He Whose Podcast is Gored

The Wasted Years had an awesome recording session with Lisa, Brian, and JC (not pictured) of He Whose Ox is Gored at The Black Lodge last night. Debaucherous tales were spun of one-armed dominatrixes, dog shit-encrusted floors, American flag theft, strippers, bed bug infestations, and "juicey jaw."

From there, we headed over to the Comet to check out Seattle husband/wife duo Noise-a-Tron.

I wish I could post all these recordings right now, but duty calls in my other life as a semi-responsible person with a real job. Podcasts are being edited and recorded, and web stuff is being designed. Mid to late May, we'll be live.

- Aaron

Good things are happening.

I didn't want you all to think this thing was dead. This weekend, I'm recording some stories with awesome Seattle "doomgaze" band He Whose Ox is Gored. Very excited to sit down with Lisa and Brian and kick the shit.

In the pipeline:
Jonas Haskins - currently of Low Hums and Poor Moon; formerly of Earth, Jesus Chords, and I think some others I'm forgetting. We'll clear that up on the podcast.

Ben Verellen - The man behind the amazing Verellen Amplifiers and Helms Alee; formerly of Harkonen, Roy, etc.

The ball is rolling, folks. The ball is rolling...

Introducing... The Wasted Years

The Wasted Years is just getting off the ground, and I'm getting excited. The stories are flowing like beer, and not-coincidentally, are usually fueled by beer as well. Unfortunately, there aren't any podcasts ready to post just yet. I want to build-up a small batch of podcasts before I officially launch the show, probably in May sometime. But in the meantime, here's a teaser.

This is Brian Cook of Russian Circles enjoying some Ninkasi. Brian used to play for legendary hardcore act Botch, followed by the much beloved These Arms Are Snakes. We recorded for a couple hours last weekend at Brian's place, and he spun tales of drunken woe from his TAAS touring days, followed by a tale of wake-the-fuck-up from a more recent RC trip. Quality stuff for sure.

And this fella? This is my good buddy Mike Spine (Toschi) from At the Spine. He's also been touring for a long time, and getting involved with things like you see in this picture. Mike told me an amazing story about the time he slept with a Vampire in New Orleans, and then he and I shared some stories from our days touring with my old band The Plains.

Stay tuned...

Aaron A. Semer

Host of The Wasted Years Podcast

Struggling musician, songwriter, and engineer for over 20 years

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