184: Ben Russin (Title Fight / Citizen): What I Was Always Chasing
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2024
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Ben Russin of Title Fight and Citizen.
On this episode Jeremy and Ben talk past tours with each other, remembering the legacy of John Slaby, going to high school football games, Cher, starting to play drums, An Albatross, recording with Joe Loftus, meeting and collaborating with Balance & Composure, documenting the early years of Title Fight, his work as an engineer, Walter Schreifels producing the Title Fight album Shed, creating Floral Green, the Hyperview tour with Power Trip, joining the band Citizen, and so much more!!!
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| 1:17.6 | Podcast Welcome to the first ever podcast. |
| 1:37.3 | I am your host, and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. This is episode |
| 1:49.3 | 184. And my guest this week is Ben Russon of Title Fight. And he is also the current drummer |
| 2:00.1 | of Citizen, who I am about to tour Australia |
| 2:03.1 | with starting this week. This is actually coming out on the day that I'm flying. So as you're |
| 2:09.2 | hearing this, I'm probably deeply uncomfortable on a 21-hour flight just staring into the |
| 2:16.3 | middle distance. But once I arrive, boy, is it going to be worth it. |
| 2:20.5 | We have not been to Australia since 2017. And I get to hang out with people like Ben Russon. |
| 2:28.2 | And now here is the part where I'm going to be a professional and tell you where we are playing. |
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