Episodes

Recidivist / Habitual Offender Jeffrey Weaver calls in from his safe house in rural Massachusetts, to risk capture and 30 years to life in the big house discussing Bee Thousand, Guided By Voices 1994 low-fi treasure trove. A lot of people are saying, I'm hearing from a lot of people, that this is THE ONE, the GBV album to have if you've got to pick just one. Find out in this week's exciting episode of That Record Got Me High. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

Adrian Morales, who has a great story to share apart from his passion for The Might Be Giants, takes us into the weird and wonderful universe of the two Johns: Flansburgh and Linnell. The two creatures pictured on the cover, despite ordinarily being mortal enemies in the natural world, are actually friends in real life, and share a passion for baking, philately, ballroom dancing, and model spacecraft. Please support That Record Got Me High on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

Kingston via Birmingham via Miami via Camila Risso is how we get to That Record Got Me High's first foray into reggae, with Steel Pulse's "True Democracy." Driven by David Hinds' flawless vocals and a crack band, playing tracks with lots of rhythmic hiccups and turnarounds, it's a great headphone album as well as one to blast from your apartment window. Rob and Barry interrogate Camila about her reggae credentials, and she's got them. Support That Record Got Me High on Patreon: https://www.patre...

Last week's guest becomes this week's subject in a clever sleight-of-hand made possible by Rob and his good friend Sam Fogarino, Interpol drummer of 20 years, Swervedriver fan – and musical collaborator with Adam Franklin. Mezcal Head is a euphoric masterpiece of guitar orchestration, melodic bliss, and flat out kick ass rock. If you haven't heard it, you should, and we'll try and convince you in our own "special" way. Please support our podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

This episode plays out like a clash of three titans: Swervedriver's Adam Franklin...vs. Moe and Curly Howard. We've never faced a challenger from Oxford, England (we've done Oxford, Mississippi), but suffice to say the corner man should have thrown in the towel for us before the intellectual knockout blows were landed. It was, however, our great pleasure to talk about The Stranglers with someone who appreciates their oddness and brilliance, and who probably knows the names of all the pieces on a...

Chris White is not a grifter, as far as we know, and frankly we didn't get close enough for him get his hand in our pockets. But he didn't try and sell us any life-changing vitamin supplements. He did bring this wonderful 1993 piece of work by Memphis's Grifters. It's a beautifully low-fi melange of blues, psych, and ever-shifting melodic wonderment, apparently spinning a tale of insomnia at the hands of Owsley Stanley's specialty. No bad vibes here though, guaranteed bruh. Support our Patreon: ...

Thanks to much-celebrated guitarist Bill Orcutt, That Record Got Me High has now driven into the proverbial Everglades and begun wading around, in the dark. The alligators are sure to take notice, and who can blame them? Daring to approach 17-now-18-year-old wunderkind Billie Eilish, and her pop masterpiece, as 55+ dads, is bound to elicit some stink eye. We did it though, didn't we? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

Adele Stock – who might be distantly related to cohost Barry Stock – brings her insights and history with St. Vincent (Annie Clark) to our last episode of 2019. It's a striking, beautiful album with (maybe) a hidden narrative structure, or maybe it's just what happens when you watch movies with the sound off and write songs to explain what's going on. Adele has her own take on it and the 55+ duo chase after her coattails. Happy New Year from Rob, and Barry, and Adele! Please Support Us on Patreo...

This week's show features songwriter/guitarist Rachel Angel and the late David Berman's masterpiece, “Purple Mountains." It's a dark, beautiful, moving album of songs sung by someone who really means it. Thanks Rachel for letting us tag along on this journey, and thanks for playing your own bit of heartache for us at the close of the show. Support Rob and Barry and this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/ Visit our sponsor for eight panels of wonderment: http://isthistomorrow.co...

Despite being afflicted with a case of dengue fever (or maybe just a cold) his children brought home from school, journalist and author Marc Masters found his inner resolve and brought this marvelous album to our show. "Charmed Life" is at Half Jap's tipping point between their raw and noisy roots and their (also) raw pop sensibilities. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this recording. Support Rob and Barry on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

For unknown reasons, another charming guest has visited the charm wasteland that is That Record Got Me High, and has left with her wits intact. Hillary Dougherty felt like Dave Grohl's solo-except-for-one-bit Foo Fighters debut needed polishing off, and since Rob LOVES Dave Grohl, I said "yes" while he wasn't looking. We dispel any caveats, though, finding that there's a lot to love, enjoy (and puzzle over) in this album, and Hillary definitely brings the groceries as a contributor. Support That...

Natalia Bellus brings scholarly insights into Robert Smith and his gothic, romantic inclinations to That Record Got Me High. We try and try to not look stupid, but alas, a lass does us in and gets the upper hand intellectually on Barry, and Jethro – which is Rob's real name. Disintegration will put you in a mood – to tease your dyed black hair, drink absinthe, and stand on cold deserted beaches. Support That Record Got Me High on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH? Thanks again to our b...

Friend of That Record Got Me High and (as will become obvious) extraordinarily good-natured Cathi Marro brings a record her 14-year-old self was touched (platonically) by, with, for, whatever. She loves Howard Jones and who are...we...to...argue? A spectral Orson Welles makes an appearance via Ouija Board and eats all of the food, drinks all the wine, and smokes cigars while playing with the cats.

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We had the extreme fortune to have Naked Raygun frontman and prime mover Jeff Pezzati join guest Frank McCormick for a discussion of an iconic Chicago album, Naked Raygun's “Throb Throb,” whose cover you have seen in a cool friend's collection even if you don't own it yourself. Support TRGMH on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH?

The ultimate spud – Malcolm Tent – self-professed maximum Devo connoisseur, brings their shocking, unprecedented debut album for us to wonder at and cheerfully dissect. There's a fair amount of "self-abuse” in both the albums's lyrical content and in our discussion, but we tee up for a Par 4 on the Back 9 with Malcolm and Chi Chi Rodriguez with Q: Are We Not Men? We are DEVO. Please support TRGMH on Patreon for as little as $1 per month: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH? Malcolm Tent: http://m...

That Record Got Me High welcomes their tallest guest – Bill Howard – local (commercial, no sales to the public please) nursery owner and notorious former SFL bouncer to our monthly Live at The Laser Wolf show. He brings an album we all love, X's Slash Records debut, “Los Angeles,” which is a start-to-finish barn burner. If you bring Bill a pizza he'll give you back your fake ID. Buy us a pizza on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH? Support our sponsors Woody and Kelly at http://isthisto...

Support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH? The beloved unofficial Mayor of Hialeah, Florida – Ferny Coipel – whose incredibly lazy band Humbert gives occasional stellar live shows, is in love with Anne Frank, by proxy, in the guise of Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 tender monolith, "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea." We do our best to not f*ck up this work that many hearts and minds love with an undying passion. Coffee was consumed, beer was drank, and after all, it's Hialeah.

Please support TRGMH on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH? Local artist Richard Vergez grew up in Miami and at the age of nine forced his father - with threats of extreme violence - to buy him Ministry's ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ (Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs) on cassette. Richard found the album complemented his desire for raw power and world domination. He called us and made us an offer we couldn't refuse, so we spent an hour and change with the industrial/metal epic and arti...

Providence, Rhode Island used record dealer and drummer/guitarist for a few obscure New England bands (Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns, Kustomized, Minibeast) Peter Prescott brings Brian Eno's debut solo album to That Record Got Me High. It's a humdinger, and we all get reacquainted with just HOW influential this work really was (and is). That "Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno" character has the groceries, and he's bringing them home. Get out there and help unload the statio...

Steven Toth of Mr. Entertainment & The Pookiesmackers brings the first album he ever bought, literally, he actually brings the album, Alice Cooper's 1972 masterpiece “Killer.” John Lydon calls it “the greatest rock and roll album of all time.” We don't argue with his assessment. Live from the beer closet at The Laser Wolf with host Chris Bellus. Please Support TRGMH on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH?

An album named for a television series about underwater militaristic puppets with fake American accents. A Pakistan native whose family drove from England back to Pakistan and then came back to England in a midget submarine. Nadeem Khan of Chimp Eats Banana, The Wildtones, Tandoori Knights et. al. brings Swell Maps insane, fantastic, influential debut “Trip to Marineville” to our show. Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH?

Brookesville, Florida native Tom Lawery – who Barry Stock really should have known but didn't until now – drove over from St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) to bring us R.E.M.'s 1984 sophomore set, “Reckoning.” It’s an album that has done more than stand up over time, it seems to have actually gotten better. It's not all hagiography in our episode with Tom, but this record got us all high. Support Rob and Barry's work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH?

Erudite and suavé Jeffrey Weaver, a patron, brings to our slash and blab idiot ambulance a circular vinyl sword aimed straight at the heart of everything in its path, The Fall's second full-length album, "Dragnet." Like a good sandwich monger he pulls from his mental meat wagon the proverbial goods, and we try and follow along while scribbling dimwitted cartoons on our vodka-sodden desks. Become a patron of That Record Got Me High: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH?