ReadJunk Podcast

ReadJunk Podcast

Hosted by ReadJunk's Bryan Kremkau and features conversations about music, movies and whatever else I can think of

Episodes

Stephen Shafer (Moon Records, Duff Guide to Ska)

May 26, 2021 • 133 mins

Episode 62 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Stephen Shafer who worked at Moon Records for many years, started the excellent ska blog Duff Guide to Ska and last year released a book, Duff Guide to 2 Tone, which you can buy at Amazon.com now. 

Steve was a pioneer, in a way, with starting a digital record label way before its time. Plus, he started the fun ska concert series Electric Avenue in Manhattan with Marc Wasserman. Not to...

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The Mandalorian Season 2 Recap, Future Star Wars Series & Movies, Galaxy's Edge

December 21, 2020 • 78 mins
Episode 61 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Bryan and Frank. We recap season 2 of The Mandalorian (SPOILER ALERT), talk about that wild finale, our favorite moments & episodes, our complaints and nitpicks. We also discuss what the future holds for the series and all the other Disney Plus Star Wars series that were announced. We end things with a quick chat about our experiences visiting Galaxy's Edge/Batuu down in Walt Disney World....
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Alternative Christmas Movies with Bryan, Eric & Ryan

December 8, 2020 • 87 mins
Episode 60 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Bryan, Eric and Ryan and we talk Alternative Christmas Movies. We debate and discuss whether certain movies like Die Hard 1 and 2, Lethal Weapon, Shazam, Batman Returns, Gremlins, Silent Night Deadly Night, Trading Places and others are legitimate Christmas movies or just movies that take place during the holiday season.  The transition track done is by Aaron Kenny and it's called "Christm...
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The Future Of Concerts?

November 17, 2020 • 82 mins
Episode 59 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with hosts Bryan and Chris, featuring Chris's buddies Drew and Jason (Devil's Due Podcast). We talk about the future of concerts and what's that going to look like post-COVID. We talk about the current state of things, how shows and concerts could be improved in the future, live streaming concerts happening now, how Brexit could be a big problem for UK bands post-pandemic and other things along...
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Movies That Scared Us As Kids with Bryan, Ryan, Eric & Chris

October 27, 2020 • 93 mins
Episode 58 of the ReadJunk Podcast is all about movies or scenes that have scared us as kids...or in my case, still scare me. I'm joined by Ryan Miller (DJ Ryan Midnight, 100% Ska Podcast), and journalist Eric Althoff (Washington Post, LA Times, ReadJunk)and ReadJunk metalhead Chris Taylor. We talk about IT, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Witches, Fire in the Sky, Return to Oz, Willy Wonka, Ernest Scared Stupid, The Blob, and even G....
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Music, Politics, TV, Halloween Movies & More with Bryan, Chris, Joe and Ray

October 12, 2020 • 98 mins
It's been about 5 months since the last podcast episode of the ReadJunk Podcast but we're back! Just been keeping myself focused on work and personal life and not being so stretched thin with a lot of things. Believe it or not, it takes some effort putting the podcast together so just needed a little bit of a break.  I figured I'd get the usual gang back for some catching up. We discuss the music industry and what's going on in the...
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Marc Wasserman (Rude Boy George, Heavensbee, Bigger Thomas)

June 22, 2020 • 94 mins
Episode 56 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Marc Wasserman of Rude Boy George, Heavensbee, Bigger Thomas and the author of the upcoming book: Ska Boom: An Oral History About the Birth of American Ska & Reggae. I'm joined by co-founder of ReadJunk, Adam Coozer, who also is RBG's merch guy. We talk about pandemic life, Heavensbee's new album, Rude Boy George's new EP, 80s music, picking the songs to record, Morrissey / The Smith discu...
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80s & 90s Movies We Grew Up Watching with Bryan, Ryan & Eric

May 4, 2020 • 93 mins
Episode 55 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Ryan Miller (DJ Ryan Midnight, 100% Ska Podcast), and journalist Eric Althoff (Washington Post, LA Times, ReadJunk) and it's all about 80s and 90s movies. Movies we grew up watching all the time on TV, not necessarily good movies. The movies we discuss could be considered underrated, under-appreciated, obscure but they were movies we watched a lot regardless of quality. We talk about Krull...
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Robert Julian (Rude Boy George, The Zensies)

April 15, 2020 • 87 mins
Episode 54 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Robert Julian of Rude Boy George and The Zensies. We talk about keeping busy and creative in quarantine, homeschooling, his latest reggae project The Zensies, Rude Boy George, playing in the UK, Adobe Creative Cloud (of all things), the Hudson Valley scene, the latin music scene, and we finish things up with a brief discussion on politics and what we have been watching on TV.    The transi...
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Quarantine Catch Up With Bryan, Ray & Joe

April 4, 2020 • 63 mins
Episode 53 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Bryan, Ray and Joe and we just catch-up a bit talking about how surreal everything is right now. We discuss what's happening in the world, we talk a little bit about Star Wars, what we have been watching, what were the last shows we went to before the pandemic. Plus we discuss whether or not New York Comic Con will be postponed or canceled.  The transition track done is by Everet Almond ca...
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Cassie and Becky (Ska Box)

March 28, 2020 • 54 mins
Episode 52 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Cassie and Becky of Ska Box (https://skaboxrox.com/), the monthly all ska merch box that is being sent out right now! We talk about being in quarantine and what that's been like, Ska Box, how they go into ska, being too old for shows, and we finish things up with a fun game of Jeff Goldblum Trivia! The transition track done is by Text Me Records called "Skanada." The interlude track is by ...
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Favorite SNL Sketches

March 21, 2020 • 74 mins
ReadJunk Podcast discusses our favorite Saturday Night Live sketches, cast members and eras.
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2020 Oscar Nominations with Bryan and Adam Coozer

January 27, 2020 • 108 mins
It’s the first ReadJunk Podcast episode of 2020 and Episode #50 of the podcast as well! It’s with my buddy Adam Coozer, who co-created ReadJunk with me. He started Read Magazine, I started Ska, Punk And Other Junk and then we merged the sites about 15-17 years ago. This is actually the first time Adam has been a guest on the podcast and figured it would be a good time to discuss the 2020 Oscar Nominations. We usually do an article ...
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Year In Review 2019 with Bryan, Ray and Joe

December 31, 2019 • 108 mins
Episode 49 of the ReadJunk Podcast is our last episode of 2019 and the decade. It's our Year In Review of 2019 episode with Bryan, Joe and Ray. We give our lists for Top 10 Favorite Movies, TV shows, Concerts, Albums and Joe gives a quick list of his favorite Video Games as well. We start things off by talking Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for a few minutes, nothing too spoilery. Then we get into our lists.   Thanks for listenin...
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Artist Ryan (Honorary Android)

December 17, 2019 • 80 mins
Episode 48 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with artist Ryan (Honorary Android), who has designed some really cool ska/punk, Disney/theme park mash up shirts. We discuss how Ryan got into shirt designing, Teepublic, and just designing in general. The conversation soon steers into a ska and punk conversation. We talk about what were some of Ryan's favorite albums of the year and what shows he's attended.  Since Ryan is a Florida resident ...
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Director Ian McFarland (The Godfathers of Hardcore, Blood for Blood)

November 21, 2019 • 71 mins
Episode 47 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with director Ian McFarland, who directed the awesome Agnostic Front documentary 'The Godfathers of Hardcore.' He's also in the Boston hardcore band Blood For Blood, has directed numerous music videos for bands like The Unseen, Terror, Killswitch Engage and lots of others. He's doing other documentary projects as well, so we talk about that, Blood for Blood, Agnostic Front and the documentary o...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Warped Tour Exhibit & Ska / Punk Influences

November 13, 2019 • 95 mins
Episode 46 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with me and Steve Bauer, a fellow ReadJunk writer. We discussed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Warped Tour Exhibit that featured two of my photographs, we reminisce some more about the Vans Warped Tour as well. After that, we talked about our punk and ska influences, what bands & albums made an impact on us earlier on, as well as ways of discovering new music back in "our day." Transition track...
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The Misfits at Madison Square Garden Concert Review

October 22, 2019 • 62 mins
Episode 45 of the ReadJunk Podcast is Me (Bryan Kremkau) and Chris Taylor recapping and reviewing the Misfits reunion concert at Madison Square Garden. The Damned and Rancid were the openers. We discuss a little bit about the history of Misfits that lead to these reunion shows, getting to MSG, obnoxious people in the crowd, Jerry Only breaking over 7 bass guitars, if the Misfits will be doing more of these reunion concerts and some...
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NYCC 2019 & Joker Non-Spoiler Review with Bryan, Ray and Joe

October 17, 2019 • 83 mins
Episode 44 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Me (Bryan Kremkau), Ray Manuud and Joe Fogle. We discuss them going to New York Comic Con 2019, a Joker non-spoiler movie review, Disney+ a little bit, plus some other odds n ends.  Ray and Joe talk about NYCC's booths, the cosplay, interviews Joe did, I talk about my twin brother Matt's take on NYCC since he went for the first time and all I could talk about was the last few years I went ...
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TV & Movie Talk with Bryan, Ray and Joe

August 5, 2019 • 108 mins
Episode 43 of the ReadJunk Podcast is with Me (Bryan Kremkau), Ray Manuud and Joe Fogle and it's all about TV and Movies! We talk about TV shows that we've been watching this Summer and back in the Spring, shows like The Boys, Deadly Class, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Stranger Things, Doom Patrol, Game of Thrones, Yellowstone, and some other stuff. Then we talk a little bit about movies at the end like Spider-Man: Far From Ho...
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