The Self Portrait Gospel :: Podcast

We're back after a much needed break and what better way to kick off the rest of the second half of season 4 than to have the legend himself, John Dwyer of the OSEES on the show! Dwyer is an underground powerhouse of innovation, creativity and outrageous discipline! The band has seen many evolutions as well as revolutions in it's 20 plus year life span and Dwyer has no intention of lefting off the...

A legend and all around wonderful person, Larry Schemel has been on the scene for over 30 years and has no intention of ever stopping. Brother of Patty Schemel, drummer of Hole, the Schemel's became of age during the mid to late 70s and saw the crucial punk/hardcore scene come out of the intensity of the Reagan era chaos of the early/mid 80s. It was completely mind boggling to travel through Schem...

A true pioneer of sound and a sonic wizard of tone, Dylan Carlson has had his thumb on the pulse of all things heavy and mediative for over three decades now. First forming Earth in 1989, the name inspired by the humble beginings of Sabbath, Carlson was already ahead of the curve with what he envisioned for his band. Long song structures, isolated riffs and the attention span of a sherpa upon a Ne...

Field is one of the most unique and spiritual artists, in my opinion, to the day. His guitar and voice a sonic vibration through the natural world, his work organic and plenty, his style  abstract and philosophical. Little Wings is a special spirit in this world of sound and color and I'm stoked to finally have him on the podcast! Make sure to check out Uncle Kyle's new works on labels such as Sun...

Jason Woodbury is a writer, deejay and record man based in the Sonoran Desert. He's the creative director at Hello Merch, editor of Justin Gage's "Aquarium Drunkard", host of the Transmissions podcast as well as his monthly program "Range and Basin on Dublab". Woodbury has contributed to such platforms as Pitchfork, AD, Flood Magazine, CBR, Relix and many more. Theres not much Woodbury can't do an...

Ending this two Part series with the legendary Randy Holden was something cosmic and spectacular. This is the most intimate betrayal of the guitar god's life as we explore beyond the music! Holden eventually stopped playing music all together, if you can imagine, and move to Hawaii where he fell in love with commercial fishing before buying his own boats and becoming his own captain! Holden really...

A legend among legends Glen E. Friedman single handedly documented the California Dogtown skate scene in the mid 70's when he was just a teenager and had already been published in Skateboarder magazine during this time! He shot the likes of the late Jay Adams, TA, Peralta, Red Dog and so many more. Soon after he would go on to do just the same for the emerging punk movement that sprawled the land...

One of the greatest guitarist of all time, Randy Holden is a house hold name not only in rock n' roll, but in HEAVY METAL! Prior to joining Blue Cheer, Holden was always and still is, on a mission, a cosmic mission to find the right tone and sustain to project his guitar sound to the cosmos.  In this two part series Holden and I talk about his early days with Fender IV, Sons of Adam, what was left...

What a great episode to kick off Season 4! Mike Stax has been at it with Ugly Things Magazine for over thirty years! Covering bands and artists that didn't receive the attention, or acknowledgment that they deserved so long ago, as well as shedding light on legends such as the Craig Smith story here recently. Born and raised in England, Stax moved to So-Cal in the early 80s to pursue music and wha...

In this season finale I spoke to the legend Fred Pessaro about all things music and culture. Pessaro is one of those guys thats always keeping mutliple fires burning all at once. A lover of music and someone that is heavly influenced by culture, he is considered to be one of the most "influential people in NYC" and has editorial expience for prestigious outlets such as Vice, Brooklyn Vegan, New Yo...

The Jackalope Joe, arguably has one of the most extensive and intimate collections of the late - great Dr. Hunter S. Thompson in the world. Starting his collection in the early 2000's, Joe set out on a mission to build the life of someone that lived mad and wrote even madder. A person so special, so ludicrous that he simply could not be contained in just the pages he wrote, but in the objects and...

Rob (Eclectic Mud) is a homie from the So-Cal area that has a passion for all things rock and roll both from the underground as well the above ground sounds. Born and raised in Connecticut, Rob moved to NYC just after the 9/11 attacks and actually when this conversation took place a few weeks back After many years living in the East Coast and a few journies inbetween, Rob found himself in Southern...

Timothy Williams is a composer that moved to LA in the early 2000s to pursue his craft as well as his love for music. Having worked on projects for Disney, it wasn't until Williams got his big break, along with friend and colleague Tyler Bates, on the film 300. Since then Williams has worked on projects such as "Get Out", Jordan Peele's debut masterpiece, "Deadpool 2", "The Swear Jar" and here mos...

Some Folks you feel you've always known. I've experienced this dozens of times, especially on the podcast with various guests and Riley is just one of those people. Super down to Earth, a great talent at everything he stes hismind too, buut above all, his own person. I've wanted to do an episode with him on the podcast since I first started as we both share similar interests and passions and figur...

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY Gurl Morlix moved to TX in his mid 20s to pursue his love and passion for music. Playing locally, it was a matter of time till the cosmic entity know as Blaze Foley was bound to end up in Morlix's life. The dou would go on to become great friends, play countless shows together as well as record music together until Foley's untimely death in the 80s.   Spending time b...

I was recently invited by Buddy Slowik, the host of Mississippi's Supertalk. Fm radio station called the "Handyman Show" yesterday morning to speak about the podcast, my love for all things 60's and 70's, a label work I for called Ancient Grease and much more! It was very nice of Buddy and his gang to have me on to talk about whats been going on here at Primitive Man Soundz this past year and a ha...

Born and raised in Florida, Richard Maddox began playing music just like any other kid. Influenced by The Beatles, amongst others, until it was his turn to create music! He eventually met his bandmates and formed a unique band, like many, that would come and go... Masalla are a Daytona, FL based heavy rock/psych group that released one single in 1970 on the Climax label that is pure earthquake bli...

New York based group Unsettled Society released a few singles on the Pete Huntley label called Charm in the mid/late 60s before the group transitioned to Thunderhead. Cappelletti played rhythm guitar and sang lead vox in the band(s) and after suffering a near fatal car crash, that left Mike permanently injured, it's safe to say he was supposed to continue on as a ROCKER! I've been working on naili...

I wanted to track down an interesting subject from the legendary Woodstock festival. I've had the pleasure fo speaking to a few artists that played, but no one that actually attended the festival. That was until I located Mike Greenblatt, a writer, freelance journalist and in 2019 he published his first novel "Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back To Yasgur's Farm" which also included a foreword by the...

D'Agostino was bitten by the "Sabbath" bug at the early age of seven and from them on, this has inspired and manifested the trajectory of, not only his music taste, but his life! In 2003 D'Agostino purchased one, if not the, most valuable and rarest piece in rock history. The unheard Black Sabbath Acetate! This is the kind of stuff that only legends are made of and that's exactly what our conversa...

A folk legend from Maine, Bill Stone recorded his lone LP masterpiece in 1970 entitled "Stone" at just the age of 19/20 with his friends and local talent from the community. Having been done wrong buy the label head, nothing new there, he decided to pursue other ventures in his life and relocated here in TN for awhile while attending Vanderbilt for his doctorate in the 80s before moving back to Ma...