Music Junkies Podcast Annette Smith

Shane Rogers.  Putting his playlist together was interesting.  He saw how each song hit him and it was a memory trigger.  His original playlist was 30 and he had to cut it down.  It was a rollercoaster of emotions.  Maybe also like a CRAZY TRAIN!

Which WIG IN A BOX would you choose to wear,  just like which song would you pick for your playlist? 

Shane says his connection with THE RISING, a huge BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FAN, was in heavy metal, yet he would put on the greatest hits.  It was a bonding between his new "dad" and him.  Shane says Bruce was a through-line during his life.

9 years old in a traveling Circus he wanted to be on stage.   He didn't get summers off like most kids.  Fun and unique.  A kid with a job.  Out-of-the-box experience which you could equate to a KARMA CHAMELEON.  You had to HOLD ON to who you are and who you want to become.  Although Shane felt he lost a bit of his childhood, he has a PEACE OF MIND with who he is today.

A brilliant mind, an intelligent guest.  His life is a CRAZY TRAIN and he has the insight on going to a Carnival.  Win?  Now and again.

Shane's first band was called "four below" but can't remember why and more and find out the others by listening.  Shane was always the guitar player.  The one band name "Maybe Never" appealed more to guys.  Not a lot of groupies.  Yet, now Shane says there were more groupies in Comedy. 

This episode is so amazing about the transition from being a badass to becoming a person who knew what you want.  A friend Chris helped Shane build that world by just being flamboyant and wild. 

Great stories and I love stories. 

Words of wisdom?  Get good sleep. 

Insomnia is being afraid that you are not going to sleep.  Shane struggles with this.  Hear his words.  Move forward with the circumstances.



The Truth About Shane Rogers:

:)  He grew up in a traveling circus (seriously). After spending ages 9-14 flipping and tumbling across the country, he quit the circus life, picked up a guitar, and jumped right back on stage, performing with a variety of bands on the West Coast. In 2012 he was recruited into standup by a comedy-club manager and has now performed at some of America’s premiere venues including The Comedy Store, Cobb's Comedy Club, The San Jose Improv, and The San Francisco Punch Line. During the pandemic, he partnered with long-time friend and collaborator Duncan MacEwan, and together they host the popular Midnight Facts for Insomniacs podcast.



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From New York City, welcome Amanda Lynn Baez.  She has been on Netflix, Vice, Hulu, and many others, and on stage in New York  City, London, and L.A.!

Amanda loves music.  She loves films and movies.  She also loves comedy and live performances.  Dream job?  She wants to be extremely successful in the comedy industry and produce a comedy film.

CONFESSIONS PART II - Amanda had no cable as a child. 

Super Bad was one of the movies she watched when she was too young. 

Amanda is not only a DREAMLOVER but also a "lamb".  Followers of MARIAH CAREY are called that.  She is not a FREAK ON A LEASH.   She just has a lot of imagination.   As a child, she grew up with tons of different music.  Like anything you put in a MILKSHAKE.  All kinds of tastes in music. 

Putting the playlist together was all about memories.  She likes to feel good music.

THE DUCHESS was her first album.  Badass for a first album.

Worst job?  Not her job, she explains.  It was the customers.  She worked at a pizzeria. She shares a really funny story!  About her drunk a*****e customer.  A regular who was always drunk. 

BEDROCK... what was that about?  Why that song?  iPad shuffle.  Amanda got a gift card to download the music.  And she downloaded the explicit version, not knowing she did.  She was sharing the same account as her Mom who listened to it.  Not a good ending. 

You are not a good comedian unless you bomb a thousand times.  HEADS WILL ROLL at times when listening... or sorry, eyes will roll. :)

Amanda says you don't say you are an American in London.

What song made her horny?  The one that put butterflies in a place that was not in her stomach?  SHAKE IT.  On the other hand, dick pics will not do that.  Her boyfriend doesn't even send them to her for that reason!

What a great interview.  Puerto Rico background and love her stories.  Her choice of the last song was HERE WITHOUT YOU.  Why?  You have to listen to know.

Words of wisdom?  In this life, life is hard, but it's also really fun, so live it up and don't be an A-HOLE. 

You can contact Amanda, as long as you DO NOT SEND DICK PICS.

Everything and anything you want to know about Amanda is right here https://linktr.ee/amandalynnbaez


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Steve O-Creep from Liverpool!  NO not Liverpool, England.   Liverpool, Ohio.  He grew up bi-racial.  He says in the summer he got darker than the other kids.  He grew up in a white home so that was kind of weird.

He met his sister in a graveyard and found out that he had several siblings and all mixed.  How cool is that? 

Steve was super excited about being on my show.  He has an amazing story.  Being told that he could pass for white?  I asked if when being with his brothers and in the bathtub, wasn't his bigger which may have been weird.  In the AFTERMATH, Steve doesn't speak to that, he just says his penis was the darkest part of his body!

Crazy stories!  Amazing stories.  HELL, GOD!  He got a gun held to him after asking questions about his Dad, and his Dad owed someone money!!  NIGHTMARES IN EAST LIVERPOOL?  This is his legacy.

Ohio was left behind after that from 20 to 23 and went to Florida.  Hated it.  Went back to Ohio to finish unfinished things.  "We wouldn't change a thing because it makes us who we are," he says.  Beautiful comment.  Maybe a great name for his next song? :)

FLIES IN THE WHIP?  Maybe when he was involved in orgies.  Yes, he was involved in some.  Steve O-Creep says his fetishes are hereditary.  Like looking at a woman's feet, or clean hands.  Strange things attracted him to women.  Maybe not so much COLD DEAD HANDS, or maybe?

One living is TWIST INSANE that Steve would like to collaborate with, he loves his drive and fast rapping. One dead is JASON MOLINA who understood sadness.  Sadly died of alcoholism.  Love that he said a lot of them are secretively Canadian who write songs like that.  So many cool bands and songs Steve O-Creep shares on this Podcast. 

Amazingly engaging guest.  Went with the flow and is seriously an amazing artist.  He has no groupies, which is funny because he should, however, he says he was a real piece of shit, and maybe used to but today it's about the collab.  And his wife changed his life.  He has a daughter and two sons.

First, met his wife?  You have to listen to hear how.  GREAT STORY!!  So much here, notes would be over what I have space for.  You've got to listen to this one! Beware, great F words and an open conversation.

Find Steve O-Creep,  you can go to his hometown, or go to all the streaming music (22 of them) and @SteveOCreep anywhere. 

Words of wisdom?  Always eat pussy... and always make sure she keeps her feet clean.  Now, for the … you have to listen to know what Steve O-Creep says.


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Black Gelato would be her stripper name if it were based on the FB questions these days.  Mars As A Girl says her music sounds like growing up on the Internet and in a haunted strip club.  Her songs are inspired by her life and her dreams.  Her stripper name, if she could visit a haunted strip club would not be based on the color of her underwear and the last thing she ate.  It would be Chameleon based on her hair.

If you ever dated a Virgo, you may understand her song VIRGIN HEARTBREAK. 

Mars says if you hate someone, it would likely also be "I PROBABLY LOVE YOU". 

When asked who pays for the dinner on a same-sex date, Mars said usually whoever the server presents the cheque to. :)  A previous guest said it was whoever had the biggest boobs.    Or the DEMON WITH A PRETTY FACE?  Who knows?

Mars As A Girl wants to take over the world, and they make horror movies.   And words of wisdom ….. "just be yourself."

To connect to Mars As A Girl, you can find her on IG @m4rs_g1rl, on TikTok at @marsthedestroyer and you can listen to her music on streaming sites or at https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SCcYiBp3Pkmkv3RVr3pam.


If you want to be on my Podcast, and you have a story about how music changed your life or has shaped it, or that you are an artist?  Contact me.


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MORE ABOUT MARS AS A GIRL:
"Mars As A Girl, self-described as "comfortcore & disturbstep”, is the culmination of years of hard work and an inability to fit into a cookie-cutter pop-punk scene. Born and raised in NYC, Mars always had a passion for music but found it difficult to mesh with people who didn't share her drive and singular vision. The solution was clear: pave her path and secure her place in the NYC alternative pop scene. Her stage name is derived from Mars, the Roman god of anger, a feminization of a traditionally masculine emotion. Her music marries a distinctly feminine voice with dense production and lyrical content that is rife with confusion, love, pain, lust, pride, and regret. Such bold-faced confessions show a woman unafraid to bear her soul to the masses. Tinged with the melancholy strains of Melanie Martinez and the pop hooks of Halsey, Mars draws inspiration from a wide variety of artists while still maintaining a unique, attention-grabbing sound. She isn't just content with local gigs and selective notoriety - she fully intends to take over the world."


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SHIRT bought just for the show!  So the US guys didn't know I took my day off to spend time with these guys.  Canadian Thanksgiving.  For us, we do that just to have fun and take the day off.   HMH says in the US it's celebrating a whole other tradition about pilgrims. 

It was fun asking them questions.  Dreadbull shows up and acts dumb it's said.  I loved being a part of their Podcast and being show #81.   They were asking how to get rid of Montag.  "I wish Montag was here said no one ever."  Heavy Metal Horror Podcast.

I had them on my Podcast and really enjoyed them.  No Choptop on this one.

They couldn't get enough of me, and I was sad that Vick was not there.  They say he had to bow out for other things in life.  He hit critical mass—time for a break.

I shared about how I always loved music.  I napped on the speaker listening to music.

I grew up with such a difference in music with the age difference between my Dad and my Step Mother.  They were 11 years apart. 

They are right.  We all start somewhere with our parents.   Metal in my head?  Grade 7 or 8.  Late 80's metal bands, I just loved.  When I was younger, one side of my bedroom wall was rock, the other side was teen beat.

I got a record player when I was in grade 5.  They filled my music box and my Dad told me to turn off my music.  That was a great surprise.  Bands I never heard of.  Crazy albums I still have it now. 

Vynil - coming back but expensive.

Is someone from the US moving to Canada?  Who would have thought!! 

Hotdog, pineapple, paperback, PC, Spotify, chocolate and cookies and cream, dog, Avengers, Star Wars, Big Foot, Dracula, Medium Rare, Lacrosse, Popcorn with lots of butter, Math, Social Studies, Hearing Things, Tarantino, jewelry, Chris Hemsworth, no line from Spinal Tap.  What do these mean?  You have to listen to find out.

Hot Seat!! Yikes.  Black Sabbath, Judith Priest, Scorpions, Overkill, Queenswreck, and Dream Theatre?  Motley Crew, Motorhead, oh my.  Time to cut this off.  LOL

Slugfest is coming.  And I have never slept with a Rock Star.  Just to clarify my dreams and goals didn't come true.  LOL

2023?  I am going to continue with Music Junkies.  And continue to have people with stories.  Beyond music, I have all kinds of artists.  And people with amazing stories of how music has affected their lives.

If you want to be on my Podcast, and you have a story about how music changed your life or has shaped it, or that you are an artist?  Contact me.


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YOU GOT IT.   Natomas Slimm, influenced by Hip Hop, is a singer-songwriter from California with his own sound, blending West Coast, East Coast, and Down South sounds.

While doing his playlist he said it was a challenge to narrow it down to 10.

Slimm would never tell you "DON'T SHARE my music".  :)   

He started rapping in elementary school.  It wasn't so much to get the girls back then, but his music today is definitely that. 

Slimm wanted to be a basketball player when he was younger or a Podiatrist.  Why podiatrist?  He said he could then work with athletes' feet and be surrounded by them.  His third aspiration was to be a politician - Governor of Alabama, maybe?  That last one was shot down when he realized he is too real and had too many skeletons in the closet to run.  Then again, maybe that doesn't matter, Slimm notes, because look at Trump!  LOL. 

In the Hip hop world, we all write lyrics for each other. 

SO RATCHET is not a lady's song, but the ladies love it.  It's a party song.  He sang it with D-Lo.  He elevated it to another level.  He is the king of ratchet.  Slimm says he has not meant one person who doesn't like it.

Favorite song to perform?  LOSER.  It's one of the songs that had a high beat and a low beat.  From mellow to rocking.  He says when he performs he jumps into the crowd.  He clarified, not ON the crowd.  In the crowd.

His album Slimm International consists of people from all over the world. 

Very energetic, funny interview.  And 's Pet Peeves?  What did he get caught doing?  What's his non-rap name? Listen to find out.  Hilarious.

Make sure to listen to Natomas Slimm's music.  It's amazing. 

"You ain't got to know it, you just have to show it."

You can creep, reach out to, and follow Slimm at @natomasslimm or at https://linktr.ee/natomasslimm.


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