EP28- Much Ado About Filmmaking: Our Additional Interview with DIY Filmmaker Mark Covino

EP28- Much Ado About Filmmaking: Our Additional Interview with DIY Filmmaker Mark Covino

Author: Neckbone & Jerbear March 1, 2025 Duration: 51:26

Neckbone and Jerbear interview A Band Called Death and The Crest film director Mark Covino and talk about the ins and outs of independent, DIY film production, The cruelty of the industry won't surprise you! Also it is the one year anniversary of A Prairie Punk House Companion! We'll keep going as long as we can, but we hope it is for many more years.

The Crest is available on Tubi here: https://tubitv.com/movies/498306/the-crest

A Band Called Death is only available on DVD or Blu-Ray here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ABCDmerch

Or can be watched on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbY9TeyC3JE&t=4s


Step into the chaotic, vibrant world of Midwest DIY culture with A Prairie Punk House Companion, hosted by longtime friends Neckbone & Jerbear. This isn't a polished history lesson; it's a raw, funny, and often surprising audio scrapbook pieced together from lived experience. Each episode digs into the specific ecosystem of punk houses that dotted Kansas and Missouri from the 1990s through the 2000s, exploring how these crumbling rentals became accidental community centers, venues, and anarchic art projects. You’ll hear stories that capture the era's essence-the thrill of a band tearing through a set in a crowded living room, the strange camaraderie of navigating a kitchen covered in flyers and spilled beer, and the quiet mornings after with a dozen friends crashed on any available floor. Blending music talk, comedic reflection, and interviews with others who were there, the podcast serves as an oral history of a scene built on cassette tapes, Xeroxed zines, and sheer stubborn energy. It’s about the sounds that fueled it and the spaces that contained it, all remembered with the fondness and clarity that only comes from having swept up the broken glass yourself. Tune in for a uniquely grounded perspective on punk life far from the coastal hubs, where the prairie wind whistled through the holes in the drywall and the show always went on.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 62

A Prairie Punk House Companion
Podcast Episodes
EP61- We Need to Talk About Graham Platner [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:05
Neck and Jer talk Graham Platner, the Progressive movement and the controversy surrounding Platner within leftist alternative media spaces. The Vanguard, Kyle Kulinski, F.D Signifier and BadEmpanada all go head to head (…
EP60- Assrash Album Review & Trashsylvania [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:48
Neck and Jer review the 1996 Minnesota drunk punk band Assrash album, Up The Punx! Also check out the new Trashsylvania National Anthem at the end.
EP59- Schlub Random [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:47
Certified schlubs, Neck and Jer, talk sh*t on a bunch of people. Check out Sabot Cat at the end of the episode, recorded at SK8BAR in Kansas City. Also, suck it Bill Maher.
EP58- All You Had to do Was Pay Us Enough to Live [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:26
Neck and Jer talk about the warehouse fires, the assault "academy" and they create the new nation of Trashsylvania on the North Atlantic Garbage Patch! Also send us your flag designs for our new nation. All hail Trashsyl…
EP57- AI Sucks and So Do We [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:48
What does AI, Israel, Iran and school busses have in common? They're all discussed in this episode! Buckle up because if Skynet and Atmos have their way, you're screwed (and dumb).
EP56- PPHC After Dark: 2-Year Anniversary Special [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47:58
Neck and Jer talk about the manosphere and the impact that's having on men as well as why a lot of modern TV sucks. If you've ever wanted to hear about HStikkytokky, Sneako, Rob Schneider and Jim Breuer in the same conve…
EP55- PART 2-@MsEntropy Stops by to Talk Politics [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:06
PART 2 of 2-Neck and Jer talk to their Wichita punk scene friend and extremist expert Amanda, also known as @MsEntropy, about politics, white supremacy, and the Islamic State. You know, keeping it light!
EP54- PART 1-@MsEntropy Stops by to Talk Politics [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:07
PART 1 of 2-Neck and Jer talk to their Wichita punk scene friend and extremist expert Amanda, also known as @MsEntropy, about politics, white supremacy, and the Islamic State. You know, keeping it light!
EP53- Album Reviews: Blatz/Filth Split [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:48
Neck and Jer review the Shit Split, Blatz/Filth. Another episode of a punk rock podcast that actually talks about punk rock! Also, check out the Joplin, MO band Gravehuffer and Wichita band Verruckt before you go see the…
EP52- The World is Watching [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:12
Neckbone and Jerbear can't resist politics! In this short episode they talk about Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Greg Cow (Bovino) and shoutout to our homies in Minnesota (Little Johnny)! Stay warm, stay safe. The world is…