Meet Me in the City

Shawn, Will, and Dan are joined virtually by Guided by Voices alumni and solo recording artist Tobin Sprout. Tobin was a member of the GBV “Classic Lineup”. Tune in to get the inside scoop on things such as; how he came about signing with “Matador”, playing in cover bands around the bars of Dayton, the time GBV played “Letterman”. Thank you Tobin for taking taking the time to talk with us! You can purchase Tobin’s music and art on his website. https://www.tobinsprout.net/GBV on Letterman

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Ohio native Happy Chichester to talk all things music; skipping the prom to book studio time, resisting the urge to sign a record deal, classic things we all do. You can find Happy’s solo work on his bandcamp, here. He had an album come out earlier this year, check it out! Tell him we sent you.

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with Nate Farley, a man who has played in a lot of very cool bands. You likely know him from being in the Amps or Guided by Voices. Real ones know he was a founding member of “Haunting Souls”. The fellas dive deep into plane rides to Australia, having a less than ideal van to tour in, and general shenanigans. Thank you Nate for taking the time to talk with us! You can listen to Nate’s project “El No” on bandcamp here

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined virtually this week by fellow podcast-er Jeremy Alan Gould, of “The Rumors are True”. The fellas get into all manner of topics; watching Morella’s Forest play, cigars, and plenty of inside baseball about running a podcast. They talk about music some too.

You can listen to Jeremy’s podcast “The Rumors are True” wherever you listen to podcasts! The focus is largely on the Christian, Alternative, and punk music scenes of yesteryear. Our Shawn has been on the show previously, give it a listen! Thank you Jeremy for taking the time to talk...

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined this time by longtime Rockathon Records contributor and music writer Kevin Poindexter. Aside from getting into all things “Pollardverse”, the fellas get into talking about jazz, how catchy and enjoyable children’s music can be, and a recap of the Meet Me in the City guy’s recent trip to Minneapolis and Paisely Park. You can check out Kevin’s writing on Substack here at “Never Mind the List”.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Tod Weidner, a singer-songwriter who got his start in the Dayton area (among other things, playing in a band with this podcast’s own Dan Clayton) and now resides in California. Thanks again to Tod for talking with us!You can check out Tod’s website here.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Dan’s son Owen and Producer Sprinkle to have a discussion about some underrated albums that each person enjoys. From Scottish synth-pop to death metal, the fellas broaden their musical horizons and goof around. Did you listen to any of these albums? Who’s got the coolest taste?

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with brother-sister musician duo Scott and Michelle Bodine to talk about winning Dayton Battle of the Bands, being a member of Brainiac, remembering Canal Street, and the importance of practicing. Thank you again Michelle and Scott for taking time to talk with us!

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by longtime friend and repeat guest Nate McCorkle (Episode #9), to goof around, talk about deep cuts, randomly break into song, and share their Top 10 songs of all time. Thank you Nate for joining us once again! Recorded in November 2025.

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined today by Dayton area singer-songwriter John Dubuc to talk about all things Dayton music. They get into learning Guitar just enough to know a few chords, the difference between the music scene in Chicago and Dayton, and being awful when you first start being in a band. Thank you John for coming on and talking with us! You can listen to John Dubuc’s Guilty Pleasure’s on bandcamp here.

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with Dayton area emcee and hip-hop artist Tino, to discuss the hip-hop scene in Dayton. They get into Tino’s origin story about coming to Dayton, playing in backroom poker games, rap-battling Dave Chappelle, and “Rapp Camp”. We had a blast talking with Tino! You watch Tino’s most recent music video, “No Island (An Aruban Vacation Home Video)” here .

Tino’s website with all of his links is here, check it out!

Rap Campp Vol 2. can be listened to on bandcamp here.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined virtually by Washington D.C. post-punk rock icon J. Robbins. They talk about legendary filmmaker Orson Welles, trying out for Government Issue, and touring in Japan. Note from Producer Sprinkle: We had some technical difficulties during the virtual recording due to the thunderstorm going on. This podcast has been edited to reduce glitches and audio issues. I have since watched The Trial (1962) and can confirm “it rips”.

You can listen to J Robbins solo work on bandcamp here.J will be performing at the MegaCorp Pavilion in Newport KY on O...

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by director of the Brainiac Documentary Transmissions After Zero and Executive Director of the Yellow Springs Film Festival, Eric Mahoney. The fellas talk about getting into documentary filmmaking, meeting Jim Jarmusch, and running the Yellow Springs Film Festival. You can watch Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero here. The Yellow Springs Film Festival 2026 will take place on Oct 1st-4th.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Dayton punk rock veteran Gretta Smak, of The Strains and Summer Crush. They get into what it’s like to play in a band with your son, playing guitar in The Strains, and how shorter sets are better than long ones.

You can listen to The Strains on Bandcamp here. You can listen to Summer Crush on Bandcamp here.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Dayton Daily News Music and Arts writer Brandon Berry. They talk about Tiffin Ohio, how Brandon landed his position at the DDN, and of course the music scene in Dayton. Brandon recently wrote about our podcast in the DDN, article here. Thank you Brandon for taking the time to talk with us!

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined this week by music journalist Morgan Enos, who writes about Guided by Voices on his Substack page (@excitedones) Morgan Enos, and has a weekly jazz column “Mondays with Morgan” that runs in UK Jazz News. He’s also had bylines in Rolling Stone, the Grammys, Billboard, Fortune and more. They get in deep talking about GBV, writing about music, Jazz, and more. You can read more here Morgan Enos. Thank you again to Morgan for taking the time to talk with us!

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with Dayton area musician, ex-Dayton Music Fest organizer, and cool guy Nathan Peters. They chop it up talking about touring the West Coast at 21 years old, having a nontraditional music education, the Dayton Music Fest, and more! You can listen to Turboslacker on their bandcamp, https://turboslacker.bandcamp.com/

Dan, Will, and Shawn travel down to Loveland Ohio and record an episode in the Colemine Records studio with Colemine Records founder, Terry Cole. They get into how both Colemine Records and Plaid Room Records came to be, what it’s like to hear your music playing while you’re at Chipotle, and having your song sampled by DJ Premier and Ghostface Killah. We had a great time talking with Terry, and we’d like to thank him again for having us in his studio! You can purchase the albums mentioned at Plaid Room Records.

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with Ryan France of “Summer Crush” (and other bands) to discuss musical influences, building and collecting music gear, and post-rock.You can listen to or download their debut self-titled album on bandcamp here.

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with Mark from “Resignation Records” of Troy Ohio to talk about music, the ups and downs of starting a record store, and the purchasing trends of the youth.

You can visit Resignation Records in Troy Ohio @ 225 S. Market St. No online sales, in person only! It’s very cool there, check it out and say hello to Mark. Check out Mark’s Podcast: “They’re Just Records”, where he talks about all things vinylhttps://theyrejustrecords.buzzsprout.com/

We’re on Youtube now! https://www.youtube.com/@MeetMeInTheCityPodcast

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by Matt Davis of Rockathon Records, the record label for Dayton's own Guided By Voices. They talk about what it's like to be friends with and work with the elusive Bob Pollard, and what it's like to run a record label.

Will, Dan, and Shawn record a short episode with one of their favorite bands, “The Ocean Blue” in the green room before a show! Thank you everyone at The Ocean Blue for helping us get this made!Check out “The Ocean Blue” wherever you listen to music

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by producer Sprinkle as they talk about the last year of recording a podcast: what went well, what surprised us. They also talk about the upcoming year and what the fellas have planned. (A portion of the conversation was lost to an audio mishap). We would like to again thank everyone who has listened to our podcast or engaged with it somewhere on the internet! We hope you continue to enjoy this as much as we have.

Dan, Will, and Shawn were privileged to sit down with Dayton rocker Tim Krug (Brainiac, Oh Condor, Halicon) and have a conversation. They talk about how he came to join Brainiac, what it was like to tour with the band, and making music. You can listen to Tim’s bands at the below places, check it out!

https://brainiac.bandcamp.com/

https://www.ohcondor.com/

https://halicon.bandcamp.com/

Dan, Will, and Shawn meet up with Kyle Melton of Ohio’s “Smug Brothers” to talk about playing music and being in a band. We previously spoke with Don Thrasher of the Smug Brothers in Episodes 1 and 2 of our show, please check those out if you haven’t. Can you believe we’ve been doing this for almost a whole year now?

You can listen to Smug Brothers most recent album “Stuck on Beta” on bandcamp here.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined this episode by veteran Audio Engineer Scott Cannon. Scott dives into the world of audio engineering for a band on tour, giving us a perspective of what goes into making a live music event sound good. Scott has been the audio engineer during the tours of bands such as, Relient K, MUTEMATH, Jars of Clay, Echosmith, and Morella’s Forest.

We’d like to thank Scott again for making time to speak with us and share some stories.

Will, Shawn, and Dan sit down with Dayton area radio multi-hyphenate Andy Valeri. You might know him from DJ’ing on 91.3 WYSO, his radio show “It’s All Happening”, his media company/record label “Big Beef Productions” or one of the other various things he’s contributed to and helped shape in the Dayton area music landscape. You can listen to more of Andy at Big Beef or at one of the many local radio stations his show plays at.

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by longtime Dayton area musician Joe Anderl of “The 1984 Draft”. They talk about the search engine optimization of the name “1984 Draft”, and share some delightful stories. You can listen to The 1984 Draft on their bandcamp.

You can also listen to or purchase their music through (Dayton area and friend of the show) their music label Poptek Records

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by musician Wes Tirey, a guitarist currently living in North Carolina that grew up around the Dayton area. You can listen to Wes’s music on his bandcamp page at https://westirey.bandcamp.com/music

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with long time WYSO Radio DJ Rev Cool, host of “Around the Fringe”. to talk about working in radio, surrounding yourself with a variety of music, and memories of the Dayton music scene.

You can listen to Rev Cool’s show, Around the Fringe, Friday nights at 8pm on 91.3 WYSO, where you’ll always hear a curated set of new sounds and exciting tracks.

Will, Dan, Shawn, and Producer Sprinkle join Art Jipson on his weekly WUDR Flyer Radio show “Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative”. We had a great time and we hope you appreciate a bit of a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to make this show happen.

Tune in to Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative from 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays on WUDR Flyer Radio 99.5/98.1 FM and online at https://listen.streamon.fm/wudr. You can read Dr. J’s music blog at https://yourtuesdayafternoonalternative.com/

Dan, Shawn, and Will are joined by Paige Beller and Brandon Hawk, who are the organizers of this year’s Dayton Music fest. They talk about DMF, past and present and what it’s like to run a music festival. This year’s Dayton Music Fest is on September 5th and 6th, across many venues in downtown Dayton. You can find the schedule, ticket information, and the lineup at https://www.daytonmusicfest.com Support local music!

Dan, Will, and Shawn talk with long time friend Seth Graham, Dayton resident and operator of the independent record label “Orange Milk Records”. They talk about Seth growing up in Japan, performing your in front of an audience, and having artists on your record label get popular. You can find Orange Milk Records on bandcamp here.

Dan, Will, and Shawn are joined by long-time friend of the show, graphic designer, and Dayton area music label owner Andy Ingram. They talk about founding the Dayton Music fest, writing music, and why owning a record label isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

You can listen to Poptek albums on bandcamp here.

https://poptek.bandcamp.com/

Poptek Records can be found here

https://www.poptek.com/

Dan, Will, and Shawn sit down with Kattie Dougherty, a long time member of the Dayton music scene and member of the bands Real Lulu and Somersault. Listen as they talk about doing things outside of being a performer, opening for a large audience that doesn’t quite vibe with you, and of course Dayton music.

Some pictures that Kattie was gracious enough to share with us. Context is in the podcast for these photos.

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by producer Sprinkle to talk in depth about some of their favorite albums.

First, easily the best music video from any record that was mentioned in this episode.

Next is a list of the albums that were named in this episode (minus the honorable mentions). We have attached a link that will take you to YouTube where you can explore these albums. Enjoy!

Neil Young - Comes a Time

MF Doom - Mm..Food

U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky

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Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with long time veteran of the Dayton music scene Ken Gross. Ken was a music promoter and was responsible for bringing many big name bands to the Dayton area to perform over the years.

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down with veteran Dayton guitarist/songwriter Nick Kizirnis to talk about his relationship with music and the Dayton area music scene. Nick has recorded with The Breeders (“The Dirt Eaters”) and Tobin Sprout (Guided by Voices), opened for a wide-range of bands including The Pixies, Man or Astro-Man, Dick Dale, Guided by Voices, Dave Alvin, The Breeders and Fugazi.

More information about Nick can be found on his website,

https://nickkizirnis.com/

and you can listen to his music on his bandcamp, where it is also available for purc...

Will, Dan, and Shawn sit down Juliet Fromholt, music director at NPR station 91.3 WYSO, long time Dayton resident, and host of the music programs Alpha Rhythms and Kaleidoscope. We loved hearing Juliet’s perspective and stories, WYSO being something we’ve listened to quite a lot of over the years.

We’ve been enjoying Novaphonic.FM, the 24/7 music streaming channel curated with a diverse array of music powered by Yellow Spring’s own 91.3 WYSO. You can listen online or at WYSO HD-2.

Juliet also hosts the "Attack of the Final Girls" podcast, which is about horror m...

Will, Dan, and Shawn are joined by their good friend Nate McCorkle and discuss his career with Dayton’s own “Morella's Forest” (of which Shawn was also a member of) and his career in the Christian music scene. This episode was recorded in November of 2024, and was the second episode we recorded.