Name: Getting So Old by No Wake
Duration: 3 min 11 s
Description: By Design is the second full length record by New Jersey's No Wake. This collection of songs ranges in genres including hard rock, indie, and folk/singer-songwriter, all connected by Eli Nowak's signature instrumentation and vocal stylings.

The Lion, the Room, the Song and the Sweat

A Song 4U

The Party is Over

• 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱/𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 by Vatic Pillars
• 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 by Daniel Johns & Joel Little
• 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 by Vatic Pillars
• 𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 at end of song off of Billy Martin's break beat / drum beat album, 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘉 𝘌𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 3

Daniel Johns - Aerial Love (Vatic Pillars Remix)

dearly beloved, 
here is another outtake from 1999. take 2 of the song TO THE TEETH. there’s no band kicking in to play an outro at the end. it’s just me and my bass player JASON MERCER sitting on the landing above the stairs at kingsway studio in new orleans (now long gone) playing the song.
a few notes on this 23-year-old tune:
"every year now like christmas, some boy gets the milkfed suburban blues"
THERE HAVE BEEN 38 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN 2022 SO FAR.
"open fire on hollywood, MTV, NBC, CBS, ABC…"
the glorification of the gun-wielding cowboy, gangster, vigilante… the reinforcement on the nightly news of the threat of poor people, black people — turning the terrorized into the image of the terrorizer is NOTHING compared to the toxicity of FOX NEWS and an unregulated internet. i just had no idea — as none of us could’ve in 1999 — how far fear-mongering and hate speech could lead us. 
when you encounter hate online — say something —do something. when you see fox news on in public spaces — complain — say something — do something. when you hear the lies of fox news regurgitated out of people’s faces — say something — and most importantly: VOTE.
VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT GUN CONTROL. STOP VOTING FOR PEOPLE WHO TAKE MONEY FROM THE NRA.
voting is our superpower and it is under threat. the very foundation of democracy is under threat. there are more and more brilliant, young, diverse, dynamic and courageous people stepping up and running for office every day. support them, get behind them, spread the word — wherever they are. we are all connected.
it is within our power to stop white supremacy, fascism, patriarchy and the slaughter of our sisters and brothers — our children. it is within our power to stop the death and destruction of climate change. VOTE like your lives depend on it. MY FELLOW VOTERS — i love you. i think you. i honor your service to your country.
love, ani

to the teeth take 2

Host Jason Schreurs and clinical social worker Eli Nowak of Break to Broken talk about the freedom and empowerment he felt after opening his own practice. Using an eclectic approach to mental health, Eli encourages his clients to search for identity and individuality. 

http://breaktobroken.bandcamp.com

Featured song clips:
Beat to Broken - "Normalcy" from White & Gray + 2 (2024)
Black Flag - "Gimmie Gimmie Gimme" from Damaged (SST Records, 1981)
Fugazi - "Margin Walker" from Margin Walker (Dischord Records, 1989)
Beat to Broken - "Still Breathing" from White & Gray + 2 (2024)

The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SCREAM THERAPY MERCH!
teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy

About this podcast:
Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:
Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"
Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Episode 102: Eli Nowak of Break to Broken on starting a private practice

"Joey Zampella has been creating & recording music professionally for more than 30 years. Especially known for his guitar work in the bands Life Of Agony and Stereomud, Joey has succeeded in putting records out on Columbia (Sony), Epic (Sony), and Roadrunner, just to name a few. His combined record sales topple over one million, and continue to grow year after year.  Joey is also an established record producer, engineer, and post audio editor, mixer and designer for film, TV and video.  His current studio, “The Nest”, is located in Long Island, NY where he produces records for clients, and also has the ability to do full fledged audio production for the TV/ film world.  "Music, production, mixing, all needs to move me. It absolutely needs to have emotion behind it" says Joey, "I allow my creativity, or whatever I do for my clients, to be driven by a voice inside me.. It's the only way".

"Bringing The Darkness To The Light" with Joey Zampella

By Design is the second full length record by New Jersey's No Wake. This collection of songs ranges in genres including hard rock, indie, and folk/singer-songwriter, all connected by Eli Nowak's signature instrumentation and vocal stylings.

2017 Master

Getting So Old

my version of roky erickson's "I have always been here before" performed by mike watt + the black gang (w/nels cline on guitar and bob lee on drums) recorded live on november 2, 1998 at gabe's oasis in iowa city, ia

live on november 2, 1998 at gabe's oasis

"I have always been here before" by mike watt + the black gang

Orchestral-pop, piano-violin duo, Gracie and Rachel, released their sophomore album, Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong, on Righteous Babe in September of 2020. About the duo Ani says, “Their ethereal and provocative songs are a cinematic addition to the Righteous Babe Records cadre of feminist artist-activists. They sing softly but carry a big stick.” 

Gracie and Rachel sat down with Ani over a video call recently to discuss the new music, vulnerability, and the importance of their over-involved, working-living relationship and the subsequent feminine strength that resulted in the making of this record.

Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong

Ani DiFranco + Gracie and Rachel in Conversation

No Wake is the musical outlet of Eli Nowak, a New Jersey-based songwriter/musician. Eli has performed and recorded over the past twenty-plus years in a variety of New York/New Jersey-based bands and collectives, including DocFlo (formerly known as John Ho), Nozekas, and One Night Fall. He has appeared on a number of independent releases, including having provided lead vocals with the band The Donkey Punch on ‘Tribute of the Year’, a Faith No More tribute record released on Underground, Inc. The most recent EP by No Wake entitled "Soundwaves" was written, performed, and recorded by Eli and mixed/mastered by Bobby Torres at Frightbox Recording in Passaic, NJ.

Getting So Old

No Wake

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