The Breckening Podcast

Darren Collins, who I first met about 20 years ago, is and has been many things: a professional touring juggler, a comedian, a magician, maybe one of those knife throwing guys (sorry, I lost count), but most importantly, he's been working in Nairobi, Kenya for the last eight years with the non-profit Project Hand Up. Luckily Darren was stateside for a bit and carved out some time for us to record a podcast in Santa's Workshop. I kn...

I first met Mark Randall when he was the sound guy at Main at South Side (RIP), and since it's closing, he's gone back to his roots of studio recording. Along with Ft. Worth musician Nick Tittle (of Arenda Light), Mark has recently opened up Blackstone FW, Ft. Worth's newest swankiest recording studio. Mark does occasionally run live sound at various venues and he's also a rad dude to hang out and shoot the shit with, which I've do...

I met up with Rene Floyd his band's practice space to talk and talk we did. Rene plays guitar in the emo-hardcore band Unspell and is one-half of the DJing duo Pop Boy Etc with Jordan Kline, also of Unspell. We learn a lot about Rene in this episode, including how his dad influenced his DJing, a very unique traveling scheme for a previous band he was in, and well, just whole hell of a lot about who Rene Floyd is. Strap in folks. Do...

Ryan Schur...Schesh...Schershehuh...Ryan Arthur is the Dallas-based drummer for Secret of Boris, ManifestiV, and Wells Machine. To make part three of my on-going series to interview everyone in Secret of Boris, I trapped Ryan in their practice room at Pro Rehearsal and stuck a microphone in his face. We mainly talked about music and had a blast doing it. Give this episode a listen if you like hearing people talk about things they l...

Ben McCracken is the singer/guitarist of the very kick ass Dallas-based band From Parts Unknown. Undeniably punk rock, some hardcore, a dash of ska, (maybe some rockabilly?) - at least that's how I describe them to people. They released a new album this year called "Bad Haircuts" that rips from start to finish. Listen to the album, go see them live, and buy some merch. Thanks to Ben for the time and for being an overall cool dude.

Jacob Linzy is the organizer of Chillderburg, an annual freedom-loving event in the Texas Hill Country. I've had the pleasure of doing stand up at the previous two outings and will be there again at this year's "Chillderburg Go" (Go being Japanese for 'five', this being the fifth one). We get into the origins of Chillderburg, how Jacob came to Texas, how much the government sucks, and what to expect at this year's iteration which w...

It's Paragraph Taylor Day!! In this episode of The Breckening Podcast, we get into Paragraph's history in California and Texas and various music projects. Whether it's playing guitar in Secret of Boris, making sounds in the experimental industrial ManifestiV with his wife Lillith, or honoring his influences with the tribute acts Significant Others (Limp Bizkit) and Mr. Self Destruct (Nine Inch Nails), he's always playing. And we di...

I sat down with one Jack Russell in his suburban homestead (don't mind the dogs, y'all) to talk about art, music, and oh yeah, Jägermeister. Jack is the big brains behind Jackdaw Folk Art: a true Texas-style of prints which sets up at various venues under a tent. Definitely check out these hand-printed on hand-torn, tea-stained, 140lb art paper purdy pictures. Jack has also played some bass guitar in the the Whiskey Folk Ramblers, ...

About time I get another comedian on this thing and boy do we have a fun one: Shiva Ary!! Along with shootin' the shit, we also talk some shit: about each other, other comics, and anyone else who came to mind. Always the ball buster, Shiva is also a solid hang, a stand up dude, and this interview was no let down. Check out his upcoming show at the Addison Improv: The Dark and Dirty Comedy Show with Shiva Ary on Saturday, April 22nd...

My friend Todd Camp has been many things in life: a journalist for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, a film fest curator via Q Cinema, a cartoonist, an avid collector of many varied & unique interests, and...well just listen to this fascinating interview to learn all the rest. I can't remember it all. He is currently an archivist for YesterQueer: the Fort Worth Gay History Project, which is documents the history of the LGBTQ community i...

Major League Baseball Opening Day is tomorrow. Also, I love baseball and do not care who knows it. I love it so much that in lieu of writing a drawn out Facebook post like I usually do, I created yet another nugget of content for my podcast. I'm just an amateur baseball lover so it's all off the dome for about 20 minutes. No research, no moneyball number bullshit. This one is for the hardcore baseball lovers - the handful of you wh...