Hey folks. Just a quick production note. This week we have an episode from the Six Questions vault with our old friend Kevin Alexander. We’ll be back next week with a new episode. Let’s get to the show.

Welcome back to Six Questions With Matty C. It’s a simple short-form interview show from the fine folks at What Am I Making. In each episode I’ll use the same half dozen questions about film or music, each with a five minute discussion limit to learn more from each guest about how the culture we consume shapes the people that we turn into.

This week’s guest is Kevin Alexander, the man behind the fantastic music Substack, On Repeat Records.

In this go-round, Kevin and I talk about the records that shaped us as young children. We discuss the power of art and music on young people and talk about a a time when records were a sort of classroom. Kevin hops in our time machine to travel back to see a legendary multi-night run that became one of the greatest concert films of all time.

We talk about the two bands that began to help Kevin form his political beliefs. He says he came for the beats, but stayed for the message. There is also talk of a beloved Ohio singer/songwriter that helped Kevin, a native Oregonian, come to terms with and better understand his midwestern surroundings living in Wisconsin.

Talk of favorite shows leads to discussions of lifelong connections across the merch table or standing behind a cargo van at one o’clock in the morning. And of course, Kevin tells us why New Order would be the last band he would ever let go from his record collection.

Come join me and Kevin Alexander for six musical questions. Let’s get into it.

Cheers,

Matty C

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Thank you so much to Kevin for joining me. Please go follow Kevin and his work at On Repeat Records at https://thekevinalexander.substack.com/

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