This originally started out as a blog to provide more details about the music on Iowa Music Showcase.. But now it also features tags that have to do more with the individual artists and bands.
"Matthew will do a fine job at the Register, I'm sure, and I look forward to working with him in the community. But for me, Joe was always something the Des Moines scene needed. Someone upbeat, generally positive, smart and competent. He's got his blog now, but we'll miss seeing him every day.
"And when I think of Joe, I think of Murder Earth's cover of Kanye's Golddigger. Because the are both beautiful creations."
- from Chad Taylor for this podcast
Lineup:
Ben Murphy - vocals
Tim Flor - guitar
Rick Stuber - bass
Jared Albertson - drums
"The Envy Corps at the first (Gross Domestic Product). There was just something electric about every show that night, but TEC took things to another level."
- from "Joe Lawler's 12 favorite music moments with Juice"
"That first GDP is a show our band considers to be a significant one in our career, as it was the biggest hometown crowd we'd played to at the time. I guess all the nervous energy came off positively. The indie music scene in Des Moines was just coming together around that time and Joe was there documenting it and giving some great unknown artists exposure. I know 100 bands including mine who wish him the best."
- from Luke Pettipoole for this podcast/blog
I couldn't find anything from The Envy Corps at the first Gross Domestic Product. But I did this performance from close to the same time at The Vaudeville Mews from a YouTube video of Mike Huston. I include the video below...
Again, I couldn't find anything from that particular show, but I have Dead Horse Trauma doing a song from that time at the last House of Bricks show in 2014, thanks to a YouTube video from Robbie Fetters. I've included it below...
"Joe always put the art first and was willing to cover anything music related in our scene! He has been a huge part in making our music
scene grow in the past 10 years, by writing great features, covering the shows, and actually writing from a music fans point of view! I will really miss his work for the juice!"
- from Pat Fleming for this podcast/blog
"The La Strange hatchet video. In 2011 I was doing a video interview with Brenton Dean of La Strange (now of Holy White Hounds) and midway through he pulled out a hatchet. Then we went into his yard and he spent way too long trying to throw that hatchet into a tree."
- from "Joe Lawler's 12 favorite music moments with Juice"
"La Strange was my solo project for a while. I made some demos in my basement using an 8 track recorder and a single microphone for the drums, guitar and vocal and just released them in an EP.
"One day Joe Lawler came over to interview the band and that day we became friends. I was aware of who Joe was because I had read so many of his articles in juice and he had interview so many bands i admired. By the time Joe got to my place (pretty early in the day as you can probably tell by the video) I had been drinking and hanging out with my drummer, Steven, for a while.
"When Joe got there I told him 'You know, you interview so many bands, I bet YOU have some shit to say.' I busted out a camera and interview him back and we threw back some drinks. We had a great time.
"Joe is such a fun guy to be around because he is down for anything and you never feel judged when you're around him. Every band loves to be interview by Joe because he is comforting to be around. You never feel like you're on the chopping block when he's interviewing you.
"I was so flattered that he remembered that interview in his article hi-lighting his favorite moments from juice, because it also meant a lot to me. Joe is one of the most supportive and classy motherfuckers I have every met in my life."
- from Brenton Dean for this podcast/blog
"Joe has always been very kind to me. While, he is a mostly reserved guy, he also has a very witty and funny side when he let's it come out. I've never heard him say anything bad about anyone. His unbiased and good natured reporting will be missed in Des Moines' music journalism."
- from Brian Campos for this podcast/blog
"The Des Moines music scene is a beast and is growing exponentially every day. The groundwork that has been done over the last decade is critical in securing our scene's future. Joe Lawler has made a huge foot print on that. Thanks Joe."
- from Dustin Smith of The Maytags for this podcast/blog
Lineup:
Roland Hart - Horns Arrangements
Dustin Smith - Lead Vox, Guitar
Nick Leo - Keys, Vox
Ben Mars - Bass, Vox
Sam Mogerman - Drums, Vox
Tim Sanders - Sax, Vox
Andy Poppen - Trumpet, Vox
"My feud with $trick9. Early on in Juice I wrote a profile on the faux conservative rapper and things got meta when Nick Strickland's rap persona created a very NSFW diss track defending his right-wing credentials. If your Google-fu is strong you might find a video of me rapping my response. We've become friends, but since I have the last word: Nick Strickland sucks."
- from "Joe Lawler's 12 favorite music moments with Juice"
"It seems my hot rhymes have finally ended Joe Lawler's career. I always knew they would. I'm just surprised it took seven years."
- from $trick9 for this podcast/blog
Lineup:
Band Members - Nine, Duke, Justin, Jamie and Joe
Chad Taylor is the pop culture critic for Cityview magazine, managing editor of the Band Bombshell website, occasional guest on Great Day on KCWI 23, and co-host with Joe Lawler of the Critical Mass radio show on KFMG...
