Dan Epstein
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David Rovics

From ANDRAS JONES: Author and musician DAN EPSTEIN joins our Pop Oracle session with DAVID ROVICS to talk about his decision to boycott Major League Baseball in 2019 (and maybe beyond). This decision was motivated by the revelation of MLB’s recent donations to the blatantly racist congressional campaign of Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi. Dan is […]

Jeremy Frederick
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The Essex Green

From ANDRAS JONES: ESSEX GREEN drummer JEREMY FREDERICK has an Ouroboros of a question for The Pop Oracle. POP ORACLE Song of The Day (January 7, 2019): CHRIS SAND aka SANDMAN: THE RAPPIN’ COWBOY “Laborer” https://www.instagram.com/p/BsV-M6AAnl6/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet  

Wayne Jobson
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Miranda Lee Richards

 From ANDRAS JONES: WAYNE JOBSON is an accomplished reggae producer, a radio host, and a big fan of MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS. It’s of little surprise that this soulful cat is NOT a big fan of the current resident of the White House, which is where he goes with his question but not before digging […]

Vince Ynzunza
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Bart Davenport

From ANDRAS JONES: Vince Ynzunza is a Pacific Northweirdo who hosts the Pacific Northweird podcast. I only really started getting to know him after he drunkenly heckled a Radio8Ball show I hosted in Olympia with Chris Sand aka Sandman: The Rappin’ Cowboy (backed by The Radio8Band with Scott Taylor, Skyler Blake & Chad Austinson) on […]

David Ury

DAVID URY is an old friend of Andras from Olympia, Washington. He plays the role of Champ on AMC’s Lodge 49. David has been a guest on Radio8Ball a couple of times; our Lodge 49 episode and our big video episode in Olympia with Chris “Sandman: The Rappin’ Cowboy” Sand.

Roni Wiedeman
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Velvet Starlings

 From ANDRAS JONES: Meet RONI WIEDEMAN, the bass-wielding, keyboard tickling, backing vocalist in VELVET STARLINGS. Stoic as all get out, Roni asks a question that syncs pretty sweetly with today’s randomly chosen Pop Oracle song from the R8B app performed by CHRIS SAND who, like Velvet Starlings, is currently on tour. Doing the real […]

Bente Grinde
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BEAUTS do BEAT HAPPENING

From ROY IVY: And here we reach the end of Sandman’s short-lived tenure in Beauts, moments before he handed the keys to this drunk driver.  In this episode, Sandman reverently tips his cowboy hat to the songwriting prowess of Calvin Johnson, putting him in the parthenon of heroes such as Dylan and Prince, and gives […]

Roy Ivy
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BEAUTS do BEAT HAPPENING

 From ROY IVY: Enough about me. Let’s talk about me. I spill the beans in this episode, taking listeners against their will through my short lived successes and constant failures in the music trade. If you listen closely, you can hear an armada of ships being sunk by my loose lips. To summarize, I’m […]

Bret Lunsford
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BEAUTS do BEAT HAPPENING

From ROY IVY: Radio8Ball concludes its quasi Beat Happening reunion in this episode, where we’re joined by BH alum and Sandman chum Bret Lunsford. Man, that Sandman has a lot of great friends. Calling in from Fidalgo Island, Bret waxes nostalgic about his memories with Sandman, who I hear is a likeable guy. In addition […]

Calvin Johnson
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BEAUTS do BEAT HAPPENING

 From ROY IVY: The man behind the band behind the band takes the spotlight this uproarious trip to the Wheel of Eight. With his wry humor, handsome mug, hypnotic moves, penchant for perfect hooks, and a voice that tongue-bathes you in baritone while unbuckling your pants, Calvin Johnson’s a goddamn god and that’s just […]

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