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Maxim EQWe Often Suffer More in Our Imagination Than We Do in RealityWhile this episode is far from a high-falutin academic deep dive into Seneca’s maxim, we do unpack the very real—and largely unhelpful—habit of catastrophizing: how a relatively small setback can snowball into a full-blown worst-case scenario, and the impact that pattern can have on our well-being. We also dig into the practical foundations that help us show up more fully in every part of life—thoughtful time management, emotional regulation, and intentional self-care. And finally, we acknowledge the difficulty of following our own advice: why it’s so hard, and what it really takes to bridge the gap be...
2025-12-1151 min
After The Gig with Jesse Humphrey#130 Ed Valauskas - "Just play 8th notes and shut the f**k up"Ed Valauskas is a Boston legend. He's played with everyone, and produced some of the cities best musical exports from the comfy confines of Q division studios in Cambridge, MA. Ed and I met back when my former band Love in Stockholm recorded our 3rd release "Hold Back the Sun". You can listen to that here: https://open.spotify.com/album/669ssJgNDfL41GIIBg5Rw5?si=mnTRnlNRRKSFLLLIehaAJQ Ed is the musical director of the Hot Stove Cool Music event that happens every year in Boston. It was started by Baseball hall of fame journalist Pete...
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Unlikely Places P&R Radio PodcastWho is Dean Falcone (The Excerpts)? & Where is Dean Now?Today we sit down through the interwebs with Dean Falcone
- Dean Falcone is a fleet-fingered Multi Instrumentalist and eclectic pop/rock composer/producer who’s been playing in bands since his pre-teens. He’s scored several films and he’s helmed many acts such as The Excerpts (Jon Brion), 100 Faces, Dean & the Dragsters, the Shellye Valauskas EXP, The Manchurians, Tipsy in Chelsea, Slowpoke and The Zambonis among others and has toured nationally with many artists. Dean’s also the anything-goes impresario of the legendary “Vomitorium” every Thanksgiving at Café Nine in New Haven, Connecticut. -
This episode is the...
2022-10-3149 min
The LIFERS Podcast71. LIFERS - Ed ValauskasEd Valauskas is good people. Called the Zelig of the Boston rock scene, Ed is your go-to guy if you need to form a quick pick-up backing band for a music legend —or need to record an album full of Olivia Newton-John covers. He’s also the de facto musical director of the annual Hot Stove, Cool Music shows (the Chicago edition is coming up on July 1st at the Metro) and the studio manager at Boston’s legendary Q Division Studios. Did we mention he plays bass? On this episode: Covid, Christian rock, New Haven Pizza, Chicago Pizza, Graham Parker...
2022-06-241h 28
Connecticut Music Oral History PodcastKelly Reilly, Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast, Verso Studios at Westport Library 8-24-21The Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast is a deep-dive interview series with musicians, artists, conduits, collectors, and dedicated fans focusing on 20th century Connecticut music history across all genres. This project preserves narratives, heralds unsung movers and shakers, and defines Connecticut’s influential role in cultural history. https://kellyreilly.bandcamp.com/ Kelly Reilly is a musician and rock ‘n’ roll interlocuteur who has held court at the center of New Haven, Connecticut’s vibrant music scene. Reilly discovered rock ‘n’ roll by grifting her mother’s Little Richard records, forever enamored by scratchy, soulful voices. At age ten, she stole T. Rex’s...
2021-09-211h 07
Connecticut Music Oral History PodcastKelly Reilly, Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast, Verso Studios at Westport Library 8-24-21The Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast is a deep-dive interview series with musicians, artists, conduits, collectors, and dedicated fans focusing on 20th century Connecticut music history across all genres. This project preserves narratives, heralds unsung movers and shakers, and defines Connecticut’s influential role in cultural history. https://kellyreilly.bandcamp.com/ Kelly Reilly is a musician and rock ‘n’ roll interlocuteur who has held court at the center of New Haven, Connecticut’s vibrant music scene. Reilly discovered rock ‘n’ roll by grifting her mother’s Little Richard records, forever enamored by scratchy, soulful voices. At age ten, she stole T. Rex’s...
2021-09-211h 07
Connecticut Music Oral History PodcastKelly Reilly, Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast, Verso Studios at Westport Library 8-24-21The Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast is a deep-dive interview series with musicians, artists, conduits, collectors, and dedicated fans focusing on 20th century Connecticut music history across all genres. This project preserves narratives, heralds unsung movers and shakers, and defines Connecticut’s influential role in cultural history. https://kellyreilly.bandcamp.com/ Kelly Reilly is a musician and rock ‘n’ roll interlocuteur who has held court at the center of New Haven, Connecticut’s vibrant music scene. Reilly discovered rock ‘n’ roll by grifting her mother’s Little Richard records, forever enamored by scratchy, soulful voices. At age ten, she stole T. Rex’s...
2021-09-211h 07
Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico106. Ed V. - Q Division, The Gravel Pit, The GentlemenEd Valauskas, known to most as Ed V. has played an intricate part in the Boston music scene since the 90's. Aside from playing Bass in The Gravel Pit, The Gentlemen, Jenny D & The Deelinquents etc. he has been managing one of the areas top recording studios - Q Division for the last 15 or so years and producing and playing on a ton of records over the years. Ed joined us on the show to talk about everything from playing and touring with Juliana Hatfield, backing up Eddie Vedder, and Q Division's move from Somerville to Cambridge. We also...
2021-08-3053 min
Above The Basement - Boston Music and ConversationEpisode 178 - Jennifer D'Angora and Ed ValauskasWhat is a Jamoke? Is a chump a jamoke? We really have no idea. But we love the question and will begin using the word Jamoke on a regular basis.These are the deep questions we dove into when talking with Jennifer D’Angora and Ed Valauskas. Plymouth native Jennifer D’Angora, also known as Jenny Dee, has been on the Boston music scene long enough to be in more bands than we can count. The Dents, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, The Downbeat 5, and the fantastic group of musicians that make up the equally fantast...
2021-03-1851 min
Discos para el CaminoDPEC #43 - LOOK INSIDE, NOW! de The Right Ons (con The Right Ons)Ha pasado más de una década del lanzamiento del segundo disco de la banda madrileña The Right Ons. Hablamos de la obra que les llevó a cruzar el charco para ponerse a las órdenes del productor Ed Valauskas, responsable del incontestable "Roll with it" de Eli Paperboy Reed.
Para la ocasión hemos reunido a todos los integrantes del combo que mezclaba con destreza rock, funk y soul. Cada uno de ellos nos cuenta lo que supuso este disco grabado en Boston en 2009, justo cuando estaban en lo más alto y muchas la consideraban una de las ban...
2021-02-181h 14
Well-Rounded RadioEli "Paperboy" Reed and The True Loves: The Well-Rounded Radio InterviewI first heard Eli "Paperboy" Reed (nee Eli Husock) when one of his songs was in a Salon song competition with Hallelujah the Hills, who I interviewed last year. About twenty seconds into his song, I started Googling him and was surprised to learn that he was from Brookline, Massachusetts, one town over from me in Jamaica Plain. By the time I finished listening to the song, I wanted to know more: how did a guy so young learn to infuse so many great influences and be able to turn it back into something that is both familiar and exciting?
2008-04-2600 min