Nakedly Examined Music is a podcast about making music: Why do we do it? Why do we do it the way we do it? Mark Linsenmayer interviews songwriters and composers famous and otherwise about specific recordings, which are presented in full on the podcast. 
Mike is one of our finest bass players, starting with California punk legends MINUTEMEN in the early '80s and breaking into the majors with fireHOSE going into the '90s. He was so beloved by the alternative community that his first solo album in '94 was a star-studded affair; Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl joined his band for the supporting tour. After that, he released three Continue Reading …
NEM#93: Peter Aaron Lives in the Blues-Punk Moment
Peter started in the hardcore punk band, Sand in the Face (you'll hear their brief "Teenage Life," written by Paul Schraft and recorded in 1983 for a compilation), and then used the blues to add depth for his band the Chrome Cranks, which formed in 1988, released four studio albums and a live album in the mid-1990s, then reunited for another in 2012. The band also featured Continue Reading …
NEM #56: “Dr. Frank” Portman Writes His Inner Teenager
Frank has led Bay Area punk band The Mr. T Experience since 1985, with a dozen-plus releases, and has also written three successful music-related books for teens since 2006. We discuss "Down With the Universe" from King Dork Approximately, the Album (2016), "Big, Strange, Beautiful Hammer" from Yesterday Rules (2004), and "More Than Toast" from Our Bodies Our Selves (1993). Continue Reading …