JBTV Podcast

As we approach the end of the year on our new broadcast home, we thought it only fitting to feature what you – the proud and passionate JBTV viewers – have called your favorites of 2010. Leading the views and votes is Against Me’s interview with JBTV host Brendan Kelly and their performance on our HD sound stage. Shot the afternoon of July 3, while the band was in town supporting Silversun Pickups at the Aragon Ballroom, Against Me! blisters through a stripped down set of anthemic pop-punk singalongs including pre-New Wave faves “Pints of Guiness Make You Strong” and “I Was a Teenage Anarchist,” as well as material from their latest release, White Crosses. In the audience that day was WWE Superstar, CM Punk. Never one to shy from cameras, Punk obliged when we asked him to shoot a post-show interview. Trust us – you don’t need to be a WWE fan or follower to appreciate this former world champ’s reminiscence on growing up watching JBTV and attending sweaty, sold-out shows at Metro as a youngster. Our friends from Atlanta, Death on Two Wheels, have been such a steadily requested segment since the band delivered this staggering in-studio performance last Spring that it only makes sense to bring them back for another wicked run on JBTV. On the road in support of their most recent EP, Again for The First Time, Do2W offers up their powerful blend of classic and modern rock, fronted by one of the most dynamic personalities (Trae Vedder) making music today. We dare you to watch this segment and not look to see when Death on Two Wheels is coming to town. Also this week – Host Tobias Jeg is live at the 2010 Vans Warped Tour with Dan and Derek from Alkaline Trio. Wondering if last week’s JBTV exclusive segment with Matt Skiba at Bottom Lounge triggered a ton of Trio love? Either way, we heard from a lot of you asking us to feature anything and everything Alkaline Trio from 2010. Done. Toby and Brendan are both on double duty this week as the Static Age duo invades Santacon Chicago. For those unfamiliar, Santacon is an annual gathering of Chicagoans dressed as Santa Claus, spreading good tidings while on a city-wide bar crawl. Hundreds of Santas. Drunk, jolly Santas and right on time for Christmas. Jerry Bryant revisits his classic JBTV in-studio segment with Joey Ramone. As many times as we watch this, we never grow tired of hearing Ramone pledge his deep-rooted hatred of the “bee girl” from the Blind Melon video. It’s a rare, awesome piece of footage from the JBTV 25-year archives and it’s back by popular demand! Because you can realistically watch A Christmas Story 4, maybe 5, times before you can recite each line along with the movie on Christmas Day, JBTV’s got ya covered. 9 PM. NBC Chicago Nonstop (5.2). December 25th. Thank you for making 2010 the greatest year in JBTV history! Have a safe and happy Christmas from our family to yours.