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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S8E426 - Elton John 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road with Ralph Cavallaro
09/20/2025
S8E426 - Elton John 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road with Ralph Cavallaro
In November 1973, Rolling Stone record reviewer Stephen Davis infamously slagged Elton John's double album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', calling it - among other things: "a big fruity pie that simply doesn’t bake". Ahem. Now often regarded as Elton and lyricist Bernie Taupin's magnum opus, returning guest and music-biz veteran Ralph Cavallaro joins us as we unpack the record that recently ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Go figure. Songs discussed in this episode: Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Live from Madison Square Garden, 1974), Crocodile Rock, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Tiny Dancer, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Candle In The Wind 1997, Candle In The Wind, Bennie and the Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, This Song Has No Title, Grey Seal (1970 B-Side), Grey Seal, Jamaica Jerk-Off - Elton John; D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin; I've Seen That Movie Too, Sweet Painted Lady, The Ballad Of Danny Bailey, All The Girls Love Alice, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John; Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones; Harmony - Elton John; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John cover) - Queens Of The Stone Age
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S8E425 - David Bowie 'Hunky Dory' (Revisited) with David J
09/13/2025
S8E425 - David Bowie 'Hunky Dory' (Revisited) with David J
For one of our first episodes back in 2018 (S1E3), we discussed 'Hunky Dory' by David Bowie with then co-host Barry Stock. Honestly, though, for our first 20 episodes or so we were still finding our way and weren't even playing any music clips at that point. So when this week's guest, musician David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets), suggested taking on Bowie's fourth studio album, we couldn't resist revisiting this stone cold classic with such a thoughtful, well-informed guest. Essential listening! Songs discussed in this episode: Changes (David Bowie cover) - The Muffs/Robyn Hitchcock/Shawn Mullins/Cybernauts/Bananarama; Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus; No New Tale To Tell - Love and Rockets; Mambo Sun - T Rex; 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra; The Shape Of Things To Come - Slade; You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker; Ziggy Stardust, Starman, Changes - David Bowie; Sheep (Pink Floyd cover) - Arthur Brown, Rick Wakeman, Jan Akkerman, David J., Carmine Appice; Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie; Oh! You Pretty Things - Peter Noone; The Bewlay Brothers, Eight Line Poem - David Bowie; My Way - Frank Sinatra; Life On Mars - David Bowie; Judy Teen - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel; Kooks - David Bowie; This Guy's In Love With You - Burt Bacharach; Exquisite Corpse - Bauhaus; Quicksand - David Bowie; An Old Fashioned Love Song - Paul Williams; Fill Your Heart, Andy Warhol, Song For Bob Dylan - David Bowie; Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover) - Bauhaus; Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground; Amsterdam (Live, Olympia 1964) - Jacques Brel; Queen Bitch, The Bewlay Brothers - David Bowie; Oh No! Not Another Songwriter! - David J
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S8E424 - Aimee Mann 'I'm With Stupid' with Robert Scheffler
09/06/2025
S8E424 - Aimee Mann 'I'm With Stupid' with Robert Scheffler
New York City singer/songwriter Robert Scheffler joins us this week with an artist Rob somehow slept on all these years - Aimee Mann. Her second full-length, 1995's "I'm With Stupid", is the one that did it for Robert, and her deceptively biting songcraft and the record's dense, layered guitars made a true believer of your humble host. Songs discussed in this episode: Voices Carry ('Til Tuesday cover) - Gang Green; Always, Excuse The Mess, Basher - Robert Scheffler; Up The Junction - Squeeze; Long Shot, Choice In The Matter - Aimee Mann; Animal Nitrate - Suede; Sugarcoated, You Could Make A Killing, Superball, Amateur - Aimee Mann; When The Hangover Strikes, I Think I'm Go Go - Squeeze; All Over Now, Par For The Course, You're With Stupid Now, That's Just What You Are, Frankenstein, Ray, It's Not Safe, *hidden track - Aimee Mann; We're All Waiting - Robert Scheffler
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S8E423 - 'That Short Song Got Me High' BONUS Patron-curated Episode
09/01/2025
S8E423 - 'That Short Song Got Me High' BONUS Patron-curated Episode
For this special BONUS Episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a short song - less than 2 minutes - that got them high. As usual, they did NOT disappoint! Songs discussed in this episode: Fingertips - They Might Be Giants; Time: The Donut of the Heart - J Dilla; Just Another Soldier, Shit You Hear At Parties - Minutemen; Manifest - The Weakerthans; Game Of Pricks - Guided By Voices; Abra Cadavor - The Hives; Maybeline (Buddy Holly cover) - Social Distortion; Superstar-Watcher - Yo La Tengo; Short Songs (Live) - Dead Kennedys; Talk Talk - The Music Machine; Feelin' - The La's; Breaking Glass - David Bowie; Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants; Final Day - Young Marble Giants; Bored To Life - Scream; True Love Will Find You In The End - Daniel Johnston; I Hate Your Lipstick - Veal; I'm Wrong, You're Gone - Natalie Sweet; Rapp Snitch Knishes (feat. Mr. Fantastik), Accordion - MF Doom; Fragile - Wire; As Kind As Summer - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band; Brother - Oh-OK; Allison - Pixies
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S8E422 - Television 'Adventure' with Arad Evans
08/30/2025
S8E422 - Television 'Adventure' with Arad Evans
This week's guest, musician Arad Evans (The Whimbrels, Glenn Branca's Ensemble, Heroes Of Toolik), chose to discuss a record by groundbreaking New York City band Television that's NOT 'Marquee Moon'! The bands follow-up to that classic album, 1978's 'Adventure', is sometimes overlooked, but the clever songwriting and magnificent dual-guitar orchestrations of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd prove that their iconic debut was no fluke. Days (Television cover) - Swervedriver; She Is The Leader - The Whimbrels; Marquee Moon - Television; I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. - The Clash; June Bug - Leo Kottke; Perfect - Heroes Of Toolik; Glory, Days - Television; Talk About The Passion - REM; Foxhole - Television; Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones; Twisting In Space - Glenn Branca; Careful, Adventure, Carried Away - Television; Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop & the Stooges; Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight - The Rezillos; The Fire - Television; Oh! Sweet Nuthin' - The Velvet Underground; Ain't That Nothin', The Dream's Dream - Television; Four Moons Of Galileo - The Whimbrels
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S8E421 - Bob Dylan 'Bringing It All Back Home' with Willie Nile
08/23/2025
S8E421 - Bob Dylan 'Bringing It All Back Home' with Willie Nile
Bob Dylan's fifth studio album - and his first to incorporate electric instrumentation - 1965's 'Bringing It All Back Home', marked a seismic shift in popular music that can still be felt today. This week's guest, Buffalo, NY-born singer-songwriter and rock-and-roll lifer Willie Nile, joins us to dissect this stunning game-changer of a record. Songs discussed in this episode: Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan cover), Vagabond Moon, We Are We Are - Willie Nile; Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan; Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly; 19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones; Subterranean Homesick Blues, She Belongs To Me, Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan; Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Bob Dylan Cover) - Willie Nile; Love Minus Zero/No Limit, Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan; On The Road Again - Willie Nelson; On The Road Again, Bob Dylan's 115th Dream - Bob Dylan; Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds; Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan; Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys; Gates Of Eden, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan; Wake Up America - Willie Nile
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S8E420 - Lou Reed 'Magic and Loss' with Alan Zweig
08/16/2025
S8E420 - Lou Reed 'Magic and Loss' with Alan Zweig
There's no getting around it, 'Magic and Loss', Lou Reed's sixteenth studio album released in 1992, is NOT a particularly easy listen. While often musically beautiful in an elegantly understated way, the themes of death and the relentless toll it can take on both the dying and ones who love them are both universal and at times uncomfortably personal. Returning guest, Canadian documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig, is here for all of it. “There's a bit of magic in everything And then some loss to even things out” Songs discussed in this episode: Dorita (The Spirit) - Lou Reed; Pale Blue Eyes, White Light White Heat - The Velvet Underground; Teardrop In The Sand - The Hollywoods; Buffalo Ballet - John Cale; Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed; Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters; Dorita (The Spirit), What's Good (The Thesis) - Lou Reed; Stay With Me - Little Jimmy Scott; Power and Glory (The Situation), Magician (Internally), Sword Of Damocles (Externally), Goodby Mass - (In a Chapel Bodily Termination), Cremation (Ashes To Ashes), Dreamin' (Escape), No Chance (Regret), Warrior King (Revenge), Harry's Circumcision (Reverie Gone Astray), Street Hassle, Gassed and Stoned (Loss), Power and Glory, Part II (Magic - Transformation), Magic and Loss (Summation) - Lou Reed; Magician (Lou Reed cover) - Rosanne Cash
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S8E419 - Todd Rundgren 'Runt. The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren' with Chris Stamey
08/09/2025
S8E419 - Todd Rundgren 'Runt. The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren' with Chris Stamey
Musician, songwriter and producer Chris Stamey (The dB's, Big Star Quintet) FINALLY ushers Todd Rundgren into the TRGMH universe with the 1971 release: Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren. This beautifully written, performed and produced collection of songs totally fit teenage Stamey's 'lonely guy in a room by yourself' vibe at the time, and remains to this day one of his favorites. Songs discussed in this episode: Be Nice To Me (Live, 1971) - Todd Rundgren; I'm In Love, From A Window, Before We Were Born - The DB's; Anything Is Possible - Chris Stamey; We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren; A Beautiful Song - Nazz; Stoned Soul Picnic - Laura Nyro; Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King; Long Flowing Robe, The Ballad (Denny & Jean) - Todd Rundgren; Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley; King Battle Of The Bands - Rittenhouse Square; February's Quiet - Big Star; Bleeding, Wailing Wall, The Range War - Todd Rundgren; All La Glory - The Band; I'd Be Lost Without You - Chris Stamey; Chain Letter - Todd Rundgren; Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf; Don't Lie To Me - Big Star; A Long Time, A Long Way To Go, Boat On The Charles, Be Nice To Me - Todd Rundgren; Wouldn't It Be Nice - Brian Wilson; Hope I'm Around - Todd Rundgren; I'd Be Lost Without You - Chris Stamey; Parole, Remember Me - Todd Rundgren; Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - Chris Stamey
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S8E418 - Circle Jerks 'Wonderful' with Les Norris
08/02/2025
S8E418 - Circle Jerks 'Wonderful' with Les Norris
Returning guest Les Norris (Radiobaghdad) channels his 16-year-old self as he joins Rob to unpack Circle Jerks' 1985 release, 'Wonderful'. Keith Morris and company dialed down the tempos and leaned into the metal for this, their fourth studio album, but at the end of the day their killer riffs and biting - at times goofy - sense of humor won us over. Songs discussed in this episode: Fortunate Son (CCR cover) - Circle Jerks; Pillz - Radiobaghdad; Sears & Applebee's - Les Norris; Over The Mountain - Ozzy Osbourne; Red Tape (Live from The Decline of Western Civilization, 1980), Wonderful, Firebaugh, Making The Bombs - Circle Jerks; Soul Craft - Bad Brains; Mrs Jones - Circle Jerks; I Wanna Destroy You - Circle Jerks with Debbie Gibson; Void You Out - Off!; Dude, When The Shit Hits The Fan, American Heavy Metal Weekend - Circle Jerks; I Against I - Bad Brains; I, I & I, The Crowd, Killing For Jesus, Karma Stew, 15 Minutes, Rock House, Another Broken Heart For Snake - Circle Jerks; I Go Home - Les Norris
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S8E417 - Old 97's 'Too Far To Care' with Tim Hinely
07/26/2025
S8E417 - Old 97's 'Too Far To Care' with Tim Hinely
Returning guest Tim Hinely (Dagger Zine, Where The Wild Gigs Were) brings us Dallas, TX band Old 97's and their 1997 breakout release 'Too Far To Care'. Coming up during the alt-country boom of the 90s that also included bands like Wilco and Son Volt, their love of both Hank Williams AND punk rock shines through on this fine collection of tunes. Songs discussed in this episode: Iron Road - Old 97's and Waylon Jennings; New Madrid - Uncle Tupelo; Drown - Son Volt; Timebomb, Barrier Reef, Broadway, Salome, W. TX. Teardrops - Old 97's; City Of Wet Angels - Funland; Melt Show, Streets Of Where I'm From, Jagged, Big Brown Eyes, Just Like California, Curtain Calls, Niteclub, House That Used To Be - Old 97's; The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss - X; Four Leaf Clover, Rocks Off (Rolling Stones cover) - Old 97's
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S8E416 - The Gorillas 'Message To The World' with Philip King
07/19/2025
S8E416 - The Gorillas 'Message To The World' with Philip King
Originally known as The Hammersmith Gorillas, UK's The Gorillas were often thought to be the missing link between Hendrix, glam and punk. This week's guest, musician Philip King (Felt, Lush, The Jesus and Mary Chain), brings us their smashing debut album, 1978's 'Message To The World' Songs discussed in this episode: You Really Got Me, Leavin' 'ome - The Hammersmith Gorillas; Factory Grime - Crushed Butler; Brand New Cadillac - The Clash; Gatecrasher, Foxy Lady - The Gorillas; Sunshine Of Your Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Live Happening for Lulu 1969); I'm A Liar - The Gorillas; I Need You - Helter Skelter; I Need Her, Going Fishing - The Gorillas; New York Groove - Hello; New York Groover - The Gorillas; Going Back Home - Dr Feelgood; Outa My Brain, Waiting For You, No Way In - The Gorillas; Black Train - The Gun Club; Last Train - The Gorillas; New Rose - The Damned; Message To The World - The Gorillas; New Dawn Fades - Joy Division; Night Of The Vampire - The Moontrekkers; Message To The World - The Gorillas; Love Resistance - Apple Boutique; I'm Seventeen - The Gorillas
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S7E359 - Led Zeppelin III with Karen Haglof
07/12/2025
S7E359 - Led Zeppelin III with Karen Haglof
This week we take another swing of the hammer of the Gods with Led Zeppelin's 3rd release, Led Zeppelin III. Our guest Karen Haglof came up in the Minneapolis indie music scene in the late 70s, eventually moving to NYC and playing in several of no wave pioneer Rys Chatham's guitar ensembles and later with Band Of Susans, before taking a break to earn a medical degree and join the hematology / oncology department of New York University Hospital. Recently retired and back at music again, Karen freely credits receiving Jimmy Page and co's eclectic 1970 release at the age of 15 as being pivotal to her future musical explorations. Songs discussed in this episode: Since I've Been Loving You - Corinne Bailey Rae (Live at St. Lukes); The Pursuit Of Happiness - Band Of Susans; One Hand Up, Slinky 66, You're Not Where I Am - Karen Haglof; Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin; Carry On - Crosby Stills Nash and Young; Friends - Led Zeppelin; Guitar Trio Pt. 1 - Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio; Celebration Day, Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles - Led Zeppelin; Gallows Pole - Fred Gerlach; Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin; Knowing That I'm Losing You - The Yardbirds; Tangerine, That's The Way, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin; Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd; Shake 'Em On Down - Booker (Bukka) White; Hats Off To (Roy) Harper - Led Zeppelin; Rte 66 Revisited - Karen Haglof Check out Karen's music: https://karenhaglof.bandcamp.com/
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S8E415 - PJ Harvey 'To Bring You My Love' with Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris (Charming Disaster)
07/12/2025
S8E415 - PJ Harvey 'To Bring You My Love' with Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris (Charming Disaster)
This week, Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris of Brooklyn based Goth-Folk duo Charming Disaster joins us to discuss PJ Harvey, and her stunning 1995 release 'To Bring You My Love'. "Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, gimme my daughter..." Songs discussed in this episode: Love Will Tear Us Apart - PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips; Black Locust - Charming Disaster; Rid Of Me, Reeling - PJ Harvey; Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen - PJ Harvey & John Parish; To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey; Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band; Meet Ze Monsta - PJ Harvey; Tropical Hotdog Night - Captain Beefheart; Working For The Man - PJ Harvey; Trigger Happy Jack - Poe; C'mon Billy - PJ Harvey; Teclo's Death - Ennio Morricone; Teclo - PJ Harvey; Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemmon Jefferson; Long Snake Moan, Down By The Water, I Think I'm A Mother, Send His Love To Me - PJ Harvey; Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin; The Dancer - PJ Harvey; Green Things - Charming Disaster
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S8E414 - David Torn 'What Means Solid, Traveller?' with Mike Baggetta
07/05/2025
S8E414 - David Torn 'What Means Solid, Traveller?' with Mike Baggetta
Fresh off a tour with his band mssv (Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt & Stephen Hodges), guitarist/songwriter Mike Baggetta brings us a record he received as a gift when he was in High School that changed the course of his musical life moving forward: the mindblowing 1996 release by guitarist, composer, and producer David Torn, 'What Means Solid, Traveller?' Songs discussed in this episode: Network Of Sparks: The Delicate Code - David Torn; What It Feels Like For A Girl - Madonna; OK To Change - mssv; Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa; Spartan, Before It Hit - David Torn; The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - David Bowie; Chemical Wire - fIREHOSE; Suyafhu Skin...Snapping the Hollow Reed, Spell Breaks With The Weather, What Means Solid Traveller - David Torn; Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen; Are You Looking Up - Mk.gee; Such Little Mirrors, Tiny Burns A Bridge - David Torn; The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr; Gidya Hana - David Torn; Sita Ram - Alice Coltrane; Each Prince To His Kingdom Must Labor To Go, Particle Bugs @ Purulia Station, In The Sand Of This Day (I Will Not Be Free), In The Sand Of This Day ('til You Are Free), Elsewhere Now Than Waving - David Torn; Symphony No. 3 - Henryk Gorecki; On And On - mssv
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S8E413 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Electric Ladyland' with Knox Chandler
06/28/2025
S8E413 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Electric Ladyland' with Knox Chandler
Musician Knox Chandler (The Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and the Banshees) has made a career of using his guitar to create unique, otherworldly sound-scapes, working with a diverse array of acts including REM, Depeche Mode, Grace Jones, Marianne Faithful, Cyndi Lauper and many others. It's no surprise then, that the record that 'got him high' as a young man - and continues to astound and inspire him - is The Jimi Hendrix Experience's third and final studio album, the epic 'Electric Ladyland'. "Have you ever been to Electric Ladyland? The magic carpet waits for you, So don't you be late..." Songs discussed in this episode: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Earth, Wind & Fire; Love Me Do - The Beatles; Fire, ...And the Gods Made Love, Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland), Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix; Until She Comes - The Psychedelic Furs; Loving Arms - Darden Smith; Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix; Whiskey Wimmen - John Lee Hooker; Baby Please Don't Leave Me - Buddy Guy; Little Miss Strange, Long Hot Summer Night, Come On (Let The Good Times Roll), Gypsy Eyes, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, Rainy Day, Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix; Sivad (Live) - Miles Davis; 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be), Still Raining, Still Dreaming, House Burning Down, All Along The Watchtower, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix; Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Stevie Ray Vaughan; Tea Stained Edge, Lapis - Knox Chandler
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S8E412 - 'That Guitar Playing In That Song Got Me High' BONUS Patron-curated Episode
06/24/2025
S8E412 - 'That Guitar Playing In That Song Got Me High' BONUS Patron-curated Episode
For this special BONUS Episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song where the guitar playing (be it a lead, riff, whatever...) gets them going, and got them high! Songs discussed in this episode: Funk #49 - James Gang; Killer Queen - Queen; Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze; God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols; Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac; Touch And Go - The Cars; Marquee Moon - Television; Street Fighting Man (Live) - The Rolling Stones; I Just Want To Make Love To You - Muddy Waters; Walk On By - Isaac Hayes; Edge Of Midnight - Stevie Nicks/Miley Cyrus; Redneck - Luxuria; Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits; Still There's Hope - Young Fresh Fellows; Sunrise In The Land Of Milk and Honey - Cracker; When I Get To The Border - Richard & Linda Thompson; Impossible Germany - Wilco; Adventure Of Dog - Bogshed; All Day And All Of The Night (Live) - The Kinks; Love Your Money - Daisy Chainsaw; Amethyst - David Nance; Let's Go Blue - Hey Mercedes; People Get Ready - Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck; Baby's On Fire - Brian Eno; Lonely Is The Night - Billy Squier; Masterpiece - Big Thief (Tiny Desk Concert); Precious Time - Pat Benetar; Monkey Man - Rolling Stones; When It's Over - Wipers
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S8E411 - Sweeney Todd S/T Debut with Robert Dayton
06/21/2025
S8E411 - Sweeney Todd S/T Debut with Robert Dayton
Break out your glitter and stick some stars on your face, we're going full-on glam this week as author, artist and performer Robert Dayton (Cold Glitter: The Untold Story Of Canadian Glam) brings us Vancouver, Canada's Sweeney Todd and their 1975 self-titled debut. The band had a revolving door of members throughout the years - including a 16 year old Bryan Adams at one point - but this version with singer Nick Gilder and guitarist Jim McCulloch is the one that started it all... Songs discussed in this episode: Roxy Roller - Nick Gilder; Free Love - Bobby Conn; Which Way You Goin' Billy - The Poppy Family; Julia Get Up - The Stampeders; Hey You Woman, Sexe Fiction - Aut'Chose; Roxy Roller (w/Bryan Adams), Roxy Roller - Sweeney Todd; Telegram Sam - T.Rex; Amateur Hour - Sparks; Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder; Broadway Bougie - Sweeney Todd; All The Way - Kiss; Juicy Loose - Sweeney Todd; Juicy, Juicy, Juice - Royal Trux; Tantalize, Short Distance Long Journey, The Kilt - Sweeney Todd; Breakdown - The Sweet; Rock 'N' Roll Story - Sweeney Todd; Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet; Sweeney Todd Folder - Sweeney Todd; C'mon C'mon - Fludd; See What We're Doing Now, Daydreams, Going For A Star, Rue De Chance, Let's Do It All Again - Sweeney Todd; Roxy Roller - Cherie Currie
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S8E410 - The Damned 'Machine Gun Etiquette' with Karl Ueberbacher
06/14/2025
S8E410 - The Damned 'Machine Gun Etiquette' with Karl Ueberbacher
Regular listeners of the show are already aware of Rob's lifelong love of all things The Damned. This week's guest, Karl Ueberbacher (Phoenix Records), brings us their third release, 1979s classic - and highly influential - 'Machine Gun Etiquette'. Is it the perfect punk record? What does that even mean?? Let's smash it up and find out!! Songs discussed in this episode: Smash It Up (The Damned cover) - The Offspring; 1970 - The Stooges; Know Your Product - The Saints; Mad John - Small Faces; Love Song - The Damned; Ace Of Spades - Motorhead; Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned; I Can't Come - The Snivelling Shits; I Just Can't Be Happy Today - The Damned; My Baby Don't Care - King; Melody Lee - The Damned; Antipope (Peel Session) - King; Anti-Pope, These Hands, Plan 9 Channel 7 - The Damned; Soft Focus - T.S.O.L.; Vanilla Blue - Naked Raygun; Halloween - AFI; Noise, Noise, Noise, Looking At You (MC5 cover) - The Damned; Looking At You - MC5; City Slang - Sonic's Rendezvous Band; Liar, Smash It Up (Pt 1), Smash It Up (Pt 2) - The Damned; Get It On - T-Rex and The Damned, (Live at the Rainbow 1977
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S8E409 - Mr. Bungle 'California' with Dan Waldkirch
06/07/2025
S8E409 - Mr. Bungle 'California' with Dan Waldkirch
Strap in kids, this week's guest, A&R Executive, playwright and composer Dan Waldkirch, brings us the third studio album by Eureka, CA experimental band Mr. Bungle, 'California'. This weirdly dark, schizophrenically eclectic 1999 release may not be for everyone, but if you're of the musically adventurous ilk, might be just what the doctor (of Psychiatry) ordered. Songs discussed in this episode: Won't You Be My Neighbor (Live, 2020) - Mr Bungle; Schism - Tool; Bleed - Meshuggah; Page 11 - Fantomas; Vajra - Secret Chiefs 3; Epic - Faith No More; 04 04 05-Monday - Fantomas; Bleak - Opeth; Sweet Charity, None Of Them Knew They Were Robots, Retrovertigo, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Mr Bungle; Radio/Video - System Of A Down; The Donkey-Headed Adversary Of Humanity Opens The Discussion - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum; Ars Moriendi - Mr Bungle; Bith Aneth - John Zorn; Pink Cigarette, Golem II The Bionic Vapour Boy - Mr Bungle; Easy (Commodores cover) - Faith No More; The Holy Filament, Vanity Fair - Mr Bungle; Californiacation - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Goodbye Sober Day - Mr Bungle; Retrovertigo (Mr Bungle Cover) - The Binghamton Crosbys
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S8E408 - Jane's Addiction 'Nothing's Shocking' with Nick Ramirez (Worst Little Podcast)
05/31/2025
S8E408 - Jane's Addiction 'Nothing's Shocking' with Nick Ramirez (Worst Little Podcast)
In 1988 at the 31st annual Grammy Awards, a new category was introduced: Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental. That night, Metallica's '...And Justice For All' famously lost to Jethro Tull's 'Crest of a Knave', but another album was also nominated that evening: 'Nothing's Shocking', the debut studio album by Los Angeles band Jane's Addiction. Love them or hate them, there's no denying the impact JA had on 90s alternative music moving forward, and this week's guest, Reno, Nevada musician, actor and artist Nick Ramirez (Worst Little Podcast in the World), is comin' down the mountain to talk about it... Songs discussed in this episode: Jane Says - Jane's Addiction (Live Roxy Theater, Los Angeles 1987); Worst Little Podcast Intro - Worst Little Podcast in the World; Dumped In Tokyo - Cori Elba (recorded live on the Worst Little Podcast - Reno, NV, March 2025); Pigs In Zen (Live Roxy Theater, Los Angeles 1987) - Jane's Addiction; Nobody's Fool - Cinderella; Walk Together, Rock Together - 7 Seconds; Love Removal Machine - The Cult; Nausea (X cover, recorded live in Los Angeles, 1989), Ripple (Grateful Dead cover), Up The Beach, Ocean Size, Had A Dad, Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction; Ringfinger - Nine Inch Nails; Serve The Servants - Nirvana; Ted, Just Admit It - Jane's Addiction; Everything Zen - Bush; Standing In The Shower...Thinking, Summertime Rolls, Mountain Song, Idiots Rule, I Would For You (Live Roxy Theater, Los Angeles 1987), Jane Says, Thank You Boys, Pig's In Zen - Jane's Addiction; Stranglevine - Roxxy Collie
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S8E407 - Big Drill Car 'Album Type Thing' with Dan Bonebrake
05/24/2025
S8E407 - Big Drill Car 'Album Type Thing' with Dan Bonebrake
When this week's returning guest, bass player/musician Dan Bonebrake (The Lightworkers, Dashboard Confessional, The Enablers...etc) was discovering punk rock in the late 80s, he was already well on his way to becoming a 'player' in his own right. Costa Mesa, California band Big Drill Car and their 1989 debut 'Album Type Thing' (or CD/Tape Type Thing depending on the format) - with its concise, catchy songs and fiercely tight playing - was right up his musical alley. Turn it up!! Songs discussed in this episode: I Don't Mind (Buzzcocks cover) - Big Drill Car; Loaded Words - Vacant Andys; Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani; YYZ - Rush; New Rose - The Damned; Janie Jones - The Clash; I'm The One - The Descendents; Surrender (Cheap Trick cover) - Big Drill Car; All The Same - Quit; 16 Lines - Big Drill Car; With The Quickness - Bad Brains; Clamato #11, No Need - Big Drill Car; Atomic Punk - Van Halen; Brody, In Green Fields, Diamond Earrings, Reform Before, Head On, Swanson, About Us, A Take Away - Big Drill Car; Incel - Cori Elba; In Time - The Enablers
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S8E406 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording) with Arlan Feiles
05/17/2025
S8E406 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording) with Arlan Feiles
In the spring of 1999, songwriter/recording artist Arlan Feiles received a call from Stephen Trask. Trask shared that he was the composer of a show running at the Jane St. Theater in NYC called Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and he was looking for a multi instrumentalist/vocalist for the show's first touring run in Boston. As soon as Arlan heard Trask's magnificent songs, he was on board. 25 years later, Arlan will be reprising his role as Skshp for a 3 week run at the Bell Works Theater in NJ with musician/performer Remember Jones as Hedwig, AND he joins us to unpack the show's pure rock and roll heart that is the Original Cast Recording. Songs discussed in this episode: Intro/Tear Me Down - Hedwig and the Angry Inch/Pace Theatrical Group at The 57 Theater, Boston 1999; It's So Easy - Arlan Feiles; Haha, Bitch! - Remember Jones; Tear Me Down - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie; The Origin Of Love, Random Number Generation, Sugar Daddy, Angry Inch - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Wig in a Box - Polyphonic Spree; Wig in a Box - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Heaven Can Wait - Meat Loaf; Wicked Little Town - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Crazy Mixed-Up World - Natural Causes; A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles; The Long Grift, Hedwig's Lament, Exquisite Corpse, Wicked Little Town (Reprise), Midnight Radio - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast Recording); Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - David Bowie; Oh, St Louis - Arlan Feiles
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S8E405 - The Fall 'The Frenz Experiment' with Richard Farnell
05/10/2025
S8E405 - The Fall 'The Frenz Experiment' with Richard Farnell
For some who had been following The Fall since 'Live At The Witch Trials' and 'Dragnet', 1988's 'The Frenz Experiment' with its more polished and slightly commercial sound might have seemed to be a bit of a sellout. Not so for this week's guest, Manchester record shop co-owner and bass player (The Suncharms) Richard Farnell. Catching them live at a record shop in-store appearance while playing hooky during a school trip into London may have sealed the deal for him, but he contends there's more to this era of The Fall than the unlikely chart success of their covers of 'Victoria' and 'There's A Ghost In My House' might attest. Songs discussed in this episode: There's A Ghost In My House - The Fall; Time Will Tell - The Suncharms; Mr Pharmacist, Totally Wired, Rebellious Jukebox, Fol De Rol, Frenz, Carry Bag Man, Get A Hotel - The Fall; Victoria - The Kinks; All Day and All of the Night - The Stranglers; Victoria - The Fall; Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight - Spinal Tap; Athlete Cured, In These Times, The Steak Place, Bremen Nacht, Guest Informant, Oswald Defence Lawyer - The Fall; Distant Lights - The Suncharms
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S8E404 - That Song By A LOCAL Band/Artist That Should Have Been Huge Got Me High BONUS Patron-curated Episode
05/08/2025
S8E404 - That Song By A LOCAL Band/Artist That Should Have Been Huge Got Me High BONUS Patron-curated Episode
Yes, technically EVERY band/artist is local to SOMEWHERE - but we asked our Patrons to send in a song by a band/artist they feel never quite got the recognition they deserved. A band that seemed to have it all, but never rose to the level of national/international prominence where they would be well-known outside their hometown/city/state...etc. You may not know a lot of these songs...but you should!! Songs discussed in this episode: Sir Winston - Humbert; Museum For Lightspeed Travellers - This Heel; Cigarettello - The Holy Terrors; Romeo - Wipers; Opportunity - The Mandala; What's Inside - Gruel; Punch - Milf; Crazy Mixed Up World - Natural Causes (Recorded live at Washington Square, Miami 1993); Need Your Love - Willie Stratton; If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I’d Find A Way To Your Heart) - One Thousand Violins; Umbopo - Doctor Father; What Is This? - B Team; Circuits Down - Band no. 12; Margaret Says - The Vulgar Boatmen; See You Around - Champale; My Dear Heretic - Mary's Danish; When I'm Needing Someone - Diane Ward & Sturgis Nikides (Voidville, Recorded live at Washington Square, Miami 1993); Nights On End - The Reactions; Paranoia - Yesterday’s Children; Hide - ALA.NI; Breeding Feeling - Current Affairs; Mach Schneil Meine Kliene Buzzbomb - The Intoxicators!; Shake Some Action - Charlie Pickett & the Eggs (Recorded live at The Button, Ft Lauderdale 1982); Trick The Machine/Voices - Stockfinster; Me And My Wife - Amanda Green; Aluminum Room - The Front
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S8E403 - De La Soul '3 Feet High And Rising' with Corey duBrowa
05/03/2025
S8E403 - De La Soul '3 Feet High And Rising' with Corey duBrowa
This week, returning guest Corey duBrowa (An Ideal For Living- A Celebration of the EP) brings us De La Soul and their groundbreaking 1989 debut '3 Feet High and Rising'. Dizzyingly creative, relentlessly positive and hugely influential, these three teens from Long Island - along with producer Prince Paul - created a world as richly imagined as anything American pop has ever produced. Songs discussed in this episode: Intro - De La Soul; The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five; Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.; The Crunge - Led Zeppelin; The Magic Number - De La Soul; Step On - Happy Mondays; Who Me (With An Answer From Dr. Bert) - KMD; Intro, The Magic Number, Change In Speak - De La Soul; Bra - Cymande; Cool Breeze on the Rocks - De La Soul; Rock Music - Jefferson Airplane; Rock With You - Michael Jackson; Jenifa Taught Me, Ghetto Thang - De La Soul; Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk; Transmitting Live From Mars - De La Soul; You Showed Me - The Turtles; Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett; Eye Know - De La Soul; Peg - Steely Dan; (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding; Potholes In My Lawn - De La Soul; Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon and War ; Little Ole Country Boy - Parliament; Say No Go - De La Soul; I Can't Go For That - Daryl Hall & John Oates; Plug Tunin' - De La Soul; Stiletto - Billy Joel; Buddy, Description, Me Myself and I - De La Soul; (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic; This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) - De La Soul; Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren; D.A.I.S.Y. Age - De La Soul; School Boy Crush - Average White Band; Ain't Hip To Be Labelled A Hippie - De La Soul
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S8E402 - Super Furry Animals 'Rings Around The World' with Adam Wiener
04/26/2025
S8E402 - Super Furry Animals 'Rings Around The World' with Adam Wiener
Cardiff, Wales 'Cool Cymru' heroes Super Furry Animals ticked all the boxes and then some with their super-ambitious fifth studio album, 2002's 'Rings Around The World'. From Beach Boys-esque psychedelic pop to 1970s soul to electric gamer prog (OK, we made that last one up), it's a thrilling listen and this week's guest, media and tech consultant Adam Weiner, sat down with Rob to unpack it all. Songs discussed in this episode: Tradewinds (Acoustic Mix) - Super Furry Animals; Faster - Manic Street Preachers; My Name Is Jonas - Weezer; Fix Idris, Alternate Route To Vulcan Stree, Sidewalk Serfer Girl, (Drawing) Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals; Silver Machine - Hawkwind; It's Not The End Of The World - Super Furry Animals; Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips; Receptacle For The Respectable, Receptacle For The Respectable (Maccapella Celery) - Super Furry Animals; Vegetables - The Beach Boys; [A] Touch Sensitive, Shoot Doris Day, Miniature, No Sympathy, Juxtaposed With U, Presidential Suite, Run! Christian, Run!, Fragile Happiness, The Roman Road - Super Furry Animals; It's Not The End Of The World (SFA cover) - Pigeon Wigs
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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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