A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll
I review cinematographic products related directly as well as tangentially to rock history and tell the stories of the artists, businesses, and technologies that fueled the development of this glorious cultural mutant known as Rock n' Roll.
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From the Patreon collection #4
07/24/2024
From the Patreon collection #4
From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode: Bowie in ‘74 The rest of the SPIN 1995 readers poll Wanda Jackson’s book One glimpse of the Beatles 1982 Penelope Spheeris interview More Nick Tosches! Gilbert Gottfried on “Spirit in the Sky” Tom Waits recording in the early 2000s with Mark Howard Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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From the Patreon collection #3
06/14/2024
From the Patreon collection #3
From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode: Original description for this episode: Shaboom! Two hours of hotness for you today in the wake of my recent 3-parter on The Crow via the main feed. This was a nice slice of all-over-the-place pie, as the whole Patreon endeavor will surely continue to be. So Today we gots: A quick look at a (post)90s rock book A Spin Reader’s Poll Go Head in the Rain Sun Records stories - Roscoe Jordan on Ike Turner, Then Nick Tosches on Jackie Brentston, Two onstage deaths in Rock Gilbert on where the love grows The history of Altamont continued, featuring Monterey Pop and Bill Graham + the establishment of both Fillmores East and West Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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La Bamba! (1987) #2 | Ritchie Valens & Luis Valdez
06/02/2024
La Bamba! (1987) #2 | Ritchie Valens & Luis Valdez
Today we finish up Ritchie's story with some more background on the filmmaker and the movie I've come to love even more and apparently get goddamn defensive about. Reviewing the legacy of the film via a look back with Valdez and Lou Diamond Phillips TV Tropes about "La Bamba!" My takeaways about the making of the film in 3 parts A look back at Luis Valdez's career and activism featuring a note about his cousin ("that vato?") Caesar Chavez and the work of Teatro Campesino A brief look at the historical significance of American Pauchocos with a detour into some James Ellroy because I wanted to and it's my show, dammit More of Ritchie Valens' life story and rock n' roll legacy continued from last episode Me getting REAL cranky about a douchey Pitchfork article I read while conducting research for this one An update on the show's ongoing relationship with Radish Mattress, Inc Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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From the Patreon collection #2
05/21/2024
From the Patreon collection #2
From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode: Today: A return to Tosches! Checking in on the state of the Stones as they prep for a return to American crowds in '69. And an exploration of the relationship between SUN and CHESS records from 1950-1951, around the time of "Rocket 88", as well as why it's called "The first Rock n' Roll record" by some. It's really not, but the question of what actually is is kind of dumb anyway. Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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From the Patreon Collection #1
04/27/2024
From the Patreon Collection #1
From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode: Today we have: Ed Ward, Nick Tosches, Christopher Hitchens, a bad Nine Inch Nails biography, 70s DEVO origins, and lots of guitar modulation effects. Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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La Bamba! (1987) | Ritchie Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips, Curt Sobel
04/14/2024
La Bamba! (1987) | Ritchie Valens, Lou Diamond Phillips, Curt Sobel
I don't know how to warn you I might get a little wibbly-bibbly in the wobbles during this one. Verklempt, if you will. Similar to the way I was on the CROW episodes processing the loss of Brandon Lee all over again. Ritchie was clearly a marvel and a unique talent in ways I didn't understand until now. To be a guitar hero and a hit songwriter and a teen idol at the same time is a hurculean accomplishment for a 17-year-old kid from Pacoima, California in 1958. And I struggled a bit when jumping on the mic right after my research. This goes back to me being a little kid when I saw the film and begged my dad for a cassette tape of the soundtrack, which I treasured. Rock n' Roll, baby. Rock n' roll. It's gonna be a bit of this n' that: The first impressions of Ritchie by his most prominent biographer, Beverly Mendheim, while she struggled to suss out his ethnicity as an impressionable teenager The career struggles and ongoing activism of Lou Diamond Phillips, who is more consistently successful as an actor than many would realize (Me. I mean me, until now) The masterful music editing of Curt Sobel on La Bamba! while working closely with Los Lobos and director Luis Valdez (more on him in the next episode!!!) Ed Ward's dumbass take on Ritchie in the modern era that rivals even his awful reviews of The Beatles back in the late 60s Readings from a very concise, but effective bio on Ritchie taken from a guitar tab book that I highly recommend (Bev's out of print book) Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Bonus material: The Diablo Guitars Interview with lil' ol' Moi
03/30/2024
Bonus material: The Diablo Guitars Interview with lil' ol' Moi
I shared a link to this youtube video when it came out, but providing audio now for anyone who would like to listen. It's been a couple months, so I don't feel like this cuts into their Youtube traffic at all. And even if that was the case, I'm unsure as to whether this interview series will even continue now that Glenn himself is no longer with the brand. Enjoy! Original desc: "Long time Pacific Northwest Entertainer Jay Smith joins the cast to discuss his Podcast; A History of Rock N' Roll in Film and Rock N' Roll, as well as his ongoing music projects; Double Cross Committee and Late September Dogs." Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Van Halen #6 | "Better Off Dead" (1985)
03/21/2024
Van Halen #6 | "Better Off Dead" (1985)
Hello and get ready for so much Van Halen once again! And Better Off Dead! So much good stuff that could have only happened in the 1980s converging in one place. Along with more 70s Van Halen history too, of course. We'll cover stuff like: Savage Steve Holland's real life experiences that went into his script, and later work in children's cartoons Michael Anthony's first meetup with Sammy Hagar Eddie's challenges in early life as a shy kid would couldn't speak english in America His challenges shaking off the controlling influence of David Lee Roth and Ted Templeman making "1984" the way HE and Alex and Donn Landee wanted to John Cusack's initial hatred of "Better Off Dead" and his eventual backpedal The Van Halen family's journey from The Netherlands to Pasadena by boat and by train My shock at finding out Alex's drums on certain songs were actually an electric kit Al, Mike, and Sammy's soundcheck routines and gear specs on the 1993 tour The AC/DC songs Eddie says inspired "Panama" and "Drop Dead Legs" The making of Van Halen 2 and how it was intentionally different from the debut album How "Fair Warning" influenced what happened on "Diver Down" which in turn influenced "1984" Eddie's on-the-road-all-night-every-night initial fling with Valerie Bertinelli that morphed straight into their marriage What happens when a couple of lucky young dudes from Pennsylvania get to party with Van Halen and MTV doesn't know how to keep up with it all AND SO MUCH MORE. Including lots of my musical interludes and suprise voices from throughout time and space! Even more than usual. Please remember that Rock n' Roll is the best, and so are you! Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Van Halen #5 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
03/04/2024
Van Halen #5 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
Next episode will feature a deep dive on "Better Off Dead" and conclude the Van Halen saga. But until then, please enjoy: A very well-rounded view of VH history by Eddie Van Halen in 1990 Sammy Hagar's arguably sketchy claims about Van Halen's numbers before and after he joined Eddie producing and promoting a band called "Private Life" who obviously did not go on to amazing things (but hey, even if you or I never heard their songs, they still accomplished more than most of us, eh?) Eve Clarke interviewing me about my "Perfect 10" VH tunes of the David Lee Roth era Sammy's tale of meeting Eddie for the first time and joining Van Halen The final installments of my real-time (and space-time) reactions to the Art Linson/Cameron Crowe teen epic that had a lot going for it even if it didn't come out fully cooked - "The Wild Life," starring Nice Guy Eddie, Marty McFly's mom, Vincent Vega's heroin dealer, Clark Griswold's cousin Eddie, and the "Wanna take a bath?" gal from Pink Floyd's Wall film adaptation. Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Michelangelo Antonioni #2 | "Zabriskie Point" (1970)
02/15/2024
Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Michelangelo Antonioni #2 | "Zabriskie Point" (1970)
Well, this was ill-advised, I now think to myself... and now you've got a big ol' buffet to keep going back to for as many trips as you'd like, and I don't know how many of you were expecting Jell-O as well as sushi after your fried green beans. But, whether you listen to it all in sequence or segments, I hope it's valuable to you! Here's a few things you will hear about during the ride: Contraptions used to make Pink Floyd songs like "One of These Days" happen and how they were calibrated The definition of scenery gorn and other tropes found in the film The Bear's emotional relationship with the Wall of Sound, which becomes everyone's relationship with it as well, because The Dead could not perform the same way on everyone else's rinky dink P.A. systems after experiencing the clarity they were used to Pink Floyd's year-long scheme to move from Capitol to CBS in America Hendrix blowing off the Dead on the night he promised to jam, and their low key "revenge" Antonioni's opinions on filmmaking in America vs Italy. What it was like to film Z.P. through the eyes of an American member of the crew who actually did admire his work Richard Wright not showing up very much, getting booted Jerry Garcia records his Zabriskie Point soundtrack music in much less time than he wanted to. And has his payment stolen by Mickey Hart's dad. Who also steals car parts and speakers from Bear Floyd does more regrouping, post-breakup with Roger. Roger gets cranky. Clapton gets a cheeseburger. Roger is still cranky today that the band he walked away from and then sued when they didn't die without him will not promote his albums on their social media The Grateful Dead play for the largest outdoor rock audience of all time in upstate New York. And perform long soundcheck concerts for free on top of that Pink Floyd's 1975 SoCal shows being ruined by LAPD for 4 days Phil Lesh drinks Canadian Whisky with mystery capsules in it and Jerry Garcia crawls around on the floor like a caterpillar who can't leave the room on his own Kurt Loder gives a mean-spirited review of a mean-spirited album. Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-the-inside-story-104505/
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Quick Announcement: A Free Patreon Episode and updates on the next release
02/14/2024
Quick Announcement: A Free Patreon Episode and updates on the next release
The next episode(s) featuring Floyd, The Dead and Zabriskie Point are mostly done and in final editing stages. I haven't decided whether or not to split it into two releases or keep all 4-5 hrs together yet. I figure if you love Pink Floyd and/or the Grateful Dead then having a healthy attention span is probably not an issue for you. In the meantime, please avail yourself of one free episode from the Patreon feed to tide you over and tickle your brain parts that love rock history: Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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The Airing of Grievances episode!
01/07/2024
The Airing of Grievances episode!
It's time to get cranky! I read internet exchanges with a psycho on Reverb.com and a former child star on Instagram as well as quotes from Steve Albini and a section of the recent Megadeth book featuring Dave Mustaine's racist-ass wife. Throughout it all, you will also hear some delightful children's poems to offset the awfulness. Please check the links below for a few things I'm proud of taking part in: A new interview of me on “DiabloCast” by Glenn Cannon from Diablo Guitars “The Necroboard” comedy horror radio drama by Bronson Swagger ent. Starring me as “Corey Baylor” My new “Running Man” review “First Love” short by James Akita Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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"Zabriskie Point" (1970) | Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead
12/20/2023
"Zabriskie Point" (1970) | Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead
Phil Lesh is the best music writer. Richard Wright may or may not have been incredibly smart for not legally being a member of Pink Floyd from 1980 onward. I agree with Roger Ebert for once. Bear knows a thing or two about sound reenforcement after going mostly deaf in one ear. EMI helps create the first internet conspiracy theories in rock. The Dead ditch the jug band thing after seeing "Hard Day's Night." Star of the film dies in the middle of bench press. Douglas Adams makes an appearance in the name of "The fundamental interconnectedness of all things" and $5,000 of Floyd's money. Stuff blows up in slow motion. Weir and Garcia have a pointed back-and-forth with their front-of-house feedback. Roger Waters does his best Italian accent and makes sure all the 1970 soundtrack tapes are reused in future song demos. All this and more, in today's educational whirlwind of sound and flerp. Flerp means words, I guess. Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here (currently paused until end of this month) Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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"White Zombie" (1932) | Also, WHITE ZOMBIE! | Episode 2
11/30/2023
"White Zombie" (1932) | Also, WHITE ZOMBIE! | Episode 2
Hey goons! Welcome back to the 2nd part of my Zombie exploration! You'll hear more tales from Jay Yuenger and Sean Yseult about the early years, some guitar geek stuff about Jay's gear, explorations of the characters and themes found in "White Zombie" the film, interviews with White Zombie from the early/mid 90's and a hard-to-find instrumental track that J. recorded and released before the band broke up. Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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"White Zombie" (1932) & WHITE ZOMBIE | Bela Lugosi, Sean Yseult, Rob Zombie, Jay Yuenger, Ivan DePrume
10/20/2023
"White Zombie" (1932) & WHITE ZOMBIE | Bela Lugosi, Sean Yseult, Rob Zombie, Jay Yuenger, Ivan DePrume
Damn right, I'm doing my "White Zombie" episode just before Halloween! I never had too much of a plan for when I was going to produce this one, because I knew it would be another massive undertaking as well as another "way more history of the band than the movie" situation. If this is your first episode of the show, WELCOME! I want you to know this is probably the coolest band that ever existed for me. I've been bonkers over them since my best friend Eli let me borrow his cassette of "La Sexorcisto" back in 1992. I genuinely did not understand why everyone in the universe did not love this band as much as I did from 92-98. Here's what we'll cover today: Sean’s early years in ballet and art classes, as well as an amazing summary of her WZ career after the fact (more on her musical influence on the band next episode) The beginning and ending of Sean’s relationship with Rob Rob’s early entertainment influences and work on “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” Jay’s tales of the NYC recording of La Sexorcisto, how he managed to not starve, and Ivan De Prume getting paid fifty bucks to do a drum roll for Savatage Bela Lugosi’s emigration from Hungary to New Orleans and up northward to Broadway, and westard to Hollywood The horrific violence after WW1 that forced Bela out of his home country - The Red Terror vs The White Terror, 1917-1919 The many themes and tropes of the “White Zombie” film that resonated with American audiences in 1932 A 1990 interview with Rob from a black & white zine Sean’s relationship with Al Jourgensen, and his supposed, alleged, confrontation with Rob that maybe totally might have partially happened A 1994 guitar extravaganza featuring Jay Yuenger and John Christ of Danzig featuring my very professional voice acting And WAY MORE of course, because you can see the running time of this thing is bloated and engorged like any decent Soul Crushing Psycho-Head Blowout in Pig Heaven should be! And this, my friends, is only part ONE. UNO. EIN. UNE. WAHID. UNA. IKA. BIR. featuring White Zombie, Danzig, Soundgarden, Faith No More Fun extra videos for Zombie fans! Monthly exclusive Rock History bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Shoot Episode #4 | Bass Player Book Reviews, Jann Wenner, Lester Bangs, "Wild in the Streets", Guns n' Roses formation
09/26/2023
Shoot Episode #4 | Bass Player Book Reviews, Jann Wenner, Lester Bangs, "Wild in the Streets", Guns n' Roses formation
Sometimes reading autobiographies leads to great (or just mild) disappointment and no great use for a normal episode of the show. In today's case, I refuse to be the only person who is disappointed, nay INCONVENIENCED, by the works of Nikki Sixx, Flea, and Dave Ellefson. None of these sources that I sought out will be usable in conjunction with a film, but that doesn't mean I can't squeeze at least a bit of fun out of 'em. Or at least, review them for you so you can decide for yourself how much more you need from those pages. Monthly bonus feed here Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Bonus Patreon Preview: MTV, Monster Magnet, Spider-Man, 45 RPM, Nick Tosches
09/13/2023
Bonus Patreon Preview: MTV, Monster Magnet, Spider-Man, 45 RPM, Nick Tosches
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Van Halen #4 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
09/04/2023
Van Halen #4 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
Just in time for the time that it is in your life right now at this moment, here comes part four of the ongoing Van Halen saga with Eddie, Alex, Dave, Sammy, Michael, Noel, Valerie and many others! This episode takes you through: Multiple POVs on the US Festival debacle. Or triumph, depending on your level of optimism Legal wranglings in management Deals gettin' done (no)Journey fans and Sheep and Space Invaders A Botched Endorsement Opportunity with SPARKOMATIC Dave trying to move from video director to film director as he moves away from Van Halen Eddie's conclusions about engineering his own brand of guitars and amplifiers Also other things including more "Wild Life" reactions Bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Patreon Bonus Clip: Skid Row in 1996 from SPIN
08/29/2023
Patreon Bonus Clip: Skid Row in 1996 from SPIN
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Van Halen #3 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
08/26/2023
Van Halen #3 | "The Wild Life" (1984)
The Van Halen Summer continues! One more after this, I think. Maybe. Maybe just one more. In this one we gots: Perspective on the Roth reuinion and Gary Cherone era from manager Ray Danniels A Hit Parader feature from 1984 More thoughts from bassist Michael Anthony A Musician Magazine feature from 1984 on Eddie and Dave An excerpt from David Lee Roth's "Crazy From The Heat" book Some UK road stories from manager Noel Monk involving cheeseburgers, groupies, and having to take Dave's clothes off for him multiple times a night Some tech talk about Eddie's endorsement history and the creation of the EVH guitars at Fender Musical Instrument Co More chatting with my pal Eve Clarke about the 1st three Van Halen records My real time reactions to Cameron Crowe's "The Wild Life" slowed down to unreal time so I sound as pilled-up as a Champion sweater after one wash n' dry cycle New monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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"Little Richard" (2000) Made For TV biopic by Robert Townshend
08/13/2023
"Little Richard" (2000) Made For TV biopic by Robert Townshend
This is one I started more than a year ago, and just didn't want to get anything wrong by rushing to publication too soon. But now I'm ok with the amount of research packed into this episode and can move on to creating #2. Here are a few things you have to look forward to: Richard’s scat-centric pranks on family and neighbors as a child Early abuse at the hands of strange white men from out of town The many influences that shaped his stagecraft and persona His father’s murder at the hands of just some dude that was drunk and in a bad mood His journey from local bandleader to touring dynamo A few of his early attempts at hit making that did not go over with the record buying public The key differences between him and R&B or Blues artists of his era A Rik Mayall quote from the time he met Richard Life in The Upsetters on the road A history lesson on "conking" Recording "Tutti Frutti" with all the butt sex language taken out Getting arrested for public sex stuff Monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Van Halen #2 | "The Wild Life (1984)
07/24/2023
Van Halen #2 | "The Wild Life (1984)
The second part of maybe three? Maybe four? Besides me talking through the mid-phase of the DLR era with my friend Eve, and my real time reactions to Cameron Crowe and Art Linson's "The Wild Life", there's alla this action right hyeah: A “death of hard rock” review from 1978 The band hosts Wet T-shirt night at Mitty’s Stories about the making of some legendary VH songs Another review of “The Wild Life” (not great!) VH Vying for Gene Simmons’ stewardship on the same night as not-quite-Dokken David Lee Roth on his suspicions that Gene was secretly just after Eddie Eddie’s Ibanez Destroyer and the Chris Holmes connection Van Halen plays with Journey, Sabbath, and The Rolling Stones The time Eddie chopped a piece off of his Gibson SG during a recording session Some nice thoughts from Steve Lukather New monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Guns n' Roses | The Dead Pool (1988) #3
07/07/2023
Guns n' Roses | The Dead Pool (1988) #3
Enjoy me tripping over my own research on Dirty Harry at the beginning of this one, folks! Then you can also enjoy the following: Duff decides it's time to bring in Slash and Steven so they can tour the west coast Axl threatens to whip Michael Hutchence's onstage ass while GnR are backstage in 1988 More TV tropes about "The Dead Pool" including me finding SLASH's whole page of personal tropes!!! Izzy bottoms out and gets sober after pissing into something that's not the toilet on a plane. Manager Alan Niven discusses the Vince Neil incident at the MTV Music Video awards in fall of 1989 "Mick Wall at kErRaNg!" takes us through his account of the "Get In The Ring" saga and I actually side with him for once. Ok for twice, at least. I'm not a man who wants ta live in a world of absolutes, fer crissakes. My friends and I do a live table read of the inFAMOUS (meaning less than famous) 1986 Karen Burch interview from "Music Connection" magazine, followed by my narration of the fallout on both sides. Thank you so much for caring about Rock n' roll. It's the best, and so are you. New monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673 The 86 Music Connection interview: and HUGE article, 1988
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Guns n' Roses | The Dead Pool (1988) #2
07/04/2023
Guns n' Roses | The Dead Pool (1988) #2
One more GnR episode after this one! Thank you so much for giving a damn about Rock n' Roll. Here's what you have to look forward to in a mere 2.5 hrs of greatness: Slash runs naked through a golf course Duff teaches you to cook Steven goes motorbiking with Tommy Lee Axl is confused, frustrated and pissed off Izzy rules, because he's my favorite Roger Ebert is a cranky-pants windbag The Dead Pool racks up a ton of TV Tropes New monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Van Halen | "The Wild Life" (1984) #1
06/14/2023
Van Halen | "The Wild Life" (1984) #1
Hello friends and welcome to Van Halen time! This episode features 3 intertwining sections: My narration of some hand-picked moments in VH history, my real-time reactions to Cameron Crowe's follow up to "Fast Times..." and a super fun interview conducted by my friend and fellow rocker, Eve Clarke, for an as-yet-unreleased series of videos she's cookin' up with other opinionated guitar enthusiasts in our local orbit. Eve's music can be found here: Part two of my Van Halen series will probably be out next month, but right now it's anyone's guess if the 2nd Guns n' Roses episode gets finished first. We'll just have to see. In the meantime, please be excellent to each other and PARTY ON, DUDES! New monthly bonus feed here (an extra 4 hrs of rock n' roll history for $3) Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Twitter(while I can still stand it): Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Bonus Episode! I read parts to you a 90s book of X-Men and Star Trek
05/29/2023
Bonus Episode! I read parts to you a 90s book of X-Men and Star Trek
XMANSTARTRACK AUDIOBOOKYNESS! Listen to me read a couple hours of Jan Michael Vincent Marty Friedman's Sci-Fi X-over epic! I love the X-Men and wish I liked more Star Trek. So here's me following through on a dumb idea I had a couple yrs ago when Mike Stolklassa of Red Letter Media appeared onscreen pretending to read this paperback masterpiece and went straight to ebay to buy the damn thing. More later. New monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal tips: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Patreon Preview 2 | Charles Manson and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys
05/14/2023
Patreon Preview 2 | Charles Manson and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys
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Guns n' Roses | The Dead Pool (1988) #1
05/01/2023
Guns n' Roses | The Dead Pool (1988) #1
Guns n' Roses tour with Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, The Rolling Stones and more! Then Clint Eastwood's kiddo gets his favorite-est band in the whole wide world to be in his dad's new movie featuring Jim Carrey and Liam Neeson. Also lots of booze and drugs and bikers and strippers! Axl Rose warms up his vocals backstage with a Queensryche song that passive-aggressively lets his band know he's sick of their heroin dependency. The "Hell House" era featuring West Arkeen and Del James is discussed. LAPD and UK journalists all show up at the biker crash pad for an epic hang. The boys from Tesla strongly imply that "Patience" was a ripoff of one of their tunes. Many times during this era, Axl showed up to play gigs as scheduled and on time, but not always. Sly Stone shows up to use the bathroom! Many many times! Steven Adler gets in a "huge barroom brawl." Then it turns out he "punched out a street light". And then it turns out he actually just put his fist through a porch lamp outside a bar, and in doing so provided an opportunity for somebody else's drummer to take his place for a few shows while his finger healed. Living Colour's Vernon Reid has some choice words to say onstage about "One in a Million" while Axl is being forcibly pulled out of hiding and driven to the stadium with police escorts to get him onstage in time to open for the Stones that night. Oh, and Vince Neil bravely defend's his wife's honor after Izzy Stradlin beat her up with a flurry of karate kicks and punches. OR MAYBE Vince Neil sucker punched Izzy in the dark while he was coming offstage because the lady in question told Vince a story no one else seems to be able to corroborate. Because other folks said she was blatantly putting the moves on Iz and he pushed her off him and insulted her. Could all of this simultaneously be true somehow? I would not put it past the Rock n' Roll gods to have made it so, just to fuck with us, and all the parties involved. New monthly bonus feed here! Choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money or maybe some money: PayPal: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
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Patreon Preview 1 | DEVO, Branson, Sex Pistols
04/30/2023
Patreon Preview 1 | DEVO, Branson, Sex Pistols
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"The Crow" (1994) episode #3 | Nine Inch Nails, Brandon Lee
04/14/2023
"The Crow" (1994) episode #3 | Nine Inch Nails, Brandon Lee
New monthly bonus feed here! This marks the end of The Crow trilogy...of my shows, not the film trilogy. Much like the Robert Johnson episode, I was shocked to find out how little of full story of this incredibly talented performer's death I had actually known all this time. The Crow stands out from many other subjects of A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll. I simply don’t talk in as much detail about most movies I cover on these episodes. But I think it stands to reason that many of them didn’t have an influence on modern culture, moviemaking and popular music like this one did. Usually the subjects covered in the films I review (the rock stars with names in the title, or just the era of culture portrayed) had more influence in real life than the films themselves. This episode covers a lot more Nine Inch Nails through some great interviews with Trent Reznor from the 90s, plus one little magazine review of an early New Order show that I couldn't help but include, and a quick deviation at the beginning toward a famous comic book innovator who once found himself in the same positions as a young James O'Barr did while serving in the U.S. military. This one gets a bit silly, a bit raw, a bit sad, but it was needed. Cheers, all. Your continued indulgence is noted and appreciated. This is all researched, crafted, edited, scored and produced by just me. Please, if you can, consider a Patreon subscription for $3 or choose your preferred method of supporting the show for no money (or maybe some money): PayPal Contributions: Shirt designs with defeatist messaging delivered via bright colors and childish graphics: Subscribe to me on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Send me an email with show suggestions: Suicide Prevention, Text/Call: 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673 interview 1994 BROKEN: Bootleg library: Crow book: Brandon Lee By Cindy Dyson: Self Destruct Book: SPIN MAGS:
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