Bill Soberanes, also known as Mr. Petaluma, was best known for his 49 years at the Petaluma Argus-Courier but also as  the founder of the World Wrist-wrestling Contest, the Ugly Dog Contest, the Houdini Halloween Seance. 

A self-described peopleologist, he claimed to have collected over 45000 photos of himself with presidents, sport figures, movie stars, politicians, celebrities, gangsters and ordinary people too. He was one of the great characters in the history of Petaluma.

Jim and Tom welcome Katie Watts, Chris Samson, Harlan Osborne, Chris Linnell and John Sheehy to tell Bill stories celebrate his legacy on the night of his 100th birthday.

181 - A Celebration of Bill Soberanes On His 100th Birthday | 10/19/21

Jim and Tom interview Emily Whitehurst (Survival Guide, Action Design, Tsunami Bomb) onstage at the Phoenix Theater.

Emily Whitehurst - 2/19/14

Jim and Tom welcome Josh Staples (The New Trust, The Velvet Teen) and Josh Drake (Pandacide, Punk Slam Pro Wrestling, Santiago) to the show. Topics include their work with KWTF, stories from the road, growing up in a town with some magical places, creating things, chasing dreams, current projects and the general "stokedtuitiveness" that fuels it all.

Also, Tom tells us about his arrest at the hands of "The Glove" and the time he first encountered Nazis in Nevada City.

Josh Staples & Josh Drake - 3/5/14

Three generations of Phoenix sound staff join Onstage with Jim and Tom. Topics include: starting careers in the "trenches of rock and roll", infamous Tiger Army stories and Sublime's last show (which was at the Phoenix).

Also: Metallica hung out with John Volpi, Nick had a conflict with The Roots, Tom fell off the balcony and much more.

Nick Malgieri, Ian Dubois & Kyle Lynch - 4/3/14

Onstage with Jim and Tom welcomes Harlan Osborne (Argus Courier), Katie Watts (Press Democrat) & John Sheehy to explore and discuss Petaluma history. 

This 70 minute conversations explore many moments and characters in the town's history, including: when Petaluma tried to secede (twice), Garrett Keller the squatter, the near civil war battle with Santa Rosa, “Mr. Petaluma” Bill Soberanes, the origins of the “egg capital of the world” (even if it wasn’t true), Doc Naify, Petaluma’s reaction to prohibition (becoming a boomtown), the Jewish chicken farmer community and much more.

Classic Petaluma locations & characters referenced: The Spa, Gilardi’s, Marios & Johns, Agius Grocery, Fannie Brown’s, A & B Market, Fair West, Volpi’s, Twin Oaks, Elks Lodge, Petaluma Hotel, Caulfield's Meats, Andresen’s, The Hideaway, Mattei Brothers, The State (The Mystic) and the California/Showcase Theater (The Phoenix), the roost dances at Kennilworth, KAFP ("Krowing Always For Petaluma”), KTOB, Mario Figone, Baccala's Market, The Cordas, The Dolcinis, Judge Rollie Webb, Clem McCorkell, Stan the Man Greenhagen, Tom Caulfield, Lamar Lauritzen, Bert Kerrigan, Bill Soberanes & Margaret Soberanes.

Petaluma History with Harlan Osborne, Katie Watts & John Sheehy - 7/14/14

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes the founders and operators of HenHouse Brewing: Collin McDonnell, Shane Goepel and Scott Goyne. We talk craft beer and the craft beer industry as well as their beginnings, how they’ve grown, why staying small is not the plan, why staying local is great and more.

HenHouse Brewing - 1/26/15

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes Judah Nagler, frontman and songwriter for The Velvet Teen. We talk about 15 years of TVT, songwriting, the creative process, collaboration and more. 

Judah Nagler (The Velvet Teen) - 2/18/15

Onstage with Jim and Tom welcomes Horders (Gabe Katz, Brian Kincaid, Jaime Wosk) to the stage at the Phoenix Theater. We talk about life experiences that have shaped them, learn origin stories of their many musical projects, explore the musical brotherhood they share, and much more.

Horders interview & performance - 3/15/15

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes the cabaret performer, musician, and circus-minded rabble-rouser Strangely to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview & performance on 2/29/16. 

We learn about the Strangely origin story and go deep into the idea of art being a gift to the audience and a means of connection between people. We also talk about Strangely’s adventures touring the world, relationship with family, philosophy on performance, and more.

Plus, a half hour performance by Strangely and special guest Aaron J. Shay.

Setlist: 
1. Not Yet (41:04)
2. Empty Bottle (47:03)
3. I’m a Legend (56:50)
4. Buriel at Sea [written by Aaron J. Shay] (1:01:50)
5. Broken Stone (1:06:44)

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.
Camera operators: Ryan Grae Paraggio, Zach Smith, Max Brickey, Jim Agius
Audio mixing: Paul Haile | http://www.greenhouserecording.com/
Video editing: Jim Agius

Strangely | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 2/29/16

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes The Brothers Comatose to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 4/5/16. 

We explore their history with the Phoenix, influences, lessons learned, touring, performance philosophies, success in recent years, romanticizing of the early days and more. Plus, Gio tells a story about the time his band Toast Machine sacrificed someone on the stage of the Phoenix.

Setlist:
The Way the West Was Won (38:03)
Tops of the Trees (40:49)
Brothers (45:01)
Angeline (48:23)
Tear Stained Eye (51:50)

The Brothers Comatose is Ben Morrison, Alex Morrison, Gio Benedetti, Ryan Avellone, and Phillip Brezina.

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Camera operators: Ryan Grae Paraggio, Timmy Lodhi, Max Brickey, Siraj Ali, Jim Agius
Audio mixing: Paul Haile | http://www.greenhouserecording.com/
Video editing: Jim Agius

The Brothers Comatose | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 4/5/16

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes Luke Erickson to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 7/26/16.

We talk about faith, family, love, generational displacement, heroes, music, and more. Plus, Luke performs a collection of songs.

Setlist: 
When Half Your World is Gone [acoustic] (16:14)
Mercedes Benz [acoustic] (19:50)
Leaving You Behind (21:51)
Mercedes Benz (23:47)
’Til the Cows Come Home (26:02)
Huggin’ and a Kissin’ (28:56)
Sweatshirt Full of Trouble (31:34)

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Luke Erickson | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 7/26/16

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes Frankie Boots and the County Line to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 7/31/16. 

We talk about touring, personal growth, Frankie’s move to New Orleans, authenticity, inspiration, the origin stories that have shaped their music, and more. 

Setlist:
1) Every Night (19:29)
2) Tortuga (22:58)
3) Rusty Carousel (26:18)
4) The Last Thing I Do (30:37)
5) Leave The Light On (35:08)
6) Duel At Dawn (39:33)

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Frankies Boots and the County Line is Frankie Boots, Joshua James Jackson, Timothy O'Neil, Zak Garn, Zack Sumner.

Camera operators: Ryan Grae, Timmy Lodhi, Max Brickey, Jim Agius
Audio mixing: Paul Haile | http://www.greenhouserecording.com/
Video editing: Jim Agius & Timmy Lodhi

Frankie Boots and the County Line | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 7/31/16

Onstage with Jim & Tom welcomes Sonoma County punk veterans Siren to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 5/18/17. 

This wide-ranging 90 minute conversation explores activism, technology, politics, connection, language, superficiality, corporations, Green Day, teaching, empathy, and much more. Plus, an extensive tribute to Miriam Wilding.

Setlist
I'd Like to Know
Marble Cities
Buy Our Fall
What Progress

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Siren is Adam Glidewell, Joe Carr, Kevin McCraken, and Brian Zero.

Siren | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 5/18/17

Jim and Tom welcome Everyone is Dirty to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 10/2/18. 

We talk about near death experiences, life, medicine, poetry, literary inspirations and much more in a very personal conversation. 

Setlist
Xiola
Lost Thing
3D Light
Gold Chain

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Everyone is Dirty | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 10/2/18

Jim and Tom welcomes Ash Powell and her band to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 10/16/18. 

We talk about the meaning of life, qualia, identity, faith, music, life as a grand narrative, her personal evolution and much more in a wide-ranging conversation. 

Setlist
Play
Winter
Up All Night
Bound to Nowhere

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Ash Powell | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 10/16/18

Jim and Tom welcome Moon Sick to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 11/13/18. 

We talk about extraterrestrials, Exogen, “The Music Man”, video game music, dragons, the band’s journey to Earth, proto-punk, their creative dynamic and more. 

Setlist
DSV (Deep Space Vampire)
Hiccup
Millions
Fuckin’ Arcata

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Moon Sick | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 11/13/18

Jim and Tom welcome Damper to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 1/3/19. 

We talk about life’s little moments, damper puns, burial preferences, the problem of evil in philosophy,  creating personal vs political art and more. 

Setlist
Panic
Procession
Cobwebs
Cervantes

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Damper | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 1/3/19

Jim and Tom welcome Lapel to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 1/22/19. 

We talk about her deeply personal new album “Periphery” as well as feminism, reinvention, beacon moments and more. 

Setlist
Lead Me Back to You
Stop Opening the Door

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Lapel | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 1/22/19

Jim and Tom welcome Bad Thoughts to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 1/29/19. 

We talk with the band about bad thoughts, their new release “All My Past Lives Ended Poorly” and their own personal past lives (which ended poorly). 

Setlist
Enemies
Kansas
Past Lives
Imaginary Friends

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Bad Thoughts | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 1/29/19

Jim and Tom welcome The Freak Accident to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 2/5/19. 

We talk about their new record, abandoning hope, waking up from illusions you've had about life, heartbreak, death, power dynamics, speaking truth and more

Setlist
Blown Out
10,000 Miles of Bad Road
Goodbye Hope
Waking the Sleepwalker

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

The Freak Accident | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 2/5/19

Jim and Tom welcome Kendra McKinley to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 2/12/19. 

We talk about her intimate new record, Big Sur, creative health, her path as an artist, Romantic Songs of the Patriarchy and much more. 

Setlist
Face to Face
Sink
Fire
Near and Faraway

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Kendra McKinley | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 2/12/19

Jim and Tom welcome State Faults to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 3/26/19. 

2015: State Faults breaks up. 2019: State Faults is back! Our wide-ranging conversation explores the personal growth and pain of those intervening years and why it was time to bring State Faults back.

Setlist
Old Wounds
Cities
Teeth and Bones
Moon Sign Gemini 

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

State Faults | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 3/26/19

Jim and Tom welcome Slugger to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 9/24/19. 

We go in-depth with the band on their new full-length record “Let the Good Times Rot” and the seismic life events that they experienced on the six year path to this album. 

Setlist
So Long, Kiddo
Sell It to Your Friends

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Slugger | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 9/24/19

Jim and Tom welcome Eki Shola to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 11/12/19. 

Eki Shola is a Sonoma County based musician who has released a number of albums in the last few years. We talk about the major life events (her mother’s passing, the North Bay fires) that led to her shifting towards a life of music. 

Setlist
Ancient Cry
Dreaming
August Canyon
Trapped

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Eki Shola | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 11/12/19

Jim and Tom welcome Shoobies to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 11/26/19. 

We talk about ghosts, the afterlife, Jacob’s gadgets, Alex’s astrology sign, who would win in a fight between Caleb’s grandfathers and much more. 

Setlist
Super Malay
High Low
Shapes
DNA

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Shoobies | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 11/26/19

Jim and Tom welcome On Drugs to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 12/3/19. 

We talk about being a cuck, various crimes they've committed, Uckhole Futah, things the band hates (Salt Lake City, Neptune, whales, kindergartners), meeting at church, a bad reviewer, drugs, creativity and much more. 

Setlist
Smush
Squish
A Real Good Friend Always Licks the Bag
Science Isn’t Real

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

On Drugs | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 12/3/19

Jim and Tom welcome Magic in the Other to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 1/21/20. 

We talk about their new album “As It Starts to Fade”, the excitement of the unknown, songwriter Ezra Lipp’s creative path and more. 

Setlist
Lightning’s Hotter Than the Sun
Not Afraid (We All Will Die-E-Oh)
Light in my Window
Not Gonna Worry

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Magic in the Other | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 1/21/20

Storytelling episode: Jim and Tom talk COVID-19, deaths inside the Phoenix (2!), tributes to Joel Cox & Nate Reifers, showdowns with local authorities, The Birds premiere at the Phoenix in 1963, anecdotes from big shows, lamenting turning down NWA, nineties punk at the Phoenix and more.

Episode 172 | On Quarantine with Jim & Tom | 3/20/20

Jim and Tom welcomes Clementine Darling to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 2/25/20. 

Clementine left Seattle ten years ago on a busking trip down the West Coast. We look back on the major events of her last decade that led to the life of music she now lives. 

Setlist
The Road
Holy Ghost
Crazy
Fire Map

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Episode 173 | Clementine Darling | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 2/25/20

Jim and Tom welcome historian John Sheehy for our longest history feature yet (almost 2 hours!) as we dive deep into the Coast Miwok, the Machiavellian General Vallejo, the 1830’s smallpox epidemic, Petaluma’s Chinese-American and African-American communities in the 19th century, William Bihler, Tom’s favorite explosions, Petaluma's second battle with Santa Rosa, Tom’s favorite murder, booms/busts in Petaluma, Deep Throat at the Mystic and much more. 

John Sheehy is the author of "On a River Winding Home" which features stunning photography and intimate historical stories of the Petaluma River Watershed.

Episode 174 | Petaluma History III feat. John Sheehy | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 3/31/20

Jim and Tom welcomes The Band Ice Cream to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 3/3/20. 

We talk about their reinvention as a band, near death experiences, songwriting, a debilitating hockey injury, apathy and more. 

Setlist
Eject
Daily Pep Talk In Front of a Stained Mirror
Big Car
Roses

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Episode 175 | The Band Ice Cream | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 3/3/20

Jim got Tom a dozen personalized celebrity videos. 52 minutes of dumb fun with friends and foes, old and new.

Episode 176 | On Cameo with Jim & Tom | 4/7/20

Jim and Tom welcome Maya Songbird to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 3/10/20. 

We talk about rainbows, what happens when you die, when Maya stopped giving a fuck, growing up in the Castro, how her son is a hater, Maya’s Magic Shop, being a witch, being an empowered woman, being a slut and much more. 

Setlist
I Believe in Magic / You Should Be Dancin’
Staying Alive
Disco Bill

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Episode 177 | Maya Songbird | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 3/10/20

Jim and Tom welcome Daniel Steinbock to the stage at the Phoenix Theater for an interview and performance on 3/17/20. 

We talk about his relationship with the muse, capturing songs from dreams, his relationship with his father, ancestral trauma, personal growth and much more

Setlist
Out of Blue
Sea Inside
Kiss of the Bee
Too Close to You

Recorded at at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA.

Episode 178 | Daniel Steinbock | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 3/17/20

Jim and Tom welcome historian Rebecca Yerger for a sampling of stories on the history and characters of Calistoga. We talk about the wild life and legacy of Sam Brannan as well as George Yount, Calistoga’s connection to the Donner Party, Edward Turner Bale, “Old Hog Killer”, Leland Stanford (Stanford University), Eadweard Muybridge (father of the motion picture), Mount St. Helena and more.

Rebecca Yerger writes a biweekly history column for the Napa Valley Register.

Episode 179 | Calistoga History feat. Rebecca Yerger | Onstage with Jim & Tom | 5/4/20

Jim & Tom welcome historians Katie Watts and John Sheehy for a deep dive into Petaluma’s history from the the 1920s to the 1970s. We explore how Petaluma became known as the world’s egg basket, Prohibition, speakeasies, massive bootlegging rings, famous people-meeter and Petaluma booster Bill Soberanes, the post-war boom, Gilardi’s, Mayor Helen Putnam, the near decimation of Petaluma’s downtown, how the east side developed and much more.

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