JedBanger's Ball

This week's guest is Jimi Hey, DJ and drummer for the likes of The Rapture, Ariel Pink, Beachwood Sparks, The Lilys and more. You can check him spinning at clubs around LA and on his show, Rainbow Jail at dublab.com/labrat/labrat-jimi-hey/ You can also hear his original jams, dj sets and more, at soundcloud.com/jimithekidd. 

This week Jed talks with hardcore legend Rick Rodney of Strife about bleeding from the head, playing in Europe and his parallel career as an in demand fashion and art photographer. Check out Strife www.facebook.com/Strifelosangeles/ Check out Rick's Photo work here www.rickrodneyphoto.com

J. Bennett is a rock writer and musician from Boston, MA. He and Jed go back about 15 years when they met in a hotel room during SXSW. Currently J. plays guitar in Ides Of Gemini and bass for Black Mare and Mustard Gas & Roses. He writes for Decibel, Noisey, High Times, Revolver and Iron Fist.

This week we talk to comic artists Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller, creators of many awesome band logos, rad T-shirt designs and also the incredible new Image Comics series The Humans. Speed freaks, acid heads, hot chicks, haggard Vietnam vets just returned empty-eyed and gape-jawed from the jungle, rocknroll heroes, leather-clad outlaws, peeling rubber, roaring engines, gleaming choppers and MONKEYS– The Humans takes all the beautiful chaos of the 1970s California underground and tweaks and twists it into comic book mayhem. Jedbangers' Ball interviews the creators about making art and riding high. www.humansforlife.com imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-humans

Ty Segall is just about the most prolific shredder out there, singing and playing drums and guitar on eight of his own solo albums as well as with his bands Fuzz, Ty Segall Band... and a bunch more we can't remember. He also produces many awesome albums for bands including Endless Bummer, Zig Zags and La Luz. He is currently recording his sophomore record with Fuzz. Check him out at ty-segall.com.

This episode features Josh Landau guitarist and lead singer and founder of the scuzzed out classic dirt rock fury of L.A. band The Shrine. He skates, shreds and runs his band and his business, Eliminator, out of his parent’s garage in Venice California. In this episode we talk about growing up by the beach touring with your siblings and your girlfriend, and owning piece of punk rock history. Check out The Shrine over at theshrine.bandcamp.com

Director/Actor/Musician Calvin Lee Reeder Reeder started his career in the weirdo wilds of Seattle public access, his variety show Jerkbeast www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BKpVuDHVxQ (hosted by a guy in a paper mache monster head), gaining an international following. Reeder is currently king of the Sundance Fest midnight circuit, directing numerous surreal, horror/punk shorts and two features, The Oregonian and The Rambler. Learn more at - www.calvinleereeder.com

Yasi Salek is the pen (or rather keyboard) behind the great music and culture blog Cultist Zine www.cultistzine.com, founder editor of upcoming mag, Crying, as well intrepid blogger for the likes of Nasty Gal, The Hundreds, Huffington Post and more. She writes about music and all sort of other awesome things and djs rad music as well. In this episode she makes fun of Jed for trying to get her to play a dumb music game.

Our premiere podcast interview features Liz Tooley and Lance Barresi. Liz and Lance started the awesome Permanent Records in Chicago in 2006. They opened a second location in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of L.A. on in June 2011 and moved to their current location in Highland Park in 2014. They also have a rad band called Endless Bummer, with a current lp out on In The Red.www.permanentrecordschicago.com