Ep564: Laura Jane Grace - Record Collector

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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