More Episodes
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Episode 458: Guest Shot – Rickenbacker Guitars
Guest host Mike Wagner explores the majesty of the Rickenbacker guitar sound, from the Beatles to the Byrds to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to R.E.M.
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Episode 457: Guest Shot – Short Guitar Leads
Mike Wagner of Houston fills in for Jim & Patrick. He talks about the fine art of the succinct guitar solo.
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Episode 456: Novelty Songs – ‘Witch Doctor,’ ‘Pencil Neck Geek’
We conclude this little novelty song string with two bizarre selections. Chris Wadsworth (filling in for Patrick) plays “Witch Doctor” by David Seville (later of Alvin and the Chipmunks fame), and Jim plays “Pencil Neck Geek” by wrestler Fred Blassie (later of Andy Kaufman fame).
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Episode 455: Novelty Songs – ‘Convoy,’ ‘Time Warp’
More novelty songs, as Chris Wadsworth sits in for Patrick. Jim plays “Convoy” by C.W. McCall, and Chris plays “Time Warp” from “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
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Episode 454: Novelty Songs – ‘Mr. Jaws,’ ‘King Tut’
Chris Wadsworth joins the podcast (Patrick Foster is out for a few days). We talk about novelty songs, both based on ’70s pop culture. Chris plays “Mr. Jaws” by Dickie Goodman. Jim plays “King Tut” by Steve Martin and the Toots Uncommon.
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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.”