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Episode 2160: Sweet Emotion: Aerosmith Part One
Mike Wagner and Craig Rosen take over the hosting chairs in the first of a two-part series on legendary American rockers Aerosmith. In the first episode, they give an overview of the band’s career and how they got into them, while Craig chips in with a tale from a memorable festival he attended where Aerosmith were the headliners.
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Episode 2159: Bob Dylan Album Hall of Fame: Infidels and Blood on the Tracks with Mike Snider
Mike Snider conducts a Bob Dylan Hall of Fame induction ceremony in this episode, enshrining the 1983 album Infidels, which is one of the artist’s strongest albums of the eighties. He also inducts Dylan’s landmark 1974 album, Blood on the Tracks, a highly personal and cathartic masterpiece.
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Episode 2158: Book Nook: A Chance to Harmonize by Sheryl Kaskowitz
It’s back-to-back visits to the Book Nook this week on Rockin’ the Suburbs. In this episode, Patrick discusses a recent read, A Chance to Harmonize by Sheryl Kaskowitz. The book’s details the work of a little-known but influential part of FDR’s New Deal: The Music Unit. Learn how this project played a part in America’s musical history and the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s.
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Episode 2157: Book Nook: Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down and Too Late to Stop Now by Allan Jones
It’s Book Nook time again, listener! Patrick takes you into the rock and roll literary world today with two hilarious, sharply written and observed volumes by Allan Jones. Jones wrote for Melody Maker starting in 1974 and went on to have a long career as a music writer and editor. These two volumes collect his best “Rock and Roll War Stories” and are both wonderfully entertaining.
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Episode 2156: Beach Boys Week Part Five: In Conclusion, The Seventies and Beyond
Listen: EPISODIX: Posted: July 11, 2025 Music: All music in this episode by the Beach Boys. Notes: The week of Beach Boys concludes with a…
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Episode 2155: Beach Boys Week Part Four: Good Vibrations and A Teenage Symphony to God
Welcome to Beach Boys Week! In the aftermath of Brian Wilson’s passing last month, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner lead a discussion of the iconic and legendary California band. We’ve arrived at the fourth installment in the series, in which Brian’s artistic ambition blossoms into commercial success on “Good Vibrations,” followed by an attempt to make a record so ambitious that it would drive him into the abyss.
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Episode 2154: Beach Boys Week Part Three: Pet Sounds
Welcome to Beach Boys Week! In the aftermath of Brian Wilson’s passing last month, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner lead a discussion of the iconic and legendary California band. In the third part of the series, Brian Wilson nears his artistic zenith as he responds to the Beatles Rubber Soul with his masterpiece, Pet Sounds.
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Episode 2153: Beach Boys Week Part Two: All Kinds of Growth (1964-1965)
Welcome to Beach Boys Week! In the aftermath of Brian Wilson’s passing last month, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner lead a discussion of the iconic and legendary California band. In the second installment, Brian Wilson’s growth (both chemically and musically) is the focus as he quits touring and finds his true home in the recording studio.
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Episode 2152: Beach Boys Week Part One: Formation and the Early Years
Welcome to Beach Boys Week! In the aftermath of Brian Wilson’s passing last month, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner lead a discussion of the iconic and legendary California band. In part one, the band’s formation and early recordings are the focus.
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Episode 2151: July 4 Jams
Bud Verge joins the podcast as Jim hits shuffle on his playlist “Hey Baby It’s the Fourth of July.” Patrick Foster crashes the party.