Touchdowns All Day with Jon Barber & Max Dawson – Details, episodes & analysis

E118 - Leora and Corrinado All Day - It's not every day that we get someone on this podcast who can actually sing. This week, we get two! Barber and Max are joined by the immensely talented Hanna Gaffney and Matteo Scammell from the cast of The Very Moon musical. Hanna and Matteo discuss how they came to be involved in this project, their impressions of the Biscuits and their fanbase, and what they've learned from their brush with live improvisational jamband music. PLUS: Max surprises Barber with an early live rendition of "Rifftastic," better known today as the Touchdowns All Day theme song!

This episode features excerpts of the following live performances:

• Reactor, from October 9, 2009 at The Calvin, Northampton, MA
• Tourists (Rocket Ship) (ft. Matteo Scammell), from March 29, 2024 at Webster Hall, New York, NY

Special thanks to The Very Moon co-creator Nicholas Schmidle for sharing the following audio and video recordings of the live workshop held on May 13-14, 2023:

• Voices Insane, from May 13-14, 2023 at FringeArts, Philadelphia, PA
• Hot Air Balloon, from May 13-14, 2023 at FringeArts, Philadelphia, PA

Autumn is here, and soon The Disco Biscuits' will be back on the road for a massive Fall Tour! For tickets and more info, including VIP packages, head over to discobiscuits.com/shows.

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E117 - Simulations (w/Marc Brownstein) - Marc Brownstein returns to the pod to discuss how his burgeoning DJ career has influenced and enriched the music he creates with The Disco Biscuits and Tractorbeam. Marc lets us in on the hard work, practice, and vulnerability that's it's taken to level up to headlining DJ status and debuts his latest DJ Brownie original track, "TeeDeeTeeDah." In addition, Marc walks Jon and Max through the evolution of his newest Biscuits banger, "Simulations." We trace the song's development from a voice memo to a proper studio demo and finally its emergence on stage at The Mishawaka on the final night of the Between The Trees tour.

This episode features excerpts of the following live Disco Biscuits performances:

• Digital Buddha, from September 6, 2025 at The Mishawaka, Bellvue, CO
• Simulations, from September 7, 2025 at The Mishawaka, Bellvue, CO

DJ Brownie is on the road this October! For tour dates, tracks, and merch, check out https://www.dj-brownie.com/.

Autumn is here, and soon The Disco Biscuits' will be back on the road for a massive Fall Tour! For tickets and more info, including VIP packages, head over to discobiscuits.com/shows.

Episode cover photo courtesy of Tara Gracer

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E107 - Conducting Camp Home Again - Max and Barber spent the afternoon grilling and swimming and then sat down to try to record a podcast. Fortunately, their guest was Matt Butler, all-around mensch and the man behind The Everyone Orchestra. This past June, Matt had the unusual honor of conducting an all-improv set by The Disco Biscuits at Camp Home Again. The jams that set produced marked a turning point in the band's summer tour and unlocked sounds and textures that can be heard across many of their subsequent shows. In addition to breaking down the Camp Home Again jams, Matt reflects upon the influences that shaped his unique approach to improvisation, including his childhood exposure to the Eugene Symphony, his athletic background, and his creative collaborations with the late Ken Kesey.

This episode features excerpts of the following live performance:

• Camp Home Again Jams 1 and 3, from June 19, 2025 at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY

It's a Philadelphia Sixer! The Disco Biscuits take over the Ardmore Music Hall from August 19-24 for their first-ever six night residency. For tickets and more info, including the band's full Fall tour itinerary, head over to discobiscuits.com/shows.

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In this episode Of "Touchdowns All Day" @BarberShreds is dropping dimes with a TDAD exclusive interview w/ Phish lyricist & @OsirisPod Co-Founder, Tom Marshall @BoyTommy. The two discuss podcasting, songwriting, LOTR, and Tom's top secret kale spore research. 🥬ៈ🔬

Featuring these 🔥Bisco Samples from Rich Steele's coveted playbook:

• 02-06-2016 - Boop>Crickets
• 12-30-2009 - Nokia Theater - Run Like Hell intro (opens set 2)
• 4-9-99 - Trocadero - Basis ending

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The podcast that owes it all to the Electron Microscope. 🔬

Talk about it. Be about it. Subscribe to it. 🍎 🎙 APPLE PODCASTS

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@BarberShreds is back and dedicating this one to the "Muhammad Ali" of lyricists, Robert Hunter of The Grateful Dead. His lyrics are etched in all of our souls and we have a responsibility to honor this great man.

In the words of one of his closest friends, Jim Lauderdale, Robert was, "A lion - strong, gentle, humble, fierce, protective of your family, determined, of great character, a genius who never stopped learning and always wanted to learn and discover more."

Featuring :

• Robert Hunter - 2013 Americana Music Honors Awards - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville,
• Disco Biscuits - Billy And The Kids - Scarlet Begonias I Know You Rider - 5/15/15 Merriweather Post Pavilion @ Dear Jerry Benefit Concert
• Disco Biscuits - Astronaut Jam 2/3/2017 - The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA
• Disco Biscuits - Helicopters 4/30/1999 - Wetlands Preserve , New York, NY

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The podcast that owes it all to Robert Hunter. May the four winds blow him safely home!

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@BarberShreds is dropping dimes all day with longtime friend and bandmate, Aron Magner. This is an in depth musical conservation and commentary on the pair's nearly 25 years playing together in The Disco Biscuits. A look into their musical influences, upbringings, stylings, and much more on this episode of #TouchdownsAllDay

Featuring :

• Tron Jam - Thursday 12/31/2015 • PlayStation Theater • New York, NY
• "Marionette in the Snow" from new self-titled SPAGA Band album .

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@BarberShreds Quarterbacks his way through 3 incredible jams & highlights Aron Magner & SPAGA Band's "Resurrection." Ready for the 2019/2020 Winter Tour we look back at a few decades of BISCO and look forward to the next.

12-27-2008 - Nokia Theater - Orch Theme Intro Jam

3-27-99 - Pittsburgh - Magellan Jam

12-27-2008 - Nokia Theater - Jam out of Tricycle > 42

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@BarberShreds is fired up about the upcoming Disco Biscuits show announcements & the life his fans have given his podcast. Part 2 of Barber's Breakdowns from Camp feature hand-picked jams from Saturday's sets of the 2019 Camp Bisco Festival. This episode features a reunion with former drummer Sam Altman in a jazzy version of Magellan & Jon Barber playing like he has something to prove. "Take of the fruit, but guard the seed." -- Led Zeppelin

7-20-2019 - Magellan Jam with Sammy

7-20-2019 - Spraypaint > Sample Has a Name

7-20-2019 - Spacebird > Astronaut

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This episode is sponsored by Aspen Grove Tea & Ardmore Music Hall for Aron Magner's SPAGA Band LIVE @ The Ardmore THIS FRIDAY! 9/6/19

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"Lets go with it, let's see what happens!" -- Jon Barber

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@BarberShreds is back with Episode 11 & he is on a mission! Lots of things to talk about in this one folks. Exploding guitar pedals, rodent testing, the upcoming 2019 NYE Run @ Playstation Theatre, and Part 1 of Barber's Breakdowns of recent highlights from the 2019 Camp Bisco Festival.

7-18-2019 - Safety Dance > Miracles 🌲

7-19-2019 - Pygmy > Munchkin 👽

7-19-2019 - Let’s Dance jam > Abyss 🌲

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This episode is sponsored by Aspen Grove Tea, Live Nation , The Fillmore Philly , & QDash Labs

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S/O to all the Bisco fans of the world! See you all in NYC!

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@BarberShreds takes a 'short break' to discuss the origin of the TDAD podcast & the crowd favorite song, 'Haleakala Crater.' We dive into an incredible show from the hallowed grounds of Red Rocks Amphitheatre & discuss the return of Bisco. It only gets better from here. This is not a show to miss!!! How do you celebrate 10 episodes? You pack it full of stuff that 'makes you feel good as fuck.'

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Big ups to King Barber, The Team @ Osiris Media, Red Rocks, Blondie, Fab 5 Freddy, The Disco Biscuits, Drew Granchelli, and ALL OF YOU!!! You da' Real MVP's #TDADbaby #crunkmike

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