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On episode 217, we welcome Bill Sullivan to discuss the burgeoning field of epigenetics, why genes are better thought of as dimmers rather than light switches, the antipsychiatry argument against mental illness and why all mental illnesses are organic, what we discovered about the microbiome, the Libet experiments and whether they cast doubt on free will, how genes and parasites affect personality development and change, why it's difficult for people to understand and accept genetic determinism, fraud in the field of medications purporting to affect gene expression, the ACE studies and their implications for mental health, and how identical twins can be reared in the same environment and exhibit different personalities. Bill Sullivan is the author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are (National Geographic Books), which has been translated into a dozen languages. Sullivan is the Showalter Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he studies infectious disease. He received his Ph.D. in Cell & Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and has published over 100 papers in scientific journals. An award-winning researcher, teacher, and science communicator, Sullivan has been featured in a wide variety of outlets, including CNN, Fox & Friends, CBS News, ESPN, The Doctors, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, TEDx, The Scientist, and many more. He has written popular science articles for National Geographic, Discover, Scientific American, Washington Post, WIRED, Psychology Today, The Conversation, and more. He is an editor and writer at PLOS SciComm, chairs the Editorial Advisory Board for ASBMB Today, and serves as a board member of the John Shaw Billings Medical History Society. Visit him at authorbillsullivan.com and on X/Twitter @wjsullivan. | Bill Sullivan | ► Website | https://authorbillsullivan.com ► Twitter | https://x.com/wjsullivan ► Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/billsullivanjr ► Pleased to Meet Me Book | https://amzn.to/3Lkp95L Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast ► Patreon | https://bit.ly/3xLHTIa  

Marko DeSantis makes his PCH return to celebrate 20 years of Palm Trees and Power Lines and so, so much more!MARKOhttps://www.sugarcult.comhttps://linktr.ee/markodesantisInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/markodesantisFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/SugarcultRocknRollPCHInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourYoutube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify Episode Playlists - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgDonate to help show costs -https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/pchanthonyhttps://cash.app/$anthmerchpowerchordhour@gmail.comCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 8 to 11 est/Tuesday Midnight to 3 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY. Stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA app.Special Thanks to my buddy Jay Vics for the behind the scenes help on this episode!https://www.meettheexpertspodcast.comhttps://www.jvimobile.com

Aaron is joined by returning guest co-pilot and Patreon Legend Dan Houston as they review The Replacements' 1987 album Pleased To Meet Me! Rock on!Website: https://ridiculousrockrecordreviews.buzzsprout.comBecome a Patron like Dan and help support the show!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/R4podcast?fan_landing=trueContact us! e-mail: ridiculousrockrecords@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/R4podcastTwitter: @R4podcastAaronInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/r4podcaster/

I am joined by Mikey Erg of The Ergs!, Worriers, Dirt Bike Annie, The Dopamines and a million other bands to discuss new releases from The Ergs plus-Playing in The Ergs AND Dirt Bike Annie Mikeys first ever tour-Growing up in a recording studio-What part of the country embraced The Ergs! early on-Playing South By Southwest next month-How Mikey joined Worriers and The Dopamines-Singing and drumming at the same time-Choosing what Replacements song to cover for a tribute album-How punk rock entered Mikeys life and much more!Follow Mikey Erghttps://mikeyerg.bandcamp.comhttps://theergs.bandcamp.comhttps://twitter.com/mikeyerghttps://www.instagram.com/mikeyerghttps://www.facebook.com/mikeyergmusicCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 to midnight est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY. Stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA app.powerchordhour@gmail.comInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourYoutube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify Episode Playlists - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgThanks to this weeks sponsor - Disctopia!https://disctopia.com

Bill Sullivan (@wjsullivan) is a professor of pharmacology and microbiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, an award-winning researcher, teacher, science communicator, and author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are. What We Discuss with Bill Sullivan: What we're just now learning in the field of epigenetics -- the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Why twins who are genetically identical look less alike as they age -- or if they've been raised apart from one another. How the overabundance of plastics and other endocrine disruptors in our environment are affecting not only our bodies on a molecular level, but the physical and mental development of generations down the line. How kids -- even the unborn -- are epigenetically altered by the social and economic status of their parents. What we're learning about the role of the teeming millions of microorganisms that live inside of us -- collectively known as the microbiome -- on our overall mental and physical health. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/610 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Miss our interview with Find Your Why, Start with Why, and The Infinite Game author Simon Sinek? Catch up with episode 300: Simon Sinek | How to Play the Infinite Game here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

New music, music news and my musical ramblings of June 2021Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile app.email me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhour Instagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/ Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/ Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgSUPPORT THE ARTISTS/ALBUMS PLAYED ON THIS EPMannequin Pussy - Perfecthttps://mannequinpussy.bandcamp.com/album/perfectThe Cudas - Alien Vacation https://thecudas.bandcamp.com/album/alien-vacationLatewaves - Hell To Payhttps://latewaves.bandcamp.com/album/hell-to-pay 

I went back in time 25 years and talked about some of the best albums of 1996! Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appemail me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/ Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/ Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg 

The decision to do an all-covers show was decided sometime on Wednesday when my good friends High On Stress announced that they would be releasing a Tommy Keene cover on Friday. This was shortly followed by emails containing new cover tracks by Kid Gulliver and The Dirty Denims. Always having a folder full of such tracks ready for air, it was an easy decision that this was the week to do such a show. I also had an intriguing idea to put a new spin on such a show. Searching through my archives, I discovered that I had enough Replacements covers to recreate side one of the “Pleased To Meet Me” album.  Although my broadcast program decided to suddenly play two tracks out of order, all of the songs from that group of tracks did make the air. There are also country-tinged coves of old alt-rock tracks by a fabulous British band called Independent Country (including a great ‘mats remake), Richard Thompson and Dead Moon tributes by Country Westerns, Brad Marino doing a lovely Ramones’ track, and many, many other similarly fantastic tunes. I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of […]

This week I had the honor of talking with Dramarama frontman John Easdale about releasing their first new album (Color TV) in 15 years, moving from Wayne, NJ to LA in the 80's, playing with legends like Clem Burke and Sylvain Sylvain, releasing their first album on a French record label and so much moreCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appemail me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhour Instagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/ Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/ Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgBuy Color TV AND Cinéma Vérité on vinyl directly from the band - https://www.dramaramastore.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheDramaramaInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/dramaramatheband/Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheDramarama

While many bands end up getting defined by their debut record and have trouble following it up, this weeks episode I talk about bands who went above and beyond the second time around. Diving into sophomore masterpieces from Saves the Day, Less Than Jake, Hüsker Dü, The Get Up Kids and more!THIS WEEKS GIVEAWAY 04/12-04/19: Let me know your top 3 albums released this year (so far) for a chance to win a prize pack from Jeremy Porter and the Tucos & The Power Chord Hour!Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appemail me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhour Instagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/ Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/ Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg  

Back from our short winter break I talk about celebrating the 5th anniversary of the show, recording cover songs, why Eddie Hazel and Billy Zoom deserve more credit, putting a studio in my studio apartment and many more musical ramblingsCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appRate & review the podcast - send us a screenshot for a free PCH shirt!email me for FREE Power Chord Hour guitar stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg

We back with out last episode before the new year!  The theme this week, is Missed Connections - Record's We Should Have Listened to.  Ryan's pick is Talking Head's Remain In Light.  After they run through that, Chris' pick is The Replacements' Pleased To Meet Me. Check out this week's featured artist, Ronx, and their new holiday single "Emo Christmas". Check it out below-  https://twitter.com/ronxband https://www.facebook.com/RonxNY/ https://www.instagram.com/ronxband/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4QVA0BCvLtsrgbXEoUNMlI 

In celebration of the PLEASED TO MEET ME Deluxe Edition, we look back at the unique circumstances around how the record was created. Bob Mehr, author of Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, offers a detailed perspective of this uncertain period when the Replacements entered Ardent Studios after splitting with guitarist Bob Stinson. Luther Dickinson, son of the late producer, Jim Dickinson, reflects on his father’s contribution to the album, as well as his own experience of joining the band in the studio as a teenager. Additionally, we’ll hear from Paul Westerberg himself, in a 1987 Warner Bros. interview with Julie Panebianco, where he shares his thoughts on the writing and recording of PLEASED TO MEET ME. From alcohol-fueled and trick-filled sessions in Memphis to the controversy of using horns and strings to the existential conflict of being an underground rock band in a major label world, the episode offers a unique look at this pivotal moment in the Replacements’ history.

Welcome to Episode 54! Conrad Life Report is a podcast about life, including digital media, music, books, food, drink, New York City, and more. Episode 54 topics: The election, early voting, the Saturday celebrations, poll training, text banking, Vanderbilt open streets, Roosevelt Island, Green-Wood Cemetery, Vanderbilt Playground, Lookout Hill, shooting hoops, COVID testing, Live Forever by Bartees Strange, Van Halen, Silver Ladders by Mary Lattimore, Wheels Roll Home by the Antlers, Cuttin' Grass by Sturgill Simpson, Serpentine Prison by Matt Berninger, Pleased To Meet Me and Dead Man's Pop by the Replacements, Sam Amidon, Off Off On by This Is The Kit, New York by Lou Reed, Good Morning Midnight by Lily Brooks Dalton, The Rub Of Time by Martin Amis, Threes Brewing, Finback Brewery, A For Alone by Curtis Sittenfeld, loneliness in 2020.

The Sneeze Boys reconvene to consider Matt's Lunch. They follow it up with a discussion on The Replacement's "Pleased To Meet Me" and One False Move. It’s On the Links: https://linktr.ee/itsonthelist

Discussing new music and what's been up this month. I also get in to technical difficulties during interviews, missing music festivals and Zunes. Also new music from Laura Jane Grace, Less Than Jake, Jon Snodgrass and a previously unreleased Replacements song from the new Pleased To Meet Me box set!Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appRate & review the podcast - send us a screenshot for a free PCH shirt!email me for FREE Power Chord Hour guitar picks - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgBUY THE MUSIC FROM THE EPISODELaura Jane Grace - Stay Alivehttps://laurajanegrace.bandcamp.com/album/stay-aliveJon Snodgrass - Tace https://a-frecords.bandcamp.com/album/taceLess Than Jake - Silver Liningshttps://purenoise.bandcamp.com/album/silver-liningsReplacements - Pleased To Meet Me Box Sethttps://store.rhino.com/pleased-to-meet-me-deluxe-bundle.html

After spending a few days listening to the new 'mats box set I thought I'd review and talk about the latest release from the Gods in plaidCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appRate & review the podcast - send us a screenshot for a free PCH shirt!email me for FREE Power Chord Hour guitar picks - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg

After I screwed up having a guest on I decided to go solo this week and talk about everything from my first ever interview, doing the radio show for almost five years, making jet ski money off this podcast, waiting for my damn Pleased To Meet Me boxset and lots more!Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appRate & review the podcast - send us a screenshot for a free PCH shirt!email me for FREE Power Chord Hour guitar picks - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg

Due to Gorman Bechard’s appearance last week, this month’s new release episode was bumped back a week. But this delay turned out to be for the benefit of the show, as it allowed for me to include some brand new tracks by The Replacements. Well, not brand new, of course, as they’re defunct but today marked the release of the Deluxe Edition box set of Pleased To Meet Me. Along with a remaster of the original record, this box set is full of demos and outtakes, and tonight’s show kicks off with a handful of songs that didn’t originally make the cut. After that it’s the typical collection of great new punk, indie, garage, and Americana releases. Some of the highlights include new albums by the likes of Lydia Loveless, Drive-By Truckers, and Bob Mould. There’s also the usual lengthy section devoted to new music from Rum Bar Records. How does Lou keep finding these great new bands? After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs

On this week's show, we pay homage to THE guitar hero of Generations X, Y & Z, and spend quality time with yet another superlative box set from one the best Twin Ciities bands the world at large never truly knew. All this & much, much less!

We're at the end of another month so I go in to what I was listening to, my thoughts on Record Store Day 2020, bands who still kill it 40 years in, some music news and new releases. I also play the latest from Bob Mould, Attic Salt and Mercy Music! Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appRate & review the podcast - send us a screenshot for a free PCH shirt!email me for FREE Power Chord Hour guitar picks - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_Mg SUPPORT THE MUSIC FEATURED ON THE PODBob Mould - https://bobmould.bandcamp.com/album/blue-heartsAttic Salt - https://jumpstartrecords.bandcamp.com/album/get-wiseMercy Music - https://mercymusic.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-in-the-dark 

Songs about work for Labor Day weekend. Songs for the long, dark night shift of the soul. Songs for when the whistle blows. Songs for when the job blows. Songs to whistle while you work, plus some new songs that have nothing to do with work. All this & much, much less!

For Episode 11, we are joined by very special guest Bob Mehr ("Trouble Boys : The True Story of The Replacements" author) to discuss all things Replacements.  Tune in as Bob talks about his discovery of the band, the writing of the biography, the upcoming "Pleased To Meet Me" deluxe box set and lots more!

An extended preview of yet another Replacements box set, the new record from Detroit post-punk powerhouse Protomartyr & some hypnotic new grooves from Ethio-jazz godfather Mulatu Astatke & Australian Ethio-jazz/hip-hop/funk octet Black Jesus Experience. All this & much, much less!

Professor Bill Sullivan of Indiana University School of Medicine joins on episode 228 of the show, and we discuss his book Pleased To Meet Me: Genes, Germs, And The Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are, along with related topics. He is a Professor with a Ph.D. in Molecular & Cell Biology from the … Continue reading "228: Bill Sullivan | Genes, Germs, And Curious Forces Within Humans In “Pleased To Meet Me”" The post 228: Bill Sullivan | Genes, Germs, And Curious Forces Within Humans In “Pleased To Meet Me” appeared first on The Armen Show.

Empty Glass Essay 5/25/2019 One thing I bought hook, line, and sinker through the nonstop diet of rock and roll literature I ingested through my formative years was the myth that getting fucked up helped the young artist become great. I remember John Lennon saying, in LENNON REMEMBERS, that substances had no effect on his artistic output with a quip along the lines of "I would have written 'I Am the Walrus' if I was on acid or under water." Of course that isn't the Lennon "Walrus" quote that stuck with me. He also said that he wrote "I Am the Walrus" by eating acid one weekend and writing a verse or line, then eating acid the next weekend and writing another verse or line, rinse and repeat until you make it to "goo-goo-ga-joob." I bring this up because I truly believed that chemical dependency was a prerequisite for rock and roll. I was a little stoner kid but, really, BEER! Nothing special about it. We were the type of kids who would play "hey mister" outside of the liquor store and go into the woods and get drunk and tell stories. This happened all the way through my teenage years. I gew up in Baltimore. While Minor Threat and Bad Brains were playing the 9:30 Club me and my guys were in the woods slamming warm Schaffer, smoking pot riddled with seeds and stems in corncobs we would purchase at the Royal Farm on Edmondson Avenue right inside the beltway, daring each other to piss on tombstones, playing drinking games that always had to do with rock and roll trivia, mainly the Beatles. The first song I wrote that I had the guts to play and sing was called "I Hope It's You and Me" and it was intended as my version of "If Only You Were Lonely", the B-side to "I Will Dare" by the Replacements. The hook was the line "I might drink myself to an early grave" so when anyone wanted to hear it they would yell "DRINK MYSELF TO AN EARLY GRAVE!" which is a great prank in and of itself. I continued to write drinking songs for THE REST OF MY FUCKING LIFE! Whenever we do a slow number in C-major even now Brian refers to it as "a drunken swagger." My friends, "Empty Glass"is a song in that grand tradition. It has that garagey mid-atlantic thing going on. Pork says it "sounds like a New Jersey bar band." The mid-atlantic is a strange place. The suburbs are much more urban than to the west, where designers and planners wisely ditched crap that sucks. It's on old and aching suburbia. It's a pre strip mall suburbia. It has main streets, sidewalks, and little stores. It has pizza shops. This ain't the city, but it also isn't the suburbs as they are presently constituated. The houses are close together, the streets are narrow, the corners have what used to be barber shops or liquor stores. One block towards the city and you got the row homes made famous on Baltimore's keynote addition to American pop culter - THE WIRE, and one block the other way and you got mansions. Not MCmansions but real old time structures that slave owners once called home. In the working class sections of these little hamlets a couple blocks off of a road that at one time was a railroad track, you got yourself garages and basements - the petri dish for 70's and 80's little pothead rock and rollers.   These houses were big enough that, when the kids grew up, there was a small space that parents ceded to their offspring. This is what Lee Gardner referred to as, in his review of Circle 9's IF IT WAS UP YOUR ASS YOU'D KNOW IT, "rec-room genius." Another writer for an underground metal mag called Circle 9 "stoner friendly rock guys who have probably played their fair share of keggers." I don't know what's wrapped me up in this sepia toned nostalgic reverie. This is the milieau in which 1993 takes place, when these punk ass little fuckfaces have turned into young adults and the cushion of fuck up is gone. This is when people start to get lost to drugs and prison. That's the backdrop. Cocaine and PCP, two of the shittier drugs. But "Empty Glass" itself was my attemp at writing something that would fit in on, if not PLEASED TO MEET ME, then HOOTENANNY. It's got the Stonesy Chuck Berry chugga chuggas and the suspended majors that Paul Westerberg uses so expertly. I even took words directly from Paul Westerberg interviews and made them lyrics. He was and remains the master of devestating couplets, either as insults or come ons or "generational longing" type stuff. Nowadays the lyrics in "Empty Glass" to me have the cadence of a sitcom. Set up - punchline. Exposition, set up - punchline - et cetera.  Thinking hard about this song it feels like a nice addition to the canon of boozy little pop songs written by guys and girls who aren't quite urban or suburban but somewhere in between. It's like ole Porky said when the song was coming together in the shed (the more things change!)and previously mentined in this essay. New Jersey Bar Band Rock.

We talk a lot about musical progression on Love That Album podcast. If you knew nothing about The Replacements background, and heard “Dope Smoking Moron” followed by Skyway (or even Can’t Hardly Wait), you’d be hard pressed to determine how they walked the line between one point and the other.   For LTA episode 114, I'm joined once again by the wonderful music and film writer Heather Drain, and by the CEO of Cigar City Management, Randy Ojeda to discuss the ‘Mats fifth studio record Pleased To Meet Me. This was an important record. It was the first official album with Bob Stinson pushed from the band (it’s alleged he was rarely around for the “Tim” recordings). It was recorded with revered Memphis producer Jim Dickinson and featured a song with their hero Alex Chilton playing guitar (as well as another about him....as all LTA listeners are aware). This should have been a monster release for the band, but it only seems to be regarded as a well-received cult album.   We discuss their respective discoveries of The Mats, their favourite albums, how Paul Westerberg changed as a songwriter, the myth of their musicianship being shoddy, Iggy Pop, the music industry and love as song topic influences, and anything else that they can think of in relation to the band and this album.   Eric Reanimator discusses the band Zuzu's Petals whose album “When No One's Looking” appeared on The Replacements' original label Twin Tone.   Huge thanks to both Heather and Randy for their enthusiastic involvement and insight. Contributors like them make doing the show a joy.   You can download the show from iTunes (search for “Love That Album podcast”) or from the website at http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com   You can read Heather’s writings about music and film at http://mondoheather.com. You can also find her works at Diabolique Magazine on line: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/author/heatherdrain/ You can also find out details about her forthcoming encyclopedia on Bizarro Films from https://bizarrocentral.com/2017/07/18/the-bizarro-encyclopedia-of-film-vol-1-pre-sale-event/   You can either find out about the wonderful artists Randy manages at Cigar City Mgmt, or get details about his wonderful musician interview podcast Cigar City Radio from http://www.cigarcitymanagement.com/   You can send me feedback at rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au (written or mp3 voicemail) or join the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum.   If you’d consider writing an iTunes review or recommending the show to a friend, we’d be immensely grateful.   If you enjoy what you hear, please tell a friend or ten to tune in.  

June 2017 Anniversaries Part 2: Alan Parsons Project, Bob Marley, KISS, Roxy Music, Raven, King Crimson, ABC, Joe Jackson, Whitney Houston, The Replacements, Sonic Youth

I'm tickled pink to have my good friend Tommy McNamara on today's show. He's one of those folks who you can tell really loves music by hearing him talk about it. His very presence is straight up angelic. I love Tommy and I think you will too. Mr. Mac frequently does his "Unplugged" show in New York and I highly encourage you to go check him out. We listen to Dusty In Memphis and Pleased To Meet Me. It's good. You know what's not good? Cheap coffee. As I'm writing this, I'm drinking the worst coffee of my life, and it's seriously bumming me out. Tastes like dirt. One of my coworkers bought the cheap stuff even though it was on the company dime. Why would you do that, Adam? Seriously, what were you possibly thinking dude? Some people!   Jam Sandwiches can also be found at: manontop69.com || Twitter: @jamsandwichpod || Instagram: @jamsandwichpodcast