The Royal Basement is a musical and conversational podcast based out of Seattle, Washington. Newest two episodes are published here; the rest are archived on TheRoyalBasement.com. 

Episode Archive:
1. Robb MacLean (Limbeck/The Young Dudes)
2. John Cobb (my best friend)
3. Chris Murphy (Sloan)
4. John Nguyen (The Believe It Or Nots/The Times)
5. John Davis (Superdrag/The Lees of Memory)
6. Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals/Gorillaz/Neon Neon)
7. Chris Porterfield (Field Report/DeYarmond Edison)
8. Alex Robert (Black Whales)
9. Eric Slick (Dr. Dog)
10. Soft Sleep (Members of The Lonely Forest, Globes, Cumulus, Death Cab for Cutie)
11. Trapper & Tanner Schoepp (Trapper Schoepp & The Shades)
12. The Dodos
13. TBA

The Royal Basement is the squirmy little lovechild of Greg Franklin, designer/musician/writer/cat wrangler/raconteur. (Here's the part where I shift uncomfortably from third person to first person references.) I started creating zines when I was in high school. In the early/mid-90's in Olathe, Kansas, zines were the best outlet imaginable for a fidgety kid who loved music and art and was trying to figure out a way to express how my still-forming grey matter was reacting to the music I was getting exposed to through other zines and, eventually, the Internet in its infancy. Since those early days of late nights with scissors, glue sticks, and a limited Kinko's budget, I've taken that nervous energy and divided it as a freelance graphic designer (Kentucky Chrome), as a former college radio DJ for KJHK (Lawrence, KS), as a musician in a bunch of different projects, and as a freelance music writer for various publications (Seattle Weekly, The Pitch, The Village Voice).

The Royal Basement is an attempt to corral all of those interests into something a bit less sporadic and a bit more cohesive. I'm personally excited to share an unfiltered view of my musical discoveries/rediscoveries, as well as having conversations with folks about their musical experiences, the tools they create with, and hopefully showing off some sketches/progress of the songs I'm working on for my own material along the way. If you're interested in chatting, please drop me a line. 

This site is an open letter to music and the joy it has brought me in my life. I hope the words and thoughts contained herein bring you some of that same joy. Cheers. 

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