Episodes

  • 70. Handsome Luke and Dreadless Dave

    70. Handsome Luke and Dreadless Dave
    Feb 20 2025

    Delco guitarist Handsome Luke (Luke Adamek) joins Steven and Dreadless Dave to talk about their band The Delcrows, what they love about making music, and to share some laughs. Luke also plays with the original band Fallen Still as well as The LGJ.


    Follow Luke Adamek and his bands on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/lukeadamek

    https://www.instagram.com/the.delcrowsband

    https://www.instagram.com/fallenstillofficial

    https://www.instagram.com/_thelgj


    Follow Steven Schwartz and Crooked Conversations:

    https://www.instagram.com/stevenyschwartz

    https://www.instagram.com/crookedconversations

    https://linktr.ee/stevenyschwartz


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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • 69. Dreadless Dave

    69. Dreadless Dave
    Jan 28 2025
    Longtime friend, co-host, and guest of the podcast Dreadless Dave joins Steven to talk about making music and playing live shows in the Delco area with their rock band The Delcrows, the joys of game nights with friends, and maintaining a positive attitude in the face of adversity.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 68. Uninformed Rants

    68. Uninformed Rants
    Jun 26 2024
    Dreadless Dave and Super Drew join Steven (Scuba Steve) to talk about wacky news topics and conspiracy theories with no education or formal training on any of the subjects. Complete with sunglasses and tin foil hats.

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    2 hrs and 9 mins
  • 67. Dan Wallace

    67. Dan Wallace
    May 6 2024

    Saxophonist and longtime friend of the podcast Dan Wallace joins Steven to talk about the rewards and challenges of living a life outside of the typical career system, navigating new life changes, and looking forward to opportunities ahead.


    The video version of this episode is available on Youtube on the Crooked Conversations Podcast channel.


    https://youtube.com/@CrookedConversations


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • French Quarter Festin' 2024

    French Quarter Festin' 2024
    Apr 19 2024

    Join Steven at French Quarter Festival in New Orleans as he takes his boots-on-the-ground approach and talks with artists, vendors, and festival goers. Some of the great artists and musicians he was able to converse with include John “Papa” Gros, Amari Ansari, members of the Grammy nominated band The Rumble (Ari Teitel, Aurelien Barnes, Andriu Yanovski, and Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.), and our friend Blake Quick from The Quickening. Steven also spent some time with the fine vendors for Miss River restaurant, festival goers Michele and Tula, and the incomparable and wonderful Malik Mingo, host of Great Day Louisiana on CBS’s WWLTV.


    Also a special shoutout to The Big Easy Boys and their leader Rich Arnold who Steven had the honor of performing with at the festival.


    And as always thank you to Colton Gray from Flipped Car Marketing for all of his help with making these festival episodes happen.


    You can find out more about this festival and these great artists at the links below:


    https://frenchquarterfest.org/


    https://johnpapagros.com/


    https://therumbleband.com/


    https://www.bigeasyboys.com/


    https://www.flippedcarmarketing.com/


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    25 mins
  • 52. Contemplations #3

    52. Contemplations #3
    Mar 28 2024
    Steven speaks solo on Instagram Live about what’s been going on for him lately regarding his audition for Dweezil Zappa’s “Zappa Plays Zappa” band and the ensuing dissolution of The Crooked Vines as well as breath work, philosophy, happiness, searching for a new career path, leaving New Orleans, and meaning in life.

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    52 mins
  • 51. J.Mix

    51. J.Mix
    Feb 5 2024
    New Orleans actress, singer, producer and podcaster J.Mix (Jessica Mixon) joins Steven to talk about being open and honest on her podcast 'The Self-Aware Millennial', juggling creativity and entrepreneurship, and her new residency for “Multi-Hyphenate Mondays” at The AllWays Lounge in New Orleans.

    You can catch J.Mix’s podcast 'The Self-Aware Millennial' on all podcast platforms.

    You can find out more about Jessica, her podcast, and her production company Triple Threat Media on her website https://www.jessicamixon.com

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    2 hrs and 30 mins
  • 50. The Gang Gets Drunk

    50. The Gang Gets Drunk
    Feb 2 2024
    Longtime friends Dreadless Dave and tattoo artist Michael J. Kelly join Steven on this episode of Crooked Conversations and they definitely get some drinking done while telling stories and sharing laughs. In addition to swapping party stories that involve drinking (among other things) they also talk about bathroom habits, music, and the Barbie movie.

    You can find out more about Michael and his art at https://michaeljkellyart.com

    Thank you to Dreadless Dave for recording, mixing, and mastering this episode.

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    1 hr and 47 mins