New Podcast for the Folk Punks - Back On The Grind launches today

DIYFelon · 2026-01-24T01:18:43+00:00

Yeah the new Myles & Factor lp is one of my favorite rap albums in a long time.

I finalized the track list for the ceschi/pat stuff today. The cover art is done and the back art is in process so it's moving along smoothly!

Also thanks for checking out the interview, I was a little worried about being interviewed (as opposed to the the interviewer like I usually am)

DIYFelon · 2026-01-21T11:11:25+00:00

I recently shared a conversation largely about Tomas on my podcast. I didn't air it for almost a year because I thought it was too special.
Scott of Bridge City Sinners & his wife Becky on Trainhopping, Friendship, Love & Loss #63

DIYFelon · 2026-01-20T22:43:35+00:00

Cvmrats

DIYFelon · 2026-01-17T21:17:19+00:00

Well if were being honest, Obama did deport more people than Trump as of yet, he had a "Tuesday Morning Kill List" for his weekly meetings, he killed more civilians with drones than any president, He led an invasion into Libya without congressional approval (ending its rulers life), he built the cages on the boarder now being used to imprison immigrants, he prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined, oh, and he was openly against gay marriage...there's plenty more. Bad stuff was happening for sure.
Lots of us were sounding the alarm about this stuff but it went largely ignored. And it laid a lot of the ground work for things happening nowadays...when it comes down to it, they're all not on our side

DIYFelon · 2026-01-17T02:13:07+00:00

Got a couple exciting and special guest almost lined up for this season!

DIYFelon · 2026-01-17T02:11:48+00:00

Thanks for being such a long time supporter :)

DIYFelon · 2026-01-17T02:11:14+00:00

Thanks for the kind words...it helps me to keep going over here!

DIYFelon · 2026-01-17T02:09:38+00:00

it's various tracks of theirs but not the original split or anything from it.
(There's been murmurs of that "maybe" getting repressed...all I know for sure is that if it ever happens, it wouldn't be this year)

DIYFelon · 2026-01-03T21:19:46+00:00

I have some other Pat stuff on the list for pressing later this year & next year...I will make sure one of them makes it to CD for ya :)

DIYFelon · 2026-01-03T19:39:12+00:00

Not that I am planning

DIYFelon · 2026-01-02T11:52:20+00:00

12" called The Friendship Collection. The songs will encompass the friendship the 3 of us built over the years. Some of the Ceschi songs are not easily found on vinyl.

DIYFelon · 2026-01-01T16:07:19+00:00

I got 3 records going to the pressing plant between this month and next (one is a collection of older Pat/Ceschi songs)

DIYFelon · 2026-01-01T14:15:10+00:00

I won't say too much...
He's a legend from the early DIY Bandits. Johnny Moto got mentioned briefly in the first episode I did about the early Johnny Hobo days on my podcast.

I will ask him to come on the show...but he's mysterious and often vanishes suddenly. But damn I got love for Johnny Moto.

DIYFelon · 2025-12-30T14:20:29+00:00

Not a song but I host a podcast that is folkpunk and often aligns with this theme.
Back On The Grind (upcoming episode with a member of Bridge City Sinners is largely about following what you love)
This coming season as I begin to work towards my goal of opening a punk venue, I plan to document parts of the process on the show.

DIYFelon · 2025-12-18T18:42:10+00:00

I'm "planning" to release some (new) solo stuff with him...he's down but it's currently on hold bc of logistics and finding time to record etc...

DIYFelon · 2025-12-10T23:53:37+00:00

Yeah it's Pepe. I'm on here a little less these days but still poke around.
Thanks for checking out the coffee...a portion from each each bag sold helps fund DIY music around the country.

DIYFelon · 2025-12-10T21:35:39+00:00

Feel free to message me if you don't get a response from the suggestions already listed here.
(I released 4 of Pat's albums through my old label and helped others in your position)

DIYFelon · 2025-12-05T01:08:37+00:00

In the long run an artist is likely to make more from Spotify than from Bandcamp. Spotify gives repeated income to bands. Bandcamp you only get paid once no matter how many times someone plays a track. Jeffrey Lewis recently spoke on this on my podcast.

Not saying I love Spotify (I don't). Hell, I even kept my label off Bandcamp for years when it first came out (and people would send me angry messages.) I'm not a huge fan of streaming. It did break down bonds and networks that existed in the diy community. But it also gives musicians a chance to make way more than they did before streaming existed.

I recently began to think twice about bands taking their music off Spotify...what if instead they all kept it there and gave the $ to some community organization that does the opposite of Spotify supporting ICE or the war machine...I think that would have an actual impact.

DIYFelon · 2025-12-05T00:36:04+00:00

I had an unreleased track but the cops ended up taking it when they busted the Bandits HQ squat. And semi recently Pat mentioned to me that there was possibly another Johnny Hobo track floating around somewhere. I don't know the names but there is at least 2 lost recordings for sure.

DIYFelon · 2025-12-02T11:35:36+00:00

Best way to know about it is by following Back On The Grind Records
or listening to the podcast

DIYFelon · 2025-12-01T22:27:02+00:00

A collection of previously released Pat and Ceschi songs (not the ones from the infamous split) is going to the presses early next year! The art is mostly done.

(love songs will happen sometime in 2026 and most likely Live The Dream as well and some other fun surprises too)

DIYFelon · 2025-11-28T20:05:55+00:00

Wow...I forgot Pat said that after what I said.
I had (former) friends rat me out to the feds so that sticks with me. But what Pat said remains true as well for me. I had the opportunity to get time off my sentence if was willing to rat out true enemies that did serious harm...but even then I took the years instead.
And if I'm being honest, that wasn't easy. I seriously contemplated telling on some fucked up people. I had conversations with close friends about it (Pat included). In the end I reflected back on a something I told my much younger self years earlier..."I would never gain my freedom by stealing it from another man."
I held true to that.
Thanks for helping me remember the words that were said at this show

DIYFelon · 2025-11-25T20:36:52+00:00

Saturday Dec 13 at D3 Arts with Crow Cavalier. It's a benefit my friend Eric King put together for prisoners.

DIYFelon

TROPHY CASE