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Max Mudge of New York DIY

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Ed: So firstly, who are you? Max: My name is Max Mudge. I grew up in Denver, always part of the skate scene, sort of peripherally involved in the punk music scene. 34 years old. Lived in Virginia for a couple of years and said fuck that and... [moved back]. Ed: Nice, so what was your introduction to DIY or alternative spaces and culture? Max: Okay… so in some sense, that’s always been home, and a part of my life, in regards to street skating. Which is like “let’s make the city a DIY space!” You’re looking at a marble ledge downtown, in terms of architecture or the function of sitting on it, and skateboarders look at it as if it is a physical challenge to be interacted with and simultaneously, inherently, breaking the law. Right? Any time you street skate, it is illegal. And… what I loved about it was the other people that wanted to do it had the same mindset I did. Which, maybe, I started skating when I was in 2nd grade (?) and I didn’t even start to try to conceptualize my motivation,...
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Austin Finn of Julia Louis Dreyfest

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 Ed D: So firstly, who are you? Austin: i am austin finn, i play in the band idaho green- we're originally from billings but moved to new york in 2016 and have been here ever since. i also help run julia louis dreyfest in billings every summer- that's mainly me and my brother jordan, who plays drums in idaho green as well.                               Taken by Gannon Padgett Ed: Awesome. What was your introduction to diy spaces and culture? Austin: the first show i ever played actually was at our friend julius's garage (or, i should say, his mom's garage lol)- we would've been freshman in high school so i guess i would've been 14? julius and our friend dan were in high school band and played trumpet / trombone, so naturally we started a ska band, doing covers and stuff. julius's mom is this awesome naturopathic doctor/hippy lady that let us kind of do whatever we wanted, so we figured it'd be fun to do show...
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Amos of Orange Grove, Etc.

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 Eddie: So firstly; who are you? Amos: My name is Amos. I play in the bands Destiny Bond and Angel Band and I also book shows and assist with Convulse Records Eddie: Sweet! How did you first become involved in bands and booking and all that? What was your introduction? Amos: I grew up in Cody, Wyoming so there is not really a DIY scene to speak of. I had a couple bands in High School and a couple older dudes would book mostly all-locals shows at places like a horse riding club and a local auditorium. By the time I went to college most of these venues were no longer viable and most of the bands petered out.  When I was 21 or so I was playing in a band that got booked on a house show in Billings, Montana and meeting the kids doing stuff in Billings was a huge inspiration to me. They also put on a yearly DIY fest called Julia Louis-Dreyfest which just did celebrated its 10th anniversary. Shortly after this fateful meeting I moved to Fort Collins and upon arriving there my friends...
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Warren Bedell of Rhinoceropolis

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 The following is an interview with Warren Bedell of Rhinoceropolis: Eddie: So... um, firstly, who are you? Warren: I'm Warren, and I think as it relates to this, I was one of the four people who started Rhinoceropolis, in 2005. And since then, I've been involved for quite a while, kinda moved away, moved out of Rhino when it was shut down in 2016. It was shut down by the police, briefly, well not briefly, but... (Laughter) and since then I went back to school and did a master's program in organizational leadership and project management, but I was able to write a thesis about the relationship between underground and non-traditional venues and the larger venues, how they work together and how they work in cities as a whole, and create unofficial and official art districts. Um... yeah. Eddie: Awesome. So kind of to back track, what was your introduction to do it yourself culture, or alternative music or art, or venues? How did you become aware of them? Warren: So when I was ...
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