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Back to SearchThe Tragic Life and Death of Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye made some of the most beautiful music ever recorded, but behind it was a life defined by a constant struggle for control.
On this episode…
8 hours ago
Ringo Starr, Phil Collins & Kirk Hammett: The Replacements Who Changed Everything
Getting kicked out of a band is no fun at all. But what happens when losing the “wrong” person turns out to be exactly the right move?
This week on T…
6 days, 22 hours ago
Paul Simon’s Graceland Problem
What happens when incredible music collides with impossible politics?
In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Scott and Blake dive into the tangled histor…
1 week, 6 days ago
The Assassination Of John Lennon Makes Absolutely No Sense
Episode 67
Everyone knows John Lennon was murdered outside the Dakota on December 8, 1980. Far fewer know just how strange and unsettling the full story really …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
How The Beatles Fell Apart While Making The White Album
Episode 66
Unclear creative direction, bizarre experimentation, and a rudderless band of twenty-somethings. Sounds like the making of a half-baked album by a bu…
1 month ago
How Fake Music Is Bleeding Real Artists Dry
Episode 65
For better or worse, streaming changed the music business forever. But it also created an entirely new kind of crime. Or actually, a whole bunch of n…
1 month, 1 week ago
How Country Music Tried to Destroy the *Dixie* Chicks
Before they became the most controversial band in country music, the Dixie Chicks were absolutely unstoppable.
In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Sco…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The $36 Song That Terrified the FBI (Mike Mitchell of The Kingsmen)
Episode 63
Before punk rock, before arena rock, and before garage rock was a thing, there was "Louie Louie." In this special episode of Tape Spaghetti, Blake sh…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chuck Berry, Dick Clark & Rock ’n’ Roll’s Payola Scandal
Episode 62
Paranoid about the algorithm? Totally understandable. But, if you're yearning for the good ol' days when records zipped to the top of the charts on t…
2 months ago
Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, and the One-Hit Wonders That Weren’t
Episode 61
Pop music simply wouldn't be the same without one-hit wonders, those flash in a pan artists who capture the listening public's imagination... for abo…
2 months, 1 week ago