Quarantine Conversations in the Age of COVID-19 (featuring Skwert Gun of Public Serpents, Tent City Records and Choking Victim)

Quarantine Conversations in the Age of COVID-19

March 2020 will be forever known as the time that life on earth changed and not just for a day or a few days but for forever. In the USA we will often hear about how celebrities and famous athletes are coping. This is not to say they’re not sacrificing or having to cope but what is more important to me are the stories of those who are not part of those elite groups. The playing field has been leveled and now, a good percentage of us, are on the same level. Rich, poor or in-between, we are all figuring this out one day at a time. I first met Skwert a few years ago when I booked his band Public Serpents to play a show in western Mass with Youth Brigade and Off With Their Heads. He had sent me his band's CD and I carried it in the record shop I had at the time. We had lost touch since but Public Serpents actually played a few shows out here in southern California and I drove all the way to Fullerton (which is something I wouldn't normally do) to see them. Public Serpents has gone from a phase of inactivity to now being quite an active band. Things were moving full steam ahead until the pandemic put a stop to everything and said "not so fast". We discuss Public Serpents, his label Tent City Records, Choking Victim and chicken coops. Info on Skwert and Tent City Records can be found via the following links: Tent City Records [https://tentcityrecords.net](https://tentcityrecords.net) Tent City Records on Bandcamp [https://tentcityrecords.bandcamp.com/releases](https://tentcityrecords.bandcamp.com/releases) Public Serpents [https://tentcityrecords.net/artist_temp.html?id=12](https://tentcityrecords.net/artist_temp.html?id=12) Public Serpents on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/publicserpents/](https://www.instagram.com/publicserpents/) Post-Production by AJ Murillo Recorded April 23, 2020 Edited by Andy Poncherello “Marty’s Got the MRSA” by The Poncherellos (unavailable nowhere)