Salinas Underground

Our first episode of the year is different from all our previous episodes. In this episode we introduce 3 new segments to our show that will become weekly features. Cujo begins his Metal Minute, which is an event calendar that spans from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. Oz starts a news segment covering the local news items that get his attention every week. Posole's segment is called Posole Eats Out and is a weekly introduction to new restaurants in Salinas.

The best part of doing a weekly podcast for over 8 months at a bar? When your guests reschedule at the last minute one of your previous guests might come in for a beer and sit in for an hour. Or two! Our last show of the year was designed to be relaxed as we waited for the new year and our new format. What happened was a two hour talk about international politics. It is a really fun episode. 

This week we welcome the 831 Empire to the podcast. The 831 Empire is the Monterey County chapter of an international group of San Francisco 49er supporters groups. Besides being die-hard supporters of their team, they also support the community. This episode was recorded several hours after the 49ers tough loss to the Raiders but they powered through.

The annual Parade of Lights in downtown Salinas passes in front of the Public House so we decided to set up and record from the sidewalk. We do our best to narrate the events of one of the largest events in Salinas. New York City has its Thanksgiving Day Parade and this is our response.

Here is this weeks episode for all your enjoyment! This week we focus on Salinas news and events of the last month. The burrito contest is still alive and kicking, new segments are on their way and we also have an update on the U-17 soccer team that Baldo and a group are planning. The soccer idea is really making waves locally and on Reddit so that is one you are going to want to stay updated on.

This week we talk to Franky from In Your Face Productions, a group bringing in bands from all over the West Coast to an awesome venue in Salinas. This all ages venue at the Epek Print-shop has been consistently putting on great shows and have plans well into the future. Listen to get all the updates. 

This is the fourth month that we are bringing you the Cherry Beans Open Mic during the First Friday Artwalk in Downtown Salinas and the house was packed for this one. There were people all over the cafe and even some that had to stand right outside the door! You don't need to worry about any of that as the whole show is in this one episode.

What do you do when a band from Pasadena stops by your city's artwalk to do a show before going on to play in San Francisco? You interview them! This is our interview with The Letters Home a Soul-Rock band from Pasadena that brought down the house at the XL Public House this Friday.

This week our guests are some of the leaders in the Salinas bicycle scene. Thats right, Salinas has a bicycle scene and it is making huge waves all over town. How it all happened and what is in store for the future, it's all here in this episode.

With the recent news of an attempt to build a baseball stadium for a minor-leauge team we sat down and asked what we thought would be an obvious question. Why not soccer? Salinas seems to be a perfect fit for the most popular sport in the world and the fastest growing in the country. What does everyone else think?

6 months ago we started our journey into the world of podcasting. We have been learning all we can since then to make a better more entertaining show. This week our guest had to reschedule so we made an episode where we talk about our journey and encourage you to begin your own.

This episode our guests are two volunteers that are helping plan the the Ciclovia Salinas event on November 1st. There are over 50 high school students involved in different phases of the planning process. Vanessa is a senior from Everett Alvarez High School who spoke in great detail about her and the other students involvment and how other kids can help out. 

No not Monique the comedienne, but Monique from Salinas, the 26 year old Alvarez graduate with a Masters in Poetry. We continue to find the people that make this such a great community to live in and Monique is a true gem for this city. She shares several of her poems with us and if you have spent any time in Salinas you will autimatically be transported to the places in her poetry. Instantly you become a child again and her words are so descriptive you can almost smell the air described in her poems. She is truly a great citizen of Salinas and a very talented poet.

We are back at the Cherry Bean on Oldtown Salinas for another night of open mic. Once again random strangers show up to exhibit their talent during the monthly First Fridays Art Walk. Listen and show up next month and be a part of the crowd.

In this episode we bring in the un-offical Mayo of downtown Salinas Frank Savino. Franks is the owner of Aquablue spa on the 200 block of Main St and also the chairperson of the Salinas Valley Food and Wine Festival. This year the event is going to happen on Oct. 11 and cover 7 blocks of Oldtown Salinas. Any info you need to know are in this episode plus many other interesting stories of Salinas you might not be familiar with.

This week we bring in Alvarez head coach to Salinas Underground. We talk about his expectations for next year after losing several seniors to graduation. We also talk about last years season and how they can improve on their first round CCS playoff defeat. Alisal is also brought up and, as the conversation goes whenever a rival comes up, the talk is worth a listen

If you have ever seen the movie Network, then you know where this weeks title came from. If you haven't seen it, thats ok you are in the majority and can be assured that you are not a movie nerd. In this episode Baldo does his best Howard Beale impression when he talks about the upcoming city elections. We also have another update on our burrito competition, which is growing much faster than we anticipated.

This week our guests are indie-pop band Lillie Lemon from Monterey. We talk about Lillie Lemon's, the person, start playing acoustic originals in Wisconsin coffeehouses to working with some of the most talented artists on the Central Coast. We also get to hear a couple of songs off their upcoming debut album including two live in studio. Great interview, great band, great music, great episode.

This episode was recorded at the Cherry Beans open mic event on Friday September 6, part of the Oldtown Salinas Artwalk. The 3 hour show was condensed down to under 2 hours of acoustic R&B, poetry, electric pop, and some sort of duck shaped kazoo thing. 

This is a special episode recorded at Lagunitas Brewery in Petaluma. This a supershow recorded with James and Jonesy from our brother podcast Grab a Beer and Jacket. The folks at Lagunitas graciously opened their doors during their annual Blues concert and we had a great time. A great pork nacho, blues, beer filled time.