Podcasts about Heartbeat City

Frankie And Golden J are joined again by the Silvergirl herself, Melissa, as they set down and talk about the amazing songwriting of Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr with Mutt Lange producing the 1984 album by The Cars, Heartbeat City!!   www.goldenmojoent.com   www.ko-fi.com/goldenmojoent    As always find us on all your favorite streaming sites Linktree https://linktr.ee/thegoldenimage80s   Follow us on our social media Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092241900860 Youtube:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegoldenimage80s/ Hosted by Jeremy Golden and Brandon Taylor Produced and edited by Jeremy Golden Art by Esteban Gomez Reyes https://instagram.com/esteban.gomezr?utm_medium=copy_link Theme music by REDproduction  Golden 80's is a product of Golden Mojo Entertainment   And here are some other great shows from Golden Mojo Entertainment MurdNerds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MurdNerds www.linktr.ee/murdnerds The Call Guys Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theCallGuysPod www.linktr.ee/thecallguyspodcast The United States of Paranormal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theunitedstatesofparanormal www.theunitedstatesofparanormal.com Indiana Chiefs Fans Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/INChiefsFansPod Golden Image Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoldenImagePodcast www.linktr.ee/goldenimagepodcast A Court of Books and Booze Facebook; www.facebook.com/ACourtofBaB https://linktr.ee/acobab The Puck Yeah Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566980128235 Gridiron Kingz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563283119317   #Goldenmojoentertainment  #Goldenmojo  #Goldenimage  #Goldenimagepodcast #IndianaChiefsFans  #TheUnitedStatesofParanormal  #TheCallGuys  #Murdnerds #ACourtofBooksandBooze #Music #Adventure #food #Wine #MiniGolf #spotifypodcast  #applepodcast  #podcast #80s #Golden80s 

In the first episode of Legends Amplified, Chris DeMakes is joined by co-host and producer Chris Fafalios for an in-depth exploration of Ric Ocasek, the legendary frontman of The Cars. The duo explores Ocasek's early life, the formation of The Cars, and the band's meteoric rise to fame, fueled by their innovative sound and the massive impact of MTV. From their groundbreaking debut album to the chart-topping success of Heartbeat City, they discuss the evolution of The Cars' music, Ocasek's unique songwriting, and his influential production work with other iconic artists. They also reflect on the band's dynamic, the eventual breakup, and Ocasek's lasting legacy in rock music. Through personal insights and a wealth of musical knowledge, this episode celebrates Ric Ocasek's enduring influence on both the music industry and future generations of musicians. Chris DeMakes A Podcast is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at http://distrokid.com/vip/demakes  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RATINGS GOLD guest Amy Seeley comes back and this time the subject is the New Wave legends the Cars, led by Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr. Beave and Len discover they've been pronouncing "Ocasek" incorrectly all this time. Amy talks about her teenage love of the Cars, and has some outstanding stories as well. We go through our favorite albums, put together a tight 45-minute playlist, and discuss the secret of their appeal. And is the Cars' debut album one of the greatest of all time? (HINT: Yes.) It's a fun discussion, and apologies to Todd Rundgren for all the cheap shots! Tune in!

Explore the sonic landscape of 1984 as we take a deep dive into the year's landmark albums on this episode of WorkTape. We discuss iconic releases like Metallica's "Ride the Lightning," Van Halen's "1984," Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA," and Prince's "Purple Rain." We also reflect on the rise of synth-rock with The Cars' "Heartbeat City", and the enduring influence of U2's "The Unforgettable Fire." Join us as we celebrate these pivotal moments in music history and their lasting impact.Episode Highlights:Was "Ride the Lightning" Metallica's main transition from thrash into more mass-appealing sounds?Did Van Halen peak with "1984"?How did "The Unforgettable Fire" set the stage for U2's future sound?Are Simple Minds simply underrated?Is “How Soon Is Now” Morrissey and Marr at their best?Does Wham!'s "Make It Big" hold up beyond its hit singles?

Heartbeat City albümlerinde yer alan ‘Drive' single'larının 40. yılı şerefine, The Cars'a yer verdik.

Episode #253:  "Rapid Fire" (Rock Trivia Questions), "Intellectual Poetry" (Guess the song based only by the lyrics), and "Track by Track Battle" (THE CARS "Candy O" vs. "Heartbeat City").  We also talk going on the Monsters of Rock Cruise one day before we die.  Show co-hosts originally from Springfield Virginia and now in Delware and California.Here are the links for our free Spotify playlists:HRTS Rock Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/6fHGHPVMlWj23StoQuY9WyHard Rocking 70'shttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Lh2hRgqS2DRQUISuJY5BuHard Rocking 80'shttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ACMIc6UsL8LUtj4SZ5LSCHairnation XTRAhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/1N8zUNfNQKup2tTozyUWBZ

Show Date: 3/21/24 Dan and Andy review the 1984 album "Heartbeat City" by the Cars. Sports and Songs Podcast Links: https://www.facebook.com/sportsandsongs1 https://twitter.com/SportsandSongs1 https://www.instagram.com/sportsandsongs/ https://www.sportsandsongspodcast.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportsandsongs/message

Hoy recordamos uno de los grandes éxitos de los años 80, The Cars publicaban el 13 de marzo de 1984 su quinto disco, Heartbeat City. Por otro lado aquí os dejamos el enlace a la venta de entradas de la 2ª Edición de la Podcast Party, organizada por La Gran Travesía en el Auditorio del Batel y Palacio de Congresos de Cartagena, el próximo 28 de septiembre. Será con motivo del Día Internacional del Podcast y del 20º aniversario de su nacimiento. Aquí tenéis el enlace para las entradas https://auditorioelbatel.es/evento/podcast-party-2a-edicion-el-batel-cartagena/?sd=1727524800&;;;;;;;;ed=1727557200 ▶️ Y ya sabéis, si os gusta el programa y os apetece, podéis apoyarnos y colaborar con nosotros por el simple precio de una cerveza al mes, desde el botón azul de iVoox, y así, además acceder a todo el archivo histórico exclusivo. Muchas gracias también a todos los mecenas y patrocinadores por vuestro apoyo: Iñaki Zúñiga, José Ángel Tremino, Leticia, Jarebua, Piri, Noni, Norberto Esteban, Arturo Soriano, Gemma Codina, Santi Oliva, Raquel Jiménez, Juan Carlos Ramírez, Leticia, Nicolás SDLRF, Eva Granado, Peiper, Javifer, Francisco Quintana, Pdr_Rmn, Sgd, José Luis Orive, Utxi73, Patri Lb, Raul Andrés, Jbasabe, Iñako GB, Tomás Pérez Martínez, Eugeni, Pablo Pineda, Quim Goday, Enfermerator, María Arán, Joaquín, Edgar Xavier Sandoval, Hörns Üp, Víctor Bravo, Juan Carlos González, Francisco González, Vicente DC, Ángel Hernández, Marcos París, Dani, Vlado74, Daniel A, Redneckman, Elliott SF, Guillermo Gutiérrez, Sementalex, Jesús Miguel, Miguel Ángel Torres, Suibne, Mati, Dora, José Diego … y a los mecenas anónimos.

The year 1985 would find the band R.E.M. in transition between college band success and the mainstream powerhouse they were to become in future years.  The quartet of Michael Stipe on vocals, Mike Mills on bass and vocals, Peter Buck on guitar, and Bill Berry on percussion and backing vocals were moving towards a greater variety of instrumentation and a bit more experimentation with their third studio album, Fables of the Reconstruction.The album actually has two names, as "Fables of the Reconstruction" was the name if you held the cassette or album with one side up, and if you flipped it over the name appeared as "Reconstruction of the Fables."  The suggestion of the name "Reconstruction" came from Michael Stipes' father who was a carpenter.  It is also a loaded term in the American South from which the Athens, Georgia band hails —  “Reconstruction” is the period of time immediately following the American Civil War when the South was being brought back into the Union.  The songs on the album have a darker sound than earlier works, and the lyrics draw from Southern Gothic works.  This was the first album recorded outside the U.S., as the band traveled to London to work at Livingston Studios with producer Joe Boyd.While the singles from the album would not be considered hits in the United States, the album reached number 28 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and number 35 on the UK Albums Chart.  It would feature two singles, “Driver 8' and“Can't Get There from Here,” which would become well known over time.Rob brings us this transitional album for today's podcastDriver 8The second single released from the album refers to the Southern Crescent train line.  It ran under the Southern Railway until 1979 when Amtrak bought them out, and continues as the Amtrak Crescent today.  “And the train conductor says take a break, Driver 8.”Green Grow the RushesThis deeper cut  was written as a pact between Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs, relating to the poor treatment of indigenous peoples and migrant workers.  “Green grow the rushes, go.  The compass points the workers home.”Maps and LegendsInspired by preacher and Southern folk artist Howard Finster, this song uses the reading of a map as a metaphor for reading a person.  Like the map reveals stories in little symbols on it, people are the accumulation of their experiences and stories.Can't Get There from HereThis song was the lead single from the album and peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart - meaning it peaked at about 110 in US popularity.  It is the first R.E.M. song to have a horn section.  You can sense the Soul inspiration in it.  The lyrics about “Philomath” refer to an unincorporated community just outside of Athens, Georgia. ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Weird Science by Oingo Boingo (from the motion picture “Weird Science”)Two geeky high school students create the perfect woman in this sci-fi comedy partly based on Frankenstein, and largely based on the 1951 comic “Made of the Future” by Al Feldstein. STAFF PICKS:Drive by The Cars  Lynch brings us a version of the Cars single from the 1985 Live Aid concert.  Bassist Benjamin Orr takes on the lead vocal duties for this ballad which was written by frequent front man Ric Ocasek.  The studio version appeared on their 1984 album Heartbeat City,  and became one of the bands biggest hits.Take On Me by a-haBruce features the first US hit by a Norwegian band.  While a-ha released the song twice before without it becoming a hit, the third release with its video combining pencil sketch animation and live performance would propel it to the number 1 slot in the U.S.  Its 2 1/2 octave-spanning chorus makes it one of the hardest songs to sing.Summertime Girls by Y & T Wayne's staff pick is a hair band rocker, the first and only hit by Y&T.  It went to number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, but was played frequently on the television series “Baywatch.”  The Band Y&T was originally known as "Yesterday & Today," and although they don't have many hits they have sold over 4 million albums worldwide, and were an inspiration for Lars Ulrich of Metallica to become a musician.Dancing in the Street by David Bowie and Mick Jagger Rob closes out the staff picks with a cover originally recorded by Martha and the Vandellas in 1964 (but we all agreed that the Van Halen cover is the best there is).Jagger and Bowie's version made it to number 7 on the US chart and number 1 on the UK chart.  This collaboration was their contribution to the Live Aid charity movement. NOVELTY TRACK:Tequila by The ChampsWe close out this week's podcast with the tune that helped Pee Wee Herman avoid catastrophe at the hands of a biker gang in “Pee Wee's Big Adventure.” Thanks for listening to “What the Riff?!?” NOTE: To adjust the loudness of the music or voices, you may adjust the balance on your device. 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Here's my review of Magic by The Cars, taken from their 1984 album Heartbeat City. This song is one of the best finds of the year for me, its a fabulous 1980's pop rock song with great vocals, a cool guitar solo and some excellent synths. Hope you enjoyed this episode, please like and subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #75 of the Last Call Trivia Podcast begins with a round of general knowledge questions. Then, get ready to crack the case with a round of Crime & Punishment Trivia.Round OneThe game starts off with a Discography Trivia question about the band that released the 1980s albums Panorama, Heartbeat City, and Shake It Up.Next up, we have a Movies Trivia question about a suggestion made by the title of a 1955 Marilyn Monroe film.The first round concludes with a Mascots Trivia question that challenges the Team to name the McDonald's mascot that was scaly and mean with four arms when originally introduced, before being changed because it scared kids.Bonus QuestionToday's Bonus Question is a follow-up to the Mascots question from the first round.Round TwoCalling all true crime experts, it's time to put your knowledge to the test with today's theme round of Crime & Punishment Trivia!The second round begins with a Crimes Trivia question about D.B. Cooper, who holds an interesting record in the history of U.S. crimes.Next, we have a Characters Trivia question about the 4-letter name of John Wayne Gacy's most famous clownish alter ego.Round Two concludes with a People Trivia question about the American student who was wrongly convicted of the 2007 murder of her roommate while studying abroad in Italy.Final QuestionWe've reached the Final Question of the game, and today's category of choice is Companies.The Trivia Team is given a list of four tech companies and asked to place them in order based on their 2021 revenue from most to least.Hey Trivia fans, we'd love to hear what you think about the Last Call Trivia Podcast! Share your thoughts with us in this short survey: https://forms.gle/9f5HqDV5CLPWkjoZ9To learn more about how Last Call Trivia can level up your events, visit lastcalltrivia.com/shop today!

Kirk takes a look back some of his many musical memories from Strong Songs, Year Four.FEATURED/DISCUSSED:"Blood and Thunder" by Mastodon from Leviathan, 2004"Gotta Get You Into My Life" by Paul McCartney/Lennon-McCartney, as covered by Earth, Wind & Fire in 1978"Eleanor Rigby" by Paul McCartney/Lennon-McCartney, as covered by Cody Fry in 2021 and Zoot in 1970"Second Story" by Andrew Synowiec from Second Story, 2020Andrew Synowiec on Instagram"Just What I Needed" by Ric Ocasek and The Cars from The Cars, 1978"You Might Think" by Ocasek/The Cars from Heartbeat City, 1984Various compositions by Koji Kondo from The Legend of Zelda series"Wichita Lineman" by Jimmy Webb performed by Glenn Campbell on Wichita Lineman, 1968"Two Princes" by Spin Doctors from Pocket Full of Kryptonite, 1991"St. Thomas" by Sonny Rollins from Saxophone Colossus, 1956The Krebs/Oliver Tango Playlist: Apple Music | Spotify"Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos from Little Earthquakes, 1992"Help Me" by Joni MItchell from Court and Spark, 1974"Jesus, Etc." by Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2001"Cold Sweat" by James Brown, 1967"Cissy Strut" by The Meters from The Meters, 1969"Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard" by Paul Simon from Paul Simon, 1971"The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by "Weird Al" Yankovic from UHF, 1989Various tracks from Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973OUTRO SOLOISTS: Kirk Hamilton, Mel Carrol, Oren Kaunfer, Tim Howes, Casey Atkins-----LINKS-----SUPPORT STRONG SONGSPaypal | Patreon.com/StrongsongsMERCH STOREstore.strongsongspodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA@StrongSongs | @Kirkhamilton | IG: @Kirk_HamiltonNEWSLETTERhttps://kirkhamilton.substack.com/subscribeJOIN THE DISCORDhttps://discord.gg/GCvKqAM8SmOUTRO SOLO PLAY-A-LONG:https://soundcloud.com/kirkhamilton/strong-songs-outro-music-no-soloSTRONG SONGS PLAYLISTSSpotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music----------------NOVEMBER 2022 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONSEd RankinTimothy morsheadJay SwartzMiriam JoySEAN D WINNIERushDaniel Hannon-BarryRRElliot RosenAshley HoagMark and MichelleMelissa OsborneChristopher MillerJamie WhiteChristopher McConnellDavid MascettiJoshua JarvisJoe LaskaKen HirshJezMelanie AndrichJenness GardnerSimon CammellGuinevere BoostromNarelle HornBill RosingerErinAidan CoughlanJeanneret Manning Family FourDave SharpeSami SamhuriAccessViolationRyan TorvikElliot Jay O'NeillJim ChokeyAndre BremerMark SchechterDave FloreyNOVEMBER 2022 HALF-NOTE PATRONSjohn halpinJennifer KennerPeter HardingDavidRuthieAnthony MahramusMeghan O'LearyJeffrey PuzzoJohn BaumanDax and Dane HuddlestonMartín SalíasTim HowesSteve MartinoDr Arthur A GrayCarolinaGary PierceMatt BaxterGiantPredatoryMolluskCasey FaubionLuigi BocciaRob AlbrightE Margaret WartonDaniel MosierCharles McGeeCatherine ClauseEthan BaumanRenee DowningKenIsWearingAHatJordan BlockAaron WadeChad HivnerTravis PollardJeff UlmJamieDeebsPortland Eye CareAdam RayAnupama RaghavanDemetri DetsaridisCarrie SchneiderAlenka GrealishRichard SneddonDavid JudsonJulian RoleffJanice BerryDoreen CarlsonDavid McDarbyAbigail DuffieldWendy GilchristLisa TurnerPaul WayperDennis M EdwardsJeffrey FerrisBruno GaetaKenneth JungbenAdam StofskyZak RemerRishi SahayJason ReitmanGreg BurgessAilie FraserVonPaul McGrealKaren ArnoldNATALIE MISTILISJosh SingerPhino DeLeonAmy Lynn ThornsenAdam WKelli BrockingtonStephen RawlingsBen MachtaVictoria YuKevin RiversBrad ClarkMichael J. Cunninghammino caposselaSteve PaquinSarahDavid JoskeEmma SklarBernard KhooRobert HeuerMatthew GoldenDavid NoahGeraldine ButlerRichard CambierMadeleine MaderJason PrattStewart OakAbbie BergDoug BelewDermot CrowleyAchint SrivastavaRyan RairighMichael BermanOlivia BishopJohn GisselquistElaine MartinLinda DuffyKourothSharon TreeBelinda Mcgrath-steerLiz SegerEoin de BurcaKevin PotterM Shane BordersPete SimmSusan PleinDallas HockleyJason GerryNathan GouwensWill Dwyer Alethea LeeLauren ReayEric PrestemonCookies250Damian BradyAngela LivingstoneDavid FriedmanSarah SulanDiane HughesKenneth TiongJo SutherlandMichael CasnerJen SmallLowell MeyerEtele IllesStephen TsoneffLorenz SchwarzWenJack SjogrenGeoff GoldenRobyn FraserPascal RuegerRandy SouzaJCClare HolbertonDiane TurnerTom ColemanMark PerryDhu WikMelEric HelmJake RobertsJonathan DanielsSteven MaronMichael FlahertyCaro Fieldmichael bochnerNaomi WatsonDavid CushmanAlexanderChris KGavin DoigSam FennTanner MortonAJ SchusterJennifer BushDavid StroudAmanda FurlottiAndrew BakerMatt GaskellJules BaileyAndrew FairL.B. MorseBill ThorntonBrian AmoebasBrett DouvilleJeffrey OlsonMatt BetzelMuellerNate from KalamazooMelanie StiversRichard TollerAlexander PolsonEarl LozadaJon O'KeefeJustin McElroyArjun SharmaJames JohnsonKevin MorrellKevin PennyfeatherColin Hodo

El amigo secreto versiona 'Heartbeat City' de The Cars y Rafa Panadero pone banda sonora a las principales noticias de 1984.

Nocturnal Emissions – “No Separation”, 1983. Andreas Rund – “Inside”, 2019. Vox Low – “Listen to the Cheerer”, 2019. Wet Skin – “Abstract & Free (Statiqbloom Remix)”, 2021. Houses of Heaven – “Pathwork”, 2020. French Police – “Voices”, 2020. The Cars – “Heartbeat City”, 1984. Raskolnikov – “Hunde sind an der Leine zu führen”, 2017. Lizard Skin – “Character Distortion”, 2020. Black Dahlia – “Phetishise”, 2021. Amelie Lens – “L’Obscurite”, 2020. Scalameriya – “Havoc & Despair”, 2020. Speedy J – “Pannik”, 1997. Orphx – “Molten Heart”, 2016. Website link: https://skullandcrossfades.com/what-took-you-so-long

In 1984, MTV was the key to any bands success in the US. The Cars had a stellar debut in 1978 but while they continued to have hit singles, they hadn't been able to live up to the promise of their first album. The went to London to record their fifth album, Heartbeat City, with producer Mutt Lange who was on a hot streak with Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Foreigner 4, and Pyromania. Ric Ocasek was the lead songwriter and sang lead on most of the songs but thanks to MTV he became an icon thanks to their groundbreaking videos like You Might Think, Magic & Drive. One of the true soundtracks to the summer of 1984, this was The Cars at their height but it wouldn't last.A proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network www.pantheonpodcasts.comhttps://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/werewolf@ugly_werewolf@actionjax72

In 1984, MTV was the key to any bands success in the US. The Cars had a stellar debut in 1978 but while they continued to have hit singles, they hadn't been able to live up to the promise of their first album. The went to London to record their fifth album, Heartbeat City, with producer Mutt Lange who was on a hot streak with Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Foreigner 4, and Pyromania. Ric Ocasek was the lead songwriter and sang lead on most of the songs but thanks to MTV he became an icon thanks to their groundbreaking videos like You Might Think, Magic & Drive. One of the true soundtracks to the summer of 1984, this was The Cars at their height but it wouldn't last. A proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network www.pantheonpodcasts.com https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/werewolf @ugly_werewolf @actionjax72 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1984, MTV was the key to any bands success in the US. The Cars had a stellar debut in 1978 but while they continued to have hit singles, they hadn't been able to live up to the promise of their first album. The went to London to record their fifth album, Heartbeat City, with producer Mutt Lange who was on a hot streak with Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Foreigner 4, and Pyromania. Ric Ocasek was the lead songwriter and sang lead on most of the songs but thanks to MTV he became an icon thanks to their groundbreaking videos like You Might Think, Magic & Drive. One of the true soundtracks to the summer of 1984, this was The Cars at their height but it wouldn't last. A proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network www.pantheonpodcasts.com https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/werewolf @ugly_werewolf @actionjax72 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1984, MTV was the key to any bands success in the US. The Cars had a stellar debut in 1978 but while they continued to have hit singles, they hadn't been able to live up to the promise of their first album. The went to London to record their fifth album, Heartbeat City, with producer Mutt Lange who was on a hot streak with Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Foreigner 4, and Pyromania. Ric Ocasek was the lead songwriter and sang lead on most of the songs but thanks to MTV he became an icon thanks to their groundbreaking videos like You Might Think, Magic & Drive. One of the true soundtracks to the summer of 1984, this was The Cars at their height but it wouldn't last.A proud member of the Pantheon Podcast network www.pantheonpodcasts.comhttps://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/werewolf@ugly_werewolf@actionjax72

“Drive” by The Cars was their biggest hit, with a video that sparked a long marriage for Ric Ocasek and supermodel Paulina Porizkova, but the song touches on unusual questions. Cruise through the history of this classic tune in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ

It's not the perfume that you wear... it's not the ribbons in your hair.... I guess it's just the perfect blend of synths and electric guitars  that you bring to every song.Yes, it's time for Strong Songs to tackle The Cars, and their 1978 pop-rock classic "Just What I Needed." But while that song encapsulates everything that made the brilliant Boston five-piece great, Kirk decided to use his Walkman to occasionally fast-forward to compare and contrast with a second Cars classic from 1984.Written by: Ric OcasekAlbums: The Cars, 1978 and Heartbeat City, 1984Listen/Buy to both albums on all platforms via SongwhipALSO FEATURED/DISCUSSED:"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen from A Night at the Opera, 1975"Drive," "Good Times Roll," and "My Best Friend's Girl" by Ric Ocasek/The Cars from The Cars, 1978 and Heartbeat City, 1984OUTRO SOLOIST: BJ CordThis episode's outro soloist is BJ Cord, a fantastic trumpet player based in Portland. BJ works at Monette trumpets making some of the most beautiful horns in the world, and is a regular presence on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monettetrumpetsSTRONG MERCHCheck out the Strong Songs merch store for some cool t-shirts, mugs, totes, and more: store.strongsongspodcast.comJOIN THE STRONG SONGS DISCORDThe Strong Songs Discord server is now open to everyone! Come join the conversation and get (or give) some music recs: https://discord.gg/GCvKqAM8SmKEEP IT SOCIALFollow Strong Songs on Twitter: @StrongSongsAnd find Kirk on Twitter @Kirkhamilton and on Instagram at @Kirk_HamiltonNEWSLETTER/MAILING LISTSign up for Kirk's mailing list to start getting newsletters with music recommendations, links, news, and extra thoughts on new Strong Songs episodes: https://kirkhamilton.substack.com/subscribeSTRONG PLAYLISTSKirk has condensed his Strong Songs picks into a single new list, which you can find on Spotify and Apple Music, and YouTube Music.SUPPORT STRONG SONGS!Thank-you to all of Strong Songs' Patreon supporters! For more on how to support the creation of this show, go here: https://Patreon.com/StrongSongsYou can also make a one-time Paypal donation here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kirkhamiltonmusicMARCH 2022 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONSDaniel Hannon-BarryRRPrince M. Levy-BenitezElliot RosenAshley HoagMark and MichelleKelsairRob BosworthKyle CookeDonald MackieMelissa OsborneChristopher MillerTim ByrneJamie WhiteChristopher McConnellDavid MascettiJoshua JarvisNikoJoe LaskaLaurie AcremanKen HirshJezMelanie AndrichJenness GardnerSimon CammellGuinevere BoostromNarelle HornBill RosingerErinAidan CoughlanJeanneret Manning Family FourDoug PatonDave SharpeSami SamhuriAccessViolationRyan TorvikMerlin MannGlennJim ChokeyAndre BremerMark SchechterDave FloreyMARCH 2022 HALF-NOTE PATRONSMax DicksteinDeebsPortland Eye CareAdam RayAnupama RaghavanDemetri DetsaridisCarrie SchneiderAlenka GrealishAnne GerryRichard SneddonDavid JudsonJanice BerryDoreen CarlsonmtwolfDavid McDarbyAbigail DuffieldRaphadavidWendy GilchristLisa TurnerPaul WayperMiles FormanDennis M EdwardsJeffrey FerrisBruno GaetaKenneth JungbenAdam StofskyZak RemerRishi SahayJason ReitmanGreg BurgessAilie FraserPaul McGrealKaren ArnoldNATALIE MISTILISJosh SingerPhino DeLeonSchloss Edward J. MDAmy Lynn ThornsenAdam WKelli BrockingtonStephen RawlingsBen MachtaVictoria YuKevin RiversBrad ClarkChristopherMichael J. CunninghamMark Boggsmino caposselaSteve PaquinMary SchoenmakerSarahDavid JoskeEmma SklarBernard KhooDavid BlackmanRobert HeuerMatthew GoldenDavid NoahGeraldine ButlerRichard CambierMadeleine MaderTimothy DoughertyJason PrattStewart OakCaroline MillerAbbie BergSam NortonNicole SchleicherDoug BelewDermot CrowleyAchint SrivastavaRyan RairighMichael BermanOlivia BishopJohn GisselquistElaine MartinKourothBonnie PrinsenSharon TreeBelinda Mcgrath-steerLiz SegerEoin de BurcaKevin PotterM Shane BordersPete SimmSusan PleinDallas HockleyJana JJason GerryNathan GouwensWill Dwyer Alethea LeeLauren ReayEric PrestemonCookies250Damian BradyAngela LivingstoneJeffyThanadrosDavid FriedmanPhillip DaltonSarah SulanDiane HughesKenneth TiongJo SutherlandMichael CasnerBarb CourtneyDerek BenderJen SmallLowell MeyerEtele IllesStephen TsoneffLorenz SchwarzWenJack SjogrenGeoff GoldenRobyn FraserPascal RuegerRandy SouzaJCClare HolbertonDiane TurnerTom ColemanTijs SoeteMark PerryDhu WikMelEric HelmJake RobertsBill FullerSteven MaronMichael FlahertyJarrod SchindlerZoe LittleCaro Fieldmichael bochnerDuncanNaomi WatsonDavid CushmanAlexanderChris KGavin DoigSam FennTanner MortonAJ SchusterJennifer BushDavid StroudAmanda FurlottiAndrew BakerMatt GaskellJules BaileyEero WahlstedtAndrew FairBill ThorntonBrian AmoebasBrett DouvilleJeffrey OlsonMatt BetzelMuellerNate from KalamazooMelanie StiversRichard TollerAlexander PolsonEarl LozadaJon O'KeefeJustin McElroyArjun SharmaJames JohnsonAndrew LeeKevin MorrellKevin PennyfeatherEmily Williams

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It's a bonus episode of MRC this week. It's Thanksgiving week and I'm thankful to all the supportive folks out there who have downloaded Michael's Record Collection, streamed my videos on YouTube, subscribed to the MRC newsletter on Substack, and supported the show on Patreon. I'm also thankful to have met some great friends along the way while doing this show. One of those is Brian Colburn, a New Jersey musician who also happens to co-host the excellent Playlist Wars podcast. You may recall I had his podcasting partner Gomez on Episode 22 to discuss his show as well as Meteora by Linkin Park. Brian told me about his musical origin story, his own music, and then we discuss the fantastic 1984 album Heartbeat City by The Cars. Check out Brian's music on Spotify or on his Bandcamp page and you can see a video of him singing Tom Petty's "Yer So Bad" with Hot Day at the Zoo at https://t.co/lhLSJIzqHV?amp=1. And find out more about Playlist Wars here. Reminder: You can support independent podcasting by becoming a Michael's Record Collection Patreon subscriber starting at only $2 per month (50 cents an episode...or less!) at the MRC Patreon page. Supporter benefits escalate at each level, providing more value the more you support the show. For example, you will know about interviews in advance and some levels can submit questions for the artists, come on the show to co-host, enter prize drawings, and more. Please hit the like button and leave a rating/review on Apple Music or the Goodpods app if you consume this podcast on those platforms. You can read my Michael's Record Collection newsletter for free by signing up at michaelsrecordcollection.substack.com. Follow MRC on Twitter (@MikesRecords), like us on Facebook, and check us out on Instagram. Have questions or comments or want to suggest a topic? Hit me up at michaelsrecordcollection@gmail.com.

Show NotesElliot Easton's guide to The Cars' discographyThe Cars (streaming discography)The Cars: Power SteeringWhat did you do to get your SAG card?Maxanne Sartori13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me"Terry DoranThe Dark Side Of Colonel ParkerJust how difficult is it to make a sustainable living from streaming?The Cars on Midnight SpecialWolfman Jack!!!! Howlin' On The Air part 12018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - The Cars - Induction SpeechMega music manager Irving Azoff, still feared, still fightingShep GordonTony Dimitriades Wiki: Everything to Know about Tom Petty's ManagerSync Up: Elliot Roberts Interviewed by Warren ZanesFrom Mailroom to Boardroom: 10 Modern-Day Execs Who Started At The BottomRoy Thomas Baker: Taking Chances and Making HitsFree - "All Right Now"Gus DudgeonQueen - The Story of Bohemian RhapsodyStephens Electronics, maker of the 40-track analog multitrack machineThe Cars - "Drive"The Rolling Stones - "Heart of Stone"The Cars - "Just What I Needed" (demo version)The Cars - "Just What I Needed" (Roy Thomas Baker version)20 Struggles Only Left Handed People Will UnderstandThe Cars Rock Goes to College 1979 (Full Concert)Andrew Loog Oldham's Sounds and Vision is a partner of the Double Elvis podcast network. For more of the best music storytelling follow @DoubleElvis on Instagram or search Double Elvis in your podcast app.

Today we talk about what happens behind the scenes for the making of an album.  The role of a producer or an engineer can sometimes seem blurry, but having the right person at the helm can change an artist’s sound and propel them into a different stratosphere. Song Samples from the Discussion:Steve AlbiniNirvana – “Senseless Apprentice” from In Utero (1993)Pixies – “Bone Machine” from Surfer Rosa (1988)Rick RubinNeil Diamond – “Pretty Amazing Grace” from Home Before Dark (2008)Kid Rock – “Slow My Roll” from Born Free (2010)The Cult – “Peace Dog” from Electric (1987)Later followed by Steve Brown’s production of “Peace Dog” from PeaceJohnny Cash – “If You Could Read My Mind” from American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)Tom Petty – “Don’t Fade On Me” from Wildflowers (1994)Tom WermanMolly Hatchet – “Dreams I’ll Never See” from Molly Hatchet (1978)L.A. Guns – “I Wanna Be Your Man” from Cocked & Loaded (1989)Love/Hate – “Fuel To Run” from Blackout In A Red Room (1990)Phil ElverumThe Microphones – “You’ll Be In The Air” from The Glow Pt.2 (2008)Chad VanGaalenWomen – “Heat Distraction” from Public Strain (2010)Brian EnoU2 – “Indian Summer Sky” from The Unforgettable Fire (1985)Robert Mutt LangeAC/DC – “Beating Around The Bush” from Highway To Hell (1979)The Cars – “Hello Again” from Heartbeat City (1984)Steve LillywhiteWorld Party – “Is It Like Today?” from Bang (1993)Martin BirchFleetwood Mac – “Rattlesnake Shake” from Then Play On (1969)Black Sabbath – “Voodoo” from Mob Rules (1981)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/SchizoMusic)

Hello ... HELLO again! Holy smokes folks, we're riding the new wave with The Cars' 1984 album Heartbeat City. Grab your skinny ties, Fairlight CMI synthesizers, headless Steinberger bass guitars, and best impressions of Ric Ocasek and let's fly. Wait, no ... drive. Paul and Ryan are both big fans of The Cars and this LP represents six months of Ric, Benjamin, Elliot, Greg, and David's painstaking production guided by legend Mutt Lange which ultimately resulted in a sparkling pop masterpiece. If you like big warm synth pads, carefully crafted bass guitar riffs, tuned and toned muscular drumming, burning acrobatic electric guitar solos, and two nearly indistinguishable but powerful lead singers singing postmodern angular lyrics that paint portraits in your mind ... HELLO AGAIN! Now hear this: "Hello Again," "Drive," "You Might Think," and "Magic."Have something to say? Email us: nowhearthisofficial@gmail.comIf you want to listen to the music discussed on the show, then subscribe to this playlist: https://nowhearthis.lnk.to/theplaylistSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/now-hear-this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rob talks to David about his favourite Cars Album. http://media.blubrry.com/sunday_arts_magazine/p/joy.org.au/sundayarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/276/2020/08/RobW.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:41 — 14.5MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Rob Watson – Highlights Album of the Week. Cars Heartbeat City appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

In our season 3 premiere, actor, comedian and author Thomas Lennon sits down with Joel and Deborah to talk about his passion for The Smiths' 1984 untitled/self titled(?) album. Together they take a deep dive into the history of The Smiths, their short time together as a band, and how they shaped Tom's life. Will Tom ever get Johnny Marr to follow him on social media? Does it benefit bands to record their albums twice? What would cause Tom to walk out of a Morrissey concert? All these questions will be answered in this episode! Plus, find out what Joel does in his car when he's angry, what the most important thing on Deborah's birth plan was and who Tom is embarrassed to listen to when he's writing. All in this particular episode of This Particular Album! And of course, these particular songs... "Heartbeat City" by The Cars and "Reaper” by Sia. Subscribe, Listen, Enjoy Rate and Review! -- SHOW INFORMATION Facebook Page: @ThisParticularAlbum Instagram:@ThisParticularAlbum Twitter: @ParticularAlbum Email: ThisParticularAlbum@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

This week, we pay tribute to one of the greatest pop songwriters of all time, The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a comment, and share with your friends! Also, click on this link to listen to this week’s songs! https://open.spotify.com/user/lucaschrisman/playlist/1bhH8fpP24BOrPiEC3BBL7?si=nq7CV5NKRju-IKo-m5w7qA This week’s songs are: Good Times Roll, Shake It Up, My Best Friend’s Girl, You’re All I’ve Got Tonight, Heartbeat City, You Might Think. The bonus song is Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lucas-chrisman5/support

Recorded September 17, 2019. Rudy and Flick look back at the life and some live performances of Daniel Johnston. Then they remember Ric Ocasek. the amazing self-titled debut of the Cars and spend maybe a little too much time on Heartbeat City. They close out with the second Banality Draft featuring Steely Dan.  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3F4T4Oz2E9smdvi7g4a8nk https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2shIT1lgm2dJ2cMqnbLDmS

On Sunday, September 15th 2019, Ric Ocasek of The Cars passed away at his townhouse where he was recovering from surgery. This group was a staple of radio and video throughout the later 70's and 80's, and their album Heartbeat City propelled them to super-stardom both with the number of singles off the album and heavy video airplay on MTV.We covered The Cars' debut album on What the Riff?!? Ep. 28, but it seemed appropriate to make this group the first one we feature twice as a tribute to Ocasek and his work as front man of the group. We hope you enjoy this “Drive” down memory lane and keep Ocasek's family in your prayers.“Magic”This is one of the five single hits produced by this album. The video featured Ocasek "walking on water" in a pool at the Hilton estate. During the production, the Plexiglas used to facilitate the stunt cracked, dumping Ocasek in the water. “Looking for Love ”This deeper cut has a more New Wave feel. Ric Ocasek was the songwriter for The Cars.  “You Might Think”The funny and strange video for this cut is iconic, and beat out Michael Jackson's ultra-successful “Thriller” for MTV Video of the Year. “Heartbeat City”The title track received radio airplay as the B-side of “You Might Think” in the U.S., but was not actually released as a single. Who is Jackie, and what took her so long? ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:“The Theme from Friday the 13th” by Harry ManfrediniThis month saw the release of the fourth iteration of the Friday the 13th movies was called “The Final Chapter”... but obviously wasn't the end. STAFF PICKS:“99 Red Balloons” by NenaThis song had two versions, and English language version and a German version. The German version was surprisingly popular in America. The song itself tells the story of worldwide destruction from war initiated after mistaking 99 helium balloons for an aerial attack. “Balls to the Wall” by AcceptThe title of Wayne's heavy staff pick references the throttles on a jet fighter. Full throttle is pushing the ball at the top of the throttle all the way forward. It means going full out. Like Nena, Accept is also from Germany.“Rebel Yell” by Billy IdolThis title track from Idol's second studio album. Though the song is about a one-night stand, the title was inspired by a late night session Idol had with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood taking swigs from a bottle of Rebel Yell bourbon whiskey.“So You Ran” by Orion the HunterThis group was made up of two artists from the group Boston, and the lead vocalist would actually join Boston to handle lead vocal duties on Boston's fourth album “Walk On” in Brad Delp's absence. This album is kind of hard to find these days — and the song is not on iTunes. INSTRUMENTAL:“Drive” by the CarsWe finish off this week with an instrumental version of the biggest hit off “Heartbeat City.” This one was originally sung by Benjamin Orr (who died of pancreatic cancer in October of 2000) rather than Ocasek, but the voiceless version seemed appropriate. Rest in peace gentlemen, and thank you for the music!

DRIVE.................................................................. by tony justerini http://www.filefactory.com/file/541gr926ajnj/drive.mp3 01. Milhaven – Clean Room, I.M. Wagner, 2006 02. Mount Eerie – The Place I Live, Clear Moon, 2012 03. Mercury Rev – Holes, Deserter's Songs, 1998 04. Mooncake - Nine Billion Names... (to A. Clarke), Lagrange Points, 2008 05. The Cars – Just What I Needed, The Cars, 1978 06. The Cars – Drive, Heartbeat City, 1984 07. Makeup and Vanity Set – Collapse, 88:88, 2012 08. Matthew Dear – Street Song, Headcage, 2012 09. Mogwai – Death Rays, Live at BBC, 2011 10. Cass McCombs – Prima Donna, Catacombs, 2009 11. Nick Drake – Way to Blue, Five Leaves Left, 1969 12. Milhaven – Firnis, I.M. Wagner, 2006 13. Max Richter, Ian Burdge, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, Chris Worsey & John Metcalfe – Mrs Dalloway, In The Garden, Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works, 2017 14. Cat Power – Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, I'm Not There, 2007 15. The Million Dollar Bashers & Karen O – Highway 61 Revisited, I’m Not There, 2007 total time: 01:19:53 http://radioetiopia.phase108.net/ https://instagram.com/radioetiopia/ https://radiolisboa.pt/ www.radioetiopia.com

Ep. 81. In light of Ric Ocasek's sudden and unexpected death over the weekend, John talks about the time Weezer covered a Cars song for a Cars movie soundtrack. He also discusses the band's long-ranging relationship with the Cars lead singer. LISTEN: 1. "You Might Think" (Weezer cover) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "You Might Think" (Cars original) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 3. "Drive" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 4. "Just What I Needed" (Cars original) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 5. "Just What I Needed" (Weezer cover) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "You Might Think" at Genius.com 2. "Drive" at Genius.com 3. "Just What I Needed" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "You Might Think" at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 2. Ric Ocasek at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 3. "The Cars' Ric Ocasek Dead at 75" at Pitchfork 4. The Cars at Wikipedia 5. The Blue Album at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 6. The Green Album at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 7. Everything Will Be Alright in the End at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 8. Heartbeat City at Wikipedia 9. "Drive" at Wikipedia 10. MTV Video Music Awards at Wikipedia 11. Cars 2 at Wikipedia 12. The Teal Album at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 13. "Just What I Needed" at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 14. Born in the U.S.A. at Wikipedia 15. John Luerssen's Rivers' Edge at Amazon 16. "Buddy Holly" at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia ------ Want a Post-Pinkerton sticker? E-mail me with your address! Want a Post-Pinkerton enamel pin? Make a donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention of $20 or more! Learn more here.

His fourth studio album would move Bryan Adams from a successful singer-songwriter to super-stardom. The multi-platinum album, “Reckless” is packed with hits, as six of the ten tracks would hit the charts including the evergreen hit “Summer of 69.” Adams took some time off following his multi-year tour "Cuts Like a Knife," and that brief retreat would result in a burst of creativity that would result in many of this album's hits. Friend of the show Vann Mathis joins us for this podcast. “One Night Love Affair” This track was the fifth single to hit the charts, and the title is pretty self-explanatory. “Run to You” This debut single from the album starts with a great guitar riff, and describes an ongoing affair, unlike the first track we profiled. “Somebody” This track was the second single off the album with a straightforward rock sound and a catchy chorus. “Kids Wanna Rock” We pick up the pace, leaving the love songs behind with this strong rock track. Even though not released as a single, it still made it to number 42 on the charts. ENTERTAINMENT TRACK: Theme from “A Nightmare on Elm Street” The horror movie that would become a classic was released in November 1984. STAFF PICKS: “I Can't Drive 55” by Sammy Hagar Hagar's protest song against the National Maximum Speed Law is enough to get your foot pressing a little heavier on the gas. Bruce explains it was inspired by a late night ticket for driving 62 in a 55 that Sammy Hagar received. “Girls with Guns” by Tommy Shaw Vann Mathis' staff pick is a fast paced throwback to the 80's from Styx alumnus Tommy Shaw. Styx band mate Dennis DeYoung was also doing solo work at the time. The video was filmed from one camera in a continuous take. “Hello Again” by The Cars Rob presents this fourth single from the album "Heartbeat City." The Cars were a huge hit on MTV, with well produced, awared winning videos. They balanced well between pop hooks and experimental new wave music. “Turn Up The Radio” by Autograph Wayne's staff pick is a mid-80's rock anthem. This is the lead single off the album "Sign in Please," and was their only top 40 hit. "Day in, day out, all week long, things go better with rock!" “Sea of Love” by The Honeydrippers Brian goes in a sentimental direction with Robert Plant's cover of Phil Phillips from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Phillips original version was a one-hit wonder in 1959. Paul Shaffer was on keyboards in The Honeydrippers. LAUGH TRACK: Ray Stevens - “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival” Ray Stevens takes us out this week with his memories of what happened when a squirrel got loose in the church.

In this season finale of Heartbeat City, Cozy Snugglefield is joined by Jenn Burleton to answer your questions.

In this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Autumn Greer to take your questions. If you have questions for Heartbeat City, call 1-502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Autumn Greer.

On this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Brayton Cameron to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Brayton Cameron.

On this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guests: Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert.

On this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Madeline Allfight to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Madeline Allfight.

On this fourth episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Madeline Allfight to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Madeline Allfight.

On this third episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Jenni Polodna to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Jenni Polodna.

On this second episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Jenni Polodna to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Jenni Polodna.

Kevin Lee has been working in the music industry for over 25 years.  He spent years as an Artist Manager working with bands like The Go Go's, Candlebox, Ace Frehley, George Lynch, Survivor, and Whitford St. Holmes featuring Brad Whitford of Aerosmith, to name a few. He served as the North West Scout for Epic Records, he was the GM for the record label Audio Nest, and currently, a Talent Agent at the Patriot Agency working with Bryan Adams, Richard Marx, Sugar Ray, and Nine Days.  Kevin joins David and Greg to discuss the Cars journey from their debut, self titled album released in 1978 through the release of their fifth album in 1984, Heartbeat City.  "The Road to Heartbeat City" looks at one of music's most notable New Wave bands.  We play clips from all five albums, discuss Car's career, dive into lyrics, and elements that make the albums really stand out.  We discuss the producers and take a look at the singles that kept pushing the bands sound forward.  We also discuss the music impact these albums had in establishing the very definition of the sub genre known as New Wave. If you love records, vinyl, discovering new music, or rediscovering music you already know, this is the podcast for you. To learn more, and sign up for our record of the month club, visit BlindTigerRecordClub.com.  Stay connected to the music and follow us:  Facebook Instagram Twitter

On this first episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Kole Ross to answer your questions. As always, leave us a message at 502-69-hbeat or write in at gary@duckfeed.tv Special Guest: Kole Ross.

"POP!" Is Back with Season 2!We talk about Fleetwood Mac new line up, "Everything Sucks!" cancelled , The Cars contest!, Nude ladies with Pipes, earthquakes and Ken is back! #reneweverythingsucksThe Cars - Shake It Up & Hearbeat City Expanded EditionsSHAKE IT UP & HEARTBEAT CITY Expanded Editions with rare and unreleased bonus tracks are available today on CD, 2LP, and digitally!Shake It Up: https://rhino.lnk.to/ShakeItUpMPHeartbeat City: https://rhino.lnk.to/HeartbeatCityMPPlease rate us on Itunes!Search on Itunes for "POP Staff"Find us on Face Book athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/POPpodcast/Or tweet us athttps://twitter.com/POPSTAFFTWEETS@popstafftweetsJoin Courtney on twitter athttps://twitter.com/courtcroTweet Ken @nightwingkenIf you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereDownload (right click, save as)

1. Heartbeat City - The Cars 2. All Roads Lead To Rome - The Stranglers 3. I Die: You Die - Gary Numan 4. Auto Music (Razormaid! Mix) - Our Daughter's Wedding 5. To Cut A Long Story Short (12" Version) - Spandau Ballet 6. Fun City (12" Mix) - Soft Cell 7. 8:15 To Nowhere - Vicious Pink 8. Telecommunication - A Flock Of Seagulls 9. New Life (Remix) - Depeche Mode 10. Devil Inside (12" Remix) - INXS 11. Still Angry - Book Of Love 12. Today (Extended Version) - Talk Talk 13. A Forest (Tree Mix) - The Cure 14. The Metro (Extended Version) - Berlin 15. Take On Me (Tony Mansfield 12" Version) - A-ha Notes and other random things: So, hello again! Nice to make your acquaintance. Good to finally carve out an evening to record another podcast. I swear, these days I blink and three or four months go by. I suppose, relatively speaking, the same could be said for this episode as it is officially the shortest podcast in CRC history, clocking in at just under one hour. "So, Mr. DJ Tintin," I'm sure you're saying to yourself, "for all my patience waiting for you to give me some new tunes you reward me with LESS music???" It seems that way. You still get the requisite 15 songs, but many of these were single or album versions as opposed to remixes. That's the only defense I have. BUT, look at this artist and track list! Those of you looking for some stuff you haven't heard before may have just hit the mother lode. The Stranglers? Our Daughter's Wedding? Not exactly household names. "Fun City", "Heartbeat City", "Still Angry"? Not exactly the songs anyone would recall off the top of their heads by Soft Cell, The Cars or Book Of Love, respectively. But enough justification. On to the bands ... So, why were the 80s so great? A loaded question to be sure. But ask yourself how many bands in recent memory could have a member, who owned a hair salon, rent out a space above said hair salon, form a band, get discovered by Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe fame, decide upon wearing women's clothes for a video shot in three days on a shoestring budget and become superstars thanks in some part to a fledgling music network called MTV and a now-famous hairstyle? Such was the fate of A Flock of Seagulls, a band that certainly helped alter my musical trajectory and, with the song I Ran (So Far Away), created one of the most iconic and lasting songs of the decade. THAT is the greatness of the 80s - the fact that music was not yet paint-by-number. There was room for experimentation. Sure, you had to be marketable, but the definition of marketable was fluid. And the rules were fluid. As long as someone in the know heard something they liked or saw a creative spark it was sometimes enough for a label to take a chance on you. Spoken like someone who thinks the music they grew up with is the best, I know. But I ask again: could that backstory exist today? Perhaps, but I just don't see it. As for the song in this podcast, "Telecommunication", it is sort of a cult hit at this point and probably an accidental one at that. "(It's Not Me) Talking" was the first single release by AFOS in 1981, but it was the futuristic lyrics and "wall of sound" energy, later praised by uber-producer Phil Spector, that propelled "Telecommunication" into the clubs and into hearts of new wavers. The tune still sounds cool and futuristic even today and reminds me of a moment in time when musical possibilities were still limitless. "No sequencers were used" reads the liner notes of Our Daughters Wedding's first EP, "Digital Cowboy". Layne Rico (electronic percussion / synth), Keith Silva (vocals / synth) and Scott Simon (synth / saxophone) wanted everyone to know that their electronic wizardry and sleight of hand was due entirely to coordination and skill and not programming and triggers like many of their contemporaries such as Depeche Mode and OMD, two groups to which ODW was often compared after their switch over from punk rock and guitars to new wave and synths. And while the group, who sang about lawnchairs and made frequent appearances on MTV with Martha Quinn in the early days of the network, somewhat ironically dismissed DM and OMD as being too "gimmicky", the group did score opening slots for some of the giants of the day including Duran Duran, Talk Talk, Iggy Pop, The Psychedelic Furs and U2. They even worked with famed producer Colin Thurston to record the aforementioned EP. Not bad for a US-based band who suffered the slings and arrows and broken beer bottles of misfortune hurled at them for using electronics on stage at a time when punk was still king. But even skill and deigning to employ sequencers could not save the group from a dust up with their label, EMI. According to Scott Simon, the LA office killed the momentum of their full-length album, Moving Windows, which was released in 1982, because a label exec had a personal issue with one of the band's representatives. The track here, Auto Music, is a Razormaid! mix of the lead track to that first and only full-length. The sweet electronic bass line you hear came about from Simon and David Spradley, the producer for Moving Windows, "jamming one morning in our Union Square loft." To cut a long story short, Spandau Ballet are good. Go buy their records. Seriously, though, Spandau Ballet seems like a perfect name for a slick and sophisticated band who helped spearhead the New Romantic movement, an era of glossy images and high fashion that gave rise to groups like Duran Duran and Visage and others. That is until you remember that, like other groups, SB had their roots in the punk scene and that their name was Allied trench warfare slang for corpses whose bullet-riddled bodies twisted and danced on barbed wire as they were hit by German gunfire. Perhaps they would have been better off going with The Cut or The Makers, both previous band names. But, the name Spandau Ballet stuck as did the amazing voice of Tony Hadley, the Kemp brother's guitar prowess (Martin and Gary), Steve Norman's saxophone riffs and John Keeble's percussive underpinnings. That classic lineup produced a string of Top 10 hits (10 to be precise) including "Gold", "Only When You Leave", "True", "Chant No. 1" and the song in this podcast, "To Cut A Long Story Short", the groups' debut single, which reached #5 in the UK. Speculation surrounding the song is that it pertains to a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after being drafted, but getting no explanation why he must join the war. This song apparently inspired Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz, The Assembly) to write DM's third single, "Just Can't Get Enough" which, as a side note, is currently being used in a Wal-Mart advertisement. I did NOT see that coming! What more can be said about Gary Numan that hasn't already been said over the course of four decades by the music press? Probably nothing, so I'm not even going to try to break new ground. But, in case you missed it, Gary did just drop his 18th solo album, Savage (Songs From A Broken World), this past September and it instantly shot all the way up the album charts to #2 in the UK and #1 on the UK Indie charts. Call it a love of the man and his music or an indictment of the current music scene, but for a guy who goes down in history as the first artist to secure a #1 song using an all-electronic approach with the highly-coveted and frequently-covered "Are Friends Electric?" way back in 1979, the fact that Gary is still making music that questions, challenges, lifts, destroys and defies convention is impressive. Despite the lofty charting position of the new album and its predominant use of electronics, it failed to register on the Billboard Electronic charts because, according to a Billboard executive, “Sonically, the Numan album just does not fit in" with Billboard's perception of electronic dance music. Seems a bit ridiculous, but Numan is no stranger to such disinterest or indifference on the part of the music cabal. In fact, even during his heyday, "Are Friends Electric?" was perched atop the British charts for three weeks before any radio station would add it to their playlists. The song in this podcast, "I Die: You Die", which appeared in 1980 on the Telekon album a mere two years after his Tubeway Army signing with Beggars Banquet, is his rebuke of the music press and their God complex, star-maker/star-breaker tendencies. The track eventually reached #6 on the UK singles chart. And finally, speaking of the music press, the last band I'd like to mention here had them completely baffled and befuddled for the bulk of their career, or at least until 1990 when Hugh Cornwall left the group. The Stranglers, originally known as the Guildford Stranglers when they embarked as a band in 1974, were comprised of guitarist/keyboardist Hugh Cornwall, bassist/vocalist Jen-Jacques Burnel, keyboardist Dave Greenfield and drummer Brian Duffy (aka Jet Black). Though not one member hailed from Guildford, they were "tweeners" in every sense of the word, dabbling in numerous styles from electropop to soul during the course of their long and storied career. And while many of their successes came during their early punk days, they never quite fit into the punk scene. Ostracized for their relative age, their humorous, often self-deprecating lyrical style contrasted with their often anti-politically correct stage antics, their stunningly fast musical growth and development, and their hit-making skill, which generated 21 Top-40 singles, The Stranglers set themselves apart from their punk contemporaries and gave the press fits as they did not know how to put square pegs into round holes. The track here, "All Roads Lead To Rome" was from their seventh album, Feline. As you can hear, it has distinct new wave overtones, which makes total sense having been released in 1982, but it is certainly a brave departure from their earlier work. And while this track did not chart, it still stands as one of the high points from the Feline album and provides a glimpse into a chameleon-like band that was firmly in transition. Another episode in the books. Thanks for reading/listening. Enjoy the music!

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to _Heartbeat City_. Hosted by Cozy Snugglefield, each episode will feature your calls, your romantic questions, and hopefully some helpful advice. This episode features guest co-host Kole Ross, who could not think of an alternate name that matched the theme of the show.

SUMMER OF SUMMERTIME SUMMER: “Embracing the season by staying indoors.” Summer of 1989 was a big t-shirt year. And not (just) because of modern decency. On today’s episode, Bob and Tim head back to ask if that particular cinema season of Last Crusades, Final Frontiers and Robert Wuhl was the biggest and bestest one ever. So mow that neighbor’s lawn, count out your allowance and hop in your friend’s parents’ car, we are about to smuggle some Skittles into the local movie theater. 00:00:00 - PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - “Albert you’re a genius” 00:00:25 - SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME, SUM-SUM, SUMMERTIME, 1989 - biggest summer of blockbusters ever? / “At First Sight” 00:05:11 - PRECEDING MEMORIAL DAY - Round kicks, Cadillacs and a Holy grail. 00:16:10 - HULK VERITE - Tim gives too much time to “No Holds Barred” 00:21:41 - BATTLEFIELD JUNE - here’s two contenders for the box office throne 00:29:55 - POP CULTURE OVERDRIVE - the mania of that summer’s biggest hit 00:40:01 - 80S IN JULY - action stars come back for seconds 00:45:16 - SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT - A couple comedies to break up the calamity 00:49:14 - INTO THE ABYSS OF AUGUST - that obvious pun and an unfortunate import 00:56:13 - SPOILER ALERT - Bob (and its title) ruins “Eddie And The Cruisers II” 00:59:04 - FINAL ANALYSIS - was 1989 the greatest summer of movies ever? 00:59:33 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / “Magic”Watch star Sigourney Weaver talks to Arsenio Hall about what Tim was sure was going to be his favorite movie of 1989 HERE. (clip courtesy of LexThe Robot on YOUTUBE.Experience the hard-hitting journalism double-punch that was John Tesh and Mary Hart (or is it Leeza Gibbons)in this Entertainment Tonight expose on the summer in discussion HERE.Kick off your summertime camp-out with the cosmic spectacle of sci-fi effects work featured HERE.And witness the prophetic promise Warner Brothers studios made of the biggest blockbusting draw this summer season would offer HERE.The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All rights remain with with their original distributor.This episode of 20TH CENTURY POPCAST was recorded by ZENCASTR, a high fidelity podcast recording platform that records multiple guests from multiple zip-codes all as if they were in the same room. Log on for studio quality recordings NOW! (exclamation point also provided by ZENCASTR)MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:“At First Sight” performed by The Stems off their 1987 album AT FIRST SIGHT, VIOLETS ARE BLUE as well as Tim’s cassette copy of the YOUNG EINSTEIN original motion picture soundtrack (thanks Nate).“Magic” performed by The Cars from that pop-new-wave-1984 masterpiece, HEARTBEAT CITY.The use of these songs are for entertainment purposes and without the expressed permission of the recording artist.Subscribe to 20TH CENTURY POPCAST! on ITUNES and GOOGLE PLAY or stream it at www.20popcast.com.Like, share and reminisce with 20TH CENTURY POPCAST! on FACEBOOK.Contact the show with any questions, suggestions or possible topics at 20popcast@gmail.com, #20popcast on Twitter and the POP TALK section of www.20popcast.comFollow ROBERT CANNING @rhcanning on TWITTER. Read his web-comic at EXAGGERATEDLIFE.wordpress.com and his music blog at superultramegamix.wordpress.com. Follow TIM BLEVINS @subcultist on TWITTER and as SUBCULTISTon INSTAGRAM.20TH CENTURY POPCAST! will return next week ... perhaps to talk about the Toys Of Summer(?)

Hi there, we have some news for you about the future of Watch Out for Fireballs! and Bonfireside Chat. We think it’s pretty exciting. The short version of it is that Bonfireside Chat is ending in August, and will be replaced with more frequent episodes of Watch Out for Fireballs!. The long version can be found below. We’ve got a lot of stuff to talk about, and we want to hear what you think. So we’ve set up a survey to gather your input. And we’re giving away three (3) $20 Steam gift cards to some randomly drawn people from the respondents. Please read everything here before you complete the survey, if you could. Here’s a link to the survey: https://duckfeed.typeform.com/to/LDPTnY Table of Contents Bonfireside Chat is Ending How is Bonfireside Chat going to end? What’s Replacing Bonfireside Chat? Watch Out for Fireballs! is Going Weekly WOFF! Will Change Schedules in August What’s Happening to the Crystal Chronicles? What’s Happening to Other Shows on the Network? How is the Patreon Changing? Early Release is getting better. We’re changing the Slack access tier. What are some open questions? We’re holding a survey. Timeline of Changes Not all of this is happening immediately. Here’s a brief timeline so you can know what takes effect when. January: WOFF! expands beyond retro games. May: Brayton replaces Gary on Check It Out, Comrade! Late June: Changes to the Duckfeed Patreon will take effect. July 1: Early Release shifts to 1 week early instead of 1 day early. July 9: Bonfireside Chat Victory Lap season begins. August 1: Watch Out for Fireballs! schedule change takes effect. August 20: Final Bonfireside Chat airs. Bonfireside Chat is Ending It’s strange to begin an announcement about Watch Out for Fireballs! with news for a different show, but the fate of Bonfireside Chat affects everything on the network. We’ve thought about it long and hard, and we’ve decided to end Bonfireside Chat in August of 2017. Bonfireside Chat and the Dark Souls series have both been very good to us. We’ve met a ton of great people doing the show, built an audience, and made some great episodes. But the Dark Souls 3 season kind of broke us. It was the first time we had to spend so much time playing, examining, and talking about a game that we’re not crazy for. We knew the end of Bonfireside Chat would happen some day. As early as a year ago, FromSoft told us that the series was concluding. We entertained the notion of continuing the show by talking about SoulsLikes, but those are of wildly varying quality. And all of our thoughts come back to this: Dark Souls was a game that was so good that we couldn’t *not** do a show about it.* Most of the sequels were as well. But it makes no sense to bind ourself to things that merely imitate something that we love. What if From releases a new SoulsBorne game? E3 is in a few weeks, and it’s totally possible that From will announce something related to Souls. This won’t change our decision. Instead, that game will be covered on Watch Out for Fireballs! The same applies to any really good SoulsLikes. How is Bonfireside Chat going to end? We have a plan for ending Bonfireside Chat, and we’ve alluded to it before. This summer, we’re walking back through the whole series in the opposite order that we’ve covered it. Each game will get an episode + appendix pair, and we’re going to talk about each entry in the broader context of the series now that we know how it ends. So that means the order is as follows: * Bloodborne (July 2) * Dark Souls 2 (July 16) * Demon’s Souls (July 30) * Dark Souls (August 13) These episodes will have guests, and they’re already chosen from our Bonfireside Chat After Dark tier backers. They are John Hurst, Mitch Benes, Randy Walker, and Kilo Pascal. Prior to that, we’re going to cover the remaining soulslikes we’ve committed to covering. Namely, Let It Die, Nioh, and Hollow Knight. You’ll notice that this brings the entire podcast around full circle. We like how appropriate that feels. What Happened to Bonfireside Chat After Dark? We miscalculated when we added Bonfireside Chat After Dark to the Patreon. We had no idea what would happen with the series or the show when we thought that up. We’ll own that mistake, and we also want to make it right… and here’s how. Those backers who would have been guests on Bonfireside Chat After Dark will instead guest on those final revisit episodes. It feels right to get people from the community involved in the victory lap, especially if they are people who have supported us as much as those individuals have. We’ve spoken with them, and they’re cool with it. If you paid for a prompt or question on Bonfireside Chat After Dark, we will use your responses during those recap appendices. Please look for a message in your email inbox toward the beginning of June. What’s Replacing Bonfireside Chat? We’ve gotten a lot of suggestions about what to cover after Bonfireside Chat ends. People were pulling hard for games like the Witcher and Nier. We seriously kicked around the idea of starting up a show that chronologically examined the Resident Evil games. The Crystal Chronicles was on our Patreon milestone goals for a very long time (more on that later). Starting up a new show about a new series of games makes less sense than making big changes to Watch Out for Fireballs!, which has always been our flagship show. What happens if we broaden that umbrella, and make changes to the schedule to allow us to cover more games in greater depth? What’s it look like if the Witcher 3 becomes a game we could cover on WOFF!? You end up with something we’ve codenamed WOFF! 2.0. But we likely won’t use that name in the future. Watch Out for Fireballs! is Going Weekly WOFF becoming more frequent is a huge deal for us. And here’s what it looks like. The first 3 weeks of each month (or the first 4, if it’s a 5 week month) will feature full episodes about short or medium length games, or episodes about portions of larger games (like we’ve done with large games in the past). The last episode of each month will be a collective listener response episode about all of the games we covered that month. This kind of grouping will also let us do themed batches of episodes each month. Hypothetically, this is what “Weird NES Sequels” month would look like. Week 1: Super Mario Bros. 2 Week 2: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest Week 3: Zelda II: The Adventures of Link Week 4: Feedback episode about all three of the previous games. Other ideas for themed groups of episodes would be a long look at the Wolfenstein series, going from Wolfenstein 3D to the 2008 reboot to Wolfenstein: The New Order. We could also do a Resident Evil cleanup month, with Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Code: Veronica, and Resident Evil 6. We aren’t promising that either of those will happen right away, but they’re examples. If this sounds familiar, it’s similar to how we’ve treated JRPGs and CRPGs in the past. The Neverwinter Nights II series of episodes was a test model for this, and we think those episodes turned out very well. Looking at the math, our old “tick tock” model of release would usually result in 26 episodes per year. Our multi-part episodes have made us come out with slightly more than that (for example, we released 30 episodes in 2016). Under the new model, you would get 40 mainline episodes per year. Here are a few things that will happen as a result of this: * We will cover more “small” games. The Pac Man 2 episode in the Duck Bundle was a test for how this would work. * Split episodes will go away (namely, single episodes that feature two games, like the Starflight/Toe Jam & Earl episode, or the Brawler special). * We’ll be a little more liberal about splitting meaty games into multiple parts (example: Metal Gear Solid 2 is on our docket, and we’re splitting that 12 hour game in 2 because we will have a lot to say). * We’ll have to be more comfortable with some episodes being “only” 60-90 minutes, as we cover some shorter stuff. Two things that won’t go away are poll episodes and executive produced episodes. Those will be folded into the model, and remain unchanged. That means one of those will happen each quarter (or four times per year). Another consequence is that listener response episodes will be much meatier since they’ll cover 3 or 4 games, and there will be a more consistent deadline… namely, responses about all of the games should come in by the 15th of each month. WOFF! Will Change Schedules in August The changes to the WOFF! schedule will begin August 3, with Final Fantasy IV month. That’s right, we’ll be covering all of Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. For reference, here’s the schedule up through that point: Crimson Shroud (May 11) Pilotwings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilotwings) (May 25) Yakuza (June 1) SSX Tricky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSX_Tricky) (June 15) NOX(June 29) Metal Gear Solid 2, Part 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_2:_Sons_of_Liberty) (July 13) Metal Gear Solid 2, Part 2 (July 20) Final Fantasy IV, Part 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IV) (August 3) Final Fantasy IV, Part 2 (August 10) The After Years, Part 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IV:_The_After_Years) (August 17) The After Years, Part 2 (August 24) Final Fantasy IV Responses (August 31) What’s Happening to the Crystal Chronicles? You may wonder what us covering FF4 on WOFF! means for the Final Fantasy show we had planned. It means that show won’t happen. We pegged that show at a very high milestone amount because it would take a tremendous amount of work. But as Bonfireside Chat wound down, we realized we probably wouldn’t hit that total any time soon. And redesigning WOFF! presented an opportunity to cover the Final Fantasy games that were meaningful to us without taking on an unreasonable workload that would harm the rest of the shows. In general, we want to be very circumspect about adding new shows, so we’re going to make some changes to the Patreon campaign to reflect that. Expect more details later. Of note: Heartbeat City will not go away. Gary will record and release a pilot for that soon. What’s Happening to Other Shows on the Network? This change shouldn’t have a huge impact on other shows, but there are some things we’d like to announce/clarify so people know what’s up. Gary is taking a leave of absence from Check It Out, Comrade!, the network’s indie game show. Brayton Cameron from Teenage Dirtbags will be replacing him. Gary made this decision to free up more time for working on his book, and playing things for the new iteration of WOFF! We’re really excited to have Brayton take over his seat. Brayton is hilarious, and has different taste in games than Gary does, so you will see them cover different stuff. Gary will still come back for specific games (think Thimbleweed Park or Torment: Tides of Numenera). File Under Water has an end date. Right now, it’s slated to end in late October. A show about R.E.M. was always going to be limited, because they only put out a limited number of albums. We currently have no plans to cover another band. Radio Free Mid-World is a limited show as well. Once we run out of Dark Tower books, related works by King, and related media (the movies, TV show, whatever else comes) we will end that show. Don’t worry, this won’t happen until 2019 at the earliest. How is the Patreon Changing? We’re making some adjustments to the way our Patreon works, in order to reflect these changes to our show lineup. Chiefly (and logically), we’re getting rid of the $75 BSC Afterdark tier, and removing the “get a prompt on BSC Afterdark” from the $10 tier. We are also removing The Crystal Chronicles as a milestone goal. Both of these will be replaced by something else in due time… Look a little further down to see what we’re thinking of (and to see how you can help). We’re also making two other big changes. Early Release is getting better. Effective around the end of June and the beginning of July, episodes on the Early Release feed will come out a week early, instead of a day early. We are also raising the price of this perk to $5 per month. This is more valuable, we think, and it brings us closer in line with other Patreon campaigns that offer a similar perk. We’re going to make a great deal of these changes in the middle of June, and the “1 Week Early” change will happen for any episode that would have normally come out in July. The only show this doesn’t apply to right now is The Level, which will come out 1-2 days early because of how that show is produced. We’re changing the Slack access tier. Effective sometime in June, Slack invites will only go to backers at $5 and up. If you already have access to the Slack team, or access the Slack team before the change is made, then you will be grandfathered in. We will not revoke Slack access from people. We’re doing this for a couple of reasons. The community is getting very big, and it’s requiring more work and more touch than it did in the past. This will help control that. Additionally, it will reduce the number of drive-bys that happen, as $5 is a bigger investment. Something to note is that the $1 tier will not go away. Those small donation amounts are huge for us. You will still get access to incidental content, and access to Watch Out for Fireballs! polls. What are some open questions? Everything laid out before this paragraph is a decision we’ve already made. We feel like they are good decisions, and we wouldn’t shake things up so much if we didn’t feel so secure in how things are going. But each big decision is accompanied by multiple smaller decisions. And that’s why we’re running this survey… to gather useful information from you, and to hear your thoughts and ideas about how the network can get better at giving you things you want. Here are some questions that have gone unanswered, and we want your help. What’s a good replacement for the $75 tier? That’s a lot of money to give, and we want to make it awesome. Would you want to guest on an episode? Dictate a piece of media for a Try This type show? Dictate the subject of some video content like Let’s Plays? What kind of new milestones goals would you like to see? Should we do another live show each year? Should we hold a virtual DuckCon? Include more guest episodes on WOFF!? Do one-off milestones interest you? Not every milestone needs to be an ongoing commitment. Maybe we could do some actual-play tabletop one-offs. Maybe we could set a goal for Gary and Kole to stream some co-op games. And there are other questions we haven’t even thought to ask. We want to know what would make you a patron if you aren’t one already. We want to know what stuff we do that you care about, and we also want to know what you don’t care about. We’d also like to hear how you feel about the changes to our biggest shows. We’ve already made our decision about ending Bonfireside Chat, but it’s worth understanding how this will impact your listenership and patronage. Something we don’t want to hear is “Stick to Games” or “Stop mentioning politics.” We also don’t want to hear “Be more positive.” Save yourself the time and hassle if that’s what you were going to say. We’re holding a survey. After this novella of a post, we want to know what you think. Use the button below to fill out the survey. It will be a huge help to us. Completing the survey and selecting “Yes, I would like to enter the contest” will enter you for a chance to win a $20 Steam gift card (we are giving out three of them). We are especially interested in your responses if you’re not already a Patron of Duckfeed.tv on Patreon. A link to the survey: https://duckfeed.typeform.com/to/LDPTnY Thank you so much for reading this, if you’ve gotten this far. Your support has meant the world to us, and we are incredibly excited about what these changes mean for the network. Thanks for being along for the ride.

Part two of our conversation with Kanen Flowers. In this episode, we talk about what it is that makes a good podcast, that Heartbeat City by The Cars synchs up with Defender, other video games, and wanting to stab people in the cinema.