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Tommy Evans: Of Monsters and Men, sending us into the Trail Lunchbox on KDTR Florence, Missoula. The Trail remains independently, locally owned and operated by the Missoula Broadcasting Company.
And yes, Tommy, glad to be back on the Lunchbox with you today. I want to say thanks to Parker for covering for me yesterday. What was I doing yesterday? I don't even remember why I wasn't here yesterday. But anyway, thank you, Parker, for stepping in for me.
Thank you also to Golsky and Snowboard for bringing us the Trail Lunchbox, as they do each and every weekday at noon.
And as I like to say, the Trail's radio station—interesting people occasionally drop by. And this is true again today.
The lovely Rosie La Secco joins me live in studio.
Rosie La Secco: Hello.
Tommy Evans: Welcome, welcome back. You come bearing a guest, Duane Raider. Welcome in, Duane.
Duane Raider: Oh, thank you for having me.
Tommy Evans: Thanks for coming by. And before we were talking off air, I have seen you around town.
Duane Raider: I'm everywhere. For years. I'm omnipresent.
Tommy Evans: You're doing the omnipresent thing, though.
Duane Raider: I am the one. My name, if you look at Missoula on any kind of—you know, you just read it somewhere in there. You look really close, you'll see the name Duane.
Tommy Evans: You all feel like the O and the U.
And you two have banded together for the next edition of Punk Rock Speed Dating.
Rosie La Secco: Yes.
Tommy Evans: Taking place this Friday at Monks. So let's run it down. Where do we begin with Punk Rock Speed Dating?
Rosie La Secco: Yeah, this will be the third time that we've done Punk Rock Speed Dating.
Tommy Evans: What makes this punk rock?
Rosie La Secco: It's all about community building.
Tommy Evans: That was my first question.
Rosie La Secco: So maybe you meet a romantic interest, but maybe you meet your next bandmate or your next friend to go to a show with.
Tommy Evans: Okay, I like this. So it's not just about, you know, let's buckle down and get married or all the antics that would go before that. This is a more encompassing date.
Rosie La Secco: We're all just about trying to find that DIY ethic to, like, build a community that we can all rely on and be a part of something bigger than ourselves.
Tommy Evans: I like that.
Duane Raider: Yeah, we need to get back to that in this town, man.
Tommy Evans: I like that a lot. It's a great way to break the ice and not just be talking to the same people, switching up that table.
I know that when I go to a show, I'm tending to sit down with the same people I came with. And it can be nerve-wracking to talk to new people.
Rosie La Secco: So this is a great way for us to give you prompts. Talk to somebody you've never talked to before.
Tommy Evans: Yeah.
Rosie La Secco: So it turns out that they're new best friends.
Tommy Evans: Especially if you're new in town, maybe you're a student and it's the first time you've been to Missoula before. Here's a good way to meet some like-minded weirdos.
Rosie La Secco: Yes, love that.
Tommy Evans: There's the tagline. I like that.
It's going on this Friday at Monks, so for someone interested, what can they expect? What's the experience like? This is your third time doing this, but for a first-timer who's going, "Oh, I'm nervous. I don't want this speed dating to be high pressure," let's just quell the nerves.
Rosie La Secco: Yeah. I mean, what I like about it is that we do give prompts for conversation for each time you match up. And you're only talking for maybe five minutes at the most.
So it's really low pressure if you don't know what to say, because I know at traditional speed dating there aren't prompts. You're looking for a romantic partner. You're sitting down and you're having to come up with that first conversation.
Tommy Evans: Yeah, yeah. Gotcha.
Rosie La Secco: Yeah. Okay. So, you know, you come up and we'll give you a question. We'll be like, "Discuss daughters, discuss whatever," and then you'll switch up people.
And again, come for the show too.
Tommy Evans: Yeah.
Rosie La Secco: We have a great burlesque and some great bands performing. And if you don't want to speed date, that's fine. You can just enjoy the atmosphere, maybe meet some people on your own.
Tommy Evans: And Missoula, great show.
Rosie La Secco: We've got Corey Faye and the Good God Dam on the set, Stuck Up, and Missoula's top burlesque artists.
Tommy Evans: Yeah, we have an excellent lineup.
Rosie La Secco: Betty Venom, Maeve in Voyage, Avery Delight, Carmen Get It, and me, Rosie La Secco.
So yeah, we're intermingling all of these different art forms.
Tommy Evans: I love that. What's it like hosting speed dating?
Rosie La Secco: Oh, it's a lot of fun. I really like it.
I mean, I'm a bossy person, so I'm really good at being like, "You move there and you move there. You've already talked. You guys have to switch it up. You're not staying on topic."
No, I'm just kidding. It's really easy.
Tommy Evans: Yeah, give Rosie a chance to dominate speed dating, brother.
Duane Raider: You're full of taglines, aren't you?
Tommy Evans: I like that. I like the surprise.
Are you aware of any success stories from prior events?
Rosie La Secco: So we actually are implementing a next level, because we've done speed dating twice before. We didn't do a follow-up really, so this time you're adding your email address to your sheet and you're writing down those people that you are interested in knowing further.
And so you will get a follow-up email within seven days of the show telling you who wants to meet and what their interest is, too, so there's no confusion about whether it's romantic or platonic.
Tommy Evans: That's really nice. I like that improvement a lot.
Or do folks go to—do we sign up? Do you just show up? What's the process like?
Rosie La Secco: So we do have tickets available for sale at Eventbrite.com. You can find Weird Montana Records, the group that's putting this on. You can find us online, Instagram, all the socials. I think Rosie is also on all the socials. There's QR codes for everything there.
And also, you can just show up at Monks Friday night. Doors are at six, show's at seven. Everything starts off at seven.
You can show up there and you can also buy your way in.
Tommy Evans: Is it paid? Is it free?
Rosie La Secco: It's paid for free.
Tommy Evans: And we have some tickets available to give away to your prospective listener as well.
So instead of just texting to win, perhaps we prompt them. We discussed this, Rosie. This worked very well last time.
I had a lot of requests last time. We have a question to pose, which you may answer via text. I can't answer the phone right now. I don't have a delay in place. But you can text to win.
And the prompt is—drum roll, please, Rosie. Take it away.
Rosie La Secco: What band of any time is on your bucket list? What band did you always want to see? Doesn't matter if they're still around, still together. What band?
Tommy Evans: Okay.
Rosie La Secco: Tell us what band you'd like to see, whether they're still together, living or non-living, and we'll select a winner.
Tommy Evans: And if you are said winner, two tickets to Punk Rock Speed Dating this Friday at Monks will be yours.
Veering a little off topic of the event, which we'll tie back to, speak to Weird Montana Records, Duane. What's going on? Talk about the partnership with this. Let's run it down.
Duane Raider: Weird Montana Records is an archivist record label that we started in 2020. It was something to do during our quarantine time.
But we just collect loud, strange, interesting, sometimes punk rock kind of music from around Montana. And we preserve it online forever for everyone to listen to.
Tommy Evans: That's amazing.
Duane Raider: So, you know, it does cost some upkeep every year. And we also try to give opportunities for new artists to make new music, to record and stuff like that.
So we're working on setting up grants for that. You know, these sort of events help to finance those things.
Tommy Evans: Wow. It's a really cool pairing then with something like Punk Rock Speed Dating.
Duane Raider: Yeah. Yeah. We're all about preserving community and building new community for the future.
Tommy Evans: So if I say "there were community in other ten times," I get a free sticker?
Duane Raider: That's supposed to tell the listeners that.
Tommy Evans: So the community of the community is all about community.
Duane Raider: That's where we're going—right down the community.
Tommy Evans: I like that.
And perhaps you can speak to the community of the punk rock music scene throughout the state of Montana.
I think it's easy to think, "Oh, Montana, we're all a bunch of cowboys. You've got hate stuff." But there's a flourishing alt and punk rock scene historically throughout the state.
Duane Raider: Absolutely. And it's been a revival for the last couple of years, too.
Since, you know, I guess since the quarantine ended, a lot of the younger folks—and myself, at the tender age of 28, you know—but a lot of younger people are really rebuilding that music scene and it's been great.
You know, bands like Seditious Activity, The Strangelys, Operative—I think they just ended, though. Operative was fantastic.
Tommy Evans: No, it's a friendly face right there.
Duane Raider: A bunch of good groups that we've been trying to promote and put out and put on our shows as well, you know, and just help them build their own image and set.
Tommy Evans: And your voice is no stranger to the Missoula airwaves. You have a history on radio as well, going back to KBGA.
Duane Raider: You know, yeah, I did KBGA a long time.
In fact, if you listen to KBGA—which, don't turn away from here, the Trail is fantastic. We're not telling you to leave the Trail—but I'm telling you, I grew up on KBGA, man. I love that station.
Sometimes if you're listening to KBGA and you hear a promotion for Circle Square Second Hand, "Where dust goes to die," my voice is still on KBGA.
Tommy Evans: That's it.
Duane Raider: Yeah. They still haven't gotten rid of it yet.
Tommy Evans: Did you do production there?
Duane Raider: I did.
Tommy Evans: Yeah.
Duane Raider: And the great job title is a production wizard or guru or something.
Tommy Evans: Yeah, yeah.
Duane Raider: Just made up. But that's where I met you.
Tommy Evans: Twelve or fourteen minutes. Put me back, like, on some Final Cut or something back there, and I'll just put together sound bites.
Duane Raider: Oh, it's very, very great.
Tommy Evans: So have you participated in speed dating yourself, Rosie?
Rosie La Secco: Oh, I'm just the boss.
I am a very outgoing, social person, so I love that I can provide this space for people who may be a little bit more nervous than I am.
So we have another silent partner here who's not here today. She's our good dear friend Jen Johnson.
Tommy Evans: Jen Johnson.
Rosie La Secco: Hello! She does get out and check out the speed dating scenes. She's a former Missoulian and she lives in Washington now, but it helps us set up shows and comes back for shows and stuff. She'll be here Friday.
Tommy Evans: Awesome.
Rosie La Secco: But she's always like, "Hey, I did this new thing in Bellingham that we should try out on this one."
Duane Raider: Yeah, this is our third time and we started it in January. This is our third time of this year.
So every time we do this, we just learn something more, try to improve, do stuff better. And I think we're starting to nail it.
Tommy Evans: Yeah, no, it's exciting. It feels like we're kind of hitting our stride.
Should we talk about Show and Tell a little bit?
Rosie La Secco: Oh, yeah, go ahead.
Tommy Evans: This is what Rosie's saying.
Duane Raider: Yeah, take it away.
Rosie La Secco: This October 1st—Friday, I don't know what day of the week, what date that is.
Duane Raider: I think it's a Friday.
Rosie La Secco: Yeah, well, it's definitely the first Friday of October.
Duane Raider: He's so smart.
Rosie La Secco: Okay, October 2nd. At Leaf & Quiet, we are doing Show and Tell.
So that's just where you come. We'll do a SignUpGenius probably through our social media promotion for this.
Tommy Evans: Okay.
Rosie La Secco: It's free. Just come listen to some live jazz and bring your favorite thing that you want to tell your new friends in Missoula.
You get something you're passionate about—your collection of Pokémon cards, your dad's World War II helmet, whatever. Just come on down, and we'll talk. Let's talk about it on the mic for like three to five minutes.
Tommy Evans: Perhaps you can talk about the punk rock scene in the great state there, Duane.
Duane Raider: Oh, yeah, yeah. This is my battle jacket.
Tommy Evans: This is why these patches are great.
Rosie La Secco: Oh, that's great.
Tommy Evans: Visiting with the founders, coordinators—what do you, what titles? Would you have a title in this arrangement?
Duane Raider: What is the gurus?
Tommy Evans: We're visiting with the gurus of Punk Rock Speed Dating, again this Friday at Monks.
Still have the Pepper Cheney shots over there?
Duane Raider: Yes, we do.
Tommy Evans: Yeah, I love it.
Duane Raider: I'm just getting it still.
Tommy Evans: It's delicious.
That's great.
Folks can find tickets at Weird Montana Records or Eventbrite, I believe you said, Duane.
What have we missed with this amazing event and its third iteration? I'll leave the floor to you, to either of you, to touch on anything we've missed.
Rosie La Secco: I think that we pretty much got everything.
Just doors are at six, show is at seven, but we have events happening throughout the night. There's several rounds of speed dating. There's several rounds of burlesque. There's two live bands.
So if you can't show up right at seven, please still come.
Tommy Evans: Okay, that's a good clarification. You just got to roll in when it's right.
Rosie La Secco: Yeah, it's not like if you missed seven o'clock, then you're not going to be able to play.
Duane Raider: Yeah, there's lots of opportunity for you to sit out around if you decided after one you're done, or if you wanted to jump in after seeing—
Rosie La Secco: If you don't observe one, yeah, exactly.
And don't feel pressured to play out there. Just come on down and enjoy the show if you're a little bit shy.
You can still get in some good conversations with people and have a good time.
Tommy Evans: Dip a toe, take it slow, and then—
Rosie La Secco: Volume.
Tommy Evans: I like that. I feel like we're really into it.
Duane Raider: You can do all three games.
Rosie La Secco: We're doing three rounds.
Duane Raider: Yeah, we are doing three rounds.
Tommy Evans: You just want to power that.
Duane Raider: You can totally, totally just get it there.
Tommy Evans: I think that this is great. Thank you guys for putting it on and for all the fine work you do in this community for folks wanting to keep up with you beyond speed dating this Friday and everything else, all-encompassing.
Rosie, take it first and then we'll tell folks that they can keep up with your efforts with the punk rock scene as well.
Rosie La Secco: Well, I don't want to get people too excited, but there is a Kinky Bingo coming up in November. So keep your ear to the ground for that.
Tommy Evans: And we will be discussing this.
Rosie La Secco: Yes, we'll all be back for that.
Tommy Evans: Okay.
Rosie La Secco: That's the main thing that I'm after this. We got the Show and Tell thing.
Tommy Evans: Right, right.
Rosie La Secco: And then I've got Kinky Bingo coming up for fall. And then who knows?
Tommy Evans: You're a busy, very busy boss.
Rosie La Secco: I am a very busy, bossy lady.
Tommy Evans: I like it, too.
Duane, if folks want to keep up with your efforts and your projects?
Duane Raider: So again, find Weird Montana Records on Instagram, our Facebook. We're going to have the QR codes for this and upcoming future events for that.
Tommy Evans: That's up to you.
Duane Raider: Awesome.
Tommy Evans: Yes, so we got Show and Tell, and then we're working on our three-day fest for next year and also a book of oral history of punk rock and loud music from the zoo for the last, like, 30 years.
Rosie La Secco: Wow, very cool.
Duane Raider: So excited. We're doing the interviews and stuff for that now. It's been a good time.
Tommy Evans: Order that, man.
Duane Raider: Yeah, let me know when you got that.
Tommy Evans: You guys, thanks for coming by.
Rosie La Secco: Always fun.
Duane Raider: Yeah, thank you so much.
Tommy Evans: All right.