The MC Lars Podcast
New joyful interviews every week!
Episodes
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Episode 41: Chris Gates
June 10th, 2019 | 1 hr 39 mins
An interview with freelance pop culture journalist Chris Gates. We talk about how we became friends in middle school and how, not surprisingly, our careers have mirrored each other.
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Episode 40: Rob Piccininni Jr.
June 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 43 mins
A conversation with New Jersey Rob Piccininni Jr., who toured my bassist when "the Graduate" came out in 2005. We share some of our favorite stories from that era, and talk about his post-hardcore band Red Hymns, which has been playing locally for years and has built a strong following in New Jersey.
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Episode 39: The Dead Milkmen (Part II)
May 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 55 mins
An interview with Rodney Anonymous, in which we talk about life in and beyond Dead Milkmen, and his multitude of solo projects!
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Episode 38: The Dead Milkmen (Part I)
May 20th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
An interview with Joe Jack Talcum of the Dead Milkmen, about their early days, their breakup, the loss of their bassist Dave Blood, and getting back together.
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Episode 37: YTCracker
May 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 49 mins
YTCracker was one of the first generation of nerdcore rappers, using his hacking and rapping skills to create a brand for himself and release awesome music. We talk about our past collabs and what he's working on now.
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Episode 36: Tim Thompson
May 6th, 2019 | 1 hr 46 mins
An interview with director, musician and writer Tim Thompson, my childhood friend. We talk about growing up on the Monterey Peninsula, pursing our creative paths, and how the death of one of our friends inspired us to start one of my first bands.
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Episode 35: Chris Peck
April 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
This week, I talk to Marin County musician Chris Peck about his upcoming Ancient Baby release, as well as his work with the experimental poetry project LOAN.
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Episode 34: wait what
April 22nd, 2019 | 2 hrs 5 mins
This week, I sit down with Bay Area artist and entrepreneur wait what, the stage name of Charlie Kubal. I met Charlie when he was a guest at a summer camp I worked at in 2002, before he attended Columbia University and got his MBA at Stanford. An awesome guest!
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Episode 33: Parry Gripp
April 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 28 mins
This week on the MC Lars podcast, Nerf Herder’s Parry Gripp talks about his Emmy, touring with Weezer during their fabled “Pinkerton” era, and how, much to all of my peers’ surprise, he was actually the first musician to coin the musical subgenera term “nerdcore” in the mid-90s.
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Episode 32: Greg Carlisle
April 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 32 mins
One of the best companion pieces to David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" is Greg Carlisle's "Elegant Complexity", which summarizes Wallace's ponderous tome. On today's episode, we talk about what inspired Carlisle to write this book and how to best approach Wallace's opus.
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Episode 31: Lisette Rimer
April 1st, 2019 | 1 hr 55 mins
A conversation with Lisette Rimer about the loss of her son Patrick Wood to suicide in 2006. Rimer has recently written a book about her experience with losing Patrick, about whom I wrote a song in 2009 ("Twenty-Three").
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Episode 30: Howard Scott Warshaw
March 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 37 mins
An interview with Atari game designer Howard Scott Warshaw, famous for creating the often unfairly maligned "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" 1982 game. These days, Warshaw works as a therapist, using his skills both as a programmer and healer, helping "the nerds he once entertained".
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Episode 29: Sean Donnelly
March 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 25 mins
A conversation with the co-creator of Comedy Central's "Jeff and Some Aliens", Sean Donnelly. We discuss his documentary work, his music videos, and his creative process. We laugh about the time he got kicked out of a London hotel on a school trip and how this inspired him to be a successful artist.
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Episode 28: MC Hawking
March 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 23 mins
Ken Lawrence began "rapping" as MC Hawking as a joke in the late 90s. On this episode, we talk about the early years of nerdcore and the time he and I got to perform for Stephen Hawking in Spain.
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Episode 27: Louis Logic
March 4th, 2019 | 1 hr 40 mins
A conversation with Louis Logic from the Demigodz, in which we talk about the rise of mid-00s indie rap and sobriety.
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Episode 26: Vinnie Caruana
February 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 26 mins
An interview with Vinnie Caruana from the Movielife and I Am the Avalanche, in which we discuss some of our favorite producers and Warped Tour memories.