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The Trap Set with Joe Wong

BNS: DJ Bonebrake Bonus Mini-Episode

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Comedy, Arts, Performing Arts

4.9715 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2015

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

DJ Bonebrake, of legendary punk band X, discusses his time as a Buddhist with Joe, who is just now exploring Buddhism. Be sure to listen to DJ's full-length episode by subscribing to The Trap Set on iTunes or by visiting thetrapset.net

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, this is a bonus outtake from our interview with DJ Bone Break.

0:04.5

You can hear his amazing full-length episode by subscribing to The Trapset on iTunes

0:09.8

or visiting our website, thetrapset.net.

0:13.8

What kind of stuff were you practicing at the time?

0:17.7

Um...

0:18.0

Like, did you have a teacher?

0:19.8

A drum teacher?

0:21.0

I did. It was, it was off and on. I, I, you know, I technically started taking lessons when I was 12.

0:29.9

And I had a teacher and, and that's a whole weird story too, because my older brother was into Nishrin Shoshoshu Buddhism at the time and so I wanted to do

0:39.2

everything he did so I became a Buddhist in 67 and they had a marching band and they said you know

0:48.8

do you want to we need drummers and we need saxophonists and I said said, I'll play drums. So they instantly gave me a

0:56.5

teacher, this guy, Bob Dixon, and he showed me some of the basic rudiments told me to get

1:03.3

a drum book. Are you still into Buddhism? No, I lasted about five or six years, something like that.

1:13.4

You know, I stopped believing in it, but...

1:16.2

Would you chant?

1:17.3

I did. That was an interesting thing.

1:19.5

I, you know, I chanted.

1:21.7

You know, sometimes they would have all night, not vigils, but they would have, you know,

1:26.9

they would chant all night. It was very interesting to be young they would have you know they would chant all night it was it

1:28.4

was very interesting to be young kid and you know you know doing that you know at a

1:38.7

temple in Santa Monica so so so yeah I did and the interesting thing is they

1:44.0

had a marching band and a big band.

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