That Record Got Me High Podcast
Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce' that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast! Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.
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S8E401 - Pink Floyd 'Animals' with James Cook
04/19/2025
S8E401 - Pink Floyd 'Animals' with James Cook
Pink Floyd's 'Animals', a lyrically dark, musically dense concept album loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', is as eerily precient today as it was when first released in 1977. Rob and this week's guest, Portland, Oregon songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist James Cook (Trashcan Joe, Captain's Audio Project), take a deep dive into this sweepingly nihilistic classic. Songs discussed in this episode: Pigs On The Wing (Pink Floyd Cover) - Chrome; Waiting For The Moon, Really Hard To Find - Captain's Audio Project; Breathe (In The Air) - Pink Floyd; Rise Above - Black Flag; Pigs On The Wing (Part One), Astronomy Domine, Dogs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Sheep, Pigs On The Wing (Part Two) - Pink Floyd; A Little Bit Here - Trashcan Joe; Satan Wrote This Song - Captain's Audio Project
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S8E400 - The Flaming Lips 'The Soft Bulletin' with Jonathan Hischke
04/12/2025
S8E400 - The Flaming Lips 'The Soft Bulletin' with Jonathan Hischke
For our 400th episode (!!!) we're joined by musician Jonathan Hischke (Hella, Dot Hacker, E V Kain), who brought us a record that got under his skin when he first heard it in 1999 - Rob's too! - and continues to astound: The Flaming Lips' beautifully trippy kinda-masterpiece 'The Soft Bulletin'. "Will the fight for our sanity Be the fight of our lives?" Songs discussed in this episode: Race For The Prize (Feat. The Colorado Symphony & Andre De Ridder, live at Red Rocks) - The Flaming Lips; Eye Opener - Dot Hacker; Striking Out - E V Kain; Infektion - The Flying Luttenbachers; She Lives in an Airport - Guided By Voices; She Don't Use Jelly, Christmas At The Zoo - The Flaming Lips; Easter Theatre - XTC; Race For The Prize, A Spoonful Weighs A Ton, The Spark That Bled, The Spiderbite Song, Buggin', What Is The Light, The Observer, Waitin' For A Superman, Suddenly Everything Has Changed, The Gash, The Gash (Feat. The Colorado Symphony & Andre De Ridder, live at Red Rocks), Feeling Yourself Disintegrate, Sleeping On The Roof - The Flaming Lips; Waitin' For A Superman (The Flaming Lips cover) - Iron & Wine
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S8E399 - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection with Nick County
04/05/2025
S8E399 - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection with Nick County
Are novelty records cool? Probably not, but this week's guest, musician/songwriter Nick County, makes the case that the best ones are artistically valid, culturally relevant and - most importantly - a hoot! We embraced the weird and dove head-first into Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection. Caution: freaks ahead... Songs discussed in this episode: Pico & Sepulveda - Felix Figueroa and His Orchestra; Welcome 2 Where U Been, Psycho, In Texas - Nick County; Another One Rides The Bus - 'Weird Al' Yankovic; Transfusion - Nervous Norvus; Eat It, My Balogna - 'Weird Al' Yankovic; Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight) - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group; In Spite Of All The Danger - The Quarrymen; Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight - Billy Jones & Ernest Hare; Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman; Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong feat. Alice Bowie; Dave's Not Here - Cheech & Chong; Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl; Dancin’ Fool - Frank Zappa; Star Trekkin - The Firm; Walmart - Jesse Welles; Big Parlay Blues - Silver Bluff Blues Band; King Tut - Steve Martin; Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes; Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer; A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash; Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out - Shel Silverstein; Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball - Dr Hook; They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV; Red Rocky Road - Nick County
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S8E398 - The Radio Dept. 'Pet Grief' with Nathan Levine
03/29/2025
S8E398 - The Radio Dept. 'Pet Grief' with Nathan Levine
This week's guest, Nathan Levine (Instagram @Boysgiant), brings us Swedish dream-pop band The Radio Dept. and their 2006 release 'Pet Grief'. Lush, evocative melodies? Check. Understated, melancholic delivery? Check. It's a vibe... Songs discussed in this episode: It's Personal, Pulling Our Weight, Annie Laurie, Where Damage Isn't Already Done - The Radio Dept.; Apocalypse - Cigarettes After Sex; It's Personal, Pet Grief - The Radio Dept; Atmosphere - Joy Division; A Window, I Wanted You To Feel The Same, South Side - The Radio Dept.; Feel It All Around - Washed Out; The Worst Taste In Music, What You Sell - The Radio Dept.; Weirdo - New Order; Every Time, What Will Give, Gibraltar, Sleeping In, Tell, Always A Relief, You Fear The Wrong Thing Baby, Bachelor Kisses (The Go-Betweens cover) - The Radio Dept.
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S8E397 - Late Of The Pier 'Fantasy Black Channel' with Josh Mackenzie
03/22/2025
S8E397 - Late Of The Pier 'Fantasy Black Channel' with Josh Mackenzie
Released in 2008 and quickly lumped in with the soon-to-be-maligned British nu-rave emergence, Late Of The Pier's one-and-only release 'Fantasy Black Channel' now stands out as a bit of an undersung cult classic. This week's guest Josh Mackenzie (The Joshua Hotel) joins us to unpack this infectiously propulsive slab of sonic chaos. Songs discussed in this episode: Bathroom Gurgle (Breakbot Remix) - Late Of The Pier; Martin Amiss, Easy Feeling - The Joshua Hotel; Golden Skans - Klaxons; Apple - LA Priest; Hot Tent Blues, Broken - Late Of The Pier; Girls & Boys - Blur; Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne - Suicide; Space and the Woods, The Bears Are Coming, Random Firl - Late Of The Pier; Live Forever - Oasis; Pussyole - Dizzee Rascal; Heartbeat, Whitesnake, VW, Focker - Late Of The Pier; Living A Lie - The dB's; The Enemy Are The Future - Late Of The Pier; I'm So Cute - Frank Zappa; Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Bathroom Gurgle, No Time - Late Of The Pier; Easy Feeling - The Joshua Hotel
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S8E396 - 'That Song That References A Form Of Transportation Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
03/15/2025
S8E396 - 'That Song That References A Form Of Transportation Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For our latest Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in songs referencing a form of transportation. All aboard!! *If you'd like to start participating in these episodes, head over to and become a Patron Songs discussed in this episode: Waitress In The Sky (Alternate Version, Tim Expanded Edition) - The Replacements; See The Train - Blancmange; Lost My Driving Wheel - David Wiffen; Lady Pilot - Neko Case; The Passenger - Art Brut; Speedway at Nazareth - Mark Knopfler; Straight Line - Nocturnal Projections; The Crystal Escalator In The Palace Of God Department Store - Bill Nelson; Peavine - Hooker 'n Heat; Highway Star - Deep Purple; Red Barchetta - Rush; The Big Three Killed My Baby - The White Stripes; Twin Cadillac Valentine - The Screaming Blue Messiahs; Brand New Cadillac - The Clash; Jet Fighter - The Bangles; Only Losers Take The Bus - The Fatima Mansions; Commie Drives A Nova - Ike Reilly; Click Clack - Captain Beefheart; The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Billy Bragg and Joe Henry; Bus to Beelzebub- Soul Coughing; Truck Train Tractor - The Pastels; In These Shoes - Bette Midler; Midget Submarine - Swell Maps; Walking the Cow - Porridge Radio; Someone Stole My Wheels - Biff Bang Pow!; Elektrichka - Kino; Skateaway - Dire Straits
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S8E395 - The Only Ones 'Special View' with Mick Hans
03/08/2025
S8E395 - The Only Ones 'Special View' with Mick Hans
This week's returning guest, Chicago native and Patron Mick Hans, brings us Britain's The Only Ones and their 1979 US release 'Special View'. While you might not be familiar with the band, you almost certainly have heard their iconic - often-covered - song 'Another Girl, Another Planet', which AllMusic has described as "Arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded". Songs discussed in this episode: Another Girl, Another Planet - The Replacements/The Mighty Lemon Drops/The Greg Kihn Band/Blink-182; Another Girl, Another Planet - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; I Wanna Go With Dignity - Peter Perrett; Bright Lights - England's Glory; Sparkle - The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell; Better By You, Better Than Me - Spooky Tooth; Another Girl, Another Planet, Lovers Of Today, Peter And the Pets - The Only Ones; Waves Of Fear - Lou Reed; Maid In Heaven - Be Bop Deluxe; Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty; The Beast - The Only Ones; You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory - Johnny Thunders; City Of Fun, The Whole Of The Law, Out There In The Night - The Only Ones; Cool For Cats - Squeeze; Someone Who Cares, You've Got To Pay, Flaming Torch - The Only Ones; Torn Curtain - Television; Curtains For You, From Here To Eternity, The Beast (Live in Chicago 1979) - The Only Ones
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S8E394 - Al Green 'Let's Stay Together' with Nikki O’Neill
03/01/2025
S8E394 - Al Green 'Let's Stay Together' with Nikki O’Neill
Our guest this week, Chicago singer-songwriter/guitarist Nikki O'Neill, moved around a lot as a child. A LOT. But no matter what life threw at her, Al Green's 1972 landmark soul/R&B release 'Let's Stay Together' always felt like home. "Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad - let's stay together..." Songs discussed in this episode: Let's Stay Together - Roberta Flack; Newcomer Blues, Drive, Square One - Nikki O'Neill; Take Me To The River, Let's Stay Together - Al Green; Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner; La-La For You, So You're Leaving, What Is This Feeling - Al Green; I Wish The Sun Could Shine On Me - Nikki O'Neill; Give Me That Old Time Religion - Famous Ward Singers; Old Time Lovin' - Al Green; I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd; I've Never Found A Girl - Al Green; How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees; How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Judy, Ain't No Fun To Me - Al Green; Live Like You've Just Begun - Nikki O'Neill
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S8E393 - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program 'Free Again!' with Motelle Codeen
02/22/2025
S8E393 - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program 'Free Again!' with Motelle Codeen
You might recognize actress Megan Mullally from her Emmy Award-winning stint on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, or her many other comedic roles. What you MIGHT not know is that she's also an accomplished singer, releasing three albums with her band Supreme Music Program. This week's guest, Patron, visual artist and self-described potential drag disciple Motelle Codeen brings us Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program's wonderfully eclectic 2007 release: 'Free Again!' "Honey, tact is for people who aren’t witty enough to be sarcastic." - Karen Walker Songs discussed in this episode: Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Megan Mullally; Will & Grace Theme - Jonathan Wolff; Ruby's Arms - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; Please, Mr Jailer - Nancy and Beth; Pa Pa Power - Dead Man's Bones; You Took Advantage of Me - Megan Mullally; Up A Lazy River - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; Up A Lazy River - Leon Redbone; Down By The Water - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; Down By The Water - PJ Harvey; St James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong; St James Infirmary Blues - Cab Calloway; St James Infirmary, I Cannot Justify - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; I Cannot Justify - Adrienne Young; Two Sisters - Tom Waits; Wind and Rain, Shakedown On 9th St. - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; Talk To Me - Frogpond, Talk To Me - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; Awaiting You - Adam Guettel, Billy Porter; Awaiting You, For The Good Times, You Took Advantage Of Me - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program; You Took Advantage Of Me - Elaine Stritch; Ave Maria - Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program
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S8E392 - Kim Gordon 'The Collective' with Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto (hackedepicciotto)
02/15/2025
S8E392 - Kim Gordon 'The Collective' with Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto (hackedepicciotto)
Legendary musician and multi-disciplinary artist Kim Gordon released a banger of a solo album in 2024, the blistering, sonically vicious 'The Collective'. This week we're joined by guests Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) and Danielle de Picciotto (Crime & the City Solution, Love Parade) - who together comprise the genre-defying, trailblazing duo hackedepicciotto - to unpack this mind-bender of a record. Songs discussed in this episode: Evermore, Awake, Lovestuff - hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli); Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. - Einstürzende Neubauten; Murdered Out - Kim Gordon; Sucker - Charli XCX; HUMBLE - Kendrick Lamar; Can You Feel It - Mr Fingers; Baby I Can Drive My Car - Gudrun Gut; Dream Baby Dream - Suicide; BYE BYE - Kim Gordon, Miuzi Weighs A Ton - Public Enemy; The Candy House, I Don't Miss My Mind - Kim Gordon; Frenz - The Fall; I'm A Man - Kim Gordon; Spiritual Healing - Dälek; Trophies - Kim Gordon; Evermore - hackedpicciotto; It's Dark Inside, Psychedelic Orgasm, Treehouse, Shelf Warmer, The Believers, Dream Dollar, Bangin' On The Freeway - Kim Gordon; Grace (Live In Napoli) - hackedepicciotto
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S8E391 - Henry Badowski 'Life Is A Grand' with Steve Michener
02/08/2025
S8E391 - Henry Badowski 'Life Is A Grand' with Steve Michener
What more can be said about returning guest Steve Michener (Big Dipper, Volcano Suns) that hasn't been said already during his SEVEN previous appearances?!? Perhaps not much, but Steve is ALWAYS a great guest, and he returns with a gem of a record that many may not have heard of before - the delightful one-and-done release by British singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist Henry Badowski, 1981's 'Life Is A Grand' Songs discussed in this episode: All Going Out Together - Big Dipper; Life Is A Grand - Henry Badowski; I Dream Of Jeannie - Hypnolovewheel; My Face, Baby, Sign Here With Me - Henry Badowski; Right To Work - Chelsea; Antipope - King; Kids In America - Kim Wilde; My Face, Henry's In Love - Henry Badowski; That Summer Feeling - Jonathan Richman; Swimming With The Fish In The Sea, The Inside Out - Henry Badowski; The New World - Robert Fripp; Lester Leaps In - The Monochrome Set; Life Is A Grand - Henry Badowski; Don't Bring Harry - The Stranglers; Silver Trees, This Was Meant To Be - Henry Badowski; Common People - Pulp; Anywhere Else - Henry Badowski; Baby, Sign Here With Me - King; Edward The Bear - The Damned; Baby, Sign Here With Me - Henry Badowski; Shot By Both Sides - Magazine; Dead Finks Don't Talk - Brian Eno; Rampant - Henry Badowski; Love Is The Drug -Roxy Music; Making Love With My Wife - Henry Badowski; She's Fetching - Big Dipper; My Baby Don't Care - King
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S8E390 - Talk Talk 'Spirit Of Eden' with Tom Lawery
02/01/2025
S8E390 - Talk Talk 'Spirit Of Eden' with Tom Lawery
Is 'Spirit Of Eden', the fourth studio album by British band Talk Talk, a deceptively understated masterpiece or an indulgent musical experiment gone awry? Rob and this week's returning guest Tom Lawery fall decidedly in the former camp. Released in 1988, the record is now often cited as the precursor to later so-called 'post-rock' albums by bands like Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Low and latter-period Radiohead. A year in its creation, painstakingly assembled from improvised performances that draw on elements of jazz, ambient, classical music, blues and dub, it's an album that ultimately rewards the deep-listen it requires. Songs discussed in this episode: The Rainbow, Talk Talk, April 5th, Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk; It's My Life (Talk Talk cover) - No Doubt; East Hastings - Godspeed You! Black Emperor; No Face, No Name, No Number - Traffic; The BEATen Generation - The The; The Rainbow - Talk Talk; Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth; Eden - Talk Talk; Heroin - The Velvet Underground; Desire, Inheritance - Talk Talk; I'm Flying - The Shits; Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie and the Hot Rods; I Believe In You, Wealth - Talk Talk; The Watershed - Mark Hollis; I Believe In You (Talk Talk cover) - S. Carey
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S8E389 - Johnny Winter And 'Live' with Kevin Shields (Detention)
01/25/2025
S8E389 - Johnny Winter And 'Live' with Kevin Shields (Detention)
Before discovering punk rock and forming New Jersey hardcore band Detention with his brothers Daniel and Paul, bassist Kevin Shields was a rock and roll kid. He bought the Johnny Winter And 'Live' album because he thought the cover looked cool, and no matter where his musical path took him this blistering live set recorded live at The Fillmore East in 1970 remained near-and-dear to his heart. Rock. And. Roll. Songs discussed in this episode: It's My Own Fault - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); El Salvador, Dead Rock 'N Rollers - Detention; Out of Vogue - The Middle Class; Anxiety Attack - Detention; Wait For The Blackout - The Damned (Live from 'A Night Of A Thousand Vampires'); It's My Own Fault - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); Since I've Been Lovin' You - Led Zeppelin; Tobacco Road - Edgar Winter; Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer; Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys; I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad; Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers (Live at Fillmore East, 1971); It's My Own Fault, Jumpin' Jack Flash - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); Chaos - Bigger Thomas; Rock and Roll Medley - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (Live in California, 1975); Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); Glory - Television; Johnny B. Goode - Johnny Winter And (Live at the Fillmore East, NYC 1970); Beach - Detention *Check out Left For Dead Records' reissue of Detention's classic 1983 single 'Dead Rock 'n Rollers' plus 8 more songs at: https://www.leftfordeadrecords.com/
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S8E388 - Webb Chapel 'World Cup' with Maura Pond (Luna Honey)
01/18/2025
S8E388 - Webb Chapel 'World Cup' with Maura Pond (Luna Honey)
Recorded and mixed over six days, Philadelphia band Webb Chapel's latest release - 'World Cup' - represents the band’s transition from primary songwriter Zack Claxton's solo project to a more collaborative effort. The resulting amalgamation of thrilling sonic deconstructionism and top-notch indie songwriting caught the ear of this week's guest, singer/guitarist Maura Pond of the band Luna Honey. Turn it up! Songs discussed in this episode: Harbor - Luna Honey & Norman Westberg; Kerosene, Lead, Bound - Luna Honey; Springtime - Webb Chapel; Overture - The Who; Shipping Containers Anonymous, Blowing Trees With My Dad, Pretty, Amelia, D.U.S.T., Brown Eyes, Black Car - Webb Chapel; Don't Go Away - Oasis; Alone At The Fair, Red Roses - Webb Chapel; Wined and Dined - Syd Barrett; Five - Webb Chapel; Brand New Love - Sentridoh; Velvet Morning - Webb Chapel; Lemons - Luna Honey
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S8E387 - 'That Song About Religion/God Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
01/11/2025
S8E387 - 'That Song About Religion/God Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For this special Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite song about religion and/or God. We got an eclectic batch of submissions, running the gamut from the holy to the heretical. Joyful noise indeed! Songs discussed in this episode: Old Time Religion - Pete Seeger; Take Care Of All Of My Children - Tom Waits; Jewish - Spirit; Run On For A Long Time - Blind Boys of Alabama; Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum; Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar; Dear God - XTC; There Is No God - Mrs Magician; Drinking With Jesus - Red Elvises; Being Boiled - The Human League; Amen - Otis Redding; Amen - Spacemen 3; Burn In Hell - John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat; Harvest Festival - XTC; Come By Here - Alex Chilton; The Obeah Man - Exuma; I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Dr John; Godsong - The Residents; Four Winds - Bright Eyes; You Spoke To Me - Smoking Popes; Into the Mystic - Van Morrison; Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet - Gavin Bryars & Tom Waits; God! Show Me Magic - Super Furry Animals; How a Resurrection Really Feels - The Hold Steady; God - Daniel Johnston; Anti-Pope - The Damned; Jesus Was A Social Drinker - Chuck Prophet; The Holy War - Thin Lizzy; A Christmas Song - Rash Of Stabbings
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S8E386 - The Mamas & the Papas 'Second Album, S/T' with Richard Campbell
01/04/2025
S8E386 - The Mamas & the Papas 'Second Album, S/T' with Richard Campbell
This week we're joined by Richmond, VA Circuit Court Judge Richard Campbell. No, we're not in trouble - Richard, who wrote the book "Gettin' Kinda Itchie: The Groups That Made the Mamas & the Papas", is here to talk The Mamas & the Papas and their often overlooked S/T second album 'The Mamas and The Papas' Court is in session! Songs discussed in this episode: I Saw Her Again Last Night (The Mamas and The Papas cover) - Trombones Unlimited; California Dreamin', No Salt On Her Tail - The Mamas & The Papas; Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan; Here In My Arms, Trip, Stumble and Fall, Dancing Bear, Words Of Love, My Heart Stood Still, Dancing In The Street, I Saw Her Again, Strange Young Girls, I Can't Wait - The Mamas & The Papas; 500 Miles - The Journeymen; Even If I Could - The Mamas & The Papas; No More Running Around - The Lamp Of Childhood; That Kind Of Girl, Once Was A Time I Thought - The Mamas & The Papas; Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Cass Elliot; Tempo no Tempo - Os Mutantes
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S8E385 - Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' with Lori Garrote
12/28/2024
S8E385 - Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' with Lori Garrote
As can often happen to records made by virtual unknowns that end up selling over 30 million copies worldwide, Alanis Morissette's uncensored diary of an album 'Jagged Little Pill' is perceived by many with a degree of snark and cynicism. Our guest this week, singer/songwriter Lori Garrote, is not one of these people. Raw, unvarnished and intensely personal, JLP became much more than just another record for her and millions of other women. You oughta know... Songs discussed in this episode: You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette cover) - Vitamin String Quartet; Stand Alone - Lori Garrote; Too Hot - Alanis Morissette; Seether - Veruca Salt; All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, Perfect - Alanis Morissette; Bad Reputation - Joan Jett; Hand In My Pocket, Right Through You, Forgiven, You Learn, Head Over Feet, Mary Jane, Ironic, Not The Doctor, Wake Up, Your House (a cappella) - Alanis Morissette; Undertow - Lori Garrote
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S7E384 - Dot Hacker 'Inhibition' with Layla Moheimani
12/21/2024
S7E384 - Dot Hacker 'Inhibition' with Layla Moheimani
Yes, Dot Hacker's lead vocalist Josh Klinghoffer played guitar with Red Hot Chili Peppers for 10 years - trigger warning for some - but before forming in 2008 all four members were already established musicians, recording and touring with an impressive list of respected artists including: Beck, Gnarls Barkley, PJ Harvey, The Butthole Surfers and Broken Bells amongst many others. This week's guest, musician/audio engineer Layla Moheimani, fell instantly under the spell of the band and their lush, architectural-yet-still-rocking debut release 'Inhibition'. Songs discussed in this episode: What Red Hot Chili Peppers Sound Like To People Who Don't Like Red Hot Chili Peppers - There I Ruined It; Unreachable - John Frusciante; Billie Holiday - Warpaint; The Afterglow - John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer; Going On - Gnarls Barkley; Biblical Violence - Hella; Overpour - E V Kain; Order/Disorder, Idleidolidyl, Eye Opener, Discotheque, Be Leaving, The Earth Beneath, Inhibition - Dot Hacker; Mystic Lady - T-Rex; The Wit of the Staircase - Dot Hacker; Dreams of a Samurai - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Quotes, Puncture - Dot Hacker; Fade Into You (Mazzy Star cover) - Layla Joon
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S7E383 - Kraftwerk 'Radio-Activity' with Kevin Chanel
12/14/2024
S7E383 - Kraftwerk 'Radio-Activity' with Kevin Chanel
German electronic band Kraftwerk's 1975 release 'Radio-Activity' is a bit of a forgotten middle-child, having come just after 'Autobahn' and just before 'Trans-Europe Express'. Returning guest Kevin Chanel makes the case that this highly experimental, avant-garde concept album deserves a second look. “When airwaves swing, distant voices sing” Songs discussed in this episode: Radioactivity (Kraftwerk cover) - The Divine Comedy; Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk; Commerciality - Mr Partridge; The Ballad Of Austin Cortez - The Soul Brothers of Chula Vista; Tour De France, Geiger Counter, Radioactivity, Radioland - Kraftwerk; March from A Clockwork Orange (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement, Abridged) - Beethoven/Wendy Carlos; Airwaves, Intermission, News - Kraftwerk; Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; The Voice of Energy, Antenna, Radio Stars, Uranium - Kraftwerk; Blue Monday - New Order; Transister, Ohm Sweet Ohm, Radioactivity (The Mix), Radioactivity (Live) - Kraftwerk
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S7E382 - The Anthology Of American Folk Music with Matthew Sabatella
12/07/2024
S7E382 - The Anthology Of American Folk Music with Matthew Sabatella
When this week's guest, musician/music historian Matthew Sabatella discovered Harry Smith's 'The Anthology Of American Folk Music' in the late 90s, it literally changed the direction of his own musical journey. This amazing collection of recordings made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers got under his skin, and eventually moved him to found Ballad of America, Inc., a nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve and celebrate music from America’s diverse cultural history. Songs discussed in this episode: Henry Lee - Dick Justice; Sir George - Matthew Sabatella; Old Lady & The Devil - Bill & Belle Reed; White House Blues - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers; Tenting On The Old Camp Ground - Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band; Memory Coast - Matthew Sabatella; House Carpenter - Bob Dylan; The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley; Ommie Wise - G. B. Grayson; John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family; Casey Jones - Grateful Dead; Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis; Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson; Mountain Banjo - Rhiannon Giddons; Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon; Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers; Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson; I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford; Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan; Way Down the Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon; Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt; Going Up The Country - Canned Heat; Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas; This Old Hammer - Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band
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S7E381 - 'You Gotta Hear This One Song' Patron-curated Episode
11/30/2024
S7E381 - 'You Gotta Hear This One Song' Patron-curated Episode
For this special Patron-curated episode, we asked patrons of the podcast to send in a song they love, that 'got them high' and that they wanted to share with our listeners. You know when you're talking music with someone and you say "Have you heard this one song? You've gotta hear it...it will change your life!" Yeah, that. Songs discussed in this episode: Might - Love Canal; It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Link Wray; Hitting You - Loudon Wainwright III; Saving For A Rainy Day - David Stoughton; Gangsters - The Specials; Baby Plays Around - Elvis Costello; Dead Language - Bedhead; Main Traveled Roads - Doll By Doll; Gentle Eyes - Terry Malts; Great Waves - The Dirty Three; Rich Kid Blues - Terry Reid; Now Be Thankful - Fairport Convention; Your Little Hoodrat Friend - The Hold Steady; Where Do We Go When We Die? - The The; I'll Be You - Replacements; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Annie Lennox; Kolly Kibber's Birthday - Julian Cope; Come And Get Me - Humdrum; Bats In The Attic - King Kreosote & Jon Hopkins; Two-Step - Low; Dimed Out - Titus Andronicus
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S7E380 - Bedhead 'WhatFunLifeWas' with Joe Tunis
11/23/2024
S7E380 - Bedhead 'WhatFunLifeWas' with Joe Tunis
This week, returning guest Joe Tunis (Carbon Records) brings us Dallas, TX band Bedhead and their stunning 1994 debut 'WhatFunLifeWas'. With a seemingly simple formula of guitars, bass, drums and often quiet, sing-speak vocals, the album explores existential questions and spiritual emptiness in a beautifully effective way. Songs discussed in this episode: Golden Brown (Stranglers cover) - Bedhead; Swimming In - Rock Candy; The Rest Of The Day (7" version), Liferaft - Bedhead; Ocean - The Velvet Underground; Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going - Jake Xerxes Fussell; Haywire - Bedhead; New Year's - Seam; Bedside Table, The Unpredictable Landlord, Crushing, Unfinished, Powder, Foaming Love, To The Ground, Living Well, Wind Down, Disorder (Joy Division cover) - Bedhead
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S7E379 - Maceo Parker 'Life On Planet Groove' with Chris Greene
11/16/2024
S7E379 - Maceo Parker 'Life On Planet Groove' with Chris Greene
At the start of this blistering set, recorded live in Cologne Germany in 1992, saxophonist Maceo Parker declares it will be "2 percent jazz and 98 percent funky stuff." He does not disappoint. This week's guest, Chicago saxophonist Chris Greene (Chris Greene Quartet), joins us to discuss how Parker's 'Life On Planet Groove' got him high and helped inform his own musical journey. Turn it up! Songs discussed in this episode: Shake Everything You've Got (Live) - Maceo Parker; The Emperor Strikes Back, Broken Glass - Chris Greene Quartet; Out Of Sight - James Brown; Do That Stuff - Parliament; If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life - Prince; In Time, Children's World, Southwick, Shake Everything You've Got (Live), Pass The Peas (Live) - Maceo Parker; The Overweight Lovers In The House - Heavy D & the Boyz; Fight The Power - Public Enemy; I Got You (I Feel Good) (Live), Got To Get U (Live) - Maceo Parker; Addictive Love - BeBe and CeCe Winans; Addictive Love (Live), Children's World (Live) - Maceo Parker; Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles; Georgia On My Mind (Live), Soul Power '92 (Live) - Maceo Parker; The Emperor Strikes Back, Outro - Chris Greene Quartet
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S7E378 - The Roots 'How I Got Over' with Rory Cox
11/09/2024
S7E378 - The Roots 'How I Got Over' with Rory Cox
Music fan and Patron Rory Cox Zoomed-in all the way from Ljubljana Slovenia to discuss The Roots and their ninth studio album 'How I Got Over'. For this 2010 release, Questlove, Black Thought, Dice Raw and company concocted a diverse, slow-build mission statement on how to overcome. Songs discussed in this episode: A Peace Of Light, The Seed, Walk Alone - The Roots; Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) - Monsters Of Folk; Dear God 2.0 - The Roots, Dear God - XTC; Radio Daze, Now Or Never - The Roots; How I Got Over - Mahalia Jackson; How I Got Over, DillaTUDE, The Day, Right On - The Roots; Peach Plumb, Pear - Joanna Newsom; I'm Chief Kamanawanalea - The Turtles; Doin' It Again - The Roots; Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2 - The Flaming Lips; The Fire, Tunnel Vision, Web 20/20, Web, Hustla - The Roots; Lyin'ass Bitch - Fishbone; How I Got Over (Late Night With The Roots LIVE) - The Roots
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S7E377 - Jeff Buckley 'Mystery White Boy' with Kerry Jones & Kyle Alexander (Death Doula)
11/02/2024
S7E377 - Jeff Buckley 'Mystery White Boy' with Kerry Jones & Kyle Alexander (Death Doula)
With only one official studio album to his name - 1994's Grace - there has always been an air of mystery and melancholy in the music of Jeff Buckley. Tragically drowning in 1997 at the age of 30, his was a unique talent still developing and expanding. Our guests this week, Kerry Jones and Kyle Alexander of the Portland, OR art rock band Death Doula, bring us his posthumous live release, 'Mystery White Boy'... "This is our last goodbye I hate to feel the love between us die But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know" Songs discussed in this episode: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Live at King Theater, Seattle, WA 1995); Obstacles, Disembark - Death Doula; Last Goodbye, Grace, Dream Brother, I Woke Up In A Strange Place, Mojo Pin - Jeff Buckley; Lilac Wine - Nina Simone; Lilac Wine, Yeh Jo Halka Halka Saroor Hai (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan cover - Live at Sin-é, NY 1993), What Will You Say, Last Goodbye, Eternal Life, Grace, The Man That Got Away - Jeff Buckley; Kangaroo - This Mortal Coil; Kanga Roo - Jeff Buckley; Panalo - Ez Mil; Dory Joins Alfred - Death Doula
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S7E376 - Joni Mitchell 'For The Roses' with Binnie Klein
10/26/2024
S7E376 - Joni Mitchell 'For The Roses' with Binnie Klein
Author, radio host and songwriter Binnie Klein (WPKN Radio, In These Trees) brings us Joni Mitchell and her stunning 1972 release, 'For The Roses'. Searching for balance in her life after a tumultuous relationship with James Taylor - and trying to escape the craziness of Los Angeles - Joni trekked back up to the Canadian wilderness and wrote most of this, her 5th studio album, while in retreat: "You've got to shake your fists at lightning now You've got to roar like forest fire You've got to spread your light like blazes all across the sky They're going to aim the hoses on you Show 'em you won't expire Not till you burn up every passion, not even when you die" Songs discussed in this episode: Blonde In The Bleachers (Joni Mitchell cover) - Lou Barlow; Winter's Girl - Tartie; Orchard, Quiver - In These Trees & Tartie; You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor; Banquet, Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell; Heroin - The Velvet Underground; Barangrill - Joni Mitchell; Visions Of Johanna - Bob Dylan; Lesson In Survival, Let The Wind Carry Me, For The Roses, See You Sometime, Electricity, You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio, Blonde In The Bleachers, Woman Of Heart and Mind, Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune) - Joni Mitchell; Orchard, Meet Me On The Mountain Top - In These Trees & Tartie
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S7E375 - Gangstagrass 'The Blackest Thing On The Menu' with Alana Anton
10/22/2024
S7E375 - Gangstagrass 'The Blackest Thing On The Menu' with Alana Anton
Once considered polar opposites, country music and rap have had a bit of a moment together as of late with artists like Jelly Roll & Post Malone and releases like Beyonce's Cowboy Carter hitting the charts. The thing is, Brooklyn, NY born bluegrass/hip-hop group Gangstagrass have been doing it since 2007. Returning guest, sociologist Alana Anton, brings us their latest release: 'The Blackest Thing On The Menu', and makes the case that these genres have more in common than record label marketers would have us believe. Songs discussed in this episode: Long Hard Times To Come (Justified Main Theme), Freedom - Gangstagrass; Feathered Indians - Tyler Childers; The Only Way Out Is Through - Gangstagrass; Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy; Good At Being Bad - Gangstagrass; Hunger Strike - Temple Of The Dog; Up High Do Or Die, Gone Gone - Gangstagrass; Texas Hold 'Em - Beyonce; You Can Have The Crown (Sturgill Simpson Cover) - Post Malone; Mother, Obligatory Braggadocio, Avenue B, Palette, It's Alive, Sankofa, Mother (Instrumental Jam Mix) - Gangstagrass
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S7E374 - Randy Newman 'Bad Love' with Django Haskins
10/12/2024
S7E374 - Randy Newman 'Bad Love' with Django Haskins
Singer/songwriter Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony) is the one to FINALLY bring a Randy Newman record to TRGMH, 1999's 'Bad Love'. With equal doses of snide wit and honest emotion, Newman's slyly cynical 10th studio album is sure to get under your skin and fester for a while... Songs discussed in this episode: I Miss You (Unplugged), Short People, It's Money That I Love - Randy Newman; God's Comic - Elvis Costello; Shadows, Lonely Mayor, Too Big To Fail - The Old Ceremony; My Country, Shame, I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It), Every Time It Rains, The Great Nations Of Europe, Rednecks, The One You Love - Randy Newman; Here I Go Again, Efige - The Old Ceremony; Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen; The World Isn't Fair, I Love LA, Big Hat, No Cattle, Better Off Dead - Randy Newman; Smile - David Byrne; I Miss You, Going Home, I Want Everyone To Like Me - Randy Newman; North American Grain - The Old Ceremony
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S7E373 - 'That Political/Protest Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
10/08/2024
S7E373 - 'That Political/Protest Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we invited patrons of the podcast to send in their favorite political and/or protest songs. They came up with a surprisingly eclectic playlist of songs that will make you angry, fired-up and ready to (metaphorically) rumble! Fight The Power, indeed!! Songs discussed in this episode: War - Bob Marley (Live 1977 at The Rainbow, London); Happy New Year (Prince Can't Die Again) - Mac McCaughan; Haillie Sellasse, Up Your Ass - Propagandhi; Ignoreland - R.E.M.; Nobody Knows - School Of Language; Porcupine or Pineapple? - Brakes; Lowest of the Low - The Barricade; Charles Windsor - McCarthy; I Pity The Country - Willie Dunn; Living For The City - Stevie Wonder; An Old Colonial's Hard Luck Story - X-tal; The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen (with Tom Morello); Fight The Power - Public Enemy; Power, Power (Live, 1992) - The Dead C; Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind; Please Don't - David Byrne & Fatboy Slim (featuring Santigold); The Body Electric - Hurray For The Riff Raff; Major John - The Wake; Where's All The Money Gone? - Asian Dub Foundation; The Three Great Alabama Icons - Drive-By Truckers; Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys; Divide and Conquer - Husker Du
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S7E372 - Ministry 'With Sympathy' with Dave Trumfio
10/05/2024
S7E372 - Ministry 'With Sympathy' with Dave Trumfio
Throughout the late 80s and early 90s, Ministry were one of the most terrifyingly aggressive industrial acts around. But in 1983 Al Jourgensen introduced himself to the masses - and this week's guest, producer/musician Dave Trumfio (Chicago's Pulsars) - with the decidedly New Wave 'With Sympathy'. This is NOT your grandma's Ministry, unless your grandma is a moody goth kid singing snappy little synth-pop tunes in a faux-British accent. Enjoy! Songs discussed in this episode: Revenge (VJ Rob Edge Mix) - Ministry; Submission Song, Tunnel Song, Suffocation - The Pulsars; Burning Inside, Just Like You, Effigy (I'm Not An) - Ministry; Body Bag - Effigies; Going For Adds - Moving Units; Revenge - Ministry; My Spine Is The Bassline - Shriekback; I Wanted To Tell Her - Ministry; Money Is Not Our God - Killing Joke; Work For Love, Every Day Is Halloween - Ministry; Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain; Here We Go, What He Say, Say You're Sorry, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Falling, She's Got A Cause - Ministry; It's Not Right - DEVO; Das Lifeboat - The Pulsars
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