Author: Zoe Djukic
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In the second part of the interview, Ryan talks about his dance-influenced punk band Thunderbirds Are Now! They took off with the album Justamustache and that led to him playing on a yacht in Sydney Harbor.
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In episode five (part 1) of Ramshackle United, we sit down with Ryan Allen, a local creative musician. In part one, Ryan shares how his musical journey started with him listening to his dad’s band rehearse in the basement, to his collage years with Red Shirt Brigade.
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In episode four of Ramshackle United, we sit down with Cher Jay and Shawn Heath-Lee, the owners of one of Berkley’s favorite third places for both humans and their dogs — Coffee & Bark. We learn about their origin stories and how their paths converged, their favorite family activities, what made them take the leap…
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In episode three of Ramshackle United, we sit down with Jodi Lynn Burton — full-time artist and illustrator, in her charming retail studio Jodi Lynn’s Emporium of Doodles in downtown Berkley.
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In episode two of Ramshackle United, we sit down with Jason Klamm — author, voice actor, sketch comedian, filmmaker, podcaster, historian… Almost an hour of fun stories… and a hilarious impromptu voice-over treat.
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In episode one of Ramshackle United, we sit down with Katie Dehn, co-host of the Berkley Silent Book Club, for a conversation that covers everything from her origin story to her community engagement, and the benefits of reading in public.
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In this episode, Nick introduces the Ramshackle United community anthem – a song written for everyone who’s barely holding it together but showing up anyway. It’s for the Average Joes and Jolenes, the people with mortgages and car payments. The ones who come from completely different backgrounds and somehow end up in the same stadium.
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Welcome to Ramshackle United! Ramshackle describes our current sense of community after decades of divisive politics. We are barely being held together. We are rickety. We are shaky.
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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. – Kurt Vonnegut