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Middle AmericaAuthor: Wendell Bauer/Jared Grabb
Middle America is a podcast and radio show using history, storytelling, and music to discuss the world that surrounds us. Narrated by the fictional protagonist Wendell Bauer, episodes give both true history of the Central Illinois area and fictional memoir of a resident. Locally created music complements the stories to provide further emotional impact and insight.Topics discussed by Middle America thus far have included Illinois abolitionists, the French origins of the Midwest, philanthropist Lydia Moss Bradley, Chicagos earliest settlers, Prohibition-era gangsters, and comedian Richard Pryor, among others. Along the way there are outlaws, adventure, murder, mutiny, loss, charity, love, and finally progress. www.patreon.com/midamericapod www.facebook.com/midamericapod www.instagram.com/midamericapod www.twitter.com/midamericapod midamericapod.bandcamp.com middleamericapod@gmail.com Language: en-us Genres: History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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DIY - Punks in Peoria and Our Misfit Family
Episode 14
Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
14. Wendell details some artists and venues from the history of the Peoria, Illinois underground punk music scene including Bloody F. Mess."Middle America" is a podcast using history, storytelling, and music to talk about all of the issues and feelings brought on by the world around us. "Middle America" is an access point to everything under the sun.Music in this episode:Jared Grabb “Prison Bars (Middle America Instrumental Version)”Chips Patroll “Sick of the 60s”Cherry Lane “Mike’s Big Day”Caustic Defiance “One Million Stares”Angry Gods “Pressure Contained”Bloody Mess & Hate “Spit On My Face”Jared Grabb Among Thieves “Lydia (Instrumental)”Jared Grabb “Jimmy Paid the Price”Scouts Honor “Buried”Scouts Honor “Where We Fit In”Jared Grabb “Middle America Ad Music”The featured music for this episode was “Sick of the 60s” by Chips Patroll, “One Million Stares” by Caustic Defiance, and “Spit On My Face” by Bloody Mess & Hate. All three songs are released this week on the Punks in Peoria vinyl LP released by Alona’s Dream Records out of Chicago. Everything else was created by Jared Grabb along with Brett Conlin on guitar, Chris Anderson and Ernesto Castillo on bass, and Thomas Satterfield, David Dobbs, and Neal MacCannell on drums. The Punks in Peoria book, written by Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett also releases this week and was the primary source material for the first three quarters of this episode.All of Jared Grabb's music is published by Roots In Gasoline (ASCAP).Editing assistance was provided by Becca Taylor.patreon.com/midamericapodfacebook.com/midamericapodinstagram.com/midamericapodtwitter.com/midamericapodmidamericapod.bandcamp.commiddleamericapod@gmail.comThis episode is sponsored by Podcorn - www.podcorn.comSupport the show
