Interview: Legendary Mike Park of Skankin' Pickle & Asian Man Records is an old-school Warriors fan

Interview: Legendary Mike Park from Skankin' Pickle and Asian Man Records is a huge old-school Warriors fan

by Duby Dub Dubs

[Author Note: this was originally recorded as a vidcast a while ago, but due to a number of technical issues, the video was thought lost. Eric Apricot has helped me salvage it, so I hope you’ll enjoy this as much as I did. This conversation occurred just after the bubble, but most of the discussion is still extremely relevant.]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to an extremely special edition of our vidcast tonight. We have someone that I, as a product of the East Bay punk scene and Golden State Warriors fan, and I'm very excited to talk to. I've been a fan of his for years, and I just about fell over when I saw him talking about the NBA on Twitter. Storming out of the Bay Area music scene in the early 1990s with his high octane punk-ska band Skankin' Pickle. Mike Park is a Bay Area legend, musician and political activist after touring extensively with Skankin' Pickle for a decade or so, he founded Asian Man Records, one of the most respected and trusted labels in the business. It's introduced us to bands like Less Than Jake, Tsunami Bomb and Alkaline Trio.

Currently aside from managing his record label and watching basketball. Mike hosts a couple of vidcasts. I'm In Love With a Girl Named Spike, which focuses on the show DeGrassi High, as well as his newest endeavor called "Music, It's Powerful Stuff" where he brings musicians into the studio to play music and talk about it.

Finally, you should check out his current musical projects, Bruce Lee Band, Ogikubo Station, and the Kitty Cat Fan Club. Mike, thanks for coming on.

0:00. Introduction
1:41. 1970s Golden State Warriors. Rick Barry, Larry Smith, Joe Barry Carroll.
4:15. Draft regrets
8:22. Retirement from Skankin' Pickle
9:15. Immediate detour to complaint about Kevin Durant GSW and the 2016 Finals
14:07. Iguodala trade to MEM / Wiggins trade to GSW (Mike was right!)
17:13. Musicians during COVID
18:38. His take on downloading and streaming music
21:20. Music and politics
26:42. Quick questions. Jeremy Lin, Circle Pits, Return from COVID, Skateboarding...
30:01. Best and worst Korean food
31:36. The Warriors Sad Years


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