Badass Records

Matt Graunke is a brother and a son and an uncle and a cat lover. He's also been one of my best friends for nearly 40 years, and in this installment of Badass Records , we talked about life in Lawrence, KS, relationships with our homeboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Beastie Boys. Although we didn't do Licensed to Ill half of the justice it deserves, it was a fantastic hang, nonetheless. Funny...

Erik Hess is a husband, a father of three, a note-taker, and a collector of music, memorabilia, stats, jewelry, and hair-care products. In Episode 5 of Badass Records , we not only talked about what an oddball Russell Wilson is and how much his new team overpaid for him, but we also talked about the distinct possibility that the band 311, the comedian Carrot Top, and retired NFL quarterback Jay Cu...

Tanya Sieber is a mother of two, an entrepreneur, and a vessel through which music is manifested and shared. She has sailed many musical seas, including being baptized by Pink Floyd's The Wall at age eight, playing bass guitar in a band in her college years, to today, in which she finds her singer/songwriter self frequenting the recording studio and releasing original tracks out into the ether. Or...

Elwyn M. Grimes, Jr. is not a private detective for hire. Not yet, anyway. He is, however, a husband, a father of three, and a sweetheart. Before he became any of those things, though, he was a son. In Episode 3 of Badass Records , we talk rap, hip-hop, R&B, grunge, and more. We got a few things wrong in our De La/Tribe discussion, but we didn't sit down together to have a perfect conversation...

Josh "Jett Pakk" George is a father of three, a skater at heart, and a retired muthafuckin' hustla'. In Episode #2 of Badass Records , we wax nostalgic about Led Zeppelin and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , but not for long, as those relics remain but a dusty launchpad into the world of hip-hop, breakdancing, and rap. Today's guest initially tabbed ATLiens by Outkast, but did so with a cav...

Jason Fisher is a father, a writer, and the proprietor of Armadillo Storage Company in Durango, CO. He roots for the Denver Nuggets and the Boston Red Sox, but really finds pleasure in supporting the Denver Broncos Football Club, and that last part is a painful phrase to type. Jason once held the esteemed position of Editor-in-Chief for Fort Lewis College’s The Independent newspaper, and still mak...