Brews, Beards, & Shipwrecks

Ep. 55: Everyday Orthodox: Jamey joins Elissa Bjeletich Davis to discuss his journey to Orthodoxy, the Unexpected Joy EP, and faith & art

Greetings family! We hope y'all are living good!! 

On this episode we run an interview Jamey did on Everyday Orthodox, hosted by Elissa Bjeletich Davis, a show about regular people and their journey into the Orthodox Christian faith. Some are creatives, some are clergy, and many are regular people sharing their story.

Jamey was in Austin at this time for the release party of Unexpected Joy and was able to swing by her studio and discuss Jamey's journey to Orthodox Christianity from evangelical Christianity, as well as his family's background in Mormonism—and how church history played a part in his journey.

They also get into Jamey's experience in the recording industry, specifically the "Christian" music scene. They delve into the identity crisis of Christian musicians and getting pigeonholed.

The last part of the show is the two of them discussing the Unexpected Joy EP, what the creative process was like and the inspiration for the songs. As is typical on the show this episode is deep, yet fun at the same time. Hope y'all dig it!! 

Peace!!

Be sure to check out the "EveryDay Orthodox" podcast on Ancient Faith Radio - https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/everydayorthodox - or the Ancient Faith radio app.

Give her a follow on Instagram @elissabjelitichdavis

and of course hit us up on IG:

@brewsbeards

@nomadikvagabond

@royalruckusofficial

Don't forget to hit up buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to support the new Royal Ruckus album!!!!

The songs in this episode are from "Unexpected Joy" and"Royal Check" by Royal Ruckus

1. There Is No God

2. Christos Anesti

3. He Spread His Arms

4. You Know Who I Am

 

 

Ep. 54: CookBook and Jamey: ”Oh Fiddlesticks, God Bless It!”

Yo, yo!

What's up good people of planet earth!? We got another RARE conversation episode, and this one is super fresh. Before Cookbook started Felipes Garage with Murs and the newest iteration with King, E. Green, Adonis, and Nesto, and the short lived reintroduction of the reformed Really Tho!?! podcast, he had a show called Stereo-Types—named after the first Cook & Uno album.

Well this was an episode where Cook invited Jamey (aka Chunjay, aka Mr. Royal Ruckus) to talk about cussing in hip-hop songs. They discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the "clean version" of a song.

Cook and Jamey share stories about growing up and navigating being young Hip-Hop heads, trying to listen to their music in Christian households, and how they maintained their love for the art and did what they had to do to listen to those raps! Tune in and turn it up!

Peep the IG accounts:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

And hit up

www.royalruckus.com 

www.buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus  and www.royalruckus.bandcamp.com

brewsbeards.com

Peace!

 

Ep. 54: Nomadik Vagabond: Illect Mixtape Volume 2

What's up good people!  On this episode we are just going to play some music. Hopefully y'all are acquainted with Illect recordings, if not you're going to be after this episode! This was my first endeavor into digital DJing. There are a few mistakes here and there, but overall I'm pretty proud of it. If y'all dig this one, let us know and maybe we'll some more all music episodes. You'll notice at the beginning of the mix, I say DJ Rootsounds, that's just my DJ alias I came up with but it is me Nomadik. Anyway the track list is below and hope y'all dig it!

 

1.Rootsounds Intro

2.Sivion - Here We Go (Trucker Hats & PBR remix)

3.Sintax The Terrific & DJ Kurfu - The Shining Wire (ft. Manchild)

4JustMe - Holster

5.Sivion, Sintax,MuzOne, & JustMe - Raw

6.MuzeOne - Father Time

7.Sareem Poems - Bless The Child

8.Sivion - Older Now (I Made It mashup)

9.JustMe - Tell Your Crew

10.Page One & DJ Because - Crazy Leg Sweep

11.Sintax The Terrific & DJ Kurfu - Of Venison Meat

12.Scribbling Idiots - Told You So (ft. Masta Ace)

13.Sev Statik - Illectricity

14.Caramel Skillington - Legends Of The Fall

15.The Battery - Break

16.Sivion - For President (Of The Year mashup)

17 Imperial & Kinetik - Zone Out

 

Hope y'all dig it and if you like what you hear hit up illiect.com or illect.bandcamp.com to cop some CD's, Vinyl, Tapes, and downloads.

You can follow them on IG @illect

and of course be sure to give us a follow on IG:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

And last but not least! be sure to hit up buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus and support the new Royal Ruckus works inspired by the life of Fred Rogers. You can donate anything from $5 to $250 and there are a variety of perks. All this money goes to help pay for studio time, hotel rentals, car rentals, etc. 

 

Thank You all for tuning in, sharing, subscribing!

 

Nomadik Vagabond

Ep. 53: Rick Lee James on chaplaincy, music, and loving people like Mister Rogers did

Welcome good people we hope you're doing well! We're back atcha with a beautiful conversation with Rick Lee James. He's a worship music leader, singer, and songwriter, with his first album coming out in 1997. He's also a speaker, author, and host of the podcasts "Voices in My Head" and "Welcome to the Neighborhood: A Mr. Rogers Tribute Podcast," and most recently—a hospital chaplain.

"It's how I make sense of the world."

Rick discusses with us the impact of music on his life and shares with us the beginnings of him playing music, the plethora of instruments he plays, and how his faith impacts his songwriting process.

"We should have music about divorce and drug abuse. Sometimes Christian Music feels so inauthentic."

We discuss the crossroads of faith and music, and the tension of being real and sharing your faith in the world and not sounding cliché.

Lastly we move into some of his newer projects, including recording an unreleased Rich Mullins song, how he started the Mr. Rogers Say twitter account, as well as his latest song "As I Walk These Halls."

"You're here to witness to these people."

We discuss the lyrical inspiration of his latest single and how being a hospital chaplain has effected him.

And of course we finish up the convo with a discussion about Mister Rogers, his impact on our lives, and the world. Rick shares with us how Mr. Rogers helped him in a dark time in his life as well as his chaplaincy and life.

Thank you all for tuning in!!

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Closing song: Rick Lee James " As I Walk These Halls"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEVtjB2KVrU 

Check out Rick at:

http://rickleejames.com

http://rickleejames.bandcamp.com (He's got vinyl!!)

and @rickleejames on IG and other socials. And be sure to check out his podcasts as mentioned above. 

Be sure to check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to help support the new Royal Ruckus music campaign.

Also: http://royalruckus.com

http://mrrogersoftherapgame.com

And of course you can us on IG:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

Peace, Love, & Infinite Blessings!!

Nomadik Vagabond

Ep. 52: Sojourn: Mics, Drums, & Beat Machines

Hello good people!!

We’ve got a hot one for you !! On this episode we’ve got the multitalented MC, drummer, and producer….Sojourn! For those who know and don’t know he came up in the mid 90’s with The Tunnel Rats and of course his group Future Shock. We discuss what it was like being in a massive crew and also the moves Future Shock made. We also discuss his journey as a solo artist and his beginnings and career as a drummer. We get to discuss drumming and how it fostered his love of many genres of music. He talks about what it’s like playing in different bands with different vibes and how it stretches him. He shares about how the creative process of working with the Tunnel Rats and linking up with Braille on His label HipHopIsMusic to eventually release his Sojournslism record. We talk about his collab with Ras Kass and how that came about, and then move into how faith plays a role in his music and what the holistic route is.

 

Be sure to check out

www.sojournalistmedia.con to get the all the latest releases from him and also illect.bandcamp.com and illect.com to get his latest ep “The Dark Room.”

Also to hear his drum works, stream and download or buy PHYSICAL copies of works by the bands he’s in:

Hazmat

The Sully Band

Burt Brianne Band

Tunnel Rats

Future Shock

Footsoldiers

 

Be sure to like share and subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen and hit us up on IG 

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

and Sojourn @sojournalist

 

And be on the lookout for the new Royal Ruckus album "Mr. Rogers Of The Rap Game" featuring Sojourn and other surprise guests!

 

 

Ep. 51: Nomadik and Chunjay discuss Brews, Beards, and well.....Shipwrecks

Nomadik and Chunjay get together to chat about Ukraine, life, baptisms, cussing, and a whole lot more.

On this episode we have a “just the two of us” episode. Jamey and Nomadik take some time to catch up, check in and talk about some things that have been in our minds and hearts. 

We each brought a few things to the table to discuss and took some time to go deeper into those subjects with each other. As always, we discuss what we’re sipping and Nomadik kicks it off talking about the recent collaboration he was blessed to do with Mestizo Coffee and Dudley Perkins.

Jamey discusses the Ukraine crisis and the direct effect it’s having on his life personally. Bouncing off that Nomadik shared the importance of gratitude and how it can shape your thoughts and actions. Jamey brings us into the recent baptism of his son and the beauty of it. 
To riff off that Nomadik brings up Mister Rogers and the importance of joy and how it can spread and even in the tough times we can share kindness.

Lastly we move into beard care and some of the different techniques we’ve been implementing in our daily routines. We finish it up with a little discussion about integrating different aspects of life.

And to bring it all home we play an EXCLUSIVE world premier of a song Jamey wrote for an insurance conference called “Expert Opinions”....it's a lot of fun, and you don't want to miss it.

Nomadik

https://mestizo.coffee/product/the-tonic/

coupon code: shipwrecked

Ep. 50: Matt Wells: Monday Night Brews, Beards, Brews, Shipwrecks & Brews

Hello Beautiful People! We got an UNRELEASED pre-pandemic episode! This one comes from back in 2017. Jamey sits down with Matt Wells at Monday Night Brewing in Atlanta, GA. Matt is a friend of Greg "Manchild" Owens of the legendary crews, Mars Ill and Deepspace5. After the three of them were hanging out, a podcast spontaneously broke out between Jamey and Matt.

They chop it up about music, faith, and, (surprise) beer! Who knew how similar craft beer and music world are, but as the conversation goes on you hear the similarity of songwriting and brewing beer. You'll get insights into the beer industry and brewing, as well as some beer education as well. And naturally, this was recorded inside a brewery!

After the beer talk, Matt talks about growing up in a Southern baptist household, playing music in the church and how it was actually a positive environment for his growth, and how that led to him being in a band, moving to L.A., forming a new band, rejecting a record deal and sticking to his guns.

We close the show with the shipwreck of what led to his divorce, how he's dealt with that, and we finish with his beard care regime and of course one last tasty brew!

Matt isn't really on social media so if you find him cool!

If you live in Atlanta go check out Monday Night Brewing and grab a brew!

You can of course find Chunjay and myself at in Instagram:

@justjamey

@nomadikvagabond

@brewsbeards

Peep out Monday Night brewing on IG @mondaynight

Outro song is Run The Jewels "Blockbuster Night 2"

As always, like share and subscribe!!

Peace and all the love!!

Nomadik Vagabond

Ep. 49: Paul Robertson: Drums, Rums, & Shipwrecks

What up good people!!! It's 2022 and we are alive and well!*

We hope you are living blessed! On this episode we our joined by Paul Robertson of the Drums & Rums podcast. As many know Chunjay and Nomadik Vagabond are both drummers, so it only seemed natural to have a fellow drummer, imbiber (is that even a word?), and podcaster on the show.

We discuss everything from distilling and brewing methods to drummers and multi-genres of music. We just let the rum take us where we needed to go. It was refreshing, fun, and freeing.

What a great way to kick off the year with something light, but still able to get deep on some things. (And yes this was recorded in the late fall, we just thought this would be a great episode to jump off with for the new year.)

Also stay to the end to get a special surprise just for our listeners.

Peace, love, and positivity!!

Nomadik Vagabond

 

Be sure to check us out at:

royalruckus.com

brewsbeards.com

 

You can check us out on Instagram at:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@justjamey

@nomadikvagabond

 

Be sure too see what Paul's up to on drumsandrums.com and give him a follow on instagram at:

@drumsandrums

 

make to like, share, and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform

and outro song was "Bust a Move" by Young MC from the album "Stone Cold Rhyming" 1989 The Bicycle Music Company

 

* Both Nomadik and Chunjay have covid.

Ep. 48: Mary Daniels: Bakersfield history, the importance of family, and finding joy in adversity

Today we bring you an episode with my Great Grandmother's sister, Mary Daniels. Born in 1907, she faced many difficulties in her life, all of which she tackled with joyful determination. A self-less woman, she exemplifies kindness and contentment in ways that are rarely seen.

We have a special announcement around the 37:37 mark. You'll want to hear that.

Share http://brewsbeards.com with your friends.

- Jamey

Ep. 47: Carlos Aguilar of Mestizo Coffee on the intersection of Religion, Philosophy, and Coffee

What is up beautiful people!!! We got a treat for you!! We had the pleasure of chopping it up with Carlos of Mestizo coffee. This episode was a combination of fun and depth. We went deep but still had plenty of laughs. He shared with us his journey into faith by way of evangelical Christianity in his teen years and how he came into adulthood with a different perspective, especially after a backpacking trip across Mexico with a friend.

He talks about the beginnings of his journey into his new faith, while simultaneously discovering  "church rap" and "rap rap." When he discovered apologetics he tells us how hip-hop it was, and how it was son some "Malcolm X, NOI, 5% vibes" and how he had to G up for his. As his outlook and perspective started transitioning, he went from apologetics to philosophy and started selling theology and philosophy books after shows.

"The more philosophy you do, there are more appeals to intuition."

Next we move into how he went from seminary and trying to battle on MTV, not being able to do it, but getting other blessings from it....like writing and working in television! 

But what about the coffee?

"I had a coffee conversion experience."

When he has his first cup of black coffee, he realized he hasn't been drinking coffee. he also realized that there was a deficit in the latino community with quality coffee. Enter Mestizo Coffee.

"The reason why I'm doing this at all is to connect with people."

Of course we talk about his super dope coffee and artist collaborations with L.A. MC LMNO of the Visionaries crew, producer/MC Peace 586, and the upcoming collaboration with Dudley Perkins.

Listen in and turn it up!!

Music in this episode:

Souls of Mischief -"93 'til Infinity (instrumental) from  1993 album of same name.

Bookworm Brown -"Heaven and Earth" from the 2005 album of the same name.

Be sure to hit up http://Mestizo.coffee, cop some coffee and merchandise! (Also stay tuned fro a discount coupon for listeners.)

Follow Mestizo on Instagram @mestizocoffee

and peep Carlos' music as Bookworm Brown.

Of course you can peep us at BrewsBeards.com.

RoyalRuckus.com for all your ruckus needs.

and of course you can find us on IG:

@brewsbeards

@nomadikvagabond

@royalruckusofficial

Peace,

Nomadik Vagabond