This is PUSA when we were young and hungry playing in the Santa Monica shopping district for anyone who would listen!
But today you can join the three of us as we take over the Lithium channel on serious XM radio all day TODAY (Feb 16 2026) which is also known as Presidents' Day and also known as TODAY! That's channel 34 on serious XM radio all day today today today!
This Monday @davedederer@chrisballew and Jason Finn of @pusaband join Lithium hosts all day — sharing stories and spinning favorite ’90s alternative and grunge.
PLUS: 🎶🔥 Exclusive world premiere of their live Paramount Theatre performance (Seattle, January 1998) Monday night at 8PM ET.
Only on Lithium. 📻
🎙️ @altmadison 7:30–8:30AM ET
🎙️ @grantrandom 12:30–1:30PM ET
🎙️ @kat_corbett 6:30–7:30PM ET
This past year I was only able to put out 6 episodes, which is half as much as I would ideally want to publish. But as it becomes harder to find time for doing the podcast, I have tried to appreciate the fact that I am still able to do it at all.
On top of that, I am extremely appreciative of all of my guests, some of whom I am still in shock that I was able to talk to. So I want to again thank Luther Dickinson, Lawrence France, Tucker Rule, Daniel Barrett, Dave Dederer, and Mark Lettieri for helping me keep this passion project going.
And of course, a massive thanks to each and every one of you who listened to an episode, and double that to anyone who told a friend about the show. It really means a lot to me that the hours that I put into each episode are not for naught.
I hope you all have a very Happy New Year, and that 2026 is a great year for all!
-Josh
P.S. - Link to listen in bio.
Aha! Finally discovered the tightly secured location where the rain and mud are stored during the summer so that they can be trotted out for masochists like myself and @ginaestep@julierobertson@soundvelo to enjoy during the rest of the year…
seriously…go c @gods.censored TIGER PENIS asap…but only if intrigued by a band fronted by a bassist/vocalist who is a generation late to join the beastie boys and a guitarist who somehow melds Hendrix and cobain and a drummer channeling and expanding on Jeff Porcaro Stewart Copeland Dave Grohl w power and precision — these fellers give zero fucks and bring the actual rock music
#PUSA30 I did not create a single lyric in this song! It all came from a section of the local music arts and culture rag here in Seattle called The Stranger. There was a column called "I Saw U" where people who had seen someone they were attracted to but had not acted in the moment could post their story in the hopes of finding that person again. All I did was take some of the juicy phrases and tidbits from that section of the paper and collage them into a song! I wonder if anybody is out there that is the original author of these fragments?? Musically this is a perfect example of the quiet loud quiet loud form that was a hallmark of the times.
#PUSA30 I remember the moment this song came into focus out of the blue. I had a micro cassette recorder that I used to fill up with song ideas and lyric fragments. Once a tape was full I would put it on while I cleaned up my room or did the dishes and half listened to the parade of ideas waiting for something to pop out and grab me. I still use this technique to this day! So there I was alphabetizing my cassettes in 1994 when my voice came on the singing "It's lump, it's lump, it's lump it's in my head". There was no verse or solo just that fragment. Unlike all the other bits on the tape I had no memory of the moment of creation of this little bit. I immediately changed it from "it's" to "she's" and burst out with all the verses and a solo idea immediately. And by the way, if you are wondering what this song is about all I can tell you is that it is about exactly what the lyrics describe! WHY?? I DON'T KNOW!!! 😂
