Episodes
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Episode 798: Echo Park Jimmy Has Things to Say
Fan favorite Echo Park Jimmy calls in to talk about DJ Shadow, Raphael Saadiq and more. So much more.
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Episode 797: Album Anniversaries – Beach Boys, Four Tops, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Listener Mackensi Crenshaw joins the show via Skype (a patron gift from Mike Wagner) and get to pick the topic. We discuss the 50th anniversary of three albums: “Sunflower” by the Beach Boys, “Cosmo’s Factory” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “Still Waters Run Deep” by the Four Tops.
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Episode 796: Fan Mail – 1984, ‘Country Music,’ Tool, Durand Jones and the Indications
We open the mailbag way up and address listener correspondence about Ken Burns’ “Country Music,” albums from 1984, Tool and the discovery of Durand Jones and the Indications.
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Episode 795: Fan Mail – Concerts That Got Away, Part 2
A second episode in which listeners share sad stories about missed concerts, including the White Stripes and Radiohead.
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Episode 794: Fan Mail – Concerts That Got Away, Part 1
Listeners respond to episode 738 (The Concerts That Got Away) with their own tales of missed opportunities, including shows by Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Meat Puppets and the Guess Who.
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Episode 793: January New Music – Locate S,1; Eyelids
What’s Jim been digging lately? New music by Locate S,1 and Eyelids. Plus, we play a Todd Rundgren cover by Whyte Horses.
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Episode 792: January New Music – Wire, M80, Whyte Horses
What’s Patrick been digging? New music from Wire and M80. Plus, we play a Lou Reed cover by Whyte Horses.
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Episode 791: 2019 Favorites (Late Entries) – Minus 5, Dollyrots, Munimuni, Michaela Anne
We feature some stragglers to the 2019 listener favorites series. Kevin Clement likes Dollyrots and Michaela Anne, Craig Rosen talks up Minus 5, and Jay Ignacio tells a touching story about the music of Philippines’ Munimuni. (Kevin Goff fills in for Patrick.)
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Episode 790: New Music – Lonesome Wilderness, Tattletale Saints, Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts
Two dispatches from listener Steven Routledge on this episode! First, he talks about new music he discovered in December – including Greg Dulli and Panopticon – plus his favorites of 2017: Lion and Karen O/Danger Mouse. Then he talks about new music from January – Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts, the Lonesome Wilderness and Tattletale Saints – plus more 2019 favorites, including Mini Meltdowns, Richard Lucas and Daniel Meade.
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Episode 789: Interview – Heather Valley
It’s a very special patron episode! Listener Scott Parks set up an interview with singer-songwriter Heather Valley of Hamilton, Ontario.