Dan & Manny welcome Prof. Matt Landis to teach them all about the 90s Swing revival.
“ Anytime a musical movement is chasing authenticity you can almost guarantee they're going to be bullshit ” -Matt Landis
Matt takes Dan & Manny on a deep journey that includes the beginnings of Swing music in the 30s, to the historic events of The Zoot Suit Riots, he explains the core of what it means to be Punk, the impetus of the 90s Swing Revival, and it's absolute failings. Through it all, Matt also tells some amazing stories of his time in the Brooklyn-based cabaret-punk collective The World/Inferno Friendship Society, which honesty can be a whole other episode.
At the end, Dan & Manny ask the pivotal question, "How do you rank the Rocky movies."
Big thanks to Matt for coming on and truly making this one of the best Nostalgia 101 episodes.
Email us (thenostalgiatest@gmail.com) your thoughts & questions about this episode so we can share them on the next show!
APPROXIMATE RUN OF SHOW:
00:00 Introduction to Nostalgia 101
00:13 Meet the Hosts: Dan and Manny
00:40 Swing Revival: A Surprising Return
02:19 Guest Introduction: Matt Landis
05:35 The 90s Swing Revival: A Deep Dive
09:31 The Punk Connection
15:59 The Evolution of Swing and Jump Blues
26:05 World Inferno Friendship Society: A Unique Experience
39:21 The Philosophy of Punk
49:46 Capitalist Apology and Punk Identity
51:14 Racial and Gendered Forms of Oppression in Music
53:28 Nostalgia Test: Swing Music
54:31 Rocky Franchise Marathon
56:54 Ranking the Rocky Movies
Matthew Landis is an adjunct at Stockton University (General/Interdisciplinary Studies) & Rowan University (Music Industry). He was a long-time member of the Brooklyn-based cabaret-punk collective The World/Inferno Friendship Society. He toured (US, Canada, and Europe) with them extensively and recorded/co-wrote/arranged a few singles/7"'s and a full-length record with them as keyboardist. He's a published music critic and poet and has worked as a session musician and sideman for many, many Philadelphia-based artists. He currently fronts the heavy psych/garage/doom/hardcore-adjacent band Vice Trip, is finishing up a book about his time in the World/Inferno Friendship Society, as well as a book of poems. He also has his own Substack (of course he does) called Hopeful Monsters. He lives in Southern New Jersey, for reasons passing understanding.
Vice Trip's Bandcamp: https://vicetrip.bandcamp.com/album/i-cant-imagine-b-w-hungover-on-life My Substack: https://hopefulmonsters.substack.com/ LINKS & ADDITIONAL NOTES: (Coming Soon) Contact/Book The Nostalgia Test Podcast!If you had a great time listening to The Nostalgia Test Podcast and want to book us on your next podcast or have perform at your themed party, or have us host a special event, fill out the form below and LET'S GET NOSTALGIC!
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