My Appearance on the Four Records Podcast Not only did Forrest Gaddis bestow The Dead Milkmen with a wonderous slate of praise for Dying Scene, but he and his podcasting partner Karina Selvig invited me to become the least famous person1 to appear on their awesome podcast, Four Records! LISTEN at any of these links:PodBean | YouTube…

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Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four records at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest speaks with Matthew Rosenberg, the creator of the …

photo credit: Tony Wolf Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four records at four different times in their life. This week, Forrest and Karina speak with Jona…

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