Worst Little Podcast

This week we give everyone some insight into Jon Cornell, songwriter, keyboardist for Roxxy Collie and Glitter Bats, but you might recognize him from our segment Good Song Bad Song, where Jon gives us his opinion on classic songs. This episode features six of Jon’s favorite local bands;  all good songs, by Acrylic, The Twilight Project, … Continue reading "S16E17 Jon Cornell- Good Song Bad Song?"

This week we welcome the fabulous Kat Heart to Dogwater studios for her fifth appearance on the Worst Little Podcast.  She brought her pedals, her guitar and her telephone mic to create a layered one woman performance that feels soulful and ethereal. With a prolific drive and seemingly endless inspiration, Kat is a songwriting machine.  … Continue reading "S16E16 Kat Heart – A Thousand Ways To Walmart "

This week we discuss special needs classrooms and fundraising for them by rocking out.  From FoP hq; WHO: Friends of P! Nick and Mikie Ramirez, The Ramirez Family Circus WHAT: A benefit to raise funds for special needs classrooms, caregivers, teachers, and other angel helpers. WHEN: 5/30/26 Doors @ 4:30 / Entertainment starts @ 5pm … Continue reading "S16E14: Friends of P- With a Little Help from My Friends"

Dubl Z and Jordan Huff “Rellik 444” (MC’s and screamer), Johnny Fernandez (Evil Ash) guitar, Jimmy Guthrie (Machine Gun Vendetta) guitar, are the INTOXXIKATED PEDEZTRIANZ.  Rap performed with psycho intensity over rock guitars and beats.  They are high energy with a touch of reckless abandon.  They’re having a ball doing music and have been busy … Continue reading "S16E13: INTOXXIKATED PEDEZTRIANZ-  Pzyko Barz & Rok Guitarz"

t’s our annual Halloween show! So of course we have the spooky Reno goth rock band (the) Glitter Bats!  It’s been a whole year since we had them on. If you’re saying to yourself “isn’t that one of Nick’s bands?”, you’d be correct! Our weekly host is the drummer of the band. Lucky for us … Continue reading "S14E36 Glitter Bats- Pod Macabre!"

Our guest this week is a man of many names, Freddie Fretless on Facebook, Jerry Leon in real life and his musical moniker Winnemucca Brown. He hitched  his wagon all the way from eastern Nevada, take a guess where specifically. That’s right we win more than a Mucca this week as joining Jerry is his beautiful … Continue reading "S14E12 Winnemucca Brown- Take You To Brown Town"

*we don’t know why but this episode disappeared, hence the repost. Enjoy! For our last installment of this year’s Women’s March, we have our good friend and multi-talented queen of the scene, Rhiannon Box!  When she’s not styling hair, heading up a theater company, creating award winning short films, or jamming with her band Stabby … Continue reading "S14 E10 repost: Rhiannon Box- Hello Unicorns, Goodbye Horses"

MacNuggits: Phoning It In For Room a zoom Zoom! Kim, Nick and Dogwater Dick were all able to podcast from the comfort of their own phones or computers as did our guest Dan Abbott from the band Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits. These songs are all different genres mixed, telling detailed epic stories … Continue reading "S14E11 Bobby Joe Ebola & the Children MacNuggits: Phoning It In For The Win"

We are back with yet another Christmas special! All the families joined together for yet another year, gathered around microphones (and a Zoom feed) to share stories, music, and Christmas wishes. It’s been a hot minute since we’ve gotten together and celebrated Christmas this way, and it sure was fun. (Now with more swearing!) Everyone’s … Continue reading "The Christmas of Covid Babies – S11 E39"

This week Nick, Ian, Dogwater Dick, and intern Mouse too (she keeps showing up!) are on the rock and roll bus. After discussing dental issues, they welcome hardcore Reno super group, and band on fire, Manchild!Nesto, Kylo, Rosolberry and Dandlebar came in hot and tight, treating us to 5 originals and a special treat at … Continue reading "Manchild – Child’s Play! – S11 E38"

A little late for the holiday, but we are still thankful for this show, starring our wonderful guest and friend, the multitalented actor, musician, director, teacher, father and husband, John Frederick! John was also our very first intern from Season 3, in 2013! We get to preview some songs he’s written for an as yet … Continue reading "John Frederick – Thanksgiving: The Musical! – S11 E37"

Once upon a time, we started this show to not only give ourselves and our friends a forum to shamelessly self-promote and self-indulge; no – we also wanted to be a platform for new, new-to-you, or completely unheard of bands to connect with audiences and find their voice. Well, this week we welcome two-time loser … Continue reading "Quitter – Born to Whelm – S11 E36"

Like a heat attack of the ear, we are here to assault you with the cacophonous chaos of Action Bastard! Like a fine dose of toilet vodka, they will leave your palate burning for more. It’s an exciting show – a full house of host and guests – we even had to put the butt … Continue reading "Action Bastard! – Barely Contained – S11 E35"

This week on WLP we (Rick and Nick) had the pleasure to hang loose with power trio Cryptilians . Not THE Cryptilians! If you hear someone get it wrong and say THE, take a drink! Is grunge still a genre? Mudhoney still embraces the label, so if it’s good enough for them , I’ll embrace … Continue reading "Cryptillians – Cyclops Was A Monster – S11 E34"

Do you like scary music kids?! Heavy metal stoner doom your forte? Then we have a show for you!Our good friends Sahara, Ray, Jake and (the boss?) Danny from Ozymandias grace the Dogwater studios , fresh off their blazing hot Marianarchy set! (especially for Sahara who performed in a Wilfred dog suit!) Speaking of Marianarchy, … Continue reading "S11 E33 – Ozymandias – Alabama Hot Pocket"

When he’s not drumming with Nick Eng or his group The Delta Birds , multi instrumentalist Michael Tegio is writing and singing his own songs along with some very nice cover songs to boot! A fresh fellow of 19 years, Michael sings and plays acoustic guitar with the confidence of a seasoned vet. He has … Continue reading "Michael Tegio – Glory Wholesome – S11 E32"

Horror, surf, metal, industrial and punk rock; Franky’s Chop Shop has it all. It’s he perfect soundtrack for a hard rockin’ bikini beach bash from hell! We get into the making of this new project from the mad mind of Murderock‘s Franky (Chris Alexander). This just in: (That’s right, you heard it here first) Keith … Continue reading "Franky’s Chop Shop – Nice Chops – S11 E31"

Guitars and violins and mandolins, oh my! Once again, we are happy to welcome the folk-tastic troupe known as Wheatstone Bridge to the studios. This time we get some familiar and new faces – Jill Marlene, Zeke Griffin, Gabe Hilton, Steve Barron, Natalie Laster Jones and Amy Willoughby all join us for a wildly tangential … Continue reading "Wheatstone Bridge – Six Degrees – S11 E30"

Hello! It’s the Worst Little Podcast. This week we welcomed Liam Kyle Cahill to the studio and he brought a friend! We talked about Liam’s love life and the resulting songs. We get to know his roommate Kris who is to podcasting what a duck is to water. Kris is just as impressed and surprised … Continue reading "Liam Kyle Cahill – S11 E30"

A very entertaining show is on deck for you this week. We welcome back the always entertaining Baldo Bobadilla (Drinking With Clowns/OffBeat Fest/FutureKind) and the benchmark of Reno style and fashion, Ed Adkins (Crawl Reno/Reno Zombie Crawl). As always, the conversation ranged far and wide – serial killers and vaccines and philanthropy and other drugs … Continue reading "Ed Adkins and Baldo Bobadilla – Stink Pickle"

It’s almost time to check in with weather and sports at the 10s, but up first is your friend and mine: MISTER Max Volume! Stepping away from the radio booth and into the internet thingamabob, Max joins us once again for a lot of laughs, stories and even a few songs. If you are new … Continue reading "Max Volume – Coming Home – S11 E28"

I wrote a whole blog post at 1 am. WordPress deleted it. Sorry – not going to rewrite it now. I want you to have the show now, since it’s late. Listen to the show. Be gay; do crime. Visit the Sit Kitty Sit website and watch Kat Down’s and Mike Thompson’s latest video for … Continue reading "Sit Kitty Sit – “Directed by David Lynch” – S11 E27"

Who says we ain’t classy? We gone and got ourselves some fine gentlemen on the show this week: First Take, featuring Jimmy Vermillion, Bill Heise and the renowned sax-a-ma-phonist Rick Metz. (aaaand… now I’m being told he does play an actual saxophone and the Simpson’s want their 24-year-old-dead-horse back). First Take is a premiere Northern … Continue reading "First Take – The Saxman Cometh – S11 E26"

Should I even bother complaining about the heat and smoke in this blog post? Other than marking a contextual moment in history on our erstwhile blog post… probably not. We’ve all heard it; thoughts and prayers, everyone. (Especially for The Rev and Raggmopp, who live with a VERY pregnant lady this summer.) Anyway: Onto the … Continue reading "Douglas Sandall and Diana Ekins – S11 E25 – Music, the Law, and You Make the World Better"

Sometimes, even jaded assholes get surprised, like this week, on the show. I am so delighted to introduce to our listening audience The Will Shamberger Band of Fallon, NV (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I was mostly surprised because I was expecting a solo, not a new bunch of contenders. Will Shamberger, Jesse … Continue reading "The Will Shamberger Band – Sons of Dust and Jet Fuel – S11 E24"

Summertime is a good time for some music making and hip shaking. Unfortunately, we have Wabuska Yachting Club on with us instead. All kidding aside, it was a true pleasure to get to finally invite them in for a live show – Steve and Cassie Funk, Doyle Wayne Stewart, Nick McCabe and Dave Cherry set … Continue reading "The Wabuska Yachting Club and Other Tales of “High” Desert Piracy – S11 E23"

You like DnB? Hell, yeah – Drums and Brass… Wait, wut? That’s right, kids, something new and different this week – more misfit jazz and fine music creations straight outta Nightingale Hall. The Blevinses join us to talk about their ‘bones and being ‘boners. Most of this week’s blog post is a return of an … Continue reading "The Blevinses – Ringing in the New with the Old – S11 E22"

What can I say about Jen Scaffidi that hasn’t already been said in hushed tones whenever she’s not around? I could say that she is an accomplished singer/songwriter, as a solo act or in one of many bands. I could say she is as comfortable playing indie/pop as she is generating noise-core. And I could … Continue reading "Jen Scaffidi – Fresh Hugs and Otter Pop Memories – S11 E21"

Hello everyone. It is June and we are already in the middle of some nightmarish heatwave! But that isn’t important; what’s important is this week’s wonderful guest: Pierre Marche, here with us with his third EP and his muse/sort-of producer, Loren! Pierre’s music is currently streaming on all platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, BandCamp, etc.), so … Continue reading "Pierre Marche – It’s Too Hot in Here – S11 E20"

AND. WE. ARE. BACK. Live and performing before a live studio audience for the very first time, we are happy to introduce Greg Gilmore and the Fever Dreams. Admittedly, this is not their first appearance on the show; you might remember them in their (very recent) incarnation as Silver. Everyone, except Jorge – he’s new. … Continue reading "Greg Gilmore and the Fever Dreams – Live Debutants – S11 E19"

Blowing in like a bat out of somewhere more comfortable and dry (and with snacks) is Oregon’s own dad-punk trio, Six Sundays. Fans of the show may remember Six Sundays relatively recent performances at the Reno Punk Rock Flea Market or bassist/crooner Foo Fleming from RWHAP (…he’s the one who always wore the fez…. yes, … Continue reading "Six Sundays – Cutting the Turgid Cheese – S11 E18"

Whilst laying down new tracks at ye olde Dogwater Studios, local stake punk and rocker, Glynn Osburn, stopped by the Zoom Room to talk about what’s happening in his corner of the world. His band, Post Humous, is wrapping up recording a new full-length album and are excited to hit the circuit this summer and … Continue reading "Post Humous – Not 100% Finished – S11 E17"

Welcome back to our favorite one-man band: Felipendejo! Nothing will keep this man down, not snow in May, not Jon Cena, and certainly not COVID-19. You of course remember him from previous episodes as well as opening for epic acts like Mac Sabbath, Metalachi and Clownvis. Throughout the pandemic, Kevin worked in a weed store … Continue reading "Filependejo – A Series of Bad Decisions – S11 E16"

The turn of a season, the promise of a turn in the tide: this the stage is set for this week’s guest, Franc Friday. New and unexpected things from this quadrant – like many, Franc spent the past year getting his experimental introspection on . Instead of plying his wordsmithing to his beats, he dropped … Continue reading "Franc Friday – This Isn’t Even My Final Form – S11 E15"

“You ever stare at people weirdly and listen to a song together?” is the best question of this episode and it wasn’t even asked by a host. “The Randy Savages are a pop-punk wrestling collective who do not identify as a band, they prefer “Punk Rock Wrestling Accompaniment.”” They emulate and create odes dedicated to the … Continue reading "The Randy Savages – Cream of the Crop – S11 E14"

The Year of COVID has been transformative for a lot of people. This week’s guest, Redfield Clipper, talks a lot about his own transformation into a new style of music, composing an album largely online and grappling with death. It’s a pretty heavy episode… It’s also a really fun episode! Redfield regales us with stories … Continue reading "*REPOST* Redfield Clipper – Introspective Explosion – S11 E11"

Hello! Welcome to the Worst Little Podcast. This week Nick, Kim, and Rick welcome Tom, Eric, and Billy from Ugly Orphans to the show. They brought a bunch of brand new punk rock with them and gave some hilarious quiz answers. Press play for a whole lot of Podcast exclusives! We’re back next week with … Continue reading "Ugly Orphans – Here To Play – S11 E13"

I cant stop sneezing – spring must be here. Thanks for stopping in and checking us out – if you’re a follower, I think we have the technical details worked out, and we appreciate your patience. If not, please let our customer service know at the link here. Haha. Our guest this week is Shannon … Continue reading "Shannon Dobbs – Un-Commonly Grounded – S11 E12"

We never said we were good at scheduling, which is why we are concluding our Women’s March in April (but it was recorded in March – really!). We are super excited to wrap things up with one of the great friends of the show, and all of us personally, the incredible singer, Margy Ford. Margy … Continue reading "Margy Ford – Powerhouse – S11 E10"

We continue Women’s March by inviting back to the show, the noted Northern Nevada writer, producer, and educator. That’s actually a really short list of things Jackie does – she’s an accomplished performer and a well known name in many communities throughout the state. Jackie is the host of The Jackalope Hour, a weekly music … Continue reading "Jackie Dilworth – The Jackalope Speaks – S11 E9"

It’s not just the people on stage who make a scene happen – a ‘B-side’ to making shows happen. It’s also the promoters and booking agents who shed blood sweat and tears backstage, before, during and after every show. This week’s guest, Momo of Momo Promo, is no stranger to the trials and tribulations of … Continue reading "Momo – That’s All You Need To Know – S11 E8"

Welcome to out Third Annual Women’s March, here on WLP. This week Brian, Carla, Carolyn and Rick from Betty Rocker join us virtually! Reverend Rory apologizes for the continued lateness of the podcast posts – he got his COVID shot this week and temporarily lost his mind. (Like I really thought I had published this … Continue reading "Betty Rocker – Distance Makes the Rock Grow Louder – S11 E7"

Like a shot you don’t need at an hour you shouldn’t be up, Machine Gun Vendetta goes down -real- smooth. I really don’t want to say much more else; that about covers it. Scott, Adam and Jim of the iconic Reno thrash punk band Machine Gun Vendetta sit down together and have a chat with … Continue reading "Machine Gun Vendetta – Oversight Corrected – S11 E6"

I love this episode. But this is some heavy shit – trigger warning for anyone who doesn’t like medical distress. Joining us is Eric Stangeland of One Stop Guitar as well as many Reno musical adventures and bands over the years. He shares with us a few tracks from his upcoming album, “Wake Up”. It … Continue reading "Eric Stangeland – Love What You Do – S11 E5"

It’s hard to keep a good man down – and we’ve got two good men on the show this week: muralist Joe C. Rock and event promoter Steve Emmerich of Fresh Bakin’. We are also featuring select music form some of the bands playing in the upcoming virtual Reno Punk Rock Flea Market: Valentine’s Slay, … Continue reading "Joe C. Rock and Steve Emmerich – Silence in Midtown – S11 E4"

How much Johnny Harpo is enough Johnny Harpo? Well, here at the Worst Little Podcast, we say there is NEVER enough Johnny Harpo! This episode marks his 600th appearance on our show – truly amazing. We get into it deep, right off the bat, talking about recording, Rigorous Proof‘s upcoming album, Star Trek, a rundown … Continue reading "Johnny Harpo – Loudmouth Love-in – S11 E3"

A wise man once said, “Be prepared to spend a lot of time laughing with your friends.” This week is no exception. Wild and glamorous like an oil slick in a high-end garage, we are excited to welcome the Asphalt Socialites back to the studio for the first time since 2017. I haven’t laughed this … Continue reading "Asphalt Socialites – Laugh Riot – S11 E2"

GREETINGS PODCAST FANS! Welcome to Season 11 – we are excited to have you with us, once again. We hope your holiday and new year was merry and bright. It’s a whole new world! Now: back to the music! We are stoked and honored to welcome Basement Tapes back to the show! Travis, Amy, Deb … Continue reading "Basement Tapes – Our Seasons Go To 11 – S11 E1"

December 2019 marks the end of a year and the end of Season 9 of The Worst Little Podcast. Trust me: We’re as shocked as you are. When four of us got together at the little-known Dogwater Studios in January 2011, we truly had no idea of what we were getting ourselves into. Rick shoehorned … Continue reading "Simply Having a Wonderful Dogwater Time – S9 E37"

Hello! Welcome back to the Worst Little Podcast. We're here this week with the Jason King duo. Press play for some great blues and Americana from these scene legends!