Dec 10, 2022
Welcome to the 800th episode of Car Con Carne!
For this special episode, we’re looking back at 10 memorable moments from the past 799 episodes. They’re not the “ultimate” or “definitive” 10 moments; because, really, how could you narrow those down? Instead, these are just some of the many Car Con Carne...
Sep 11, 2022
John Mohr of the legendary Chicago indie band TAR jumps in the car for a special episode recorded on the loading dock of Smashed Plastic. After our chat, he grabbed his guitar and was joined by guitarist John Symanski for an acoustic version of Tar’s song “Static” (originally from the “Handsome” EP, 1989).
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Jan 26, 2022
Cinco de Gatos is a Chicago band that started out almost 30 years ago, and just as soon as they came… they went. Then they came back again. And then they went again. Then they came back, and it stuck. WIth a string of newish singles on streaming services and previously recorded content now available, there’s a lot...
May 21, 2019
Julia Nash and husband Mark Skillicorn join me this week to talk about their superb documentary film,"Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records."
The cultural contributions of Wax Trax! can't be measured (nor can I adequately summarize them here). The best I can do is share some descriptive words about the...
Apr 11, 2019
This week, I go for tacos with Chicago punk band Vortis (Louie Calvano, Jim DeRogatis, Tony Tavano).
Jim's more famously known as co-host of the nationally syndicated "Sound Opinions" show, a celebrated music critic and author of several exemplary music-related books. Jim and I go waaaay back. We first...