The J-Card Podcast

(leave) nelson b joins The J-Card Podcast to talk sampling ethics, Lonely Ghost Records, and a mixtape full of deep cuts.Nelson has been part of the Lonely Ghost Records family almost since the label started, first as a solo artist, then through his ongoing collaboration with Superdestroyer (Nelson Comes to Visit, Negative Thoughts About Myself and People I Love Dearly). In this episode we get into his time in the military, why he refuses to sample anyone who doesn’t own their own masters, his first ever experience with sampling, and much more!More on IG:@leave_nelson_b https://www.instagram.com/leave_nelson_b/ The J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Nelson00:58 - Lonely Ghost Records03:39 - Military Service & Music05:17 - Superdestroyer Collab06:19 - Fauxchella & Music Biz12:14 - Solo vs. Collab Process15:43 - Sampling Technique17:56 - First Samples He Flipped21:13 - Learning FL Studio25:21 - Building a Sound Bank28:58 - The Mixtape30:44 - “Christobel” by Joan As Police Woman34:24 - “Empire” by August Rosenbaum ft Kool Keith39:57 - “Peter Pan” by Brainstory44:47 - “Empty Bottles of Water” by People Under The Stairs50:15 - “Shower Song” by Big Nick53:27 - “I Can’t Help It” by The Roots1:04:11 - Game: Firsts & Lasts1:14:40 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

It’s the Season 4 Finale, featuring the one and only KaterFM! Kater is a Twitch streamer, playlist obsessive, and self-described “washed radio DJ” who accidentally built a music community by mishearing a Joyce Manor lyric.In our convo, Kater walked me through how she went from her college radio station to building a thriving, interactive music community across Twitch and IG. We talk about how Twitch is actually a pretty great platform for music discovery, what the transition to livestreaming is like, and what goes into running a channel.And then of course, we have a mixtape full of certified bangers, and a CHICAGO DRAFT to close out the season!More on IG:@katerfm_ https://www.instagram.com/katerfm_The J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Kater01:20 - Background in Music02:43 - College Radio Days06:35 - How Twitch Music Works09:59 - Growing the Channel14:34 - Lessons from Streaming20:26 - Finding New Music23:09 - Playlist Names & Tony Hawk27:01 - The Mixtape28:38 - “I Don’t Think It’s the Right Time for Emojis” by Hot Mulligan32:07 - “Reservoir” by PUP35:32 - “Moab” by Tiberius38:45 - “Jaw Song” by Cigarettes @ Sunset42:01 - “There Will Be Time” by Mumford & Sons (feat. Baaba Maal)46:01 - “Forgiveness” by Paramore49:40 - Honorable Mentions51:58 - Game: Chicago Draft1:00:07 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

At its core, Josaleigh Pollett’s upcoming album If I Let It Quiet is all about distance.A process that largely revolved around immediacy and spending hours together ruminating over tunes was flipped on its head when Josaleigh’s producer, co-writer, and best friend Jordan Watko moved to Japan. They had to figure out what their creative partnership looked like with 8,000 miles and 14 time zones between them. The answer became a whole album, vast but intimate, built inside a DIY PVC-and-moving-blanket vocal booth, across late-night Ableton sessions, with Paul Simon on repeat at 2am.In our convo, Joseleigh and I went deep on the making of If I Let It Quiet (out July 24th on Audio Antihero), the thriving Salt Lake City DIY scene, the tangled feelings around social media and self-promotion as an indie artist, and Josaleigh’s mixtape — songs by Sparklehorse, Laura Stevenson, Flock of Dimes, Half Waif, and Paul Simon that shaped the record. Enjoy!More on IG:@brosaleigh https://www.instagram.com/brosaleighThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Josaleigh Pollett00:55 - If I Let It Quiet06:42 - Making Music at a Distance12:55 - Bringing in Andrew Goldring19:00 - The Salt Lake City Scene28:27 - Social Media & The Witness32:57 - The Blade Runner Question35:35 - The Mixtape36:24 - “Piano Fire” by Sparklehorse40:05 - “Lay Back Arms Out” by Laura Stevenson43:14 - “Pure Love” by Flock of Dimes47:36 - “Warm Dark” by lollzing52:01 - “Figurine” by Half Waif54:28 - “Peace Like a River” by Paul Simon1:00:48 - Honorable Mentions1:02:31 - Game: Play, Pause, Stop1:10:00 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

Darren Hayman has been making music since the early ‘90s, first as the frontman of Hefner, then through a sprawling catalog of projects including The French, New Starts, Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee, and Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament. In our conversation we covered his traversal through all those bands, and much more, including seeing Elliott Smith before he was the Elliott Smith.Darren’s mixtape has a specific theme: six of his songs that were either missing, mislabeled, or completely invisible online… recovered and restored by the very same person who booked this episode! Each one has a story, and Darren tells all of them.More on IG:@darren.hayman https://www.instagram.com/darren.haymanThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Darren Hayman01:39 - Sleep & Creativity03:52 - The Origins of Hefner09:14 - Lo-Fi Across the Ocean12:17 - Sarah Records & UK Indie13:07 - Portland & New Bad Things14:50 - An Elliott Smith Sighting18:13 - Music Industry Changes24:18 - Advice for Young Artists27:39 - The Mixtape28:51 - “Pull Yourself Together (Didgeridoo Version)” by Hefner31:48 - “Punk Rock Is Going to Die” by The French37:53 - “Since She Started to Ride” by Hayman Watkins Trout and Lee43:43 - “Little Squirrel, Little Arrow” by Darren Hayman49:02 - “We Are Not Evil” by Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament53:39 - “Elizabeth the First” by Darren Hayman and The Long Parliament56:54 - Honorable Mentions1:01:12 - Game: First and Last1:06:21 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

Rob Feulner is the Marketing Coordinator at Duplication.com, the cassette and CD duplication company that’s been a cornerstone of underground music culture since 1989. In this conversation, Rob takes us inside the world of cassette duplication, from the massive tape-loading machines, to the team of artists and technicians who keep the operation running.We talk about the Montreal underground scene that shaped his taste, how vaporwave couldn’t have happened without the cassette renaissance, and what it’s like to spend your workdays pulling random tapes out of a box and listening to them cold. Dream job, am I right?More on IG:@duplication.ca https://www.instagram.com/duplication.ca@bleunuitvideo https://www.instagram.com/bleunuitvideoThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Rob Feulner01:06 - How Rob Got the Job03:46 - Montreal Cassette Scene07:59 - The Production Ecosystem12:15 - Life of a Cassette18:40 - The Duplication Team22:12 - Rob’s Art Practice24:17 - Notable Projects28:54 - The Mixtape29:28 - “Side A” by Dead Bush34:34 - “Death Row” by Lil Noid37:20 - “ΛVΘN™ NiteMare Liquid Mascara (feat. 회사AUTO)” by Nmesh43:01 - “Lamentation Fragrant Repel” by New Mexican Stargazers46:31 - “Outside” by The Dead C50:25 - “Through the Bindbole Wood” by Hole Dweller52:47 - Honorable Mentions54:35 - Game: Call and Response1:00:27 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

Jeff Jakobs is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who put out his beautiful album Lorem Ipsum last fall. We missed the first wave of press, but Jeff was kind enough to join us to talk about how he assembled an incredibly talented group of players for the album (including folks who’ve worked with Big Thief, Andrew Bird, and more), how the recording experiences compared to his earlier work, The Milkbarn Sessions.We also get into Jeff’s background in comedy, the overlap between comedy and music, and how he found his vocal coach, Joy.And of course there’s his mixtape, a genuine journey across centuries (no exaggeration). I believe one of his picks sets the record for oldest song featured on The J-Card!More on IG: @mrjeffjakobs https://www.instagram.com/mrjeffjakobsThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Jeff Jakobs00:49 - Lorem Ipsum: The Album07:39 - Milk Barn vs Lorem Ipsum13:15 - Theater & Comedy Life17:45 - Working with a Vocal Coach22:03 - Making Music Videos25:28 - The Mixtape26:46 - “Everything Happens to Me” by Chet Baker30:19 - “Visions of Johanna” by Bob Dylan34:44 - “Je n’en connais pas la fin” by Jeff Buckley41:09 - “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody” by Weyes Blood44:13 - “Hat and Beard” by Eric Dolphy47:43 - “Great Mass in C minor” by Mozart52:55 - Honorable Mention: Mayhem57:19 - Game: Showdown1:04:32 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

Theatre people and music people have more in common than you might think, and Erin Davis is living proof. Erin is a Boston-based playwright, dramaturg, and theater administrator who grew up in Georgia, and has spent the last few years developing their play Honey Hole, a story about a young queer beauty queen in rural Georgia that started as a loose adaptation of the Myth of Icarus and became something far more personal.In this episode, we get into the nuts and bolts of what a dramaturg actually does, how the fringe theater scene in Boston compares to the city’s legendary DIY music world, and why playwriting is basically a series of ten-year investment projects with no guaranteed return.Plus, stick around for a storytelling-themed mixtape that pivots into (spoiler alert) Van Halen territory. Hell yeah! Oh and we talk about a true Southern delicacy: ambrosia 🤤More on IG: @erin.victoria https://www.instagram.com/erin.victoriaThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:0:00 - Intro to Erin Davis1:44 - Fried Green Tomatoes3:05 - How Erin Got Into Theatre4:59 - Acting vs. Tech Theatre6:55 - What Is a Dramaturg?9:25 - Writing Honey Hole13:51 - The Shelf Life of a Play18:51 - Festivals & DIY Producing21:01 - Fringe Theatre in Boston24:49 - Advice for Queer Artists29:09 - The Mixtape30:10 - “Early Morning Blues” by Sweet Petunia32:47 - “Chosen to Deserve” by Wednesday36:24 - “Pressure to Party” by Julia Jacklin40:08 - “Boyish” by Japanese Breakfast42:42 - “Percolator” by Charlie Bliss46:20 - “Jump” by Van Halen49:04 - Honorable Mentions51:01 - Game: One for the Road59:14 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe

Since you’re a paid subscriber, you’re getting the full mixtape from our latest podcast episode. This mixtape is from Andrew Bennett (Jezus Factory Records) and Rudy Trouvé (Heaven Hotel), and you can find the tracklist below. Enjoy!00:17 - “A Greater Loss Than Pain” by Kiss My Jazz04:02 - “Leona” by Plano Remoto08:00 - “Second Hand Clothes” by Pasmans11:51 - “Torch” by Rudy Trouvé13:43 - “Not Available“ by The Rudy Trouvé Septet17:56 - “Forgot More Than I Ever Knew” by Benny Zen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe