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Punks Amongst Us
by Nora T Murphy
Nora Murphy talks with people about their unconventional, some may say punk moves in life that got them where they are. Having been a visual designer, an artist, a business owner, a radio host and a wine educator, Nora knows a few things about pivots, stumbles and successes.
Episodes
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Gabe Meline - Curator of "Disturbing The Peace," Museum of Sonoma County
"On its best days, punk is very ugly and simultaneously very beautiful."
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Getting To Know False Flag + Fab Mab Promo
Nora is introduced to Pretty & Strong Sims, sisters who created the punk band False Flag. In anticipation of an evening at the Fab Mabuhey in SF, in which Katrina Zanotto runs, Edwin Heaven, False Flag, Katrina and Nora talk about the band, DIY shows, Heaven's memoir and the release of Prairie...
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Edwin Heaven
In this case, Edwin Heaven is not a place, it is a person. San Francisco author, ad man, ad hoc provocateur, manager to The Nuns, screenwriter and I can't even remember all the other eyebrow raising antics. Join Nora for a breakdown of 50 years with Heaven and his release of his memoir, The Night…
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Jim Vallely - From Funny Boy to Funniest Guy
Nora is joined by friend and comedy writer, Jim Valley, whose credits include #GoldenGirls, #ArrestedDevelopment and so much in between. They talk not only about his standup career, his beginnings in Hollywood as an actor, but also the fun he and Nora have had together over 40 years, including...
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The Fairest Gump of SF Punk!
Stephane von Stephane joins Nora on this episode. In this case, not only is Stephane a punk amongst us but she was a punk amongst them. While writing and doing graphics for Search & Destroy, she knew The Avengers, The Nuns, Blondie AND she was at Winterland the night The Sex Pistols played their...
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Noetic Pause - Young, bright rockers are ready for it all!
Noetic Pause, runner ups at 2024 Battle Of The Bands. Nora talks to the band ahead of the 2025 Battle in Napa, CA where they will have competed against 20 other bands. Even high schoolers have an origin story! Young and talented - the future looks bright!
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Alice Bag & Kid Congo Powers (Juanita y Juan!)
Two highly regarded punks from the original LA scene have come together to perform as their alter egos Juanita & Juan with a Loud Lounge act. They put out a record - Jungle Cruise! and are doing a mini tour to support. They are both published authors having written autobiographies that entertain...
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SF Punk (And More) With Jack & Alan
Jack Boulware and Alan Black join Nora and dissect a lot about DIY punk from the Pistols to the Dead Kennedy's to Amyl & The Sniffers. Anchored by Jack's book, Gimme Something Better, the three cover art school brats, Collectives, stories about creating literary festivals in Sf, Clem Burke's...
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Faith Ventrello - Badass!
Faith was always into music. When in college, she worked at KCMU FM in Seattle, which eventually lead her to Sub Pop, Capitol Records, Electra - Los Angeles, New York and now Napa where she took the then available call letters KCMU and started her own little radio station. She bought a building…
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Tommy Stinson! (Replacements / GnR...)
Tommy called into my radio show to promote some upcoming shows on the west coast. Not hyperbole to say that I am a huge fan of not only his original band, The Replacements, but of him as a bass player, a perseverer and a goofball. That last talent is still apparent at age 58.
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Glen Matlock
He is a legend - an original member of the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock joined me for a lively conversation in early 2024. We talked the pistols, waking up on a golf course, Anthony Newley and Donald Effing Trump.
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A Scotsman & An Englishman Walk Into A Studio - Part 2
The second half of my conversation with Alan Black and Crispin Barker about punk rock in the UK and the US and whether or not you can buy a life in Target. Alan is a writer, artist, poet now living in the East Bay. Crispin is a music encyclopedia now living in the North Bay.
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A Scotsman & An Englishman Walk Into A Studio...
Though I will be talking to all types of people about unconventional and some might say PUNK moves in their lives, this episode dives into the origins of punk rock in London starting with The Sex Pistols.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Nora Murphy talks with people about their unconventional, some may say punk moves in life that got them where they are. Having been a visual designer, an artist, a business owner, a radio host and a wine educator, Nora knows a few things about pivots, stumbles and successes.
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Nora T Murphy
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Nora Murphy talks with people about their unconventional, some may say punk moves in life that got them where they are. Having been a visual designer, an artist, a business owner, a radio host and a wine educator, Nora knows a few things about pivots, stumbles and successes.
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