A carpenter and a Barber walk into a bar

A carpenter and a Barber walk into a bar

Music, underground scene, punk, rock, new wave, no wave, classic rock, post punk, oldies rock, country, classic country, outlaw country, oldies soul, funk, motown, there really isn't much that we don't like or appreciat . Drunken bar stories, bars, hot rods, and whatever Flys out of our mouths. It's all in good fun.

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March 17, 2025 109 mins

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On this episode we travel back over the hills and through the woods to Platypus we go. We recorded with a live audience who interacted with us and our esteemed panel of music royalty from around the St. Louis area. Those musicians include Tony Saputo, Donald Williams, Tazu Marshall, Brian Sullivan, and our very own Carpenter Jason Smith. We had some surprise guests show up and laughter and wild stories, and a true cel...

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Recap of season 1. We go over the episodes and point out some great memories of the last season. Sit back and get comfy, this episode is funny and has some great news about our friends Franklin Co. Trucking Company. 

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November 17, 2024 162 mins

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Tonight we had the pleasure of having the owners of Twisted Pixels sports bar, one of our great local joints. Lots of Laughs and great bar stories. 

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The 4th and final episode of the Rustoberfest series. This one does focus around music, with a true musician and some members of his band. Honkytonk the way it should be. 

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October 24, 2024 53 mins

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This is episode 3 of the Rustoberfest series. This time we sit down with one of hotrod cultures biggest Icons. We have Lil Daddy Roth. We get to hear some amazing hotrod history from one of people who was at the center of it all. Thank You Lil Daddy for this incredible journey into your story. 

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This episode is part 2 of the Rustoberfest series. I have no words. Well maybe just one. Shenanigans. I laughed so hard with these two.  This one is not for the week of heart. Its rowdy. 

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This episode is the beginning of a several episode series. The Carpenter and I went out to the biggest and best car show of the year. We had an incredible time. Here is the episode with Mike Andrews and Aaron Gilbert, founding members of the Metalflake car club, who hosts this event every year. These two and their club work very hard every year for us to have a good time and to raise money for various charities. 

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We traveled to the mean streets of St. Louis, to Platypus to visit with Lisa Andris. She is an extraordinary woman with a great story.  Make that stories. Listen in while we recorded live with a real audience and everything. Have fun listening.

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July 15, 2024 167 mins

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Dan Johnson is our guest this week. He owns Knucklehead Custom Art. He was a great sport with all of our shenanigans, he will be joining us again for a part 2. with episode 10. Our musical spotlight is Adam Ant. We will be finishing up on that on part 2 as well. 
We covered alot of ground with the Band Adam and the Ants and will finish up with Adam Ant. 

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In this episode we are missing Producer Jake, so all of his fans will miss him. We talked about our random person band pick, The Monkees, and the Barber's musical pick was Gary Numan. The Carpenter and the Barber really enjoyed that band. Numan is an iconic musician who keeps on giving us his best. Did you Know that Time and Temp phone number still works? Thank you General Discharge for sitting in with  us as cop...

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June 9, 2024 162 mins

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This episode is action packed with superstar guests who kick Henry Rollins in the head while on stage and much more ridiculousness. Thank you Dennis Menace Jackson for coming over and sharing stories with us. The barber belches alot on this one, they all try and review a new flavor from the red hot ripplets family. This episode is very funny. 

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May 6, 2024 98 mins

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Today we have our sponsor Mike Gens of the famous Gens Auto and Tire.  Some cool stuff happening over there.  There is alot crammed into this episode. We find out why the barber forgets things. We hear music from Homeless in Hollywood, and Soma. As always we are grateful for Franklin County Trucking Co for their amazing music they allow us to play for our intro and outro. Some new things added to the show as well. We ...

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April 13, 2024 149 mins

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This episode is about Jeff Parks and his venue Creepy Crawl. One of punks lost treasures. We also introduce our Intro song. Trucker Bar by Franklin Co. Trucking Company.  Tony Saputo joins us again as we invade his amazing bar Platypus. Thank you Gens Auto and Tire for your continues support. Apex Boot Co. for your support as well. 

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March 11, 2024 129 mins

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Today on Carpenter and a Barber we have Wil Pelly of Rockstar tacos. Wil is a dear friend and an incredibly talented chef and musician. We didnt even make a dent into his story. We will have him on again,  and as often as he would like to come on the show. We also have Tony Saputo the owner of Platypus bar. We were lucky to record in Platypus and we were errrrr, the Barber was over served. lol We didnt get all of Tony...

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February 26, 2024 158 mins

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Thank you for Brandon Von Elrod for joining Homie and I for this episode. Its a hoot.  In true form we run off the rails almost immediately. This one is funny and lots of cool conversation about hotrods and stuff. 

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February 20, 2024 194 mins

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The barber is flying solo for this episode. This episode is a joint effort between us and The Hometown Hotrodder the podcast. The hometown guys and the barber jibajab for a long damn time. 

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January 28, 2024 99 mins

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Joe (the barber) and Homie aka Jason (the carpenter) with the brains or Producer Jake. We semi discuss music and St. Louis bars and share stories from the two. We made alot of shit up but most is true. You can tell the b.s. from real. Maybe. We hope you have a good laugh. Thats what this is for. 

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