Music Mostly

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we talk about music to celebrate! That's right, Brian is a new father and that got us thinking about how we turn to music during the good times. We also talk about our human need for song and dance! Check out the music playlist for the show!

What is up Good People? This week we are finally getting into one of Jimbo's favorite singers on the planet....Julian Casablancas. From The Strokes to The Voidz to his solo work, JC is one of the best masters of melody in the game. A true visionary. Check out the music playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us for this one, the last one we recorded before Will's mom passed and before Brian had a baby. This one feels a little weird now, given the fall the Music Mostly family had. None the less, it's a good'n and we want you to hear it! Check out the playlist for summer jams we made! Check out the music playlist for the show!

What is up Good People? We had a hell of a summer but unfortunately, it was capped by tragedy in Will's life. Join us as we open season five with a conversation about music as it relates to grief. It's a somber one but we have a few laughs and in the end, we survive. Check out the music playlist for the show!

What is up Good People? This week we are joined by the one and only Pete Dog for a discussion of 311's 1997 release, Transistor. Pete and I drove together to a Wal-Mart the day this record came out and bought a copy on CD, each. Recorded at our late mother's house, this one gets a little blue! Check out the music playlist for the show!

What is up, Good People? We hope that you are having a fantastic summer. We are enjoying some rest, family time, wedding gigging, yada yada yada. Anyway, you know what makes the summers amazing? MUSIC! We were looking for a way to stay connected and collaborate while enjoying the summer and we decided to go tag team on a summer playlist. You can find it either here or by going to Spotify and following out user account, musicmostlypod. So go to Spotify and follow musicmostlypod or Check out the playlist here! Keep enjoying your summer! We'll see you in the fall!

What is up, Good People? Join us this week for the Season Four Finale! This is one for us. Jimbo, Brian, and Will spend some time talking about songs about weed and reflecting on Season Four. It's been a great experience so far! Thanks so much for listening! Check out the music playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we review the prolific career of Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E. He and his group, eels, have been consistently putting out records for 30 years. The pace of release is pretty much the only consistent thing about them, as we will discuss! Check out the music playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we discuss one song. If you are going to blather on and on about one song it had better be a doozie and this one is. This week we wax about Radiohead's classic epic, Paranoid Android. This is Will's favorite Radiohead song. And it should be yours too! Check out the music playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us along with Pete Dog this week as we discuss one of Will's favorite records of all time, 311's 1995 breakthrough smash, 311. The Blue Album. When Pete Dog joins us it's always a good time and this is no exception! Check out the music playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we discuss the sheer volume of Mutt Lange's work. This guy has produced and/or co-written several of the biggest rock hits in history. You have heard all of these songs a million times BUT have you ever listened to them? Come with us! Check out the music playlist for the episode! Check out Music Surgery with Dr. Bob!

What is up, Good People? You know who's wicked nice? Well, two people, actually. This dude that Will went to middle school with, and rapper Regan Farqhar, professionally known as BUSDRIVER. Join us this week as we dive into his eclectic 2007 release, Roadkill Overcoat. Whoop dee doo! Check out the music playlist for the show!

What is up Good People? Join us for a somber week where we reflect on the passing of rock legend Chris Cornell. They say that legends never die. This week we do our best to make Chris Cornell live forever by celebrating the music he gave us! Check out the music playlist for the episode here! Check out this cover of Tom Waits by the man himself!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we welcome our new friend Dave from the amazing Think Tank sports podcast. We are talking about The Boss this week. The only boss we listen to! It's a death trap, it's a suicide wrap! Baby, we were born to fun! Check out the music playlist for the episode here! Check out Think Tank Sports here!

What is up Good People? Pete Dog joins us this week as we scratch the surface of one of his and Will's Pop's favorite genres of music, Motown Records and the Motown sound. Everybody loves this stuff. And everyone loves it! Check out the music playlist for the episode here! And check out the amazing Hitsville, USA playlist here!

What is up Good People! In the season four premiere, we discuss one of Brian and Jimbo's favorite records of all time, Teenager of the Year by Frank Black. This rollicking double album is 22 tracks with absolutely zero filler. This episode, like this album, is a little all over the place. Welcome back!! Check out the music playlist for the show here! Check out this sweet commercial for Freedom Rock! Check out thedac3000's sweet playlist for the Freedom Rock records! Thanks, thedac3000!

What's up Good People? Season Four drops on 4/4. Cuz it's season four. Get it? See you soon! Music playlists are out now. Check them out!

What is up, Good People? Join us this week for the Season Three Finale! In it, we are taking a look at the final song on Sgt. Pepper's, A Day in the Life. We'll wake up, we'll fall out of bed, and we will damn sure drag a comb across our heads! If you need us we'll be upstairs having a smoke. Check out the music playlist for the episode on Spotify!

What is up Good People? How do you feel about Christmas music? Will is very much in favor. Brian, not so much. Jimbo, well, let's just say that Jimbo has an opinion. More important than that, this is the time of year to just be frickin' cool to eachother. Get down on that if nothing else! Ho Ho Ho! Check out the music playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we discuss one of Will's all-time, top-five desert island records, Streetlight Manifesto's 2013 release, The Hands That Thieve. This was a new one for Jimbo and Brian and we were all stoked by the record's objective brilliance. This is Jersey's brightest! Check out the music playlist for the episode on Spotify!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we talk about the sweetest thing to emerge from Iceland since the Sugarcubes! That is to say, Bjork. This week we are talking about her 1997 album, Homogenic. This was a first for Will but a standard for Jimbo and the discussion is spirited and lively! Check out the Spotify playlist for the music from the episode!

What is up Good People? Do you remember the first record you ever bought? Like, with your own money? We started talking about that and it got us thinking about music made for kids. Children. When you have a kid you listen to a lot of it. And there are some amazing records out there if you look. Check out the playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week and we head to Chitown to explore the 2011, oft-maligned gem Lasers by Lupe Fiasco. Every once in a while we like to explore an album that is new to us. It broadens our horizons. This is one of those horizons. We'll see how it goes! Check out the playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we talk about the killer sophomore album Sam's Town by The Killers. This one is high on Brian's list of personal favorites and, as we discover, an outright classic in its own right. He doesn't look a thing like jesus... Check out the playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we explore the low-key genius of Mike Patton. From Faith No More to Mr. Bungle to Tomahawk and everything in between, this man is truly the hardest working man in show business. You may not know his name but you have definitely heard his music. Check out the playlist for the episode! Here are some other links you may enjoy: Mike Patton's label, Ipecac Recordings. This video for Tomahawk's God Hates a Coward This video of Peeping Tom playing Mojo on The Henry Rollins Show

What is up Good People? Join us this week as we take a look at the first Lollapalooza Music Festival and its influence on summer music tours. Check out the playlist for the show!

What is up Good People? Join us for the season three premiere! Pete Dog is with us as we discuss 311's classic sophomore album, Grassroots. It has been a minute but your boys are back. We got a clique but it's more like a family; not an ethnic trip more like an ethic see... Check out the playlist for the songs we talk about on the show! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VbFCZRHEWd73eoq9WGZKW?si=ec89d90aa6254100

Season Three is upon us, Good People! Ten hot ones coming at you this fall. Episode 311 drops on 10/25!

What is up Good People? Question: what do Waffle House hash browns and your favorite songs have in common? Answer: they are both better with a covering of some sort. The former is undisputedly better with a slice of American cheese perched atop. The latter is made more special when reinterpreted by another of your favorite artists. Join us this week as we discuss some of our favorite covers of entire albums made by other artists. We also reflect back on Season 2 as we wrap up an epic eighteen weeks. Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? We are so pleased to be joined this week by my two Chucks! My two very best friends and lifelong wrestling enthusiasts join us to discuss the importance of an amazing entrance song in the world of sports entertainment. Jimbo's going over the top rope! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up, Good People? Hop on the proverbial 60 bus this week. We'll be on there, we'll be waiting for you. This week we discuss the legendary ska-punk album ...And Out Come the Wolves by the one and only Rancid! Oi oi oi! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Joining us this week is the amazing PorkMarshmallow himself, Mr. Herman Nugent. Brain took the week off but Herman, Jimbo, and I get into some serious conversation about one of their favorite pastimes, Karaoke. Spoiler alert! I can't sing! You can check out Herman on Twick at twitch.tv/PorkMarshmallow. And please check out my man J5's place, Johnny's Kitchen, in Lodi, NY at johnnyskitchenny.com. Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode.

What is up Good People? Sometimes you find an album all on your own. You feel like frickin' Magellan. Other times a new friend turns you on to something and it forever reminds you of that friend. This is one of those times. I will always associate The Roots Things Fall Apart with my friend SJ! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up, Good People? This week we are going to take it light. We are going to have some fun. We are going to talk about an album light on content but heavy on rock. We are talking the tribute to the greatest song in the world. We are talking Wonderboy and Young Nastyman. We are going to debate whether or not one should always f*%k her hard. We are going to talk about Dio, and Lee, and The Road, and somewhere along the way we are going to rock your f*%king socks off. Tonight we are talking about the self-titled debut album of the one and only Tenacious D! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up Good People? Sometimes there is an album that just sweeps you off your feet and makes you say Damn! Joni Mitchell's Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is one of those albums. Talk to me! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up, Good People? What do you do at traffic lights? If you're red/green colorblind it's not so simple. Things aren't as vivid. And speaking of Vivid, this week we discuss the woefully underrated 1988 album by NYC rockers Living Colour. What's your favourite colour? Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What is up, Good People? Twenty-four years after Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These), Annie Lennox released her (as of now) last album of original material, 2007's Songs of Mass Destruction. Join us as we dive into it for the first time! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode!

What's up, Good People! Sometimes a movie needs to span a period of time in a period of minutes. And when they need to do that, they need a montage! This week we are discussing some of our favorite uses of music to hurry a film to its final destination. This is a fun one! Get out the popcorn! Check out this Jimmy Buffet song that we talk about but we can't find anywhere else. Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here!

What is up Good People? Do you know what a skeleton xylophone is? We don't either but if you told us there was one on this record we'd believe you. Join us as we discuss the breathtaking hot mess, Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits. Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4X1jXLDTkX0nPkVES971A6?si=bdc00ed33eeb416a

What is up Good People? Joining us this week is one of our very best friends from the Sports Served Neat podcast, Mr. Charles Nyonga! We are headed to the slums of Shaolin to discuss the 1993 hip-hop masterpiece, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2V6FHCIZOfuYmEjGYp4vLh?si=f6105c423b8b422b Check out these YouTube videos about the Wu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALUKDkOxVPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqWm8EuzkKk

What's up Good People? This week we take a look at Americannoisseurs Wilco and their amazing 2007 album Sky Blue Sky. It is truly a work that showcases all their influences while sounding like nothing else but it's amazing self! Roger that, good buddy! Check out Kawehi (the artist Jimbo is into, who is not on Spotify) here! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4L3AhZqrzdJS2253iV4tRn?si=a53957c3051343ae

What is up, Good People? This week we are joined again by my baby brother, the one and only Pete Dog. We are discussing one of our all-time favorite records, the debut album Music by Omaha quintet 311. "This is my favorite city pity everywhere the enemy." Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Mzp3LiMFlmp24LlRiwmMQ?si=8f23e5c68839416d

What is up, Good People? Remember that time that Sarah Chalke replaced Lacy Goranson in Roseanne? You don't? Well then, you probably didn't know that Matt Skiba replaced Tom Delonge in blink-182 either. Well. he did. And this week we are digging on their ninth album, Nine. Enjoy! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5gF5SBMYycrj2sQEj2LX0Y?si=95ac09231ae149fd

What is up, Good People? Join us this week as we compare two albums by prolific British rockers XTC! They released Drums & Wires in 1979 and SkylarkingI in 1986. They relesed five albums in between these two. They were busy. The journey from Drums & Wires to Skylarking shows how a band can grow and highlights how large an impact on the final album a producer can have. Before this how 33% of us hadn't had the pleasure of listening to these albums but, rest assured, they 100% rock! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LtwnTEBt3OdcKUH6U1e4V?si=8766a68b6162461d

What is up Good People!?! Join us this week as we discuss one of Will and Jimbo's all time favorite records. We are talking about the 1976 classic Rastaman Vibration by Bob Marley & the Wailers. It is going to be a great time. Check out the Spotify playlist for the show here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3asnlxBMimZ2IunBVXQuMC?si=8b0a349a39fb478b

What is up Good People? Sometimes you bang your head against a wall trying to think if something to talk about. And sometimes your brother says to you "My buddy Paul always asks whether '80s music is a genre or just music that came out in the 1980s." and then Jimbo says to you, Doc Hollywood style, "That is a hell of a thing for your to ask me!" So that's the question we are pondering on the SEASON TWO PREMIERE of Music Mostly! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S132PoR0ViYvOpRtyhtCF?si=0c73cd3af2684678

GOOD PEOPLE! Join is this Monday, 4/19 at 8:00 AM for the Season Two premiere!

What is up Good People? We are still in between seasons but wanted to hit you with something. You know those albums you cherish? The ones from your past that you don't listen to as ch but when you do they take you right back? We had a little chat about those albums we want to share. We hope it makes you laugh. Thank you for all the love. Be well and we'll see you soon with Season Two!

What is up Good People? We are in the lab coming up with Season Two but thought we'd hit you with a little somethin' somthin' in the interim. This is kind of what our conversations sounded like before we sounded podcasting. We hope it makes you laugh. Thank you for all the love. Be well and we'll see you soon with Season Two!

Good People! This episode marks the season one finale! Thank you for listening. We have had a blast and we sincerely hope we inspire you to spend more time actively listening to music. For the finale we are talking about some of our favorite albums of cover tunes. Covers are near and dear to our hearts and we had a lot of fun with it this week. Enjoy and we'll see you soon for season two! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here!

What do Gordon Ramsey and Eddie Vedder have in common? They have a team of talented tradespeople behind them to bring their vision to life. This week we take a look at Brendan O'Brien and his masterful mixing! Check out the Spotify playlist for the episode here!