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[autistme]

i am so deep in the mines

[love-studying58]

happy Masters of the Air release week. In honour of the series due to release on the 26th, I wanted to list a few faces we’ll be seeing throughout the series. I want to particularly note the crewmen of the 100th in hopes this makes sense to viewers who either a) didn’t have time to read any books based on the 100th bomb group, or b) want to read Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller during/after the tv show aires. My lovely friend on tumblr @kylaym was happy to message me on instagram regarding who’s who for most of the 100th bomb group posts. She gets that everyone in uniform looks the same; same haircut, moustaches, masks, everywhere, etc. She mentioned it is always better to remember a bunch of lads as groups and crews than as individuals!

Here we gooo..

Colonel Neil “Chick” Harding

A West Point graduate and the school’s football coach prior to the war. Harding was a seasoned aviator who truly emulated much of the 100th’s attitude. He exhibited an appreciation for his crew’s mental and emotional well-being.

Major John C. “Bucky” Egan and Major Gale “Buck” Cleven

Two of the squadron commanders, Majors John “Bucky” Egan of the 418th Bomb Squadron and Gale “Buck” Cleven of the 350th, had piloting skills which matched their personalities. (Found top row 3rd and 4th members from left to right).

Captain John D. Brady

He served as a pilot in the 418th bomb squadron and was shot down during the mission to Munster on October 10th, 1943. (Shown here on the far left). He flew overseas in A/C #42-30071 “Skipper” as 1st Lt. Pilot. 2nd Lt’s being Lt. John L. Hoerr [Co-Pilot] and Lt. Harry Crosby [Group Navigator and Captain].

M/Sgt. Kenneth A. Lemmons

He served on the 351st Bomb Squadron and was one of the first crew chiefs assigned to the 100th Bomb Group. After being a part of the U.S. Air Force's ground crew, he was subsequently promoted to the position of flight chief. (Shown above in the front).

Harry H. Crosby

Harry served as a navigator in the 418th Bomb Squadron and later became Group Navigator for the Hundredth, however, his struggle with airsickness often hindered his ability to navigate. (Found above beside Brady on the right). Harry Crosby replaced Lt. Payne on the crew of Douglass.

Payne is found above on the right, beside Harry Crosby.

Lt. Howard B. “Hambone” Hamilton

He was a bombardier mostly known for flying with Brady’s crew.

On the October 10th Munster mission, crew #32 was led by Major John C. Egan as Co-Pilot. Near the initial point “Mlle Zig Zig” was hit by Flak, resulting in the following:

- Sgt Clanton passing away

- wounding Howard Hamilton and Roland Gangwer. (Both ended up spending a long time in the hospital).

- the surviving crew members bailed out but were taken prisoner.

Hamilton is seen above on the far left. Beside him on the left is Lt. James Douglass and Captain Frank Murphy.

Captain James Douglass

Served as a bombardier in the 418th Bomb Squadron with the Everett Blakely crew. (Seen above in the first picture beside Blakely).

Major Everett E. Blakely

Was a career officer of the United States Air Force. He was a highly decorated pilot of the B-17 bomber with the Bloody Hundredth Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force. He is most commonly known for his crew’s plane “Just a Snappin”. On a mission to Bremen on October 8th, 1943, his plane was severely damaged by flak and enemy fighters. He later became the Group Training Officer (Shown above on the right and next to Major John Egan in the second picture above).

Blakely’s Crew:

Major John Kidd- Command Pilot

1st Lt. Everett Blakely- Pilot

2nd Lt. Charles Via- Formation Officer in the tail (SWA on the mission during Black Week)

1st Lt. Harry Crosby - Navigator

2nd Lt. James Douglass - Bombadier

T/Sgt. Edmund Forkner - Radio operator

S/Sgt. William McClelland - Ball Turret Gunner (WIA on the Black Week mission)

S/Sgt. Edward Yevich - Waist Gunner (WIA on the Black Week mission)

S/Sgt. Lyle Nord - Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Lester Saunders - Tail Gunner (KIA on the Black Week mission)

Lt Roy Claytor

Roy Claytor was part of the 350th Squadron. Above, he may be flying as a command pilot in this mission or practice with the Claytor Crew.

He is seen above on the left, beside Cleven.

Major Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal

Rosie joins the unit in late 1943. He becomes one of the 100th's most reliable pilots.

Rosenthal's Crew:

[Shown left to right; top row than bottom row]

Sgt. Loren Darling - Waist Gunner

Sgt. Michael V. Boccuzzi - Radio Operator/Gunner

Sgt. John H. Shaffer - Waist Gunner

Sgt. Clarence C. Hall - Top turret gunner/engineer

Sgt. William J. DeBlasio - Tail Gunner

Sgt. Ray H. Robinson - Ball Turret Gunner

Lt. Ronald C. Bailey - Navigator

Lt. Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal - Pilot

Lt. Clifford J. Milburn - Bombardier

Lt. Winifred 'Pappy' Lewis - Copilot

Lt. Curtis Biddick

Lieutenant Curtis Biddick was known as a ‘hard luck’ pilot but was recognised as exceptionally expert and courageous. ‘Every time he went out something seemed to happen,’ said one of his buddies. On one raid he brought his plane back with 1,700 shell and bullet holes in it and two wounded men aboard.

He clashes due to his English colleagues embarking on night-time raids.

Richard Snyder

Biddick's co-pilot and was part of the 418th Bombardment Squadron.

Okay.... So I truly hope this helps going into Masters of the Air tomorrow. I can't wait to see all the bomber boys spread their wings and fly. This tv series is going to be an absolute wreck (in the best way possible). Thank you to everyone who enjoys my posts. Love y'all.

[hellofanidea]

Word Wip Game

Rules: you will be given a word. Share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that start with each letter of that word.

Thank you @saturnwisteria for tagging me again! The word I was given was 'Candle'.

C - Crank hobbles to a bench and tries to peel off his sweater and shirt, but stops as his ribs and arms complain. Before he can ask, Buck is helping him, coaxing him to lean forward so they can be slipped off without raising his arms any further.

“Jesus,” Buck mutters, and Crank can tell he’s looking at the bruises blooming colorfully all up and down his torso. Even without a mirror, he knows he’s a sight, boot shaped marks on too visible ribs, dark, finger shaped bruises at his shoulders and arms. (From the yet to be named CrankBucky(/Buck) fic)

A - Arthur can’t resist mouthing at the fabric, taking the thick cloth between his teeth and biting down until he feels the give of skin and muscle beneath the layers. Ev chokes on a whimper, and the hand in his hair goes tight but doesn’t pull him away. Relentless, Arthur digs in tighter, worrying his teeth into the mouthful like he'll be able to punch though and taste skin. Maybe if he does, maybe if he can take a chunk out of Ev, he'll be able to keep him forever. (Coda to the Bloodied Uniform prompt, Arthur/Blakely)

N - Nobody talks much. There are a few words here and there about if they’ve seen anybody else, if there were chutes or not from other forts they saw fall, but mostly the apprehension lays so thick in the air there’s no room for anything but silence. By the time the train finally stops for good Hambone is shivering and sweating in Brady’s arms, and the sound of dogs outside has Murphy looking to the ceiling and praying under his breath. (CrankBucky(/Buck) fic)

D - “Do you like girls?” Bucky relents. He sounds fourteen and ridiculous.

“I think my Army recruiter had the same question,” Crank says drily. (The untitled CrankBucky(/Buck) fic again)

L - Lightheaded, he lists forward, but Benny is there to catch him before he can face plant onto the floor.

“Fuck, Crank, bad joke, don’t worry about it.” (Ibid)

E - Especially from him.

“I was dreamin’,” Arthur says finally. His voice is rough, distant. “Think I might still be dreamin’.”

“Yeah? Whatcha dream about, Arthur?”

Bucky watches his throat work, his face contorting as he tries to form words again.

“They didn’t march us,” he says simply. (Post-Stalag hurt/comfort, Arthur&Bucky)

No pressure tags for anyone who still has WIPs left to mine from lmao, your word is 'Waltz''. @upontherisers @latibvles @youokaybucky @sidleckie @moghraidhs

[mercurygray]

solely because I think it’s funny and I do delight in a bit of crack: Douglass has a crush on Joan 🎤 ( t al l wo m e n )

"You know, Doug has a crush on you."

Joan looked at Marj with what could only be described as quiet devastation and tried not to look across the room at the man himself, currently laughing with Hambone and Murphy. "Doug has a crush on everyone, Marj. I'm not particular in that regard."

"Oh, no, I think you're wrong," Marj said with authority, sipping her beer. "I heard him yesterday rhapsodizing about your legs."

The disgust deepened. "I'm never going to wear a pair of shorts on this base ever again."

"They are very nice legs, Joanie," her friend grinned. "He wasn't wrong. And no one disagreed with him, either," she added, for maximum effect, watching her friend's face shift from open disdain to tepid interest, Joan casually wondering (as she never would out loud) if he had been part of the conversation.

[Send “__ has a crush on you!” with the name of an OC to see their reaction]

[spinteresting]

To Finally Hold You - the modern gay bar au

Rated: E

Words: 3232

Dougie and Ev have been best friends since university, but maybe they could be something more.

Dougie finds himself lagging behind as they walk down the street from the restaurant to the club. Buck and Bucky, the old married couple of their college friend group, lead the way. Benny is right behind them with his boyfriend John who they’ve all finally gotten to meet for the first time tonight.

Ev is walking backwards, talking animatedly with Helen, Tatty, Hambone, and Jack. A wide smile spreads across his face as he gestures wildly.

”Take a picture. It’ll last longer,” Crosby mutters.

“Huh? What are you talking about, Croz?” Dougie asks.

“You haven’t been able to keep your eyes off Ev all night.”

Doug feels a blush creep up his neck and onto his cheeks. “I’ve been looking at everyone. It’s been too long since we’ve all been out together!”

Croz ignores his protests. “You know he’s single now. And you’re single now. Maybe you can finally do something about this tension that’s been building for literal years.”

Read more on AO3

[google1000]

Master Of The Air

Oldest~ Top of Section

Youngest~ Bottom Of Section

⭐️-Smut ❤️-Fluff 💔-Angst 🚫-None

🪢- Polyamorous 🍷-Alcohol🩸-Blood ☠️-Death 🤰-Pregnancy

🚺-Female Character 🚹-Male Character ⚧- Gender Neutral Character

Gale “Buck” Cleven

G

John “Bucky” Egan

J

Curtis "Curt" Biddick

C

Harry Crosby

H

Kenneth “Ken” Lemmons

K

Howard " Hambone" Hamilton

H

Everett Blakley

E

James “Dougie” Douglass

J

John Brady

J

Bernard “Benny” Demarco

B

Joesph “Bubbles” Payne

J

Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal

R

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Medic & Buck & Bucky by AlienNoResImagines💙

[casposters]

F-105D in combat, Vietnam, 1967 Maj Ralph L. Kuster of the 13th TFS, 388th TFW was No 2 aircraft in Hambone flight of F-105Ds, leading an attack on the Bac Giang transportation hub near Hanoi on June 3, 1967. Kuster bombed a heavy AAA site, then sighted three MiG-17s, which Hambone turned to engage 6 miles from the target. Capt Larry D. Wiggins in F-105D Hambone 03 destroyed one with an AIM-9B missile and 20mm gunfire. Kuster turned behind the leading MiG-17, firing a stream of 20mm shells from his F-105D, “Mickey Titty Chi” (60-0424), ahead of its flight path. The burning MiG crashed inverted, killing its pilot (probably Lt Phan Tan Duan). This was the time of highest losses for the VPAF, with 32 MiGs claimed by US pilots in May–June 1967.

Title: Republic F-105 Thunderchief Authors: Peter E. Davies

[tempi-dispari]

New Post has been published on https://www.tempi-dispari.it/2023/05/11/fleurs-du-mal-musica-rivitalizzante/

Fleurs du mal: musica rivitalizzante

I Fleurs du mal sono un ensamble rythm and blues d’annata. La prima formazione risale al 1983. il primo disco all’anno successivo. È trascorso il tempo lasciando inalterato il loro spirito blues. Il loro stile spazia tra il blues di Chicago, Blues Brothers, il rock, il funky, il jazz e lo swing. Tutte influenze che si insinuano non solo nei dischi, ma anche nei singoli brani. Questo rende i Fleurs du mal longevi e sempre accattivanti. La loro è musica senza tempo. Inutile soffermarsi sulle capacità tecniche dei componenti. Sono decisamente alte. Soprattutto sono state affinate per dare quello spessore tipico solo dei nomi migliori del genere. I brani sono intensi, trascinanti, lancinanti quando è il caso. Il loro ultimo lavoro in studio, Gumbo, mostra un ulteriore mix. Infatti è, per la prima volta nella storia della band, da sei ‘standard’ affiancati ad altrettanti brani originali.

Quindi troviamo Caledonia di Luis Jordan, Melody del duo Jagger-Richrads, Stop Breaking Down dell’immortale Robert Johnson, Basin Street Blues di Spencer Williams, featuring Andy J Forest, Let Me Love You Babe di W. Dixon, Rollin’ & Tumblin’ di Hambone W. Newbern accanto a canzoni inedite. Se i brani prescelti come cover possono essere considerati classici per i cultori del genere e del rock, non possono certo definirsi scontati gli arrangiamenti. Il disco offre poi una chicca in più. La partecipazione su diversi brani di Andy J Forest.

Tutte le composizioni, originali e non, rispettano la tradizione del Fleurs du male style. Rhytm and blue d’autore, perfettamente suonato. Inutile un track by track. Ogni canzone va scoperta nell’insieme. Come impossibile indicare una brano sugli altri. Entrano in gioco quelli che si chiamano gusti personali. E personalmente, se proprio dovessi indicare una canzone, direi Blues cares. Mi ha colpito l’intensità, l’andamento sofferto, il calore che emana, l’interpretazione della voce. Da chitarrista ho poi molto apprezzato il solo che non è soltanto circostanziato, ha un gusto davvero invidiabile. Medesimo concetto per l’intervento di armonica. Oltre a dei suoni perfetti.

Ciò dà la somma di come questo disco debba essere approcciato. Si deve partire dalla base che si sta per sentire un disco che non ha difetti. È instradato su un genere ben preciso, ma questo non deve far pensare a qualcosa di scontato. Si deve essere ben consci del fatto che le canzoni non hanno nessun calo. La capacità di scrittura ai nostri non manca. Allo stesso modo sono assenti tentennamenti o riempitivi. Tutto e costantemente sotto controllo. Pur dando l’idea di una jam session tra amici.

Ecco, questo è un altro aspetto moto importante per entrare nel giusto mood. Il fatto che si sta per ascoltare delle composizioni scritte da amici. Spiegarlo a parole è difficile. È la medesima sensazione che si ha incontrando qualcuno, magari anche per la prima volta, e sentire come se si conoscesse quella persona da moltissimo tempo. Non è voler banalizzare. Anzi. Che la musica riesca a trasferire nell’ascoltatore questo genere di sentimento, trovo che dia una marcia in più all’intero cd. Lo spegnersi dell’ultimo brano lascia un po’ di amaro in bocca e una domanda: come potranno mai essere dal vivo? Se solo il disco trasmette tante emozioni, calore, suonato dal vivo sarà ancora meglio. Non resta che dare concretezza a questa idea vedendoli in sede live. Il sentore è che non si rimarrà delusi. Al contrario. Sarà certo meglio delle aspettative.

Un disco consigliato a tutti. In particolar modo a chi ha bisogno di una pacca un una spalla per una giornata storta.

[chongoblog]

is there any way you can tell who B and E is without spoiling those who don't want to know because now I'm very curious with that DLC stuff you're talkin about

Yes! By putting them in the tags and just making there so many tags that they get drowned out! People who dont care or already know keep scrolling

otherwise get ready to read some tags

[foundonshelfpod]

Check out our latest podcast all about Rockula! It’s a movie about a vampire that has a curse put on him by a hambone wielding pirate with a pegleg...oh and Bo Diddley in spandex https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/t98r0euL3ub

[dax-micro]

I have been reading "The Deathworlders" by Hambone / Philip R. Johnson since june 27th 2021 and it is amazing. It's currently 8876 pages long (in the e-reader I'm using) and that's for 78 chapters (out of 79 available, I have downloaded chapter 79 separately and will read it once I'm done with the others, although I'm guessing I'll have a couple more chapters to read by the time I'm done).

I really love it.

(currently at the beginning of chapter 50 part 3).

Go check it out https://deathworlders.com/

[idk-just-call-me-max]

Song Title URL Tag Game

Rules: Spell out your username using song titles, and then tag as many people as there are letters in your url.

I was tagged by @aesthetic--fangirl :))

i - I’m Like A Bird by Nelly Furtado

d- Dead Inside by Younger Hunger

k- Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

j- Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield

u- Under My Skin by Jukebox The Ghost

s- Sports by Beach Bunny

t- Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms

c- Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners

a- Always on My Mind by Pet Shop Boys

l- Lovesong by The Cure

l- Loved One by The Aubreys

m- Miss Jackson by Panic! At The Disco, LOLO

e- Eddie Baby by Felix Hagan & the Family

f- Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys

l- Love in the First Degree by Bananarama

i- I’m Gonna Kill Santa Claus by Danny Gonzalez

s- Sit Down by James

s- St. Elmos Fire (Man in Motion) by John Parr

I have literally nowhere near 18 people I can tag for this lmao so imma just do three: @unexciting-houseplant @thats-so-hambone @willowthewispp

[kombits]

Worldbuilding “Wednesday” Sunday because time doesn’t matter anymore and days of the week don’t exist.

I was tagged by @frenchy-and-the-sea about five hundred years ago aaaahhaaaaa whatever here go.

I tag whoever has an OC who they want to talk about, but I’m gonna talk about my good good boy Fàilbhe.

B A S I C S full name: Fàilbhe gender: Male sexuality: Gay pronouns: He/Him

O T H E R S family: Mother, Father, both deceased birthplace: The Feywilds job: Live life, be gay, do a trick phobias: Losing loved ones lmao, disease guilty pleasures: Goddamn it dude, gifts, presents, stealing whatever he wants and general fey trickery. The options are endless

M O R A L S morality alignment: Chaotic neutral sins: lust / greed / gluttony / sloth / pride / envy / wrath virtues: chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T Introvert / Extrovert Organized / Disorganized Close-minded / Open-minded Calm / Anxious Agreeable / Disagreeable Cautious / Reckless Patient / Impatient Outspoken / Reserved Leader / Follower Empathetic / Unempathetic Optimistic / Pessimistic Traditional / Modern Hard-working / Lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S otp: Fàilbhe/Gavaar 4ever ot3: Fàilbhe/Mira/Zephyr living happily as one big family forever and ever amen brotp: Fàilbhe/Zephyr notp: Fàilbhe/Hambone get the fuck out

[gwisincon]

@kombits did one for Failbhe so I had to do one for his husband GAVAAR! He is a half-orc muscle man. Good boy. Best boy.

———

B A S I C S

full name: Gavaar

gender: male

sexuality: bisexual

pronouns: he/him

O T H E R S

family: mother (orc, deceased), father (human, alive and well)

birthplace: somewhere far north in the cold

job: bounty hunter/maul for hire/currently a homemaker

phobias: losing control, hurting a lot of innocent people, dying either alone or without honor

guilty pleasures: being doted on/flattered tbh lmao. He doesn’t like to admit that he really likes it.

M O R A L S

morality alignment: lawful neutral, he follows a personal code more than anything which can kind of make him make grey decisions or think of things as an “end justifies the means”. It’s all very situational.

sins: lust / greed / gluttony / sloth / pride / envy / wrath

virtues: chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

Introvert / Extrovert

Organized / Disorganized

Close-minded / Open-minded

Calm / Anxious

Agreeable / Disagreeable (he comes off as very disagreeable but he’s so good lmao)

Cautious / Reckless

Patient / Impatient

Outspoken / Reserved

Leader / Follower

Empathetic / Unempathetic

Optimistic / Pessimistic

Traditional / Modern

Hard-working / Lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Gavaar and his husband Failbhe!

ot3: Gavaar/Failbhe/Hambone, sporadically (I’m so sorry Failbhe)

brotp: Gavaar and his well loved friend/comrade/subject of his mentoring Valtish, made by @frenchy-and-the-sea . 🥰

notp: Gavaar and Hambone. It would just never work out in the long run. Lmao

[current-mcr-news]

Casual Interactions 10: Full Transcription

John: Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey and welcome to Casual Interactions. I'm John "Hambone" McGuire, and today we've got Frank and the Future Violents here in an airstream trailer outside of the Asbury Lanes, and we're gonna talk to you about the album Barriers and a little behind the scenes action about Frank's upcoming video for Great Party, as well as his summer tour that's going on right now. Now this is a little bit different than your traditional episode of Casual Interactions. Unfortunately, Shaun could not be here with us to hang out, he is here in spirit. And Frank, Shaun, and I will be back in the fall with more episodes of Casual Interactions as promised. This is just a little something to get you through the summer blues and hopefully to get you excited to go see Frank on tour right now. Check it out. This is everyone's first time playing at the Lanes since they've redone the lanes.

Everyone: Yes.

J: Anyone play here before?

Everyone: Yeah.

Frank: I've been here before. Yeah, Thursday did a couple shows here.

Tucker: Four nights of it, yeah.

F: Oh damn!

J: No big deal. Sold out every one. 

T: In a row.

F: Did you say fortnight? 

T: Fortnight, yeah. Two weeks worth. 

J: Put me on the guest list, I appreciate it. 

F: Hey, what are you gonna do? 

T: I'm always gonna do that for my friends. 

J: It's a Jersey thing. I call him up, I say.

T: I got a guy down there.

J: "I know your mom." 

F: Thursday, playing on a Wednesday. 

T: (unintelligible) 

F: Oh man. Alright, so flashback to about 20 years ago. 1999, say.

J: -ish, yeah.

F: Ish. Pencey Prep signs to Eyeball Records, right? It's a band that myself and Hambone were both in. At that point, Tucker's in Thursday still, and you guys are on Eyeball. Waiting is coming out, or just came out?

T: Just coming out, I believe. It was like, that day or something, it feels like. I remember it being simultaneous. 

J: You know, for the longest time I thought that that album was actually called Porcelain. Yeah.

F: Originally?

T: I think it might've almost been called Porcelain. 

J: Yeah. It definitely wasn't called Porcelain. 

F: I remember though, being at an Eyeball party. I feel like the best thing about Eyeball house and Eyeball parties, was that every time you went there, you were gifted the new release. 

J: Yes.

F: Even if you had it already, you were still given the CD. So I got Waiting and I remember then going on vacation and listening to it nonstop.

J: Right.

F: In Long Beach Island, and thinking like, "Oh my god, this fucking record's amazing." And then meeting you at a party later on, and being like, "Alright, I wanna be in a abdn with him."

J: It was a game changer, for sure.

F: Yeah. And then shortly after that, meeting Matt because Murder By Death, or at that time, Little Joe Gould.

Matt: Right, it was still, yeah.

F: Was touring, or you guys met them on tour?

T: We met them on tour at a coffee shop together. 

M: No, it was the stinky Anarchist bookstore. 

T: Same thing.

M: Close enough. Much worse smell.

T: Potato / potato.

J: I've heard it both ways. 

M: It was called The Secret Sailor but it was actually known as The Stinky Pirate. 

F: Weird.

J: Where was that?

M: That was in Bloomington. And at that point, Full Collapse was recorded but not quite out yet.

T: Yes.

M: And our friend who had booked the show said, "Hey, this band needs to jump on," and we were like, "Okay." And I think it was Geoff, was like, "I got a friend in Jersey, he's gonna put your record out." We were like, "Nice to meet you, you guys are great, we'll never talk to you again." 

F: That's actually called the Jersey role. That's what we usually do. We always make some plans, then we'll never see you again. 

T: It usually means, "Get away from me," or "Let's actually do this."

M: Turned out it was "Let's actually do this thing."

F: So then I remember, flash forward a couple months later, being at the Eyeball house and Alex who ran the label, and Mark, got a card from you guys in the mail. Like, a handmade card because they had signed you, or said they were gonna put your record out. I mean, at that point it was just handshake deals, but got a card saying, "Thank you. We're so glad to join the family," and everybody was so excited, and then we heard your record, and everybody was like, "Oh my god, we need to get better right now." Because I remember everybody at the label being like, "Oh, we all thought everybody on the label was good, but this is the best record we've ever put out. This is the best record."

J: Banger.

F: Yeah.

T: Aw. 

F: It's true.

J: And then we actually saw you live and then everyone actually started practicing. 

F: Yeah yeah, totally! Yeah.

J: Because, I don't know if you recall when, the first time they came around to the area, they just got thrown on a show at the Loop Lounge. And this is a little ways after Great White burned the club down, but still early enough that Carl and Bruce would let you light things on fire onstage, so Little Joe Gould at the time had a stage show where they'd be blowing fire. They had a little keyboard player, Vincent; a small, unassuming, meek little dude who would actually spit Gene Simmons fireballs, and then the old drummer Alex would light the cymbals on fire. And this is a small club with not the highest ceiling. 

F: And the ceiling's covered in just shit on the wall, Applebee's type things. There's a motorcycle, and there's dust on top of that, and a fish tank with dead fish in it.

T: And all of it was on Alex's head. 

M: Yeah, but stuff that wants to be on fire.

F: Oh yeah, probably, yeah. He's burned me.

J: Almost took out the disco ball one night.

M: We had some close calls in those days. I remember playing at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago and the guys came up and they're like, "Listen, we don't wanna do this, but we have been told if you do the setting shit on fire thing, we're supposed to kick all of your stuff over and blast you with fire extinguishers and you don't get paid." We're like, "That's probably bullshit, but point taken."

F: Yeah, "gotcha."

M: "Cool, we'll take the night off." 

F: Alright. So let's stop there, and go to the weird other thing that happened was Kayleigh, you at this point are in upstate New York.

Kayleigh: Yes.

F: Right? Alright, in college?

K: Where are we going? 

F: Well, you took a class.

K: Oh yeah! Okay! 

F: And Tucker, yeah.

K: I was like-

F: I'm sorry!

K: "At what part of my life am I in upstate New York? What's happening?"

J: Real long way to go to get a superhero origin story.

F: Watch though, this is crazy. So, you're-

K: I went to college at Fredonia State, which is a very unassuming college in western New York, but it's really great for, at the time, it was one of the only state schools that was offering music business as a major. So, I went there to study music business and get a degree. I was touring in a band at the time, and my parents told me if I got a degree, that after I graduated I could come home and tour. So, went to school for music business, and the thing about Fredonia that's really cool, is that it has a great sound recording program because Dave Fridmann lives in Fredonia. So, all the time, there's also this awesome bar called BJ's who everybody used to play there, but all of Dave Fridmann's bands when they were recording would also usually play at this tiny dive bar. Because they'd be working on new material, or just finished a record, or whatever, so I saw MGMT, I've seen Explosions in the Sky, all these- Sleater Kinney.

F: That was like your Wayne Firehouse, basically.

K: It was the coolest little place, and yeah, one day I went to class, my music business class, and Thursday was the guest speakers at my class.

J: And this class was, "Don't take a handshake deal at a party house."

F: "Never sign a man named Matt from Indiana and bring him to Jersey."

T: I just remember going into this class. It was Geoff and I, and you know, everyone looked like babies to me, because we felt like old people in there, but everyone was like, "Get out of here. We don't care about a single word you have to say, you hacks."

F: "Go cry about it, emo kid." 

T: "Shouldn't you be partying instead of teaching this class?"

K: But I think that's also funny. It didn't dawn on me that that actually happened until we were rehearsing at your house. And I said something about Fredonia, and you were like, "Oh, I've been there," and I was like, "Oh my god, you have. And I was there too."

F: I like how Fredonia also sounds just like a place that Dave Fridmann would make up in his head of like, "If I were the ruler of a kingdom, it'd be Fredonia and I would have a music school there and I would bring Thursday in to talk!"

T: Exactly. Fridmann, Fredonia. 

F: Come on.

T: His name is Dave Fredonia.

J: Writes itself.

F: Just saying. 

M: It also sounds like a medication to get you off of something else. 

F: Oh yeah, that too.

M: Like, "I gotta run this cycle of Fredonia."

T: In the commercials, people are riding bikes through a really green field, you know?

Evan: Side effects are deathly diarrhea. 

T: So much diarrhea in one of those two bathtubs on the hill for no fucking reason. That's the one.

J: Yeah, but you know what? You could climb mountains and kayak.

T: Probably after the diarrhea. You do what you gotta do.

J: One would hope.

F: Alright, last circle of weird coincidences. So, My Chem goes on tour and Murder By Death plays with us at Club Krome, right?

M: Yes.

F: With Vox.

M: That was the Halloween show.

F: Halloween show. And Evan is at that show. That's also the first, I don't know if that was the show or the venue where your first band, On Arms, we had you guys open for My Chem.

E: That's right.

F: Was that the same show?

E: I don't think so. I don't think that was the first one.

F: But it was the same venue.

E: It might've been Starland. 

F: Oh shit.

E: It was right when you guys released Three Cheers, I think.

J: No, it was neither one of those clubs. It was the Birch Hill Nightclub.

F: No, we never got the play that because Otter took a shit downstairs and it blew the fucking pipes up. And then they flooded the whole room and no one could, you couldn't play there for months. It was crazy! It was like the dead of winter. Alright, so in the dead of winter, we show up and it's a long drive, it was like 20 minutes or whatever, so Otter's like, "I gotta go to the bathroom." So he runs down to the downstairs and he takes a poop, and he flushes and it blows the- it explodes the entire pipe system at the venue. So it floods the entire downstairs and they have to close the club down.

Geoff: Hey guys.

F: Hey Geoffy.

J: Hey buddy!

F: We're talking about history.

G: Oh I love history.

J: And poop stories!

F: So yeah, for the longest time, you couldn't play Birch Hill Nightclub anymore, and what was the venue attached to it?

J: That's what I was thinking of.

T: Was it Stingrays?

J: Stingrays, yeah.

T: There was a two room deal.

J: What was the show that we did I Am A Graveyard before My Chem, when Gerard came out and did the big Winston Churchill Iron Maiden intro?

F: Yeah, that was weird. That was a one-off thing I think.

J: Either way, at that time, Otter was subsisting on a diet of nothing but Popeye's fried chicken so you can understand how what was gonna happen, was gonna happen.

F: And Fredonia. High dose of Fredonia. Oh man. So that's over 20 years, that's how this band is kinda starting to form, right? And then, I guess flash forward to 2017, 2018? No, alright, let's flash forward to 2016 because we get into an accident, and then shortly after that, we ended up starting touring again, and we go on tour with Dave Hause and the Mermaid, and that's how we really meet Kayleigh. And our first show is in Williamsburg, a music hall in Williamsburg. I remember watching Dave's set, especially seeing Kayleigh playing and how she sings and all that stuff, playing basically everything on the stage, she would just run around and play everything. I was like, "Holy fuck!" These are the types of people, getting to see Thursday, getting to see Murder By Death, and the way that these people in thsi room thought about music. How it wasn't just like, "Oh, I'm just following a guitar part," you know? You see a performance where it's like, "There's three guitar players onstage. They're all playing the same thing. That's so weird. Okay, I guess nobody wanted to sit down." But you know, the idea that you're creating a soundscape with a bass, you know? Or you're playing a melody on the drums that's like, that's the hook of the song. Even though it's very rhythmic, there's a melody there. Same thing with Kayleigh, her solo records and the stuff that she was doing with Dave, that's the stuff that I saw, it was just like, "Whoa, these people think on a different level," you know? So, I started those other projects and had Evan in with the Cellabration and the Patience, and I always knew if I can, I never wanna be in a band without Evan again, you know what I mean? So that's just always gonna happen. But how do we fill this out, how do we do this, get to the next step, next level, and have people in it that are really pushing the envelope and inspiring you on a daily basis? And it just so happened that at the end of 2017 or beginning of 2018, everybody was going to end up being free to do some songs. Or at least Tucker and Matt and Evan were, and then we found out later on that Kayleigh might be free to come in and write some stuff with us.

J: It's awesome. I know from an outsider perspective, watching you go through the different bands. I'll tell you, Evan's great because no matter what band of guys you got backing you up, I always know it's Evan playing guitar. 

F: Right, yeah.

J: You're like the secret weapon. You know? He's like the secret sauce. Like the In 'N Out sauce except we can get you on the east coast which is nice. You know? But I mean it's a cool thing because having written a record, I've written a bunch of music with you, and then watching you write the songs for My Chem, because you were pretty writing them in my apartment.

F: That's true.

J: I know what it was for you to strike out on your own and do the Cellabration and do the Patience, but always kinda having that really nice constant which is Evan. 

F: Yeah.

J: And then I also remember sitting there over breakfast, me, you, and Shaun. By the way, Shaun couldn't be here tonight, he had something else to do. Anyway...

F: He got him so good, look at him!

J: We were having breakfast and he was telling me, he's like, "Yeah, I'm starting up a new thing," and I'm like, "So who you got?" And he goes, "Well of course Evan. But I think I can get Tucker, I think I can get Matt," and I popped. I was like, "Really?!" And I've compared it to getting the stacks rhythm section, like the MG's backing you up. And I was psyched.

F: And the MT's.

J: Yeah, the MT's.

T: I came in cheap, four million.

J: Print some t-shirts, make some money together.

T: Five grand.

J: And I mean, I heard the songs too. I came over to your house and we hung out.

F: That's right! You sat in on one of the early recording sessions.

J: I sat in on one of the early writing sessions. And he's like, "There's this girl, I wanna bring her on, I think it's gonna be the difference maker," and it was. You came in.

F: I agree.

J: Like the secret weapon.

F: That was the final brick in the wall. It was like, "This is really something awesome and special, but I know what it can be and how incredible it can be," and that was bringing Kayleigh in. 

J: And I'll tell you the Stomachaches and Parachutes both are incredible records.

F: Thank you.

J: But this is the first record that I've heard you do in a while where I feel like you were writing with other people. Other people who were not just sitting there being like, "Alright, you play this, you play this, you play this," like everyone brings their own their own unique, special thing to the party, and it's fucking awesome. 

F: I agree. That's the thing too is like, this is the first record where people are writing in a room, they're familiar with the songs, they're writing the parts that they wanna play, and really knowing what the song needs, you know? So like, they're writing for the betterment of that song, and then going into the studio and they're the ones that are playing it, live in the room, to tape. That, we've never had before. You know?

J: Now how many songs did you have written before you started bringing other people in? Not counting Evan because you guys work together a lot, but you know, how many skeletons did you have before you started bringing people on board?

F: Well I had a list of like 21 skeletons, a lot of which we never even touched. And then that would kinda be filtered out. I'd bring one in, I think the first one we worked on was Moto Pop. And that was, "Alright, we're on a roll here." There's songs like Medicine Square Garden that started as a kind of an idea I had written down on paper but I couldn't, I didn't have the full idea of what the song should look like. I couldn't be like, "Oh it's E, F, G," it wasn't like that. It was more like, "I had this idea of a song where it feels like this, and the guitar line sounds like this and follows the vocal but it doesn't make sense so I can't just write it down."

J: So what was the song when you brought everyone in, where you're like, "Fuck yeah, this is it, we got something."

F: I think Medicine was the first time it was like, "Whoa, we did it."

T: That was like the end boss, that song.

F: Yeah, I agree.

T: It was like, "If we can conquer the initial structure of that one."

F: "Then we can do anything." Yeah.

M: I think the first time I came over, I think Young And Doomed was one of the first ones that we worked on just because it's like, we can get something mostly nailed down with that but when we got into Medicine, I remember that one was giving me fits, because it was like you were describing it and I don't know what my part of that is yet. And for the first couple of days it was like everything I tried to play sounded like Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi or something.

F: Yeah yeah yeah!

M: And this is not what it's supposed to be, but it's the only thing my stupid hands do.

J: You are in New Jersey.

M: Right.

J: It's contagious.

M: Maybe I'm trying too hard to sneak in under the Jersey radar.

T: The gift that keeps on giving.

M: But when it clicked it felt like such a victory, you know? It was like, "Okay, we can do it."

J: How about you, Kayleigh? When was the moment for you?

K: I think that what Matt was describing was pretty much my entire- because I came in late to the project because I was busy for the first half of the year and then-

F: She's been on tour for three years straight.

J: Oh yeah, she's a musician's musician. You're even sneaking off to do a show on one of your days off.

K: I know. Surprise, yeah. Surprise show.

J: That's fantastic.

K: But doing multi-instrumentalist work, I think it's I'm a glutton for punishment in the best and worst ways because I kind of approach this project like I don't know what- not only do I not know what to play, parts wise, I don't know what instrument would be best for this song. And also kind of trying to figure out the groundwork that was the bones of all of these songs was already so put together, and so awesome, that I was almost- it really challenged me where I was like, "I can't fuck this up, what am I gonna- what kind of sprinkles am I gonna put on top that's gonna make it, can I make it better? Am I gonna make it better?"

F: What's funny I think is you tread carefully on that stuff because you don't want to step on toes like that, but you're initial instincts are always so great, and make, at least me, think about songs in different ways, and that's why it was so amazing having you come in. To jump forward again, having a new band play old songs is kinda crazy. And then also bringing in musicians that play different instruments is like, "Wow alright, now you have to really reinvent songs off Parachutes and Stomachaches for the live show." So like, she'll be like, "Oh, I was originally thinking violin on a song like Veins," and I was like, "Wow, that's so fucking crazy!" I never would've thought to do that. But now, I can't not hear that song without that instrumentation, it's crazy.

J: So let me bring it back a second. You know, a lot of musicians play a lot of their songs and their hits for years and years and years, and it's almost taboo to kinda try to reinvent that. I mean, we remember the Bob Dylan incident at the Tropicana where we didn't remember-

F: That was so weird.

J: We didn't know a single song until he got to the choruses, but how does it feel for you to have new life being breathed into these songs.

T: He just grazed right over that, by the way.

F: I love it.

J: I'm good at what I do, Tucker. I'm a goddamn professional!

T: You really are!

F: I love it. That to me, having that ability and opportunity to be creative on the road as well as in the studio, that fucking rules, you know? To know that- here's the thing that I attribute that to, that Lou Reed thing where he would put out a record and then you'd go see him, and that shit was different already because he was already onto the next thing. I think that you have to do that type of shit.

J: Now are you pulling out some songs that maybe you would not have played on this tour because it's more fun now with everybody?

F: Yeah, I guess so. I mean, I've put together a list of songs that I thought would be really fun to do with this band, and that's what we've been doing. But I think now, seeing how those things have changed and how much better we've made then, I would like to kinda go back and look at other stuff. But also at the same time, you run into this project, all you wanna play is new stuff.

J: Of course. What old song do you think is the best, is better now having the new crew?

F: Man. I like Veins with the violin in it, it's fantastic to me. I think Let You Down, now Kayleigh's playing an acoustic on there, I've always wanted that rhythmic section to that. We've been doing this rendition of Miss Me with just acoustic guitar and violin and I think that's really really fun. 

E: Viva with the violin too sounds incredible.

F: Viva, oh my god! Yeah, that might be my favorite.

J: Kayleigh, how many instruments do you play?

K: Pretty much violin, guitar, piano. But then the mandolin is the same as the violin, so that makes- that adds that to it. I play the ukulele but who doesn't?

J: That's right.

K: And then there's that whole assortment of keyboard based instruments that if you know how to play piano, you can pretty much weasel your way around.

J: You would think that ska bands would've figured out getting a multi-instrumentalist years ago, instead of having like nine guys.

F: Eight guys, and one guy dances.

J: Four dudes, Kayleigh, and a dancer who also sells merch.

F: But yeah, I don't know.

T: The Merch Pit.

F: I'm having so much fun, seriously. I will say this too. In addition to the playing, which is beyond anything expectation I had, I've never laughed more than in this band.

J: That's awesome.

F: It hurts your lungs.

T: Oh totally.

F: It's kind of amazing, yeah.

J: How was the first leg of the tour, speaking of people you're gonna laugh with, with James Dewees?

F: Oh my god.

E: He is such a character. 

J: Did he make you watch a lot of Seinfeld?

E: Well, we were going to originally! I actually brought-

K: I'm not sure who wanted to watch Seinfeld, James or Evan.

E: That's true. Apparently, James had all of the episodes on his iPod. 

F: Yes.

E: He would just watch them on his iPod. Which a screen of an iPod, old school iPod classic, is what? Two inches by an inch and a half? 

J: Yeah.

E: And he still watches all of them?

J: All the TV he needs.

F: I feel like James has pigeon sight, where he can see in 360 and everything looks big. I think like an iPod screen, that's fine. 

J: I think all the candy he eats helps him focus.

E: Yeah exactly. But I had brought all of the episodes on DVD with us, but of course, this bus that we just had didn't have a DVD player!

J: That's old technology.

E: I know!

T: This stack of shit would just get moved to this side, to this side, to this side.

J: It was a lot of seasons!

T: Yeah.

J: Oh man. So that first leg was James, this next leg of your tour, you're going over to Europe first with Laura Jane Grace.

F: Yes. Yeah, and The Devouring Mothers. Yes, we get to hang out with Atom and Mark Hudson, it's gonna be fun.

J: And then when you're back in the states hitting the west coast, it's when Geoff.

F: Geoff, yeah. Who's actually playing tonight as well.

J: Fantastic. 

F: So we're going to do the UK. We got a couple of festivals actually happening next week. We're going a UK festival, we're going a couple of shows in Russia, Kiev, and then a Czech festival, and one other that I can't think of.

E: Back in the UK.

F: Another UK. And then we'll be back here to do a festival in upstate New York.

J: Cool.

F: With Taking Back Sunday and the Menzingers. 

K: Oh, that's right.

F: And Glassjaw, right? And then we do the west coast Warped Tour, and then we do our shows with Geoffy, and then we go back to the UK to do it with Laura Jane. And then, well, before that I think, our video for Great Party is gonna come out.

J: Oh cool!

F: Which I'm really excited for because you're in it too.

J: I'm totally in the video! 

F: I know! And it's really good.

J: Yeah. It's a super fun video and we super top secret did it Memorial Day weekend, right? 

F: I know. Which I can't believe we got the venue for it. We did it at a Masonic Lodge in Clifton on Memorial Day weekend, and I feel like, even though that's not tied in with veterans and stuff like that, I feel like those things are usually rented out.

J: I thought those guys would be at barbecues, to be honest with you, but they were like, "Yeah, we'll clean up after you guys. We made coffee."

F: It was rad. 

T: They were like, "We'll watch you clean up."

F: But I mean the directors, David was amazing, and our friends from Surfbort came out, Sean and Dani.

J: They were amazing.

E: Yeah, they were awesome. 

F: Dude, that was the thing too. When I wrote the treatment for the video, the thing that I saw in my hand was Dani's face, really, setting this bomb off.

M: And if you don't know what that face looks like, it'll all make sense when you do.

F: Yeah exactly. That smile, it's all about that devilish grin, it's awesome. It's beautiful.

J: It's gonna haunt your dreams.

F: Yeah, she's so unique and just so amazing.

J: Have you seen the finished product yet?

F: I have, yeah. It's done. I think it comes out on the 18th or something, or the week of the 18th. So yeah.

K: Awesome. 

F: I'm very excited.

J: Very cool. I mean, I'm not sure what this day this is gonna drop, but it's gonna drop something around then. So you're either going to get excited because the video's coming out, or be excited because now you've seen the video and you know what we're talking about, and you've seen the face.

F: My kids are excited too because they're in it, but for a split second, so they were really excited to be in it, and then they saw it and they were like, "What the fuck! I'm not in it for long enough!" I was like, "Well, it's not your video." 

J: "They cut out my stage!" 

T: "You write a song."

F: Yeah.

J: "I thought the kids stayed in the picture! Not this one."

F: "Hey, I told you to clean up your room."

T: They did write a song, Best Friends Forever and it's pretty good.

M: Write another one.

F: Another one!

T: "It's not even on an album, that's on an EP." 

J: I think their college funds have been doing fine on royalties.

F: "Write an album track. See how easy it is."

T: "Bring me a single."

J: Alright, so this was Casual Interactions with Frank Iero and the Future Violents. Definitely check them out if they're coming to your town on tour. You will absolutely not regret it. You're gonna have the time of your life. 

F: Sick. 

J: Party on, dudes.

F: Great job.

E: Love y'all!

K: Thanks!

T: Thanks, Hambone.

J: Bye! 

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