Hi, this is Chris Grau of Loser, and you're listening
to my weekly mixtape with Brian Colburn. Also,
this is coming to you live from a Game Boy camera.
And you're thinking, why is that happening? And
I'm thinking, of course it's happening. Welcome
to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the
classic mixtape approach to building a modern
playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Joining
me tonight as guest curator is Chris Grau, the
brainchild behind ska punk band Loser, as well
as the music director for bands such as NoFX.
Real Big Fish, Goldfinger, The Bomb Pops, Suburban
Legends, and former My Weekly Mixtape guests
Scott Kloppenstein and Frank Turner. Chris, thank
you so much for joining me on the episode, man.
Yeah, good to be here. I love the way that you
put this together. I think it's a really rad
idea for a show. Awesome. Well, I'm glad to have
you here doing it with me. So the first question
I want to ask, Chris, what does the word mixtape
mean to you? Okay, so... I played with cassettes
as a kid. My first music purchase was on cassette
for the record. The single version of Coolio's
Gangsta's Paradise with the instrumental on the
flip side. Very nice. I had that. But yeah, I
was not old enough to actually like do the like
record a mixtape for like going between the two
decks thing. By the time I was doing it, it was
burning CDs. And fun fact, my... Spending money
in high school, particularly before I was like
14 and could have like a real job, came from
the lunch lady would give me a list of albums
that she wanted and I would go pirate them and
burn CDs of them. Like back in the day when you
had to like, I would like look up what's the
track list and I would like find each individual
song. You couldn't find like a whole song like
mixed down that was like not going to be a thing
at all. I had to track down every song, make
sure they were relatively real or correct, and
then burn a CD and try to get them in order.
She'd pay me five bucks a CD because they were
15 or 20 at the time. Wow. And this was going
back at the time. Now, if I remember correctly,
the Barenaked Ladies had thrown some stuff on
Napster back when Napster was the place to go.
And they took their song Pinch Me, which was
a growing hit at the time, and they threw it
up on Napster. But instead of it being the entire
song, it kept cutting out several times throughout
the song. And it would just be two of the guys
from the band. talking and the first time they
cut in they go well you actually think you're
downloading pinch me but instead you're downloading
a commercial for our brand new album maroon and
it is absolutely hysterical it's one of the few
moments of levity from that entire napster situation
it's one that i'll never forget that's awesome
i never ended up with any of those files i mean
to be fair on these lunch lady cds that i put
together it's entirely possible i got some of
those and she just never told me because yeah
i'd basically just check is it the real song
i'd listen a little bit and like sometimes i
got fooled sometimes i know it would be like
just the chorus looping over and over again but
it was the best i could find yeah Not incriminating
yourself at all tonight. Look, man, it was the
2000s. It was a wild time. I guess we're going
to have to save this for our future Songs of
Napster episode. But tonight we have something
completely different on tap. We're talking about
another topic that is very near and dear to each
and every fan of the Viewisk universe. And that
would be songs from Kevin Smith movies. Yes.
I've always been a big Kevin Smith fan. Going
way back, Clerks was, I mean, I think Mallrats
was actually the first movie that I saw, but
Clerks was the movie that made me feel like,
oh, I could make movies. Like, why not? Yeah,
and he's always done such a good job of like
finding bigger and more famous songs as well,
but also lots of small and independent artists
and just putting together like really great kind
of mixtapes in his movies. Most certainly. And
I think tonight's topic is also pretty near and
dear to you as your song, No Hope, which is the
track I talked about with Scott Kloppenstein
on the Ultimate Scott Punk episode, is a track
that's featured on the Clerks 3 soundtrack. That
is correct. Yeah, it's in there. So I'm part
of that mixtape now. So outside of no hope, because
I have a suspicion, funny feeling we might dive
deeper into that song at some point tonight.
So weird. What were you looking for in the songs
that you were bringing to the conversation this
evening? So there's a combination of things.
I kind of, as I was going through movie to movie,
it got points for being the song that I think
about when I think about that movie or just songs
that I really like that. happened to be in the
movies. That was kind of the rubric that I was
using. And that's the thing is it's hard to play
by just songs that I like because there's so
much good stuff in those movies. And even if
you just look at the soundtrack listening, just
looking at the titles, you're like, oh, that's
a great song. That's a great song. But yeah,
I tried where I could to focus on the ones where
I'm like, that is the scene that I think about.
I think about that song. All right. And to bounce
off that, what I tried to do was. find songs
that were actually featured on the movie's official
soundtracks as well, because using clerks three,
for an example, an immediate thought that came
to my mind was welcome to the black parade. From
My Chemical Romance, but that's not actually
on the official soundtrack album. So that was
one where I'm like, oh, interesting. Maybe I'll
keep that in my back pocket. But I tried to go
with ones that were featured on the actually
released soundtracks to really, I don't know,
make it more difficult on myself. Unless, of
course, that movie didn't release an official
soundtrack on CD or cassette or vinyl. Then all
bets are off. Sure. Yeah, yeah. Well, let's get
down to business. Tonight, as I mentioned at
the top of the show, Chris and I will be curating
a songs from Kevin Smith movies mixtape, and
we'll use that old cassette deck approach. Chris,
as my special guest, will begin side A with his
first song choice, and then I'll add a song that
I feel best follows up that choice. We'll then
flip -flop choosing songs until we've mapped
out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give our
mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map out side
B. Only this time, I'll kick things off with
Chris choosing second. Our overall goal for this
episode is to craft the best songs from Kevin
Smith movies mixtape possible through only 20
songs. At the end of the show, you can take our
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slash myweeklymixtape. And a few of our Patreon
members chimed in with what they feel would best
kick off a Songs from Kevin Smith Movies mixtape,
and I want to give a few shoutouts. Cactus Pete
chimed in with Jungle Love by Morris Day and
the Time from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
David Owens chimed in with Kick Some Ass by Stroke
Nine from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Mally
Hart chimed in with Web and Front by Archers
of Loaf from Mallrats. Sean Faust chimed in with
Suzanne by Weezer from Mallrats. And Jason Donchess
chimed in with Can't Even Tell by Soul Asylum
from Clerks. So, Chris, with that out in the
atmosphere, I'm officially pressing the record
button on our mixtape and the floor is yours.
Why don't you dive into the song you chose to
kick off side A? OK, so first of all, I'd like
to say none of those songs are on my list. All
really all good, but not a single one was one
that I wrote down. So good choices, but also
glad that they're different choices. So I think
the first one I'm going to put on there. Like
I said, Mallrats was the first Kevin Smith movie
that I saw. And I believe it's the opening track
or very near the opening track by Squirtgun is
Social. First of all, great song, good open,
gives a good vibe to my introduction to the VSQ
universe. But also, I used to be in a band with
Matt Leonard, who was in Squirtgun. That song,
we were both in a band called The Maxis. He still
does it. I don't anymore. But yeah, so I thought
it was really funny that his band has a song
in a Kevin Smith movie, and then now I do as
well. So I thought, kick that one off with a
buddy, somebody that I've worked with, and yeah.
And it's an awesome song, too. Let's not forget
that part about it. It's a great way to kick
off Mallrats. It has that energy. Mallrats as
a soundtrack has a very punk -esque vibe to it.
It does. Where some of the other soundtracks
do have that indie punk sound, but they veer
off in other directions. For moments of levity
in some of the movies, that's okay. But Mallrats,
I think, is the one that most needs the nonstop
punk flair. And for the most part, I think, delivers
on that. So I love the pick. And to follow it
up, I'm going to jump ahead a few years. Okay.
And you chose not to go with any songs that the
Patreon mixtapers did. But I happen to be lockstep
with one of those picks alongside of David Owens.
I am kicking things off. With the simple question,
how many people want to kick some ass from Jay
and Silent Bob Strikes Back? This song is absolutely
amazing. It has that punk energy. It also has
a little bit of a 2000s rock vibe to it because
this band did have. punk tendencies, but they
were more along the lines of an alternative rock
band. If you listen to songs of theirs like Vacuum
Bag, which is from the same album as Kick Some
Ass, it definitely has a pop, almost an all -American
reject style where it's got a little bit of a
punk vibe, but it also incorporates elements
of pop and rock. Now, Kick Some Ass, believe
it or not, isn't Stroke 9's biggest hit. That
would go to Little Black Backpack. But I'm honestly
shocked that between those two amazing tracks,
Stroke 9 wasn't a lot bigger because this song
really does kick some ass. Yeah. What happened?
That was a really good band. And that Little
Black Backpack song was so ubiquitous. They must
have really pissed somebody off to have disappeared
the way they did. It's the only thing I can think.
To be honest, I'm still shocked about it to this
day. Okay. So I think I will stay. in Jay and
Silent Bob Strike Back. And my temptation, because
I think my actual favorite song in that movie
is Jay's little rap, the put that shit in my
hand. 100%. I don't think that really counts.
I don't think it quite fits. So I'm going to
go with what to me is the most iconic placement
in that movie, which is Afro Man, because I got
high. Of course. That song, if I recall, and
I could be wrong about this, think the placement
in the movie was done first i think that afro
man i could be getting the story completely wrong
but i think that that song had not broken and
it got the placement in the movie and it may
have between like when it got put in the movie
and before the movie coming out i think that
it blew up or maybe it was after it was in the
movie but like i'm pretty sure that there's like
an afro man kevin smith it's like oh my gosh
like I owe Kevin Smith for that song getting
the attention that it is. I'm pretty sure. And
then, of course, also Afro Man's recent resurgence
into the pop culture with the song slash music
video about the cops and breaking into his house.
And what did they take? It was like his cookies
or something. I can't remember. But it was good
to see that he's still out there doing stuff.
That song, you couldn't escape it. In 2000, I
mean, rock stations were playing it. Pop stations
were playing everywhere. The crossover appeal
of that song was amazing. And I know Howard Stern
played a big role in that song's popularity as
well as Jay and Silent Bob timing. I'm not 100
% sure of, but regardless, that song was everywhere.
And then obviously for Jay and Silent Bob Strike
Back, it is a perfect song for those two characters
and that movie as a whole. So good. So following
that up, I'm actually going to go into a completely
different direction. I'm going to go all the
way back to the beginning. Okay. And I'm going
to go with a song from Clerks. Yeah. Now, this
song was originally recorded in 1992 for the
band's EP Sap. And while I loved that song. This
band released the SAP EP with zero promotion
or fanfare because they just wanted to see how
it would sell if they didn't make a big deal
about it. And I'm first off shocked the label
allowed this, but I digress because two years
later, Alice in Chains Got Me Wrong became one
of the signature songs in Clerks and it blew
up on radio when the movie was out, which made
the label. looked back and realized the mistake
they made, re -released the song as a single,
and then re -released Sap in 1995. So when Kevin
Smith pulled this song for the Clerks soundtrack,
he knew he was onto something because he was
taking an amazing song by a band that had already
made waves with Man in the Box. And then before
Clerks came out, Alice in Chains also had Dirt,
which was a massive smash. However, Sap kind
of fell beneath the cracks in between the two
albums. And Kevin Smith was kind of giving people
a gentle reminder of this amazing song. So following
it up, Alice in Chains got me wrong from Clerks.
Yeah, like again, he really has like a great
sense. And I have since learned that he like
music supervises his own movies. He is actually
the one like with Clerks. That's probably kind
of obvious because it was so DIY at the time.
But to this day, he is the one that goes out
and finds the music for his movies, which is
I don't think there's many directors that still
do that level of involvement. No, and I'm not
the biggest cinephile in the world, but I know
with the Clerks movie, the bulk of the production
budget was blown on licensing rights for the
music. Yeah. And that, in a way, goes to show
just how important the music is for the original
Clerks film. It made it a pop culture moment,
and the music was real for the time, and everyone
resonated with it for that reason. I feel like
if it was a soundtrack of canned music, the movie
might not have had the same impact. Totally,
yeah. Or even just the wrong music, if it was
a little bit too hype. You know, it just wouldn't
have sat right. And it just it just really like
they really played it perfect. One hundred percent.
Oh, it's my turn, isn't it? Yes, sir. OK, so
you did Clerks one. So I'm going to go Clerks
two. The song that I think of when I think of
that movie is Jackson 5 ABC, when they're all
just like it's I think like Rosario Dawson and
stuff. They're just like kind of dancing around
the movies and like. That is the song that I
think of when I think of that movie. When I think
of that movie, I think of that scene. Obviously,
some of the other lines and the donkey show and
stuff as well. But that is the song that plays
in my head. And I know we talked about this earlier,
but I think it bears repeating that Kevin Smith
really knows how to choose the perfect songs
for the scenes. Just like what you described,
if you put any other song in there, I don't know
if the scene would be as effective. So I 100
% agree with that. Coming out of Jackson 5's
ABC, I'm going to keep that energy, that really
happy, upbeat energy. I feel like I might know
where you're going, but go for it. I don't know.
The song is a mainstream smash, and I'm going
to go back to Chasing Amy. And this song was
playing during a bar scene that delivers one
of my favorite lines of dialogue from the movie
when Hooper says, I want you to go down to the
corner store and buy yourself a clue. I'm going
with the Mighty Mighty Boss Tones, The Impression
I Get. Song is absolutely iconic. It's such an
important song for the third wave ska scene.
I mean, between songs like The Impression I Get,
Sell Out by Real Big Fish. Those are the first
two that come to mind when I think of songs that
really exploded that third wave of ska. So to
me, it's an important song for the genre. And
it works so well because that was the... big
scene musically during Chasing Amy's release.
So it really fit in perfectly with that movie
and it really gives it that 1996, 1997 feel because
that was the soundtrack. So Mighty Mighty Boss
Tone is the impression I get. I want you to know
that I was 100 % right and that that was also
on my list because obviously the ska guy knows
which side his bread is buttered on. Is that
the phrase? Yeah, no, 100%. That's a very good
call. It's a very good song. Yeah, fantastic.
Now I have to respond to it. So I think I'm going
to go, ooh, you know what I'm going to do? After
that, let's get a little weird with it. This
is also a song that... Broke out from a Kevin
Smith movie. Zack and Miri make a porno. And
I don't know if you are a fan of Kevin Smith
or of that movie. You might already know which
song I'm thinking of. But MC Chris, Fet's Vet.
Of course. Now, OK, I've got a nerd thing going
as well with my like kind of video game music
sort of vibe. But this was such a breakout moment.
I feel like for nerdcore rap like. I am not an
expert in the genre, but when I think about like
nerdcore, I think like Weird Al is really kind
of like a heavy early origin point. But he was
kind of he was kind of nerdy and doing like all
kinds of different stuff. The fact that he also
did like Amish Paradise and like all about the
Pentiums and stuff like that was kind of like,
you know, just part and parcel to what he was
doing. MC Chris was the first. person i could
think of who lived exclusively in that realm
it wasn't just because it was funny it was nerd
oriented and also i mean weird al is also like
incredible at rap and everything that he tackles
but like you know he he is a wonderful musician
and a parody artist mc chris is not a parody
artist he's just somebody who is you know genuinely
interested in nerd stuff that's what he wants
to talk about and like what a great song If it's
not the first breakout hit of the genre, it was
definitely the one for me. And somebody else
can tell me that I'm wrong on the Internet and
I would love to see what I'm missing from before
that. But yeah, that song is what made Zack and
Miri make a porno to me. It's a great track.
I love that nerdcore scene in rap. I had a chance
to catch MC Lars set opening up for Bowling for
Soup, and he released a song at the time called
This Gigantic Robot Kills. All my friends are
on it. Yeah. That song. I am so upset that that
song did not make my ska punk playlist with Scott
Kloppenstein, because to me, that song is a defining
moment for nerdcore ska. Oh, totally. It's great.
It's such a good song and Suburban Legends on
it, Aquabats are on it. It's got so many like
great features and it's an awesome thing in a
scene when you see somebody that's like outside
of it or sort of adjacent to your scene kind
of come in and be like, yo. i clearly know what's
up like sometimes you know people try and do
that and they end up picking the band that everybody
kind of hates or it's like you know the really
really obvious biggest top of the pops kind of
thing and it's like okay all right yeah thank
you but you know uh but yeah that was like lars
came in and just nailed it and the song is fun
and all the references the music video is so
good If you haven't seen that music video. But
that's not a Kevin Smith movie. We have gotten
off the beaten path. A little bit. I'm going
to try to give us a quick right turn and get
us right back on that path here. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Sorry, I love talking music, so I have
no problem breaking off every now and then. But
let's get back on track. Going from nerdcore
rap, I'm going to go to a hip -hop song. I'm
going to follow that up because I want to stay
with this upbeat vibe we're going with here.
And I'm going to go back to Jay and Silent Bob
Strike Back. With the song that kicks off with
probably my favorite rap introduction of all
time. Unconceivable, unbelievable, grammar like
a hammer, information receivable, sent by the
Lord, here and abroad, with words well adored,
now they can't be ignored. Run DMC, tougher than
leather, from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
As soon as I heard that song in 1988 when I had
the cassette, it instantly became my favorite
Run DMC song. Thankfully, in 2002, I had a chance
to see Run DMC open for Aerosmith and perform
that song live. So I'll always have that. Seeing
it in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, that scene
is awesome. This song is awesome. And it's definitely
keeping that really fun, upbeat vibe for Side
1 that we got going here. Yeah, that's a great
call. I think there's also a lot of Run DMC and
stuff of that era in Cop Out, right? Mm -hmm.
There's a lot of that. Yeah, that's obviously
a lot of that kind of old school hip hop vibe.
That's really fun. I will then, I'm going to
counter and keep it hip hop, but I'm going to
go all the way up to Clerks 3 and give a shout
to Mega Ran with Tractor Beam. All right. So
Mega Ran is like... He is the guy, I think, in
the nerdcore scene at the moment that is doing
the most. He is the coolest. He was one of those
artists when I started playing and people saw
what I was doing. Because even though I'm not
doing hip hop at all, people were just like,
are you friends with Megaran? You should be friends
with Megaran. His name just kept coming up all
the time. And then lo and behold. apparently
kevin smith likes both of us puts us both on
the same soundtrack has us both playing his cruise
in february there's like a cruise from miami
to the bahamas it's gonna be like a kevin smith
comic -con kind of thing at sea and we're both
playing and so is soul asylum actually nice and
telethon who also have a song in clerks three
they're gonna be on that as well but yeah and
so we started talking uh on the internet and
he is a great dude and a great musician and he's
got a great song in clerks three tractor beam
love the track i love the fact that kevin smith
has a soft spot for nerdcore and that style of
hip -hop and he yeah he could include it in a
movie in a way where it doesn't embrace it, but
the way he includes these songs in the movie
show, this is genuine love for them. He's not
trying to be tongue in cheek. He genuinely likes
this music. And that's what I love about the
songs that he picks. Yeah. And, and also, you
know, we've, we've hit on before. He likes a
lot of sky. He likes a lot of punk, but then
like, he likes stuff. That's really like, uh,
gosh, I don't know what the right word is for
it, but just sort of like, Like music that isn't
worried about being, it's all going to sound
like an insult, but I really don't mean it that
way. Really like sort of genuine and music that's
not too worried about being cool. Like Soul Asylum,
I don't feel like worries about if it's cool
or like there's a great John Gorka, I'm from
New Jersey song also in Quirks 3. That's like
just earnest, really earnest. I think that's
the word. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. And I
feel like a lot of like ska and punk and nerdcore,
it's my background stuff that I love, but I feel
like there's a little bit of a concern about
being cool, but like an awareness of like, yeah,
we're kind of doing stuff a little bit different
that these more like earnest tracks don't have.
And so his taste is really all over the place.
I agree. And I think that's the perfect landing
spot for me to close outside A, because I'm going
to go with a song. That is so unique because
Kevin Smith has a way about putting these soundtracks
together where it can be a lot of really fun,
upbeat, happy songs. And then there could be
moments of real levity with big, powerful musical
pieces. And Alanis Morissette in dogma has that
with the song still. So I'm going to close outside
a with that because. She has such a unique vocal
phrasing and delivery. She's a one -of -a -kind
artist, let's just be honest. You hear of Alanis'
song, you know who's singing. And this track
is very underrated in her discography because
even though it was included on her collection,
Greatest Hits, most times when you mention Alanis
Morissette, people immediately go to Jagged Little
Pill or supposed former infatuation junkie. And
the whole situation with Dogma, with... How the
Weinstein Company holds the rights to the film
and Smith can't do anything with it. I feel like
this one kind of gets pushed out of memory because
it's so hard to find. If you find the Blu -ray
of that, you're sitting on some really good money
because it is not easy to find. But I just can't
see a songs from Kevin Smith movies mixtape that
doesn't include this song. So closing out side
A, Alanis Morissette and Still. That's a great
song in that movie, but also. I mean, it's made
so much better when we find out that she's God.
And I wonder, I mean, obviously, like music comes
last, you know, but I wonder if he was thinking
about using an Alanis song in that movie and
then was like, wait a minute, can we get her
for God? Like, you know, I think at the point
when you cast her, you have to obviously use
one of her songs. But yeah, Dogma, I think, is
my favorite Kevin Smith movie. And I do have
it on DVD. Oh, so. That's why you're retired
now. I get it. I see how. I don't think it's
worth that much money. What is it worth? Like
20 bucks or something? You know, for DVDs, that's
a lot now. Right. Yeah, you're right. It's worth
more than all the other DVDs, which is you have
to pay to ship them. Exactly. Yeah. Well, that
mixtapers concludes side A of our songs from
Kevin Smith movies mixtape, which consists of
Squirt Guns Social from Mallrats. Stroke 9's
Kick Some Ass from Jay and Silent Bob Strike
Back. Afro Man's Because I Got High from Jay
and Silent Bob Strike Back. Alice in Chains'
Got Me Wrong from Clerks. Jackson 5's ABC from
Clerks 2. The Mighty Mighty Boss Tones' The Impression
I Get from Chasing Amy. MC Chris's Fetz Vet from
Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Run DMC's Tougher
Than Leather from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Mega Rant's Tractor Beam from Clerks 3, and Alanis
Morissette's Still from Dogma. Remember to head
to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the songs
we've discussed in this mix through the playlist
embedded on the episode page. Now, Chris, while
you're here, I want to take a few minutes and
talk to you a little bit more about Loser, the
band that you describe its sound as 8 -bit ska
punk or something. Yeah, I grew up. ska punk
i've wanted to do a ska band since i was in middle
school everybody that's ever played music with
me i've tried to make it into a ska band and
everybody's always said no and i've never gotten
to do it so that was always going to be part
of it but i also i use a lot of like chiptune
kind of sounds like there's a lot of nes's and
game boys and just odds and ends that fits in
that world it's an odd thing chipped i maybe
all music genres are like this and i only know
this about these three genres because of my closeness
to them but they all do have a little bit of
a tendency to be like they're chiptune people
are like well it's not really chiptune if it's
not 100 coming from game boy sound cards and
nes and whatever and i'm like not really a purist
on the hardware you got your ska purists who
are like if it's not from 1960s jamaica it's
just sparkling horn music or whatever and like
You know, punk rockers have always tried to keep
punk rock elite. So it's hard to say it's any
of those things, really. But it pulls from all
of them and, you know, all kinds of different
things when I put it together. Well, I think
this clip growing up from your Super Guario Kart
EP, which is friggin brilliant, I have to add,
will give listeners a little better idea of the
kind of music we're talking about here. Now,
Chris, you've also had the chance to record with
other great ska punk bands and artists, such
as former My Weekly Mixtape guest Scott Kloppenstein,
along with Aaron Barrett of Real Big Fish, Suburban
Legends, We Are The Union, and The Ruffalos,
which are featured on this clip, Sound the Alarm.
Part of why I wanted to be in a band, I've always
enjoyed that sort of like you've got kind of
like a gang with you. You know, when you're on
tour, it doesn't matter what the person in your
band has done or how drunk they are or who they
pissed off. You collectively have to get everybody
back in the van and get to the next show to keep
things going. And so you have everybody's back.
And that was that was one of the things that
I. why I never wanted to do a solo project because
I was like, more than half of my interest in
this is like that community aspect of like having
a band, but just, you know, between me wanting
to do something really weird that nobody else
wanted to do. And then also just the sort of
economic realities of like bands and schedules
and seats in the van or flights or whatever,
like just really made doing it as a solo project
makes sense, but it bummed me out. So what I
did, my solution to that was like, well, I've
got all these friends. They should all guest
on a song. So everybody comes in, they do it
once. So when I'm on stage, if things are going
poorly or if I'm, you know, a little road weary
from doing things myself, I just kind of close
my eyes and be like, oh, yeah, there's Aaron.
Aaron's here. It's OK. Or like, oh, yeah, Brent
is playing with me. He's he's got my back. You
know, Rylan Steen, the. former drummer of Real
Big Fish, currently drumming for America. Yes.
He produces all the tracks that you've heard
so far have been produced by him and he plays
drums on several of them. And, you know, yeah,
I used to open for Real Big Fish anyway. So it
was it's just like, OK, cool. Ryland's here.
Like, it's all good. Well, the ska punk scene
to me has always felt like an honest to God community.
And it feels like the majority of ska punk bands,
even here in New Jersey, but I'm sure out on
the other side of the country where you are,
genuinely go out of their way to support other
bands in the community, which on a musical level
is extremely refreshing to see happening. so
much so i mean that's really why i'm here i mean
i love the music too i love the music i love
the bands uh and yeah you guys have a lot of
great bands out on the on the east coast as well
like like all over the world we've we've got
a few of these bands in any given town and yeah
it's the community that really holds us together
and the bands that don't do that Get pretty quickly
shunned if you can't have other people's back,
you know, give them a couch to crash on when
they come through or floor. It's a ska band.
There's too many people. You don't have couches
for everybody. That's just like, you know, unless
you're a Rockefeller, you know, that's not going
to happen. Or you own a copy of Dogma on DVD.
Or you own a copy of Dogma. Exactly. You know,
we're talking big bucks here. And punk rock is
also really good at that. Not quite as good as
ska, just because I think it's a little bit bigger.
And so there's a little less like if you're in
ska bands or, you know, ska bands, it is not
six degrees with Kevin Bacon here. It's like
if you don't know somebody, you're only one or
two links away from them. Yeah. And whenever
I've tried to engage with communities that were
outside of like ska and punk, I just that whole
me first sort of thing has been so disheartening.
And so the antithesis of like what. doing music
is supposed to be about to me it's such a community
thing like if we're not doing that what are we
doing and that is so refreshing to hear and i
just want to point out to my punk fans listening
you were talking literally me first not me first
in the gimme gimme's right no not me first in
the gimme gimme's no well and i mean but there's
an example though like i mean i do a bunch of
videos for no effects and stuff and mike has
been an ardent supporter of mine and and of loser
as a project and i have slept at his place in
and he's in vegas now but he's he's made his
home available to me many times when i've needed
it fat mike's a good dude yeah i mean he's plays
in me first in the gimme gimme's but you know
he's he's uh he's he's a giver yeah i mean he's
done so much especially through fat wreck i mean
so many bands that i grew up with were because
i discovered them through fat wreck comps and
everything else so love what he's done for the
punk scene Totally. He's got an ear for good
bands. Now, I am going to jump on that, though.
Yeah, yeah, go. Because you were talking about
music videos. So like I mentioned at the top
of the show, you've directed music videos for
NoFX, Real Big Fish, Goldfinger, The Bomb Pops,
Suburban Legends, Scott Kloppenstein, Frank Turner.
It's not like you're just reaching out to these
bands and saying, hey, guys, I want to direct
your next music video. How, as an artist. Do
you forge these connections to build up such
an amazing resume of content? You know, honestly,
I've been really lucky. It started out just like
I wanted to be a filmmaker. I was trying to make
movies and TV and stuff. And that shit's expensive
and hard to do. So I kind of didn't really do
it. And I found myself playing music because
the cool thing about playing music, if you really
like it and you're and you're not in it to be
cool or something, is that. I feel like there's
a lot of other art forms where unless you really
have the money and the access, you can't do it.
You can't be like, oh, I want to make a big action
movie. Okay, so how do I afford to blow up the
plane that's on page 45? You know what I mean?
Right, of course. There's a lot of stuff that
you just can't do without money and access. But
what's cool is that as a musician, whether you
are playing the local dive bar on the... mother's
day afternoon matinee show to the bartender or
you're playing the forum to 70 000 people you
are doing the same thing you are playing your
songs on stage in front of people and there's
really not any rules like yeah okay maybe you
can't afford the taylor swift led stage with
the risers and stuff like that but like you can
buy an inflatable wacky waver guy or like whatever
you see your show is being you can do it you
can do it and so I kind of started doing that
just because like well I want to actually do
stuff and and as I was doing that I realized
like it was kind of in that era like late 2000s
pre -2010 when music videos were pretty dead
like MTV had stopped existing and I really feel
like the first wave of music videos although
some people were good at it and stuff And some
bands probably liked it. It really for a lot
of bands, it was like, hey, man, we're musicians.
Music videos are just like this corporate advertising
tool. They make us do like, you know, I feel
like bands kind of generally are like, fuck a
music video, you know, but you had to do it.
You had to do it because there was MTV. And so
but that had died and it was no longer important
that way. But YouTube hadn't risen up. We hadn't
done the like. OK, go and stuff like that with
the viral videos. It hadn't become like, hey,
this is super important, very democratic and
everybody needs to do it. So it was kind of in
that era. And I was like, well, we could do some
like music videos. And I first started working
with Suburban Legends. I had auditioned to play
trumpet for them and they found a much better
trumpet player. But my demo tape was better than
anybody else's because I used the opportunity
to kind of introduce myself and make some stuff
kind of fun. So we ended up doing some music
videos and then other people around the scene
saw it and just other bands. I was playing the
local bar and DIY spot circuit. Like we started
just doing stuff. And one of those bands was
the Bomb Pops. And so they ended up getting on
Fat Rack. Jen was working with Fat Mike, helping
him with some projects. And she was like, well,
you just need Chris Grau to come over here and
do stuff. And so really everything's been entirely
word of mouth. I've made things and because the
way scone punk works, it's just, everybody's
like, well, you, you gotta work with him. And
it's spread around enough that I get to fly around
the world making videos for these different bands
now. So it's awesome. And I'm glad you brought
up. Okay. Go, because I was going to chime in
and say, if MTV died, okay, go is what brought
it to the internet because their videos. are
inspiring i literally when we have friends over
sometimes we'll just go down an okay go rabbit
hole if they've never seen the videos before
because i love seeing people's initial reactions
to some of the concepts and to me that is art
kind of in 4d because you've got these great
songs that are complemented by this visual assault
of what some of the concepts are in this and
that to me is what makes a great song greater
Yeah, well, and OK Go are like such the masters
of it. And they do. I mean, gosh, yeah, those
videos are amazing. But I still have to say,
not the greatest music video of all time. That
title belongs to DJ Snake and Lil Jon Turn Down
For What, directed by the Daniels. They did that
Turn Down For What video, which is my favorite
music video of all time. As a child of the 80s,
Michael Jackson's Thriller always holds a...
I mean, I had more nightmares with that thing,
but it was so well done and so creative at the
time when there was normally very little in terms
of special effects in these videos because they
were not meant to be these massive productions.
So, Chris, being a seasoned music video director
like you are, if there is an aspiring music video
director listening to this episode right now,
what advice... Would you give them if they're
looking to make a name for themselves? I mean,
the thing first and foremost is make the video
like you have a cell phone in your pocket. I've
done stuff on nice cameras. I've done stuff on
super mid -range cameras. I have done real billable
music videos for big bands that got coverage
in big publications on my cell phone. You have
it. You can do it. Go make it. I think the number
one tip. is make the video. A lot of people talk
about doing it and they don't do it. I'm seeing
increasingly more bands are doing it DIY now
because they have to. And I love to see that.
I would say the second tip is think about shots
and pace of cutting. I do see a lot of music
videos when the band DIYs it or somebody who
doesn't really know what they're doing. You see
a lot of shots where it's like, okay, so everybody
walks in the restaurant. And then they sit down
and then they talk for a little bit and he hands
him the cup and they do that all in one wide
master shot. And it's like a 25 second shot and
your entire song is only two minutes and 45 seconds.
Don't do that. Don't do that. Stop doing that.
Stop doing that. Film a wide of them walking
in, do a close up of them going like that. No
dialogue if it's not. If you're not going to
put the words on the screen, if it's not the
words from the thing, they're just moving their
mouths and nobody knows what they're saying.
You can get a quick like, what? Or like a reaction
kind of a thing. But if they're saying, how was
the weather? Nobody got it. Everybody missed
it. Just don't do it. It's a pantomime. Music
videos are a pantomime. Do that. Break it up
into lots of shots. Get all the coverage so you
can go cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. It takes more
time, but I swear it's worth it. All right. Well,
moving on to side B, I'm going to kill two birds
with one stone because I'm going to start by
playing a clip of a song, which I normally can't
do. But because you're the guest, I'm going to
do that. And the song is No Hope Loser featuring
Scott Kloppenstein and Aaron Barrett from Real
Big Fish. goes as no surprise that i already
like this song because i talked about it with
scott on the ultimate ska punk episode and i
love the fact that it was in clerks three this
song is so perfect in the movie i love the fact
that ska punk is alive and well in the 2020s
and carrying the torch for it is this new group
of up -and -coming ska bands that i think is
this the fourth wave Would you consider that?
Maybe it is, but I absolutely love this track
and I'm not just saying it because you're on
the show, but I'm going to kick things off on
side B with no hope by you. And I guess my immediate
question for this song is how did it end up in
clerks three? Yeah. So Kevin Smith tweeted about
looking for some, I cannot remember if he said
that it was for clerks three, because I feel
like I was unaware that that was going on at
the time. But he said he was looking for some
music for something and to tweet him links. And
it turned up in my feed because like there is
an instinct that I have. And this is not a good
instinct, but I feel like probably a lot of people
have it where it's like, oh, I don't want to
look desperate. I think if I just seen it in
a vacuum, I'd be like, oh, I'm sure a bunch of
people are doing that. I don't want to look like
I'm try hard or whatever. Like, I'm not going
to tweet at that. But it showed up in my feed
because like three of my friends had replied
to it. And so I was like, well, you can't be
lame if all your friends are already lame. Like,
all right, cool, let's do it. And I sent it in.
I tweeted it. And then a couple of days later,
he liked that tweet. And I was like, well, that's
interesting. But I was like, OK, maybe that's
just his way of marking off the ones he's looked
at. It's like, oh, if I've already liked it,
that means I've clicked the link or whatever.
I was thinking of all the ways that I would because
there was a ton of replies. There were like hundreds
of people that replied to this. At least it felt
like. And yeah. And so then I didn't really think
too much of it. And then like a week later, I
was like on my way to a show and I was like halfway
out the door and I got an email that was like.
Hi, this is a release for Clerks 3. We're going
to need your song, No Hope. And I was like, what?
They found me. They filled in all the BMI information,
whatever they like. So it happened really fast.
And I was still like, this probably isn't going
to happen. They probably just exploring this.
We'll see. I'll believe it when I get a check.
And then like a week later, I had a check. And
so I was like, all right, like this is very real.
Wow. So, yeah, really cool. But yeah, Kevin just
kind of. put the word into the universe. He was
looking in for stuff and found it. And then,
yeah, also like, like I said, mega ran and telethon
and like several things of my friends, but it
was cool. Like telethon is, I do not know those
guys yet. We will be playing the cruise together,
but they are very much so in my orbit. We have
a lot of mutual friends and stuff. So it was
cool to see like our little scene getting some
attention. And like the fact that clerks musically
was a snapshot of the year it came out. Clerks
3 does the same now if you listen to the soundtrack
from start to finish. Oh, it totally does. And
there's and there's other such cool things. I
mean, you already talked about, you know, Black
Parade being the opening of that movie, which
is so fun. It feels so like, first of all, what
a great song. What a great record. But also like
what a great opening to a movie. I mean, neither
here nor there, but when I think My Chemical
Romance, I think about that movie trailer music
video they did for I'm Not Okay. That band has
such a cinematic sort of thing to them. So that
was really cool. And then, you know, yeah, Lit,
My Own Worst Enemy is in this one as well, which
is another throwback. And another former My Weekly
Mixtape guest in the form of Kevin Baldus. Yeah,
just a lot of cool new music. It's cool to see
that he's not stuck in the past with his music
choices, that he's still out there fishing for
new stuff. And I met him once. I went to one
of his podcast tapings. And afterwards, we chatted
for a little bit. And he was like, oh, yeah.
And he started singing my song at me. He's like,
oh, yeah, it's in this part. And they're in this
SUV. And then blah, blah, blah. And then he started
singing. He's like, we get the whole song in
there. And he's like, oh, and then you know that
other song. And he starts singing a different
song of mine to me. And I'm like, wait a second.
That one's not in the movie, is it? And he goes,
no, I just listened to it. He's truly a fan of
music. He would go out on his walks and listen
to my EP, among many other things. So he's just
a big fan of music. That's fantastic. So now
you have the tough choice of following up your
own song. So how do you do that? I do. So I think
I'm going to go in a different direction. I'm
going to bring it back to Dogma again. No, wait
a minute. Wait, this is funnier. This is funnier
just for the title. I don't think it's the right
vibe, but it's just for the title. I'm going
to go to Jay and Silent Bob reboot Mob Rich Loser.
I see what you're doing there. I mean, obviously
the loser connection is there, but it's a great
song. Like what a really fun song. Good pick.
And I'm glad to see that reboot has finally been
included in this conversation. I know that movie
has a little bit of push and pull from different
fans of the viewers universe, but I'm glad that
we're representing it tonight. And that, man,
that leaves me in a tough spot. Cause I'm not
quite sure how to follow that up. We got loser
loser. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And the song I
want to pick is literally the antithesis to that
because it's a song about. When Weezer was dealing
with people who they felt were losers at the
label they were at, they met a wonderful A &R
rep named Suzanne, who changed their lives for
the better. And the band wrote a song for her,
which was originally recorded and released as
the B -side to Undone, the sweater song. For
Mallrats, Weezer remixed Suzanne. With a brand
new vocal track and some additional keyboards,
which the version on Mallrats is now deemed the
official version of the song. However, any Weezer
fans out there, you can go back and listen to
the original B -side because there's a rawness
to it that is amazing and shouldn't be overlooked.
Thematically, it doesn't make sense. But then
again, not all Kevin Smith soundtracks go from
one theme to another. They kind of are all over
the place. So following up Mob Rich's Loser.
I am going to go with Weezer's Suzanne from Mallrats.
Love Weezer. Can't go wrong with that. Okay,
so I'm actually going to take a spin right off
of that and go with another shout out to a friend
of mine. Mallrats also has a song. Now, I don't
know if you know this, but the Sweater song opens
up with that whole scene at a party. You know,
oh, life's so rad, so rad. They are doing a bit
there. They are making fun of somebody known
as Joe Sibb. He owned a record label called Side
One Dummy. He did Complete Control Radio here
in LA for a while. He's a stand -up comedian
now. I've worked with him a little bit. But a
fun fact about him is that he is the guy that
they're making fun of in that. And he was in
a band called Wax, who has a song in Mallrats
called... Mallrats. Going with the title track,
huh? Oh, yeah. Oh, man. I love it. Wax was so
underrated. I had a compilation in the 90s called
Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits. And
Wax did the amazing cover of Ren and Stimpy's
Happy Happy Joy Joy at the end of the album.
And I absolutely love that song. The Mallrats
soundtrack, like I said, it's got that punky.
indie spirit to it and i'm gonna flip it on its
ear again okay because there's a band that we've
talked about tonight a couple of times you've
talked about it with the upcoming cruise and
they're a band that's been featured twice on
kevin smith soundtrack so i'm going to remove
them entirely by picking one of those two songs
the first one was from clerks one but i am going
to go with the closing song from clerks two Because
it's my favorite Soul Asylum song. And I'm going
to go with Misery. Because the scene at the end
of the movie where Clerks 2 fades from color
to black and white with that song playing is
so poignant and so full circle to the original
that it was a perfect ending to a movie. And
that song is the perfect movie closer. And as
much as I love Can't Even Tell from Clerks 1.
Misery just hits different. So I'm following
up musically. It might not make sense, but waxes
mall rats with soul asylums misery. I know. I
feel like you did that because you were concerned.
I was going to steal soul asylum for you. Like,
yeah, I know you wanted to save that as your
closer for the whole playlist, but you were like,
Oh, he's going to, he's going to do it. Well
done. Well done. Kudos. Was I right? No, actually,
you know, I even though I'm about to play a show
with them, I did not put them on my list. No
good reason. Just too much good music. And I
also I felt like you were going to pick them.
So I felt pretty safe. Good move. Good move.
You were correct to judge that. Yeah. Yeah. But
I think I'm going to. So just bring it back up
to because like that. You're right. That song
is fitting and kind of moving and stuff. So I'm
going to bring it back totally a different way.
And there is. The song that I think about when
I think about Dogma, and this could just be the
age I was when I first saw it, thinking about
Selma Hayek's stripper scene. But I think about
New Edition's Candy Girl with that movie. That
to me is a strong association for a song with
Dogma. You aren't kidding when you said you were
taking that a totally different way. It's a total
180. Oh, total 180. And that gives me a change
to where I'm going to go. After it, however,
staying on Candy Girl, one of the most memorable
musical moments in Dogma, I would say. Totally.
No, really. It's okay. Not just because I was
going through puberty as I saw that. Probably
that exact scene. Definitely memorable. And I
think I know what I'm going to follow it up with
because I'm going to stay in the same vibe here.
Okay. And I am going to go to Jay and Silent
Bob Strike Back. And honestly, there's not much
that needs to be said about this classic jam
because we're going with Mars Day and the mother
effing time. Jungle Love from Jay and Silent
Bob Strike Back originally released on 1984's
Ice Cream Castle and featured in Purple Rain.
I don't know. It's in Purple Rain, but the version
of Jay and Silent Bob is up there as a movie
moment to me. Now, although the album states
the song was written by Morris Day and Jesse
Johnson, it was actually written by Prince with
an assist from Day. Let's face it, anything Prince
touches is pretty much gold, as the song obviously
proves. And shockingly enough, Jungle Love is
not Morris Day and the Times' biggest hit, as
Jerk Out charted higher, but let's be honest.
Jungle Love is Morris Day and the mother effing
time as far as I'm concerned. Good call. Good
call, man. Ooh, I'm putting a tight spot now.
How many, how many do we have left? You have
two picks and I only have one. All right. If
I've got two picks left, I can't do another MC
Chris because drinking blunts from Jay and Silent
Bob reboot is, is great. Okay. All right. You
know what I'm going to do? This is a song that's
actually in two Kevin Smith movies. And we haven't
done My Chemical Romance, so I think it's...
Even then, I think it wouldn't technically, because
it is just Gerard Way by himself. But in Tusk
first, and then again used in Clerks 3, the water
is wide. Another down -tempo sad ballad maybe
would have gone better to follow up Soul Asylum.
But I think it made the list to me because...
It was used twice. And also we didn't get a Tusk
reference in this yet. So I feel like we got
to put something from Tusk. One of the like,
you know, we didn't do Yoga Hosers. We haven't
done Red State. We've stayed away from like the
Stranger Kevin Smith movies. And I feel like
we got to represent them. That we have. When
I think of stranger movies, Tusk is up there,
but not in a bad way. I like the strange. It's
very, there's a camp to it that I mean in a truly
loving way. Yeah, it's a great thing. Yeah, I
think it's fantastic. And it's a really good
song. And I appreciate you're doing that because
I get to now go out with my closing song that
is to me, again, I talk about these big and powerful
moments. And I'm going to go back to Clerks 3
one more time. And to me, I love this song with
such a passion. And I will not spoil anything
because if people out there haven't seen it,
I don't want to ruin the moment. But to me, this
song is used during a very emotional part of
the movie. And look, anything's better than New
Jersey. Skip amongst the telephone lines. Anything's
better than New Jersey living along the turnpike.
Based here in New Jersey, I got to tip my hat
with some love to Boston -based punk band Rebuilder
and Le Grand Fromage. Such a powerful, heavy
punk tune. So much emotion. And I think it's
a perfect way for me to close my portion of the
playlist tonight. That is an extremely good call.
That is another song that really stands out in
that movie. I mean, yeah, because of where it's
used, because of the message of it and stuff.
It's like and then as a counterpoint, I mean,
obviously, Kevin Smith being from New Jersey,
he's got a lot of New Jersey songs and they're
usually positive. But yeah, what a great song
that just sums up that feeling. It's it's so
good. And I appreciate your staying spoiler free,
too. We do our best. It's hard. Right. Especially
if anyone that has seen the movie and knows this
song knows exactly how we're dancing around this
right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's up
to me to close out the record, huh? Yes, sir.
I'm down to two, and I think I know which one
I'm going to pick. I will give a shout out to
the song that I'm not picking, which is from
Cop Out, No Sleep Till Brooklyn. Love it. Again,
it's a great song. It's probably what I think
of when I think of a song from Cop Out, but it's,
you know, obviously a song that was a huge, massive
hit a long time before that movie came out. So
that's, I think I can't in good conscience use
it, especially as a closer. So what I'm going
to do is I'm going to close out. I'm going to
go all the way back to Clerks. I'm going to bookend
it with the beginning. I'm going to do Bad Religion
Leaders and Followers. Nice. Legendary. Punk
band right there. Totally. Bad Religion is just
like an incredible band. It's been an incredible
band for a long time. They've worked with and
helped everybody do cool stuff in the scene.
I mean, yeah, like they made Epitaph, the record
label. And Bad Religion was definitely like on
the radar when Clerks came out, but on the underground
radar. Like what a cool find for that movie.
What a cool piece. That's definitely it fits
the thing of like Kevin Smith finding a song
that's interesting and helping add some not credit,
not that bad religion needs credibility, but
like reassurance from a different media. Right.
And the same year that Clerks came out, Bad Religion
released, which I feel it's my personal favorite,
their seminal Stranger Than Fiction. Stranger
Than Fiction is a friggin punk masterpiece to
bring it a little bit. Out of what Recipe for
Hate was doing. And a little bit more. I don't
want to say mainstream. Because Bad Religion
never was mainstream. They always stayed in their
lane. But there was just a production quality
to it. That just made it more sonically dynamic
overall. Yeah, I get what you're saying. Yeah.
I mean, like that band has always been really
strongly about its harmonies and stuff, too.
Like they're no stranger to being musically intelligent.
In fact, that's the band that Fat Mike cites
as being like what made him think, OK, I need
to make no effects better between them and RKL,
Rich Kids on LSD. You know, he was like, oh,
maybe you can do punk and be smart and musical
and talented. And yeah, so they've they've always
had that. But it was cool to see like. As it
was catching on that they could get access to
like, yeah, better gear, better producers. And
I mean, better is such a difficult word. But
yeah, people a little more like in tune with
refinement as opposed to rawness, which was such
a hallmark of more of the 80s punk stuff. I think
a lot of those bands have done great stuff with
good producers. Right. And after Stranger Than
Fiction, Bad Religion teamed up with Rick Ocasek
from the Cars to do the Gray Race. Yeah, I am.
I'm not one of those like DIY or die kind of
people as like DIY because that's you got to
do it. But if you have access to great artists
who can do cool stuff, make your cool stuff better.
Totally. Oh, I mean, I think about talking mall
rats again. You have all which is coming from
the ashes of the descendants. And then you bring
on Chad Price of Drag the River on vocals and
you have this melodic punk that when they produced
it with a little bit more of a slick sound, like
they did on Breaking Things and Pummel, and you
compare that to Descendants albums, it's really
a night and day difference, but both have their
place in the world of punk music. Totally. I
love all. I mean, like, and my favorite. Descendants
stuff is a lot of their later stuff, too. I mean,
like I'm the one is such a good song. And I was
like, yeah, that was after all when they got
Milo back. Yeah, those guys are incredible. Bill
Stevenson is legend. Absolutely. Yeah. Well,
there you have it, folks. Side B of our songs
from Kevin Smith movies playlist, which kicked
off with Loser featuring Scott Kloppenstein and
Aaron Barrett of Real Big Fish, No Hope from
Clerks 3, Mob Rich, Loser from Jay and Silent
Bob's Reboot, Weezer's Suzanne from Mallrats,
Wax's Mallrats from Mallrats, Soul Asylum's Misery
from Clerks 2, New Edition's Candy Girl from
Dogma, Morris Day in the Times' Jungle Love from
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Gerard Way's
The World is Wide from Tusk and Clerks 3. Rebuilders'
Legrand Fromage from Clerks 3. And Bad Religion,
Leaders and Followers from Clerks. Head over
to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the songs
we've discussed in this mix. through the playlist
embedded on the episode page. Now, Chris, anything
coming up for you in the loser camp that listeners
can look forward to? New tours, new music? Yeah,
I'm working on new stuff. I know I'm playing
that cruise. I know that I can say that I'm playing
Skan P -Fest in Modesto in October. There's another
show right before that that I don't know if I
can talk about yet, but I'm pretty sure is happening.
I would say that your best bet is look me up.
I'm on all the social medias you might be on
as Chris Grau. It's just my name. And look on
Spotify. I'm there as Loser. There's a U in it.
You're on the internet. You can see spelling.
You know how to do this. It's not your first
day. But yeah, if you stream, follow, like, subscribe,
whatever, on any of those various things that
you enjoy engaging in, you will be kept abreast.
There's an email list. However you got to do
this, however you're keeping up, baby, I'll be
there. Well, Chris, I appreciate you coming on
tonight. This has been an absolute blast. Thank
you so much for joining me on my weekly mixtape.
Thank you for having me. This was a lot of fun.
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