Podcasts about Frank Zappa

On this episode of The Daily Grateful, Michael takes a joyride straight through the Baby Boomer experience — from transistor radios and handwritten letters to Woodstock, rotary phones, and standing in line for concert tickets like it was a sacred mission from the rock-and-roll gods.Michael reflects on growing up in a world with no smartphones, no internet, and no GPS… just bicycles, neighborhood adventures, and parents yelling your full name when it got dark outside. Along the way, he shares stories about seeing Jerry Lee Lewis, the Dave Clark Five, Frank Zappa, and Jefferson Airplane back when concerts cost less than a large pizza today.But this episode is more than nostalgia. It's about resilience, gratitude, and being part of the last generation to experience an entirely analog childhood before the digital world took over. From polio vaccines to AM radio to the strange realization that radio may actually be making a comeback, this one is funny, heartfelt, quirky, and deeply human.Because maybe growing older doesn't make us obsolete.Maybe it makes us all part of living history.#DailyGrateful #MichaelCrose #BabyBoomers #LivingHistory #ClassicRock #OldSchoolCool #GratitudePodcast #BoomerLife #Storytelling #RadioDays #Nostalgia #WoodstockGeneration

The BOB & TOM Show — June 8, 20266:00 AM Hour 6:00 AM — Kristi discusses a bank-related story. 6:04 AM — Josh and Pat are out; Jeff joins the show. 6:10 AM — Tom talks about using his power washer. 6:14 AM — Discussion of National VHS Tape Day (June 7). 6:25 AM — Conversation about straight-to-VHS movies. 6:28 AM — Listener letter about visiting a local area and seeing donkeys everywhere. 6:30 AM — Listener letter about channeling the show and owning a bidet. 6:36 AM — Jeff talks about meeting his ex-wife at a concert. 6:47 AM — Listener letter about learning to sew from their mother. 6:47 AM — Listener letter about finding a Frank Zappa poster in a garage. 6:48 AM — Listener letter about magazines commonly found in military barracks. 6:53 AM — Chick discusses old advertising slogans. 7:05 AM — Discussion of memorable commercial sayings. 7:07 AM — Listener letter about a vasectomy billboard. 7:08 AM — Chick talks about his vasectomy. 7:10 AM — Listener letter involving a sporting event in Las Vegas. 7:11 AM — Sports update. 7:13 AM — Listener letter referencing sayings from Friday's show. 7:28 AM — Discussion about a woman who could not kiss and a story involving her mother. 7:33 AM — World record discussion involving a large foosball game. 7:34 AM — Tom explains why he dislikes foosball. 7:46 AM — Advice segment regarding body-image concerns. 7:50 AM — Kristi discusses head spas. 7:52 AM — Chick jokes about Tom shaking his head as if he has hair. 7:52 AM — Tom jokes about having phantom bangs. 8:05 AM — Discussion of repair cafés. 8:08 AM — Jeff introduces a character named Bruce Wang. 8:10 AM — Conversation about a local cat café and Tom's daughter. 8:24 AM — Discussion of rejected vanity license plates in Florida. 8:31 AM — Listener letter about a vanity license plate. 8:38 AM — Jeff shares an embarrassing story. 8:39 AM — Discussion about CD players. 8:48 AM — Jeff eats meat on the air. 8:49 AM — Today in History segment. 9:07 AM — Kristi discusses common reasons people cancel plans. 9:22 AM — Chick jokes about Tom's preferences. 9:33 AM — Discussion about what Jeff is doing at work, including a story involving an inappropriate photo message. 9:51 AM — Discussion of a large Lego basilica set containing 12,060 pieces. 7:00 AM Hour8:00 AM Hour9:00 AM Hour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 40 years after her death, the legend of Maria Callas, "La Divina Assoluta," remains unsurpassed. Much has been written about her sensational opera career and fraught private life, from her definitive mastery of iconic opera roles to her love affairs and tantrums. The prototype for the 20th century celebrity diva, Callas emblematizes the cliche of tormented talent - genius in the ring with catastrophe. Her extraordinary voice, in particular, has become an object of cult-like adoration and cultural significance almost with a life of its own: as fetish object, as sophisticated sonic signifier, and most recently, as the lifeblood for a Callas hologram. Such adoration is not without consequences. When Callas is transformed into a vessel for such transcendent magic, it overshadows what is perhaps her most superhuman ability - the masterful technique she deployed to shape and craft her astounding instrument. Singing bodies are working bodies, enacting an intimate and complex form of artistic labor and cultural signification. Using one of Callas's first recital recordings from 1954, Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias (Bloomsbury, 2021) envisions each aria as a lens to examine various aspects of vocalization and cultural reception of the feminized voice in both classical and pop culture, from Homer's Sirens to Star Trek. With references to works by Marina Abramovic, Charles Baudelaire, Michel Chion, Wayne Koestenbaum, Greil Marcus, and Farah Jasmine Griffin, as well as films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jonathan Demme, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, each chapter explores phenomena unique to the singing voice, including the operatic screaming point, the politics of listening, and the singing simulacrum. Ginger Dellenbaugh is a musician and historian who has written and lectured on music and politics, vernacular notation systems, and the cultural history of the voice. A trained opera singer, she performed for over a decade in Europe and the United States. Ginger is currently a lecturer at The New School in New York, USA and completing a PhD in musicology at Yale University, USA. She lives in New York City and Vienna, Austria. Ginger Dellenbaugh's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

More than 40 years after her death, the legend of Maria Callas, "La Divina Assoluta," remains unsurpassed. Much has been written about her sensational opera career and fraught private life, from her definitive mastery of iconic opera roles to her love affairs and tantrums. The prototype for the 20th century celebrity diva, Callas emblematizes the cliche of tormented talent - genius in the ring with catastrophe. Her extraordinary voice, in particular, has become an object of cult-like adoration and cultural significance almost with a life of its own: as fetish object, as sophisticated sonic signifier, and most recently, as the lifeblood for a Callas hologram. Such adoration is not without consequences. When Callas is transformed into a vessel for such transcendent magic, it overshadows what is perhaps her most superhuman ability - the masterful technique she deployed to shape and craft her astounding instrument. Singing bodies are working bodies, enacting an intimate and complex form of artistic labor and cultural signification. Using one of Callas's first recital recordings from 1954, Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias (Bloomsbury, 2021) envisions each aria as a lens to examine various aspects of vocalization and cultural reception of the feminized voice in both classical and pop culture, from Homer's Sirens to Star Trek. With references to works by Marina Abramovic, Charles Baudelaire, Michel Chion, Wayne Koestenbaum, Greil Marcus, and Farah Jasmine Griffin, as well as films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jonathan Demme, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, each chapter explores phenomena unique to the singing voice, including the operatic screaming point, the politics of listening, and the singing simulacrum. Ginger Dellenbaugh is a musician and historian who has written and lectured on music and politics, vernacular notation systems, and the cultural history of the voice. A trained opera singer, she performed for over a decade in Europe and the United States. Ginger is currently a lecturer at The New School in New York, USA and completing a PhD in musicology at Yale University, USA. She lives in New York City and Vienna, Austria. Ginger Dellenbaugh's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

More than 40 years after her death, the legend of Maria Callas, "La Divina Assoluta," remains unsurpassed. Much has been written about her sensational opera career and fraught private life, from her definitive mastery of iconic opera roles to her love affairs and tantrums. The prototype for the 20th century celebrity diva, Callas emblematizes the cliche of tormented talent - genius in the ring with catastrophe. Her extraordinary voice, in particular, has become an object of cult-like adoration and cultural significance almost with a life of its own: as fetish object, as sophisticated sonic signifier, and most recently, as the lifeblood for a Callas hologram. Such adoration is not without consequences. When Callas is transformed into a vessel for such transcendent magic, it overshadows what is perhaps her most superhuman ability - the masterful technique she deployed to shape and craft her astounding instrument. Singing bodies are working bodies, enacting an intimate and complex form of artistic labor and cultural signification. Using one of Callas's first recital recordings from 1954, Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias (Bloomsbury, 2021) envisions each aria as a lens to examine various aspects of vocalization and cultural reception of the feminized voice in both classical and pop culture, from Homer's Sirens to Star Trek. With references to works by Marina Abramovic, Charles Baudelaire, Michel Chion, Wayne Koestenbaum, Greil Marcus, and Farah Jasmine Griffin, as well as films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jonathan Demme, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, each chapter explores phenomena unique to the singing voice, including the operatic screaming point, the politics of listening, and the singing simulacrum. Ginger Dellenbaugh is a musician and historian who has written and lectured on music and politics, vernacular notation systems, and the cultural history of the voice. A trained opera singer, she performed for over a decade in Europe and the United States. Ginger is currently a lecturer at The New School in New York, USA and completing a PhD in musicology at Yale University, USA. She lives in New York City and Vienna, Austria. Ginger Dellenbaugh's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

Episodio 8.15 de Las Cosas Que Hay Que Escuchar, en el cual no tenemos mucho que decir pero hablamos de más mientras escuchamos la música de Los Punsetes, Lucy Patané, The Go-Betweens, Têtes Raides, Jacques Higelin, Frank Zappa, Eilen Jewell, Eels, Big Mama Thornton, Hacha de Papel, Andrea Álvarez, Bobby McFerrin, Chumbawamba, Godley & Creme y Jean-Michel Jarre. Y, obviamente, todo el delirio habitual de Saurio y las voces que lo atormentan. Si quieren convidar con un cafecito ☕, pueden hacerlo acá: https://cafecito.app/saurio © Saurio 2026

Nueva entrega de Música de Contrabando, semanario de actualidad musical de Onda Regional Murcia (4/06/2026) . Con Ángel H. SopenaEntrevistas:- Vuelve el Festival Ventepijo tras 4 años de ausencia. Su director, Ignacio Sánchez , nos pone al tanto de su identidad de "kilómetro cero".- Rufus T Firefly están aquí de nuevo. Víctor Cabezuelo nos habla de la experiencia de su gira con " cascos inalámbricos ".Noticias: Kiss celebran el 50 aniversario del álbum Destroyer con el libro Destroyer: The definitive visual history: Making and touring the legendary album. Cherry Red anuncia Where do the stars end – The recordings 1974-1980, una caja de seis cedés que reúne remasterizadas las grabaciones de Kevin Ayers . Rescatado un disco inédito de The Cramps. Se anuncia la reedición de ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa's tastiest tracks, una colección que abarca toda la carrera de Frank Zappa, lanzada originalmente en 2016. Björk inaugura “Echolalia” incluyendo el tema “Nerve Bloom” . Phoebe Bridgers ha sorprendido anunciando un concierto especial en el Madison Square Garden (Nueva York). Y la mayor sorpresa es que las entradas costarán un dólar.El Primavera Sound Barcelona volverá a abrirse al mundo a través de su retransmisión oficial en streaming de la mano de Amazon Music. De momento no habrá nuevo disco de Radiohead . El Museo de Cera de Madrid ha incorporado a su colección la figura de Bad Bunny .The Fall lanzarán un disco póstumo para Mark E. Smit . Arde Bogotá anuncia “ABT002”, una nueva gira internacional que llevará a la banda de vuelta a Estados Unidos y México en una serie de conciertos concebidos para disfrutar de su directo en espacios más cercanos y especiales. Novedades musicales:Paul McCartney, Sean Frutos, Belle and Sebastian, The Avalanches y Jamie XX, Death Cab For Cutie, The Afghan Whips, Bedouine, Ibibio Sound Machine, Santana y Becky G, Greta Van Fleet, 7ebra, Zahara, The Bug Club, Max Subar, Arde Bogotá, Maestro Espada, Motoharu Okamura, Me Acuerdo De Todo y Bernal, Samantha y Chica Sobresalto, Calvin Harris y Jazzy, The Head and The Rest, La Habitación Roja, Madbel, Sistema Nervioso, Loganz, Lola Young, Annapurna, Barry B, Petit Pop, Maki, Repion, Blonde Poulain, Poster Boy, Weezer, Airbag, Serch, Noise Box feat Second, Tender, Standing on the corner, Black Marble, Helado Negro y Reyna Tropical, qAgenda de conciertos:Rufus T Firefly, O'funk'illo, Los Del Tonos, Sueño Xanadú, Leverse & Jones, Dani Fernández, Sr Bizarro, Santi Campillo, Semifinales Creamurcia, Pau From Marc, Mala Cotton, Adiós Noviembre, Manva Negra, Julia Cry, Uni Boys.

Show #1152 Future Of The Blues 01. Danny Marks - Blues Of The Future (4:30) (Back to the Blues, Cabbagetunes Records, 2026) 02. Brother Jacob - Don't Let The Devil Ride (4:34) (Single, self-release, 2026) 03. Denise La Grassa - Go Bad Mouth Yourself (4:27) (A Crossroads Communion, self-release, 2026) 04. Danielle Nicole - Tug of War (3:46) (Fireflies, Forty Below Records, 2026) 05. Brinsley Schwarz - Nothing Is What It Seems (4:44) (Shouting At The Moon, Fretsore Records, 2025) 06. GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite - I Can't Hold Out (2:28) (Blues Now, New West Records, 2026) 07. Rory Block - Future Blues (3:09) (Best Blues And Originals, Rouder Records, 1988) 08. Canned Heat - Future Blues (2:58) (Future Blues, Liberty Records, 1970) 09. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Chicken Leg (4:23) (Single, Colemine Records, 2026) 10. Jodi Stapler - Mourning Dove Calling (4:09) (Metamorphosis, self-release, 2026) 11. Joey Quiñones - There Must Be Something (3:30) (Inna Soul Steady Situation, Colemine Records, 2026) 12. Blind Dog Mayer Group - Harley Rider (5:49) (Live Studio Session: From The Shadow Of The Castle, Blues Note Records, 2026) 13. Shaun Murphy - Take My Kiss Up Off Your Lips (3:14) (Brand New Blues, Vision Wall Records, 2026) 14. Harrell "Young Rell" Davenport - I'll Be Tryin' (4:40) (Young Rell, Little Village Records, 2026) 15. Greg Piccolo & Heavy Juice - Who Knows What The Future Holds (4:32) (Who Knows What The Future Holds, MoMojo Records, 2026) 16. Treat Her Right - Picture Of The Future (2:45) (Tied To The Tracks, RCA Records, 1989) 17. TuskHead - Dutchicana (Ain't Country Enough) (2:39) (One Step Forward & Two Steps Back, Migrant Records, 2026) 18. PK Mayo - Arms Of The Blues (9:34) (All Before Yesterday, New Folk Records, 2026) 19. Frank Zappa (ft. Ike Willis) - Bamboozled By Love (5:43) (Tinsel Town Rebellion, Barking Pumpkin Records, 1981) 20. Frank Zappa - Soup 'N Old Clothes (7:56) (Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar, Barking Pumpkin Records, 1981) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

NSS's musical direction is stylistically hard to pin down as he refuses to be categorized, bracketed, nailed down, pinpointed, shepherded, or grouped but one might suggest, taking a little Frank Zappa, adding a generous portion of The Allman Brother's Band, throwing in a dash of Harry Chapin then mix thoroughly with the essence of King Diamond, chill, distill through a Jean Michele Jarre filter, and serve with a slice of attitude on the side. Noel visited the Flamingo Lounge on May 13, 2026 to talk about and share his music.

Eric Olander on how the Global South is reading the Beijing summitsThis week I'm joined again by Eric Olander, founder of the China Global South Project, which runs the most indispensable English-language operation going for understanding China's engagement with Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.I came in with a plan: map, region by region, how the capitals of the Global South were reading the back-to-back Trump and Putin visits to Beijing — relief at a steadier U.S.-China modus vivendi, or foreboding at a G2 condominium squeezing shut their room to maneuver. Eric dismantled the premise within ten minutes. The honest answer, he warned me, is that most of the Global South simply isn't watching the way we are — and the disappointment turned out to be the most interesting thing in the room. What looked like the absence of a story was the story. I'd built my questions around one assumption about what mattered; Eric had built his answers around another, and I cop to being schooled.Once you set the summit framing aside, what Eric's contributors are actually seeing comes into focus: Japan racing to recenter an Asia-Pacific security architecture, a region quietly de-risking from an unreliable United States, fresh cracks in the BRICS, Justin Yifu Lin's “three moves” for Chinese manufacturing, Latin America's “find out” phase, and a Gulf where the Chinese setback so many in Washington insist must exist simply isn't there. We get into all of it — and close on the summit as a remarkable piece of theater, the first since 1945 at which no one quite knew who the most powerful person in the room was.04:27 — The dominant mood: pro forma coverage, exhaustion, and bigger problems at home08:15 — Breaking news: the paused $14B Taiwan arms package and the canceled Colby trip11:15 — The dog that caught the truck: China and the costs of a receding U.S. umbrella13:00 — "Constructive strategic stability" — new equilibrium or just choreography?28:23 — The snub: Beijing sends only an ambassador to the BRICS meeting in New Delhi37:56 — Africa: tariff-free access, the trade imbalance, and Kenya's "collapsed" exports44:34 — Justin Yifu Lin's "three moves": move up-market, localize, move south51:00 — Latin America's "find out" phase in Panama, and very low China literacy57:35 — The Gulf after the war on Iran: who really won?Paying it Forward:Boston University's Global Development Policy (GDP) Research CenterRecommendationsEric: A “rabbit hole” of books on Xi Jinping, currently Party of One by Chun Han Wong (after Kevin Rudd's On Xi Jinping).Kaiser: Angine de Poitrine, a “microtonal math rock” duo from Quebec — think Frank Zappa meets King Crimson — possibly the thing to breathe new life into progressive rock.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Red and Jodie are joined by Mike from WFOD to go through "The Songs That Piss Us Off." Can a creepy "Herbert the Pervert" kind of song beat a song about peeing and how much it hurts? YOU be the JUDGE!Steely Dan - Everyone's Gone To The MoviesVSFrank Zappa - Why Does It Burn When I Pee?Follow Mike ⁠on Twitter @WFODShowAnd visit his show's website!!Listen to their show HERE.Vote via ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord OR under the episode description on Spotify.Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the ⁠Discord⁠

This week on Radio Labyrinth Podcast, Tim leads us through another round of pop culture chaos as the entertainment machine continues eating itself.We're talking Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8 updates, The Boys finale, the passing of Frank Zappa collaborator Ike Willis, and the news that a new Godfather story focused on Connie Corleone is on the way.Plus, Shark Tank is moving production to Atlanta, South Park has a Season 29 premiere date, and AI is now turning vintage adult magazine spreads into movies because apparently we weren't cursed enough already.In Trailer Trash, we check out HBO's Lanterns and the wild South Korean sci-fi thriller HOPE. Then we hit Views or Snooze with Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, The Boroughs, and Ladies First, before wrapping up with staff picks.Grab your remote, lower your expectations, and join us as we ask: is pop culture evolving, or just rebooting itself into oblivion?Subscribe, like, comment, and step into the Labyrinth.

We kick off with News with Nick! D4VD is getting pulled from streaming services following gruesome murder charges, Kanye owes some royalties, and Weird Al is coming to Broadway. Plus, Nick did his homework and discusses his thoughts on Heavy Metal Parking Lot and updates the guys on his Sopranos progress.Song: Frank Zappa - “Joe's Garage”Next, Greg brings us a Three for Thursday. We listen to Nels Cline's blazing solo on a Wilco track, dig into a Bruce Hornsby classic, and close with some classic Aphex Twin.Songs:Wilco - “Side with the Seeds”Bruce Hornsby - “The Way It Is (Live - 1998/99)”Aphex Twin - “T69 Collapse”We end the show with a hot bowl of Jay's Jambalaya. Ike Willis was a staple of Frank Zappa's ensemble from 1979 until Zappa's final tour in 1988. A versatile guitarist and vocalist, we listen to some of his notable contributions to the Zappa discography. Willis passed last week at the age of 70. Next, we learn about Fender's desperate attempt to prevent other guitar manufacturers' from building ‘S' shaped guitars, despite losing a patent case in the U.S. years ago. Finally, Jay brings us up to speed on his trip to LA.Song: Frank Zappa - “Outside Now (Live)”

Jon tries getting campy while Chris brings up song lyrics inside every round-- PLUS American beef prices-- favorability-- Eddy Arnold-- Elvis Presley-- AI-- the Mascot Hall of Fame-- little known American museums-- Stevie Wonder-- Chad Mitchell Trio-- The Surfaris-- Ike Willis and Frank Zappa-- metacognition-- and so much more!  

The word "like" has been around for centuries, but it reached a new cultural prominence in the 1980s, partially thanks to Frank Zappa's song "Valley Girl." Since then, "like" has taken on a life of its own, inspiring strong emotions. This hour, we look at the meaning and evolution of "like." Plus, how movies like the now 30-year-old Clueless have impacted our language. GUESTS: Megan C. Reynolds: Former editor at Dwell and author of Like: A History of the English Language’s Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word Kory Stamper: Lexicographer and author of Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries Veronica Litt: English Professor and author of Ugh! As If!: Clueless The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Dylan Reyes, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, and Isaac Moss contributed to this show, which originally aired August 20, 2025.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Did you say you want some more? Well here's some more! In part two of our discussion of the drummers of FZ, drummers Joe and Bill school non-drummer Scott about the finer points of Frank's drumming royalty, replete with super-exciting insights and high-level geeking out. It's a good time, don't ya know!

This week Tom and Julie watch clips of John Mellencamp roasting a fan, Cillian Murphy revealing he is a massive Frank Zappa fan, and a deep dive into talk show drill sergeants. Plus a check in with Producer Carson after staying the night in a "murder motel" in Las Vegas, and the reveal of the first Double Threat tattoo from friend of the show Brian!CLIPS FROM THIS WEEK'S EPISODE:-Sgt. Juluhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPOzalOHLTw-John Mellencamp roasts a fanhttps://youtube.com/shorts/J4oAF_gbt64?si=XhLdCtwfFM8s9Aq6-Cillian Murphy reveals he is a massive Frank Zappa fanhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DWY-kfmkcOu/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==Patreon is the best way to support Double Threat! Your support keeps the show going and we appreciate it more than we can say. Plus you get weekly bonus episodes, access to monthly livestreams, merch store discounts, and more!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/doublethreatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our brand new Double Threat merch is AVAILABLE NOW at https://doublethreatpod.merchtable.comWATCH VIDEO CLIPS OF DOUBLE THREAT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@doublethreatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JOIN THE DOUBLE THREAT FAN GROUPS*Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://discord.com/invite/PrcwsbuaJx⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/doublethreatfriends/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/groups/doublethreatfriends⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SEND SUBMISSIONS TO⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DoubleThreatPod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FOLLOW DOUBLE THREAT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/doublethreatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/doublethreatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PAY PIGS ONLYhttps://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1Y826FGBNP19R?ref_=wl_shareDOUBLE THREAT IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/double-threat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Theme song by Mike KrolArtwork by Joe Frontel00:00 Intro01:07 The Devil Wears Prada 203:43 Public domain14:02 Las Vegas32:17 BTS: THE RETURN41:16 Sgt. Julu48:16 Back to Las Vegas56:57 Double Threat tattoo58:51 John Mellencamp roasts a fan01:01:46 Cillian Murphy reveals he loves Frank Zappa 1:05:0001:15:53 OutroSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture. Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader. A rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick society. Just another dime-a-dozen singing hippy mystic. Did the guitar-playing guru personify the violence that the rock counterculture inflicted on America? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of that society's broken institutions? For over five decades, commentators have debated the meaning of Charles Manson and the Tate-LaBianca killings. Rock music links their narratives: from the acid drenched singalongs at the Spahn Movie Ranch, to a bizarre theology centered on Beatles songs, to his commune's alleged links with Hollywood's elite, to an album, LIE: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). In this first comprehensive examination of the Manson Family's music, Nicholas Tochka writes with, against, and alongside the many authors-true-crime hacks, gonzo journalists, conspiracy theorists, and rock critics alike-who have told and retold the story of "the Manson murders." Playing the truth games that these postwar Americans helped invent, The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties (Bloomsbury, 2026) presents a new take on the story of the commune-and on rock's role in fracturing the possibility of writing trustworthy histories after the Sixties. "They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth," Manson once claimed, describing his music. Just what truths did the Manson Family's music-making tell? Nicholas Tochka is Associate Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the author of several books including Rocking In the Free World: Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America and Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania. His work examines the politics of music-making in the postwar world. Nicholas on the University of Melbourne's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture. Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader. A rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick society. Just another dime-a-dozen singing hippy mystic. Did the guitar-playing guru personify the violence that the rock counterculture inflicted on America? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of that society's broken institutions? For over five decades, commentators have debated the meaning of Charles Manson and the Tate-LaBianca killings. Rock music links their narratives: from the acid drenched singalongs at the Spahn Movie Ranch, to a bizarre theology centered on Beatles songs, to his commune's alleged links with Hollywood's elite, to an album, LIE: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). In this first comprehensive examination of the Manson Family's music, Nicholas Tochka writes with, against, and alongside the many authors-true-crime hacks, gonzo journalists, conspiracy theorists, and rock critics alike-who have told and retold the story of "the Manson murders." Playing the truth games that these postwar Americans helped invent, The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties (Bloomsbury, 2026) presents a new take on the story of the commune-and on rock's role in fracturing the possibility of writing trustworthy histories after the Sixties. "They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth," Manson once claimed, describing his music. Just what truths did the Manson Family's music-making tell? Nicholas Tochka is Associate Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the author of several books including Rocking In the Free World: Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America and Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania. His work examines the politics of music-making in the postwar world. Nicholas on the University of Melbourne's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture. Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader. A rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick society. Just another dime-a-dozen singing hippy mystic. Did the guitar-playing guru personify the violence that the rock counterculture inflicted on America? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of that society's broken institutions? For over five decades, commentators have debated the meaning of Charles Manson and the Tate-LaBianca killings. Rock music links their narratives: from the acid drenched singalongs at the Spahn Movie Ranch, to a bizarre theology centered on Beatles songs, to his commune's alleged links with Hollywood's elite, to an album, LIE: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). In this first comprehensive examination of the Manson Family's music, Nicholas Tochka writes with, against, and alongside the many authors-true-crime hacks, gonzo journalists, conspiracy theorists, and rock critics alike-who have told and retold the story of "the Manson murders." Playing the truth games that these postwar Americans helped invent, The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties (Bloomsbury, 2026) presents a new take on the story of the commune-and on rock's role in fracturing the possibility of writing trustworthy histories after the Sixties. "They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth," Manson once claimed, describing his music. Just what truths did the Manson Family's music-making tell? Nicholas Tochka is Associate Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the author of several books including Rocking In the Free World: Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America and Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania. His work examines the politics of music-making in the postwar world. Nicholas on the University of Melbourne's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture. Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader. A rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick society. Just another dime-a-dozen singing hippy mystic. Did the guitar-playing guru personify the violence that the rock counterculture inflicted on America? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of that society's broken institutions? For over five decades, commentators have debated the meaning of Charles Manson and the Tate-LaBianca killings. Rock music links their narratives: from the acid drenched singalongs at the Spahn Movie Ranch, to a bizarre theology centered on Beatles songs, to his commune's alleged links with Hollywood's elite, to an album, LIE: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). In this first comprehensive examination of the Manson Family's music, Nicholas Tochka writes with, against, and alongside the many authors-true-crime hacks, gonzo journalists, conspiracy theorists, and rock critics alike-who have told and retold the story of "the Manson murders." Playing the truth games that these postwar Americans helped invent, The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties (Bloomsbury, 2026) presents a new take on the story of the commune-and on rock's role in fracturing the possibility of writing trustworthy histories after the Sixties. "They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth," Manson once claimed, describing his music. Just what truths did the Manson Family's music-making tell? Nicholas Tochka is Associate Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the author of several books including Rocking In the Free World: Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America and Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania. His work examines the politics of music-making in the postwar world. Nicholas on the University of Melbourne's website. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

NEW FOR MAY 1, 2026 Is it the beat or knock and know all . . . Danger Knocks - The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 531 1. In The Light (live) - Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes 2. Slippery People (live) - David Byrne 3. Over You / Eight Miles High - Roxy Music 4. Angels (Footsteps) (live) - Jeff Beck 5. All The Rowboats - Regina Spektor 6. Asking For A Friend - Foo Fighters 7. Smuggler's Blues (live) - Eagles 8. Take It To The Limit / All Along The Watchtower (live) - Dave Mason 9. Little One - Jimi Hendrix Experience w/ Dave Mason and Brian Jones 10. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (live) - Dave Mason 11. Harlan County Line (live unplugged) - Dave Alvin 12. Reuben's Train (live) - Harry Manx 13. The Torture Never Stops (live) - Frank Zappa w/ Adrian Belew 14. Till Your Mind Is Shining - Peter Gabriel 15. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) (live) - R.E.M. 16. Coyote / Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (live) - Joni Mitchell 17. TNK (live) - 801 18. Pasaquan - Tedeschi Trucks Band The Best Radio You Have Never Heard. Musical danger since 2004 Accept No Substitute. Click to leave comments on the Facebook page.

Sheffield punches well above its weight when it comes to tunes. From #1 synth-pop hits to underground techno classics, clattering industrial funk to accidental Britpop icons, the Steel City might have produced more brilliant music per capita than any other world metropolis.And yet, no one has published the definitive book on the subject – until now! Daniel Dylan Wray is one of the UK's best music writers, and his new book Groovy, Laidback and Nasty: The History of Independent Music in Sheffield chronicles the maverick artists, chart invaders, parties, labels, venues and even Christian cults that shaped the city's musical history.We talked to Dan about why Sheffield wasn't swept away by punk rock but instead loved Kraftwerk and Wendy Carlos, how Peter Stringfellow became a crucial early mover in Sheffield's club scene, and why there are no murals of Jarvis Cocker in the city centre. We also heard about the unlikely chain of events that birthed Warp Records, and one of the most important yet undersung ‘80s club nights, Jive Turkey.We also unveil a major expansion of our Rockufiction canon of ‘music films that bend reality', including Frank Zappa, Daft Punk, Macca and S Club 7. That'll probably be the final update on Rockufiction, but if you have any burning additions then get them in quick…As ever, if you like what we do on No Tags, please do consider signing up to our paid tier for a mere £5 per month! Get full access to No Tags at notagspodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Damon gets to talk to M.B. about Maryland, life adventures, Frank Zappa, film scores and much more. There's also segments like gig alerts, music news, and others. 

U2 is a band from the north side of Dublin that became a global phenomenon-and while its four members have traveled the world over for almost fifty years, some of the most critical points on their journey have been in Southern California. The Joshua Tree is the best-known example of U2's artistic immersion in the Golden State, but the band began drawing inspiration from California's landscape as early as 1981 during their first arrival in the U.S. for the Boy tour. From deserts to beaches to urban streets, Southern California features dozens of sites that are both sacred and significant to U2 history. For the first time, these sites are documented and categorized in a single resource to inform and support the Southern California pilgrimages of U2 fans. I Go There With You (2026) provides the information U2 fans need before embarking on such a quest, whether individually or in groups. Each site has a story, and this book tells those stories-along with must-have details for trips that require extra planning and foresight. In addition to essential information on each site's place in U2 history, author Brook W. Flagg aims to inspire U2's most devoted followers with anecdotes and scrapbooked images. Just as Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. traveled through Southern California along the road from innocence to experience, their fans can find catharsis and healing by going into the mystic portals of the past-places where, over the decades, U2 found pieces of what they were looking for. Brook Flagg on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

U2 is a band from the north side of Dublin that became a global phenomenon-and while its four members have traveled the world over for almost fifty years, some of the most critical points on their journey have been in Southern California. The Joshua Tree is the best-known example of U2's artistic immersion in the Golden State, but the band began drawing inspiration from California's landscape as early as 1981 during their first arrival in the U.S. for the Boy tour. From deserts to beaches to urban streets, Southern California features dozens of sites that are both sacred and significant to U2 history. For the first time, these sites are documented and categorized in a single resource to inform and support the Southern California pilgrimages of U2 fans. I Go There With You (2026) provides the information U2 fans need before embarking on such a quest, whether individually or in groups. Each site has a story, and this book tells those stories-along with must-have details for trips that require extra planning and foresight. In addition to essential information on each site's place in U2 history, author Brook W. Flagg aims to inspire U2's most devoted followers with anecdotes and scrapbooked images. Just as Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. traveled through Southern California along the road from innocence to experience, their fans can find catharsis and healing by going into the mystic portals of the past-places where, over the decades, U2 found pieces of what they were looking for. Brook Flagg on Twitter. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

Greg has been dissecting and practicing Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia for the past few months and he'd like to share what he's learned, in theory.Song: Frank Zappa - “Peaches En Regalia (1969 Rhythm Track Mix)”Jay came upon a piece in The Guardian called “Murder, mystery and a hit record: the unbelievable story of Ike White” (link) and had to learn more. This week, the tragic story of Ike White. Songs: Ike White - “Love And Affection”Ike White - “Changin' Times”Chicago native, Aadam Jacobs is a true music lover. He's been recording and cataloging live shows for the past forty years and has decided to gift these recordings to the Internet Archive (link). With over 10,000 shows recorded, this is quite a collection. We listen to a few of his tapes on the latest round of “Tape Stash.” Songs:Plus/Minus - "Megalomaniac Live at Schubas Tavern 2003-11-13"Ben Folds Five - "Underground Live at Park West 1999-05-03"Nirvana - "Scoff Live at Dreamerz 1989-07-08"

262 - Jim Kimo West (Solo, Weird Al Yankovic) In episode 262 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist Jim “Kimo” West who is a slack key guitarist and plays guitar with Weird Al Yankovic. In our conversation Jim discusses his current tour schedule with George Kahumoku and with Weird Al later in the summer. Jim takes us through his musical history growing up in Canada and moving to Florida at a young age playing in bands and eventually moving to LA and quickly becoming a member of Weird Al's band. Jim tells us how he came to embrace slack key guitar after a post tour trip to Maui and how playing and writing slack key songs for fun started a second career. Jim talks about meeting Frank Zappa and Glen Frey while playing guitar in a cover band in Tampa. Jim takes us through his gear early on Telecasters, Les Paul's and Fender Bassmans and Marshalls and his gear now Tom Anderson Strat types and Fractal AX FX 3 and the FM 9 and Taylor guitars for his slack key gigs he also takes us through his pickup system for his Taylor's and the banjo tuners he uses. Jim discusses working with Rick Derringer who produced Weird Al's early albums and eventually became a mentor to Jim. Jim describes what it's like to work and tour with Weird Al and the special gear he's used for different gigs throughout the years. Finally Jim tells us about his collaboration with Joss Jaffe and their latest album “Delphinus”. To find out more about Jim you can go to his website: jimkimowest.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #moogguitar #VintageGuitarMagazine #JimKimoWest #WeirdAl #SlackKeyGuitar #Delphinus #taylorguitars #TomAndersonGuitars #GeorgeKahumoku #JamesPatrickRegan #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #HGWT #tourlife https://www.patreon.com/cw/HaveGuitarWillTravelPodcast Please like, comment, and share this podcast! Download Link

Show #1147 Repeat Of #89 Another cover show with Beardo & Spinner (April 2005) Beardo Takes Off: 01. Danny Gatton - Apricot Brandy (original by: Rhinocerous) 02. Michael Powers - Bird On A Wire (original by: Leonard Cohen) 03. Clarence Spady - Bad Axe (original by: Son Seals) 04. Brian Templeton w/Monster Mike Welch - Trouble Man (original by: Marvin Gaye) 05. Monster Mike Welch - Masters Of War (original by: Bob Dylan) 06. Sugar Ray & the Bluetones w/Monster Mike Welch - Funk-Shun (original by: Albert King) 07. The Imperial Crowns - You Don't Miss Your Water (original by: William Bell) 08. The Persuations - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (original by: Frank Zappa) 09. Toru Oki & The Nighthawks (Live In Japan) - Pretty Girls And Cadillacs (original by: B. Johnson) Spinner's Section: 10. Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows - I Live The Life I Love (original by: Muddy Waters) 11. Eric Ambel - Vampire Blues (original by: Neil Young) 12. Cuby+Blizzards - Five Long Years (original by: Eddie Boyd) 13. Elvis Costello - Everybody's Crying Mercy (original by: Mose Allison) 14. Willy DeVille - It's Too Late She's Gone (original by:Chuck Willis) 15. Crazy Willy - Hound Dog (original by: Big Mama Thornton) 16. Walter Rossi - Malaguena (original by: …you tell me…) One more from Beardo: 17. The Pork Roll Project - The Letter (original by: The Box Tops) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

Grab your proton pack and join Zeth to talk all about the 1984 film ‘Ghostbusters’ and how it is the perfect fodder for anti-authoritarians and DIY’ers alike. Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film featuring songs by Frank Zappa, The Specials, King Missile, and more. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by visiting disgracelandpod.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gilbert and Frank visit the George Burns Room at the historic New York Friars Club, where they're joined by actor, singer and musician Micky Dolenz for a fun and fascinating look back at “Monkeemania” and his own unlikely journey from 1950's child star (“Circus Boy”) to 1960's pop/rock icon. Also, Micky drops in on a “Sgt. Pepper” recording session, makes movies with Jack Nicholson and Frank Zappa and hits the town with fellow “Hollywood Vampires” John Lennon, Keith Moon and Alice Cooper. PLUS: Lon Chaney Jr.! Micky's mom meets “The Creeper”! The Monkees take on “Faust”! Harry Nilsson quits his day job! And Sgt. Bilko sings “Yesterday”! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more, become a patron from £3 a month at Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod.In this patrons episode we rejoin Arthur Russell in NYC as he takes up musical directorship of the supremely influential downtown arts centre The Kitchen. Jeremy and Tim discuss the Minimalist and Post-Minimalist stylings of the retinue of composer-performers in the area, including Christian Wolff and Rhys Chatham. We hear how Arthur - never a rock lover - became enamoured with the vernacular communication of the Modern Lovers, inviting them for a semi-legendary performance at his venue, and more broadly how their aesthetics of everydayness came to influence a slew of subsequent artists including Arthur himself.Elsewhere in the episode the guys discuss the curious case of Frank Zappa, gong baths, and share some personal reflections on their experiences with Arthur's music.Tracklist:Christian Wolff - For 1,2 or 3 People Rhys Chatham - Two Gongs Arthur Russell - Eli The Modern Lovers - Old World Arthur Russell - I Forget and I Can't Tell The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Live at the Kitchen) Frank Zappa - The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny Peter Gordon - Machomusic

A LONG time in the making, this one! Join drummers Joe and Bill, and non-drummer Scott, as they discuss the drummers of FZ, from the 60s to the 80s! This is a highly informative and entertaining discussion, in which the strengths of each drummer get their deserved appreciation, allowing us to chart the development of the drum position in the music of Frank Zappa! This is part one of two!

Começa o jogo do estica e puxa na WSL.Gostamos quando nos favorece e odiamos quando vai para o outro lado.Parecido com a vida, não?Talvez seja por isso esse fascinio com competição.Nesse episodio do Boia, Bruno Bocayuva está de volta na companhia do Julio Adler e João Valente, prontos para ponderar as nuances desse inicio de world tour.Paramos para homenagear o amigo que se foi, Alceu Toledo Junior e celebramos tudo com musicas, uma das paixões do Juninho.Canções da Minnie Riperton, Les Fleurs, Moacyr Luz com Leva meu coração e Frank Zappa encerra com Watermelon In Easter Hay.

Steve Vai is currently on tour across Europe with BEAT, performing alongside Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, and Danny Carey, bringing King Crimson's iconic 1980s music back to the stage. In an exclusive interview with ROCK ANTENNE, he shares how he became part of the band, talks about the incredible talent and professionalism of his bandmates, and expresses his admiration for Tony Levin's on-stage energy. He also opens up about what it's like to spend a lifetime on the road and how important it is to have the right people by your side while touring. Steve Vai goes on to compare his experience with BEAT to his time playing with Frank Zappa, and reveals whether he ever feels the need to take a break from it all.

Lundi 6 avril, Pop Rock Station propose deux heures, entre classiques et nouveautés. L'émission démarre avec Gorillaz et "Delirium", marqué par la présence posthume de Mark E. Smith. Place ensuite à la scène française avec Deportivo, avant une pause autour de la country avec un hommage à Tammy Wynette. L'énergie pop des années 2000 s'invite avec The Ting Tings, puis le groove intemporel de Tina Turner. Le focus hebdomadaire met en avant King Tuff, dont l'univers indie garage se déploie avec "Stairway To Nowhere". Dans la même dynamique rock actuelle, Royal Blood et Temples s'inscrivent dans la continuité. La reprise du soir revisite Johnny Cash avec une version signée Pulp de "The Man Comes Around". Le patrimoine soul apparaît avec Marvin Gaye et Tammi Terrell sur "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Le fil se poursuit avec The Twilight Sad puis Elastica, avant un détour par la scène actuelle française avec Quentin Sauvé. Enfin, l'univers singulier de Frank Zappa croise Primal Scream, tandis que Lambrini Girls incarnent la touche punk contemporaine. Gorillaz - Delirium (Feat. Mark E. Smith) Deportivo - Parmi Eux Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name The Doors - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits King Tuff - Stairway To Nowhere The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night Temples - Jet Stream Heart Pulp - The Man Comes Around Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo All Them Witches - Red Rocking Chair Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel - Ain't No Moutain High Enough Adele - Rumour Has It The Twilight Sad - Attempt A Crash Landing The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night Elastica - Connection Quentin Sauve - No Hard Feelings The Who - Who Are You Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl Primal Scream - Rocks Lambrini Girls - Cult Of Celebrity Archive - Patterns Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempts at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted in any other art form. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime? In This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich (Akashic Books, 2026), award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care, asking us to look anew at the artists who have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy--and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for some of the twentieth century's worst atrocities. Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll, and he sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture--and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first)-century history as it defines us today. Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Ray Davies, and Bryan Ferry. He lives in London. Daniel Rachel's website and Instagram. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempts at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted in any other art form. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime? In This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich (Akashic Books, 2026), award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care, asking us to look anew at the artists who have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy--and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for some of the twentieth century's worst atrocities. Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll, and he sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture--and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first)-century history as it defines us today. Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Ray Davies, and Bryan Ferry. He lives in London. Daniel Rachel's website and Instagram. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempts at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted in any other art form. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime? In This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich (Akashic Books, 2026), award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care, asking us to look anew at the artists who have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy--and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for some of the twentieth century's worst atrocities. Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll, and he sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture--and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first)-century history as it defines us today. Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Ray Davies, and Bryan Ferry. He lives in London. Daniel Rachel's website and Instagram. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempts at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted in any other art form. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime? In This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich (Akashic Books, 2026), award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care, asking us to look anew at the artists who have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy--and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for some of the twentieth century's worst atrocities. Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll, and he sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture--and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first)-century history as it defines us today. Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Ray Davies, and Bryan Ferry. He lives in London. Daniel Rachel's website and Instagram. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempts at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted in any other art form. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime? In This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich (Akashic Books, 2026), award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care, asking us to look anew at the artists who have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy--and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for some of the twentieth century's worst atrocities. Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll, and he sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture--and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first)-century history as it defines us today. Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Ray Davies, and Bryan Ferry. He lives in London. Daniel Rachel's website and Instagram. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempts at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted in any other art form. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime? In This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich (Akashic Books, 2026), award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with extraordinary delicacy and care, asking us to look anew at the artists who have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy--and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for some of the twentieth century's worst atrocities. Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll, and he sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture--and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first)-century history as it defines us today. Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and best-selling author. His previous books include Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story; Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; and The Lost Album of the Beatles: What If the Beatles Hadn't Split Up? He has also written sleeve notes for many artists including the Kinks, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Ray Davies, and Bryan Ferry. He lives in London. Daniel Rachel's website and Instagram. Bradley Morgan is a media arts professional in Chicago and author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America (Backbeat Books, 2021), Frank Zappa's America (LSU Press, 2025), and U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025). He manages partnerships on behalf of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM and is the director of its music film festival. Bradley on Facebook and Bluesky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

This week, we are talking about bands that have rock stars in them: Supergroups and Offshoots. We once again discuss how a band consisting of well-known artists from other bands does not always equal great success. Dive in with us as we discuss and listen to some of the more obscure supergroups and offshoots that didn't break with huge mainstream success or stay around very long. What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show, Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection: an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week, we talk exclusively about Supergroups featuring famous solo artists and band members, along with Offshoots, which are bands that contain the bulk of a previous incarnation of a famous band. We hope that we turn you on to something new. Songs this week include: Alcatrazz – “Painted Lover” from Disturbing The Peace (1985) Subrosa – “World's Greatest Lover” from Never Bet The Devil Your Head (1997) Black Swan – “The Fire And The Flame” from Paralyzed (2026) THE LAST ROCKSTARS – “THE LAST ROCKSTARS (Paris Mix)” from THE LAST ROCKSTARS (2022) Circus Diablo - “Mad Parade” from Circus Diablo (2007) DREAMCAR – “We Rats” from Dream EP (2024) Swedish Metal Aid – “Give A Helpin' Hand” from Give A Helpin' Hand - single (1985) Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts! Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/ https://www.facebook.com/InObscuria https://x.com/inobscuria https://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/ Buy cool stuff with our logo on it: InObscuria Store If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/ If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/ Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/

Send in your music story!A tiny black-and-white sticker started as a warning and turned into one of the most powerful marketing symbols in music history. We're digging into the PMRC fight that put “Parental Advisory Explicit Content” on albums and set off a national argument about music censorship, artistic freedom, and what parents can realistically control once a song hits the real world. We go back to 1985, when Tipper Gore's reaction to Prince's “Darling Nikki” helped launch the Parents Music Resource Center and its infamous “Filthy 15” list. From there, the pressure campaign escalates into the U.S. Senate hearing on lyrics, where the lineup is as strange as it is historic: Frank Zappa, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, and John Denver. We talk through why lawmakers underestimated these musicians, how Dee Snider dismantled the idea that “We're Not Gonna Take It” promotes violence, and why Zappa's slippery-slope warning still fits modern debates about media regulation. We also connect the dots to today: what the First Amendment actually covers, why consequences don't require government involvement, and how warning labels and radio edits can backfire by making “forbidden” music more desirable. If you care about heavy metal history, rap culture, free speech, or the politics of moral panic, this story explains how we got the music landscape we live in now. Subscribe for more music history and true-crime adjacent chaos, share this with a friend who hunted down the explicit version, and leave a review with your take: do content warnings help families or just sell records?Please check out our merch page! : https://hookandbridgepodmerch.printful.me/ Become part of our community! : https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHookandBridgePodcastPremiumSupport the showPlease give us a quick rate and review. If you enjoyed the audio version head over to our Youtube for video content! Follow the Instagram for special content and weekly updates. Check out our website and leave us a voice message to be heard on the show or find out more about the guests!Ever wanted to start your own podcast? Here is a link to get started!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1964696https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONMXkuIfpVizopNb_CoIGghttps://www.instagram.com/hook_and_bridge_podcast/https://www.thehookandbridgepodcast.com/

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to singer and musician Inara George about growing up the daughter of beloved musician Lowell George. Perhaps best known for his time in the band Little Feet, Lowell George passed away in 1979 at the age of 34, just shy of Inara's fifth birthday. We spoke to Inara about the need and the restlessness of overseeing a legacy run by her mother and the toll it takes keeping it alive in 2026.  Of course, we also spoke to her about her own career as a singer as well. So just how difficult is it for someone with both a new album out in March entitled, Songs of Douglass and Littell as well as a Record Store Day tribute album to her father in April, Rock and Roll Doctor: Lowell George Tribute, well, it's complicated.   We spoke to Inara about her family roots in Los Angeles, where her grandfather made quite a name for himself as a studio supplier for expensive and exclusive garments for the movie studios brought him in contact with names like Lucille Ball, Rita Hayworth and Greta Garbo. And with an upbringing like that, just how did his son got from the marching band at Hollywood High School whose best known Little Feat song "Willin'" has more 54 million streams on Spotify? We discuss it all. Along the way we talk about connections including Cambodian rock band Dengue Fever, Inara's bandmate in The Bird and The Bee Greg Kurstin who has produced records by Adele and Paul McCartney among others and discovering that Inara and host josh Mills went to the same college in Boston although not at the same time. If names like Jackson Browne, Frank Zappa comingling with folks like W.C. Fields and appearances on F-Troop are your bag, then this is your episode to dig into. Take a listen.

Bob Dobbs was Marshall McLuhan's archivist, and is a renegade McLuhan scholar. In this episode we discuss the work of Marshall McLuhan and Frank Zappa.Dobb's site: https://ionandbob.com/Dobb's Zappa site: https://bobonzappa.com/Dobbs's writings: https://ionandbob.com/bob/bob-writingsThings Bob wanted me to add here: Info on the photo: bobonzappa.com/about/"Hey Hey Hey, Mister Snazzy Exec!": https://www.afka.net/Articles/1971-09_Circular.htmBob's chart: https://storage.googleapis.com/ionbob/pdf/tiny_note_chart.pdfHow To Call In to OFFICE HOURS: https://bobsofficehours.com/listen/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - / hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Hello music lovers, and welcome to another edition of Why Music Matters. I'm your host, music journalist and musician Jeff Miers.   Today is a special day for the Why Music Matters team - we're celebrating our 50th episode. And as we do so, I'd like to thank all of you for listening and for your continued support. We're just getting started, and we've got some exciting new ventures planned for the future. Thanks for coming along on the ride.   A special episode demands a special guest, and today, we've got one, in the form of UB Professor of Music Jon Nelson.   I've known Jon for a long time, and have always been impressed and inspired by his love for music, as both a musician and an educator. Whether as co-founder of Pausa Art House, a vibrant home for jazz and contemporary chamber music in Buffalo; as a founding member of the renowned Meridian Arts Ensemble and leader of the brave and daring Genkin Philharmonic; or as an educator eager to push the envelope of the traditional with the student ensembles he leads at the University at Buffalo, Jon has been a tireless advocate for contemporary music. Jon's latest project involves the arrival of an archival recording of the Merdian Arts Ensemble performing at the home of the late, great composer, guitarist and iconoclast Frank Zappa. “The Zappa House Concert” documents Jon and the ensemble's 1996 performance for an audience of Zappa, his family, and a group of close friends, all recorded in Zappa's home studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, using a single microphone.   During our discussion, Jon tells us all about the experience, and he details what Zappa's work has meant to him throughout his musical journey.   Welcome to Why Music Matters, Jon Nelson!   You can find The Zappa House Concert through meridianartsensemble.com or bigroundrecords.com --- Produced by 678Main Studio and Creative Services https://678main.com --- Follow Why Music Matters on social media https://instagram.com/whymusicmatterspodcast https://www.facebook.com/whymusicmatterspodcast https://twitter.com/wmmpod

What makes Weird Al songs so indelible? Why is Bo Burnham more than just a comic? How do the biggest pop hits make us crack up in the middle of a somber ballad? Humor is always present in music, but we rarely confront it head on. Until now. With the help of Comedian Chris Duffy, author of the book Humor Me: How Laughing Can Make You More Connected, Present, and Happy, and a series of lyrical submission from our listeners, we try to answer the question once posed by Frank Zappa, once and for all: Does humor belong in music? Songs discussed: Sabrina Carpenter – ManchildMarcia Belsky – 100 TamponsBo Burnham – From God's PerspectiveSnoop Dogg – Gin and JuiceThe Gourds – Gin and JuiceTaylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version)“Weird Al” Yankovic – Amish Paradise“Weird Al” Yankovic – My BolognaStevie Wonder – Pastime ParadiseCoolio – Gangsta's ParadiseBo Burnham – That Funny FeelingBo Burnham – FaceTime With My MomElaine Stritch – Are You Having Any Fun?Barenaked Ladies – If I Had $1,000,000Kendrick Lamar – Not Like UsEminem – The Real Slim Shady2 Chainz – Birthday SongLil Jon – Snap Yo FingersOlivia Rodrigo – Get Him BackChappell Roan – CasualAudrey Hobert – I like to touch peopleAudrey Hobert – Bowling alleyJensen McRae – Immune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices