Category: Shows
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Lush One “I feel like this music saved all of our lives”, his role in battle rap history, and the Cadalack Ron connection
On this BTB episode/ Liberty Music co-feature (Bowks Talking Bouts #42), I had the pleasure of speaking to Lush One. I covered quite a few topics with the hip hop musician/ battle rap OG. We discussed working on Bobby Bucher’s record, “I feel like this music saved all of our lives”(1:45), maintaining contact with Caddy’s…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #41: Shinju Auclair
On this BTB episode, I spoke with rising prospect Shinju Auclair ahead of her new years eve fight with Rizin. We discussed Shinju’s early experience in athletics, training behind a deer meat processing place in the owner’s garage (1:17), working with El Nino training center (2:02), the rematch with Chelsea LaGrasse and the unfortunate nature…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #40: Teddy Ash
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker spoke with Teddy Ash ahead of his light-heavyweight title bid against Jared McComb at Unified MMA 33. We discussed the mentality heading into his first career rematch, the streak he’s built up in Unified MMA leading into this title fight (2:28), going into this title match having already gone 25 minutes in…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #39: Michael Hay
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker spoke with Michael Hay ahead of his Bantamweight title fight at Unified MMA 33 against Noah Ali. We discussed the ever changing Jiu Jitsu game within both MMA and submission grappling, not being able to appreciate the pageantry of big events he’s competing on (1:55), certain pressures he’s facing going into the…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #38: Noah Ali
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker had a great talk with Noah Ali ahead of his Unified MMA 33 Bantamweight title fight with Michael Hay. We discussed taking fights at Featherweight on short notice, prior experience going five rounds in a 135lb title fight helping him going into this championship effort (1:51), not letting the surrounding excitement of…
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Liberty Music: Dan Kaufman of Barbez talks Spanish Civil War, Recording Music, and Journalism
Great conversation with Dan on a myriad of topics including the spanish civil war, fascist ideologies, playing with bands like MC5 and Godspeed You Black Emperor, etc. Here are some rough notes on what we covered and what you can expect in this awesome talk! -The Clash, Bad Brains, Black Flag, local bands…
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The Maskell Sessions Ep 241: With Marcone and Dave
Marcone joins me on The Maskell Sessions as our friend and former professor; Dave calls in to the show! We discuss topics including the Ontario college teachers strike, academic freedom, new media trends, podcasts, inspiring young people, apps, monetization, live shows, our La Crete Sawmills video, being entrepreneurial, news coverage, sexual misconduct in Hollywood, going on the record…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #37: Chris DeJoseph on Lucha Underground returning for Season 4
Great talk w/ tenured WWE writer and co-executive producer for Lucha Underground, Chris DeJoseph. SPOILERS AHEAD……What the pre-production processes currently look like for Lucha Underground’s fourth season, if monetary issues will change the presentation of the product, Johnny Mundo’s involvement with LU, the relationship with AAA going forward, the current landscape being similar to…
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Liberty Music: Paul Lacques of Double Naught Spy Car
Great interview with an incredible musician. Here are some rough notes from the conversation to give an idea of what we talked about. -Fifth release…..Record that day, arrange more complex racks and cut the next day……Overdubs from Nels Cline. -Fast sessions, spontaneous with good chemistry….. -Mike Watt feature……Well known stars but are…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #36: Saad Awad
I had KOTC, Strikeforce, and Bellator veteran Saad Awad on the show and we talked about a few intriguing topics. Thoughts on his Bellator 186 opponent Zach Freeman [intro and at 3:49], why he took so many catchweight fights in recent years (1:38), the desire to add new weight classes going forward [ie/…