Podcast Episodes
Back to Search159: The Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty
Screen capture of McCarty during our Zoom-based interview. Jim McCarty is one of the founding members of The Yardbirds, and he's recently published …
4 years, 3 months ago
158: Give It Away
When the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik first came out, I'd just left a job working in a record store and was doing some part-time work…
4 years, 3 months ago
157: Planet Earth’s Greatest Hits
This is a show that I made a long while back specifically for the Patreon crowd. Those are the folks who have been supporting the program and helping…
4 years, 4 months ago
Ikigai–a special message for listeners
Hi, folks: I know, the feed has been quiet for awhile. Listen and you'll hear a little bit of the story, and what happens next. (Don't worry, I'm not…
4 years, 4 months ago
156: Good Lovin’
For the last few weeks I've been having some weird troubles with the websites for both this podcast and the other one (wordsandmovies.com, in case yo…
4 years, 6 months ago
155: Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)
If you want to get technical about it, Looking Glass was NOT a one-hit wonder. "Brandy" was, to be sure, their biggest hit and the song that most pe…
4 years, 6 months ago
154: Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung was a band that wasn't getting a lot of traction when they had a more traditionally Chinese name. I remember that early self-titled album …
4 years, 7 months ago
153: I Can Help
OK, I know it's not midweek, as I'd promised. But I am back after an unscheduled hiatus, and with any luck I'll be posting more regularly. Patrons, I…
4 years, 8 months ago
152: Sundown (with guest Mike Messner)
This episode is a special one, boys and berries. Mike Messner, from the podcast Carefree Highway Revisited, joined me a few weeks ago to talk about t…
4 years, 9 months ago
151: More Obscure Christmas
Oh, I do enjoy breaking format once in awhile to do special episodes like this one. For this year's Christmas episode, I return to the songs that yo…
4 years, 10 months ago