10.30.07 | IO 25

THE NEW ISSUE ORIENTED PODCAST IS AWESOME.

Yes. Norman Brannon (The Anti-Matter Anthology, Texas is the Reason) stops by to chat about fanzine culture, underground music, and the new book collecting interviews from his celebrated 90s fanzine Anti-Matter.

Then Jordan Cooper talks about 20 years of Revelation Records and much more.

SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES if you think you've got what it takes.

Or listen instantly on MySpace or at IssueOriented.com.

Go now, before everyone laughs at you!

10.9.07 | Alternative Press # 232

The current issue of Alternative Press includes a home-recording special, for which Issue Oriented producer/host wrote a piece on podcasting. Go check it out!

8.20.07 | IO 23

7.13.07 | IO 22 + more

- Did you enter to win one of 4 free books being given away over at Absolutepunk.net?

- Did you
listen to the new Issue Oriented Special Edition? It's got Geoff Rickly from Thursday, Jim Testa from Jersey Beat magazine, and NJ underground hardcore punk phenoms The Degenerics

- Did you order a copy of the book? If you get it right from me, I'll throw in a digital download card that unlocks over 30 free mp3s from bands like The Gaslight Anthem, Bouncing Souls, Lifetime, Nora, Vision and many more! Order now while the gettin's good!

Many thanks, and more to come!

5.29.07 | IO 20

Episode 20 of ISSUE ORIENTED is now playing.

HEAR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW SONG BY THE WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY! Only on ISSUE ORIENTED!

- JACK TERRICLOTH from The World/Inferno Friendship Society stops in to discuss metaphor, gentrification, and committing to the bit.

- ROSS SIEGEL (ReIgnition Recordings - home of bands like Death By Stereo, Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer and Drowningman) discusses innovation, music piracy, and the future of the music industry.

Listen INSTANTLY on our MySpace page or website!

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4.04.07 "IO 19"

So you've asked - and now, after unusual delays (buying a house, moving, getting a dog, etc.) we are proud to offer ISSUE ORIENTED (the podcast) Episode 19.

- Death By Stereo vocalist Efrem Schulz talks about music, politics, and being burned alive by the sun.

- Pastepunk.com founder Jordan Baker reflects on music reviews, reunion shows, and much more.

- A few select and awesome songs

- Other things

Get it with iTunes, AOL, My Yahoo, Google and more.


3.08.07 "UPDATE"

• The book layout is totally done and it will be in my hands soon enough. It will be in YOUR hands on July 10th.

• I have another book project coming up and it is wacky. Just wait.

• I moved. My beautiful wife and I bought a condo on a cliff and are now metro stylin', ownership style.

• Next podcast guests are Efrem Schulz (Death By Stereo) and Jordan Baker (Pastepunk.com) - ep 19 out some time in the next 10 days. Cut me a break, I just moved!

• Cool stuff, always. Be interdisciplinary, you will win.

• Los Angeles: I'm comin' for you.

2.20.07 "New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye"

Ronen Kauffman, writer, radio host and vocalist for Zombie Apocalypse is taking his cultural commentary to paperback with his upcoming project, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye - Bands, Dirty Basements, and the Search for Self. Hopeless Records will be releasing the book in summer 2007. This book is just the latest project in Ronen’s vast writing career, which includes frequent appearances in Alternative Press, AMP Magazine, Outburn, Punknews.org and many others.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye is a memoir set against the New Brunswick, NJ punk and hardcore scene of the mid/late 90's. More than just an engaging personal account, it’s a story about personal growth, coming of age, and the real power of punk and hardcore. Gain an insider's look at a truly influential underground movement.

With a foreword by Jack Terricloth

1.05.07 "ISSUE ORIENTED #18"

11.05.06 "ISSUE ORIENTED #16"

It's episode 16 of ISSUE ORIENTED - and it's fucking cool.

• DEREK HESS (STRHESS TOUR/CLOTHING, MAKER OF COOL ART - on the war, artistic integrity, and why he fears the right.

• CROSSBEARER VOCALIST RICHARD SPENCER - Oh how he lost his faith, and why God probably doesn't exist. Fer realz.

• WE ARE COOL - so say our thousands of listeners! No kidding!


10.07.06 "ISSUE ORIENTED #15"

That's right people. The big one-five is here, and it's got all kinds of greatness - proving once again why ISSUE ORIENTED is the jam:

• DALLAS COYLE from GOD FORBID - on what's wrong with metal, why Avenged Sevenfold are cool, and creative evolution. You don't want to miss this.

• RAYS OF WISDOM - Yep, it's our new mini-segment, featuring Ray Harkins (Abacus Recordings, Mikoto, Taken) with a quick digest of music industry news and analysis.

• Even more show than before, still FREE and still GOOD. Thousands of listeners can't be wrong!

Update your feeds now, or just click that orange patch up there to listen instantly on our MySpace page.

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Go now.

End transmission.

09.24.06 "Hello Everyone!"

I've got a few cool clips coming out dont miss my interview with Napalm Death vocalist Mark Greenway in /Hails & Horns/ ..2, out soon from the people who bring you /AMP Magazine/. Youll also see my byline in upcoming issues of /Alternative Press/ in the record reviews section and elsewhere. More to come!