Live From the Barrage
Live From the Barrage is a combination music, call-in, and comedy Internet radio show/podcast hosted independently by John Houlihan since 2012, in a bar in a garage in Queens, New York. The show's slogan is: "it's Friday night and we're in fuggin' Queens". The show began on livestream 2012-2015 and then Radio NOPE from 2015–Present. The format is largely talk based, ranging from music, sports, national events & more with both call-in and in-person guests.
Founded in 2012, Live From The Barrage broadcasts live at 8PM Eastern each week drawing regular listeners from around the world. Since launching the show has aired over 300 episodes and has hosted celebrity guests such as Marc Maron, DMC, Billy Bragg, Steve Albini, Mike Watt, Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, C. J. Ramone, Pussy Riot, Eric Bachmann, & many more.
The show is noted for its irreverent tone and occasional forays into Insult comedy and a roast like atmosphere. The interplay and frequent frustration between the host and the other on-air personalities being a key part of the show. The shows feature a live weekly game hosted by producer Ryan Collison, which often involve the guests and the listeners. It also features a live news read by newsman and producer Tommy Rockstar, that is frequently interrupted by wisecracks and commentary.
The show has been featured favorably in the New York Times and on FOX5 News in New York.
Barrage has listeners and callers around the world, from the United States and Canada, to as far afield as the U.K., Germany and Australia. Regular callers and in-studio guests of note have included Steve Albini, Matt Sweeney, Justin Foley of the Austerity Program and many others.
Background
Host Houlihan and sometime cohost Patrick Walsh both play in the New York band Risk/Reward. The show also features calls from various fans and personalities featuring parody characters such as Bill Clintron, Tilda Swintron and actual NY personalities with difficult to believe nicknames. It is sometimes difficult to discern a character from a real person that also participates in the frequent poker games that occur after the show. The show's jargon includes pluralizing words that are not meant to be pluralized, referring to any manner of recording as "tapes" and appending "tron" at the end of anything that ends in the phonetic "ton".Guests
ComediansZoophiles
Musicians
- Billy Bragg
- DMC of
- Professor Griff
- Kenny Aronoff
- Daxx Nielson
- Matt Sweeney
- Erich Bachman of Archers of Loaf
- Lucky Lehrer
- Steve Albini
- Bob Bert
- Kevin Kinney
- Guy Picciotto
- Jon Wurster
- Buzz Osborne
- Richie Ramone
- David Pajo
- Vern Rumsey
- Jason Loewenstein and Bob D'Amico
- Phil Manley
- Syd Butler
- Andrew Falkous
- Pussy Riot
- Champagne Jerry
- C. J. Ramone
- Andy Shernoff
- Jason Narducy
- Stan Demeski
- Clay Tarver
- Dave Hill
- Mike Watt
- Juliana Hatfield
- Question Mark
- Eugene Robinson
- Gregg Turner
- Doug Gillard
- Bill Janovitz
- Steve Wynn
- Chip Z'Nuff
- Matt Kadane
- Justin Foley
- Will Johnson
- Bob Nanna
- Tripp Lamkins
- Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends
- Jawbox
- Matt Gentling
- The Independents
- Rick Valentin
- Steve Myers
- Joe Gorelick
- Brett White
- Lyle Hysen
- Jim Atkins
- Larry Damore
- Eytan Mirsky
- Doug E. Beans
- John Liu
- Napoleon Harris
- Randy Bryce
- Paul Graziano
Journalists
- Maggie Serota
- Addy Baird
- Connor Kilpatrick
- Howie Hubberman
- Michael Finkel
- Jesse Cannon
- Alex Filippenko
- Steve Tozzi
- Wes Orshoski
- Seth Keal
Music Management
- Monte A. Melnick
- Vickie Hamilton
- Noel Monk
Show staff
;Current- John Houlihan – Host
- Tommy Rockstar – producer, Newsman
- Ryan Collison – writer, producer, Cohost, Game show host
- Adam Kurzawa – producer
- "Travelin' Pete" Pavicevic – writer/Producer
- Patrick Walsh – Cohost
- Mario Asaro – Cohost
- Dave Harrison – Cohost
- Brian Musikoff – producer, Cohost
- Mike "Hair Du" Howells – producer, Cohost