We welcome Dave DeCastris and Zach Staas to Sock Monkey Sound. We talk about Daves music as Donkey Boy USA, his work as a designer and artist, John Madden, aging gracefully, Nirvana, and The Replacements. We end on a very compelling conversation with Dave about his view on our fine city. Donkey Boy USA performs live in studio featuring Dave, Zach, Mark Muraski, and Dan McMahon.

Featured music by

The Pixies
Backyard Tire Fire
The Dear Hunter
Brendan Benson
Julian Plenti
Donkey Boy USA

Intro by Pavement

Dan McMahon, guitarist extraordinaire for Miles Neilson and Cameron McGill & What Army, joins us for a loose talk about his history in the Rockford and midwest music scene. We try a couple new things on for size this episode, including a yet to be named game where we disect the iTunes song of the week in real time.

Music for this episode by:
Death Cab For Cutie
The Klaus & Truitt Trust
3 Piston Asshammer
American Football
Cameron McGill & What Army
Hanalei

Intro by James Brown

This episode is sponsored by:
Kryptonite Bar & Cru

Visit Dan’s website at getmcmahon.com

Check out Miles and Dan at Daytrotter.com