Team

Creator, Producer, Host:
Eric Speck | Instagram

Speck is the dutiful and pretentious yutz that leads the discussions on this podcast.  As a recovering record industry executive-guy (sorry), he served time at both indie and major labels such as, Knitting Factory Records, Warner Music and Island Def Jam. He also held many a job in the music "scene" at rock and roll venues like The Black Cat (DC), Satyricon (Portland), Maxwells (Hoboken), which ultimately landed the dude a gig as talent buyer for the legendary NYC music venue Brownies, from 2000 until it closed in 2002. Lastly, and perhaps most interestingly, Speck was also the founder of a now-long-time-dormant-but-once-kinda-sorta-maybe-cool indie rock record label called, Ace Fu Records, which released records by such artists as Pinback, Man Man, DeVotchKa, Priestess, Annuals, Secret Machines and Ted Leo. Those were great days! 

Oh boy! That's a lot of "formers", "used-to's" and "once was'es." Let's talk about the glorious present. Currently, Speck work sat Pandora Media and he is also a managing partner in the Uber-cool Pet Shop Bar, located on the dirty streets of Jersey City. Lastly, he hosts a rock and roll radio show called, “Time To Be Useless,” which is broadcast on The Independent FM and Radio Free Brooklyn. He loves music, is an avid show-goer and record collector.

Engineer:
John “Hambone” McGuire | Instagram

John Hambone McGuire is a podcaster, musician and avid gamer, hailing from New Jersey. He is the bass player for Secret Country and is currently running and operating his own podcasting production company, Ham-Fisted Productions. He is also the producer and co-host of Mai Tai Happy Hour, The Vintage RPG Podcast and Casual Interactions. Don’t mess with Hambone.

Engineer:
Tom Gallo | Instagram

Tom Gallo is a music enthusiast, record collector, archivist, live music aficionado, and event producer living in downtown Jersey City. He is the host of the Look At My Records! podcast and radio show, which invites local artists to curate playlists based on Tom's personal record collection. When not on the radio, Tom runs The Mckenzie Tapes, a digital archiving project that aims to preserve hundreds of recorded performances at various NYC venues over the course of the last 40 years. He also pens a weekly local music column in Bushwick Daily and operates his own entertainment law practice, which focuses on providing low cost and pro bono legal services to musicians in his community.