Beyond Radio Presents
Where music nostalgia and music discovery collide. Along with my friend Jeff Morris, we bring music nostalgia and music discovery together with this Podcast. The current release of episodes has been about 1 to 2 a month and the episodes relate to a larger playlist of music that is featured on Spotify. The premise is to draw off my history of personal charting to relate new to old, old to new and everywhere in between. Jeff gets presented with the playlist and acts as kind of an audience member, giving his feedback and perspective as it relates to his life, thus bringing in other nuances. Our hope is that the audience will also provide their feedback on the music and suggestions of how the songs relate to their personal soundtracks. We want the music discovery to be circular and run through the decades. The playlists (or Pod-Castlists as we refer to them) have a thematic flow that definitely meanders and breaks off into many tangents.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 3 - On The 3's, The Cat Empire and Toy Matinee
03/25/2024
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 3 - On The 3's, The Cat Empire and Toy Matinee
On this episode we explore an Australian band that came together over 20 years ago and a duo that produced one album in 1990. Jeff definitely had differing opinions on each. I find positive qualities from both artists.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 2 - On The 3's - Between a Hard Hard Place and a Rock
03/07/2024
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 2 - On The 3's - Between a Hard Hard Place and a Rock
If you know where that lyric is from, I love you! This episode starts with another artist that we talk about their evolution. This band went on to be one of the premiere alt/dance acts of the last 40 years. The transition to the next song was a jarring one for Jeff (of course that was on purpose) and he didn't get the connection between the songs :( but that is OK. This song is a very important song in my history and absoutely stunning in its execution. And of course it led to a revelation I wasn't expecting. Hilarity ensues with the next transition and this song has inadvertently become the pinnacle of my love for pop/rock. From there 3 songs from 1973 round out the episode bringing joy and a beat.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 1 - On the 3's - Artist Evolution
02/20/2024
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 1 - On the 3's - Artist Evolution
I am dedicating this episode to my high school classmate Thomas Campbell who recently passed away. He was a huge music enthusiast and musician plus an occasional listener to the podcast who has corrected me on occasion (which I appreciated). We were not close in high school though if we had been my music knowledge and diversity would probably have come sooner than it did. I also think he would have appreciated this particular episode as it features artists from the '70s and '80s who were on the cutting edge of music that I imagine he followed at the time. The conversation in this episode builds off my annual look back at previous years. I had been re-evaluating music from the years 1973, 1983, and 1993 during 2023 and the first 2 episodes of Castlist 12 feature songs from those years. In this episode the songs chosen are the catalyst to a discussion of how artists evolve over time. The 4 primary songs of this episode are "The Paris Match" by The Style Council, "Strange Town" by The Jam, "Rising' by Midge Ure and "Hoover Dam" by Sugar. Maybe all are new to you but they are all important to me. There's a lot of history in this episode. Influences range from Jazz to Glam Rock, Punk to Soul, 60's Brit Pop to Sythn Pop to Grunge. Which song sounds like a movie montage to Jeff? What is a Glass Pinecone? How to do ruin a song with an updated version? (IMO). How did we land on The Daily Show at the end of the episode? The opening song is the latest track from Sheryl Crow, the song "Evolution", a solid offfering and preview to her upcoming twelfth studio album, coming out at the end of March.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 011 - Ep 3 - What I Did Last Summer, Last Night
11/15/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 011 - Ep 3 - What I Did Last Summer, Last Night
Wow this episode has a lot of stuff going on in it. We first explore the world of the song of the summer and an emerging trend associated with it. It is certainly adding an interesting wrinkle to the Pop universe. A viral video becomes part of that conversation, as does a wee bit of political commentary. Next up, an artist up for Best New Artist at next year's Grammys who has been plugging away for over 2 decades. I then offer up contenders for my song of the summer and Jeff is really digging the winner. From there it's the "IT" guy of the summer based on my Uber experiences, and one who Jeff's daughter Eva was in on at (or near) the beginning. The real fun starts with 3 consecutive days and 3 chance meetings in my life as an Uber driver. Meeting 2 was not nearly as impactful as 1 and 3 but fits into an artsy pattern. It all leads to a 70's music scene that started in northern England and an unexpected concert. The Grammys come up again and there is an appearance by Santa (well not really) and a tornado (really).
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 011 - Ep 2 - What I Did Last Summer, The Morning After
11/06/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 011 - Ep 2 - What I Did Last Summer, The Morning After
This episode is nostalgia centric though it does stem from a fun summer story. There are lots of movie and television references in the episode as well. From the title, the Maureen McGovern song The Morning After leads us down a movie path and towards one of my favorite shows of all-time. Plus a group with a cheesy '70s instrumental has ties to the early days of hip hop. We move to the Carpenters where more TV is discussed and we end with my sister on stage at the Garden State Arts Center. After that we return to a major fav artist of mine and re-visit the idea of song bridges where connections between The Knack, The Flaming Lips, The The, and Prince are made. You can find the corresponding playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Email me at [email protected] with comments
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 011 - Ep 1 - What I Did Last Summer - The 40th Annual Music Party
10/23/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 011 - Ep 1 - What I Did Last Summer - The 40th Annual Music Party
This is the first of 3 episodes focusing on a few music-oriented stories from this past summer. The first episode talks about things from my 40th annual music party (the Castlist 002 episodes from the fall of 2018 talk about the #1's at the parties). It was a great party, the weather cooperated and there were a few key moments that I talked about in the episode. Here I am posting the top 50 songs from the party game and the top 50 artists of the last 40 years. We mentioned and/or used 43 songs in this episode. And I brought up the Peanuts cartoon and the TV show Kids Incorporated. The top 50 for the party game. 1 PINK Never Gonna Not Dance Again 2 KELLY CLARKSON Happier Than Ever 3 HARRY STYLES Music For A Sushi Restaurant 4 SAM SMITH & KIM PETRAS Unholy 5 PINK Trustfall 6 LIZZO About Damn Time 7 MILEY CYRUS Flowers 8 MANESKIN The Loneliest 9 HARRY STYLES As It Was 10 HARRY STYLES Late Night Talking 11 GHOST Jesus He Knows Me 11 THE WOMBATS This Car Drives All By Itself 13 MAMMOTH WVH Mr. Ed 14 JVKE Golden Hour 15 TAYLOR SWIFT Anti-Hero 16 SHINEDOWN A Symptom Of Being Human 17 GUSTER Emily Ivory 18 LEWIS CAPALDI Forget Me 19 PALAYE ROYALE f/ LP Line It Up 20 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Beach House 21 KEITH URBAN Brown Eyes Baby 22 PANIC! AT THE DISCO Don't Let The Light Go Out 23 GHOST Spillways 24 KELLY CLARKSON Mine 25 DOLLY PARTON World On Fire 26 LUKE COMBS The Kind Of Love We Make 27 KATE BUSH Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 28 ELTON JOHN & BRITNEY SPEARS Hold Me Closer 29 ED SHEERAN Eyes Closed 30 SZA Kill Bill 31 LIZZO f/ SZA Special 32 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Handshake Agreement 33 JESSIE WARE Free Yourself 34 MAMMOTH WVH Epiphany 35 SON MIEUX Multicolor 36 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Turn It Up 37 DOJA CAT Vegas 38 DNCE Move 39 BEYONCE Summer Renaissance 40 IMAGINE DRAGONS Bones 41 FALL OUT BOY Love From The Other Side 42 BEYONCE Break My Soul 43 LIVE Operation Spirit 44 MANESKIN Gossip 45 BEYONCE Cuff It 46 RUFUS DU SOL On My Knees 47 TEGAN & SARA Smoking Weed Alone 48 ARCADE FIRE Unconditional (Lookout Kid) 49 COIN Brad Pitt 50 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Talking To Yourself Top Music Party Artists 1983-2023 pos/# of songs/Points 1. 27 1421.4 MADONNA 2. 25 1342.4 U2 3. 26 1292.5 PINK 4. 16 958.5 LADY GAGA 5. 19 830 KELLY CLARKSON 6. 19 818.9 BRUNO MARS 7. 14 738.2 DUA LIPA 8. 13 716.9 ELTON JOHN 9. 11 690.4 ADELE 10. 13 619.8 R.E.M./MICHAEL STIPE 11. 18 617.6 EURYTHMICS/ANNIE LENNOX 12. 11 576.6 INXS 13. 12 546.4 MATCHBOX 20/ROB THOMAS 14. 10 544 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/N-SYNC 15. 8 542.5 ED SHEERAN 16. 11 540.6 CHRISTINA AGUILERA 17. 12 525.2 KYLIE MINOGUE 18. 8 524.3 ALANIS MORRISSETTE 19. 15 523.9 BEYONCE/DESTINY'S CHILD 20. 13 522.9 BRITNEY SPEARS 21. 9 502.4 HARRY STYLES/ONE DIRECTION 22. 10 492.4 THE KILLERS 23. 11 474.5 MAROON 5/ADAM LEVINE 24. 9 459.9 CELINE DION 25. 10 454.2 BACKSTREET BOYS 26. 11 451.2 GEORGE MICHAEL 27. 9 439.8 BLACK EYED PEAS/FERGIE 28. 9 422.4 IMAGINE DRAGONS 29. 10 419.1 SHINEDOWN 30. 11 415.9 FOO FIGHTERS 31. 8 413.3 SAM SMITH 32. 9 411.2 ARIANA GRANDE 33. 8 407.7 KEANE 34. 11 404.8 RIHANNA 35. 11 398.3 JANET JACKSON 36. 9 375.2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 37. 9 368.3 PRINCE 38. 9 361.7 TAYLOR SWIFT 39. 10 361.6 MARIAH CAREY 40. 6 358 LINKIN PARK 41. 10 356.7 KATY PERRY 42. 9 353.5 STING/THE POLICE 43. 8 352 COLDPLAY 44. 8 350.9 THE WEEKND 45. 7 345.8 DAVID BOWIE 46. 6 344.4 LIZZO 47. 8 342.6 JONAS BROTHERS/DNCE/NICK JONAS 48. 5 336.3 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 49. 7 336.2 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 50. 5 330.3 TRAIN
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Beyond Radio Presents - 8Trax with Manic Bloom Part 2
09/20/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - 8Trax with Manic Bloom Part 2
This is the inaugural episode of our artist interview podcast (a two-parter). The title, 8Trax, harkens back to the era of the 8 Track tapes and indicates that 8 main songs will be discussed. The interview style is set up as follows. The artist brings 3 of their lesser-known songs that they love to the table and I do the same. The conversation moves through the stories of these songs and of course, leads down many roads. I felt that proceeding in this manner gets people deeper into an artist while my approach is that of a fan. The remaining 2 tracks are from different artists we wanted the other to hear. I love the idea of artists promoting other artists. With my weekly personal chart background I have delved deep into many artist's catalogues. For these indie rockers from Nashville, I charted 20 songs from their 3 records with all but one making my weekly top 20 and 12 of them going to #1. Yes, I am an absolute fan. Even though they haven't put out new music since 2015 this year they have been featured on 6 episodes of Beyond Radio Presents so far. A 2-part episode comparing them to major bands of the last 50 years (Queen, Live, Muse, etc.), a most beautiful interview, and snippets from the interviews that became their own mini-episodes. I explained the premise of 8trax to them and they wanted to be guinea pigs for the pilot episode. Clearly, there was still much to discuss as it is another 2-parter. David, Hildee (Jeff), and Andy are fun, cerebral, spiritual, introspective, and serious (I'm sure the same can be said for the missing members, other Jeff and Matt). I consider them a gift unto my life. Most importantly, their music deserves to be heard. In all over 30 songs were discussed or mentioned and all but one of those can be found on the companion playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.
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Beyond Radio Presents - 8Trax with Manic Bloom, Part 1
09/20/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - 8Trax with Manic Bloom, Part 1
This is the inaugural episode of our artist interview podcast (a two-parter). The title, 8Trax, harkens back to the era of the 8 Track tapes and indicates that 8 main songs will be discussed. The interview style is set up as follows. The artist brings 3 of their lesser-known songs that they love to the table and I do the same. The conversation moves through the stories of these songs and of course, leads down many roads. I felt that proceeding in this manner gets people deeper into an artist while my approach is that of a fan. The remaining 2 tracks are from different artists we wanted the other to hear. I love the idea of artists promoting other artists. With my weekly personal chart background I have delved deep into many artist's catalogues. For these indie rockers from Nashville, I charted 20 songs from their 3 records with all but one making my weekly top 20 and 12 of them going to #1. Yes, I am an absolute fan. Even though they haven't put out new music since 2015 this year they have been featured on 6 episodes of Beyond Radio Presents so far. A 2-part episode comparing them to major bands of the last 50 years (Queen, Live, Muse, etc.), a most beautiful interview, and snippets from the interviews that became their own mini-episodes. I explained the premise of 8trax to them and they wanted to be guinea pigs for the pilot episode. Clearly, there was still much to discuss as it is another 2-parter. David, Hildee (Jeff), and Andy are fun, cerebral, spiritual, introspective, and serious (I'm sure the same can be said for the missing members, Jeff and Matt). I consider them a gift unto my life. Most importantly, their music deserves to be heard. In all over 30 songs were discussed or mentioned and all but one of those can be found on the companion playlist on Spotify and Apple Music.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 6 - Moms, Dads, Sarah, Christopher, and Survivor
07/24/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 6 - Moms, Dads, Sarah, Christopher, and Survivor
This is a non-music related episode that was the beginning of a conversation that will be out later this summer. It's a bit of a therapy session with my new friends from Manic Bloom (though they feel like old friends). It was just what I needed today to get me back in the game.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 5 - I've Got A Bridge To Sell You, Part 2
06/28/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 5 - I've Got A Bridge To Sell You, Part 2
We continue to explore the bridges in songs and start in a really fun place. Jeff's memory of the first song leads to a find in my music studio just to the left of where I was sitting. As we move along a number of my all-time favorites are explored, to varying affects on Jeff. As it should be.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 005 - Ep 2 - Guster and All Time Faves
06/06/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 005 - Ep 2 - Guster and All Time Faves
This is a slightly updated version of the podcast originally posted in April 2020. One of my faves. Lots of laugh and definitely emotional for me. We start by exploring Guster, past and present (and some meows for good measure) and then move into some of my favorite songs of all time. One of those I only discovered this past fall and I tear up also every time I hear it. And what episode would be complete without a crazy series of seeming coincidences. Jeff found a lot he liked, and I got to challenge him on the twang factor. Along with a few great stories in the mix, we end with the busiest man alive. Some of the other artists we discuss include Live, Counting Crows, Screaming Trees, Travis Tritt, Lily Allen, The Glorious Sons, and one of my Mom's favorites, The Carpenters.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 5 - Manic Bloom Talks Ben Folds Five Army
06/05/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 5 - Manic Bloom Talks Ben Folds Five Army
This is the full conversation that portions were taken from for Castlist 10, Ep 4. The song certainly was impactful on David, Jeff, and Andy.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 4 - I've Got A Bridge To Sell You, Part 1
05/22/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 4 - I've Got A Bridge To Sell You, Part 1
As the title suggests we start to explore the bridges in songs and this leads to a '70s band popping up again, a ghost singer (?), a '90s music magazine trend, and 2 of my favorite albums of all-time. I test Jeff's memory (some things click, others don't) and we end with an intense vocalist whose legacy is tragic on more than one level. Oh and a guest appearance by a couple of members of Manic Bloom.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 3 - Manic Bloom Interview
04/09/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 3 - Manic Bloom Interview
This was the most gorgeous conversation with one of my favorite bands. If you haven't listened to the 2 part episode featuring the band ( episodes 5 and 6 of Castlist 009) this is a great introduction. It is a wonderful music therapy session filled with talk of the struggles bands go through, the triumph of brotherhood, and how spirituality and humanity bond us together. A truly special Moment and perfect for release when Easter, Passover, and Ramadan intersect. And it won't be the last time you hear from the band.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 2 - The Search For A Higher Plane, Part 2
03/20/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 2 - The Search For A Higher Plane, Part 2
This episode starts with the flow-through between Queen's "Death On Two Legs" and Manic Bloom's "Push Off The Ground", a bit of a recap of the prior Manic Bloom songs we spoke about and the reveal of the connection to Wilder Woods from the last episode. We talk about the upcoming interview and Jeff had a great line "and it's not their fault they make great music". The jump to the next artist leads into alien territory and conspiracy theories and we venture into the world of Japanese metal. I also have a couple of fun stories connected to the band. The origin of the band connects to my favorite album of the '90s. Somehow references to Coldplay and Rod Stewart show up along with Kelly Clarkson (a second time in the episode) and Anthrax. Now that would be a concert experience. The direct connection between the artists ends up being a prolific music producer over the last 50 plus years. We get to the final Manic Bloom song which brings up a piece that I hadn't thought I would bring up but it was meant to be. And another crazy synchronicity in post-production involves Mary J. Blige showing up twice. Towards the end of the episode my oft used Nickelback joke comes up and we talk about the lead singer of Alice In Chains, an obscure Psychobilly band and another American Idol alumus.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 1 - The Search For A Higher Plane, Part 1
03/20/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 1 - The Search For A Higher Plane, Part 1
The next 3 episodes are inter-related and create an arc that has become something I had not necessarily intended. The original premise and core of the episodes is to take songs from one of my favorite lesser known bands of the last 15 years and revealing what I feel are influences on the band. These influences include some of the biggest bands in the last 50 years. This episode starts with a project that I've been working on ever since the beginning of Covid. The first song we discuss may seem to not be related to the overall discussion and its placement becomes evident eventually. It was a last minute inclusion that ended up changing the overall narrative of Part 1 and Part 2. In researching the artist Wilder Woods and the band Needtobreathe it led me to the Texas band the Toadies. This started the discussion about the search for a higher plane/higher power. We finally get to the core artist after about 18 minutes, the Nashville indie rock band Manic Bloom. On their website they term themselves "Epic Melodic Rock" and the moniker is a good one. They put out three records (An EP and two albums) between 2008-15. This band commanded my personal chart between 2009 and 2016 with nine #1's, two #2's and 5 more songs making my top 15. By comparing their music to well-known bands we get into some background on those bands. The first of those bands had my favorite song of all-time for a period of time from the mid-90's to the mid-2000's. We talk about Eastern philosophy, where energy comes, an 80's-style guitar solo from and an iconic album from the '70's (one one of favorites of the era).
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 4 - Retro Song Trilogy
01/19/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 4 - Retro Song Trilogy
This is a long episode but has 3 sections so easy to take a break between sections. The first section is a followup to our Hopeful Boy Pop episode where we re-visit previous artists and songs discussed while bringing in some new stuff as well. Through it we stumble upon a new trend, the sped up or slowed down versions of songs. Section 2 highlights a number of songs from 1972 that have had greater impact on me now, 50 years later. This is part of a yearly project that I prompted myself to do a bit after the podcast started in 2018. This leads into a look at, IMO, some of the worst songs of the '70s and a couple of bands from the era that I want to dive deeper into. Section 3 jumps to 1992, which saw a mix up in my top 6 songs of the year, with the new #1 of 1992 now possibly in my top 10 of all-time.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 3 - Number One Contenders
12/27/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 3 - Number One Contenders
In this episode I compare one of the biggest songs on my personal chart this year to the original version that was out in 2021. The contrast between the 2 versions is sharp. The discussion goes to songs that could take over at the top spot, some previous chart toppers and songs that missed because of the impact of that song. We had a lot of fun with the song that ends up dethroning the 8 week champ. In the end I give you a quick rundown of my top songs of 2022.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 2 - New For Jeff 2022
12/06/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 2 - New For Jeff 2022
In this episode I present new songs to Jeff from artists he has enjoyed in the past, hoping they click with him. In the process it becomes evident that there is connective tissue between the selections that comes about through the research and the music angels that are always watching over me.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 1 - Super Quirky Cordiale
11/28/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 009 - Ep 1 - Super Quirky Cordiale
We veer out of Castlist 008 for a handful of episodes that hinge on recent developments. In this first episode I follow up on the concert that Jeff was going to see the last time we talked. Initailly I was going to I relate 2 other songs to the band Superorganism and we end up on a tangent right away, talking about the Swedish band Ghost. As is typical, unexpected narratives develop and a project I have been working on brings in a perfect fit from the 70's band 10cc. Somehow Icehouse, the song "Shannon", Chic and Depeche Mode also join in the fun. When Jeff and I get together it can go in any direction. I was also able to link into this weekend's untimely death of Irene Cara.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 12 - Music Party Recap 2022
10/10/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 12 - Music Party Recap 2022
In this episode we look back at my 39th Annual Music Party that happened at the end of June. It had been a long time since Jeff & his wife Jen were both at the party. We look back at the best songs of 21/22 and 1982 according to the participants. They did choose songs for the 1982 list but not the current year so I let Jeff know how the songs I know he liked from the past year might have affected the outcome if he submitted a list. We end the episode with a fun band that Jeff and Jen were going to see live. In the end that band figures in nicely with the time of year.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 11 - Daniel Blair Interview
09/20/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 11 - Daniel Blair Interview
This episode is the full interview I had with Daniel Blair and his production partner Jackson Harbour. We had a blast.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 10 - Hopeful Boy Pop
09/20/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 10 - Hopeful Boy Pop
This was such a fun episode. It was supposed to be the beginning of an episode that recaps this summer's music party but it became an entity unto itself. I present a number of songs that have impacted Pop radio in the States in recent months to Jeff, exploring a trend that I am seeing develop. Inadvertently, as is often the case, I am led to an artist that I did not know would fit the narrative, and in the end, I interview him and his production partner; the first artist interview since beginning the podcast in 2018. There is a magical moment that happens with his music, perhaps one of my favorite moments ever (certainly in the top 10). Snippets of the interview are included and the full interview is its own episode. Towards the end of the episode, I bring up an episode of Switched On Pop (a great podcast) and explore a number of spoken word songs over music. Jeff's comments often can lead to the opening or closing song to the episode and this time both. Opening Song - "Empty Nesters" by Toro Y Moi Closing Song - "Find My Way" by Gabe Dixon
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 9 - Gang Of Youths
08/30/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 9 - Gang Of Youths
This is an artist-centric episode though as has been typical lately, I have a song for Jeff to hear for the first time before we get into things, Stories about my Mom and my Dad fit nicely into the narrative. A couple of perennial favorites from past episodes show up in the discussion and we get an idea of 2 artists Jeff is not quite fond of.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 8 - The Boys of the 2010's Part 2
08/01/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 8 - The Boys of the 2010's Part 2
In the final discussion of our boy band arc of episodes there is actually a lot to unpack. New music from 5 Seconds of Summer and Harry Styles. How All Time Low found their biggest success 15 years into their career (and a wonderful coincidence that follows it). A boy band that has a connection to Kanye West and finally how the Jonas Brothers tie into a lot of nostalgia about Billboard's Hot 100. There's also a #2 Pop hit from this year that I had never heard and a podcast fav artist sees their first top 40 hit.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 7 - The Boys of the 2010's Part 1
08/01/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 7 - The Boys of the 2010's Part 1
After a 2 month hiatus the cliffhanger is finally revealed. We really only focus on 2 bands in this episode but talk about influences, paying homage and sampling. We try to pinpoint the origin of something Jeff can't get out of his head, talk about college and in the end have to push off the continuation of the discussion to the next episode. This time, however, the follow up episode will come out hours later instead of 2 months from now.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 6 - Pop Punk and Big Hooks
05/24/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 6 - Pop Punk and Big Hooks
As the boy band discussion continues we talk about a popular pop punk band of the aughts, an obscure band from Southern California and Boys who like Girls from Massachusetts. The mood shifts towards the end of the episode and we get a little '80s nostalgia thrown in.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 5 - The Boys of the '80s and '90s
04/25/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 5 - The Boys of the '80s and '90s
In this episode, we explore 2 bands of the second British Invasion, Duran Duran and Wham which leads into a great story about "I'm Too Sexy". I torture Jeff with a Pop-Gospel-ish song that segues into a discussion about svengali boy band producers (well at least one of them was) and the R&B style of the late '80s and early '90s, New Jack Swing. The episode ends with a call and an unlikely source of music inspiration.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 4 - Side Stage, Wild Secrets and Retro Aesthetic
03/10/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 4 - Side Stage, Wild Secrets and Retro Aesthetic
In this episode we do a slight recap of the previous episode which was so much fun, I present 2 new songs to Jeff cold, and we discuss some shifting of priorities in the Beyond Radio universe; introducing the new playlist series Retro Aesthetic.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 3 - Osmonds to Raspberries, A Song Changes a Life
02/05/2022
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 008 - Ep 3 - Osmonds to Raspberries, A Song Changes a Life
My favorite episode so far! Huge laughs, heartfelt emotion, one of my favorite artists, a pivotal moment in my life, and a great Christmas song. I love putting these episodes together. Too Much Fun!!
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