Through the local comedy scene, he was set up with Brett Paine, another budding anarchist comedian. Paine thought Quinby was an “old, square guy,” and Quinby thought Paine was a “young, hip asshole.” But they had on-air chemistry and similar politics and so, with Quinby’s cable installation money, they bought a cheap mixer and a few $60 microphones. They started recording a show called Street Fight Radio on an “old shitty computer” in Paine’s basement and broadcasting it on the local community radio station, WCRS in Columbus, Ohio.