More Episodes
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Episode 379: Rockin’ the French Horn Redux
Dan Gursky joins Patrick this week (while Jim takes a break). Today, they revisit one of Dan’s favorite topics, the use of French horn in popular music.
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Episode 378: Bourbon and Bruce
Guest host Jesse Jackson — normally of “Set Lusting Bruce” — invites his wife, Linda, to talk about their vacations to Kentucky bourbon country and their complicated relationship with the music of Bruce Springsteen.
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Episode 377: Springsteen in Vegas
More Jesse Jackson as guest host of “Rockin’ the Suburbs.” Normally, he hosts “Set Lusting Bruce.” And Tom Neuerburg joins to tell his Bruce Springsteen travel story.
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Episode 376: Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Don McLean
Jesse Jackson of “Set Lusting Bruce” continues his guest-hosting stint. Today, loyal “Rockin’ the Suburbs” listener Tom Neuerburg joins to talk about artists who fans should get to know better. Tom goes with Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Jesse picks Don McLean of “American Pie” fame.
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Episode 375: Perfect Pop – The Crystals, Barry White
Jesse Jackson, host of “Set Lusting Bruce,” fills in for Jim & Patrick all week. Today, he talks Perfect Pop with fellow music fan Peter Chianca. They play a track by Darlene Love (which was credited to the Crystals) and another by Barry White.
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Episode 374: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’
Jim & Patrick take a summer vacation. Jesse Jackson of “Set Lusting Bruce” is filling in all week. On today’s episode, he talks with Peter Chianca of “Blogness on the Edge of Town” about Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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Episode 373: Fan Mail – Rush, Part 2
Harris writes about friends made at a Rush show. Jo Fleischer tells us about a memorable show with 10,000 Marines. And Gerald Chyzenski offers some new insight into “The Spirit of Radio.”
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Episode 372: Fan Mail – Rush, Part 1
Keith Jacobsen calls to tell us about a jukebox in his high school cafeteria. Doug Mulvihill corrects our Rototom reference. And Paul Trap asks us to solve a Rush mystery.
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Episode 371: Fan Mail – Flying Nun Records
Tim Hamlin of New Zealand writes with reflections on Flying Nun Records. And Kjell Arne Sandvik turns us on to Norway’s Perfect Pop label.
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Episode 370: Echo Park Jimmy Lives!
He’s been gone for a while, but Echo Park Jimmy returns with epic phone calls to the show. Some topics: “Eddie and the Cruisers,” music on TV and Rush at the Richfield Coliseum.