The year is 2004 and the band is Tiltwheel. Highlights include - Punk Rock Bowling #6 (LASERS AND WATER!!!), a tour of the Pacific Northwest, where a struggle against rednecks and toilets ensue, the Rythym Chicken drops in for a bit and a contest of wills takes place. Or just drinking, it was just a drinking contest against the Chicken. Who do YOU think won? The 4th of July from hell, Fest #3 and lastly, the time Tiltwheel pretended to be Slayer. Shotgun a beer, call your therapist and check it out. Call your therapist after, maybe? Here are some links to some rad stuff mentioned in this episode -

Red Brontosaurus Records - http://www.redbrontosaurus.com/

Pomps Not Dead Pomade website - https://www.pompsnotdeadpomade.com/

Pomps Not Dead Etsy site - https://www.etsy.com/shop/PompsNotDeadPOMADE?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=158466135

A good thing about the Rhythm Chicken - https://doorcountypulse.com/what-the-cluck-the-rhythm-chicken/

This is Josh Mosh and Paul, circa 2004

The Rhythm Chicken!

Tiltwheel at Scolari’s. Slayer night?

Another Scolari’s photo.

Hello there! Happy 2020 and welcome to Episode 32. I’m gonna start this year off right by going on vacation. So, here is a nice little live recording of Tiltwheel playing some songs at San Francisco’s Sliver Sprocket on 12/14/2019. Our good friend Ben asked us to come up and play the party for his new book release. We did and we (actually my sister-in-law K) recorded the Tiltwheel parts of the fun. Here’s a list of the songs, in order -

1. All I Care About Is Me, My Rum And You

2. Battle Hymn For The Recluse Youth Part Two

3. Fishin’

4. 2:07 AM

5. Make Like A Tree And Fuck Off

6. Hold My Hand To Make Them Go Away

7. Another Sappy Song About Hate

8. Cloudy With A Chance Of Death

9. Band You Love To Hate (This one is a J Church cover)

Note - all photos used courtesy of Oddbotkin, here is their website - https://oddbotkin.wixsite.com/photography The flyer for the show was done by Mr. Ben Snakepit. Buy his stuff here - https://bensnakepit.com/

The Terrific Trio of Tiltwheel. Photo by Oddbotkin - https://oddbotkin.wixsite.com/photography

Sweet wolf shirt, bro. Photo by Oddbotkin https://oddbotkin.wixsite.com/photography

Speaking of wolf shirts…. Photo by Oddbotkin https://oddbotkin.wixsite.com/photography

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I recently had the opportunity to travel to San Francisco and have a talk with Ben Snakepit. This podcast is the result, a partial food coma (from Taqueria Cancun) couldn’t even stop us from talking about some great stuff. Ben’s track record? 38 bands (by his counting), a comic a day for 19 years and 8 books. Ben is a prolific and busy fellow! What word would you use to describe a human if you were a Klingon? That’s in here. Is your DIY punk lifestyle aimless and off track? Listen to this one for “The Rules” .And, of course, that old Bobcast standby, where to find the greatest burrito in the world. Fun, fact-filled and the world’s trickiest word association. All in this episode. Check out some of this stuff below -

Ben’s Website - Buy his books, they all rule -https://bensnakepit.com/

Razorcake! Your source for all the DIY punk stuff, and Ben’s comics! - http://razorcake.org/

Here are some GREAT bands Tiltwheel got to play with at Ben’s book release show on 12/14/2019 -

Silent Era - https://silenterabayarea.bandcamp.com/

Sarchasm - https://sarchasm.bandcamp.com/

Fleshies - https://fleshies.net/

Wanna check out more of Ben’s bands? Here!!!

Bloodbath And Beyond - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1686038-Bloodbath-Beyond

Ghost Knife - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2F8at5I1Z6HZnP7ZUQ4iaV

J Church - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5cGuLuR5EH4Xj9KKZlcggT

This is a photo of Ben having a great time at his book release show/party. Silver Sprocket, San Francisco, CA on 12/14/2019. Photo credit to Jonathan Botkin, aka, oddbotkin. Check out the website here - https://oddbotkin.wixsite.com/photography

Ben and me. Thanks for everything pal!

Burrito Ben!

Ben and Frankie, two very loveable characters.

Silver Sprocket Rulez!!! Visit the website here - http://www.silversprocket.net/

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Proving that a lot can happen in a short time, here comes the Tiltwheel History series - Chapter Six. Covering the years of 2000 until 2003, the years of the many bass players. We had 5 within that period, plus two versions of the band. Wow. Well, one quit, one dissappeared, one was in Texas Tiltwheel, one (very, very sadly) passed away and the final fellow joined up at the begining of 2003. Highs of those times? A very, very drunken trip to Punk Rock Bowling #3 with bassmaster Lenny in 2001. A crazy and also crazy fun tour with The Thumbs with bassdude Andy in September of 2001. Fun, drinking, recording “Twice The Dose” in 2002 with Jarrod, the Baron Of Bass. Lastly, Sir Paul Of Slowfelt assumes the bass throne in early 2003. And Texas Tiltwheel Kris gets a mention or two. Lows? Our dear friend, brother and bandmate Jarrod passed away on December 8th of 2002. I still think about him every day. 212 Por Vida, homie. Here are some relevant links to your intersets -

The Thumbs Discogs! - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1297185-The-Thumbs

The Thumbs Bandcamp - https://thethumbsbaltimore.bandcamp.com/

Accident Prone Records, this is our dear friend Gary’s label - Bandcamp - https://accidentpronerecords.bandcamp.com/

ADD Records, they released “Twice The Dose” - https://addrecords.bandcamp.com/

Plan 9 Alehouse - Best beer EVER!!! - http://www.plan9alehouse.com/

Red Bronto Records, go buy some rad records there, would you? - http://www.redbrontosaurus.com/

Lookit these kids! L-R - Lee, Megan, Bobby and Mike of The Thumbs. Andy and Bob of Shitwheel. Chris of the steering wheel and scratchy voice.

That Thumbs tour was fuckin’ TIGHT. Check out the flyer for the 24th and Mission BART station show.

An article from Thrasher Magazine about the BART show. Radical!

The cast of “Twice The Dose”

Jarrod at his final Tiltwheel show - Scolari’s Office, early 2002.

JPA1 - Miss you always, dude. 212.

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