Mona Tavakoli is a modern polymath whose impressive versatility and fierce creativity have resulted in a 20 year tenure in Raining Jane, along with collaborations with artists such as Jason Mraz, Ebi, and Pat Benatar. She visited Trap Set HQ for a wide ranging conversation about: Strawberry Shortcake albums; a Tori Amos focus group; hanging out with Al Gore and Richard Branson in Antarctica; becoming Little Miss San Jose 1984; creating a signature cajon; and co-founding the non-profit Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls.
205: Tucker Rule (Thursday)
204: Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone LIVE (The Zombies)
203: Ian Mackaye Pt. 2 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)
202: Ian MacKaye Pt. 1 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)
201: Brooks Headley (Born Against, Oldest, Universal Order of Armageddon, etc.)
200: Episode 200 Spectacular!
199: Larry Herweg (Pelican, INTRCPTR)
BNS: John Good (Drum Workshop)
198: Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World)
196: Budgie (The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees, The Creatures, John Grant, etc.)
BNS: Steve Gadd Revisited
BNS: Bill Cardwell (C&C Drum Company)
195: Bryan St. Pere (Hum)
194: Jason Gerken (Shiner, Molly McGuire, Season of Risk, Birth Defects, etc.)
193: Nabil Ayers (The Lemons, The Long Winters, 4AD, Sonic Boom)
192: Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, etc.)
191: Aaron Sterling (John Mayer, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Liz Phair, etc.)
190: Parker Kindred (Joan As Police Woman, Jeff Buckley, Amen Dunes, etc.)
189: Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Marianne Faithfull, Bat for Lashes, Cold Specks, etc.)
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