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English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

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Kevin Kietzman Has Issues
Noem Gets Nasty, Senator's Citizenship Plan, Elton John Challenges Trump, KC Weather Guy Stirs it Up, Andy Reid Bizarre Quote, Tang in Trouble, Legends to Broadcast Hoops

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 52:42


   Kristi Noem posted some serious truths and tough words on Monday that take a stance on illegal aliens like no other.  It's beautiful and this is her best way to communicate.   At the same time, a senator from Ohio has a perfect plan for American citizenship that should be passed as law ASAP.    A Trump fan has a great idea for him to end all this gender ideology nonsense.  Elton John says Trump could be on of the GOATS of the White House if he does one thing.  A listener sends an email in that is just wonderful.   In sports, Andy Reid gives up one of the most bizarre quotes ever while former KC quarterback Alex Smith drops truth bombs about this year's team.    KSU basketball coach Jerome Tang already seems to be a dead man walking in Manhattan losing his third straight with millions of dollars worth of players.   Social media influencers were all over KC Monday for the start of sports wagering in Missouri, golfer Justin Thomas is still whining about the Ryder Cup and two legendary broadcasters that have never called a basketball game together are about to.

The Steve Gruber Show
Steve Gruber | Elton John Says Trump will be GOAT if he Cures AIDS

The Steve Gruber Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 2:50


Steve Gruber discusses News and headlines 

A Thousand Tiny Steps
Would You Rather...

A Thousand Tiny Steps

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 31:50


This week, I'm throwing away toxic gratitude and playing Would You Rather because we all need some fun in our lives. I contemplate knowing when vs knowing how I would die, someone seeing all of my photos or all of my texts, and so many other ponderings.    Key Takeaways:    [0:28] Throwing away toxic gratitude and playing would you rather  [3:17] See a little into the future or a lot?  [3:53] The ability to read minds or move things?  [4:25] Sing or dance to every song you hear?  [4:45] Jail or coma for 5 years?  [5:15] Chronically under or overdressed?  [5:35] Lose my sight or my memories? [5:55] Universal respect or unlimited power? [6:29] No internet or no air conditioning? [7:09] Never be able to go out in the day or night? [7:30] Personal maid or chef? [7:46] Lead star in a movie that bombs or extra in an Oscar winning one? [8:34] Only text in emoji or not text at all? [8:47] Same socks or same underwear for a week? [9:04] Sing off with Ariana Grande or Rihanna?  [9:25] Alone in a forest or a real haunted house? [9:52] Child every year for 20 years or no kids at all?  [10:24] Gassy on a first date or your wedding night?  [10:46] Hunt for your own meat or never eat meat again? [11:05] People spread lies about you or terrible truths?  [11:58] Best at something no one respects or average at something they do? [12:42] Travel the world for free for a year or have $50,000? [13:27] Mullet for a year or bald for 6 months? [13:51] Go back to the past to see dead people or the future to meet grandkids?  [14:05] Stay physically how you are forever or financially?  [14:32] No phone for a month or no bathing for a month?  [14:52] Change the outcome of the last election or decide the next election? [15:27] Lose the ability to read or lose the ability to speak? [15:58] Beautiful and stupid or unattractive and smart? [16:25] Always stuck in traffic but find the perfect parking spot or the opposite?  [16:57] Go on tour with Elton John or Cher? [17:20] Win the lottery and spend it in a day or triple your current salary forever? [17:52] Hear a comforting lie or an uncomfortable truth? [18:03] Someone sees all your photos or all your texts? [18:21] 4th of July with Taylor Swift or Christmas Eve with Mariah Carey? [19:13] Peaceful life in a small cabin or drama filled in a mansion? [19:35] Be invisible or fly? [19:50] Be the leader on Earth or start another colony on another planet? [20:11] Back to kindergarten with all my knowledge or know everything now? [22:04] Read minds or predict the future? [22:13] Be an unknown superhero or famous villain? [22:48] Have a third eye or a third ear? [23:13] Wake up naked in a forest 5 miles from home or in your underwear at work? [23:52] Be reincarnated as a fly or just stop existing when dead? [24:11] Close any open door or be unable to open any closed door? [24:32] Work alongside Dwight or Homer?  [24:55] Punished for a crime you didn't commit or credit stolen for a major accomplishment of yours? [25:20] Celine or Eminem perform the soundtrack to your life? [25:38] Bathe in dish water or wash dishes in bath water?  [25:50] Have your own theme park or zoo? [26:05] Know when or how you're going to die?  [26:21] Home with no electricity or home with no running water? [26:43] Tea with Queen Elizabeth or beer with Prince Harry? [27:08] Live the same day over for a year or take 3 years off your life? [27:39] Finding balance, gratitude, and what would you rather?     Connect with Barb:   Website   Facebook    Instagram   Be a guest on the podcast    YouTube   The Molly B Foundation  

I've Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario
Alexandra Breckenridge of Virgin River

I've Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 25:29 Transcription Available


This week, Tommy is joined by actress Alexandra Breckenridge, known for her beloved role as Mel on the hit series Virgin River and Sophie from This Is Us. Now, she’s stepping into a surprising new character in her holiday film My Secret Santa. Alexandra opens up about what drew her to the unexpected challenge of playing Santa, the brutally cold shoot at a Canadian ski resort, and the joy of bringing festive magic to the screen. She also talks about the deep emotional parallels between her own life and Mel’s journey, the personal experiences that shaped her performance, and the ongoing challenge of keeping a long-running character fresh and grounded. Plus, Alexandra shares the holiday movies she can’t stop rewatching, the behind-the-scenes friendship that keeps Virgin River fun, and a childhood story she’s never told before involving bullying, dyslexia, and choreographing dance routines to Prince and Elton John. My Secret Santa premieres December 3rd on Netflix. Subscribe, rate, and leave a written review if you enjoy this conversation! Tune in every week for new episodes of I’ve Never Said This Before.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JOY Breakfast with The Murphys
Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 15 – with Mia and Mietta: ft. James Welsby and Jarred Dewey (from the YUMMY theatre group)

JOY Breakfast with The Murphys

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 34:50


Join JOY Breakfast duo Mia and Mietta for the last time as they look back on the week that was! From topical controversies and news to the television you need to be watching, the JOY Breakfast girls are serving hot takes and the hottest new music to start your Tuesday right. The girls are delighted to welcome James Welsby and Jarred Dewey from drag, circus & burlesque theatre group, YUMMY, to discuss their show ‘DECADENCE: 10 Years Of YUMMY'. Topics: Robert Irwin making Australia proud on Dancing with the Stars US, Mietta explains the 2025 Brownlow to Mia, Lola Young's new album (Elton John is giving her the keys to his house?), Kanye West's documentary and screaming tantrums, Mia is not happy with The Addams Family spinoff ‘Wednesday' in fact she's upset, Meryl Streep and Martin Short dating or showmance?, Sabrina Carpenter set to star in the new Muppet Show special, if you did please pretend you didn't see me make a fool of myself, a child's ability to humble you with their brutally accurate drawings, Trixie and Katya exposing their Drag Race season, YouTube; the new home for standup specials? (Gianmarco Soresi), and hospo workers have it hard enough..take it from two in their retirement, HOT TO WATCH!: The Office spinoff ‘The Paper' is actually really good (give Sabrina Impacciatore her Emmy now) and Seth Rogen's ‘The Studio' deserved the awards. Follow on Instagram: @joybreakfast @joy949 Mietta Hyland-Johns: @miettahj_ , Mia Bizzotto: @b1zzotti Need more JOY Breakfast? Tune in to Tuesday Brekky with Mietta, Jason & Dr Cat. 7-9am on JOY 94.9 The post Tuesday Breakfast – Episode 15 – with Mia and Mietta: ft. James Welsby and Jarred Dewey (from the YUMMY theatre group) appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

Rock a Domicilio
Las 50 Bandas de la historia del Rock-Guns n'Roses-Motley Crue-Jack White.

Rock a Domicilio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 52:26


En este nuevo episodio analizamos la lista de Billboard recien publicada de las 50 bandas Rock de la historia. Además noticias de Toto, Peter Criss,Elton John,Oasis.

Vietnam Veteran News with Mack Payne
Episode 3154 –  Elton John Song Honored a Vietnam Vet

Vietnam Veteran News with Mack Payne

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 10:44


Daniel    Episode 3154 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about how Elton John honored a Vietnam Veteran with his song. The featured story is titled: Who did Elton John write ‘Daniel' about?. It appeared in … Continue reading →

Neil & Debbie (aka NDEBZ)
‘ Beacon of Butch ‘ 374/490 291125 (Just the chat)

Neil & Debbie (aka NDEBZ)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 53:00


On this weeks, World Aids Day show we hear news from Sir Elton and The Mighty Hoopla. Sir Ian McKellen talks vicious and Australian Lisa files her weekly report. The show complete with music is available at mixcould.com/thisisndebz Also search for us on Apple & Spotify Podcasts Catch up with the latest via @ThisisNDebz on Instagram & X (Twitter). If you'd like to get in touch with the show you can email us via thisisNDebz@gmail.com.

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Saturday, November 29, 2025 - YAISC (Yet Another Impossible Saturday Crossword

Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 13:35


Did an early version of Elton John's Saturday Night include the lyric "Saturday night's alright for fighting crosswords"? We don't know for certain, but we do know that today's crossword was an epic battle -- at least for Mike. Jean, as usual, found this to be a more of a minor skirmish. As we have come to expect from Adrian Johnson, author of today's puzzle, the clues had a lot of spice and bite. For example, 27D, High-level intelligence assets?, SPYPLANES (nice!); 25D, What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine, CAKE (we'll take two, please

SWR3 Die größten Hits und ihre Geschichte | SWR3
Merry Christmas – Ed Sheeran & Elton John

SWR3 Die größten Hits und ihre Geschichte | SWR3

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 9:48


Auch wenn es viele Jahr für Jahr versuchen – kaum jemand landet noch einen neuen großen Christmas-Hit. Wenn das jemand schafft, dann sind es die beiden britischen Superstars Ed Sheeran und Elton John.

The Mnemonic Tree Podcast
Elton John - Top 6 Songs Memory Mnemonic

The Mnemonic Tree Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 16:59


Dave & Dave Unchained Van Halen podcast
MATT BISSONETTE REFLECTS ON HIS YEARS WITH DAVID LEE ROTH

Dave & Dave Unchained Van Halen podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 212:12


EPISODE #119 - From 1988 to 1991, Matt Bissonette played bass in David Lee Roth's solo band. His tenure included the Skyscraper World Tour as well as the recording of the “A Little Ain't Enough” album. In this interview, Bissonette discusses his experience in full detail as well as playing with Joe Satriani, Elton John, ELO. his brother Gregg Bissonette and making his new jazz album, “Common Road.” The Daves also serve up a stacked VH News segment that includes a review of Mammoth's new album, “The End.” Plus, a new mailbag segment completes this November episode. Download the podcast for free on Spreaker, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Google podcasts, Amazon Music, Podvine or iTunes. Connect with the Daves on Twitter: @ddunchained, Facebook: Dave & Dave Unchained – A Van Halen podcast, Instagram: ddunchainedpodcast or via email: ddunchainedpodcast@gmail.com

Rock N Roll Pantheon
Episode 29: Whatever Gets You to the Light

Rock N Roll Pantheon

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 87:39


Synopsis  Rock N Roll Archaeology excavates the divergent paths of Elton John and John Lennon in the first half of the 1970s, a period where one man sprinted toward the brightest spotlight on Earth while the other desperately sought an escape. From Elton's star-making coronation at the Troubadour to Lennon's chaotic "Lost Weekend" in Los Angeles, their journeys collide in a New York studio with a high-stakes wager over the song "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night."  This is a story of two friends, two paths, and the unforeseen consequences of getting exactly what you wish for, set against the backdrop of the post-Beatles power vacuum and the dizzying heights of 70s superstardom. Producer and Host: Christian Swain  Head Writer: Richard Evans  Sound Designer: Jerry Danielsen  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Le flash éco de Capital
Abba, Queen, Whitney… quand les concerts hommages font salle comble. Nos révélations en 240 Secondes

Le flash éco de Capital

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 3:37


Abba, Queen, Elton John, Whitney Houston… Oubliez les sosies kitsch, les tribute shows enflamment désormais les salles des Zénith et autres arènes pleines à craquer. Capital vous révèle les dessous d'un business aussi spectaculaire que lucratif. Hébergé par Audion. Visitez https://www.audion.fm/fr/privacy-policy pour plus d'informations.

The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano
Hour 1: Woke in the Macy's Parade | 11-28-25

The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 48:48


TJ McCormack shares relatable and absurd holiday anecdotes, detailing his intense, salmonella-fueled turkey prep paranoia—including not rinsing chicken and contemplating safety goggles—while likening his butter rub-down technique to a 1950s masculine masseur. Callers contribute to the conversation, discussing everything from old Elton John concerts at Madison Square Garden to grappling with loss on the holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music History Today
John Lennon Performs In Concert For The Last Time: Music History Today Podcast November 28

Music History Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 7:46


On the November 28 edition of the Music History Today podcast, the Grand Ole Opry radio show premieres, John Lennon plays with Elton John, & Prince & Britney Spears premieres. Also, happy birthday to Berry Gordy, Jr.  For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from  ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday 

Chronicles of Rock
The Album That Took Queen from Rags to Riches

Chronicles of Rock

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 7:14


In 1975, the members of Queen were broke and in debt, despite three critically-acclaimed albums. But thanks to the backing of Elton John's manager, they set about recording an epic album -- one of the most expensive albums ever recorded. And suddenly, mamma mia, they were the toast of the rock world. Randy Renaud has the story behind the making of A Night at the Opera for the 50th anniversary of its release (November 21, 1975) on the Chronicles of Rock.

Rock And Roll Confessional
Derek Smalls, former lead bass player formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap, talks break up & new solo music

Rock And Roll Confessional

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 48:36


We've got the scoop! First to record it, first to announce it. It's an incredible interview with Derek Smalls, former lead bass player formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap. We have the official announcement! Spinal Tap, which had been together for over 40 years, officially has broken up. Derek is pursuing a solo career with the release of the first of 12 new songs - the first is: R.V.M. (Rear View Mirror). We also get an update on what has happened since the release of "Spinal Tap 2 - The End Continues", including the relationship between Derek and Elton John, the Glue Museum and how the band originally tranistioned from Pop to Heavy Metal. Plus we get to hear about the Saucy Jack musical, the soon to be released live performance at Stonehenge and why Derek, Nigel and David are no longer a band.  Side note: Derek mentions a few musicians that have been previous guests on our podcast, including: Mark Bonilla, Kipp Lennon and a few more. Find those recordings in our archives. For more information and for show notes, visit our website: www.rockandrollconfessional.rocks Derek's site: www.dereksmalls.com    

No pé do ouvido
Generais e Bolsonaro começam a cumprir pena por tentarem golpe

No pé do ouvido

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 22:39


Primeira Turma do STF declara encerrado processo da trama golpista — numa decisão inédita na História do Brasil. Alcolumbre marca sabatina de Messias para o dia 10. Estudante investigado por vazamento do Enem antecipou em março outras duas questões da prova. Rock in Rio anuncia noite histórica com Elton John e Gilberto Gil na edição 2026 do festival. De olho na Black Friday, OpenAI apresenta ferramenta de compras do Chat GPT. Essas e outras notícias, você escuta No Pé do Ouvido, com Yasmim Restum.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Daily Dish
Entertainment News Nuggets - 11-26-2025

The Daily Dish

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 1:45


"Stranger Things" Season 5 Streaming, Robert Irwin Wins "Dancing With The Stars", National Dog Show Tomorrow, Elton John’s Vision, Bieber's "Peaches" Cadillac For Sale…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#LeDriveRTL2
Le journal de la musique (26/11/25)

#LeDriveRTL2

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 2:46


- Julien Doré lance une tournée nord-américaine - Queen envisage un concert en hologrammes - Elton John annoncé au Rock in Rio 2026Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Sisters In Song
Season 3 Episode 157 Interview with Jake Cassman

Sisters In Song

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 42:20


 It was a great time talking with Jake about his transition from Political Science to music, how he puts a song together, and he had a really good take on when a song is truly finished.   He also told us about how doing improv comedy lends itselfto songwriting, and of course, his new album “Idling High” available everywhere!     Jake Cassman's music echoes the raw energy of indie rock, the artful melodicism of power pop, and the thoughtful and vulnerable songwriting of the best Americana. And since he began releasing music in 2013, Cassman has embarked on a musical odyssey that has taken him to intimate venues and major stages around the country, drawing in audiences with electric,eclectic performances, and songs that make the intimate seem epic and the political feel personal. This year will see the release of his debut LP, Idling High -- a staggeringly ambitious and disarmingly honest record that showcases Cassman's wry humor, acute observations, and deep compassion.    Jake began playing piano at age five, and started writing music soon after. He loved Elton John from an early age -- but when his teacher couldn't show him how to play Green Day songs, he began teaching himself; and when he realized he wanted music to be his career, he left an Ivy League school to pursue it. Since then he has worked as a dueling piano player, musicaltheater composer, improv and sketch comedian, and podcast producer (just to name a few gigs). He is also a published academic and a school music educator, while still finding time to play pickup basketball most weekends and try new beers based on the silliness of their names.    Cassman has contributed performances and songs to various political and social justice causes, and his inventive, award-winning music videos bring the stories and ideas from his songs to life in unforgettable ways. His previous project, Drunken Logic, contributed the song and video"What A Beautiful Morning!" to the 2016 anti-Trump compilation 30 Days, 30 Songs alongside R.E.M., Death Cab For Cutie, and more. Now using his own name, Cassman is poised to join acts like Counting Crows, Frank Turner, Sam Fender, and Lucy Dacus whose music is at once introspective and anthemic, and whose singing and writing voice is both timely and timeless.    Be sure to check Jake out here:  Website: Jakecassman.com  IG: Jakecassmanmusic  Youtube: jakecassmanmusic   

Music History Today
John Lennon Pays Off A Bet To Elton John: Music History In Depth Podcast November 27 - December 3

Music History Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 33:45


On this week's show, Adele is influenced by an ex-boyfriend and a bus driver, a spitting incident inspires a record breaking album, John Lennon pays off a bet, tragedy strikes before a concert gets started, & the biggest selling album of all time worldwide is released & one of the biggest videos of all time premieres.For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts fromALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday

Rock a Domicilio
Flashback: El hombre que escribió todas las letras de Elton John.

Rock a Domicilio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 1:43 Transcription Available


What You Do
EP68 “Jail Is Better Than The Mall”

What You Do

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 91:32


Astronauts will soon be eating food made from their own urine, and I'm not kidding. Bob Ross original paintings have sold for big money, and good news if you're bald, someone thinks they've figured it out. Have you tried the Scandinavian sleep method? Me either, but it seems to make sense. Why are there kangaroos in the road, and how did they get there. Have you ever cried at work? You may be surprised how many have. You ever been pissed off at the supermarket? Hopefully you didn't do what this person did. Elton John threw another bitch fit in front of everybody back stage at a show, and is a forehead kiss the sign of a breakup? A woman was driving 107 mph because she had to get to the pizza place before they closed. It's hard to believe what a guy will do to get out of going to the mall with his wife, but I support him. Plus, I give you tips on how to survive Thanksgiving. Join us and gobble it up.

Reelin' In The Years
Nov. 21, 2025

Reelin' In The Years

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 116:29


On this episode of Reelin' In The Years, the Featured Five Theme is songs that have fallen victim to an urban legend... Also, a Top 40 Hit from '68 by Status Quo that was written while sitting on the toilet!... How the band MC5 retaliated when a local dept. store refused to stock their record... Music from an artist whose career was tragically cut short due to a battle with cancer... A song by The Who about FM radio stations wanting similar sounding hit songs... Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé - what does that mean?... New music from The Autumn Defense, The Who, and Sam Fender featuring Elton John... Deep cuts from Roger Hodgson, Leslie West, Jeff Lynne, and more! For more info on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

The Latecomers
The Lion King (1994)

The Latecomers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 62:44


Show Notes What if Hamlet, but lions. We watched the 1994 classic The Lion King and enjoyed the emotions inherently available in animated faces that simply cannot be duplicated in “live action.” Elton John thought the movie was ruined because his beautiful song was sung by a meerkat, but joke's on him, it was a genius move.  Sometimes you gotta have a creepy little guy sing to the main characters to get them to fall in love.  Lemuel's top Godzilla Recommendations: The original Gojira from 1954 available on HBO Max and Godzilla Minus One available on Netflix - and to get an even better viewing, watch Godzilla Minus One Minus Color.  Next up: Pocahontas (1995) Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Our Facebook group is here for those who consent: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1754020081574479/ **

RNZ: At The Movies
Review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

RNZ: At The Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 5:48


Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is the long-awaited – 40 years in fact – sequel to the cult mockumentary This is Spinal Tap. Now everyone's favourite fake metal band reforms for a final stadium concert. Starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, with guest stars Paul McCartney, Elton John and many more. This one goes up to eleven!Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Getting Rich Together
Building Community as the Foundation for Wealth with Laura Nix Gerson, CEO & Co-Founder of NixGerson Media and Host of VentureF Podcast

Getting Rich Together

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 44:51


Join me for an inspiring conversation with Laura Nix Gerson, CEO and co-founder of NixGerson Media and host of the VentureF podcast, where she champions women investing in women. Laura's journey from military kid moving across the globe every three years to becoming a pioneer in building communities for women investors is a masterclass in turning connection into catalyst.   In this rich conversation, Laura shares her formative years growing up in a military family, living everywhere from Korea to Iran to Germany, and how those constant moves taught her the art of building relationships and creating anchor points in times of change. She reveals the profound impact of her father's Sunday afternoon budget meetings—complete with handmade grids before spreadsheets existed—showing her the importance of allocating dollars across buckets including charity and savings.   Laura takes us through her fascinating career evolution: from launching her first nonprofit arts festival in college, to running prestigious art galleries (where she witnessed Elton John casually point at ten pieces of art without asking prices), to becoming one of LA's first "mommy bloggers," to ultimately founding VentureF. Along the way, she discovered a critical gap: brilliant women founders solving real problems but unable to access capital from predominantly male investors who couldn't understand why European baby formula or perinatal nutrition mattered.   Most powerfully, Laura discusses why she created VentureF as an aggregation point for women seeking to invest in other women—offering guides, glossaries, and curated communities to help accredited investors (many who don't even realize they qualify) deploy capital aligned with their values. With 66% of wealth transferring to women in the next decade, Laura is ensuring we're prepared to invest it wisely and meaningfully.   This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in building wealth through community, understanding alternative investments, or learning how to leverage relationships as your greatest asset. Key Topics: How constant change can become your superpower for building meaningful relationships The power of budget allocation: why dividing your money into buckets (including charity) sets you up for success Why building community and connection has been the through-line of every successful career pivot The hidden barrier to female founders: solving real problems that male investors don't understand or value What the great wealth transfer means for you: how to prepare for when 66% of wealth is in women's hands Where to start as an investor: finding resources, education, and deal flow without feeling overwhelmed How to have productive money conversations with your partner and raise financially literate kids The shift from investing for returns to investing with values: using your capital to create change   Connect with Laura online: Website: https://lauranixgerson.com/ https://www.nixgersonmedia.com/ Podcast: https://www.venturef.com/ VentureF Podcast (available on all platforms) The Foundry: Apply at venturef.co to join this invitation-only community for women investors   Find more from Syama Bunten: Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod Website: wealthcatalyst.com Podcast: wealthcatalyst.com/getting-rich-together-podcast Download Syama's Free Resources: wealthcatalyst.com/resources Wealth Catalyst Summit: wealthcatalyst.com/summits Speaking: syamabunten.com Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com  

The Struts Life
Ep. 77: Adam Slack on the Rock Hall of Fame, The Struts' Album 5, and the Future of Rock

The Struts Life

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 33:45


Welcome back to The Struts Life! It feels like it's been ages, but I finally got the chance to sit down and catch up with the one and only Adam Slack after a truly wild couple of months. What's it really like to be in the room for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, just feet away from legends like Elton John and Stevie Wonder? Adam spills all the behind-the-scenes details, including which powerful tribute performance moved him to tears. Plus, we get a much-anticipated and exclusive update on the writing process for Album 5—you'll want to hear why he feels this is the most inspired and creative the band has ever been. As the musical landscape shifts back towards guitar rock, are the stars finally aligning for The Struts? We dive deep into that and get the scoop on the upcoming special shows, from an intimate night at the Grammy Museum to the legendary annual Christmas bash at the Harry Dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Painful Lessons
Ashley Hamilton: Surviving Addiction, Hollywood Trauma & Cancer | Punk Rock Sober

Painful Lessons

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 102:00


Actor, musician, and producer Ashley Hamilton (son of George Hamilton, former stepson of Rod Stewart) sits down for a raw, unfiltered conversation on Painful Lessons – Punk Rock Sober. This episode dives into Ashley's insane addiction history, 32 rehabs, overdoses, gangrene, staph infections, shootouts, Hollywood chaos, and his ongoing fight with a rare mucosal HPV-related cancer.Ashley's storytelling is unreal—dark, hilarious, emotional, and brutally honest. He opens up about:Surviving extreme heroin addiction and sharing needlesLife-threatening infections, coma, flatlines, and hospital insanityGrowing up around global superstars (Rod Stewart, Elton John, George Hamilton)Trauma, early sexual experiences, Hollywood pressuresHis relapse after cancer treatmentHis spiritual awakening and relationship with GodAA, service, surrender, mortality, and the “punk rock sober” mindsetIf you're in recovery, know someone struggling, or just appreciate real human stories without filters—this might be the most powerful episode of the entire Punk Rock Sober series.New episodes every week.Subscribe for more raw conversations about healing, addiction, life, death, and redemption.

Lipps Service with Scott Lipps

On this episode of Lipps Service, Scott sits down with the one and only Orville Peck, the masked cowboy who's redefined modern country music. The two talk about Orville's incredible journey, from his early days and musical influences to how the mask came to be and carving out his own lane in country music. Orville opens up about the business side of music, the making of his debut album Pony, and navigating his career. They also get into sobriety, fame, and reading social media comments, plus his collaborations with legends like Willie Nelson, Elton John, Noah Cyrus, and Lady Gaga. They chat about his new EP, Appaloosa, his love for Broadway, his performance in Cabaret, his own festival, and even a little about his appearance in the upcoming live-action film Street Fighter. The episode closes with Orville listing his top 5 Broadway shows of all time. Tune into an amazing chat with the coolest cat in country – Orville Peck! For more incredible rock 'n' roll interviews, hit the subscribe button! Also check out Lipps Service with Scott Lipps podcasts on Spotify, Apple, or your favorite podcast player. #orvillepeck #producing #podcast #music #top5 #interview #rocknroll CREDITS (Instagram handles) Host @scottlipps Production Coordinator and Booking Manager @whitakermarisa Edited by @toastycakes Music by @robbyhoff Intern @kaylah._b Recorded at Fringe Podcasts NYC 00:00 - Start 00:30 - Catching up 02:03 - Upbringing and being friends with legendary artists 05:00 - Musical influences 06:00 - David Bowie 09:00 - Defying the boundaries of country 11:25 - How the mask came about 15:00 - The finances of music 18:00 - Pony 20:00 - Subpop 20:35 - Fake it to you make it 22:01 - “Dead of Night” 23:35 - Journals and manifesting 24:25 - Cabaret 26:25 - “Drive Me Crazy” 27:52 - Sobriety, fame, and reading the comments 29:50 - The country co-sign & Willie Nelson 33:00 - Elton John 35:20 - Noah Cyrus 36:15 - Lady Gaga 37:49 - Appaloosa new EP 40:22 - Street Fighter 41:12 - His festival, “Rodeo” 42:37 - Top 5 most iconic singers 44:30 - Top 5 Broadway shows --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember painful online rehearsal? Lutefish fixed it. Backed by Wenger and built for serious musicians, the Lutefish Stream delivers real-time online collaboration with crystal-clear 48K audio and low latency. Just plug into your router and play like you're in the same room. The Lutefish Stream https://lutefish.com/products/lutefish cuts down audio delay for remote music sessions by directly connecting audio sources, networks, and outputs, making sound travel incredibly fast, up to 30ms or less—like you're just 30 feet apart on a big stage or rehearsing in your garage! No more sitting in traffic on your way to practice. Rehearse more, meet new musicians in our free online community and create music together... all remotely. Real feel. Real time. Real music.

Welcome To The AA
WTTAA #365 - JELLE DENTURCK (DRESSED LIKE BOYS)

Welcome To The AA

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 131:42


Onze gast van vandaag heeft misschien wel één van de beste Belgische albums van het jaar gemaakt. Met zijn Dressed Like Boys plaat zit zanger/muzikant Jelle Denturck muzikaal ergens tussen Elton John en David Bowie maar ook tekstueel is er een hoop coole diepgang te bespeuren. Het is een gesprek geworden dat verder gaat dan enkel muziek, want als filosofie student, heeft Jelle ook een heel boeiende kijk op het leven. Aanrader ook voor niet muziekfans :-) Deze aflevering werd gesponsord door Nord VPN. Profiteer nu van de exclusieve NordVPN-deal op → https://nordvpn.com/welcomeaa Probeer zonder risico met de 30 dagen geld-terug-garantie! En ook de matras-vrienden van mattsleeps.com steunen deze episode, kies je black friday aanbieding. Gebruik de kortingscode WELCOME TO THE AA - AA voor een extra verrassing korting bovenop je Black Friday aankopen bij Matt Sleeps! De korting is geldig tot en met 30 november 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Numlock Podcast
Numlock Sunday: Chris Dalla Riva explores Uncharted Territory

The Numlock Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 27:46


By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Chris Dalla Riva, author of the new book Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. Chris is a fixture here at Numlock, we're big fans of his newsletter Can't Get Much Higher and have been eagerly waiting for this book, which tracks the history of music by coasting along the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The book can be found at Amazon and wherever books are sold, grab a copy!This interview has been condensed and edited. Chris Dalla Riva, it is great to have you back on. Especially great this week, because you are finally out with a book that I know you've been working on for a very long time, Uncharted Territory. Thanks for coming back on.Yeah, thrilled to be back, but also thrilled to have the book come out. The book publishing world is one of the only worlds left in the world that moves slow enough where you're waiting for so long for something to happen.You have guest-written for Numlock before; you have been a staple of the Sunday editions in the past. You are definitely familiar to the audience at this point because you are doing some of the best music data journalism out there. You've been working on this thing for, I feel like, as long as I've known you, and it is just great to have it come out finally, man.Yeah, actually, I met you because I was working on this project. I was trying to track down some data that you'd used at FiveThirtyEight, and you responded to my email with your phone number. You were like, “This is easier to explain over the phone.”Yeah, I remember I had scraped the radio for months at FiveThirtyEight just to see where it went, and you hit me up with that. I think that you focused some of your energies on the newsletter, and that's been so fun to follow, but this is truly what you've been working at. It is great to get you on finally to talk all about it.What would you describe this book as? How would you describe it, either to folks who might be familiar with your newsletter or unfamiliar with your newsletter, about what you're setting out to do with this particular project?The subtitle, I think, is helpful. It's What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. My typical pitch is that it's a data-driven history of popular music that I wrote as I spent years listening to every number one hit song in history. You get a balance of music history, data analysis, just random music chart shenanigans. I wrote it over such a very long period of time that you get a little bit of how my life was intersecting with this book over the years as I tried to get it published.I love the angle on the No.1s being a place to go with, because it gives you a pulse on what's popular at the time and not necessarily what's the most influential at the time. You can see there's a lot of stuff that hit number one at one point or another that have no musical legacy whatsoever, but nevertheless are still interesting. It's dipping your toe in the stream, right? You can see that a lot of things that we assume about how the music industry works weren't always the case.You wrote a little bit about the early transition from big bands to singers as the front-facing people in their operation. That was informed in no small part by what was performing on the charts, but also, I think, labor action, right?An under-discussed part of music history in the last 100 years is that when thinking of any band now or any musical artist, you almost certainly think of the front person being the singer. But if you go look back at big bands of the 1930s and 1940s, anyone whose name was attached to the band was often not a singer. Some that come to mind are Glenn Miller, the Glenn Miller band. Glenn Miller was a trombone player. Artie Shaw was a clarinet player. If none of these names are familiar to you, that's okay. But you can ask your grandparents.Why does this transition happen: suddenly, the lead singer is always getting top billing in a band? There are a bunch of things that contributed to this. One thing I talk about pretty extensively is just the advent of better microphones. If a voice cannot be heard over the roar of an orchestra or a big band, you need a choir of people to sing. It makes the singer less identifiable. As we get better amplification, better microphones, you can get a wider range of vocal styles. Those vocalists can now compete with the sound of a ton of instruments.At the same time, something you mentioned that I think is a fun bit of history is how music used to be much better organized. They had better labor organization, the same way that Hollywood has much better labor organization than music these days. There still exists a group called the American Federation of Musicians. For two years, they had a strike for a work stoppage, when no new music was being recorded. This was during World War II. You weren't allowed to strike during World War II.They were frowned upon very much, it seems, yes.Yes, even if you were a musician. People were like, “Come on, why are the musicians striking?” There's a lot of interesting history there. One of the weird loopholes was that singers could not join the American Federation of Musicians. Because of that, some labels would get around the strike by just recording acapella songs or songs with instruments that were not eligible to be membership because they weren't “serious” enough, like the harmonica. There were weird harmonica songs that were popular at this time. By the time the strike ended, by the time World War II ended, suddenly, singers had a much more prominent role because they were the only ones allowed to perform.There is tons of weird stuff about this strike. Like, labels backlogged tons of recordings because they knew the strike was coming. “White Christmas,” maybe the best-selling record of all time, was one of those backlogged recordings — recorded in July of 1942 and put out however many months later.That's fun. That's basically why Tom Cruise is in a union but Bad Bunny isn't?I guess so. Music and labor have a history that I'm not an expert on. For some reason, musicians have had a much more difficult time organizing. It seemed to be a little bit easier back when there were these big bands that needed to be rolled out to perform in movie theaters or local clubs. You needed a tuba player and a trombone player and a sax player. I guess it was easier for those musicians to organize. Whereas now, things are so scattered and productions can be super small, and you could record something in your bedroom. They never got that level of organization. I think it's actually hurt artists to some degree because they don't have the protections that the film industry does.Because you're able to just coast along at the top of the charts throughout basically the century, you're able to get lots of different interweaving stories of labor and also legal disputes/legal outcomes, as well as this technological evolution. What are some of the ways that technology has informed how the music that we listen to changes or evolves over time? Or even some of the litigation that we have seen over the course of the century of musical creation. It just seems like it's a really fun way to track some of these bigger trends that we don't even know are really trends.Yeah, totally. I think one of the key themes of the book is that musical evolution is often downstream from technological innovation, which has a nice little ring to it. But in general, there's this idea that creativity is being struck by the muse, and you create something. Whereas in reality, there are usually physical constraints or technological constraints that shape the art that we make. One of the most basic examples is the length of songs. From the '40s up till the early, mid-60s, the pop song sits around 2.5 to three minutes. The reason for this is that vinyl singles could literally not hold more sound without degrading, which is completely backwards from the idea that there was an artist who chose to write a 2.5-minute song.I was like, “Well, you had to work within the constraint.” Then technology gets better, singles start to get longer. During the disco era, they actually made bigger discs to put out these long dance mixes. The single sat around like 3.5 to 4.5 minutes for decades until about 10 years ago, when it started to shorten again. People typically point to music streaming for this reason, because artists are paid if a song is listened to for more than 30 seconds, so it's really just a volume game. If you have a 14 minute song that someone listens to one time, they get paid once. But if I listen to a two-minute song seven times (which is again, the same amount of time spent listening), I will be paid out seven times. There is this financial incentive to shorten songs.I don't think artists are sitting in the studio thinking about this constantly. But what I see, what I saw again and again, is that artists were rational beings to some degree and would work within the constraints that they were given. They would usually push against those constraints. That's where a lot of great art comes out of.Even new mediums are offering new opportunities. You wrote a little bit about MTV and how that really changed a lot of what was able to be successful at the time. You had new types of acts that were able to really start competing there, and other acts that just weren't. Do you wanna speak a little bit about like what video did?Yeah, video certainly changed the game. There were artists who had visual presences earlier. The Beatles had a very visual presence. I think part of their success is tied to the fact that television was becoming a thing, and mass media was really becoming a thing. However, we associate musicians with visuals so much these days. That really emerged in the 1980s, where you needed your visual concepts to be as strong, if not stronger than, your musical concepts. I think because of that, you start seeing some artists break through who I don't think are considered great musicians.I always sadly point to the song, “Hey Mickey” by Tony Basil. If it's your favorite song, sorry. I don't think it's a masterful musical creation, but it had this fun music video where she's dressed up as a cheerleader. A lot of that song's success was just the fact that MTV was willing to put that in heavy rotation because it was a fun video to watch. We live in the shadow of that era where visuals matter just as much as anything else.When you think about the most popular artists, outside of maybe a handful, you think of their visual concepts. You think of what Beyoncé looks like, what her videos are like, same with Taylor Swift, as much as you think about their music. That really reshaped our relationship with popular music. We expect to know what artists look like. It's odd to think about that; it really wasn't a thing decades before. You could be a fan of an artist and not really know what they look like. How would you know? Maybe you saw them in a magazine. Maybe you caught them on one television show. The idea that we have access to what everyone looks like is a pretty new phenomenon.That's fun. It's just so interesting to see how a simple change, whether it's today an algorithm or then a medium of distribution, can just have material impacts on the popularity of British synth music in America.Yeah, that's the perfect example. There's a great book called I Want My MTV, and it's an oral history of MTV. They talked to one of the founders. Early MTV would play, as you're saying, all these British new wave acts. Think A Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran or even someone like U2. They asked the founder, “Why were you playing so many British artists on early MTV?” He was like, “For some reason, British artists happened to make music videos. And there were about 200 music videos in existence. We had to fill 24 hours of programming.” A Flock of Seagulls was gonna get played a bunch of times just because they happened to make music videos.It is a weird thing. Why would anyone make a music video if there was nowhere to really play them? I don't know why specifically the British had more videos, but there were occasional times where television shows might show a video.They do love that over there, like Top of the Pops. I can see why.Music and television have always been connected. You even think Saturday Night Live still has musical acts. Back then, say your label didn't wanna send you out to Britain to go on Top of the Pops. Maybe they would send a video of you instead. There were videos that would float around on these variety shows, and some early videos were just concert footage. It was like, it was a chicken or the egg thing. Once some people had success on MTV, everyone started producing videos. MTV somehow pulled off the miracle of convincing labels that they needed to make videos and that they needed to front the cost for that. Then they had to give MTV the video for free. I don't know how MTV managed to do that.Well, all of Gen X can't be wrong. If you do wanna get it out there, you do have to get it out there. One really fun recurring thing in the book — which again, like I really enjoyed. I think it's a phenomenal work. I think it's a great history. I'm telling stories that I learned in your book to everybody. It is a really fun read in that regard, I wanna say.I do love how you occasionally clock a genre that really only exists briefly. There's one that always goes around for like the strangest things to hit number one, like the Ballad of the Green Berets. I think like there's a Star Wars disco track that I definitely have on vinyl at home about that. You wrote a lot about like teen tragedy songs. What are some of the fascinating like brief trends that only made a small splash and that all of us have forgotten ever existed, but nevertheless achieve some measure of immortality?Yeah, the teen tragedy song is a good one. That actually inspired the writing of this whole book because I got 50 No. 1s, and I was like, “Why are there so many number ones about teenagers dying? That's a little weird.” And then I did a little digging and tried to piece together why that was. The teenage tragedy song, late '50s, early '60s, there are all of these songs about two teenagers in love, usually high schoolers. One tragically dies often in a car crash, and the other is very sad and maybe says that they'll reunite again one day in the afterlife. Some of the big ones are “Leader of the Pack” by the Shangri-Las and “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning.It's a very weird blip in popular music history. I won't say it has cast a long shadow, but there are some occasional people who pull from that tradition. The craziest teen tragedy song ever was “Bat Outta Hell” by Meatloaf, in which Jim Steinman tried to write a nine-minute motorcycle crash song. I think that's a really interesting one.Disco: bizarre in the amount of people that made disco songs. I really came to like disco and the best disco music, I'm like, “These are the greatest sounds that have ever been recorded.” But it got so big and so popular that everyone felt the need to record disco songs.Not everything is “I Feel Love,” right?No, most things are not. It strikes me that this happened with disco, but has not happened with other genres. Frank Sinatra recorded disco songs. Basically, every television theme song got a disco remix. I Love Lucy had a disco remix. The Rocky theme song had a disco remix.What? I'm sorry, Frank Sinatra did a disco song? Is it good?It's not good. It's “Night and Day” over a disco beat. And it's not clear to me if they just remixed it or if he actually recut the vocal because I just cannot imagine him doing that. In the mid-60s, there was a nun who topped the charts, The Singing Nun with a song called “Dominique.” Of course, during the disco era, it was remixed as a disco song. There are examples of this where people went sort of disco. The Rolling Stones record “Miss You” and it has the disco beat, or Pink Floyd does “Another Brick in the Wall” or Queen does “Another One Bites the Dust.”Everyone was gonna give it a try. There was so much money being made in the disco world at the time. You can always find some artists you would never think would do a disco song probably tried. They probably gave it their best.That's great. It's just fun because the things that hit number one for a week don't necessarily have to be good. They just have to be popular for like a week. Even the construction of the Top 40 chart, which you get into in the book, isn't exactly science. A lot of times, it's a little bit of intuition. It's a lot of what's selling and what's selling where specifically. It is a little bit woo woo, right?Yeah, definitely. The goal of this chart is “What's the most popular song in America in a given week?” Back in the day, that meant what were people buying? What were people listening to on the radio? What were people spinning in jukeboxes? Today, most music is done on streaming. It's consumption-based, rather than sales-based. So the chart's the same in name only, but it's really measuring very different things. The equivalent would be if we knew after you purchased your copy of “I Feel Love,” how many times did you actually play it at home? You could have purchased it, went home and never played it again. Something like that would not register on the charts these days.I respect the people at Billboard because they have an impossible task. It's like “We're gonna take all the information and we're going to boil it down into choosing or measuring what the most popular song is.” It's an impossible task to some degree.I have watched the evolution of the chart, and I go back and forth on whether they have given up on actually trying to rank stuff or if they are just ranking things in a different way. I think that the apples-to-apples between the era stuff is just so hard to do.One thing I really enjoyed about your book, in particular, is that it's not a story of why these songs are the best. It's a story of why these songs were popular at the time, just dipping the toe into the river of human sound. One thing that I'll ask as you wrap: as you were going through these eras, who did you hear a lot more of than you thought? Who did you hear a lot less than you expected?I joked with some people that if you just looked at the top of the charts, the greatest rock band of the 1970s is either Grand Funk Railroad or Three Dog Night because they both had three number one hits, and many other bands in the classic rock canon have none. Led Zeppelin does not really exist on the pop chart, the singles chart. Led Zeppelin really only put out albums. The Eagles were also big during the '70s on the music charts. But Three Dog Night, they're the legends.There are tons of people that I didn't realize how much I would see of them. Someone like Lionel Richie and Phil Collins, of course, they're tremendously popular, but they were so popular. Phil Collins was popular at the height of the bald pop star era, which I think is a thing of the past. You had multiple bald men who were regularly topping the charts in the mid-80s. You see a ton of Phil Collins, more than I was expecting, even though I know he's very popular.Who don't you see a ton of? Sometimes you don't see people until a bit later in their careers. This is actually an interesting phenomenon. Artists do not score a number one hit during their most critically acclaimed period, and then a decade later, they do. For example, Cheap Trick. They have a number one hit, but it's at the end of the '80s song called “The Flame.” Whereas if you hear Cheap Trick on the radio, it's probably their live album from the 1970s. This is a phenomenon you see again and again. Some old timer will get their number one much later in their career. Tina Turner gets her number one when she's probably in her 40s. It's always interesting to see that.There are also some artists where I feel like there's a divergence between what their most popular songs are these days and what was topping the charts. Elton John is a good example there. “Benny and the Jets” was a number one hit, still a tremendously popular song. But he's got a lot of weird No. 1s that I don't think have as much street cred these days. He has a song called “Island Girl.” Did not age like fine wine. I don't even think he plays it live anymore because it's considered somewhat racially insensitive. But it was a No. 1 hit at the time. “Philadelphia Freedom” is another one by Elton John. I feel like when people think of the Elton John catalog, it's probably not the first song that comes to mind. But it was a No. 1 hit, huge smash. His cover of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was a No. 1. Elton John has been very popular throughout the decades, but I feel like the reasons he's been popular have changed.People have just gravitated towards different songs as time has gone on. You get distortions at the top of the charts. But I think, as you mentioned, it provides a good sample of what was actually popular. You have the good, the bad, and the ugly. Whereas if you look at some other sources, people are just gonna be like, “Oh, listen to these records. These are the best records.” In reality, the bad records are important, too.Yeah, bad records are great. They're at least interesting. I imagine also some of this process must have been missing out on a lot of interesting music because one song was just dominating the charts. Were there any songs in particular that come to mind that wooled the roost for potentially a little bit too long?Yeah, the quintessential example is the “Macarena” in the ‘90s.Oh, no!I think it was No. 1 for 13 weeks.Christ!There's a great clip of people at the Democratic National Convention and '96 dancing the “Macarena.” It's so bad. Yeah, so a very popular song. There are tons of stuff that gets stuck behind it. There's a great No.1 hit in the '90s called “I Love You Always Forever.” It's a very nice song by Donna Lewis. It's stuck at No. 2 because it just happened to be popular during the “Macarena's” very long run. YYour life's work, your greatest accomplishment, being stymied by the “Macarena” feels like a level of creative hell that I have never envisioned before.Yeah, there are other artists who got unlucky. Bruce Springsteen never performed a No. 1 hit. He wrote a No.1 hit for another artist. His closest was “Dancing in the Dark” got to No. 2, but that was also when Prince released “When Doves Cry,” so it's a tough, tough week. Bob Dylan, similar thing. He wrote a No. 1 hit, but he only ever got to No. 2. I think he got to No. 2 twice. Once, he got stuck behind “Help” by the Beatles, and another time he got stuck behind “Monday Monday” by the Mamas and the Papas.This is another thing when I talk about the charts. There could be many fewer units sold in a given week, or there could be many more units sold. There's a lot of luck involved if you're gonna go all the way to No. 1. You could be Bruce Springsteen: you release the biggest record of your life, and Prince also releases the biggest record of his life at the exact same time.Incredible. So again, I have read the book. I really, really like it. People are doubtlessly familiar with the newsletter at this point, but I am also a big fan and booster of that. But I guess I'll just throw it to you. Where can folks find the book, and where can folks find you?Yeah, you can find me, Chris Dalla Riva, basically on every social media platform under cdallarivamusic. I'm most active on TikTok and Instagram. The book, Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us About the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves, should be available from every major retailer online. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Booklist, all that good stuff. Not available physically in stores, so definitely order it online.Like I said, I spent years listening to every No. 1 hit in history, built a giant data set about all those songs and used that to write a data-driven history of popular music from 1958 to basically 2025. So go pick up a copy, buy one for your mother for Christmas. Or your father, I don't discriminate. Yeah, check it out. I'm hoping people enjoy it, and I'm really excited to finally get it out in the world. It's been a long, circuitous journey to get it published.It's a really fun read, and I wish it nothing but the best. And yeah, congrats, thanks for coming on.Yeah, thanks for having me.Edited by Crystal WangIf you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.numlock.com/subscribe

HARDtalk
Brandi Carlile, singer-songwriter: I believe in the separation of church and state

HARDtalk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 22:59


‘I believe so profoundly in the separation of church and state, and in the dangers of theocracy creeping into the corners of a democracy'BBC Music Correspondent Mark Savage speaks to US singer-songwriter, producer and performer Brandi Carlile about the personal and political stories behind her songs.An LGBTQ icon, she sets out her fears about the threat to same-sex marriage in today's United States, and the impact that has had on her own family. And she shares the strain her own sexuality put on her relationship with her mother while growing up in rural America. It was country music, she says, that brought them together.Brandi Carlile has won eleven Grammy awards, been nominated for an Oscar, and worked with Elton John and Joni Mitchell. Now releasing her eighth album, she reveals she went into the studio with no songs prepared, only feelings and nostalgia, resulting in a deeply personal record reflecting on childhood memories, parenthood and politics. Thank you to Mark Savage for his help in making this programme. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC. You can listen on the BBC World Service, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.Presenter: Mark Savage Producer: Lucy Sheppard Editor: Justine LangGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Brandi Carlile Credit: Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The Middle Classholes
Elton John's Kneecap Jewelry Episode

The Middle Classholes

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 71:39


The boys discuss why most Americans don't understand what trespassing is. Alan joins the team to tell the world about Elton John's knee cap jewerly. Fun fact Friday follow up by the badass of the month. A cat named Ray Ray that traveled a hundred miles an hour on the roof the family's minivan. 

Guy Perryman Interviews
Gwenno - Singer / Songwriter

Guy Perryman Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 26:27


A conversation with Gwenno – singer / songwriter who writes and performs music in three languages – Welsh, Cornish and English, who was in Japan in October 2025 for live shows, sharing stories of her extremely varied life (or lives) as a Riverdance performer in Las Vegas as a teen, a member of pop group The Pipettes, touring as keyboardist with PNAU and Elton John, and her latest solo music journey.

Kate, Tim & Marty
Full Show: Can Zac Efron Actually Sing?!?

Kate, Tim & Marty

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 48:07 Transcription Available


Renee Rapp has the internet losing it after Ziwe asked her what counts as an “oldie” and her answer might make you feel ancient. We dive into the dark, slightly horrifying origins of the “pinky promise,” then crank things up with 374 bagpipers rocking out to AC/DC at Fed Square. Plus, Leo shares his holy favourite films, Adele’s going Hollywood, and Elton John’s throwing tantrums again. And to top it off, our very own Mel Tracina fresh from Big Brother steps in for a wild round of Quick Draw with Joel!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DeliCatessen
Informe Leon Russell

DeliCatessen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 60:05


Jason & Alexis
11/12 WED HOUR 2: A velodrome fart and Louvre "Fedora Man" found, BOOB TUBE: 20th anniversary "DTWS," MOVIE REVIEW: "Frankenstein," Elton John freaks out

Jason & Alexis

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 39:13


A velodrome farts in the London Olympic village and Louvre "Fedora Man" found (turns out he's not really an adult man..), BOOB TUBE: Jason checked out the 20th anniversary of "DTWS," MOVIE REVIEW: Holly watched "Frankenstein," Elton John freaks outSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donna & Steve
Wednesday 11/12 Hour 1 - How About Those Northern Lights???

Donna & Steve

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 42:13


Jimmy Kimmel pays tribute to his band leader, Cleto Escobedo, who passed away, the trailer dropped for Toy Story 5 and did Elton John throw a fit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colleen & Bradley
11/12 Wed Hr. 3: One Star Reviews!

Colleen & Bradley

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 38:10


Abraham Lincoln's favorite holiday cookie was... Wendy Williams could have been misdiagnosed; Elton John threw a temper tantrum backstage; One Star Reviews and the five second rule See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why I Hate this Album
Prepisode #136 - Elton John - Crocodile Rock

Why I Hate this Album

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 71:18


This week we're talking about Elton John, an artist we both enjoy and admire. That's why we need to discuss the 1972 borderline novelty song, Crocodile Rock. Also in this prepisode music news of the weird, listener emails and we announce next week's album. In this episode we discuss code words in songs, the last swing dancing craze of the 90s, motocross, Count Chocula, James Garner and Maverick the film, the Internet's opinion that Drake is sort of a creep, the White Stripes induction into the Rock Hall of Fame, and so much more!  Hatepod.com | TW: @AlbumHatePod | IG: @hatePod | hatePodMail@gmail.com Episode Outline: Quick update on the goings on at the world headquarters Discuss our history with the song/band Song discussion - lyrics and music Music Video How the song did worldwide Amazon reviews Listener email (just 2) Music news of the weird Announce next week's album

Takin A Walk
This week in Music History for the week of 11-10

Takin A Walk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 23:37 Transcription Available


Episode Description: This Week in Music History - November 10-16 | Pink Floyd, Beatles, Fleetwood Mac & More Join host Buzz Knight and master of music mayhem and music historian Harry Jacobs for another captivating episode of This Week in Music History, covering November 10-16. Dive deep into legendary moments that shaped rock, pop, and cultural history. Featured Music History Highlights: Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” (Nov 10, 1975) - Discover the untold story behind this iconic album’s #1 UK chart debut and its heartbreaking connection to Syd Barrett, who unexpectedly appeared during recording sessions. Led Zeppelin IV (Nov 12, 1971) - Explore the album featuring “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog,” and “Rock and Roll” that sold 37 million copies worldwide and earned 24x Platinum certification. Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” (Nov 13, 1965) - Harry reveals why this Abbey Road recording remains one of his favorite Beatles albums, featuring classics like “In My Life,” “Norwegian Wood,” and “Michelle.” Fleetwood Mac’s Self-Titled Album (Nov 15, 1975) - Learn about Stevie Nicks’ emotional dedication of “Landslide” to her father and the latest rumors about Lindsay Buckingham’s potential reunion with the band. Additional Topics Covered: • Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and the incredible story of “Candle in the Wind” selling 660,000 copies in one day after Princess Diana’s funeral • Freddie Mercury’s final public appearance (Nov 14, 1991) and his AIDS diagnosis announcement • Donna Summer’s disco classic “MacArthur Park” hitting #1 • Jimi Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland” chart success • John Lennon’s only #1 solo single during his lifetime (you’ll be surprised which song it was!) • Sesame Street’s PBS debut and its cultural impact • Bob Dylan’s “New Morning” album evolution Perfect for: Classic rock enthusiasts, music history buffs, Beatles fans, Pink Floyd devotees, and anyone fascinated by the stories behind legendary albums. Subscribe to Taking a Walk podcast for weekly deep dives into music history with Buzz Knight and Harry Jacobs, your guides through rock and roll’s most memorable moments. #MusicHistory #ClassicRock #PinkFloyd #Beatles #LedZeppelin #FleetwoodMac #PodcastEpisode #TakingAWalk #RockHistory​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music Saved Me Podcast
This week in Music History for the week of 11-10

Music Saved Me Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 23:37 Transcription Available


Episode Description: This Week in Music History - November 10-16 | Pink Floyd, Beatles, Fleetwood Mac & More Join host Buzz Knight and master of music mayhem and music historian Harry Jacobs for another captivating episode of This Week in Music History, covering November 10-16. Dive deep into legendary moments that shaped rock, pop, and cultural history. Featured Music History Highlights: Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” (Nov 10, 1975) - Discover the untold story behind this iconic album’s #1 UK chart debut and its heartbreaking connection to Syd Barrett, who unexpectedly appeared during recording sessions. Led Zeppelin IV (Nov 12, 1971) - Explore the album featuring “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog,” and “Rock and Roll” that sold 37 million copies worldwide and earned 24x Platinum certification. Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” (Nov 13, 1965) - Harry reveals why this Abbey Road recording remains one of his favorite Beatles albums, featuring classics like “In My Life,” “Norwegian Wood,” and “Michelle.” Fleetwood Mac’s Self-Titled Album (Nov 15, 1975) - Learn about Stevie Nicks’ emotional dedication of “Landslide” to her father and the latest rumors about Lindsay Buckingham’s potential reunion with the band. Additional Topics Covered: • Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and the incredible story of “Candle in the Wind” selling 660,000 copies in one day after Princess Diana’s funeral • Freddie Mercury’s final public appearance (Nov 14, 1991) and his AIDS diagnosis announcement • Donna Summer’s disco classic “MacArthur Park” hitting #1 • Jimi Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland” chart success • John Lennon’s only #1 solo single during his lifetime (you’ll be surprised which song it was!) • Sesame Street’s PBS debut and its cultural impact • Bob Dylan’s “New Morning” album evolution Perfect for: Classic rock enthusiasts, music history buffs, Beatles fans, Pink Floyd devotees, and anyone fascinated by the stories behind legendary albums. Subscribe to Taking a Walk podcast for weekly deep dives into music history with Buzz Knight and Harry Jacobs, your guides through rock and roll’s most memorable moments. #MusicHistory #ClassicRock #PinkFloyd #Beatles #LedZeppelin #FleetwoodMac #PodcastEpisode #TakingAWalk #RockHistory​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Support the show: https://musicsavedme.net/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Backroads & Bonfires
247 - PART TWO - Attack on Adam, Casseroles, Grass: Nature's Napkin

Backroads & Bonfires

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2025 72:05


Burk & Gliz open the how in a full-on ATTACK on Adam's food character and he will not stand for it! A little Elton John chatter happens before we do a DOUBLE Mt Rushmore! In the first Rushmore we discuss funny Iowa town names, and there are plenty. Then we move onto a Mt Rushmore before for the beginning of fall, CASSEROLES! We end the show discussing Fall Traditions as kids. This episode made me hungry. Hut Hut! Love y'all.

Shut Up Evan
Jane Krakowski

Shut Up Evan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 54:47


ERK chats with actress, singer, dancer, broadway star, JANE KRAKOWSKI amidst her Broadway return in COLE ESCOLA's OH, MARY! It's good to be back. The two chat social media, Broadway (roles, revisions, and more), reality TV—is CELEBRITY TRAITORS in the cards? 30 ROCK and working with TINA FEY, deep cut reflections: FATAL ATTRACTION , MARCI X, and observing some of the greats on the job (LIZA MINNELLI, TINA TURNER, and ELTON JOHN to name a few). Host: Evan Ross KatzProducer: Sophia Asmuth Show links: Evan Ross Katz on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/evanrosskatz/Watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ShutUpEvanCHAPTERS(00:00) Intro(7:06) Reality TV, The Traitors, Survivor(13:51) Oh, Mary!, Broadway return, Cabaret, (23:17) 30 Rock, favorite moments, playing Jenna, working with Tina Fey(27:41) Soap opera acting, (30:34) Starlight Express, Broadway revivals, (35:47) Fatal Attraction, deleted scenes(38:15) Stepping Out, Lizza Minnelli friendship, Marci X with Lisa Kudrow, Flintstones(45:14) TV acting, Ally McBeal, Tina Turner and Elton John on set(52:55) Outro See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers
136 - Elton John - Greatest Hits - Wayne Federman

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 95:39


***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Elton John's Greatest Hits was the best-selling album of 1975 in the United States, and the first in Elton's catalog to receive diamond certification. Wayne Federman discusses all of the top hits, including “Your Song”, “Rocket Man,” and “Crocodile Rock".  Follow Wayne on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/instafederman/ DistroKid Artist Of The Week: The Charlatans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQtvH_8mcZY Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshadammeyers/ Follow Josh on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshadammeyers Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshAdamMeyers Follow Josh on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshameyers Josh's Website: https://www.joshadammeyers.com/ Follow DJ Morty Coyle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djmortycoyle/ https://www.instagram.com/alldaysucker/ Follow The 500 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the500podcast/ Follow The 500 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the500podcast Follow The 500 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The500PodcastWithJAM/ Email the show: 500podcast@gmail.com Check the show's website: http://the500podcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave & Chuck the Freak: Full Show
Monday, October 27th 2025 Dave & Chuck the Freak Full Show

Dave & Chuck the Freak: Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 198:08


Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about a woman struck by lightning while brushing her teeth, Dave’s foot in mouth comment at wedding over the weekend, Trunk or Treating is starting to replace Trick or Treating, Hurricane Melissa grew to Category 5, Louvre heist suspects arrested, ambulance stolen with patient still in back, DoorDash driver tries to help family who ends up stabbing him, man pointed gun at teen who ding-dong-ditched him, 100 gallons of coconut lotion spilled, oldest woman to hike Appalachian Trail, woman who farts during sex calls in to defend herself, World Series, update on NBA gambling scandal, Pittsburgh Steelers cruise cancelled, deepfake Elton John video, Selena Gomez new face?, Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau officially a couple, Meghan Fox and MGK back together, Miami Vice movie, Netflix putting Stranger Things finale in theaters, camera catch suspects having sex before breaking and entering at restaurant, guy filmed himself fleeing police and posted online, woman charged with credit card theft after identifying herself online, man put lit cigar in bank tube, woman drove wrong way into car wash, snake slithered into vehicle at drive-thru, woman believes fridge exposed BF’s cheating, tattoos people regret, guy tried to hide from cops in Taco Bell freezer, guy says he was stabbed by syringes when he sat down on a Walmart toilet, woman attacked by bird in Australia, pushback against self-checkouts, dog trapped in boulder saved, Chick Fil A vending machine, man spotted diamond at Diamond State Park, and more!