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Come be entertained as the host talks about music, bands, and connected stories. "It's a really great podcast" - Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin "I appreciate talking to you guys and the good questions" - Mitch Easter of Let’s Active and R.E.M. producer Learn Something New or Remember Something Old!!!
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- 3 days ago48 min
Behind the Strings of R.E.M.'s Out of Time: Violinist David Arenz E136
“Losing My Religion” has one of the most recognizable feels in modern rock, and a big part of that atmosphere lives in the strings. We’re joined by former Atlanta Symphony Orchestra violinist David Arenz, who played on R.E.M.’s Out of Time, to unpack what it’s like to walk into a studio, open the sheet music, listen to the track, and deliver takes that end up etched into music history. We get practical about the process: how pop string sections are recorded, why overdubbing matters, how a sm...
- 1 weeks ago39 min
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 40th Anniversary, Van Halen "Fair Warning", and The Smiths "The Queen is Dead" E135
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off hits 40 years, and somehow it still feels like the kind of perfect stolen day you can step into whenever you need it. We rewatch it with fresh ears, from Cameron’s quiet sadness to Jeanie’s rage at always being overlooked, plus the running joke of Rooney trying way too hard to catch a kid skipping school. And yes, we keep coming back to the line that never stopped being true: life moves pretty fast. We also dig into why the soundtrack is more than background noise. T...
- 2 weeks ago35 min
Silly Love Songs, Will Ferrell / Paul McCartney SNL, and The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers E134
Paul McCartney got dragged for writing “silly love songs” and then turned the criticism into a No. 1 anthem. We start with that 1976 chart run, the irony baked into the lyrics, and the way one summertime hit can glue itself to your memory, right down to the bicentennial vibe and what was playing everywhere you went. From there we jump 50 years forward to McCartney closing out Saturday Night Live with Will Ferrell, and we get real about what it means to watch a living legend perform at ...
- 3 weeks ago52 min
Conversation with The Stifftones: Rock 'n' Rollin’ in a Hearse E133
A band that lives in a hearse sounds like a gimmick until you hear the reasons it happened and the work it takes to keep it going. We’re joined in the studio by Shaun and Rachel from The Stifftones, a DIY touring duo that turned a full reset into a full-time musical life, complete with two dogs, a rolling home, and a schedule built around small venues, open mics, and the people they meet along the way. We talk through the origin story, from an open mic to a relationship they describe as “bes...
- May 17, 202642 min
Billboard Hits of May 1981: All Those Years Ago E132
The fastest way to time-travel is to press play on a song you haven’t heard in years, then realize you still know every word. We pull up the Billboard Hot 100 from May 23, 1981 and take it for a spin, bouncing between classic rock, radio pop, and the kind of tracks that were simply unavoidable if you lived anywhere near a car stereo or a skating rink. Along the way, we dig into what’s actually happening inside these hits: Billy Squier’s “The Stroke” as a music business story, Santana’s “Winn...
- May 10, 202630 min
Top Gun 40th Anniversary, and Show Me the Way Till the End of the Day E131
Top Gun turns 40, and we can’t talk about it without talking about the soundtrack that still punches through your speakers. From the first seconds of Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” on the aircraft carrier, we trace how 80s movie music uses needle drops to build character, tension, romance, and pure momentum. We get into the details that make the Top Gun soundtrack legendary: the way the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” revives an older classic for a new generation, how Ber...
- May 3, 202644 min
More In-Studio Chat with Laura Slade Wiggins, Jonathan Spencer, and Vaylor Trucks: Slightly Famous Somebodies E130
What happens when musicians stop trying to look cool and start trying to tell the truth? We continue our sit down with Slightly Famous Somebodies for a freewheeling ride through creativity, aging, and the weird influences that make a band sound like itself. The deeper we get, the clearer it becomes: authenticity is not a brand, it is a practice, and sometimes it shows up only after you have failed enough times to stop performing for approval. We trade left field favorites and guilty loves tha...
- Apr 26, 202658 min
Slightly Famous Somebodies: Laura Slade Wiggins, Jonathan Spencer, and Vaylor Trucks In-Studio Chat E129
We’re joined in the studio by Jonathan Spencer, Laura Slade Wiggins, and Vaylor Trucks from Slightly Famous Somebodies, and the story starts with a simple ask: record one Kevn Kinney song as part of a living tribute. That one track turns into more covers, then a hard pivot into original music, and suddenly the “project” becomes a real band with momentum, a core lineup, and a sound that can stretch from heartfelt rock to something delightfully unhinged. • Whether it's 'Shameless' or 'Pineappl...
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Come be entertained as the host talks about music, bands, and connected stories. "It's a really great podcast" - Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin "I appreciate talking to you guys and the good questions" - Mitch Easter of Let’s Active and R.E.M. producer Learn Something New or Remember Something Old!!!
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