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A very special Episode indeed!  Hard In The Paint Sports Media Owner David Grubb returns for his 5thappearance on Pete’s Percussion Podcast to discuss being the first member of the PPP 5-Timers Club, SNL, Wake Forest and Tim Duncan (04:30), gives a brief thumbnail sketch of his life and career (11:15), working as a Sports Information Director, working in radio and podcasting, and the importance of building relationships (21:30), his recent work doing color commentary for college basketball and his thoughts about actors playing basketball players (34:15), The Name, Image, and Likeness situation and the Transfer Portal for college sports (49:00), how AI is affecting sports and media, and HITP (01:05:10), thoughts about actors and movies (01:17:10), and the Random Ass Questions segments, with discussions on David’s dislike of the “GOAT” conversations, Hip Hop today, social connectivity, great books, more about David and my connection (01:24:40).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 Documentary Series Algiers, America (02:05:00).
David Grubb Previous Podcast Appearances:
Episode 2 from 2016
Episode 32 from 2017
Episode 104 from 2018
Episode 181 from 2020
David Grubb’s Media Company
Hard in the Paint
Other Links:
Tim Duncan Wake Forest Highlights
Randolph Childress
Dave Odom
MLBbro.com
“Fight the Power” - Public Enemy
Stephen A Smith
Rob Parker
Reggie Miller
Jamal Crawford
Fab Five trailer
Charles Oakley
JD & The Straight Shot
Quincy trailer
Tom Rinaldi
The Sports Reporters
ESPN Edge NFL Matchup
The Fall Guy trailer
Transformers: The Movie trailer
Steve Francis
Stephon Marbury
Gale Sayers
Dominique Wilkins
“BBYGRL” - Nitty Scott
Method Man on Summer Jam 2024
Outkast 2014 Live
Prince Super Bowl Halftime 2007
“Can You Stand the Rain” - New Edition
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons
Classic Wiley - Ralph Wiley
An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X with Alex Haley
Giant Steps - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Too Big to Fail - Andrew Ross Sorkin
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Raves:
Algiers, America trailer

University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor Kevin von Kampen returns to discuss getting his master’s degree at USF and moving to Florida (02:15), working in middle school and high school, teaching drumlines, and freelancing with many pop artists on their tours, including Weird Al Yankovic (15:30), getting his doctorate at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, praise for the city of Cincinnati, and his accomplishments there (30:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of building diverse repertoire, building a closet of crazy outfits and costumes, his impression of me hosting the podcast, sports fandoms, and his love for performing karaoke (42:45).
Finishing with a Rave on Maria Konnikova’s 2020 nonfiction book The Biggest Bluff (01:27:00).
Kevin von Kampen links:
Kevin von Kampen’s website
Kevin von Kampen’s USF page
Part 1 with Kevin von Kampen from the previous week
Previous podcast guests mentioned:
Allen Otte’s 2024 appearance
Alexandros Fragiskatos’s 2019 appearance
Other links:
Robert McCormick
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
Stuart Saunders Smith
Nancy Zeltsman
“Five Scenes from the Snow Country” - Hans Werner Henze
“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman
Willie Taggart
Skip Holtz
“Smells Like Nirvana” - Weird Al
“Pinball Wizard” - The Who
“To Love Somebody” - Michael Bolton
“O' Pretty Woman” - Roy Orbison (hologram)
Circles - Luciano Berio
James Culley
Rusty Burge
“The Anvil Chorus” - David Lang
Kevin Holzman
Joel Garza
5 Days with Doug podcast
Boston Conservatory Percussion Database
Sam Solomon
Wet Hot American Summer trailer
School of Rock trailer
Hunt for the Wilderpeople trailer
Captain Fantastic trailer
Madame Web trailer
Say Anything trailer
Black Widow/Before It Had a Name trailer
Silence - John Cage
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - opening song
“What’s Up” - 4 Non Blondes
“Grace Kelly” - Mika
“Take Your Mama” - Scissor Sisters
The Wild Beaver Saloon in Indianapolis
Aaron Butler
“Say It Ain’t So” - Weezer
“Roses” - Outkast
“Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” - Michael Jackson
Salvador Dalí Museum in Tampa Bay
Modern Notebook podcast
Raves:
The Biggest Bluff - Maria Konnikova

University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor (and Pete’s Percussion Podcast superfan) Kevin von Kampen stops by to talk (briefly) about some podcast items (05:20), his job at USF and other percussion activities (06:20), his work with the Contemporary Art Music Project in Tampa (28:40), growing up in Southwest Iowa (and near Omaha), his drummer-playing mom, and playing guitar and drums growing up (39:05), and his undergrad years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cornhusker sports and marching band, and the challenge of morning rehearsals (56:20).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 documentary series STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (01:18:50).
Kevin von Kampen Links:
Kevin von Kampen’s website
Kevin von Kampen’s USF website
Contemporary Art Music Project
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Dave Hall in 2020
Other Links:
Eunmi Ko
Calvin Falwell
Bob McCormick
Benjamin D. Whiting
Baljinder Sekhon II
“Mama Tried” - Merle Haggard
Dana Murray
Tony Falcone
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
Carolyn Barber
Drum Music - John Mackey
Raves:
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. trailer

Recent Mizzou Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Sarah Hasekamp stops by to talk about the challenging literature she’s recently played, studying under multiple percussion teachers at Mizzou, her GTA responsibilities, her master’s degree cohorts, and doing a master’s degree at the same place as her partner (03:40), growing up in Pattonville (MO), her musical background, playing golf, and building Mizzou connections while in high school (30:25), her undergrad years at Murray State University (KY) (43:50), her path to getting to the Mizzou program (01:06:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on marching band in percussion education, being a woman in the field of percussion, managing a Dairy Queen, Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter books, and Jacob Collier (01:15:40).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (01:47:30).
Sarah Hasekamp Link:
Sarah performing for Pattonville High School in 2022
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2019
Nathan Daughtrey in 2016
Alexis C. Lamb in 2021
Miles Bohlman in 2024
Other Links:
“Prism Rhapsody” - Keiko Abe
“Post-Lightened” - Alexis C. Lamb
“Khamsin” - Emmanuel Séjourné
“Blue Soul” - Michael Burritt
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey
“El Alacrán” - David Cutler
“Firefish” - Blake Tyson
“Café 1930” - Astor Piazzolla
Peter Lea
Trae Blanco
John Fannin
The Fellowship of the Ring trailer
The Great Wall trailer
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
2011 St. Louis Cardinals World Series
Djesse Volume 4 - Jacob Collier
Raves:
National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP) is having their 2nd annual “ABOP in L.A.” event starting this weekend, May 26 – 31, 2024!  ABOP Co-Founder and Mentor Douglas Cardwell stops by along with his ABOP Protégé Torrance Buntyn Jr. to discuss the origins of ABOP and how the mentorship program works (03:35), the first ever ABOP in L.A. last year (12:10), the experience of being an African American in the arts (19:10), stories about auditioning for orchestral positions (26:10), the reason for ABOP’s existence and getting away from the gatekeeping of information from previous generations and populations (42:30), and the events of the 2024 ABOP in L.A. (51:30).
Please support ABOP!
Links:
Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists webpage
Douglas Cardwell’s website
Torrance Buntyn Jr.’s website
Douglas Cardwell on the podcast in 2019
Raynor Carroll on the podcast in 2023
Jauvon Gilliam on the podcast in 2019
Josh Jones on the podcast in 2020

Recent University of Missouri Master of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Miles Bohlman stops by to talk about his various grad program recitals (04:45), his Graduate Assistantship with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble and finishing the degree (21:15), growing up in the Chicago (IL) suburbs, his musical family, playing soccer goalie growing up, and his marching band activities (39:30), going to Illinois State for his undergrad (58:15), his high school band and percussion job out of undergrad, teaching during COVID restrictions, and keeping up his percussion chops through playing with British-style Brass Bands (01:10:10), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on making curry, when he worked for his city’s Public Works Department, Nicholas Cage movies, Barbara Kingsolver, and his Chicago Sports Team Fandom (01:23:40).
Finishing with a Rave on Kelefa Sanneh’s 2021 book Major Labels (01:50:10).
Miles Bohlman links:
Miles Bohlman’s TCP page
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Nathan Daughtrey in 2021
Other Links:
David Collier
Benjamin Stiers
“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner
“Asventuras” - Alexej Gerassimez
“Spider Walk” - Marta Ptaszynska
“Azul” - Nathan Daughtrey
“Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra” - Alvin Lucier
Nine French-American Rudimental Solos - Joseph Tompkins
Twelve Studies for Snare Drum - Jacques Delecluse
“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis
The Golden Ratio
“Valseana” - Sergio Assad
“Jobiniana No. 1” - Sergio Assad
“Marking Time” - Chris P. Thompson
Alarm Will Sound
“Insomnia” - Cody Holmes
33 “God” - Bon Iver
“Sculpture in Wood” - Rudiger Pawassar
Eric Hollenbeck
José G. Martinez
“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese
Jake Harpster
Phantom Regiment
Sarah Whitlock
Cavaliers DCI
Dan Moore
Symphony No. 3 - Thomas Trachsel
In C - Terry Riley"
“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka
“Consider the Birds” - Ryan George
Fountain City Brass Band
North American Brass Band Association
“Shofukan” - Snarky Puppy
The Princess Bride trailer
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent trailer
Mandy trailer
Paddington trailer
Paddington 2 trailer
Pursuit of Happyness trailer
Barbara Kingsolver
“hemenway” - Tiny Habits
Caleb Williams
Derrick Rose
“meditation for water, wind & metal” - Elizabeth A. Baker
About Time trailer
Raves:
Major Labels - Kelefa Sanneh