Ep 140 Jukebox Zero: The Rock Hall's Foreigner Problem
Hall Watchers
Join us as we discuss the Rock Hall's baffling treatment of Lou Gramm and Foreigner during their induction, and whether it's really music's highest honor if an inductee isn't allowed to sing.
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Ep 139: The Episode About Nothing
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Join us as we talk about nothing and everything. Phil Lesh, Alex Van Halen's book, the potential Lita Ford and Cherie Currie reunion, our thoughts on 'Saturday Night' and the state of movies now, gardening failures...you name it, we talk about it!
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Ep 138: Our Rock Hall 2024 Ceremony Reaction
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Join us as we review the Rock Hall 2024 ceremony and discuss what we felt worked, what didn't, how to curb long speeches and of course, eviscerate the Rock Hall about hard rock and heavy metal.
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Ep 137: Our Rock Hall 2025 Picks
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Join us as we each pick 8 performers and 3 picks per category for our ideal Rock Hall 2025 class. Also discussed is the future of the Hall Watchers podcast, and why you should never click if Tommy Lee is trending.
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Ep 136: Summer Concert Review
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Join us for a casual episode where we review the three biggest shows we saw this summer: Dead & Company, Alanis Morissette and Sammy Hagar. Also discussed are the passing of Great White's Jack Russell, Aerosmith's retirement and Mary's bafflement that no one other than rock fans seems excited to be at concerts anymore.
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Ep 135: Hall Watchers Summer Documentary Review
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Join us as we dust off our mics to review the Bon Jovi documentary 'Thank You, Goodnight' and the Lollapalooza documentary 'LOLLA: The Story of Lollapalooza'. We discuss what we enjoyed about the documentaries, what didn't work, and Eric shares his experience attending the first Lollapalooza tour.
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Ep 134: Rock Hall 2024 Reaction
Hall Watchers
Rock Hall 2024 left us asking, "What's real and what's for sale?" We go back to our roots and talk about the foundational issues continuing to plague classes, such as category mismanagement, cruelty to the dearly departed, and a murky identity.
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Ep 133: The Danger of 'Idol' Hands
Hall Watchers
The Rock Hall announcing the 2024 class this Sunday on American Idol was just too much for us to resist!
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Ep 132: A Hall Watchers Announcement
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Join us for an important announcement about the future of the Hall Watchers podcast.
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Ep 131: Our Rock Hall 2024 Ballot Reaction
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Join us for our reaction to the 2024 Rock Hall ballot.
info_outlineIn 2002 the Rock Hall inducted Stax co-founder Jim Stewart, but excluded his sister Estelle Axton, the other Stax co-founder. Today we discuss her life and impact at Stax, why the label couldn't have succeeded without her and why her exclusion is a mistake that needs to be corrected. We also give a brief history of the Ahmet Ertegun award, discuss the ugly allegations against him and once again implore the Rock Hall to change the category name.