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(Don't) Quit Your Day Job

Did you move to LA in the 80's to make it on Sunset Strip? There are many stories about making music for a living. Sometimes you need a day job and sometimes you play the worst gig. Let's talk about the stuff that happened with people who have "made it" or "come close" or played to a dog in an otherwise empty room. There are funny and enlightening stories out there, so I started a podcast to tell these stories.

Episode 267 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar): Don't Be a Jerk

30 mins; April 02, 2026

Episode 266 with Radar Waves on tour in Germany

11 mins; March 26, 2026

Episode 265 with Charlie Thornton (Radar Waves): Important German Phrases to Prepare for German Shows

25 mins; February 27, 2026

Episode 264 with Joerg Frauendiener (Doping the Void): We Did Our Best And It Was Just Fun

31 mins; February 12, 2026

Episode 263 with Steve "Lips" Kudlow (Anvil): We’re Making Albums Out Faster Than Our Fans Are Absorbing Them

30 mins; January 29, 2026

Episode 262 with Steve Berlin (Los Lobos): It Was the Best Place to be on a Monday Night in LA

33 mins; January 22, 2026

Episode 261 with Josh Lavigne (Teeth Out): If It’s a Competition, We’ve Already Lost

33 mins; January 15, 2026

Episode 260 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar): I’d Cringe at Every Note I Played

32 mins; January 08, 2026

You Listen To Hot Garbage 009: Defending Slaughter with Tammy Wallace (Stereo Scandal, Creedmoors, Saturn Rise)

20 mins; January 02, 2026

You Listen To Hot Garbage 007: Defending Yello with Tim Emanuel (The Danzas)

21 mins; December 30, 2025

You Listen To Hot Garbage 006: Defending Reel Big Fish with Pete Magliocco

27 mins; December 29, 2025

You Listen To Hot Garbage 005: Defending Merengue with Bree Myers (Allegedly Records)

19 mins; December 28, 2025

You Listen To Hot Garbage 004: Defending The Goo Goo Dolls with Mike Jacobs (On The Cinder)

18 mins; December 24, 2025

You Listen To Hot Garbage 003: Defending Brand New with Rachel Blume

18 mins; December 23, 2025

You Listen To Hot Garbage 002: Defending Dierks Bentley with AJ Blume

10 mins; December 22, 2025

Episode 259 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar): AI Is Coming For Us All

32 mins; December 18, 2025

Episode 258 with Rick Girt (The Sneaky Heat Missiles): Maybe You Saved Your Artwork From Grade School

24 mins; December 04, 2025

Episode 257 with Connor Frost (Dizzy Bats): Everyone Deserves That Path to Self Expression

31 mins; October 30, 2025

Episode 256 with Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate): We Did Feel a Lot of Kinship With Bands Like Black Flag

31 mins; October 23, 2025

Episode 255 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar): Because It’s Just a Hollywood Friendship

28 mins; October 16, 2025

Episode 254 with John Heintz (The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown): Who Is Just a Lot of Fun to be Around?

33 mins; October 02, 2025

Episode 253 with Mordecai Girt (The Sneaky Heat Missiles, Subarctic Beach Party): I Don’t Think That We Are Catering to a Certain Audience

33 mins; September 25, 2025

Episode 252 with Rick Girt (The Sneaky Heat Missiles): Can Art and Social Media Coexist?

27 mins; September 18, 2025

Episode 251 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar): The 80’s Did a Lot of Bad Things but the Drums Are Terrible

32 mins; September 11, 2025

Episode 250 with Eddie Trizzino (Subarctic Beach Party): Working With Two People Is All I Can Handle

32 mins; August 07, 2025

Episode 249 with Steven Roback (Rain Parade): The Universal Experience of Being Alive

33 mins; July 17, 2025

Episode 248 with Charlie Thornton (Radar Waves): Also I Don’t Want People to See What I Do On a Daily Basis

22 mins; July 10, 2025

Episode 247 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar): If You Wanna Be Famous Cut Your Hair and Wear Cooler Clothes

34 mins; June 26, 2025

Episode 246 with Rick Girt (The Sneaky Heat Missiles): We All Had Grand Notions of What it Would Look Like

34 mins; May 22, 2025

Episode 245 with Rebel Chef Radio: Steely Dan is a Potato

8 mins; May 15, 2025

Episode 244 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): The Last Time I played There Was With Billy Gibbons

33 mins; May 08, 2025

Episode 243 with Teeth Out: Punk Rock vs. Honeymoon Suite

4 mins; May 01, 2025

Episode 242 with Loren Molinare (Slamdinistas, Little Caesar): The World Does Not Need Another Singer-Songwriter

32 mins; April 24, 2025

Episode 241 with Brian Dendy: I Focus On My Pocket and Staying in the Groove as Long as I Can

31 mins; April 10, 2025

Episode 240 with Immortal Girlfriend: You Create Your Own Atmosphere

31 mins; March 27, 2025

Episode 239 with Last Ditch Effort: I Wish More Bands Were Political

34 mins; March 20, 2025

Episode 238 with Teeth Out: We Played Our First Show Four Days Ago

33 mins; March 13, 2025

Episode 237 with Pathos and Logos: I Was About to Disavow the Nerdiness

35 mins; March 06, 2025

Episode 236 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): There’s Always a Huge Ego Thing Going On

29 mins; February 20, 2025

Episode 235 with Chase the Comet: And Then You Get to Play it Live and Rock Hard

36 mins; February 13, 2025

Episode 234 with Mitch McCallum (Regal Foul): I Just Love Having the Music Heard

33 mins; February 06, 2025

Episode 233 with Matt Weiss (Off Guard): We Try to Make Our Songs Seem Larger Than Life

30 mins; January 30, 2025

Episode 232 with Tim Nave (TAKAT): You Have to Know When It’s Work and When It’s Love

33 mins; January 16, 2025

Episode 231 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): We Need to Remember to Make the Crowd a Part of the Show

26 mins; January 09, 2025

Episode 230 with Will West (Paperback Tragedy): I Think Solo Albums Are Extremely Pretentious

32 mins; December 19, 2024

Episode 229 with Pharoah Barrett (Little Caesar): I Guess They Took It Personally Because They Haven’t Called Back

32 mins; December 12, 2024

Episode 228 with Jonathan Kent (This Is Just A Record Label): If I Dig It Then I’m Gonna Wanna Work With You

31 mins; December 05, 2024

Episode 227 with Ben Huggins (Galactic Cowboys): There Might Still Be People Going I Hate That Band

29 mins; November 21, 2024

Episode 226 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): Well, That Wasn't My Dream Gig

28 mins; November 07, 2024

Episode 225 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): Well, at First You Panic

33 mins; October 24, 2024

You Listen To Hot Garbage 008: Defending Chappell Roan with Tammy Wallace (Stereo Scandal, Creedmoors, Saturn Rise)

23 mins; October 10, 2024

Episode 224 with Nick McGraw (Buzzbin): We Are The Next Step Up From The Basement

28 mins; October 03, 2024

Episode 223 with Brian McGee (The Danzas): Maybe This Will Sound Terrible but at Least I'm Doing Something

33 mins; September 26, 2024

Episode 222 with Richard Dean Girt III (The Sneaky Heat Missiles): Gatekeeping at the Crossroads of Religion and Music Scenes

17 mins; September 20, 2024

Episode 221 with Joshua Lastine (Lastine Entertainment Law): My First Job Was as an Unpaid Intern at American Idol

31 mins; September 05, 2024

Episode 220 with Mario Rivera (Left Unsaid, Nights Like Thieves): It's Been 20 Years Since We Released a Brand New Song

31 mins; August 22, 2024

Episode 219 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): But I'm Old And I'd Probably Forget

33 mins; July 25, 2024

Episode 218 with Jessica Ball (EYE, MWWB): Much Less Hassle Having Fewer Band Members

28 mins; June 13, 2024

Episode 217 with Pierce Turner: I Don't Have an Ambition To Be a Legend But I Do Have an Ambition To Have an Audience

30 mins; May 23, 2024

Episode 216 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): I Have Never Seen So Many People in One Place as From The Whiskey to Gazzarri's

31 mins; May 16, 2024

Episode 215 with John Helps (MAYBESHEWILL): We Thought We Were Making Music for Our Friends to Listen to

37 mins; May 09, 2024

Episode 214 with Eric McMyermick (Caravan Discordia): All The Things I Think Are Cool, Let's Squeeze 'em Into One Song

33 mins; April 25, 2024

Episode 213 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): Because We're Guitar Players We Love to Play Loud

34 mins; April 11, 2024

Episode 212 with Ryan Waltz (Horrorwood Ending): In This Genre, Writing Songs Just Feels Like Writing a Book Report

33 mins; April 04, 2024

You Listen To Hot Garbage 001: Defending 80's era ZZ Top with Mark Tremalgia

18 mins; March 14, 2024

Episode 211 with Jon Cattivera (Time Spent Driving): I Wasn't as Obsessed with Death Back Then

35 mins; March 07, 2024

Episode 210 with Sarah Patricia (Antagonizör): It's Fun To Piss People Off

29 mins; February 22, 2024

Episode 209 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): I Turned It just Enough So Sound Came Out of It and the Sound Guy Said Woah!

31 mins; February 15, 2024

Episode 208 with Mike Schulte (The Pork Tornadoes): You Learn This Cool Thing That Small Towns Love Music Too

36 mins; February 08, 2024

Episode 207 with Mike Jacobs (On The Cinder): In Buffalo We're Open to a Little More Ruggedness

34 mins; February 01, 2024

Episode 206 with Vinny Marone (Loud Love, Jersey Calling): In My Mind It's Almost Like a Mix Tape, Telling a Cohesive Story

32 mins; January 25, 2024

Episode 205 with Chris Sichok (Right On Warriors): Are You Really Gonna Call Up Your Aunt And Make Her Trek Out To a Show Again

29 mins; January 18, 2024

Episode 204 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): The Drunk Feeling Has Never Been a Good Feeling to Me

29 mins; January 11, 2024

Episode 203 with Trev Allen (The Struggling Artist): If You Love Music You Like to Hear the Stories of the People That Come On

29 mins; January 04, 2024

Episode 202 with Craig Hall (Curse Words): Really Trying To Get a Cohesive Space Sci-Fi Concept

30 mins; December 28, 2023

Episode 201 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): I Would Tell Myself To Not Be As Scared

43 mins; December 21, 2023

Episode 200 with Bree, Jimmy, and Charlie: Looking For Ghosts in Philipsburg, PA

35 mins; December 14, 2023

Episode 199 with Jon Ryan Sugimoto: Telling These Stories Is a Form of Freedom So I Don't Have To Be Interesting In a Room

33 mins; November 30, 2023

Episode 198 with Jacknife Powerbombs: I Don't Think That Was Ever Anybody's Dream

34 mins; November 16, 2023

Episode 197 with Steve Cee (RATH & the Wise Guys): I Am Not Interested Enough To Learn The Trends and Be Cheesy

29 mins; November 09, 2023

Episode 196 with John Grove (Coffee With Lions): Yeah We've Talked a Lot and Haven't Figured Out Anything

34 mins; November 02, 2023

Episode 195 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): And Master of None Is An Understatement

31 mins; October 19, 2023

Episode 194 with Aki McCullough (Dreamwell): We Play The Songs Hundreds of Times Before We Record Them

32 mins; October 12, 2023

Episode 193 with Bree Myers (Allegedly Records): I Look Like the Barbie Version of Danny DeVito

28 mins; September 28, 2023

Episode 192 with Hans Gruber and the Die Hards: I'm Always Trying to Impress My Teenage Self

39 mins; September 21, 2023

Episode 191 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): In Defense Of...Hair Metal; I Remember Getting There and Everyone Was Dressed The Same

26 mins; September 14, 2023

Episode 190 with Chuck Veri (iNCO FIdO): In Defense of...The Origin of Ska; I Don't Know Man, They're Pretty Similar to Me

14 mins; September 07, 2023

Episode 189 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): I Can Remember the Shred War During Sam Kinison's "Wild Thing"

35 mins; August 31, 2023

Episode 188 with Rick Girt (The Sneaky Heat Missiles): In Defense of...Hans Gruber and the Die Hards

14 mins; August 17, 2023

Episode 187 with Dave Simonich (Signs of the Swarm): Definitely a Pittsburgh Band, Forged in the Rust

36 mins; August 10, 2023

Episode 186 with Chris Urriola: Message to Myself; Yo, Play Shows

30 mins; August 03, 2023

Episode 185 with Thomas Andrew Doyle (TAD): I Have Always Had a Vision Since The Beginning And I Wanted to Attain It

28 mins; July 20, 2023

Episode 184 with Neil Rubenstein: I'd Rather Just Get The Parking Ticket

40 mins; July 13, 2023

Episode 183 with Charlie Thornton (Radar): In Defense of LOCAL H

20 mins; July 06, 2023

Episode 182 with Jason Bieler: It's Like I Have These Really Strange Radio Stations In My Head

30 mins; June 29, 2023

Episode 181 with Matt Morris (Fire Sale): Whenever I Hear "Supergroup", I Think of Those Guys

31 mins; June 22, 2023

Episode 180 with David Rokos: I Don't Want The Music To Be The Worst Part

34 mins; June 15, 2023

Episode 179 with Mark Tremalgia (Little Caesar, The Cruzados): There's No Anger Like You Might feel Here

32 mins; June 08, 2023

Episode 178 with Black Guy Fawkes: I Am Making This Music For Me And Me Only

30 mins; June 01, 2023

Episode 177 with Knox Colby (Enforced): Everyone Just Likes Music And Wants To Have a Good Time

32 mins; May 25, 2023

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