ABOUT:
Damian Burford is a freelance writer with bylines in New Noise Magazine, Vice Magazine, and others, aka Damian is a bartender.
Damian has been writing about music since he was 16 years old, making zines in Shreveport, Louisiana. He would also start the local show blog, Shrevepunx, spotlighting punk rock shows in North Louisiana/East Texas. At 18 years old and through his Shrevepunx blog that Damian started booking concert events, renting out the basement of an art gallery in Shreveport for bands to play.
Damian is currently the concert programmer for The Napa Valley Distillery & it’s speakeasy bar: The Hollywood Room. He is currently building a small production company to produce Comedy, Concerts, Film screenings and more in the North Bay – Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Napa Valley for 2024 & beyond.
Damian cut his teeth working as the venue manager & talent buyer/promoter for the Triple Nickel Tavern (2008-2011) and an Assistant Manager of The Black Sheep (2011-2013), both in Colorado Springs. He was an independent concert promoter in Denver hosting shows at 3 Kings Tavern, Hi-Dive & Mutiny, as well as the founder of the 2017 “Best Punk Festival” award winning Don’t Panic Fest.
Damian was the founder of The Ratio Sessions at Ratio Beerworks, and a co-founder of the Ratio Comedy series. Damian has hosted events at Denver Comic Con, Tattered Cover, Denver’s Independent Art & Comix Expo, & More!
Mostly Harmless with Dammit Damian is a self-proclaimed “Punk Rock Talk Show,” that grew out of “Dammit” Damian Burford’s former music zine, Mostly Harmless (2002-2005).
The podcast ran from 2012-2017 before taking a long sabbatical. It came back in 2021 as a YouTube video show, before devolving back into an audio podcast for 2022.
The goal of Mostly Harmless is to create a community of like minded individuals who love Punk Rock, Films, Comedy, Comic books, authors; while championing the DIY Spirit.
At 40 years old, Damian is coming to this new series of Mostly Harmless as an older man, who feels a bit silly to still be interviewing and writing about ART at this age, but he can’t stop. This new series is a chance to chat with other filmmakers, musicians, comedians, artists, comic book creators about their creative pursuits, and how they keep going. All that, while finding time to introduce you to your new favorite things.
