April Richardson shares her experiences as a fanzine-writing brit-pop dork, and how she has taken her gift of funny to the unlikely heights of making even Glenn Danzig laugh.
Then, Jason and Joey LaRocca from LA punk band The Briggs join the set and tell us about doing time in a van during the recession, growing up with their family’s turntable, and the painful honesty afforded by playing in a band with your brother.

April Richardson was born and raised in Georgia and came to Los Angeles immediately after graduating from college. She was a former copy editor for MTVNews, and then got a job as a writer for Chelsea Lately. She has been an active stand up performer and featured act around the country.

The Briggs are a punk rock band based out of Los Angeles, California. The Band Formed in 1999 under the name “I Decline” by brothers Joey and Jason LaRocca and bassist Matthew Stolarz. The Briggs released their fourth full length titled Come All You Madmen on SideOneDummy Records on June 17, 2008. Their song This is LA is played as part of the introduction for the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Los Angeles Kings at all of their home games. Their song “Harder To Stand” from the album “Back to Higher Ground” was featured in the soundtrack to the film Big Stan (2008).