Turned Out A Punk

Damian Abraham has been many things... the singer of a critically acclaimed band, a failed VJ and food network host, one of the minds behind TV's "The Wrestlers", parent of 3... and undeniably, a punk music obsessive. Each week, he sits down and chats with an interesting person from various walks of life to find out how their world was influenced and changed by the discovery of a novelty genre that supposedly died out in 1978... PUNK!

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Episode 8 - Tom Scharpling (The Best Show)


THE BEST SHOW LIVES! To celebrate, Turned Out A Punk is lucky enough to have the host of The Best Show: Tom Scharpling. Listen as Damian and Tom discuss discovering punk in small town New Jersey, and how Tom goes on to create a radio show empire that counts some of the best and brightest from the comedy and music worlds.

Also touched on: - Husker Du as first contact. - Discovering Punk in isolation - The oppression of 80’s Springsteenmania in New Jersey - Frankie Goes To Hollywood: New Jersey’s PissChrist - REM rocks the lunchroom. - Conflict zine as inspiration for everything. (See, I told you Gerard!) - Too Fun Too Huge the lesser known pre-Matador Records zines - The wishing well of record mail-order back in the day. - Gerard Cosloy is AWESOME! - The label not even a MUTHA could love. - Sneaking to "Eating Clubs" to see icons of indie rock - Dinosaur Jr. - “EATING IT” the CBGB of comedy. - H. John Benjamin and Jon Glaser’s “Get Hyped”: the best performance of anything ever. - The importance of an early David Cross’ blessing - The Best Show as a band member’s secret handshake - Damian gushing about The Best Show


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 December 31, 2014  1h27m