Brett Gurewitz and Jimmy Pardo

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2013

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Guest host Jordan Morris is back to talk with Brett Gurewitz. Not only is he a founding member of Bad Religion, he also owns the juggernaut independent punk label Epitaph Records. Jordan asks Brett about his career with Bad Religion and the effect fame and money can have on punk music. Then later, Jesse Thorn talks to stand-up comedian Jimmy Pardo about how he's been able to craft a perfect sense of artful carelessness in his act. Plus, Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum talk about the roots of their Prince cover band and Jordan talks about the comic book that finally turned him on to Superman.

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0:00.0	Howdy, I'm Eric from Antioch, California, and Kevin from Victor, New York.
0:05.0	I'm Luke from Seattle. Both I with Jesse Thorn is produced independently and supported by
0:11.0	listeners like you and me. He's the one to show like I did. Just visit MaximumFund.org
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0:17.0	I'm Jordan Morris in for Jesse Thorn this week. I'm talking with Brett Gerwitz. He's a founding
0:22.0	member of the punk band Bad Religion. Now I read somewhere that your dad gave you $1,000
0:28.0	as a loan to record that first Bad Religion LP. So that's kind of awesome and unexpected
0:34.0	that he would be so supportive of you guys.
0:37.0	You know I've got a really cool dad and he was an entrepreneur and his dad was an entrepreneur
0:42.0	and my mom's dad was an entrepreneur. It's sort of something that runs in our family.
0:47.0	And I think to him that was like he was he was proud of me for taking that initiative
0:52.0	and he wanted to help me. I think he thought that was my version of a lemonade stand.
0:58.0	It's Bullseye.
1:06.0	Coming up my conversation with Brett Gerwitz. Not only is he a founding member of Bad Religion,
1:11.0	he also owns one of the biggest punk labels around at the TAF Records.
1:14.0	The record label was central to the punk boom on Modern Rock Radio in the 1990s.
1:19.0	I asked him whether fame and money actually hurts punk music.
1:23.0	Yes, it is. Next question.
1:26.0	Okay, yeah, moving on.
1:28.0	Later, Jesse Thornton will talk to the stand-up comedian Jimmy Parto.
1:31.0	This guy kills no matter what room he's in.
1:34.0	Date nights in Middle America? Sure.
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