The week we take a pause from our standard fare. John, Jules and Keith are joined this week by their long time friend Jason Plapp to reflect on the recent passing of a friend. This is the first time we’ve recorded remotely so we could include Plapp from his home in Los Angeles where he works in the animation industry.
This is a deluxe episode where we introduce you to our friend through the things he introduced to us.
Jason Golliher, who went by Jase or Jayse, for a time by Ari or Artie, and most recently Jackson Hall, was an artist and musician who we had the good fortune to know and befriend in college. He played a pivotal part in Keith, Plapp, John and Jules meeting.
“Golden Microphone” a piece from Jayse AKA Jackson Hall 2010. You can find more of his work on his portfolio site.
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PART 1: Keith - Grant Lee Buffalo “Mighty Joe Moon” Album 1994
Keith recalls an album that Jayse introduced him to soon after they met.
You can listen on Spotify, purchase on iTunes or Amazon, and access through any number of music services.
Some of the tracks we discuss in the show:
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PART 2: Plapp - The Guitar & Gram Parsons (Musician 1946-1973)
Plapp recalls how Jayse introduced him to notion of learning the guitar, and further that Jayse introduced him to the music of Gram Parsons
From “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” with the Byrds, through his role in the Flying Burrito Brothers, and onto his solo work and collaborations with Emmylou Harris, Jayse shared the music and storied life of this artist with Plapp.
You can listen to some of his great music here:
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon)
Flying Burrito Bros. (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon)
He was one of the greats, but don’t take our word for it:
>_______________________________________________________________________PART 3: Jules - “Bitch Betta Bite Back” (Mixtape Winter 1997
Jules recalls how Jayse whipped up a mixtape in his Brighton apartment.
Jules was able to cobble together most of the mix in a Spotify Playlist you can listen to here.
Track list:
SIDE A:
Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe - Whale
As Girls Go - Suzanne Vega
Miss Freelove ‘69 - Hoodoo Gurus
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Punk Rock Girl - Dead Milkmen
Spinal Meningitis - Ween
Freedom of ‘76 - Ween
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Bubblehouse - Modeski Martin and Wood
For Those of Ya’ll Who Wear Fannie Packs - Ben Folds Five
Cherokee Boogie - BR549
Sensurround - They Might Be Giants (not streaming - available on Amazon)
Watch that Girl Destroy Me - Possum Dixon
Woo Hah - Busta Ryhmes
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
SIDE B:
Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Lyin’ Ass Bitch - Fishbone
Ode to Rene - Ween
Lover’s Lane - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Dick - King Missile
Happiness is a Warm Gun - the Breeders
Sexy Mother Fucker - Prince (not streaming- available on iTunes)
Stuart - Dead Milkmen
Pink Thing - XTC
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Marble Tulip Juicy Tree - Ween
Syeeda’s Song Flute - Modeski Martin and Wood
We also dig into a favorite band of Jayse: Ween. Their album “The Mollusk” came out in the summer of 1997 - between our freshman and sophomore years of college. You can listen to this album on Spotify, iTunes, or Amazon.
>_______________________________________________________________________PART 4: John - The Art of Drinking
John recalls that in college Jayse had turned 21 soon after we all met. He bucked the trend of college drinking being a ‘just to get drunk’ activity.
Jayse introduced us to PBR and extolled the virtues of whiskey as a way of adding smoke to your singing voice. Jayse loved to share his Tennessee roots: namely the music, hospitality and the whiskey. Our Hollis Place home where at least a half dozen of us lived our last year of college. There just inside the right hand door, on the right hand side was Jayse’s room- that first floor window on the right was his. Jayse loved having people in his room to share stories, drinks, laughter and music. Just down the block from our Allston home was this dive bar. This was a place Jayse and ‘the family’ loved to go when entertaining at home got stale. A painting by Jayse on corrugated cardboard. A self portrait.______________________________________________________________________
A little more about Jayse:
While living in Tennessee Jayse had a number of bands in college and highschool, a tradition he carried when he moved to Boston to attend the Art Institute of Boson and a passion he continued when he moved to the Carolina’s after college. Jayse in Tennessee with his band “Bourgeois Pop Machine.” Jayse is on the left. Jayse on guitar, Chris Wilkerson on the bass. The Tennesee Boys in the Comm. Ave apartment. Left to Right: Keith, Shelby, Plapp, and Jayse. Brighton, MA ~1998 Brisco Darlin’ Allston, MA ~’99: Back- Left to Right: Jayse, Nick, Keith, Tim. Front - Left to Right: John Bickford, Plapp, McCann. ‘Beach Party’ Brighton, MA ~’97. Corrina, Jayse and Plapp. Halloween Brighton, MA ~’97/’98. Jayse and Plapp. Jayse in N.C. - A little story behind this one: Jayse introduced Ted Hobgood to the comedy of Patton Oswalt. They then started a series of photos where they catalogued all the things that were mentioned in Patton’s comedy routines. The project was discovered and they were tapped to create a slideshow style video of all the things Patton mentioned in his comedy set “FInest Hour.” This short video was included on the bonus features of the comedy special DVD. Jayse produced the music for the video. You can purchase the special on iTunes or Amazon. We have Jayse to thank for introducing us to vast amounts of music, art, movies, books, and the spirit of doing. He constantly introduced himself to people and in turn introduced those people to the things he loved._______________________________________________________________________
You can follow John on twitter @lordjoho
You can follow Jules on twitter @beautifuljules
You can check out Keith’s art on his tumblr earthlingkeith.tumblr.com
You can follow Plapp on twitter @dunkleswift
