Season 5
S5E250 - Gastr del Sol 'Crookt, Crackt, or Fly' with Joe Tunis
This week's guest Joe Tunis (Carbon Records, Pengo) once again guides us into the world of post-rock, with Chicago-by-way-of-Kent…
S5E249 - Echo & The Bunnymen 'Ocean Rain' with Corey duBrowa
For Liverpool UK band Echo & The Bunnymen's fourth release, 1984's 'Ocean Rain', they went all-in. Recorded primarily in Paris wi…
S5E248 - Dag Nasty 'Can I Say' with Tim Hinely (Dagger Zine)
This week's guest, Tim Hinely (founder of Dagger Zine and editor of 'Where The Wild Gigs Were: A Trip Thru America’s Legendary Un…
S5E247 - 'That Work Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Bonus Episode
For Labor Day 2022 we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite work-related songs. It's an impressively eclectic list, with su…
S5E246 - The Legendary Pink Dots - 'The Maria Dimension' with Allan a…
Formed in London in 1980, The Legendary Pink Dots - led by core members Edward Ka-Spel and Phil Knight - are an uncategorizable e…
S5E245 - Tori Amos 'Boys For Pele' with Kenny Franklin and Efrain Sch…
Coming up as a teenager playing piano in Washington, D.C. gay bars, Tori Amos has always had a special connection to the LGBTQ co…
S5E244 - Mott the Hoople 'The Hoople' with Brad Elvis and Chloe Orwell
We discuss 'The Hoople' by Mott the Hoople with Brad Elvis and Chloe Orwell of The Handcuffs
S5E243 - The Orb 'Pomme Fritz' with Nick Morfitt
This week we ventured outside the box a bit, as we explored 1994's confounding 'Pomme Fritz' (The Orb's Little Album) by English …
S5E242 - Bonus Mixtape Episode with Mike Watt
"The Man In The Van" himself, Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, The Stooges) joins us for another BONUS "Mixtape Episode", where we…
S5E241 - Fountains Of Wayne 'Welcome Interstate Managers' with S.W. L…
This week's guest, writer/drummer S.W. Lauden, first wrote about NY band Fountains Of Wayne in the book 'Go All The Way: A Litera…
S5E240 - That Duet/Collaboration Got Me High BONUS Patron-curated Epi…
For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a Duet/Collaboration that got them - metaphorically - high…
S5E239 - Be-Bop Deluxe 'Sunburst Finish' with Bill Burns
Founded in Wakefield, West Yorkshire UK in 1972 by singer/guitarist Bill Nelson, Be-Bop Deluxe were a band that combined art-rock…
S5E238 - Harry Nilsson 'The Point!' with Tony Kapel & Maitejosune Urr…
Husband-and-wife bandmates Tony Kapel & Maitejosune Urrechaga (Pocket of Lollipops) bring us Harry Nilsson's wonderfully weird 19…
S5E237 - 13th Floor Elevators 'Easter Everywhere' with Paul Mahern
When this week's guest, producer/audio engineer Paul Mahern, discovered 'Easter Everywhere' by Texas psychedelic rock band 13th F…
S5E236 - Bonus Mixtape Episode #2 with Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon, Py…
Singer/Artist Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon, Supercluster, Pylon Reenactment Society) joins us for another BONUS "Mixtape Episode", …
S5E235 - Ween 'The Mollusk' with Les Norris
Our 2nd foray into the rock and roll enigma that is Ween, this time diving into their sixth studio album The Mollusk with special…
S5E234 - Curtis Mayfield 'There's No Place Like America Today' with A…
Canadian documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, I, Curmudgeon, When Jews Were Funny) brings us an album of understated, fluid f…
S5E233 - That Instrumental Song Got Me High
It's another BONUS Patron-curated episode! For this one, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite INSTRUMENTAL song. No sin…
S5E232 - The Motels 'All Four One' with Shelley Novak
We put the AA batteries into our Sony Walkman and fired up Berkeley California's The Motels 1982 New Wave classic 'All Four One'.…
S5E231 - The Police 'Ghost In The Machine' with Russell Mofsky
The fourth - and penultimate - studio album by The Police, "Ghost In The Machine", is both the sound of a band ascending to super…
S5E230 - Scritti Politti 'Cupid & Psyche 85' with Paul Marfleet
When British band Scritti Politti originally got together at Leeds Polytechnic in 1977, they were a punk-inspired collective of a…
S5E228 - David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs' with Oscar Herrera
In 1974, the one-of-a-kind chameleon that is David Bowie was poised to shed his Ziggy Stardust persona for the Thin White Duke. B…
S5E229 - Bonus Mixtape Episode #1 with Robert Price of Kreamy 'Lectri…
Our first "Mixtape" episode, where we invite a special guest to curate a mixtape for our listeners and dig into their musical sel…
S5E227 - Polara with John Strohm
Returning guest John Strohm (Blake Babies, Lemonheads, Antenna) has a strong personal connection to the record he chose to discus…
S5E226 - That Non-English Language Song Got Me High
For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we invited our Patrons to send in their favorite Non-English Language songs. They did NOT …
S5E225 - Ween 'Chocolate and Cheese' with Josh Medsker
When Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo - better known by their respective stage names Gene and Dean Ween of the band Ween - wer…
S5E224 - Slint 'Spiderland' with Jay Reeve
In 1991, teenage Louisville, Kentucky band Slint recorded 'Spiderland', a brooding, sinister record that helped invent post-rock …
S5E223 - Led Zeppelin IV with Ralph Cavallaro
For this week's episode, we climb aboard the rock-and-roll mothership that is Led Zeppelin and their mysteriously untitled fourth…
S5E222 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young 'Deja Vu' with Kristen McLean
When this week's guest Kristen McLean's parents were raising the beams of their house in Worthington Massachusetts in 1971, Crosb…
S5E221 - The Cramps 'Songs The Lord Taught Us' with Brook Dorsch
Formed in 1976 by husband-and-wife duo Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, The Cramps forged their own unique niche in the early punk mo…
S5E220 - The Highwomen with Alana Anton
Sociologist, Appalachian scholar and activist Alana Anton is a southern girl at heart, and when she first discovered The Highwome…
S5E219 - Prefab Sprout 'Jordan: The Comeback' with Greg Franco
Singer/songwriter Greg Franco (Man's Body, Rough Church, Ferdinand) has a dark secret. Even though he came up in the early-80s LA…
S5E218 - Patron Episode: That ONE Song By That Band/Artist I Don't Re…
For this special bonus episode, I asked my Patrons to send in a song they kind of love by a band/artist they kind of hate. It's: …
S5E217 - Kate Bush 'Hounds Of Love' with Jim Camacho
Singer/songwriter...musician...producer...et cetera...et cetera Jim Camacho sat down to discuss a record that got him high over 3…
S5E216 - Tom Lehrer 'More of Tom Lehrer' with Jeff Greenstein
Emmy-winning writer Jeff Greenstein (Friends, Will & Grace, Parenthood, Desperate Housewives) knows a thing or two about comedy. …
S5E215 - Heartbreakers 'Live at Max's Kansas City' with Jack Rabid
As teens growing up in Summit, New Jersey in the late 70s, NY Punk Godfather Jack Rabid (Big Takeover Magazine) and his likeminde…
S5E214 - Catherine Wheel 'Chrome' with Nate Levine
In 1993, British alternative/shoegaze band Catherine Wheel paired-up with producer Gil Norton (Pixies) to create a record that fu…
S5E213 - Phoebe Bridgers 'Punisher' with Hillary Dougherty
This week, activist and co-host of 'The Muck Podcast' Hillary Dougherty takes a break from smashing the patriarchy to bring us a …
S5E212 - The Essential Sandy Denny with Frank 'Rat Bastard' Falestra
Rat Bastard maps out the music of Sandy Denny
S5E211 - Leon Bridges 'Coming Home' with Camila Risso
Frequent guest and music lover Camila Risso is always on the lookout for sounds that move her...or make her want to move! When sh…
S5E210 - Patron Valentine's Episode: That Record Broke My Heart
For this BONUS Valentine's Day episode, we asked our Patrons to send us a song that broke their heart. Because sometimes, love st…
S5E209 - ALL 'Allroy's Revenge' with Dan Bonebrake
A self-professed band geek whose first instrument was trumpet, this week's guest - bassist extraordinaire Dan Bonebrake (Dashboar…
S5E208 - Stevie Wonder 'Songs In The Key Of Life' with Bob Fay
We discuss Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' with special guest Bob Fay
S5E207 - Lucinda Williams 'Car Wheels On A Gravel Road' with Nick Men…
We ventured once again into the Rat's lair - otherwise known as the South Beach studio of Frank 'Rat Bastard' Falestra - and sat …
S5E206 - Bumblefoot 'Abnormal' with Larry Smith
Guitar virtuoso Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal's deeply personal solo record 'Abnormal', with special guest Larry Smith
S5E205 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 'Armed Forces' with Steve…
We discuss 'Armed Forces' by Elvis Costello and the Attractions with Chicago-by-way-of-North London guest Steve Carroll
S5E204 - The Jam 'Setting Sons' with Rory Cox
We dig into The Jam's 4th album, 1979's 'Setting Sons" with special guest Rory Cox
S5E203 - Bonus Patron-curated Episode: That Female Artist/Female-led …
Some of our Patrons share a favorite song by a Female Artist/Female-led Band
S5E202 - Matthew Sweet 'Girlfriend' with Paul Roub
We discuss Matthew Sweet's 1991 breakout album 'Girlfriend' with singer/songwriter Paul Roub
S5E201 - The Vulgar Boatmen 'You And Your Sister' with Steve Michener
Returning guest Steve Michener brings us the criminally obscure debut record by The Vulgar Boatmen, 'You and Your Sister'