Straightening the Record Forest Cochran

Pat's back!

This time we had a pretty long chat in the basement studio of Squayne Manor about Patrick's new McKenna Alise album, Stranded, which is the first of four scheduled to come out this year. We also chat about Neutral Milk Hotel, how we met, and horrifying children's cartoons, and much more. I forgot to mention in my "recent shows" section of the intro that I went to the Cartoon Smokers release show, which was also this past month and was also a blast.



Hear Stranded and much more at https://mckennaalise.bandcamp.com/



Check out my Patreon and lots of music here: https://linktr.ee/fjcochran




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We're back, and Ryan Stier of Extravision is back with us!



Ryan and I chatted about two weeks after the release of the new album, Temporary Fountain. We talked about the album, evolving relationships with your parents, Hot Ones, tour stories, and so much more!



The conversation starts at 16:12.



Check out Temporary Fountain and all of Extravision's music here: https://extravisionmusic.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-fountain



Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/forestcochran


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Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, whatever applies when you're listening to this!  I think we're coming out the gate of 2022 strong here with Andrew Jones, talking about the new Zap Tura album, Ataptasia, among other things.  This was a really fun conversation not only about Andrew's work in particular, but also some fun philosophical talk about some music concepts, including folks who over-simplify the magic.  

I've taken down the Featured Songs playlist because nobody was subscribed to it, and frankly I think you should just buy everything that's discussed on this podcast from the artists.  Speaking of, links below!

https://zaptura.bandcamp.com/album/adaptasia

...and here's my Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/forestcochran

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I need to get better at recording intros to these things!  New Year's resolution, I guess.

Jordan Mayland is a super-productive singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and advocate for music in central Iowa.  You are likely to have seen him with Tires, Volcano Boys, Nuclear Rodeo, The Wheelers, Keepers of the Carpet, or with his band The Thermal Detonators, among others.  He started as the Program Coordinator for the Des Moines Music Coalition in 2019, and hosted In The Birdroom, a podcast similar to this one, for two years.  He and I also used to be mistaken for each other a lot.  I had him over to my new home on the south side of Des Moines to drink beers and talk about many of these things, as well as his most recent release, The Plan, on November 11th.  This was a really fun conversation, and we could have talked for hours longer, but we hit a lot of the big stuff here.  

Listen here: https://jordanmayland.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR1dJ2NqiwvklSigcA3H3l1csmb0kLiTPtgRWYtOcLPV9Mk4dY7jhG0b1co

or check out the Featured on STR playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l4FySDWQyuMDrTSfjSmHq?si=37e104e8170a4bad

Become a supporter of this podcast and my musical endeavors at patreon.com/forestcochran


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We're doing something a little different here.  Improvising.  A little podcast jazz, if you will.  Since Nick and I were talking about all these moments in the process of recording, it truly seemed more appropriate to just use clips from the album.  Since we deviated from the usual format, I'm skipping adding songs to the "Featured on Straightening the Record" playlist this month.  Instead, just check out my music if you haven't already!  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3smVtfof1X5V3up42qa1Ww?si=Kg7ZHtUeQrGkQKWzROA5Iw&dl_branch=1  

Hopefully we'll be back with a normal interview where I talk a lot less next month!  


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We're back with a long and juicy conversation with the always-creating and always changing Huxley Maxwell.  We get into some wild, fun, deep stuff here from punk and subversion, inclusiveness and the value of art, drug addiction (CW on that), and so much more.  Click all of the links below if you are able to on your listening platform:

https://justicefetish.bandcamp.com/releases

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mP4f0A0IkJ66jMHKsaJ1u?fbclid=IwAR3noddrpE4RacTuexzAEBRNd4WP8uvK8nlTlEtfytVtM2tI1Y2v9l9kRWI

https://huxleymaxwell.bandcamp.com/

https://goldblums.bandcamp.com/album/pay-window

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6YdWGKhufE&ab_channel=MarkWarm

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mlaXAci5xnNx5pDm60ecs?si=4cceef8d23334e19

Photo credit: Morgan Vander Hart

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