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Between lethal gases, fast-flowing rivers of sewage and the risk of getting lost in the darkness, you’ll probably be glad to take this tour \u003cem>virtually\u003c/em> via your headphones, rather than IRL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782405/tunnels-under-san-francisco-inside-the-dark-dangerous-world-of-the-sewers\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secret-tunnels-under-san-francisco/id1172473406?i=1000455577910\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777723/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-the-sound-of-the-swarm-to-keep-her-hives-happy\">Blind Beekeeper Relies on Sound to Keep Her Hives Happy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13869926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think I could be a good beekeeper without being able to see.” This special episode from \u003cem>The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>’s weekly podcast immerses the listener in the world of Aerial: a Bay area nurse who lost her sight after using tampered eyedrops. Navigating her new reality, she found purpose and meaning in the hobby she’d enjoyed since she was a teen: beekeeping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen as Aerial explains how she knows whether her swarm—she calls them “her girls”—are happy, and how to hear their “waggle dance” (the movement bees make to tell others where to find pollen). After experiencing this episode, you’ll never hear bees again the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777723/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-the-sound-of-the-swarm-to-keep-her-hives-happy\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-sound-to-keep-her-hives-happy/id1314750545?i=1000452376183\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102783/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink-one-makeover-at-a-time\">\u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>‘s Jonathan Van Ness on Turning Red States Pink\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most engrossing podcast interviews are the ones where you feel you’ve been teleported into the room with the people in question—and this 2018 interview with the infamously personable \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em> star Jonathan Van Ness on KQED’s pop culture podcast \u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em> is no exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a conversation that ranges from raucous to heartfelt and intimate, Van Ness talks to hosts Emmanuel Hapsis, Jamedra Brown-Fleischman and Carly Severn about growing up gay in a small town, dealing with online trolls, the healing power of figure skating and a particularly controversial moment from \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>’s second season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102783/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink-one-makeover-at-a-time\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink/id1041117499?i=1000407027183\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/42/joy-may-16th\">Joy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nfrom \u003cem>Truth Be Told \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869927\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it OK to feel joy when it feels like the world is burning? In the first episode of KQED’s advice show made by people of color for people of color, host Tonya Mosley brings us to her hometown of Detroit, Michigan—the “epicenter of pleasure in the midst of turmoil,” as she calls it. Mosley sits down with her grandmother Ernestine Mosley and \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> bestselling author Adrienne Maree Brown for some hard questions, deep laughs, and much-needed affirmations about why it’s not only OK to feel joy, but it’s absolutely necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And stay tuned: \u003cem>Truth Be Told\u003c/em> returns for a second season in early 2020!\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/42/joy-may-16th\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-episode-1/id1462216572?i=1000438248776\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780279/native-american-occupation-at-alcatraz-50-years\">‘We’re Still Here’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom\u003cem> The Bay\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869928\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this episode of\u003cem> The Bay\u003c/em>, KQED reporter Alice Woelfle follows along with Native people from across the West Coast in a ceremonial canoe journey around Alcatraz Island. 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On a small cul-de-sac on the southern side of Lake Merritt in Oakland, according to musician Miko Marks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as I put these skates on, I feel like I’m a kid again,” Marks says in this episode of \u003cem>Rightnowish\u003c/em>, KQED’s new arts and culture podcast hosted by Pendarvis Harshaw. After nearly a decade of touring the nation as a country singer, Marks’s love for roller skating completely transformed her sense of play—and her music. Put on your skates (and your headphones!) and listen to the full episode to hear more about Marks’s new sound and new take on life with wheels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13859970/rightnowish-miko-marks-and-the-oakland-rollers\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oaklands-rollerskating-country-singer/id1482187648?i=1000455674283\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54326/childhood-as-resume-building-why-play-needs-a-comeback\">Childhood as ‘Resume-Building’: Why Play Needs A Comeback\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>MindShift\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869973\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember when you were a kid and there was a designated time just for playing? 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"content": "\u003cp>Actor Reese Witherspoon became famous in her 20s after starring in films like \u003cem>Election \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Legally Blonde\u003c/em>, but by the time she entered her 30s, the film landscape had shifted. DVD sales had shrunk and smaller, female-centered movies were in short supply. It was nearly impossible to find good leading roles for women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witherspoon began asking different movie studios what projects they were developing for women. “With the exclusion of one studio, everybody said ‘Nothing. Nothing with a female lead,’ ” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Witherspoon decided to start a production company and began adapting books with complex female characters into films and TV shows. The idea was to create better parts for women—and to help female authors get their stories sold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witherspoon’s company spearheaded the adaptation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/09/30/352688538/gone-girl-a-missing-wife-and-a-cloud-of-suspicion\">\u003cem>Gone Girl\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/12/05/367996411/a-wild-trek-made-a-bit-too-neatly\">\u003cem>Wild \u003c/em>\u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/06/06/730275468/with-1-huge-lie-revealed-big-little-lies-season-2-takes-a-slow-burn-strategy\">\u003cem>Big Little Lies\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>among other titles. Looking back, Witherspoon describes her shift into producing as “betting on myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what to do,” she says. “I know every producer in Hollywood. 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She’s an executive producer and co-star of the Apple TV+ series, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/774850935/tv-review-the-morning-show-from-apple-tv\">\u003cem>The Morning Show\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>which centers on a morning news show that’s shaken up when its male anchor is fired after being accused of sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witherspoon acknowledges certain parallels between the misconduct portrayed in the series and the allegations against real-life TV hosts \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/09/768527936/matt-lauer-accused-of-rape-in-new-book-former-nbc-star-denies-false-stories\">Matt Lauer\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/19/524736631/bill-oreilly-is-out-at-fox-news\">Bill O’Reilly\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/20/565542031/charlie-rose-is-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-eight-women\">Charlie Rose.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought it would have been remiss if we didn’t address [those issues] in our show,” she says. “Sometimes the world is so crazy, TV shows and movies are a great way to try and understand where we’re at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA7D4_qU9jo\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Interview highlights \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/tags/570698249/-metoo\">\u003cstrong>#MeToo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> movement, and being shocked to learn of the extent of sexual misconduct in Hollywood\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn’t have any idea what other people’s experiences were. I’d only had my own experiences, and I definitely dealt with harassment. And I had dealt with that privately and in my own way with my family when I was young, when I was really young and starting in the business. I didn’t have any understanding of the widespread abuse that women were experiencing—and not just women, many, many people were experiencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It really took that moment in time for all of us to start talking. Because you have to remember, as an actress for hire, usually I was the only woman on a set for, I would say, the majority of my 30-year career. I’ve been the only woman in a cast or one of a handful of women in a crew or a cast. So when all of that started happening, women started to gather and really start talking to each other and sharing stories. And I have to say, I was blown away. I did not know the kind of experiences that people were having. And I was in shock. I think a lot of us were in shock. …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m enormously grateful to the women who spoke up about their experiences and really opened our hearts and our minds and our eyes to what was happening with such regularity, and the journalists who worked so hard to break these stories, despite whatever corporate interference they were having. 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But over the past three years, the satire site has gone on to garner a global audience, expand into \u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/live-events/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live events\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/podcasts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a podcast\u003c/a> and earn praise from \u003cem>The Onion \u003c/em>itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What makes \u003cem>The Hard Times\u003c/em> so successful is its combination of satirical stories that get into the nitty-gritty of punk politics, and spoofs of news stories with wide appeal. The website’s most popular article of all time, for example, is titled: “\u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/blog/didnt-vaccinate-kids-one-lived-turned-fine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Didn’t Vaccinate My Kids and the One Who Lived Turned Out Fine\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of a tour in support of hilarious new book \u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/book/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>The Hard Times: The First 40 Years\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, KQED Arts caught up with Matt Saincome—who was born and raised in the East Bay town of Danville—to talk Bay Area punk, creating a business out of thin air and the sheer volume of people who still think \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em> stories are real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What inspired you to start \u003cem>The Hard Times\u003c/em> in the first place? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I already had a punk comedy zine called \u003cem>Punks! Punks! Punks!\u003c/em> and I went to journalism school and learned some news writing skills. My friends told me to look up \u003cem>The Onion \u003c/em>and I fell in love with it, but \u003cem>The Onion\u003c/em>‘s everyman had a wife, a couple kids and a job. I wanted to create a satire magazine for people who had a band, shitty roommates and depression. That was the life my friends and I were living, and there was no satire outlet representing that culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did growing up in the Bay influence all this?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grew up on [bands like] Rancid, Operation Ivy and Monster Squad and spent a lot of my formative years going to—and being banned from—\u003ca href=\"http://www.924gilman.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">924 Gilman\u003c/a>. The Bay Area has a rich history of punks who take themselves far too seriously, so that was just too tempting to start poking fun at. Anyone who has been an active member of the DIY punk scene for over five years, but still can’t spot the toxic ideologies and hypocritical scene leaders, shouldn’t be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13868734\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13868734\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.07.42-PM-800x546.png\" alt=\"https://thehardtimes.net/\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.07.42-PM-800x546.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.07.42-PM-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.07.42-PM-768x524.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.07.42-PM.png 973w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">https://thehardtimes.net/\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ever since “\u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/blog/fun-date-night-ideas-youll-never-experience-date-musicians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun Date Night Ideas You’ll Never Experience Because You Date Band Dudes\u003c/a>” came out, it’s been a staple on my social media feed. It resonates with so many people I know. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, dude. One time we booked a band and they were rude to our booker all night. Eventually, they even started flipping him off. He walked up to them and said, “Guys, is something wrong? We did our best to promote the show.” And they explained that before they left for tour, all of their girlfriends saw that article, shared it in a group chat, and now they were all in unison upset with the band. It was causing a bunch of fights, so they were pissed at us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is that the funniest response you’ve ever had to a \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em> piece?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funniest was probably \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MattSaincome/status/1175972367903805440/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this letter\u003c/a> I received from [residential and commercial flooring publication] \u003cem>Floor Trends\u003c/em> magazine threatening legal action if I didn’t take \u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/music/nofxs-linoleum-wins-25th-consecutive-song-of-the-year-award-from-floor-trends-magazine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this\u003c/a> down:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13868735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13868735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-800x536.png\" alt=\"https://thehardtimes.net/\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-800x536.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-768x515.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM.png 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">https://thehardtimes.net/\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[The letter reads in part: “This is a serious matter and we trust we will have your immediate attention. Please contact me no later than Monday to confirm the article, any related images and all references to \u003cem>Floor Trends\u003c/em> on your website, social media accounts or any other media you have control over, have been removed.” Saincome replied succinctly with a: “Go f–k yourself.”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do bands ever get that annoyed with you? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few, but 99% are positive. People are thrilled to be on \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em>. I’ve seen huge musicians tweet excitedly that they’ve “made it” when they finally get a \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em> article. Even when it’s negative, they celebrate. It’s great to see. 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Single. Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you had any advice to people wanting to create a brand from scratch, what would it be?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every founder story is bullshit. It’s probably 45% timing and luck, 45% environmental class privilege stuff that makes you less risk averse, and only 10% all that visionary hustle porn stuff you see in TV and movies. Sometimes that 10% can win out, but I had the 90% advantage. I think sometimes people see founders and assume that the thing they saw on Instagram about waking up at 4am and reading 10 books a day must be real. It’s not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You’re \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">straight edge\u003c/a>. There’s an old stereotype that says straight edgers don’t have a sense of humor. Is all of this an elaborate ploy to prove the world wrong?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s actually a long con for me to collect the IP addresses of suspected future edge breakers so I can get my straight edge revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>New book,\u003c/em> The Hard Times: The First 40 Years \u003cem>is out now.\u003c/em>\u003cem> Matt Saincome and website co-founder Bill Conway will be appearing at \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/542681669820794/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Apple Books on the Park\u003c/a>, San Francisco, on Wednesday, Nov. 13.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did growing up in the Bay influence all this?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grew up on [bands like] Rancid, Operation Ivy and Monster Squad and spent a lot of my formative years going to—and being banned from—\u003ca href=\"http://www.924gilman.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">924 Gilman\u003c/a>. The Bay Area has a rich history of punks who take themselves far too seriously, so that was just too tempting to start poking fun at. 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It resonates with so many people I know. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, dude. One time we booked a band and they were rude to our booker all night. Eventually, they even started flipping him off. He walked up to them and said, “Guys, is something wrong? We did our best to promote the show.” And they explained that before they left for tour, all of their girlfriends saw that article, shared it in a group chat, and now they were all in unison upset with the band. It was causing a bunch of fights, so they were pissed at us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is that the funniest response you’ve ever had to a \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em> piece?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funniest was probably \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MattSaincome/status/1175972367903805440/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this letter\u003c/a> I received from [residential and commercial flooring publication] \u003cem>Floor Trends\u003c/em> magazine threatening legal action if I didn’t take \u003ca href=\"https://thehardtimes.net/music/nofxs-linoleum-wins-25th-consecutive-song-of-the-year-award-from-floor-trends-magazine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this\u003c/a> down:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13868735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13868735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-800x536.png\" alt=\"https://thehardtimes.net/\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-800x536.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM-768x515.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.12.33-PM.png 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">https://thehardtimes.net/\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[The letter reads in part: “This is a serious matter and we trust we will have your immediate attention. Please contact me no later than Monday to confirm the article, any related images and all references to \u003cem>Floor Trends\u003c/em> on your website, social media accounts or any other media you have control over, have been removed.” Saincome replied succinctly with a: “Go f–k yourself.”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do bands ever get that annoyed with you? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few, but 99% are positive. People are thrilled to be on \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em>. I’ve seen huge musicians tweet excitedly that they’ve “made it” when they finally get a \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em> article. Even when it’s negative, they celebrate. It’s great to see. Alien Ant Farm was pissed though!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13868736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13868736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.26.15-PM-800x537.png\" alt=\"The offending Alien Ant Farm story.\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.26.15-PM-800x537.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.26.15-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.26.15-PM-768x515.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-2.26.15-PM.png 976w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The offending Alien Ant Farm story. \u003ccite>(https://thehardtimes.net/)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How often do people think \u003cem>Hard Times\u003c/em> articles are real?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every. 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