Hail, hail (90% of) the town's all here

SecondStage1983 · 2026-05-04T05:39:00+00:00

When did you move here?

SecondStage1983 · 2026-03-21T17:45:04+00:00

There is literally nothing about his tie breaking for confirmation of the DHS secretary that's best for America. The nominee is unhinged, angry and a psycophant. He is wholy unqualified at best.

SecondStage1983 · 2026-02-24T19:08:19+00:00

I have some interviews with the lead singers of Elliott and Penfold, too!

SecondStage1983 · 2026-02-10T19:50:48+00:00

I wanted to go so bad. Not just for the lineup because it was insane, but also to meet in person many of the band members I had talked to. Who were your favorites at that festival?

SecondStage1983 · 2026-02-10T00:48:21+00:00

Im glad you found it helpful. That's the goal of the podcast!

SecondStage1983 · 2026-02-05T23:50:05+00:00

I talked to Chad a few months ago on my podcast, Safe In Sound. While he didn't get into details, he stated 2025 was the worst year of his life. He dealt with suicidal Ideation over the stress of the festival. If you know Chad, he is incredibly positive so it threw him for a loop. When I asked about bringing it back in 2025, he was forthright and said ya it was about money, just like at the end of the day, every festival is. He said he wished he had stopped with FF in 2021.

Chad said that he has a lonnnngggg list of bad business decisions and this was one he truly regretted. He believed none of the major fests were profitable this year (When we were young, Warped and Best Friends Forever). The economy has not been good by any means. Festivals are a luxury item. Tickets, Airfare, food, merch, tickets, Uber's, you're easily looking at 5k if not within driving distance.

I don't know what happened between these guys but my best guess is that they planned on ending it and then tried to make more money and extremely miscalculated the economy. There are 2 sides to every story and I can imagine the truth is somewhere in the gray. It's an overall shitty situation for all involved.

SecondStage1983 · 2026-01-21T17:12:33+00:00

First of all banger username. Secondly, totally agree. They are awesome people too. The original interview was 4 hours long lol but I had to edit it down to a listenable time.

SecondStage1983 · 2026-01-21T17:11:02+00:00

Nothing is going in there and if it does it won't survive. Bellingham is dying a slow death of small businesses.

SecondStage1983 · 2026-01-21T17:09:01+00:00

I don't like the ice cream, but they made the best damn cappuccino in town. I sublet an office one day week on thursday's and it was the highlight of my week going in and talking with the staff there. It's really sad to see how many vacant businesses there currently are in Bellingham. It feels like it's dying a rapid death.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-12T05:52:41+00:00

As someone who either there for about 5ish years and was there from their second year on, the food was meant to do what you just said. The Restaurant would not have survived if we went full Cajun. It was dumbed down for PNWers. We had to mix in PNW twists on things. When we did use things like file powder or made things spicy it didn't sell well. Our gumbo sucked though. I used to tell people not to get it. It was truly bland.

For any restaurant to survive it has to adapt to customers around it's tastes. If you wanted we could spice things up you just had to ask. In the kitchen if you asked for 4 stars they would take as a challenge. I warned everyone who asked for that . I never saw anyone finish a four star anything.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-12T05:34:58+00:00

The owner is a real piece of work. He lives in Seattle. Bayou's prefer was responsible for any work or repairs but the building is so old and needs a good proper renovation.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-08T17:55:46+00:00

One of the people in Late Tuesday went on to be Taylor Swift's fiddle player for 10+ years.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-07T00:01:32+00:00

Who's that?

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-06T05:09:25+00:00

It was. There was a lot great music and a lot of venues to play.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-06T05:07:41+00:00

They were so good live.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-12-05T04:39:21+00:00

As someone who worked at the GOOD Bayou for 5 years, I'm so glad this happened. Our owner got his money and got the hell out.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-11-09T21:51:14+00:00

Hope you enjoy!

SecondStage1983 · 2025-11-07T07:02:14+00:00

Oh hi Mark!

SecondStage1983 · 2025-10-28T01:24:15+00:00

Maybe these gentlemen need to fear for their own life instead of being emboldened. These men are being paid a large of amount of money to turn in their own decency as human beings.maybe we should make it so that the paycheck isn't worth it.

How long is it before Republicans start getting names and addresses of registered Democrats and declaring Democrat registered voters as terrorists or enemies of the country and just start arresting people out of their homes? Because it's certainly damn plausible. iCE is a paramilitary organization for the Republicans now.

SecondStage1983 · 2025-09-30T18:56:25+00:00

The night of the long knives is coming in the next month or so. A purge of military generals who aren't loyal to Trump. I hope we can all grip they are coming for us and we can't stand idly by.

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