Award-winning comic book, newspaper strip and children’s book writer/illustrator, Dan Dougherty joins me tonight. Besides his highly-relatable work on “Beardo” and his supernatural “Touching Evil,” Dan’s a stellar musician. His new solo album, “Bad Ideas,” is a roots rocker available…

I absolutely loved “1BR,” a new horror movie written/directed by David Marmor (on VOD now). Joining me for a chat about the movie are David Marmor, producer Alok Mishra and actress Naomi Grossman (who you might also know as Pepper…

Chicago band Kali Masi has been a band to watch for the past few years, and Sam Porter talked with Car Con Carne about what’s coming next from the band. We also talked about the cool stuff the band was…

Marilyn Manson guitarist Paul Wiley has deep Chicago roots. He also scored one of my favorite recent horror movies, “Terrifier” (watch it on Netflix!). We’re talking Manson, Paul’s solo project Devereaux, Terrifier, Terrifier 2, Chicago history and more! Car Con…

We first heard Nick Perri when he was in Silvertide. Fast forward to today, and his blazing guitar work is front and center in Nick Perri and the Underground Thieves. The new album, “Sun Via,” hits on 8/14. We talk…

Update: 7/18/20. I just read the sad news on social media of Rick Linus’s passing. I enjoyed the interactions I had with him, and always found him to be a positive, warm, fun and engaging guy. My condolences to Rick’s…

It’s National Tattoo Day, and there is no spirit more ingrained with the tattooed lifestyle than Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum. Gravy Thomas, Sailor Jerry “rum rude boy,” is here to talk tattoos and rum. Car Con Carne is sponsored by…

Kansas history from 1974-the new album out tomorrow (“The Absence of Presence”) with Chicago native/Kansas frontman Ronnie Platt

Add pepper to your steak *after* cooking it: I learned a lot from Master Chef Scott Fischer tonight. “Carne” returns to “Car Con Carne” with steakhouse-quality meats from delivery service Happy to Meat You. This carnivore-skewing episode covers cooking tips, entrepreneurship,…

“Situation Chicago” is a new Chicago-centric benefit compilation put together by Quiet Pterodactyl that will turn over 100% of its sales to local venues. The artist list features names both big and small, including OKGO, Jeff Tweedy, Poi Dog Pondering…