Better To... Podcast with D. M. Needom

Send us Fan Mail This week Mariel Loveland of Best-Ex stops by the show to discuss the release of Good Girl, perfection, AI and more. ***** New Jersey-based songwriter Mariel Loveland has built a career chronicling coming of age, one chapter at a time. First, writing poetry in the margins of her math homework, then touring the world in the scrappy Warped Tour-era punk band Candy Hearts, sharing stages with pop punk heavyweights like New Found Glory, Weezer, and Man Overboard. Now, with her so...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have no guest just me. I'm looking back a bit, talk about AI, where the podcast is going, importance of numbers, and more. **** Hi, I’m Dauna, and my pen name is D. M. Needom, is the author of the Better to Burn Out series, The Groupie Diaries, Goldie & the Bear Duet, and the forthcoming Better to Burn Dark Series under the pen name Dauna Dusk. In my world, which all series are part of, you’ll discover a decadent rockstar and Hollywood steamy saga with ...

Send us Fan Mail This week Lars Triesch, stops by the show to discuss his collaboration with his latest project, Jack Grisham and the Life Undone with Lars Triesch. We also discuss how things fell into place, his design projects, his store, and future projects. ****** Jack Grisham and the Life Undone is a new project by Jack Grisham and Lars Triesch. Grisham is known as the frontman of TSOL and later The Joykiller. He has been active for over four decades—in literature, film work, and most i...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, Alex Alexander stops by the show to discuss his musical journey that has taken him from Chicago to Nashville, his album, and more. **** Alex is a versatile musician with a passion for creating music and performing. Playing five instruments including Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, and Trumpet, Alex has a background in music notation and complex musical understanding of many genres which allows him to thrive in multiple music styles and gaining a wide ra...

Send us Fan Mail John Andrew Fredrick of The Black Watch and I discuss the band’s 27th release. ‘The Fuzzy End of the Lollipop’, creativity, Marilyn Monroe, and much more. *** The praise heaped of late upon John Andrew Fredrick's long-standing and astonishingly productive Los Angeles indie band--from the likes of Mojo, Shindig!, The Big Takeover and even Prog Magzine--has been nothing less than, well, remarkable. Having made seven albums for ATOM Records (whom they signed to in 2018) pl...