Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 1 - What I Did Last Summer 2024, Part 1 - The House Band, Concerts, and the Wonders of Sushi
Release Date: 10/16/2024
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 3 - Party Musique - Concert Stories, Party Games, And The Leader of Our House Band Goes Solo
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This is probably the longest episode that we've put out, but a reason for that will become evident as we move through this one. Before I focus on this year's music party, we must talk about Yungblud (again) and a fun Uber ride. Once we get to the party, the first song we discuss revolves around my friend Chris Morin, whom we have mentioned numerous times over the years. He is a singer-songwriter and has just debuted his website topherinsolitude.com, where you can read about his life with music and listen to a plethora of tunes he has produced over the years with his bands. Ladies dominate...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 2 -Tim's Mouth Goes Foul and it's All in the Drums
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The British band Sleep Token and related bands take up much of the first half of this episode. How do Whitney Houston, Outkast, and Billie Eilish factor in? You'll see. Sleep Token and another band from the genre perform a feat that has not happened since 2013, relating back to the protagonist of the last episode. It takes a long time to get to why 3 of the featured songs are connected, especially since they come from very distinct styles of music. One of these bands is taking up the mantle of a particular genre, and the other shows the surprising origin of a very well-known band from the late...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 1 - The Gods of Rock 'n Roll
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The summer hiatus is over. Coming back with a new trilogy of episodes, the first begins with honoring the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. This is a packed episode, focusing mainly on a trio of artists and featuring a brief aside at the end. In all 45 songs/artists are highlighted or mentioned. There are strong connections between Ozzy and Yungblud, as well as unexpected connections linking all three artists in certain ways. In the end, it is a nice mix of emotional, spiritual, and fun music. The main featured songs: Gods Of Rock 'n Roll/ Billy Morrison w/ Ozzy Osbourne & Seve Smith Ghosts/...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 015 - Ep 3 - And We Have A Special Guest - A Music Mastermind, a Couple of Tra-La-La's, and Jesus with some Gravy on the Side
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Oh, what a way to end an arc! Tom and I are blindsided by the connection the first song has to Jeff's daughter Eva - something potentially under our noses, but we were completely unaware of. We kind of rabbit-hole the band in question, and I unearth how the mastermind of this outfit was responsible for a slew of Euro-Dance and Pop of the '80s and '90s (one startling connection!). Next up, a relatively recent discovery by my husband John, but actually from 2004. A certain lyric is at the center. Of course, it's a sort of remake of a song from a Dutch band from twenty years prior, and hilarity...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 015 - Ep 2 - And We Have A Special Guest Part 2 - Bayou Soul, Tommy Splatter, Sibling Connections, and a Number of Left Turns
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Part 2 of our conversation with Tom begins in concert territory. Unfortunately, we miss one that is happening that day. Jeff becomes intrigued with a video playlist that Tom and John (mostly) contribute to. From there, we revert to music from our youth, connected to our siblings, once annoying and now not so much. As we move on, a musical family spans from opera to a folky skunk, and an interesting instrument emerges.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 015 - Ep 1 - And We Have A Special Guest Part 1 - A Strange Afternoon Commences
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Castlist 15 is a trio of episodes that all revolve around one afternoon of music at our house in March. Our friends Tom and Tony were over as they often are. Tom is a music junkie in a different way than me, and all four of us, my husband John included, connect to music deeply in various ways. I had a playlist on, which is typical, but the way the afternoon unfolded, that was put by the wayside, and an interesting path of music emerged. Part 1 begins with a song not part of that day, but one that needed to be brought to the table because of an Uber encounter the morning of our chat. From...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 7 - A Trio Of Interesting Songs with corresponding Revelations
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Wow, it's been a while since I put out an episode under 30 minutes. Don't be fooled, it's packed with lots of great stuff. The final thought in the Songs of the Summer, 2024 edition, includes 3 songs that piqued my interest back then. It starts with a country artist doing a collab with a prolific alternative artist. Jeff couldn't even get through 3 seconds of a song that was more indicative of his style which led to my revealing a new female artist whose voice elicits a similar feeling in me. The second song is another collab which showcases a different side of 2 well-known artists and...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 6 - Going to the chapel in the sick city
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We still have our guest, Jeff's daughter Eva, for the first part of this episode. They introduce me to a song by 100 Gecs and then we get into the meat of the matter, the summertime explosion of Chappell Roan, We pretty much mention almost half of her phenomenal album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess". From there it's an actress who can sing and how she connects to an '80s classic and a trio from the '70s. One of that trio of brothers was, I believe, my first male crush. Up next, a newly discovered gem from 1975 by Elton John and a great track from his album "Caribou". In between we...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 5 - Song Of The Summer Part 2: Wow, A Rabbit Hole with Cheese at the End
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After the playlist misstep at the end of the last episode, we resume with the real playlist. This episode features a great Uber story, the most bizarre of my 8 year history. A long defunct band surfaces with a new song, appropriate for the discussion. This begins the rabbit hole and a prolific singer/songwriter/producer touches a lot of artists and songs I love. Through this I discover a 2006 song by the artist that I fell in love with instantly. A second song from my Song of the Summer contender reveals a connection to my first favorite artist and inappropriate kissing of mothers....
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 4 - What I Did Last Summer 2024 - The Song Of The Summer, Part 1
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It's taken a while to finally get this episode out. Circumstances in the fall delayed a conversation with Jeff and then the holiday season did its usual thing. Before we even get to the first song a story about my sister and her car takes center stage, along with Thanksgiving catch ups. Once we get into my first contender for Song of the Summer, Jeff says he has not much to offer on the songs from the latest playlist. It seemed strange at the time as he had mentioned the song "All My Life" at the end of the last episode as he had found it on one of my current Spotify playlists. Clearly he had...
info_outlineSummer stories will be the bulk of Castlist 014. First off a tie back to an artist from a recent episode. Then I'm in concert mode with 2 great shows. The second concert artist ends up tying into the discussion of the next song, just another universe connection that always seems to be part of the process. The annual music party comes into the picture and we end on an obscure song from the mid-'90s that impacted both of us at the time.
Focus Songs
The Struts/Somebody Someday
Ian Hunter/Irene Wilde
Ian Hunter/All American Alien Boy
The Struts/Bad Decisions
The Struts/Do What You Want
Keane/Bedshaped
Keane/Somewhere Only We Know
Space/Female Of The Species
The Walker Brothers-Keane/The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Pizzicato Five/Twiggy Twiggy