Laura Jane Grace opens up about tours and donating gear to the Punk Rock Museum, her massive vinyl obsession, the wild story behind her first Against Me! record and more.

Topics Include:

  • Nate and Laura Jane Grace preview her Punk Rock Museum dates
  • She's donating her amp, guitar, and clothes, mostly for storage space
  • Museum's jam room lets visitors actually play donated instruments
  • Her photo greets everyone entering the Punk Rock Museum
  • Favorite museum artifact: Joe Strummer's last bag of weed
  • LJG is an avid vinyl collector who abandoned CDs entirely
  • Her collection fills Ikea shelves plus boxes of seven-inches
  • She now collects complete artist discographies, especially posthumously
  • Bowie's late career shows the appeal of complete discographies
  • She's donating a rare, flawed first-pressing Against Me record
  • Physical vinyl feels more meaningful to her than streaming stats
  • Reinventing Axl Rose has hundreds of variants; she's wary of the trend
  • Axl Rose has never publicly acknowledged their tribute record
  • She loves browsing new-arrival shelves during unhurried store visits
  • Their first pressed record had accidental distortion, but still sold
  • Touring made scheduling test pressings a constant headache
  • Warner Brothers surprisingly gave White Crosses back to the band
  • Her label, Total Treble, drew lessons from mentor Fat Mike
  • She worries algorithm-driven social media and AI hurt musicians
  • Her teenage son's DIY punk scene offers genuine hope
  • She discusses redemption debates and a German venue's IDF controversy
  • She closes by naming favorite record stores worldwide

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