Episodes
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Episode 453: Liz Phair
Patrick is out for the rest of the week, but Jim hung out with Mike Snider and Phil Ingrassia to talk about the Liz Phair concert they went to see together.
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Episode 452: Fan Mail – Mixtapes, Margo Price, Neil Young, John Prine
We love free stuff! And listener Scott Parks really delivered, sending us a box of cassettes and a 45!!
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Episode 451: Public Enemy – ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’
More album anniversaries! Today we discuss a monumental record, Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back,” released in 1988.
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Episode 450: Devo – ‘Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!’
Forty years ago, Devo released its debut album. And it still sounds great today! Maybe better.
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Episode 449: The Byrds – ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’
It’s album anniversary time. Fifty years ago, the Byrds, with new member Gram Parsons, released one of the most spectacularly strange albums of all time, “Sweetheart of the Rodeo.”
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Episode 448: Book Nook – Pink Floyd
Patrick has some more book reports: “Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd” by Nick Mason with Phillip Dodd and “Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd” by Mark Blake.
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Episode 447: Book Nook – Lovin’ Spoonful
Patrick reports on a book he just read: “Do you Believe in Magic? The Story of the Lovin’ Spoonful” by Simon Wordsworth.
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Episode 446: Fan Mail – Norwegian Festival, Amanda Shires, Local H
Three listener calls today! All about recent concerts: Jo Fleischer went to a rock festival in Norway, Tom Neuerburg saw Amanda Shires in California and Kevin Bartlett saw Local H in Ohio.
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Episode 445: Fan Mail – Aretha Franklin, Bettye LaVette
Another call to the Suburban Party Line. Kevin Clement calls to recommend two cover songs: Aretha Franklin’s take on a classic by The Band and Bettye LaVette’s interpretation of a great song by The Who.
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Episode 444: Fan Mail – ‘Sleepwalk’
It’s time to answer the Suburban Party Line. Jeff from Kansas City calls in to tell us a story of how he rediscovered that great song he once heard. It was “Sleepwalk” by Santo & Johnny, via a Jeff Beck cover on the “Porky’s Revenge” soundtrack. Wait, what?