Scene Report

Jan 06 2025 23 ep. 51 mins 13
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A new podcast from Reed Dunlea, formerly of "Protest & Survive." "Scene Report" explores counterculture artists and the communities that sustain their work.

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Sarim Al-Rawi (Liquor Store, Prison) on the Brooklyn DIY Golden Era, Studying Terrorism, and Hillary Clinton Photo Ops with Iraqi Children

Jan 06 2025 95 mins  
We spoke with Sarim Al-Rawi -- front person of the cult garage punk band Liquor Store (2000s/2010s, New York/New Jersey), and crime blues jamrock band Prison (today, New York) -- about various scenes including: 1. Brooklyn DIY punk and indie heyday of the Pitchfork era 2. Brooklyn DIY punk and indie now 3. New York’s shifting Arab-American neighborhoods 4. grad school terrorism

Ana Armengod on Exploring Her Indigenous and Basque Revolutionary Heritage in Film, Getting Deported, and Cuban Self-Immolation

Sep 11 2024 95 mins  
On this latest episode of SCENE REPORT we talk with Ana Armengod -- who also goes by Humanleather -- about her varied artistic practices: visual art, filmmaking, poetry and music. We speak about telling immigration stories in her experimental films, her own immigration and deportation story, exploring her family history through art, singing in Pittsburgh hardore punk band De Rodill

Taqbir on Taking Her Mask Off, Rediscovering Morocco Through Music, and Touring America with Haram

Apr 18 2024 79 mins  
On this latest episode of SCENE REPORT we talk with Nao -- vocalist of the Barcelona punk band Taqbir -- about starting Taqbir as a bedroom Covid project, the revolutionary spirit of signing in Darija (Moroccan Arabic), breaking the band’s anonymity, immigrating to Europe, and returning to Morocco through music. Recorded in Dan, Dane and Chase’s woodshop on 2/23/24 on the last

Josephine (of the Josephine Network) on Queer Rock, New York Jewish Grandmas, and Being Your Total Unhinged Self 

Mar 04 2024 73 mins  
Josephine is on a victorious rock n’ roll joy ride. For SCENE REPORT, we spoke about blurring the rock n’ roll and queer scenes, her timeless New York yenta ancestry, using art to manifest her transition, and channeling Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris all at once. Host, Producer & Editor: Reed Dunlea Executive Producer: Ash Tyner Associate Producer: Jason H

Fat Tony on Houston Texas Rap, Online Music Nerds and Being 90% African in America

Jan 09 2024 78 mins  
On this latest episode of SCENE REPORT, we talk with Fat Tony from Houston Texas about the legacy of Houston hip hop, being a DIY hustler across genre and scenes, and his family's African roots. Recorded in my kitchen on 10/20/23. Host, Producer & Editor: Reed Dunlea Executive Producer: Ash Tyner Theme Song & Logo: Kyle Seely Thanks Tony

Johnny Hummus on Palestine, False Hummus and Arab American Punk

Dec 05 2023 97 mins  
On this introductory episode of SCENE REPORT, we talk with my Palestinian American brother Johnny Hummus about ending false hummus, metal/punk in New York and Florida, and the historic and modern struggles of his people. Recorded in my kitchen on 7/23/23 with a preface recorded on 12/4/23. Host, Producer & Editor: Reed Dunlea Executive Producer: Ash Tyner Associate Producer:

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Dec 03 2023 1 mins  
A new podcast from Reed Dunlea, formerly of "Protest & Survive." "Scene Report" explores counterculture artists and the communities that sustain their work. Dropping real soon.

'Don't Pick A Fight With Mother Earth, You're Not Going To Win.' Winona LaDuke on Indigenous Sovereignty, Land Back, and Fighting Pipelines

Mar 17 2022 41 mins  
Winona LaDuke is probably the most dedicated, smart and hilarious activist you will ever come across. She lives on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota, with about 130,000 other Anishinaabe and Ojibwe people. Since founding the White Earth Land Recovery Project in 1989, and Honor the Earth in 1983, she’s been fighting to preserve the indigenous sovereignty

'Black Is Nothing But Resilient.' The 83rd (of Sermon 3) on Direct Action and Cultural Resistance

Dec 23 2020 55 mins  
The 83rd, whose name is reclaimed from a Bushwick police precinct, is a record producer who runs a record label and media company called Sermon 3. "My biggest driving factor is pushing boundaries in art, music and possibilities; and also giving priority to people who deserve it, who a lot of times are the foundations of art, music, culture, that don't get the proper privy. When I l

'Which Side Are You On?' Lorelei Ramirez on Resource Redistribution (and Comedy)

Aug 21 2020 24 mins  
Lorelei Ramirez is a comedian, artist, writer, and activist. Since the pandemic they have been working to build an organization called Helper's International, which distributes money, resources, and supplies to those who need it most. Their art and performance has been shown in venues across New York City and they've worked on television shows such as High Maintenance and Los Espoo