Synth & Surf Saloon

Host Jeff Cioletti recaps the 2025 Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California, featuring New Order, Devo, The Go-Go's, Nation of Language, Clan of Xymox, Midge Ure, OMD, Actors, and others.

We talk about Ministry's synthpoppy Squirrel Years Tour & the early, surfy years of Kenny Loggins's former musical partner. Show Notes MIchelada Recipes https://www.isabeleats.com/mexican-michelada-beer-cocktail/ https://www.seriouseats.com/perfect-michelada-mexican-beer-cocktail-recipe Cheese Enchiladas Recipe https://iowagirleats.com/cheese-enchiladas-with-red-sauce/

On this episode e talk proto-punk and post-punk genres, particularly surfpunk and electropunk/synthpunk. Show notes: Music on this episode: Party Nerves https://partynerves.bandcamp.com/ Dead Kennedys, "Soup is Good Food" https://music.apple.com/us/album/soup-is-good-food/1761304149?i=1761304495 Agent Orange, Pipeline https://music.apple.com/us/album/pipeline/168416188?i=168416305 Man or Astro-man? https://manorastroman.bandcamp.com/music Daikaiju https://daikaiju.org/ The Delstroyers https://thedelstroyers.com/ Adult. https://www.adultperiod.com/ Atari Teenage Riot https://www.atariteenageriot.world/ Suicide https://music.apple.com/us/artist/suicide/6568486 Food & Drinks: Dirty Gibson Recipe 2 1/2 ounces gin 3/4 ounce pickled cocktail onion brine 1/4 ounce dry vermouth Pickled cocktail onions for garnish Pour all ingredients over ice in a cocktail shaker and stir well (don't shake). Strain into a martini or coupe glass and stab 2 or 3 cocktail onions with a toothpick as a garnish. Detroit-style Pizza https://www.seriouseats.com/detroit-style-pizza-recipe Philly Tomato Pie https://www.seriouseats.com/homemade-philadelphia-tomato-pie-style-pizza-recipe Chopper, Nashville https://www.choppertiki.com/

We recap some recent live shows by Kraftwerk, Riki, Donzii and Delores Galore, and we preview some of the top surf rock, synthpop, industrial, EDM, post-punk and dark wave festivals from now through the fall of 2025.

We recap a visit to the Museum of Post-Punk & Industrial Music in Chicago, the brainchild of post-punk/industrial icon Martin Atkins, and we look at a trio of Japanese surf bands performing at this summer's Surf Guitar 101 festival in Long Beach, California.

We continue to visit record stores around the world with classic vinyl record finds from the likes of Yazoo, The Phantom Surfers, The Surfaris, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Visage, Telex and more! For recipes: Leipziger Rouladen https://www.daringgourmet.com/rouladen-recipe/ Czech Bread Dumplings https://www.cooklikeczechs.com/houskove-knedliky-czech-bread-dumplings/ Drinks Links: https://leipziger-spirituosen-manufaktur.de/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZT84ejwIBHXLeHJ9Hg9LDgsYX-vxCoiIR16OhZPX8-2UIDH9uSSLbVoNY_aem_s77YRuBW21quRf81tjxIvQ

Host Jeff Cioletti discusses some recent trips to London, UK and Ottawa, Canada and the spoils of his record hunting there. Bands include Telex, Soft Cell, The Ventures, The Phantoms, Japanese Television. Alien Sex Fiend, Sextile, the Phantoms, and Yazoo. Fix yourself a gin & tonic, grab a shawarma, and give it a listen!

In this episode we spotlight some of the best surf guitar and synth-based records of 2024 and offer some booze & snack recommendations to wash them down.

On the first episode, we talk Romanian synthpop, blood-sucking surf & strong liquor from the land of Dracula

Missoula, Montana-based beer and food writer Kate Bernot returns to the podcast to wax nostalgic about New Jersey's under-appreciated BYOB restaurants.

Jordan Wicker is bringing back the Speaking Easy home cocktail podcast after a lengthy hiatus. We talk about that and...well, lotsa booze.

Host Jeff Cioletti sits down with "Brian Hoefling, author of Distilled Knowledge: The Science Behind Drinking s Greatest Myths, Legends, and Unanswered Questions" and discovers, among other things, Brian's "Ten-Point Scale of Intoxication."

Host Jeff Cioletti has been on the road promoting his new book, SakePedia. At the Los Angeles culinary bookstore, Now Serving, he recorded a sake Q&A with Courtney Kaplan (of L.A.'s Tsubaki Izakaya).

Host Jeff Cioletti chats with Hendrick's Gin brand ambassador Mattias Horseman, as Hendrick's releases its new quinine-enhanced line extension, Orbium.

Donna Stewart, Tullamore DEW's brand ambassador for the Western U.S. talks Irish whiskey and offers a few tips for off-the-beaten-path sips on the Emerald Isle.

Em Sauter (Pints and Panels) and I chat about beer, weed laws, Italy, Denver, Connecticut and of course, "Beer Is For Everyone (Of Drinking Age), her book that's entirely in cartoon form.

Beer & Food writer extraordinaire Kate Bernot (The Takeout) talks brews and booze in Missoula, Phoenix & Chicago. And coffee. Lots of coffee.

Host Jeff Cioletti heads to L.A. to go on the adventure that is Lost Spirits Distillery. It's probably the only distillery tour with a boat ride. Leave the kids at home because this mini-theme park is for grownups.

Host Jeff Cioletti gets schooled by Rob McCaughey of the Wine & Spirits Education Trust at BevCon in Los Angeles.

The Genever Trilogy concludes with Myriam Hendrickx, distiller extraordinaire from Rutte Distillery in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.