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Kevin Rutmanis takes us through his career, rare records, vinyl pressings, working with Melvins, Tomahawk, Cows, AmRep, Ipecac Recordings, his 2 new LPs "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn, "unEat" w Hepa-Titus and more!

Topics include:

• Kevin has many hats

• Short vinyl runs on his new albums

• The recording of the new albums

• How he works with Trevor and other collaborators

• Putting his projects out in limited vinyl runs/lathe cuts

• How Kevin and Trevor collaborated across the country

• The album name “Crackpot Whorehead”

• The term “unEat”

• Hat Change #1

• Kevin understands music collecting

• Kevin spent a lot of money on White House records

• Kevin likes movie soundtracks

• Memories of recording Hostile Ambient Takeover

• Cows “Taint Plurbius Taint Unum”

• Cows getting involved with Treehouse Records

• Some Cows have been reissued, some haven’t

• The HAZEXXL pressing of Sexy Pee Story

• Tom Hazelmyer is awesome

• The story of “Daddy Has a Tail”

• Kevin does know where the Cows master tapes are

• Does Kevin reflect much?

• Moving from Cows to Melvins

• Recording “Electro Retard” / Mans Ruin label vinyl

• Recording the Trilogy (“The Maggot”, “The Bootlicker”, The Crybaby”)

• Hat Change #2

• Hepa-Titus & Mickey Mouse artwork

• Memories of Melvins joining Ipecac

• Joining Tomahawk

• Reissues of Tomahawk vinyl – where’s “Mit Gas”?

• Kevin just wants his music out there, free or not

• How does Kevin find out about new music?

• LA record shops

• Kevin lost a lot of records

• Hepa-Titus hand drawn covers for an art show

• Discussion of rare records of Hepa-Titus

• Is Gina / Mow Skwoz do art inspired by the music?

• DIY record packaging and shipping

• Hat Change #3

• How to order the new LPs

• Will Kevin return to live shows?

• Matthew Barney soundtrack

• Cosmic Psychos memories

• Interview wrap up

Order Kevin's new LPs here: "Crackpot Whorehead" w Trevor Dunn |  "unEat" w hepa-Titus

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About The Vinyl Guide

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.