Podcast Episodes

In Memoriam 2024

Season 1 Episode 385

A couple of years ago, it became obvious that we were entering an era where music fans were increasingly going to be sad…that’s because our musical h…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Theories, Thoughts, and Half-Baked Ideas

Season 1 Episode 384

One of the byproducts of doing a show like this for as long as I’ve been doing it is that it’s really hard to shut off your brain.

I’m always thinking…

1 year, 6 months ago

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The Kings of Quirk

Season 1 Episode 383

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—or in the case of music, the ear…what’s pleasant to one person is nothing but noise to someone else…

This is wher…

1 year, 6 months ago

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The Queens of Quirk

Season 1 Episode 382

For a very long time—too long—women were locked in very defined roles when it came to rock’n’roll…girls were expected to look pretty and do little mo…

1 year, 6 months ago

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60 Mind-Blowing Facts About Music (2024 Edition)

Season 1 Episode 381

All right…I hope you’re ready because a lot of information—some of it important, some of it useless—is about to come your way in a rapid-fire way.

Aga…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Rivers Cuomo and Weezer - Alt-Rock's Nerd Heroes Part 2

Season 1 Episode 380

The way I see it, there are three types of bands that stretch across a spectrum…first, there’s the extreme sort, a group that will do almost anything…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Rivers Cuomo and Weezer - Alt-Rock's Nerd Heroes Part 1

Season 1 Episode 379

If Rivers Cuomo of Weezer were to walk past you on the street, you probably wouldn’t notice him…if you did, you might think that this stranger kinda …

1 year, 7 months ago

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Dreampop - A History

Season 1 Episode 378

We’re about to get all dreamy and floaty and all blissed out by taking a look at another specific genre…a post-punk genre called “dream pop”…it’s a t…

1 year, 7 months ago

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The Most Explosive Band Bust-ups and Breakups

Season 1 Episode 376

This is an episode all about bust-ups and break-ups, those times when tensions within a band get so high that things get weird and violent and—well, …

1 year, 7 months ago

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Stories Behind Songs - 5

Season 1 Episode 375

We’ve all sat listening to music and though to ourselves “what does this song mean?...what’s the singer (or the band) trying to say?”.

Sometimes it’s …

1 year, 7 months ago

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