Dan Schafer (aka Dan Vapid) is a pop-punk icon. He started recording and touring as a teenager, but his defining musical partnership with Ben Foster and John “Jughead” Pierson began when he joined Screeching Weasel in 1988. As one of the biggest punk bands at the time, Dan made a living off of the royalties from Screeching Weasel and later the Riverdales, opening for Green Day in stadiums around the world. The lack of consistent touring led to a need for Dan to look in other areas to make ends meet, however, and he spent time as a chef in Chicago hotels before moving to rural Illinois with his wife and family, taking a job as a substitute mail carrier at the USPS. In this episode we explore the challenges of his shift from full-time musician to full-time mailman, and along the way learn a lot about the daily grind - from canines to QAnon - that most people (especially Dave) take for granted. For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk
Links:
Dan Discography
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1050732-Dan-Schafer?type=Credits&subtype=Vocals&filter_anv=0&page=2
Dan Vapid and the Cheats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShwNhDAaH1E
Schafer vs Schaefer vs Schlitz
https://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/schaefer_anderson.shtml
Delivering the mail
https://people.howstuffworks.com/when-postal-carrier-delivers-mail.htm
Jon the postman
https://youtu.be/q2PYyvGFHD8?t=23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2dVf_GNbfQ
How to not mail a letter
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1461
Long life vehicles
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/collections/object-spotlight/long-life-vehicle
Mail carriers and dogs
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1461
Last Mile info
https://www.intelligentaudit.com/50-of-amazon-com-last-mile-deliveries-now-done-by-amazon/
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-usps-rural-packages-deliveries-2020-5
Postal Union history
https://www.apwu.org/apwu-history
The Mopes
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1329849-The-Mopes
Ceasar Milan the Dog Whisperer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GCcf0Ag9Wk
Temptations oldies review
https://youtu.be/Not5nKNeZKA?t=21
Punk Rock Dress Code - Ben Weasel
https://www.angelfire.com/punk2/cockfighter/page2.html
Son of Sam
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/28/son-of-sam/
Postal uniform
https://www.postalvendor.com/collections/postal-uniforms-letter-carriers-cca-motor-vehicle-type-1
The Pith Helmet
Black Army Jacket
https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-army-jacket-revisit-the-early-days-of-powerviolence
Going Postal
https://youtu.be/Mo9aS3_ccQ8?t=340
Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption
https://youtu.be/46GwJbrMghQ?t=97
Dan Vapid and the Cheats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShwNhDAaH1E
The Great Courses
Postal Tips
https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/14-things-your-mail-carrier-wishes-you-knew-52258
Parasidic Twins
https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/parasitic-twin#types
Postal Police
https://youtu.be/Mo9aS3_ccQ8?t=64
Charlie w DiBlasio
https://jacksonheightspost.com/street-co-named-in-honor-of-mary-vavruska-who-passed-away-last-year
Ramones Street
https://ny.curbed.com/2016/7/15/12197554/ramones-forest-hills-queens-street-memorial
Ramones NY city landmarks
http://www.scoutingny.com/the-ramones-guide-to-new-york-city/
Scariest Escalator
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/magazine/27lives-t.html
https://gothamist.com/news/shredded-escalator-wreck-blamed-lapsed-mta-maintenance
Furious George’s Lookout 7” Fun Fact - All of Killed By Desk cast contributed to this record
http://www.mtv.com/news/508412/ex-ramones-lend-furious-george-a-hand/
How to unclog a toilet without a plunger - For when George Tabb stuff’s yours up on 2 occasions
Ben Weasel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqwWcOYqW6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRmLoIsGq2A
Hmm, entertaining links I found by accident