A2z Podcast

Chris was just another Southeast Texan working his petrochem job when he met Jason Stowell. The two quickly became fast friends over their love of music and within no time were co-founding Wrong Side of Texas Records, a record label focused solely on printing SETX bands some of that sweet sweet vinyl. Since then he's also taken over as host for The Local Scene on 91.3 KVLU. Dude loves SETX and SETX music. Give a listen and head over to their website www.wrongsideoftexasrecords.com

Don is one interesting character. Outspoken and quite driven, he was a middle school band director by day and gigging with Jerry Lacroix at night. During the middle of all he was writing a ton of songs and an eventual decade jaunt to Nashville nabbed him a hit record. He's been back in town a few years back to his old ways. Teaching band and gigging around.

Title pretty much says it all. Fast Bill is his name and cars are his game. We spend most of our time talking about a "race" he participated in called the Gambler 500, but we also got into his hobby in 50s decor, and the future of tradesmen.

Ol' Pool is a hard-working guy and has started more businesses than we've even worked for. Most recently he's been helping out Avenue Cafe, but his main venture at the moment is running Mid County Feed and Farm Supply. We talk about his journey through the entrepreneurial life and the role a feed store plays in a community.

Gonzalo has led an interesting life since 2016. At the height of election season the increased attention on illegal immigration struck him kinda funny, seeing as he's the son of one of those folks, and he wanted to make a statement. That statement was a video game called 'Borders' which landed him in the national spotlight and inadvertently landed him a book deal for his graphic novel 'The Legend of Polloman: A Mexican Folklore Adventure'. Insta: @gonzzink https://gonzzink.com/ https://macuastudios.com/

WE LOVE THESE EPISODES. Sarah Bellian has been curator of the Museum of The Gulf Coast but she's now moving off to Hawaii to break ground on a new museum there. We definitely wanted to have her on before she left, but she surprised us by bringing along fellow A2Z alumni Allison Tarter. We had a hell of a time to say the least.

Chris Presley was one of the first guests we interviewed and you don't know that because we considered it a failure. Now that we finally have our shit kinda together we met up at the studio and talked about his art and that big ol' mural he's been working on.

Clouse hit the road back on 2012 and hasn't looked back. Leaving behind a healthcare career in Beaumont to pursue... something. Along the way he picked up photography and has built an impressive resume. We had a really great time in this interview and hope you enjoy it.

Teej Rodman makes a return appearance as an official candidate for City Council At-Large. Seeing as Aaron is his treasurer this is about as far as we'll get into local politics this election season. Please go like and subscribe to Wake Up Beaumont by Julia Rodriguez to stay informed during Beaumont's City Election season.

Jefferson Fisher is a candidate for City of Beaumont - Government Ward 2, looking to unseat incumbent Mike Getz, who we talked to in episode 51. If you live in Ward 2 these are your candidates. We're putting a link with a map to find out if you don't know. https://beaumonttexas.gov/city-interactive-maps/

Beaumont City Elections are coming y'all and Julia Rodriguez is gonna be all over it for her Wake Up Beaumont Podcast! http://wakeupbeaumont.com/

Trey Solis is a Variety Streamer on Mixer.com. We talked streaming obviously. https://mixer.com/thetapstream

Oh what fun we will have January 19th at The Art Studio Inc. There will be music and dancing alongside performances on stage and throughout. The best part is that all the proceeds are going back to continuing TASI's mission of providing a space for artists to flourish.

Happy New Year and happy one year anniversary of A2Z! We thought it'd be fitting to circle back with an episode that lines up with our very first interview with Jake Hooker. Chad came by to talk about life on the road.

Well this is an exciting one. Randy Moore is a retired Art Director having worked on films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Avengers, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer to name just a few. He got his start in the industry working with John Carpenter on films such as Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, and The Fog.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003153/

This is a whiskey episode like we'd intended with Ep012: We Apologize in Advance. Evan and Paul are local whiskey hobbyists and they came by to focus on their favorite whiskey, Bourbon.  If you're a SETX local looking to expand your alcoholic horizons then head over to their FB group! Gulf Coast Spirits Society

Chelsea "Maestro" Tipton sat with us to talk about the Symphony of Southeast Texas and his journey to get here. Also his tour with Sting and that fact that he's a black belt in Aikido.  sost.org

Tom and Eric are some good ol' Silsbee boys, but while others would leave their hometown, these guys stayed, or went back. They aren't working the plant life though. They're building things. Like studios or giant works of art.

Tom Wright's been doing the news since before many of us were born, but don't tell him we said that. He's a veteran journalist, editor, drone pilot, and backpacking enthusiast. We touch on all of this and the landscape of journalism today in episode 52.

Ward 2 encompasses the West End of Beaumont, Tx and it includes our podcast studio so we figured it'd be a good idea to sit down with our city representative Mike Getz. Mike has had quite an interesting run in local politics and isn't known to shy away from controversial issues. We talk about his history here, how he got into local politics, and many current issues facing the citizens of Beaumont.