About this episode
In this episode, Mike Herrera discusses Star Wars lore, shares personal anecdotes, and answers listener voicemails while mentioning various music artists and upcoming tour dates.
May the 4th be with you. Brand new episode 608. Got into Star Wars this week - the original trilogy versus the prequels. Four, five, six are the movies I grew up on. That's the trilogy, will die on that hill. Tried to explain what an Ewok was to my kid the other day. Best I could do was little baby bear with a blaster. Pretty proud of that one. Plus a Bob Dylan show at the KeyArena that made me rethink changing up melodies live, and a bunch of tour dates coming up. Voicemails this week: - Jonah from Orange County on how we pick a set list from this deep a catalog - Jerome from Los Angeles on Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Gibbard, and "Move to Bremerton" on Dawson's Creek - Angie with a wild message - Rich with sticker giveaway and cross-promo ideas - Aaron from Florida on being at Tony Sly's very last show MxPx songs in the conversation: "Set a Fire," "One Zero Zero," "For Always," "Stay Up All Night," "Let's Ride," "Secret Weapon," "Not Today," "Ready to Rage," "Move to Bremerton," "Southbound." Bands and artists that come up: Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Gibbard ("I Will Follow You into the Dark"), They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Joey Cape (Lagwagon - Trashed), Tony Sly (No Use for a…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Herrera
Topics covered
- Star Wars
- music
- tour dates
- voicemails
- Bob Dylan
Keywords
- Star Wars
- Bob Dylan
- MxPx
- voicemails
- music
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Death Cab for Cutie, MxPx, Lagwagon, No Use for a Name, Goldfinger, They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Descendents
Books & works: Dawson's Creek, Move to Bremerton, More Betterness, Set a Fire, One Zero Zero, For Always, Stay Up All Night, Let's Ride, Secret Weapon, Not Today
Places: Bremerton, WA
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