Episode 1112: Italian Punk/Garage/Lo-Fi band, Deaf Lingo

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Episode 1112: Italian Punk/Garage/Lo-Fi band, Deaf Lingo

STRIKE A CHORD

4 piece Punk/Garage/Lo-Fi band Deaf Lingo joins STRIKE A CHORD live from Milan, Italy to discuss their upcoming album Lingonberry, dropping on April 29, 2022.  Lead singer Sandro and Gabriele waste no time seducing Marissa with their sexy Italian accents.  Do Italians find American accents sexy?  Punk bands always have the most interesting names but what inspired Deaf Lingo’s band name?—strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry?  What the hell is a Lingonberry? — Italian IKEA has the answer!  Recording studios are costly and when you’re an upcoming Italian Punk band on a budget you’re hungry and ready to rock, so naturally record your album at a pizzeria?!  Their new track “Push It” has nothing to do with sliding pizza in an oven and more to do with doing nothing and enjoying it — “why have ambition when you’re going to die!” “Sleeping” has a catchy baseline, an electrifying solo with raw vocals that grab your ears by the lobes — much like a heavy relationship absorbs your attention to the point you can’t see anything else. Grab your gold microphone and rock out to “Friends.”  Just picture Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey jumping on a couch, blasting an air guitar and head banging in a mosh pit! Follow and listen to Deaf Lingo: https://www.facebook.com/deaflingo

Episode 1111: Gen Z Critics Elizabeth 'Betsy' Kim and Singer/Songwriter Sophia Marie, debut EP "Foreigner"

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Episode 1111: Gen Z Critics Elizabeth 'Betsy' Kim and Singer/Songwriter Sophia Marie, debut EP "Foreigner"

Cali Summertime is here! Marissa has booty shorts on and the face thongs are off!

Play video games and earn money?  Well not exactly.  The “money” you earn is in crypto-currency, which explains the disappointment on your fathers face as you look up from the basement!

Kid Rock cancels Cancel Culture because he simply doesn’t give a fuck! While Rapper Boosie BadAzz gets waterboarded over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.

Are you bored with finding music and need 15 second TikTok song snippets?—try Discz.  Discz is the latest trending music app that fills the music gap by providing the all-important millennial youth demographic with new and old song recommendations — it’s like Spotify meets Tinder.

JUST TALKING 

Gen Z Critics Co-Founder Elizabeth 'Betsy' Kim joins JUST TALKING to predict 2022 Oscars.  Oscar season 2022 is here and who grabs the golden trophy for Millennials and Gen Z fans? — CODA—nothing else, just CODA.  You can measure the value of a film by questioning whether it’s worth your money or your time.  Relying on cinematic stereotypes is lazy story telling—nerdy Asians, British villains, German Nazis and uncultured countries.  Why keep remaking movies with Hollywood color-casting?  Why are we letting diversity quotas ruin movies?  Aren’t show runners doing their homework when there’s already established franchise material?  Look at Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince in The Prince of Persia, Tom Cruise as The Last Samurai and John Cho as Spike Spiegel in Netfix Cowboy Bebop adaptation—this should be a wake-up call! Follow Gen Z critics: https://genzcritics.com/

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Singer/Songwriter Sophia Marie joins STRIKE A CHORD from Washington D.C. to discuss her debut EP entitled “Foreigner.” When Sophia isn’t recording music she’s at Georgetown University writing papers, supporting her sorority organization and working at an internship—she is busy! Coming from the West Coast to the East Coast can take some adjustment time. West coast people generally have a really chill vibe.  “On the East coast everyone is into consulting, politics and a cut-throat mentality.”  “Foreigner” EP track “Venice Beach to Washington D.C,” is a legally blonde song embracing the challenge of transitioning from one place to the next—finding your own voice and not relying on politicians and celebrity elites to tell you what to believe in!  Sophia’s single “Foreigner” cautions those seduced by romanticism to fall in love with the person, not just the foreign accent. Follow and listen to Sophia Marie: https://www.instagram.com/la.sophiamarie

Episode 1110: So Cal Punks, Moonraker, Drummer/Vocalist David Green, The Forest

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Episode 1110: So Cal Punks, Moonraker, Drummer/Vocalist David Green, The Forest

Government tries to relocate LGBTQ and Trans Ukrainians — but they don’t know which bathroom to use.  When bombs aren’t enough to shake homophobia—what will? 

 Coffee lovers get off your caffeine high-chair!  Starbucks says “Buck You” to single use cups!  Now you get to borrow a cup, buy a paper cup or hand over your COVID Ebola germ infested dripping designer bottle to the Barista!

Rolling Stone magazine cancels themselves over their Best Lead Singers of All Time… minus any Women and Minorities! The list consists of 10 “dusty” guys you’ve never heard of or forgotten about — which explains why Papa was a rolling stone. 

Millennial exercise work-out routines are rough, you have to take off the headset, unplug all the cables, and stop live streaming.  BUT here's the hard part. Walk outside! There’s air, nature, allergies and other humans who could possibly want to interact face to face—whatever! 

Dolly Parton turns down her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.  The Hall of Fame reacted by rejecting her rejection.  Fans respond with “why aren’t there two nominations?—one for each of her ‘girls’!" 

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Moonraker vocalist and drummer David Green joins STRIKE A CHORD to discuss their upcoming album release “The Forest” available on May 6th. Crazy is contagious!  First single “Crickets” could be about anything that gets you going—NFT’s, bandmates, cryptocurrency, or simply giving in to the voice in your head that says “the world is against you!”  Punk Rock life is a hard knock life — just ask Annie.  The band’s gear gets stolen, they end up stranded in Mexico and in the middle of what became the pandemic. Most drummers would cry and die on their drumsticks but not Moonraker! Where other groups have joined the bandwagon of sucking on the crowdfunding tit—Moonraker stands defiant in the face of corporate overlords and says NO to whoring themselves out to social media. Moonraker gains strength from “being original, being yourself and doing the thing that maybe isn’t the thing.” Follow, support and listen at https://www.instagram.com/moonrakerpunx