The Ledge #77: Ash Masters

Easily the greatest, and most welcome, surprise of the eighteen months of podcast production is the great people that have come into my life. I've been in contact with people from all over the world who for some reason find something worthwhile in my silly little shows.

A particular great new friend actually came into contact with The Ledge by accident. I have various twitter accounts for different types of posts, and one of these accounts is to promote the Big Brother site where I'm a contributor. I used to keep Ledge news off that account, but one week I didn't notice that Tweetdeck was sending the link to the latest episode to that account.

Ash Masters was one person who saw this post, and she quickly became a great friend of the show. Not only did she download the shows, she also began reviewing them on her site. She was also primarily responsible for hooking me up with Big Brother stars Matt Hoffman and Ragan Fox; two shows that until recently were in my top three most downloaded episodes.

It's only natural that at some point Ash would have to be a Ledge guest, and this is that week! Besides picking out some great tracks, we talked about the importance of music in her life, her fish breeding business, her work with the local dog rescue, and, of course, Big Brother. Ash's passion for the show has resulted in her being added to the staff of Big Brother Gossip, and we also discuss plans for a weekly podcast devoted to the show. Stay tuned for more info on that!

The drill is the same as always to hear the show. Subscribe in iTunes, download it on the Android/iPhone app, or directly download it here. 

Here are Ash's musical selections:

1. The Clash - Janie Jones 

2. The Pixies - Caribou

3. Self - Resume  

4. Rancid - Radio 　

5. Sonic Youth - Screaming Skull 

6. Nirvana - Sappy 

7. X-Ray Spex - I'm a Cliche  

8. Naked Aggression - Your Nightmare, My Life 

9. The Vandals - And Now We Dance  

10. The Subhumans - Susan  

11. The Misfits - She  

12. Screeching Weasel - My Right 

13. Circle Jerks - The Crowd 

14. Alkaline Trio - As You Were 

15. Bad Religion - No Control  

16. Dead Kennedys - I Am The Owl 

17. Cain and Abel - Sing It With Some Soul 

18. Fifteen - My Congressman 

19. Social Distortion - Dear Lover 

20. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love 

21. The Silencers - Policeman

22. Choking Victim - 500 Channels 

23. The Offspring - Jennifer Lost The War 

24. Tiger Army - Santa Carla Twilight 

25. Operation Ivy - Jaded 

26. Violent Femmes - American Music