Shows
GargsvilleTaraka Larson # 9Gargs interviews Taraka Larson, formerly of Prince Rama, on the occasion of the release of her first solo album "Welcome to Paradise Lost."
2021-11-221h 39GargsvilleTravis Atria # 8Gargs interviews Morningbell frontman and music biographer Travis Atria on the eve of his first solo release "Moonbrain."
2021-04-261h 05GargsvilleVrinda Sheth and Annapurna Johansson Interview # 7Author Vrinda Sheth and her mother, artist Anna Johansson, talk about their upcoming book release and third volume of their Sita’s Fire Trilogy called Destroyer of Sorrow.
2021-03-141h 23GargsvilleAchyutananda Interview # 6Gargs Allard interviews Achyutananda Das, one of Hare Krishna founder AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's first initiates.Achyutananda Das (aka Charles Barnett) who is now 72, became Srila Prabhupada's student at the age of 17 and soon lived in India for the next 11 years, where he became a successful musician and Vedic lecturer.Prior to that, he was the flautist for counterculture musician Richie Havens, who led off Woodstock.Achyutananda recorded musical albums in the 1970s and has also more recently published a well-received book about the pioneering days of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness...
2020-11-161h 57GargsvilleWill Lewis interview # 5Gargs guest is 89-year-old Will Lewis, former instructor at the University of Florida, former news director of WUFT TV in the 1960s, one of the pioneers of KCRW, and the man who went to jail for withholding the SLA tapes involving Patty Hearst from the FBI while heading KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara.He got his Bachelor’s at the University of Miami, his Master’s at Boston University and was awarded a Fellowship at Columbia University.We discuss these things and much more, including the anti-semitism his father dealt with in Miami in t...
2020-11-051h 29GargsvilleJody Porter interview # 4In this sometimes fun and sometimes sober interview with Fountains of Wayne lead guitarist Jody Porter, Gargs and Jody discuss Jody's upcoming solo album Waterways, coping during the pandemic, and his life and times with Fountains of Wayne bandmates, Chris Collingwood, Brian Young, and the late Adam Schlesinger.
2020-10-2753 minGargsvilleBrittany Brave interview # 3Gargs Allard catches up with stand-up comedian and actor Brittany Brave. They discuss her personal history, current projects and the art of comedy. Bio from brittanybrave.com:Brittany Brave is a NYC-based comedian, actress, writer, producer and host. Born in New Jersey and raised in Miami, Florida, Brave used these unfortunate facts to develop a line of comedy that is as animated as it is cerebral.Having both trained and performed at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), iO, Second City, The People’s Improv Theater, Magnet Theatre, SAK Comedy Lab, Impromedy Miami and more of...
2020-10-0446 minGargsvilleBilly O Connor interview # 2Gargs interviews a former University of Florida classmate of his, author, stand-up comedian and podcast host Billy O' Connor.Billy was born in County Cork, Ireland, and grew up on the streets of the Bronx. He served in Vietnam and after he returned to New York was a Teamster for Jimmy Hoffa, a pub and restaurant owner, and before becoming a NYC firefighter for over 20 years, an illegal bookie.A self-described obsessive personality, Billy struggled for years with addiction to alcohol, gambling, drugs and sex.After the tragedy of 911 and the loss of 343...
2020-09-161h 41GargsvilleKen Solomon and AV Erving interview # 1Gargs Allard debuts Gargsville Podcast featuring an interview with University of Florida librarian Ken Solomon regarding UF's questionable policies toward testing students returning to campus and Gainesville amid pandemic concerns.Gargs also checks in with long-time friend AV Erving (the Singing Chef), who resides in the San Diego area. They discuss the trend of more Californians choosing to live in their vehicles. AV also touches on his early life growing up in Hare Krishna boarding schools from the mid-seventies to mid-eighties.
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