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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Ep.039 : MIKE DILLON [punk-jazz vibes/percussion – Garage a Trois, Critters Buggin’, Rickie Lee Jones, Claypool’s Frog Brigade, Ani DiFranco, Nolatet, Hairy Apes BMX, Band of Outsiders, Punkadelic, more!]

December 2, 2020January 5, 2021 B.Getz addiction, bad brains, beastie boys, garage a trois, heroin, Karl Denson, Les Claypool, mike dillon, mike dillon & punkadelic, mike dillon band, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, nine inch nails, recovery, relapse, rosewood, royal potato family, skerik, sobriety, stanton moore

Welcome the legendary MIKE DILLON to Episode 039 of *The Upful LIFE Podcast* for no-holds barred story-telling and a free exchange of ideas!! Punk Rock Jazz Freak Vibraphonist/Percussionist/Singer-Songwriter/Philosopher extraordinaire!

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Inside Josh Blake’s Hip-Hop LP, ‘Unemployment Benefits’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 11, 2020December 2, 2020 B.Getz asheville, echo mountain, gfe, granola funk express, hip hop, iamavl, josh blake, live hip-hop, rap, rap producer, Unemployment Benefits

GFE’s Josh Blake drives the lane with the just-released Unemployment Benefits, a 13-track studio album that’s a piping platter of heatrocks, brimming with banger after banger of boom-bap rap songs.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.038: DEREK BERES (Conspirituality Podcast / EarthRise Soundsystem / BIG Think) – journalist, DJ-producer, yoga

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 B.Getz anti-vaxxers, big think, conspiracy theories, conspirituality, conspirituality podcast, derek beres, earthrise soundsystem, festival culture, psychedelics, qanon, racism, spiritual community, wellness, yoga

Episode 038 welcomes the esteemed DEREK BERES to *The Upful LIFE Podcast* for a fascinating, informative and inspiring conversation unlike anything you’ve ever heard on this program! Author/journalist/yoga & movement instructor/DJ-Producer, and co-host of CONSPIRITUALITY PODCAST.

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By Any Shmeeans: Lettuce’s Funky Guitarist On Cannabis As Medicine [B.Getz on Herb An’ Music]

October 11, 2020November 11, 2020 B.Getz

Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff is the guitarist/co-founder of Grammy-nominated future-funk cosmonauts Lettuce, and also a longtime proponent of cannabis as medicine, dating back to well before the legal-weed era. He’s the host of the online talk show “Dabs with Shmeeans”, lives in ganja metropolis Denver, CO, and has been a vocal advocate for the responsible, medicinal use of cannabis flower and concentrate.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep.037: KARL DENSON (Greyboy Allstars, KDTU, Rolling Stones, ex-Lenny Kravitz)

September 29, 2020 B.Getz

Welcome the iconic KARL DENSON to Episode 037! What an honor and a privilege to host this legendary musician to the show. Co-founder of The Greyboy Allstars, bossman/bandleader of Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, touring member of the Rolling Stones, and longtime (former) sideman/personal pal to the coolest motherfucker on the planet, Lenny Kravitz.

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Cannabis & Music: Cosmically Intertwined pt.2 [B.Getz on Herb An’ Music]

September 27, 2020November 11, 2020 B.Getz

Rracing the roots and connection between cannabis & music cultures, reflecting at the development over the past century.

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ALMOST FAMILIAR (Podcast) Ep.005 – w/ B.GETZ – Sept.2020

September 25, 2020October 2, 2020 B.Getz

Get familiar with one of the music scenes most active and knowledgeable journalists, our friend, B. Getz. B. started working in the music industry dating back to the 90’s. Throughout his career he has been to countless historic concerts/festivals, transcribing them in his incredibly captivating style of writing. Today he is still as active as ever as a journalist as well as the host for his own podcast, “The Upful Life Podcast”.

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TENOR MAN: [Interview] – Karl Denson On The Greyboy Allstars’ Humble Beginnings, ‘West Coast Boogaloo’, & ‘Como De Allstars’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 16, 2020September 21, 2020 B.Getz como de allstars, greyboy allstars, Karl Denson, KDTU, lenny kravitz, the greyboy allstars, west coast boogaloo

With the palpable excitement behind the recent Greyboy Allstars record releases, we reached out to Karl to get the scoop on how the GBA journey first began.

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Sailing On: A Tribute to Toots Hibbert (1942-2020) — [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 12, 2020September 15, 2020 B.Getz funky kingston, reggae, reggae music, toots and the maytals, toots hibbert

In the wake of the passing of reggae pioneer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert on Friday night, Live For Live Music’s B. Getz offers up his memories of a formative live music experience seeing Toots & the Maytals in Burlington, VT in 1996.

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I Can’t Breathe: Khris Royal On His Striking Collab With Nigel Hall, Kid Chocolate, Big Sam [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 B.Getz big sam williams, dark matter, i can't breathe, khris royal, New Orleans, Nigel hall, NOLA

During the hot, dark, angry Covid-summer of 2020, Royal was hard at work on the stirring new single “I Can’t Breathe”, a collaboration that is rooted in the realities of the Black American experience.