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Johnny Smrdel is the bass player for the gone-to-soon band Beloved, as well as the hardcore outfit Advent.  Listen as Johnny takes us through his early love affair with music as a kid in a single parent household to his inclusion in the hardcore scene as a teenager. Johnny also talks about his introduction to Beloved, tim touring and the formation of Advent.  Johnny's passion for music, his family and life is sure to captivate those who listen. 

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This week Dylan was assigned the year 1999 and he selected Rituals of Life by Stretch Arm Strong. Melodic hardcore from Columbia, SC released on Tooth & Nail Records.

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Song clips featured on this episode:

Stretch Arm Strong - When Sorrow Falls

Stretch Arm Strong - Second Chances

Stretch Arm Strong - Through My Actions

Chapter 403 - "I'm Going To Make Music Videos" ...as read by Darren Doane

Today is my fifth anniversary as host of As The Story Grows. And today we have an incredible guest as we welcome filmmaker and legendary music video director Darren Doane to the podcast! Darren talks about deciding to make music videos, the journey to his big break, discovering the christian punk and hardcore scene, the end of the music video era, and so much more!

https://www.doanenetwork.com/

Chapter 403 Music:

Blink 182 - "Dammit"

The Dingees - "Chaos:Control"

Project 86 - "Sad Machines"

MXPX - "Doing Time"

Living Sacrifice - "Reject"

Strife - "Overthrow"

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Jay and Clifton laid there for days and you forgot to Understand This Is A Dream.


 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understand_This_Is_a_Dream

https://web.archive.org/web/20000229124313fw_/http://www.thejulianatheory.com/faq.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20000525125806fw_/http://www.thejulianatheory.com/oldnews.html

https://web.archive.org/web/19991127230320/http://www.thejulianatheory.com/frameset.htm

https://www.washedupemo.com/news/2015/25/episode-49-josh-fiedler-the-juliana-theory

https://www.washedupemo.com/news/2017/24/ep-99-brett-detar-the-juliana-theory

Jay and Clifton talk about Pedro The Lion's debut full length, It's Hard to Find a Friend before seeing it performed live in Philly.

Jay and Clifton try to decode an inscrutable emblem from our past, Roadside Monument's Beside This Brief Hexagonal.

 https://www.facebook.com/roadsidemonument https://web.archive.org/web/20070608220652/http:/www.roadsidemonument.com:80/home.html https://mbird.com/religion/17-years-at-mars-hill-life-after-disillusionment/

https://youtu.be/nxy53qnMUZE

https://youtu.be/nwj9xz9iauM

https://youtu.be/7MOmomlihwI

https://youtu.be/U3eH57lgtcw

https://youtu.be/gJDGwYW2ogY

https://youtu.be/brCE5J8Cc2I

https://youtu.be/HmNNmL1XIFQ

https://youtu.be/JvnnMXxXgxo

https://youtu.be/89g_di1S1UE

https://youtu.be/0Aw28RO4Zcs

https://youtu.be/OZ6UawW37F0

https://youtu.be/yKyuRvBZr74

https://youtu.be/N57hN-bDY_I

https://youtu.be/NwrmuACJ1cg

https://youtu.be/8RTlj0SgC5w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_Georgia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Trenton,_Georgia

https://youtu.be/HO-aSW_4uBk

https://youtu.be/bxXZWOP4pJk

https://youtu.be/9PTtQNfH-6s

Chapter 371 - "This Is A New Thought" ...as read by Andrew Schwab of Project 86

Today we welcome Project 86 frontman Andrew Schwab to the podcast! Project 86 will release Omni Part 1 this Friday! Andrew talks about his first musical endeavor as a hip hop artist, how trying the Truthless Heroes era was for him, keeping the band going, finding a new voice on Omni, and more.

You can pre-order Omni at https://project-86-merch.myshopify.com/


Chapter 371 Music:

Project 86 - "0 >1"

Project 86 - "Spill Me"

Project 86 - "One-Armed Man"

Project 86 - "Spy Hunter"

Project 86 - "Fall Goliath Fall"

Project 86 - "Metatropolis"

Project 86 - "Virtual Signal"


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Jay and Clifton are joined by Tim Mann of Focused, and returning special guest Chaz from The Excommunication Station Podcast, to discuss Focused, Tooth & Nail, and spirit filled hardcore.

Jay and Clifton are joined by Chaz from The Excommunication Station podcast to be treated like sinners in the hand of an angry god by the pillars of spirit filled hardcore, Focused with their first Tooth & Nail offering, Bow.

https://www.facebook.com/excompod/

https://focused-sfhc.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/focusedsxfxhxc/

Jay and Clifton rebel against the capitalist grind with The Dingees' debut album, Armageddon Massive. 

https://thedingees.bandcamp.com/merch

https://pegandtherejected.bandcamp.com/

https://staflos.bandcamp.com/album/wasted-space

https://theedreadpirateroberts.bandcamp.com/

https://betamaxdc.bandcamp.com/album/gr8ist

https://4thwaveska.bandcamp.com/

https://youtu.be/A3pgnRS2y7I

https://youtu.be/88ku1Oet97I

https://youtu.be/n-xut8s-TSI

https://chucksconnection.com/dingees/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dingees

https://youtu.be/WXXbXLb-TXM

As The Story Grows, Chapter 165, June 2019

https://youtu.be/wI1j5g0jzyA

https://youtu.be/GNPEPz0KCtA

https://youtu.be/fX6GsiZQ9v4

https://youtu.be/1SmBTvVfY88

https://youtu.be/ZOjKNzotb_A

https://youtu.be/-TbQE6Nszfs

https://youtu.be/5ykZAgj88k8

https://youtu.be/edhIMQ2Ld_U

https://youtu.be/XBGe6N7XtyY

https://youtu.be/nieB28g1H5g

https://youtu.be/XQ_JHT_qsNc

https://youtu.be/Bdg7ec9JqJY

https://youtu.be/s2neyk5PSVU

https://youtu.be/x4dyhUWVZTY

https://www.youtube.com/@theDingees/videos

https://web.archive.org/web/19991129035150/http://dingees.com/main.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20010316081045fw_/http://dingees.com/pegleg.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20010316080751fw_/http://dingees.com/bean.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20000523003506/http://www.dingees.com/tab/bulletproof.html

https://highday.tripod.com/dingees2.html?fbclid=IwAR1dHTnTE4ZzpGPZbJ73TtHLaaAzyVWiV6--DuMsOT6p4_QxUk09iFP9Sws

https://web.archive.org/web/20010501060915/http://www.bandoppler.com/dingint.html

Jay and Clifton sit down for a personal conversation with Joe Christmas guitarist Russell Holbrook and dive into all this church stuff we were raised in.

Russell’s writing

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1796286311?psc=1∣=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Holbrook/e/B01M3VJW72

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44232045-heroin-is-the-answer

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14785254.Russell_Holbrook

https://www.audible.com/author/Russell-Holbrook/B01M3VJW72

https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/author/soberfiend/

Russell’s music

https://harmonylull.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/ibofanga

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1425052-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

https://www.facebook.com/slickchicken

https://www.facebook.com/Ibofanga333

https://www.youtube.com/user/iconred13/search?query=joe%20christmas

Sources:

As the Story Grows interview with Russell Holbrook:

https://asthestorygrows.com/episodes/27240708

Pastor with no Answers Podcast with Russell Holbrook:

https://play.acast.com/s/pastorwithnoanswers/tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F642092649

Visions of Gray zine interview with Joe Christmas, March 1995 -part 1:

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.christian/c/yJKiGP92WOs/m/Aan5L-udTDMJ?fbclid=IwAR2PEcAS6fec0px5qamRJDr4LoZlBnfGBARs5Tch3NK4_3LJ0MkO9DvApfg

Part 2:

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.christian/c/mNuO_MOLytk/m/QHh4XQcqwXgJ?fbclid=IwAR37BXiNnvmb50xRDOoRvpQyAF11fQoMYU3lPP4rfTvLMYiQCvn0mcf28eQ

Jay and special guest Ed Lamoso (Dear Ephesus) try to explain to Clifton why Sometime Sunday’s Drain is a screamy, grungy masterpiece. Buckle in for a 2-hour high-stakes blockbuster!

WARNING! Lots of cursing! Jay and Clifton get drawn down many wells while reminiscing over and enjoying Plankeye's sophomore release, The Spark.

Scott Silletta of Plankeye talking about the Christian bubble.

https://fb.watch/aRpVUbOHLR/

https://vimeo.com/50962467

https://www.facebook.com/plankeye/

https://medium.com/chrindie-95/plankeye-s-the-spark-19b445eb34df

https://freedomlikeasong.com/2015/03/22/30-underground-faith-based-releases-of-the-90s-i-cant-live-without

Eric’s band:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DjC0qQDFw83UTn4YUJRBG

https://vimeo.com/11698624

Scott’s solo album in 2011

https://open.spotify.com/album/6HdSQDu213irjzlLzQg5VP

https://web.archive.org/web/20131007220112/http://oldschooltribute.com:80/2010/06/17/remember-the-classics-plankeye/

https://web.archive.org/web/19991006124307/http://christianmusic.org/cmp/plankeye/index2.shtml

http://gracehotel.50megs.com/Interviews/PlankeyeNews.html

http://gracehotel.50megs.com/Interviews/PlankeyeNews2.html

http://gracehotel.50megs.com/Interviews/PlankeyeNews3.html

http://gracehotel.50megs.com/articles/PlankeyeNews_1.html

The Franchise

https://youtu.be/Jo2fFOnRWbk

http://www.tollbooth.org/2003/reviews/franchise.html

Everywhere is Crowded

https://youtu.be/oVjfXXfeV6c

https://www.facebook.com/Polarite-301432773212522/timeline

https://pacificaoc.org/member/luis-garcia/?fbclid=IwAR1zaaIk3YJa17gunxm6IM6r6_xfJX0V5gY6bU2Zn_nf2iqqX1dBi1cUYTk

https://www.facebook.com/groups/OldSchoolToothAndNailRecords/posts/2141188386004464/

https://pacificaoc.org/member/eric-balmer/?fbclid=IwAR1g8QPdm2mLz75ZdkHJZbnde_dTc0u4R_jjIYHyKC2v32R8kXKNQD4NkB0

Episode 75: Jay & Ray get physical with a few idioms.

• cahoots
• jump on the bandwagon
• fight tooth and nail
• stumped

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We talk The Juliana Theory’s Emotion is Dead, scene hair, hair straighteners and Eric (almost) playing a show in an Applebee’s.

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0:25 Andrew's Group Project

3:55 Adam Getting Back To Running

9:06 More Predator and CD Mixes of the Past

14:16 We're All Liars by Sent By Ravens Song Reaction and Discussion

27:40 Being a Productive Christian

39:56 Making the Church a Job

47:38 Bidens First Weeks as President

1:02:28 The System and the Church will Never be Perfect

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0:58 The Predator on PS4

8:11 Sent By Ravens "Listen" Song Reaction

25:41 Inauguration Predictions

29:05 2nd Amendment Gun Talk

55:06 Slowly Losing our Freedom

59:32 Reverse Discrimination

01:08:33 Last Hours of Trumps Presidency

01:15:11 Closing

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In this episode I am frggin’ excited to have my wonderful friend Joe Ortega back on the show! Joe is a talented photographer, GREAT friend and an all around wonderful person!

He has worked with bands such as MXPX, Dashboard Confessional, Say Anything, Acceptance, Bayside, Underoath and MORE!!!

In this episode we talk about:

• Life in quarantine.
• His favorite moments in photography over the years.
• The friendships that he has made that have changed his life though his work in photography.
• New music he has been loving
• AND LOTS MORE!!!

I am honored to call Joe a friend and I hope you love this chat of ours!

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We added three new songs to the podcast soundtrack!

• Wallflower- Goldfinger
• Midnight- Acceptance
• Bend The Light- Acceptance

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