This week we chat with Cory Blackwood who owns Bellingham record shop Ritual Records about how a record store runs, his favorite thing about owning the shop, physical media, community, being a DJ and more!

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Opening song by Boris Budd - https://borisbudd.bandcamp.com/

Logo by Misha Dumois - https://www.flowersfromthedead.com/

Nathan Donnel joins us to talk all things diy indie music fests as he navigates year three of Stankoma Aroma in Tacoma, WA! Nathan is a seasoned vet of the live music world and we were lucky enough to have him on for a candid conversation about the joys and difficulties of throwing a multi day, multi venue music festival.

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Opening song by Boris Budd - https://borisbudd.bandcamp.com/

Logo by Misha Dumois - https://www.flowersfromthedead.com/

We had our good friend Lance Neatherlin on the Podcast to talk tattooing, raising a family, being in a metal band, and touring France! For those who don't know, Lance is a killer realism/portrait tattooer here in Seattle as well as an equally badass Metal vocalist with the band Lacabra. We got to have a really lively conversation about balancing work, family and band aspirations. And we talked about how they gig swapped their way to playing in France before even really extensively touring the US.