Tag: Patrick Foster
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Episode 2192: Road Trip to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids, Part One
Patrick, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner embarked on an epic motor vehicle journey at the end of July – a drive to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids! We’ve got the audio evidence to prove, too. So sit back and enjoy (or endure) the story of our trip.
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Episode 2189: July 2025 New Music 8: Sloan, Dropkick Murphys, Margot Price (ft. Jesse Welles), Theon Cross, Eddy Current Suppression Ring
The long journey for the July 2025 New Music Train ends today, with a pair of old record hounds – Scot Isom and Patrick – wrapping up the monthly picks. They discuss new music from Sloan, Dropkick Murphys, Margot Price (ft. Jesse Welles), Theon Cross and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
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Episode 2181: Now Streaming: Souled American
Patrick has just discovered that the music of one of his long-time favorite groups — mysterious Chicago band Souled American — is now available on the streaming services.
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Episode 2178: Perfect Pop: Joe Walsh “Life of Illusion”
Patrick inducts an earworm from the early 1980’s, Joe Walsh’s “Life of Illusion.” The song is the fifth track on Joe’s fifth solo album, There Goes the Neighborhood, and was co-written by multi-instrumentalist Kenny Passarelli.
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RE-AIR: Road Trip to Bourbon and Beyond
The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we’ve picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today we go back to Patrick’s trip to Louisville, Kentucky where he attended the Bourbon and Beyond Festival, which was episode 701.
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RE-AIR: The Story of Game Theory, Part 1
The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we’ve picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today, we revisit episode 1096, in which Patrick tells the story of one of his favorite bands, Game Theory.
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Episode 2168: June 2025 New Music: Whiskey Myers, Tropical F*ck Storm, Jesse Welles, SG Goodman
The June 2025 New Music Train is winding up this month’s journey, with Scot Isom and Patrick on board to pull it into the depot to get ready for next month’s trip. We close June 2025 New Music selections with songs from Whiskey Myers, Tropical F*ck Storm, Jesse Welles and SG Goodman.
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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 2139: Rest in Power: Brian Wilson Part One
Jim, Patrick and the listeners discuss the life and legacy of the amazing Brian Wilson, who passed away last week at the age of 82. In the first episode of a two-part series, we hear from Steven Routledge (with special guest his Dad!), Jesse Jackson and Phil Ingrassia (and of course, Jim and Patrick).