Rock’n’roll icon Javier Escovedo is perhaps best known for being the founding member of the legendary early West Coast punk combo The Zeros. A life-long musician hailing from Chula Vista, California, he formed the The Zeros in 1976. After playing three gigs total, by early 1977, they put out a record on Bomp, literally becoming a sensation with their shredding guitars and poppy stick-in-your-head anthems. In the 80’s he moved to Austin,TX and had success with The true Believers. Still super acti...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Legendary punk rock goddess Alice Bag is a multi-talented trailblazing artist. Musician, singer/songwriter, author of two critically acclaimed books, educator and ferocious feminist. She’s also a rock’n’roll historian, creator/curator of the “Women In LA Punk Archives”, a platform with first person accounts of the lives of several female musician and scene makers in the 1970’s. She burst onto the scene fronting one of the first punk bands in Los Angeles, The Bags. She’s been in several other gro...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Marci Darling is a writer, dancer and magic maker. She’s the author of four books, mystery novels “The Champagne Scandal” and “Martini Mystery”, Divorce Diva” and most recently the newly published travel memoir, “Magic Carpets, Flying Ships And Moonlit Kingdoms”. Nomadic by nature, she’s lived, worked and traveled all over the world. She may also be the only person to graduate from Harvard with the self-bestowed title of Princess on her diploma. In this episode, long time pals Marci and hostess ...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Multi-talented Howard Paar has been a primary rock’n’roll influencer for over four decades. His career in the music business evolved organically from his excellent taste in music. Starting out as an indie club promoter and deejay, he morphed into being a publicist before becoming an artist relations executive and award-winning music supervisor for film and television. He’s worked with some of the biggest names in the biz, including The Clash, INXS, The Go-Go’s, The English Beat, The Psychedelic ...
Jun 16, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In the mid-to late 1970’s, during the gray area when Los Angeles was still all about glam rock while embracing the nascent punk scene, a group of groupies became an all-girl band called Backstage Pass. Instantaneously, they took Hollywood by storm, got international press, made a splash wherever they went, stealing -and in some cases breaking-the hearts of musicians who’d go on to be household names...at least in rock’n’roll circles. In this episode, hostess Pleasant Gehman chats with her long t...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Guy Furrow, aka Miss Guy is a multi-talented rock’n’roll legend: singer for the acclaimed punk/glam band The Toilet Boys, deejay, music producer, songwriter photographer and makeup artist. Born in Southern California, he came of age and hit his creative stride in the New York City rock scene when it was still something to be wildly excited about. He became fast friends and collaborators with his mentors Deborah Harry and Boy George; his duets with both can be heard in this episode. The Toilet Bo...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Pee-wee Herman has been a household name for decades, but the man behind the iconic tv series Pee-wee’s Playhouse and spin-off movies is even more fascinating. Paul Ruebens is an actor, comedian, and writer. He’s been featured in way too many films to mention as Pee-wee and also playing serious roles, including the flamboyant hairdresser/drug dealer in Ted Demme’s crime film Blow. You may have heard him doing voiceovers in a number of cartoons and not even realized it was him. In this episode, P...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Fayette Hauser is author of the book “The Cocokettes: Acid Drag And Sexual Anarchy”. Fayette was a founding member, and her book chronicles the wildly gender-bending 1960’s San Francisco theatrical group whose existence spawned disco star Sylvester and informed everyone from John Waters to RuPaul. Fayette’s been involved in every countercultural youth movement that’s occurred in the past fifty years- her life story is wild that this is the second of two episodes.She was a beatnik teenager in Gre...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Fayette Hauser is author of the book “The Cocokettes: Acid Drag And Sexual Anarchy”. Fayette was a founding member, and her book the wildly gender-bending 1960’s San Francisco theatrical group whose existence spawned disco star Sylvester and informed everyone from John Waters to RuPaul. Fayette’s been involved in every countercultural youth movement that’s occurred in the past fifty years- her life story is wild that this is the first of two episodes. She was a beatnik teenager in Greenwich Vill...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Theresa Kereakes is a rock’n’roll photographer whose iconic images have appeared in music publications and in galleries and private collections worldwide. She’s shot instantly recognizable photos of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Deborah Harry, Patti Smith, The Damned, The Ramones, Joan Jet, Iggy Pop and The Dead Boys-both on and off stage- many featured in her book, “Unguarded Moments : Backstage And Beyond” a collection of her extraordinary work. Currently based in Nashville, she spent much of her li...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Multi-talented Jennifer Finch is a force of nature: musician, photographer, record producer, actor, boundary pusher and often, the smartest girl in the room. Best known as bassist, vocalist and songwriter for L7, she also kicked ass in Other Star People and The Shocker. In this episode, Jennifer and hostess Pleasant Gehman recall the Los Angeles indie scene in the late ‘80’s and early 90s, dishing on Courtney Love, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Religion, Mad Society and the legendary LA club Th...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 22
James Divine, also known as Divine Hand Jim, is a master palm reader, psychic, witch and metaphysical teacher. In this episode, James and hostess Pleasant Gehman literally “talk to the hand”. James teaches listeners basics for reading their own palms before analyzing the hands of celebrities, from David Bowie, movie stars and popular reality show personalities, and doing a palm reading for Pleasant. They discuss various universal hand gestures, like throwin’ the horns and hang loose to peace sig...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Peter Bebergal is the author of Season Of The Witch: How The occult Saved Rock’n’Roll, Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood and Strange Frequencies:The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural. He writes mostly about music, books and fringe culture; his essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and many more publications. He came of age in Boston during the height of punk rock and studied culture and religion at...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Ian Harvie is a standup comedian, actor and writer. His work as an international touring headliner at comedy clubs lead to his own standup concert film, Ian Harvie Superhero and May The Best Cock Win on Starz. A transgender man, he’s been featured on Will & Grace and in episodes of the popular Transparent series on Amazon Prime. In this episode, Ian and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about serial killer Richard Ramirez, ‘80’s hair metal, and touring together in Margaret Cho’s burlesque and com...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Hollywood pop culture icon Iris Berry is a writer, musician and actor- you may have seen her in the cult classic “Border Radio” directed by Allison Anders or several other iconic films like “Thrashin”, “The Runnin’ Kind” and “Rock’n’roll Highschool. Her band The Lame Flames were rowdy boundary-pushers who, aside from making great music would now be called sex positive. Iris is the co-founder and editor of Punk Hostage Press, which is currently publishing books by Jack Grisham of TSOL, Vadge Moor...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Lynx and Chanty are a pair of feral, feminist groupies who are also rock’n’roll historians. These Canadian femme fatales are the brains and beauty behind the popular “Muses” podcast, which celebrates the women of rock’n’roll, from groupies to rock wives to female musicians past and present. In this episode, the gals chat with hostess Pleasant Gehman about losing their virginity, and manifesting backstage dreams, cemeteries and paranormal groupie stories, including having sex in haunted hotel roo...
Dec 23, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Kid Congo Powers is a punk rock guitar icon and singer; he’s played with The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Divine Horseman and many more -most recently, Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds. He also has a new memoir coming out in 2021. Kid and hostess Pleasant Gehman share four and a half decades of friendship, and were also roomies at three different punk houses in Los Angeles and New York during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this episode they discuss everything f...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Roz Drezfalez is a drag queen, comedian, actor and writer whose been featured on Bravo, Buzzfeed and in commercials that’ve run nationwide.She’s also the brains and beauty behind the popular paranormal podcast “Ghosted!”,-listen wherever you get podcasts. In this episode, Roz and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about paranormal investigations, Ouija Boards, spirit communication, telekinesis and celebrity ghost sightings. Twitter: @RozDrezfalez. Instagram: @rozdrezfalez Patreon: www.patreon.com/rozd...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Iconic drummer Terry Graham of the seminal Los Angeles bands The Bags and The Gun Club and is also the author of the memoir “Punk Like Me”. Currently, he’s also a fashion entrepreneur with Terry Wear, creating vintage inspired western shirts and rock’n’roll fashion masks. In this episode, Terry and hostess Pleasant Gehman share insane anecdotes about everyone from Jeffry Lee Pierce to The Screamers, The Plungers, The Masque and Kim Fowley to The Bags opening for Iggy. Added Bonus: Terry’s storie...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Hot sorceress Gabriela Herstick is the author of “Inner Witch”, “Bewitching The Elements” & “Embody Your Magic”. She also has a column In High Times called “The High Priestess”, exploring the connection between weed and ritual, and just had a piece in Cosmopolitan. In this episode, Gaby and hostess Pleasant Gehman get all witchy discussing telekinesis, clairsentience, Samhain, Halloween and Dia De Los Muertes. The conversation turns kinky as they compare notes on Shibari (erotic rope bondage...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 13
For nearly twenty years, the delightfully dark Kari Bible has been the tour guide at America’s most famous graveyard, Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. She’s been featured on CNN, Turner Classic Movies and The Travel Channel and in numerous magazines. Karie has a film degree and is also the creator of Film Radar newsletter. In this episode, Karie and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss the stars buried at Hollywood Forever and Closeup, the black cat who follows along on Karie’s tours. Also ...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The amazing Madame Pamita is a witch, tarot reader, musician, metaphysical teacher and author. Her latest work “The Book Of Candle Magic” is out now. In this episode, Madame Pamita and hostess Pleasant Gehman dish on everything from the Los Angeles music scene in the 1980’s to taking LSD in graveyards to Eastern European Slavic magick...from concerts by The Damned going very wrong. Madame Pamita also tells tales from when her surf band The Neptunas toured with The Breeders and talks about her al...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
John Doe is a living rock’n’roll legend. Along with co-founding X, the driving force of the early LA punk scene, he’s had an incredible solo career as a musician and actor. With co-author Tom De Savia and friends, his books 'Under The Big Black Sun' and 'More Fun In The New World' are definitive first-person accounts of the Los Angeles Music scene from the late 1970s- early 1980’s. In this episode, John and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss X’s new album Alphabetland, as well as diving into wild s...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Dana Gould is an immensely talented comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist. He’s the mastermind behind the comedy horror series “Stan Against Evil” and “the Dana Gould Hour” podcast. In this episode, Dana and hostess Pleasant Gehman passionately explore a variety of topics, including-but not limited to-ventriloquism, clowns and puppets; old school punk rock and Charles Manson, plus the relationships they each had with legendary 1950’s glamour ghoul Vampira. Website: www.danagould.com Instagra...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Selene Luna is a comedian, actor, dancer, voice over artist and all around Showbiz Entertainer. She’s the voice of Tia Rosita in Disney-Pixar’s Academy Award-winning Coco and the star of Selene Luna: Pretty Special, the world’s first female little person stand-up comedy extravaganza, directed by Margaret Cho. Selene and hostess Pleasant Gehman swap debauched tales of their globe-trotting showgirl life, including zany shenanigans as performers in the world’s first Neo Burlesque troupe The Velvet ...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Rob Zabrecky is a world famous magician; he’s also an actor, author, musician and songwriter. Hostess Pleasant Gehman and former Possum Dixon front man Rob discuss thirty years of shared experiences, including the rowdy experimental late 80’s-early 90’s underground “Silverlake Scene” in Los Angeles. Rob reveals how he went from playing house parties with Possum Dixon to signing with Interscope Records and touring internationally...to playing creepy necromaniacs on television, becoming a master m...
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Theresa Reed is a tarot expert, astrologer and author of three books. Theresa and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about 80’s-90’s, rock’n’roll and clubbing, divination, Bowie, and the pandemic. In the last part of the episode, they both do tarot readings on Kanye West running for president, Donald Trump and the “Karen” phenomenon, before Theresa looks at the astrological aspects of the November 2020 election. Theresa Reed's website: www.thetarotlady/com Twitter & Instagram: @thetarotlady Patreo...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Award winning filmmaker, screenwriter and author Steve Balderson has directed everyone from Academy Award nominee Karen Black and John Waters superstar Mink Stole to rock stars Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s, Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson and Mike Patton. Steve and hostess Pleasant Gehman-whose appeared in several of his films - share incredibly twisted tales of location film shoots and debauchery in London, Hong Kong, Palm Springs and on the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival. And you m...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Guest Kristen Sollee is a hot witch, an author, and a supreme purveyor of Pop Occulture. In this episode, Kristen and hostess Pleasant Gehman chat about the way rock’nroll and magick intersect, Kristen’s book “Cat Call: Exploring The Feral Feminine”, the best soundtracks for sex magick rituals, the power of pussy, their very first rock concerts, and Kristen’s obsessive adoration of cheesy 1980’s hair metal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Guitarist extraordinaire Dave Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal, The Mojave Lords, Queens Of The Stone Age etc.) and hostess Pleasant Gehman share psychotic stories from their thirty-plus years of friendship. Topics include the early 1980’s Hollywood underground rock scene, touring with the two bands they were in together, psychedelics, hooker bars in New Orleans....and kidnapping human skeletons. More from Pleasant Gehman www.pleasantgehman.com www.facebook.com/pleasant.gehman www.twitter.com/Ple...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
