In this special bonus episode of Dropped Among This Crowd Podcast, Sara J revels in excitement for the weekend's upcoming two night event & announces DATC Media's coverage plans Saturday in Boston. To help you prepare for what comes next, this episode also contains an exclusive rerelease of episode 210, "UMBowl IX Recap with Adam Scheinberg & Josh Colky". DATC Media is very excited to be a nugs.net official affiliate! Never miss the show!! nugs.net allows you to stream live concert audio & video in their app anytime, anywhere! Sign up for your 7 day FREE trial! https://bit.ly/3HvsL ..read more

It's UMBowl X week! Dropped Among This Crowd and DATC Media is bringing you all sorts of coverage all week long leading up to night one of the big event, this Friday April 26th at The House of Blues in Boston, MA! In this week's episode Sara J gets into what she voted for on her three UMBowl X ballots, digging a little deeper into what did and didn't make her raw stew ballot, going over what to expect from the band over the six sets and more! DATC Media is very excited to be a nugs.net official affiliate! Never miss the show!! nugs.net allows you to stream live concert audio & video in the ..read more

This week on the show I am joined by Luke, Skyler, Mitch, and Hartland from Denver, CO based, PolySanto. We had such a blast in our conversation and boy did we talk about a lot! We get to know a little bit about each of the guys, and how they came together only 10 months ago. A lot has happened in that short amount of time for the guys, including a lineup change, being on the bill for Solshine Reverie's "On the Road" series at Cervantes, working on music with Mike Gantzer, and what the process of writing and preparing for recording their first album looks like. Hartland professes his Umphlove ..read more

This week on the show I am very excited to be joined by lespecial drummer Rory Dolan! Rory and I cover a lot in our chat, taking it back to the beginning, growing up in Connecticut, starting to play music with bassist Luke at a young age and what it’s like being in a band that’s already been playing together for 20 years. Rory takes us through his years of Umphrey's McGee fandom, and how him getting to sit in during the jam on Phil's Farm at Red Rocks in 2022 happened. We dive all into Rory getting the opportunity to play in Kris’ place in Chicago night one and night two of UM's 2023 NYE run ..read more

It's a little over a month before UMBowl X in Boston, MA. And the time has come to cast your votes! For the first time, every UM fan can vote, not just ticket holders. If you're feeling overwhelmed with the task, especially the 'raw stewage' vote, this episode is for you! First up, host Sara J brings you a look at this year's ballots and what the fans can vote for so far. The second half of this episode features an exclusive rerelease of Sara's 'raw stewage' conversation with Umphreys' "Wow" Show co-host Jimmy Knowledge! Jimmy starts by explaining exactly what Raw Stewage is, moving to raw ste ..read more

Join Dropped Among This Crowd Podcast host Sara J, Umphrey's McGee chief technology officer Adam Scheinberg & Much Obliged Podcast cohost Benji Rosenzweig for a replay of this special episode. The trio recap night one of the Umphrey's McGee run at The Riviera Theatre with Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater & Rory Dolan from lespecial on drums. We also made some predictions for night two & three and chat about the highly anticipated return of Kris Myers! Filmed and originally aired live on YouTube on 12/30/23. Watch the video of this conversation on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/s ..read more

Join host Sara J for some fresh news of the week & an exclusive re-release of her conversation with Lotus drummer Mike Greenfield, fresh off his recent four night run with Umphrey's McGee back in September 2023, where he filled in for their drummer, Kris Myers. Mike tells Sara more about when his passion for drumming started, sharing a little about his musical history prior to joining Lotus in 2009. Mike reveals what it was like getting that text from Umphrey's McGee keyboardist, Joel Cummins asking him to play some shows, why his initial reaction was to almost say "no" and how an Omega Mo ..read more

Here it is folks! The highly anticipated, Dropped Among This Crowd podcast episode looking back at New Year's Eve 2023, December 29th, 30th and 31st at The Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL. Check the show notes for my NYE 2023 highlights playlist powered by nugs.net! This podcast is sponsored by: https://flashcityrecords.com Grab a LIMITED EDITION print from the Willie Waldman Project featuring Jake Cinninger after party on 12/29/23: https://tr.ee/Z9QbCtC5uF Summit your question for an upcoming special Q & A episode of the show: http://tinyurl.com/5dnufanz DATC Media is very excited to be a ..read more

Here it is folks! The highly anticipated, Dropped Among This Crowd podcast episode looking back at New Year's Eve 2023, December 29th, 30th and 31st at The Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL. Check the show notes for my NYE 2023 highlights playlist powered by nugs.net! Grab a LIMITED EDITION print from the Willie Waldman Project featuring Jake Cinninger show from the 12/29/23 after party: https://tr.ee/Z9QbCtC5uF Summit your question for an upcoming special Q & A episode of the show: http://tinyurl.com/5dnufanz DATC Media is very excited to be a nugs.net official affiliate! Never miss the show ..read more

Happy New Year! Sara J here checking in on this week's episode of the show. Tune in for some news from DATC Media, tangents, catching up and more! Check the show notes to grab your LIMITED EDITION copy of Crooked Conversations: Issue #7 before they're gone! Support DATC Media Company on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Datcmediacompany Grab your LIMITED EDITION copy of Crooked Conversations: https://datcmediacompany.com/datc-store Anna Kate Photography: https://www.annakatephotography.me/ https://www.instagram.com/akgphotography99 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087176007057 Send me ..read more