Jeff Bettger (AKA Jeff Suffering) is a musical artist who has played in Ninety Pound Wuss, Raft of Dead Monkeys, Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, and DRYBNZ.  Ninety Pound Wuss will be doing some shows this summer so it felt like a great time to have him on The Trace.

We talk about punk/hardcore, the 90's, getting older, religion, and the inclusivity of the current music scene.  

Ninety Pound Wuss is playing in the Seattle area this summer plus at Furnace Fest so make sure and see them if you get the chance!  

The tables are turned on this episode of The Trace as Andrew is interviewed by therapist and artist Josh Horvath.  Josh talks with Andrew about his new book “Sayulita : Stories” which comes out on October 13th.

Josh and Andrew have been friends and music collaborators for nearly 25 years.  In this conversation they explore the writing process and the themes of the book.  This leads to talks about identity, religion, friendship, sex, violence, and Seattle in the 1990’s.

You can pre-order “Sayulita : Stories” at leftofage.com now.  If you live in the Seattle area you are invited to the book launch which will take place on Thursday, October 13th at Hazlewood in Ballard at 7PM.  There is no cover.  Hazlewood is 21 and over.

Alright…let’s get to the conversation.

I felt like reaching out to y'all out there so I recorded a solo episode just for fun.  I live streamed the recording on Instagram which I've never done before so this is all in one take.

Stand up comedy has been calling to me so I recently gave it a shot at an open mic.  It was nervewracking but also kind of exciting.  To be honest, these are as much rants as they are jokes.  But it's fun to talk about some serious stuff with the intent to also get a laugh or two.  I tell a few of my jokes to start the episode.

After that I go through with my current top 10 movie list.  My kid is 15 and re-watching a lot of films I have shown him.  He is on Letterboxd and everything.  That gave me an excuse to share my top films with him which was cool.  I go over those top 10 on here.

Hope you are well as Summer is getting going!