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David Mamet

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#254: May Day!

May 1, 2026

The Lifers podcast hosts attempt to record an episode during the first night of the Toady's tour in Abilene, Texas, but face constant technical difficulties due to poor Wi-Fi and cell signal while Scott Lucas records from a van. Between connection dropouts and signal interruptions, Scott briefly describes their opening set which included songs like "I Saw What You Did," "Misanthrope," "Everyone Alive," and "Bound for the Floor," while the hosts debate movies featuring Rachel Ward, James Foley films, and whether Scott should release the episode or use pre-recorded material instead. The recording devolves into a chaotic but comedic exercise in trying to maintain a conversation despite repeatedly losing connection, with the hosts joking about the technical disasters while Gabe eats Tombstone pizza during his lunch break.

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🤘 Iron Maiden

#246: Russ Spice and the East Side Kids of 1983

January 23, 2026

Scott Lucas and his bandmates from Local H host lifelong friend Russ Spice, a sound engineer who grew up with Scott in Zion, Illinois in the early 1980s. They reminisce about their shared childhood experiences, including learning guitar together, forming teenage bands with songs like "I Hate You," ordering pizza to their teacher's classroom, and a memorable incident where a young Gary Coleman punched Russ in the gut after being asked for an autograph at their elementary school. The group discusses their favorite cultural moments from 1983, including albums like Iron Maiden's "Piece of Mind," Genesis's self-titled record, and Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut," as well as movies like "Scarface," "Risky Business," and "The Dead Zone," with the conversation devolving into a heated debate between Scott and Ben about the merits of different film scores and David Cronenberg adaptations.

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🎸 Replacements

#152: 152. LIFERS Live!!! - At Gman Tavern with Deanna Belos on New Year’s Day!

January 5, 2024

Deanna Belos of the band Sincere Engineer joined the Lifers podcast hosts Scott Lucas, Ben Massarella, and Gabe Rodriguez for a special live New Year's Day episode at GMan Tavern in Chicago. The hosts discussed past New Year's Eve antics, Belos' music career, and played a round of Cards Against Humanity with guest Brendan Kelly before Belos performed a couple original songs to close out the show.

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#68: Joe Kelly

June 3, 2022

Joe Kelly, former singer of the band Lost Cause, discusses his early music career, including touring with Ministry and the Mentors in the late 1980s. He also talks about his later band Beer Nuts and their antics on tour with Local H in the 1990s, such as playing shows naked and destroying the band Creed's career by opening for them with the song "Number of the Beast".

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#56: Happy Anniversary!

March 4, 2022

Scott, Gabe and Ben celebrate the one year anniversary of their Lifers podcast by discussing listener feedback on favorite moments and guests from the past year. They reflect on how the podcast has evolved, their own rapport and dynamic, and memorable interviews with musicians like Justine Frischmann, John McCauley, and Scott's dad. Despite not having a clear mission, the hosts agree the podcast works as an entertaining hangout capturing the experience of friends casually discussing music and life.

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#37: Felix Pineiro

October 22, 2021

Felix Pinero, the director of the "Innocence" music video for the band Local H, discusses growing up in Chicago and his passion for filmmaking that developed from an early love of the arts. He talks about meeting and collaborating with Local H frontman Scott Lucas over the years. Pinero recounts the story of how he met actor Michael Shannon at a party in LA, and later convinced Lucas to ask Shannon to appear in the "Innocence" video, which Shannon agreed to do. Pinero describes the experience of directing Shannon in the video shoot. The discussion also covers Pinero's philosophy on directing and how he sees it as a collaborative, "tribal" process of getting the best out of the cast and crew. He compares it to his experience playing in bands. Lucas and Pinero also discuss their plans to shoot a concert film for Local H at the Metro in Chicago, done in an ambitious single-take style.