About this episode

Jon Coen discusses the success of 7 Seconds and shares insights from his life as a straight edge surfer and journalist.

This week we've got professional music and surf journalist, Jon Coen telling us how 7 Seconds succeeded where the hippies failed. He's also straight edge and a surfer himself and... he lives on a real island off the coast of New Jersey! Good stuff. Jon Coen online

People in this episode

Hosts: Benny Horowitz, Brad Worrell

Guest: Jon Coen

Topics covered

• music journalism
• surf culture
• straight edge
• 7 Seconds
• New Jersey

Keywords

• Jon Coen
• 7 Seconds
• surf journalism
• straight edge
• New Jersey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 7 Seconds

Places: New Jersey, island

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