Each episode of Music Raygun explores a different musical artist, topic or concept. Hosts Paul Ciampanelli and Kirk Pynchon watch and discuss related music videos, TV clips, commercials, interviews and other pop-culture ephemera on YouTube.
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Listeners of Music Raygun that love the show mention: janet,In this episode, Kirk and Paul reach into the ol' grab bag for another 10 videos that defy categorization by topic, sort of.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul play Boy Band Bank Heist with the Jackson 5. After that, a music trivia quiz for no candy.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at Motown from the 1960s through the 2000s.
Miniepisode: Music for the Weather Channel by Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon
In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch the music videos of America's 10 best-selling singles of 1985 according to the Billboard year-end chart.
In this episode, Kirk plays Where They From? European Edition, then there's a music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch '80s and '90s music videos directed by Dominic Sena ("Kalifornia," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Swordfish").
In this episode, Kirk and Paul rank all the songs on Michael Jackson's "Bad," and Paul tries to win candy from the music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at music that features the electric keyboard instrument that powered funk music in the '70s and is most closely associated with Stevie Wonder: the clavinet.
In this miniepisode, non-metal guys Kirk and Paul break down the similarities and differences between Viking metal, black metal, pagan metal and melodic death metal (aka melodeath). Then Paul plays a "Survivor"-themed laser round. Then a music trivia quiz happens.
In this sequel to "Music Raygun" episode 46 from way back in 2018, Kirk and Paul take another look at some of their favorite TV theme music.
In this episode, Kirk's son goes to a metal show, then there's a laser round, then there's a music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at musical artists from Memphis, Tennessee.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit Trading Card Corner, then they analyze the BeachLife Festival lineup, then Kirk attempts candy in the music trivia quiz.
This episode is a sort-of sequel to episode 141: "Bad Songs With Great Videos." In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at the other side of the coin by watching bad music videos for great songs. Watch the bad videos for yourself in this episode's YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwkBtmWrUCYPPvcb8BU-Vv0qxOz0sd0Kg
In this episode, Kirk and Paul play Boy Band Bank Heist with the Spice Girls, and there's a music trivia quiz at the end.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul take a look at 10 YouTube musicians who cover classic by Wings and Paul McCartney. Watch the videos featured in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwkBtmWrUCYOUZNIz-VQhk9RRAU2sEY-G
In this episode, Kirk and Paul discuss the best-selling albums of the ‘90s, the yacht rock dockumentary, the nmusic trivia quiz.
In this cursed episode, Kirk and Paul take on the bland, male toothlessness of the harmless, good-for-all-quadrants "rock" that emerged from the post-grunge mid-'90s.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about Sun City and Kool & the Gang. Then there's a laser round, then a music trivia quiz, then we're done.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul kick of the 17th season of "Music Raygun" with another grab bag episode.
In this episode, Kirk gives a final report on his son's university Beatles class, Kirk and Paul review their Spotify Wrappeds, and there's a quiz of music-themed trivia.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul sew up season 13 of "Music Raygun" by looking back at the episode topics that made this season the instant classic that it was. See you in 2025!
Kirk just finished reading Mark Blake's "Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac," so in this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about Fleetwood Mac. Then they do a music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at the career of Paul Hunter, who since the mid 1990s has directed more than 100 music videos. We picked 10.
In this episode, Paul plays the Beatles Game, Kirk plays the Laser Round, and there's a music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul count down the music videos for the 10 biggest hit singles in America for the year 1990.
In this episode, Kirk's son sends an update from his Beatles college course, Kirk and Paul play Boy Band Bank Heist with New Edition, and there's this trivia quiz about music.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about music featuring the woodwind instrument invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. It is called the saxophone.
On this episode, Kirk and Paul are joined by fan and friend Sarah From Austin. They talk about the Beatles, visit Trading Card Corner, and play the music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Paul and Kirk watch music videos directed by filmmaker Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Be Kind Rewind," others) in the 1990s and 2000s.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul look for a new introduction to the podcast; Kirk's son checks in about his college Beatles course; and there's a quiz on music trivia.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about divas, and, no, it's the the first-ever opera episode of "Music Raygun."
In this episode, Kirk reports news about old white rockers fighting, Paul has more to say about "E-Bow the Letter," there's a laser round, and there's a music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul get nostalgic remembering the songs they were listening to at the start of the school year way back when they were young.
In this episode, Kirk reviews a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Paul challenges Kirk to another round of Popularity Contest, and Paul attempts candy from the music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts to talk about mostly Boston bands but one or two others from elsewhere in the Bay State.
In this episode, Kirk presents the second part of his two-part book report on the new Journey bio. Then Paul challenges Kirk to a new game. Then it's the music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul flash back to — big surprise! — the late '80s and early '90s to trace, in brief, the history of house from Chicago clubs to London clubs to New York City clubs to the top of the charts.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about Nolan Thomas and Journey, Kirk plays the Popularity Content game, and blah blah music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch a truly wild assortment of uncategorizable videos. It's another grab bag episode of "Music Raygun"!
In this miniepisode, Paul pays tribute to his 10 musical namesakes, Kirk plays a new game called Popularity Contest, and they both do a music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul explore 10 music videos from the year 1984, "one of the top years in pop music" according to "many" according to Kirk.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul play the laser round, and Kirk tries for candy in the music trivia quiz.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch and comment about MTV's historic first 45 broadcasting minutes on Aug. 1, 1981, including VJ segments and commercials.
In this episode: the surprisingly boring origin of one of the worst band names of all time; the surprising identity of Richard Marx's second wife; the surprising music course Kirk's son is taking at college; and the surprising Canadian songwriter Kirk thought directed the New York Philharmonic.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul find out about the random bands they never heard of from the Trading Card Corner segments of the miniepisodes over the years.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit Trading Card Corner. Then they quiz each other about music trivia.
In this episode, Kirk and Paul wrap of the show's 12th season with another video for each of the previous 12 episodes' topics. It's another B-sides episode!
In this episode, Kirk offers new seltzer flavors to Paul. Then there's a music trivia quiz.