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The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyFifi from FirestarterThis episode we take you to one of the most unique places on earth - Poor Cow. You may know the owner from such hit bands as Teengenerate, American Soul Spiders, The Tweezers, and Firestarter. If you’re interested, skip the shinkansen and don’t feel bad about temples. The Modernist Society Podcast validates that Poor Cow is not only a legitimate part of Japanese culture, but is The Real Temple. 4th floor in a nondescript building, walk in and you are guaranteed to see most of the following regulars: Tsune from Young Para...2022-12-1027 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyRobert WhitingWe chat with Robert Whiting, author of Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld and Tokyo Junkie. Robert moved to Tokyo in 1962 as part of the U.S. Occupational Forces and has lived there on and off ever since. He believes Tokyo may current the best city on Earth, and his enthusiasm is infectious. But it wasn't always that way. Robert talks us through his early days in a city still rife with black markets and crime, using baseball as his window into the language and culture and eventually publishing his first book on the topic, a...2022-01-1155 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyBayard Winthrop of American GiantWe catch up with Bayard Winthrop. He’s the founder and CEO of American Giant, a San Francisco-based clothing company that specializes in a) making stuff really well, and b) making it in the USA. American Giant has been going for about 10 years now, but before that Bayard ran Chrome, Freeboard, Atlas Snowshoe, and in the heady days of the dot com boom, was the President and CEO of WebChat, which was a big online community that was acquired by Infoseek right before AOL started dominating that space. That's all to say that in addition to producing the "the greatest ho...2021-04-301h 01The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyJeff Pezzati of Naked RaygunWe hang out with Jeff Pezzati, singer of Chicago punk legends Naked Raygun and talk about all of the things: AC/DC, UFO, Big Black, comic books, Philip Jose Farmer, HVAC, Condor, and the forthcoming Naked Raygun studio album. Follow us! Twitter Instagram Facebook Medium2021-02-021h 04The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyHoliday Day Drinking and Record Playing with Daryle MacoichaWe spend a delightful afternoon day drinking and playing our favorite holiday songs with founder of the OG Washinngton DC chapter of The Modernnist Society, Daryle Macoicha (AKA DJ D-Mac). Obscure tracks played and discussed! Arguments had! Digressions... digressed! This is how all Zoom meetings should be. Follow us! Twitter Instagram Facebook Medium2020-12-211h 37The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyKevin Kelly of Wired (and so much more)We talk with Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine, former publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Catalogs, and co-founder of the Hackers’ Conference. Instead of talking to Kevin about AI, AR, or any of the other technological forces that are shaping our future, we take him back to 1988 to revisit one of his lesser-known books: Signal: Communications Tools for the Information Age. It’s a big, paperback, counter cultural handbook on self-empowerment, DIY education, and harnessing technology at a time when normal people did not know what the internet was. We also talk to Kevin about his first trip over...2020-12-1058 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyMike Rogers of The RottersWe tune in Tokyo and talk to Mike Rogers, lead singer of 1970s LA punk band The Rotters and host of the aptly named Mike Rogers Show. Mike is also running JIFF–the Japan Indies Film Festival Online–which is the first online film festival in Japanese history and takes place Nov. 16 and 17, 2020. It’s The Modernist Society trifecta of Japan, punk, and expat living. Enjoy! Follow us! Twitter Instagram Facebook Medium2020-10-181h 01The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyThe GoblinsWe talk to The Phantom Creeper and Dom Nation of legendary masked Chicago rock band, The Goblins. Will their secret identities finally be revealed? To be honest... no. But you'll want to tune in for this short but sweet chat with these American icons. Follow us! Twitter Instagram Facebook Medium2020-08-2920 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyJake Austen and Joe LosurdoWe talk to a couple of Chicago countercultural heroes: Jake Austen and Joe Losurdo. Jake is best known for his long-running Roctober zine and Chic-a-gogo public access program. Joe is a hardcore legend, having sung and played bass for Life Sentence in the late 80s and with his frankly his wife Cristina runs Regressive Films, which brought us the wonderful documentary on the first wave of Chicago punk titled “You Weren’t There.” Follow us! Twitter Instagram Facebook Medium2020-07-1554 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyMichael Bradley of The UndertonesWe talk with Michael Bradley of The Undertones about what it's like being in ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER, what Bono did for Ireland, and that time they covered a Skrewdriver song. Michael is also the host of The Mickey Bradley Record Show on BBC Radio Ulster, and the author of Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone. Follow us! Twitter Instagram Facebook Medium2020-06-0250 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyFrank Davis of Bushwick Grill ClubIn episode ATE of The Modernist Society, we talk about cooking with puns, punk rock, and post coronavirus food culture with recipe zinester Frank Davis of Bushwick Grill Club. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_modernist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themodernistsociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernistdotcom/ Medium: https://medium.com/themodernist/2020-05-051h 10The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyCoronavirus Potluck with special guestsIt's an all-star cast in this special episode in which we ring up past Modernist Society guests and other folks around the world to talk about how the coronavirus pandemic is shaking out where they live and what lies ahead. Also... they help us pick songs for an accompanying playlist. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss five bucks goodbye. GUESTS: Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse of Good Fuck (Chicago) Trace Crutchfield of IXNAY PAC (NYC) Charlie LeDuff of the No BS News Hour (Detroit) Thomas Morton (Upstate New York) Christian Misuro (Tokyo) Ariel Bardi (Rome) Alessandro Rampietti of Al...2020-04-032h 07The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyShane Bugbee on The Joys of SatanismOur guest this time is Shane Bugbee: artist, writer, publisher, provocateur, and all-around hustler. Shane is one of the most prolific makers of things we know and he drops by Eric's place to talk about The Joys of Satanism, Bill Ayers' quinoa collection, getting "jumped in" to underground culture in Chicago, publishing Mike Diana, watching Ministry do drugs, and making art to stay alive. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_modernist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themodernistsociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernistdotcom/ Medium: https://medium.com/themodernist/2020-03-041h 21The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyTim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse of GOOD FUCKWe talk about records that sound like they're broken, hangover cures, booking your own fuckin' life, the creative wellspring that is the desert, and musical firsts with Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse of the totally accessible electronic rock duo, GOOD FUCK. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_modernist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themodernistsociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernistdotcom/ Medium: https://medium.com/themodernist/2019-12-1659 minThe Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietySteven Svymbersky of Quimby'sWe talk zines and DIY everything with Steven Svymbersky, founder of the OG Quimby's Queer Store in Chicago and current proprietor of Quimby's Bookstore NYC. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_modernist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themodernistsociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernistdotcom/ Medium: https://medium.com/themodernist/2019-11-191h 12The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyAnna Fifield of The Washington PostWe talk about Anna's adventures in China, North Korea, Japan and beyond. Oh, and of course... juggalos. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_modernist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themodernistsociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernistdotcom/ Medium: https://medium.com/themodernist/2019-10-311h 12The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyThomas MortonWe talk rock biographies, spy planes, the pros and cons of waking up Rip Van Winkle, with Thomas "Baby Balls" Morton. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_modernist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themodernistsociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themodernistdotcom/ Medium: https://medium.com/themodernist/2019-09-161h 15The Modernist SocietyThe Modernist SocietyJake Adelstein of Tokyo ViceJason and Eric talk journalism, the yakuza, and international living with investigative reporter and "Tokyo Vice" author, Jake Adelstein.2019-08-051h 26