Well, hey everyone, it's Nate.

Welcome to episode 308 of The Vinyl Guide, part two of our podcast with author, music producer, and former boss of SST Records, Mr. Joe Carducci.

Now, in the last episode, number 307, we covered a ton of ground with Joe, his books, some stories from his time at SST Records.

If you haven't heard it yet, you may want to go

back and listen to Episode 307 before pressing on here with No. 308. Now, today we have even more

SST and music stories, some perspective and more from Joe. He's an absolutely tremendous author.

Joe has written several books, which, in my opinion, belong in

every music nerds bookshelf, like Rock and the Pop Narcotic, Enter Naomi, Stonemail, and more.

And also, Joe's new book, Western Stories, is available now. Get it from whatever bookstore

you can. He doesn't do digital only paper and ink,

but you can certainly get one ship to you. Ask your local bookshop for Joe Carducci Books,

or Google up a shop like Knightheran Books at knightheronbooks.com. They will get one to you no matter

where you are in the world.

And hey, even though this is the final part of the interview, part two of two, there is an extended conversation with Joe, about 30, 40 minutes extra that can only be heard at

patreon.com slash vinyl guide. Go up there now, help support our show, get access to extended interviews,

early access to episodes, and of course you also get that warm, fuzzy feeling of supporting

our show. Whether it's five bucks or ten bucks or whatever you can each month, it helps keep me

in burritos, helps keep me churning out these episodes, so please make it happen. Tis the season,

it's a great holiday gift for me. Join us at patreon.com slash vinyl guide, where you get to hear

the rest of the show. And finally, if you're a fan of punk and SST records, we have a heap of

other episodes of The Vinyl Guide interviews ready for you to enjoy any time.

Like Episode 304 with Kira Rossler, formerly of Black Flag, episode 301 with Amel and the Sniffers,

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