice which Charlotte has so graciously lent a song to. Charlotte and Dwyer also talk about the coolness of Jeff Tweedy, how her adolescence shaped her music, taking improv classes and how the pandemic got her to learn how to drive.Opening Song, I Thought I Saw You from the album The 11th Hour: Songs For Climate Justice.You can buy the 11th Hour album HERE You can donate to the Climate Emergency Fund.Charlotte Cornfield's websiteConversationswithdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessica Breanne is a Nashville artist who hails from the gloriously named town of Uncertain Texas. She joins Dwyer to talk about regularly visiting the grave of Lead Belly, how she stopped hiding and embraced her truth, her singing career as a child and how beekeeping mended her soul.Jessica Breanne's Patreon Patreon Exclusive Part 2 HEREOpening Song Rosebud Queen from Jessica Breanne's album Rosebud QueenAll Things Jessica Breanne Pre-Order record or cassette of Rosebud Queen at Perpetual Dooms website Perpetual Doom Bandcamp themattdwyer.com Climate Emergency Fund DonateGet a website from Kelly R Dwyer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earl Vallie talks to Dwyer from his Joshua Tree home about his bombastic and incredible album Ghost Approaches, working with Deerhoof's Greg Saunier, how karaoke helped him belt it out, taking mushrooms in the desert and working on a weed farm.Part 2 to the Earl Conversation on PatreonOpening Song Tarantulan Son from Earl Vallie's album Ghost Approaches out on Perpetual DoomGrant Earl LeValley BandcampEarl's InstagramPerpetual Doom WebsiteClimate Emergency FundKelly R. Dwyer websitesthemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thor Harris is a legend in the music community. He's played with just about everyone including, Xiu Xiu, BIll Callahan, Flock of Dimes, Devandra Benhart as well as his own project Thor and Friends. Thor joins Dwyer to talk about fighting depression, growing up poor, local and global justice and the Punk scene of Austin.Patreon Exclusive Part 2 with Thor HEREOpening Song Carpet Creeps from the album The Subversive Nature of Kindness by Thor and FriendsThor's WebsiteClimate Emergency FundKelly R. DwyerThemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sadie Dupuis of Sad13 and Speedy Ortiz joins Dwyer to discuss her new book of poetry Cry Perfume, touring with her hero Stephen Malkmus, the empty human that is Daniel Ek and how Spotify doesn't disclose it's deals with major lables leaving everyone in the dark about their payment practices.Patreon Part 2 with Sadie HEREOpening Song, Hysterical from the album Haunted Painting by Sad13.All Things Sadie DupuisClimate Emergency FundKelly R. DwyerThemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lydia Gammill of Gustaf joins Dwyer to talk about her time in the improv community and what she learned from it, why you should pick a unique name for your band, hanging Beck's tour bus and fashion show life in Paris.Part 2 of the patreon conversation HERE Opening song Best Behavior by Gustaf from the Album Audio Drag For Ego SlobsAll Things Gustaf can be found HERE Climate Emergency FundKelly R. DwyerThemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalie Ribbons of Tele Novella joins Dwyer to talk about how leaving your creative path is based in fear, the definitive moment she was a musician, the music teacher who set her on her path and how PBR helped bring back Tele Novella.Part 2 of the Patreon Exclusive Conversation HEREOpening Song, Words That Stay by Tele Novella from the album Merlynn BelleTele Novella BandcampTele Novella InstagramNatalie's Vintage Shop - Magic Mirror VintageClimate Emergency FundGet a Website from Kelly R. DwyerThemattdwyer.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julian Saporiti of No-No Boy joins Dwyer discuss enjoying reality shows as an anthropological study, how touring calls for self-medicating, the importance of breaking from your own path, and how we have cowards and kings living inside of us.Part 2 of of the Patreon Exclusive ChatOpening Song The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming from the album 1975 by N0-No Boy.No-No Boy BandcampNo-No Boy Project websiteBst God Damn Band in Wyoming VideoNo-No Boy Instagram No-No Boy LinktreClimate Emergency Fund Websites by Kelly R Dwyer All Things Matt Dwyer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warner Records recording artist Kathleen joins Dwyer to talk about growing up in a town where people grocery shopped on horseback, how artists tend to focus on destruction not mental health, knowing yourself in the face of success and living in inclusive areas. Patreon Exclusive Part of my conversation with Kathleen HEREAll things KathleenClimate Emergency Fund DonateGet a website from Kelly R DwyerAll Things Dwyer Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joey Siara of Near Bear and formerly of The Henry Clay People joins Dwyer to walk down memory lane of their drunken halcyon days of youth spent in the properly dangerous neighborhood of Echo Park. Joey also shares the dramatic tale of why he had to quit playing music, his journey to studying at Harvard and why he had to he had to return to music. Joey is brothers former Convos guest Andy Siara who created the Hulu series "The Resort," which Joey also works on as a writer.Part 2 of Joey's Patreon Exclusive ChatOpening Song Headlights, from Near Beer's self-titled album.Near Beer's BandcampDouble Helix Records Near Beer Instagram Climate Emergency Fund Get A Website From Kelly R. Dwyerthemattdwyer.comJoey's 1st Convo EpisodeAndy Siara's Convo Episode Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nashville musician and songwriter Thomas Oliverio from Tommy & The Ohs joins Dwyer to talk about his early days playing around Kentucky with Bawn & The Mash, cutting his chops on riverboats, working production on TV/Film to fund his albums, the glory of community radio stations and how the Perpetual Doom Label was gave him new life.Opening Song, Bombshell by Tommy & The Ohs from the album Mariposa GoldThe Patreon Exclusive Part 2 to the Conversation HERETommy & The Ohs InstagramThomas Oliverio LinktreePerpetual Doom BandcampClimate Emergency FundGet a Website from Kelly R. Dwyer Themattdwyer.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.