Damaged Goods Podcast

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Dr Snakelton, aka J the S-Ington, aka Shank Sobotka’s guests are recording engineer, drummer & mind behind Concrete Wav Records, Alan DaGreat, and music artist Diziah. They discuss the transition from touring in a band to behind the scenes engineering, why the dab rig is kept close, engineers & the ego, audio snobs,  knowing your...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Dr. Snakelton, the skinny Frank Sobotka, aka The Hennessy Hemingway discusses some truths, facts, and perspectives that may be hard to swallow pills for some people, ranging from certain music artists' successes, pets, to superhero movies, & health trends. Follow Jake @jakefraczek @damagedgoodspodcast & on Twitter @jthes

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake THEE Snake, aka the Tortilla Tyrant, aka the Taco Terminator's guest is live music touring merchandise director, Kyle Stokes. The two recap their Taco Crawl of Doom after hitting four of L.A.'s top taco spots in under two hours, how & why cooking is art, famous actors that hung out with gangsters, the JFK assassination, &...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka J the S, aka the Rap Sigmund Freud, aka the Psychedelic Psychiatrist discusses what happens when the ego takes over, the dangers of Yes-men, and successful athletes & actors who have tried (and failed, for many) their crack at professional careers in music. Jake touches on Bruce Willis, Kobe Bryant, Ryan Gosling, Macho Man Randy Savag...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jakeman the Snakeman, aka NOT the former crack-smoking wrestler Jake The Snake, aka the poetic Polak's guest is musician, singer/songwriter, and mastermind behind the band Little Sister, Audrey Hazel. The two discuss her unusual creative process, teaching herself to sing and play instruments, genres of music they hate, Jake scaring Au...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Snake the Jake, aka Young Indiana Jones, brings the second part of The Sophomore Jinx in Hip-Hop, discussing second albums from artists that outshined & out performed their first. This episode, Jake touches on albums from Biggie, Gza, The Roots, Ghostface Killah, The L.O.X. & more, as well as a few sophomore albums from artists th...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake, aka Jakub the Snakub, discusses the notion of the "sophomore jinx" in hip-hop, and goes through many sophomore albums that actually outshine and outperformed the artists's debuts. Part 2 will cover some more as well as sophomore albums that were jinxed, that did suck, and that you probably skipped over if you were smart or luc...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake, aka The Wacky Jakester, aka The White Justin Timberlake's guest is hip-Hop duo Ides of March, consisting of writer/MC/actor Rhett Kidd, and producer & engineer Neko G. The three discuss the fun of having night terrors, their new EP, Free Bread, the myth about "chasing the dragon" with drugs, addiction and the best hit, hyp...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka The Poetical Polak, aka Jakub The Snakub's guest is writer and musician Dan Shapiro. The two talk about harnessing your inspiration and feeding it, inspiration coming from positive VS negative emotions, using Substack to work on his new book, living in China, how to not let LA suck your soul dry, and why you can't trust Cheesecake...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake, aka J The Sssss, aka The Cheetos Bandido, discusses what's beef in Rock n' Roll? He talks about a few notable "diss tracks" from one Rock star towards another, and the backstories of the beef, including artists such as The Beatles, Nine Inch Nails, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Foo Fighters, Gwen Stefani, and more. Follow Jake @jake...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka J The S, aka Young Indiana Jones with the beautiful poems, goes into part 2 of Conspiracies & Music. Jake goes into depth about the conspiracies revolving around Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love and Kurt's death, Jimi Hendrix and his manager, and the death of Bob Marley & the CIA.  Follow Jake @jakefraczek @damagedgoodspodcast...

On this episode of Damaged Goods podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake The Snake, aka Snza Snake with the sizzle steak, delves into the first part of a two-part episode dealing with various conspiracies theories within the realm of music. This episode, Jake touches on some of the "lighter" conspiracies that have become embedded in pop culture as of late, ones that may be deemed more folklore and urban l...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake, aka Jakub Fronczek, aka The Word is Vagabond's guest is musical artist & broadcaster, Samuel Patrick. The two discuss how all artists have control issues, rappers they got bored of, burning your mouth with coca leafs, the effect of van life & traveling on his music, and adversity & rough times really do make the best art. Follow...

On this episiode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake The Snake, aka the Integrity Tiger, the Sellout Seal, aka the Moral Oracle, discusses moments of selling out in hip-hop, what constituites selling out, and a horrific tale of sexual drunken butchery of a Jay-Z lyric that haunts Jake til this day.  Follow Jake @jakefraczek @damagedgoodspodcast @jthes

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake The Snake, aka Jakub the Snakub's guest is barber extraordinaire Ronnie McCoy. The two discuss the skill of seeing opportunities and knowing when to capitalize on them, being a barber for the likes of Big Sean, Trevor Noah, A$AP ROCKY & others, carrying on family tradition, how he got hooked up with Tyler the Creator and Odd Futu...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake the Snake, aka J The S, aka J The F, aka Jake Fraczek's guest is comedian, writer, and host of The Solo Podcast with Scott Kidd, Scott Kidd. The two discuss how to react if asked "what do you do?" when you're a comedian, improving your mood, Louisiana life, the real Magic Mike, his various writing techniques, who's the most sad comic, & more.&nbsp...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake the Snake, aka The Rotten Tomato Sauce Boss, embraces his Cinematic Snobbery, and speaks on/reviews three movies, "Amsterdam", "The Hunt For Red October", and "Dio: Dreamers Never Die", with his unique perspective, pointing out what worked, and what certainly did not. There are no spoilers, don't worry.  Follow Jake @jakefraczek...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka J The S, aka J The S stands for Jake The Snake which is a trademark he actually owns, discusses the matter of social media and how it impacts artists. Jake talks about social media as a double-edged sword, how it leveled the playing field and circumvented gatekeepers, the negative effects that it's had overall in art, music, & enterta...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake The Snake, aka Jack The Snack's guest is artist Brendan Donnellly. They discuss his new book, "I Wanted to be an Actor but I Could Never Remember My Lines", childhood experiences that shaped the way in depicts pop-culture in his art, the dark side of Hollywood, the genius of Porn-remakes of classic movies, the wild psychadelic poster...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka the Snakeman, aka The Snackman, aka he has no self control with snacking, follows up the prevous episode, "Dark Cloud pt. 1", by discussing the robbery portion of L.A.'s long history of rappers being robbed & murdered in the city, looking at current crime statsitics compared to the past, what factors contribute to them, what other ele...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake The Snake, aka Dr Snakleton, discusses PNB Rock's murder in LA, and the longstanding history of rappers being robbed & murdered in Los Angeles. Follow Jake @jakefraczek @damagedgoodspodcast @jthes

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podvcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Snakeman, aka Snackman, aka Permanent Munchies' guest is writer/singer/actress Jenna-Rose Hannah. The two discuss her new one-woman show "5150...A Musical", using her art to cope with trauma, how working in Radio helped sharpen her performance skills, shedding social stigmas, dogs invading your personal space, & more.  Follow Je...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka J The S, aka J The S Stands For Jake The Snake, Jake discusses the concepts of biting and plaigarism within music and writing, famous cases of plaigarism, how to avoid inspiration turning into biting, and shares a wild 9/11 story.  Follow Jake @jakefraczek @damagedgoodspodcast @jthes

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake Fraczek, aka Jake the Snake, aka J The S, aka Jakub the Snakub's guest is writer/MC/actor, Nat Anglin. They discuss his new EP, The Business Is The Pleasure, the unmatchable high from performing on stage, being at Woodstock '99 at fourteen years old, how, as a writer, he views the remake/reboot force in Hollywood, the craziest thing he ever did at a l...

As a second-part follow to the previous Damaged Goods Podcast episode, Jake Fraczek, aka Dr. Snakelton, aka Young Indy, breaks down the Top 5 Blaxploitation Film Soundtracks ever ever ever. There's also a brief discussion on varying thoughts on the causes of child obesity.  Follow Jake @jakefraczek @jthes @damagedgoodspodcast