Punk Rock Academic

04/25/2025

We're not dead, but have been sidetracked. On a positive note, Alex is now Alex Yore MS after completing his masters in Agricultural Sciences from Cornell University. He's continuing to work in a lab there, and will eventually get that PhD.

New episodes will show up whenever they do.

02/28/2025

American Steel has been added to Pouzza FEST!

It was going to be awesome, but even better with our previous guest John Peck MA playing this festival.

🎉 ATTACHEZ VOS TUQUES 🎉

Brasserie Dunham et Microbrasserie Pit Caribou vous servent sur un plateau la programmation du Pouzza 2025!

Vulgaires Machins, Frank Turner, Voivod, Fu**ed Up, Subhumans, Drug Church, The Slackers, NOBRO,
TIM BARRY, I Am the Avalanche, American Steel,Samiam,Solids, Iron Chic, We Are Wolves, Wine Lips, Broadway Calls, Les Marmottes Aplaties, Worriers, The OBGMs, Elway, Béton Armé, Dave Hause, Toys That Kill, FYP, Chris Farren, Pet Symmetry, Apes of the State ... et une tonne d’autres bands qui vont te faire perdre ta voix et tes bonnes résolutions! 🎸💥

⚡ Amplifié par Long & McQuade Musical Instruments

🎟️ Prends ta passe 3 jours ou ton billet à l’unité ici → https://pouzzafest.com/fr/billets/

💛 Merci aux commanditaires, aux bands et à vous, les festivalier.ères en feu, qui rendent ce chaos musical possible!

🖌️ Visuel signé Spectrum Locus -

🎉 HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS, IT’S GONNA BE WILD! 🎉

Brasserie Dunham & Pit Caribou proudly present the FULL-THROTTLE LINEUP for Pouzza 2025!

Vulgaires Machins, Frank Turner, Voivod, Subhumans, Fu**ed Up, Drug Church, The Slackers, NOBRO, Tim Barry, I Am The Avalanche, American Steel, Samiam, Solids, Iron Chic, We Are Wolves, Wine Lips, Broadway Calls, Les Marmottes Aplaties, Worriers, The OBGMs, Elway, Béton Armé, Dave Hause, Toys That Kill, FYP, Chris Farren, Pet Symmetry, Apes Of The State… and so many more ready to melt your face and wreck your vocal cords! 🎸💥

⚡ Powered by Long & McQuade!

🎟️ Grab your 3-day pass or a single show ticket here → https://pouzzafest.com/en/tickets/

💛 Huge shoutout to all our sponsors, bands, and you, the wild festival crowd, for making this madness happen!

🖌️ Visual magic by Spectrum Locus

02/27/2025

A sign of life!

We've both been busy with PhD stuff, but we recorded a new episode last night. We will be releasing it soon and also announcing our first ever "Punk Rock Academic Live" event!

Get stoked.

02/04/2025

Our previous guest, John Peck MA (from American Steel) wrote a new book!

The day is here: Split Scream Vol. 7, featuring our novelette "Evergreen", is available for preorder!

Paperback: https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/split-scream-vol-7-off-the-map-print
eBook: https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/split-scream-vol-7-off-the-map-ebook

Wait, you wrote a book together? How does that work?
Short answers: "yes", and "we're not sure, but we did it anyway". Collaborating on a mid-length fiction piece was a new experience for both of us, but it was a lot of fun and we're proud of the result.

What is "Split Scream"?
We've been fans of this series - which assembles "literary double features", double-bill matinees in book form - for a long time, and actually being part of it is a dream come true. As a series, it features horror novelettes (10-20K words) that skew a bit pulpy, ramp up quickly, deliver some good jolts, and roll credits before overstaying their welcome.

How scary is it?
These are horror novelettes and may not be for everyone. Our elevator pitch was "Twin Peaks + Longlegs + The Ruins", so if you're a fan of all or any you'll have a sense of what you're in for. We'd put the violence and frights at midlevel, à la Stephen King. Even if it's not for you, we hope you'll tell a friend and help us spread the word.

Additional links for other ways to buy / share are below. Thanks for your support!

xo,
J & L
♥️🌲💀
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Best deal: if you buy the paperback directly from Tenebrous, it includes the eBook: https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/split-scream-vol-7-off-the-map-print
eBook only: https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/split-scream-vol-7-off-the-map-ebook

Other ways to buy:
Bookshop.org paperback: https://bookshop.org/p/books/split-scream-volume-seven/53c363b28fb4c6fe or eBook: https://bookshop.org/p/books/split-scream-volume-seven-john-k-peck/cfe885c1a9bfba7b
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Split-Scream-Seven-%C3%8Dde-Hennessy/dp/B0DTDQ4LF8/
Amazon.de: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Split-Scream-Seven-%C3%8Dde-Hennessy/dp/B0DTDQ4LF8/
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/split-scream-volume-seven

Add or rate on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222835766

01/26/2025

We're on bluesky. Is it also terrible? Probably!

Podcast from 2 PhD students who have spent a lot of time on tour. Alex & Dallas are talking with others who have a background in both higher education and punk rock, and discussing how they intersect and impact one another. Nice Midwestern Boys.

01/16/2025

University at Albany, SUNY
*Photo by Jason M Peterson*

01/15/2025

Hey West Coast!,

As most of you know our very own Dallas McCulloch is often on tour with Mustard Plug, and some people have asked if he's on this current tour west coast tour with Voodoo Glow Skulls & Half Past Two

The answer is no!, Dallas is busy doing PhD stuff back in Michigan. However, the dude who does our graphics, Dan Moilanen, will be on this tour doing merch and making reels and stuff, and you should say hey to him! Dan also plays in the band The Write-Ups with Dallas, which Alex is sometimes the merch guy for.

So come see our friend of the show Mark Petz MPNA (and the rest of Mustard Plug) with some killer bands and our graphic master, Dan.

1/16) Las Vegas, NV*
1/17) Mesa, AZ
1/18) Garden Grove, CA
1/19) San Diego, CA
1/20) San Francisco, CA
1/21) Sacramento, CA
1/22) Redding, CA
1/23) Eugene, CA
1/24) Seattle, WA
1/25) Portland, OR

*No VGS in Las Vegas

01/02/2025

Dallas: "You can't be in this punk rock academic photo, college grads only!"

Dallas' Dad: "Me dropping out of college is how you got into Yale."

Dallas: "... hmm... I'm sure it at least got me some first-generation scholarship money. Alright, say cheese."

01/02/2025

Video is up for Punk Rock Academic Episode 10!

This time we’re chatting with Jennie Cotterill, MFA. Jennie teaches several courses in the Illustration Department at California State University, Long Beach. In addition to her teaching duties, she also makes album cover art and even has her own custom baking business, aptly named Jennie Bakes.

Jennie’s been active in the punk scene for years, singing and playing guitar in the Fat Wreck Chords punk band Bad Cop/Bad Cop from 2011 to 2022. She recently started the band Reckoner (with Kyle O’Neil of Fireworks, Candace Hanson, and Sven Wallwork), who released their new track ‘She is the Knife’ just prior to this episode’s release.

So stoked that Jennie could fit us in between all her teaching, baking, and shredding. Let’s get into it!

Salutations! Punk Rock Academic Episode 10!This time we’re chatting with Jennie Cotterill, MFA. Jennie teaches several courses in the Illustration Departmen...

12/31/2024

Christmas break is being spent eating tempeh reubens with Dallas' parents.

12/26/2024

Salutations! Punk Rock Academic Episode 10!

This time we are chatting with Jennie Cotterill, MFA. Jennie teaches several courses in the Illustration Department at California State University, Long Beach. In addition to her teaching duties, she also makes album cover art and even makes her own custom cakes as Jennie Bakes.

Jennie’s been active in the punk scene for years, singing and playing guitar in the Fat Wreck Chords punk band Bad Cop / Bad Cop from 2011 to 2022. She recently started the band Reckoner (with Kyle O’Neil of Fireworks, Candace Hansen and Sven Wallwork) who released their new track ‘She is the Knife’ just prior to this episode’s release.

So stoked that Jennie could fit us in between all her teaching, baking, and shredding.

Let’s get into it!

Photo by Leah Castile
Graphic by Dan Moilanen