Podcast Episodes

Rock Explainer 3

Season 1 Episode 292

This universe is very weird...so weird, in fact, that we often don’t question its weirdness even though it’s right in front of us...we’re completely …

3 years, 1 month ago

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Valuable Vinyl

Season 1 Episode 291

Times are good for vinyl...the format was all but dead until some desperate record store owners invented “record store day” in 2008...since then, we’…

3 years, 1 month ago

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54-40 In Their Own Words Part 2

Season 1 Episode 290

If you’re going to commit to being in a band, you have to prepared to deal with the bad as well as the good...

The good stuff can include fame, money,…

3 years, 2 months ago

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54-40 In Their Own Words Part 1

Season 1 Episode 289

Being in a band is hard...keeping a band together is harder still...and if a band can keep it together for more longer than a decade, they should get…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Buying Catalogues - A Primer

Season 1 Episode 288

There is a new gold rush going on right now—but this one is different...it has nothing to do with minerals or oil or any other traditional commodity.…

3 years, 2 months ago

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History of Skate Punk

Season 1 Episode 287

My main interest with skateboarding is the music that’s evolved along with it...in fact, there’s a whole subgenre of alt-rock built on skateboarding …

3 years, 2 months ago

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9 Nine In Nails Tales

Season 1 Episode 286

I vividly remember my first encounter with Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails...it was April 17, 1990, at the old RPM club in Toronto... Nine Inch Nail…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Sonic Coincidences in Alt-Rock Part 2

Season 1 Episode 285

This is part 2 of our look at true stories of plagiarism and unfortunate sonic coincidences in the world of Alt-Rock

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3 years, 3 months ago

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Sonic Coincidences in Alt-Rock Part 1

Season 1 Episode 284

Let me ask you this...how many times have you heard a song and said "Hey that song sounds just like something I heard last month. That guitar riff is…

3 years, 3 months ago

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The Weird History of Concert Tickets Part 2

Season 1 Episode 283

We’ve all been there...tickets for a concert you really, really want to see are set to go on sale at exactly 10am...you’re on the Ticketmaster site a…

3 years, 3 months ago

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