Tag: perfect pop
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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 367: Perfect Pop – Le Tigre
Patrick makes a Perfect Pop pick. He chooses hard-charging song by Kathleen Hanna’s post-Bikini Kill project, Le Tigre. Plus, a lively discussion about fuzz bass with the members of Piramid Scheme.
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Episode 366: Perfect Pop – The Who
Lisa Said of Piramid Scheme makes her Perfect Pop pick. It’s a Who song that promotes empathy for adolescent boys.
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Episode 365: Perfect Pop – The The
Andrew Toy, drummer for Piramid Scheme, makes his Perfect Pop selection, a prescient song by The The, off 1989’s “Mind Bomb” album.
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Episode 364: Perfect Pop – Alvvays
Our friends from DC band Piramid Scheme join the podcast to talk about Perfect Pop. Guitarist Darrien Day makes the first selection, a peppy little tune from Toronto’s Alvvays.
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Episode 313: Perfect Pop – Cory Branan picks The Animals, Beach Boys
Cory Branan not only makes Perfect Pop picks, he gives us a lesson in music theory. Songs by the Animals and Beach Boys.
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Episode 312: Perfect Pop – JD McPherson picks Madonna, Beach Boys, Duran Duran
More celebrity Perfect Pop picks. JD McPherson (a rockabilly guy) blows our minds with his love of Madonna and Duran Duran. The Beach Boys pick is perhaps less surprising.
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Episode 311: Perfect Pop – Nicole Atkins picks The Alan Parsons Project
Celebrity Week continues. Singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins makes her Perfect Pop pick, a 1982 hit by the Alan Parsons Project.
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Episode 310: Perfect Pop – Tommy Keene picks The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel
About a month before his passing, we conducted a long interview with power pop master Tommy Keene. At the end of the interview, we asked him to make a Perfect Pop pick. He choose songs by the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel.
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Episode 304: Echo Park Jimmy – Perfect Pop and 2017 Favorites
Fan favorite Echo Park Jimmy calls, and calls, and calls to get a lot off his chest. Including his Perfect Pop pick and some favorite songs from 2017. Plus, a celebrity sighting.