More Episodes
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Episode 1215: Perfect Pop – Gin Blossoms
We talk with our funny friend Murray Valeriano, host of “For What It’s Worth,” a music/comedy game show on YouTube. He makes a Perfect Pop pick (a song by the Gin Blossoms) and we also talk about surfing, Norm MacDonald and other topics.
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Episode 1214: Robert Ellis Orrall – Interview, Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with Robert Ellis Orrall. In this episode, he talks about writing hit songs for other artists, the role he played in the early success of Taylor Swift, working with Leon Russell and more.
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Episode 1213: Robert Ellis Orrall – Interview, Part 1
We talk with one of the coolest guys in music you will ever meet. Robert Ellis Orrall is an accomplished recording artist and songwriter, but later in life he founded noted indie label Infinity Cat. So he has worked in the center of the music industry and also at the fringes. He just released his latest solo album, “467 Surf and Gun Club,” a sort of concept album about the good times at the “Cathouse.”
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Episode 1212: Perfect Pop – Metric, Sonic Surf City
Two listener Perfect Pop picks today! Tim Hoffman goes with Metric. Niklas Nygårds tells us about a 1910 Fruitgum Company cover by Sonic Surf City.
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Episode 1211: Perfect Pop – Redd Kross, The School
Listener Niklas Nygårds calls in to make two Perfect Pop picks, with songs by the School and Redd Kross. Tim Hoffman joins in the fun.
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Episode 1210: Los Lobos – Three Albums
Tim Hoffman, a patron of the pod, gets to pick the topic. He leads us in a discussion of Los Lobos run of three albums from 1996 to 2002: “Colossal Head,” “This Time” and “Good Morning Aztlán.”
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Episode 1209: Fan Mail – Beastie Boys, Dumptruck
More listener correspondence. Jeff Niebuhr ties the Beastie Boys to our Cocktail Week. And Scot Isom, Bob Peterson and Marc Fagel talk about Dumptruck.
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Episode 1208: Fan Mail – Charlie Watts, Everly Brothers, Brittany Howard, Un.real, My Morning Jacket, Valerie June
We address listener correspondence. Enrique Cruz sends us a box of cool music. Jason Goebel calls in with a concert report. And Jesse Jackson, Mark Neese and Jay Ignacio address recent musician deaths.
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Episode 1207: Guest Episode – Concrete Blonde, an Appreciation
Mike Wagner and Jim Petrillo (aka Echo Park Jimmy, aka EPJ) fill in for Jim & Patrick today and discuss the career of Los Angeles rock band Concrete Blonde.
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Episode 1206: Remembering Old Radio Stations
Rob Gates joins Jim & Patrick to reminisce about radio stations of the ’70s and ’80s.