Episode 50: Steph Rupp
Sound your funky horns...it's Episode #50 of Badass Records Podcast, and what a ride it's been so far!
I hope there're many more episodes to come and that you'll keep tuning in to see the latest and greatest conversations with all of my amazing guests.
But, now -- without any further ado...let me tell you about how excited I am to share this week's episode with you.
Sometimes, as we make our way through our days, we stumble upon opportunities for new connections. I could be sitting here typing these words, preparing to drop my 50th podcast episode, and the road to today could've looked different. That difference could've been tiny; it might've been huge. And who knows. Maybe everything'd be just fine.
Things went the way they went, though, and I wandered across a connection with Steph' Rupp. And instead, everything is great.
She's a daughter and a sister and a business owner with an electric smile. She's a designer, a photographer, and a professional ultimate frisbeer with a killer sense of humor. She's a dog lover, a soon-to-be wife, and a cheese connoisseur like no other. And above all of that, she's my Web/design gal.
I'll pause here for the thunderous applause in your head to subside.
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Although she initially turned down an invite to join me on the B.R.P., she -- of her own accord -- changed her mind and surprised me one day in a cute, little, nonchalant corner of an e-mail message about something else. And to paraphrase, she did so because she believes in examining new things and challenges.
What's not to love.
Steph' Rupp gave me a heckuva list of records to touch on, and they were these:
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) & The Black Parade (2006), My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree (2005), Mania (2018) + everything in between
They're Only Chasing Safety (2004), Define the Great Line (2006), & Voyeurist (2022), Underoath
Loveless' Loveless I (2021)
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), Kendrick Lamar
If that's not a (Nature Boy) Ric Flair, "Woo!" right there, I don't know what is.
But...but.
Checking out her records was a treat. Our chat was a treat. And she...is a treat. So please check out this super-special episode, and don't forget to give the Merch' page a peek on your way out.
Thank you.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the intro/outro audio. They are clips from a tune called, "Yo!" which I borrowed from the badass record, Bass Is the Name of the Game (1988) by DJ Magic Mike (c/o Warlock Records).