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The First Ever Podcast

61: Dan Ozzi (Writer / Author): You Can't Reshape Your Life In a Day

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

This week Jeremy interviews writer and music journalist Dan Ozzi
 
In celebration of the release of SELLOUT: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007) Jeremy sat down with Dan and talked becoming an LA resident, his high school grindcore band, playing bass, giving himself a physical, Michael Jackson's "Bad", Staten Island's DIY scene, college class requirements, pursuing journalism, writing obituaries for the Staten Island Advance, reviewing Vin Diesel's "The Pacifier", first experiences pitching articles, the quest for free CDs, his time in book publishing, pursuing freelance writing, getting hired at Noisey, what he learned about doing publicity, co-writing "Tranny" with Laura Jane Grace, focusing on the tasks in front of you, the inception of Sellout, the interview process for each chapter and how deep the research went, the juxtaposition between writing the Rise Against chapter vs try At the Drive-In chapter, how he chose the bands for the book, Cave In's "Antenna", Indie labels vs Majors, suits disguised as punks, Tony Victory, the impact of labels today, and so much more!
 
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Today's episode is sponsored by Discovered Magazine. Discovered is a international print

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counterculture magazine encompassing the best of music, art, skateboarding, and anything with a punk ethos.

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First ever!

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Podcast, first ever! First ever podcast

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First ever

0:42.3

Podcast Welcome to the first ever podcast. I am your host, Jeremy Bollm.

1:06.2

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

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that led them to where they are today.

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I might sound a little funky.

1:16.9

It might sound a little reverby.

1:18.9

There might be some hum in the background.

1:20.7

I am currently in Reading, California.

1:23.4

We're on the final week of the tour I've been on.

1:27.1

We play Berkeley tomorrow.

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So when you hear this, I will be playing Berkeley.

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And yeah, it's almost over.

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But I'm at a hotel, and the person behind the counter was nice enough to let me use the

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empty dining hall.

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But it has, like, you know, like a large refrigerator going and like the juice

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machine. And I'm just trying to paint a picture of where I'm at. Also, my voice sounds a little

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