Lucky Breaks & Opportunities

Episode 3 of the Music, Mindfulness, & Madness podcast, hosted by Dee Madden, Michael Hateley, and Anu Kirk, titled "Lucky Breaks & Opportunities" was published on January 29, 2022 and runs 100 minutes.

January 29, 2022 ·100m · Music, Mindfulness, & Madness

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Summary

We talk about lucky breaks and opportunities, saying "Yes!", bands that should have made it but didn't, Dee's "Irish Grunt" history, the curse of too much willpower, the value of being a good hang and having fun, and more... --- Links related to us and our conversation follow... Frazer Smith was a DJ on KROQ and went on to host RockN'America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazer_Smith Shadoe Stevens was a DJ on KMET and also worked at KROQ. He also created and produced the "Fred R. Rated f...

Episode Description

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Links related to us and our conversation follow...

Frazer Smith was a DJ on KROQ and went on to host RockN'America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazer_Smith

Shadoe Stevens was a DJ on KMET and also worked at KROQ. He also created and produced the "Fred R. Rated for Federated" commercials for Federated Group:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadoe_Stevens

Some of the Federated commercials:
https://youtu.be/QgnkssUEqjU

Failure - Stuck On You (Ken Andrews re-created this HD version of the video from the original footage!):
https://youtu.be/zUwXt2PPpU8

Gwen Mars were another great L.A. band in the 90s who never had a big break. They shared the same rehearsal space that Anu, Failure, Blind Melon, and many other bands used.

Gwen Mars - Stick B: https://youtu.be/34GoxqN-UD8

Gwen Mars - Neon Tom: https://youtu.be/CXQ44FZjxKE

Gwen Mars - Cosmic Dick: https://youtu.be/4B_AawfMRrM

Newly-found footage of Dee's bands...
Ex-VoTo on 1/18/91: https://youtu.be/EnRbCf1sGbU

Penal Colony's first show: https://youtu.be/wjo-x0jJpR4

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Dee, Michael & Anu:

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com