Podcasts about Too Much Joy

Too Much Joy is an American alternative rock music group, that formed in the early 1980s in Scarsdale, New York. Original members Tim Quirk (vocals), Jay Blumenfield (guitar, vocals), and Sandy Smallens (bass, vocals) stopped by Thunderlove Studio for a career-spanning conversation with Keith and Geoff.  "Humor and youthful energy enliven the good ol' rock 'n' roll dispensed by Too Much Joy." - Can confirm. Links: Too Much Joy on Bandcamp Too Much Joy on IG Too Much Joy on the web Too Much Joy on maplikemine

Chas & Guest PEPcaster Bill Wyman discuss The Demise of the NZ Sheep Rooting Joke, The Stagnation in Wig Technology and Bill Wyman is a Jealous Bitch. 1:48 - Grateful For (The NewsBiz/Connecting on the Internet/Bad Wigs)10:13 - Correspondence (Louisiana Abortion Pills/Comedy Songs) 21:49 - Correspondence (Alito's Flags) 37:52 - Interesting Polling 1:02:18 - Hush Money Trial Miscellanea 1:39:31 - The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Antitrust Lawsuit 2:01: 54 - Stats Nugget (NZ Sheep) 2:03:42 - Bill's Crime Thoughts 2:14:09 - Bill and Drudge 2:22:15 - Bill Wyman v Bill Wyman 2:34:00 - Chas Unleashed (The Red Tie Brigade) 2:47:32 - Chas Unleashed (Stats Nugget - Social Security) HOMEWORK/SHOWNOTES Bill's Novelty Songs Playlist! * "Senator Bobby" singing "Wild Thing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LE0aToTtGY * Dr Demento Classic 1: "Shaving Cream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ffkDf0ol4 * Dr Demento Classic 2: "Fish Heads" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDtUzRIG6I Now a handful of so of Bill's last category - what he would term pretty good legit rock songs that happen to be funny, or funny songs that happen to be pretty good legit rock songs: *"Clowns" — one of many nice humorous endeavors from Too Much Joy that really rock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52mNrTjYTE *"Dead Skunk" is an immortal "one hit wonder" of the 1970s... though the artiste in question, Loudon Wainwright III, went on to a pretty distinguished career as a singer-songwriter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5hzc2Mei4 * This guy had a brief celebrity. Bill doesn't support the overall message, but the verse about Jackson Browne is a keeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSktY_6sL-4 * This is a group called Two Nice Girls. Hint: There aren't two, they aren't girls, and they are not nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMiV27R1ZiI Bill's top 3 Hall of Fame immortals: * Mr Bo Diddley, with his maracas-playing foil, Jerome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ZdKCFFR3I * (Bonus! A sequel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXDkLl7CCc  ) * "I, Viv Stanshall, trumpet" is one of the most beautiful sentences in the English language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcrUuCDFLOQ *And this could be the greatest of them all; Mojo Nixon, who died this year, was a great man. Bill once wrote about him, "He's like a friendly but not-quite-housebroken German shepherd: He means well but tends to make a mess, and he'll bite your leg if angered." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt81bVae4tQ 

Producer and Engineer William Wittman was one of our early guests in 2017 with a two parter, Episodes #15 and #16, where he discussed making seminal records with Cindy Lauper, Joan Osborne, and The Outfield, his time coming up through NYC recording studios, and his work/prank relationship with our very own John Agnello. In this episode, I catch up with Bill about making records with his band Too Much Joy, drum mic techniques, the things we like about in the box mixing, and working at the famed Van Gelder studio in Englewood, NJ.

This week, brand new releases from The Kills, Royal Blood and Dogstar. Plus, faves from Jack White, The Clash, Sonic Youth, and Too Much Joy. Roll up a couple for The Duane Strain and turn on the smoking lamp. Rock. Mock. Dance. Laugh. 

DJ Gil Golden and DJ BK talk to Tim and Sandy from Too Much Joy about the band's best song ever. 

Too Much Joy returns to the Chicago area for the first time since the late 90s! The band plays Blue Island Beer Company on September 16 for a can't-miss show that also includes a performance from Jon Langford and Sally Timms of the Mekons!   We talk about the band's evolution from college rock band to major label artist in the 90s. We cover everything: their KRS-One collaboration (“Good Kill”), “Making Fun of Bums,” R.E.M., the band's cover of the dreaded Terry Jacks song (“Seasons in the Sun”) and the unthinkable things Ace Frehley's handlers take care of.   This band is smart, funny and full of pop smarts. Their Blue Island Beer Company show is essentially a once-in-a-generation opportunity!   Car Con Carne is presented by Alex Ross Art. Visit alexrossart.com to see his work and get your hands on an original piece.   Car Con Carne is also sponsored by NINETY DAYS IN THE '90s (www.90daysinthe90s.com), by Andy Frye. Take the “Grey Line” back in time to 90s Chicago and relive all the music, moments and pop culture! Get your copy from Amazon, or wherever awesome books are sold. ##  

“The Unspeakable Milo Binder” Milo Binder put out one brilliant album in 1991 and then, that was that. He was gone. Alias Records was an indie rock label that had folks like Too Much Joy and The Sneetches and when they put out Milo's album was a huge departure from their roster. A eleven song folk album, Binder's self-titled release was one of those rare instances where the artist arrived fully formed with no need to take three or four albums to find their musical footing or narrative voice. Songs like "Donald Thorn" and "A Boy And His Career" were wise and observational and his guitar playing was rich and assured, his delivery confident and brimming with belief. He called into my college radio show Bedtime With Alex on KSMC and he was gracious enough to play two songs while his girlfriend held the phone for him—Donald Thorn from the first album and the song you just heard Skywriters, which would be from the second. But the second one never came until now, 32 years later it's about to arrive. Titled The Unspeakable Milo Binder, the two tracks you'll hear in full on today's episode demonstrate that Binder not only still has the magic, he's never sounded better. And he's been deeply missed. I can't think of an an artist with as much musical dexterity, poetic exactitude and narrative finesse. Sit back and join in me as I welcome back Milo Binder. Follow Milo Binder on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Milo-Binder-100063524654721/ www.bombshellradio.com www.embersarts.com www.stereoembersmagazine.com www.alexgreenonline.com Stereo Embers: Twitter: @emberseditor IG: @emberspodcast Email: editor@stereoembersmagazine.com

Can't have Too Much Joy in the studio? William talked about best practices for producing and recording vocals and guitars over the internet, mixing in Pro Tools like a console, Slate Raven, Stream Deck, Sound Flow, drums and his mix bus template. Get access to FREE mixing mini-course: https://MixMasterBundle.com My guest today is William Wittman, a Grammy Award-winning independent Producer/Engineer/Musician/Songwriter based in New York. He began his career as a musician and moved from there into work as a studio engineer and producer. He held the position of Chief Engineer at several major recording studios. As Producer and Engineer, his credits include the multi–platinum debuts from Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, the Hooters, and The Outfield.  His success as an independent producer led to several years as an A&R Vice President and Staff Producer at two major record labels (Sony/Columbia and BMG/RCA). As a musician, he has appeared on nationally televised shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, the Rosie O'Donnell Show, CBS Late Late Show, Ellen Degeneres, the NBC Christmas Tree Lighting Special, and New Year's Eve in Times Square.  He has also played and sung with many of the artists he has recorded and is a member of alternative rock band Too Much Joy (Giant/Discovery/Sire Records). He now plays bass guitar in the Cyndi Lauper Band, recording and touring internationally, and also serves as the Musical Director. He is also a regular participant in the production expert website and podcast. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! https://UltimateMixingMasterclass.com https://www.solidstatelogic.com https://www.Spectra1964.com https://MacSales.com/rockstars https://iZotope.com/Rockstars use code ROCK10 to get 10% off any individual plugin https://jzmic.com use code ROCKSTAR to get 40% off the Vintage series mics https://www.adam-audio.com https://RecordingStudioRockstars.com/Academy Use code ROCKSTAR to get 10% off https://www.thetoyboxstudio.com/ Listen to this guest's discography on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63fvu1Juph6WrDYMQUUH1H?si=76bea9c9ea9645ac If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: https://RSRockstars.com/Review CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AT: https://RSRockstars.com/391

We get high-vallewton* with Tim Quirk, longtime cinephile and frontman of one of The Pink Smoke's favorite bands, Too Much Joy. At the height of the pandemic, Quirk initiated a binge of great movies that led him to Val Lewton's legendary run of low-budget horror films produced for RKO Pictures in the 1940's. Quirk was captivated by these deep philosophical explorations of darkness and isolation, which directly inspired songs on the latest Too Much Joy albums, Mistakes Were Made and All These Fucking Feelings. Focusing on The Seventh Victim and I Walked with a Zombie (both released in 1943), we tap into Tim's enthusiasm for the economical creepiness, profound purple dialogue and "the glitter of putrescence" that preoccupies those who inhabit the shadows of Lewton's screen. Are they the real monsters? Do we as a society have a collective death wish? Are these complex explorations of loneliness, fear and self-destruction even really horror movies? However you define them, there's no question that Lewton's films are unlike anything else. * Like, highfalutin.** ** We would at least task any other lyricists inspired by these movies to write a song that rhymes "highfalutin" with "Val Lewton." Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke Tim Quirk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tbquirk Too Much Joy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TooMuchJoyHQ The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/cfunderburg John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro/Outro Music: Too Much Joy "I Met a Ghost."

Will Westercauw is joined by Tim Quirk (Too Much Joy) to talk about some of the songs that charted on the Modern Rock Charts in October 1992. Stick around to the end to hear a clip from the latest Too Much Joy single - "Normal Never Was"! *Warning - This episode contains some salty language.* Songs under discussion include: Suzanne Vega - "Blood Makes Noise" R.E.M. - "Drive" Sugar - "Helpless" The Ramones - "Poison Heart" Too Much Joy - "Donna Everywhere" Season 5 Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0qoJndh54yyb7fm9sLzL0A?si=cecfadf6df7445c6 Too Much Joy - "Normal Never Was" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/55isBcZU651Wo9ekKPaYpt?si=bTc8yQQYTF6BPX8dniOQEQ

Is re-playing or re-recording a song written and performed by someone else an act of love or predation? Mark is joined by Too Much Joy's Tim Quirk, the Gig Gab Podcast's Dave Hamilton, and the author of A Philosophy of Cover Songs Prof. P.D. Magnus to talk about different types of and purposes for covers, look a little at the history, share favorites, and more. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel. Sponsors: Find a top-rated doctor by visiting ZocDoc.com/PMP and downloading the free ZocDoc app. Check your rate for a loan at upstart.com/PRETTY.

Is re-playing or re-recording a song written and performed by someone else an act of love or predation? Mark is joined by Too Much Joy's Tim Quirk, the Gig Gab Podcast's Dave Hamilton, and the author of A Philosophy of Cover Songs Prof. P.D. Magnus to talk about different types of and purposes for covers, look a little at the history, share favorites, and more. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel. Sponsors: Find a top-rated doctor by visiting ZocDoc.com/PMP and downloading the free ZocDoc app. Check your rate for a loan at upstart.com/PRETTY.

Albums discussed are Idles' 'Crawler' (9:00), and Too Much Joy's 'Son Of Sam I Am' (28:06). This week's listener album suggestion came from Apple Podcasts user pbjmatt. To suggest an album for CLRC, leave a review on Apple Podcasts with the artist and title (five stars always helps). This episode was produced by Molly Dolan. For playlists and podcasts, visit us on the web at carllandryrecordclub.com and on Twitter at @CLRCPod.

On this ARG Presents Pre-show, watch THE BRENT scold Amigo Aaron for having TOO MUCH JOY! We discuss the Coleco Adam Fujinet card, Babylon 5, and our life philosophies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/arg-presents/support

This is The Spoon, where we're darker than the 90s ever got.  Music By  Too Much Joy  The Candy Butchers  Weird Al Yankovic  Spoon Feeding The Life And Slimes Of Dukey Flyswatter Squaredle  The Afterparty  Episode 44: Stealth Dick (with Tim Quirk) The Men Of The SpoonRobbie Rist Chris Jackson Thom Bowers The Spoon on Twitter  The Spoon Facebook Group The Spoon Facebook Page Email: the_spoon_radio@yahoo.com

On this week's show, we wrap up the merry month of Debts-cember (and the year in general) with... the most honorable of mentions the runners-up that fill our cup the best of the rest of 2021  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

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Mark Linsenmayer is joined by Tim Quirk of Too Much Joy, Aaron David Gleason, and Chris Sunami to talk about what makes a cult band. We touch on artists like Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Big Star, XTC, and The Cure. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel. Sponsors: Get a loan to lower your monthly payments at Upstart.com/PRETTY. Use the code "Pretty" at Nebia.com/pretty to get 10% off a superior shower experience (excludes pre-orders).

Mark Linsenmayer is joined by Tim Quirk of Too Much Joy, Aaron David Gleason, and Chris Sunami to talk about what makes a cult band. We touch on artists like Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Big Star, XTC, and The Cure. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel. Sponsors: Get a loan to lower your monthly payments at Upstart.com/PRETTY. Use the code "Pretty" at Nebia.com/pretty to get 10% off a superior shower experience (excludes pre-orders).

In this extra long bonus episode, Will and Orly discuss statistics and trends in modern rock, as they wrap up the 1991 season. Songs under discussion include "Native Son" by The JudyBats, "That Ain't Bad" by Ratcat, "There's No Other Way" by Blur, "Crush Story" by Too Much Joy, as well as a bunch of modern rock cover songs.

On this week's show, we spend quality time new records from a Scarsdale quartet, a Charlotte trio & a west coast dude with an acoustic guitar, pour one out for the songwriter who made us see paradise by the dashboard light, and the hip-hop clown prince who showed us all how to do the Humpty Dance, and remember his badness five years after he shuffled off this mortal coil. all this & much, much less!

This week, Kern commands a Too Much Joy takeover and reviews the band's new album "Mistakes Were Made" track-by-track! Remember—One Bourbon, One Chard, or One Beer is a drinking game you can play along with at home. Full details and rules available at www.onebourbononechard.com If you find yourself liking, singing along to, or playing along with One Bourbon, One Chard, or One Beer, please Please PLEASE rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or wherever you found our podcast. It helps other lushes like you find our podcast and to build our community. If you rate and review us and we ever meet you, we'll buy you one bourbon, one chard, or one beer (our choice). Also, please support the show by donating to our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/onebourbononechard

More listener new music picks. Jason Goebel goes with Bright Eyes and Valerie June. Keith Jacobsen also likes Valerie June, plus Too Much Joy, Neal Francis and Waxahatchee.Episode editor: Mary EdelbergBecome a Rockin' the Suburbs patron - support the show and get bonus content - at Patreon.com/suburbspodSubscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com(c) Artie S. Industries LLC

Tim Quirk is the lead singer of Too Much Joy - a darling of indie/alternative radio in the 90s - which has just reunited to make their first album after 25 years, Mistakes Were Made. Tim is also a pioneer in the music tech circles - first with Listen.com's Rhapsody, and later Real Player, Google Play and now Zedge. We talk about the new album, the old days of getting arrested playing 2 Live Crew songs in Florida, free speech in music, and what it takes for artists to make money in today's music environment.

  Planets are lining up California's gonna slide into the sea It's the third great woe It's the thousand-year peace (Spin your partner while you can) No one wants to hear Spoon-feed me the good news forget about the rest Lemmings never fear I repeat, this is only a test I'm much better now I was down there for awhile, I guess I saw the light Oh, it was crazy, anyhow It's no worse than before, I guess you folks were right Yeah, I'm much better now Pass me the chips, turn up the radio I guess I saw the light It's five more miles 'til we get to Idaho   -- Worse; Too Much Joy, 1988     And the hits just keep oooonnnnn comin’! 3rd quarter only got weirder. We tried to return to a degree of normalcy with restaurants, theme parks and even sports re-opening in various forms. One thing that never stopped was the need to secure our data, companies and families. We also needed to figure out how to get people healthy. We talked about how risk and trust relate to controlling the chaos that can be part of security as well as the language and culture of security. We even had time to learn how to connect patients with the healthcare they need.     Chris Blask and Fred Cohen: A Single Tweet Can Destroy Faith in Government Agencies John McClurg: Combating Cyber Chaos with Unified Endpoint Security Chris Morin: How Cybersecurity Physical Security Influence Each Other? Amar Singh: How Do We Rank Trust, Security and Control? Dr Jessica Barker: Language and Culture Have a Profound Impact on Cybersecurity Scott Schober: Bringing Cybersecurity Expertise to the Masses Via Television Robert Willis: Who or What is the Most Choice Hacking Target? Dave Brown and Luke Hull: Defense in Depth: Cliché or Cornerstone of Cybersecurity? Pete Fronte: Helping Patients Understand and Find Relevant Healthcare     About Matt Stephenson           Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the Broadcast Media team at BlackBerry, which puts me in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. I am the regular host of the InSecurity podcast and video series at events around the globe.   I have spent the last 10 years in the world of Data Protection and Cybersecurity. Since 2016, I have been with Cylance (now BlackBerry) extolling the virtues of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and how, when applied to network security, can wrong-foot the bad guys. Prior to the COVID shutdown, I was on the road over 100 days a year doing live malware demonstrations for audiences from San Diego to DC to London to Abu Dhabi to Singapore to Sydney. One of the funniest things I've ever been a part of was blowing up a live instance of NotPetya 6 hours after the news broke... in Washington DC... directly across the street from FBI HQ... as soon as we activated it a parade of police cars with sirens blaring roared past the building we were in. I'm pretty they weren't there for us, but you never know...   Every week on the InSecurity Podcast, I get to interview interesting people doing interesting things all over the world of cybersecurity and the extended world of hacking. Sometimes, that means hacking elections or the coffee supply chain... other times that means social manipulation or the sovereign wealth fund of a national economy.   InSecurity is about talking with the people who build, manage or wreck the systems that we have put in place to make the world go round...   Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us at Spotify, Apple Podcasts and ThreatVector as well as GooglePlay, Gaana, Himalaya, I Heart Radio and wherever you get your podcasts!   Make sure you Subscribe, Rate and Review!

This week cool tracks by The Reed Brothers, Erk, Too Much Joy, The Gunboat Diplomats, Plasticsoul, Caper Clowns, Logan's Close The Beths ... all this plus the Essential Dig, Essential Rewind and the Essential Classic. Join us, won't you?

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Let's Go Shopping/Can We Buy Stuff, Please?/Online Not Enough/Where's My Package?/Too Much Joy

It's the Intern Sam Challenge! We asked listeners to send albums to Sam Lisker, the voice of Young America. Paul Trap sent him a CD of Too Much Joy's 1991 album "Cereal Killers." Hear Sam's reaction. Episode editor: Samantha Reed Become a Rockin' the Suburbs patron - support the show and get bonus content - at Patreon.com/suburbspod (http://patreon.com/suburbspod) Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com (http://suburbspod.com/) . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com (http://suburbspod.com/) Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music by Quartjar. Visit quartjar42.com (http://quartjar42.com/) (c) 2020, Artie S. Industries LLC

Discussed: Maurie Fields, Shane Bourne, The Great Aussie Joke, Chris Anstey, A Shirtless Scotty Fisher, Michael Jordan, Robot Vacuums, James Packer, Declan's Drunk Irish Relatives.  And Vote Now for your favourite new Sweetest Plum Podcast: Why do they say that? You idiom; Flummoxed by Joy; The Lark and The Laugh; I'm Smart, I know Business; Packers to the Rafters; Have a Crackronym; Too Much Joy, Too early. Or feel free to invent your own one that we've forgotten. Vote on social media with #plumpodcastempire Facebook Twitter Or follow us on Instagram for moderately offensive photoshops of Nick's head on nude statues.  

In lieu of an "outtakes" episode this week, we have a full-length interview with the band. Three fourths of it, anyway. Tim Quirk, Sandy Smallens, and Jay Blumenfield sat down for an interview with Jon & Harrison. Tommy Vinton couldn't make it, but Jay did a great Tommy impression! We dicsuss their connection to Ohio, the band's influence on the funny, sarcastic pop punk movement that followed them, the transition from being in a rock band to the business world, the bands that influenced them the most, and their infamous Miami arrest on obscenity charges for playing 2 Live Crew songs. We also gave each of them an entry into our Request Lottery! It was a fun-filled hour of discussion and reminiscences, so come join us and let us know what you think. Then come back in one week for our next regular episode, when we'll be talking about Bowling for Soup. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PlayDiscPodcast Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/PlayDiscPodcast/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PlayDiscPodcast Email us at playdiscpodcast@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

For our sixth episode, Jon brings for consideration Too Much Joy, an early and relatively obscure influence for a lot of cheeky pop-punk bands, and their 1991 major-label debut Cereal Killers. Over the course of our hour-long discussion, we talk about.... The surprising saga of how Newt Gingrich came to be a Too Much Joy fan... and then had to disavow them Harrison's total shock at hearing KRS-One do a guest verse The balance of humor and poignancy; how Too Much Joy recorded songs that were funny and embraced humor without being "a comedy band." The Abbott & Costello routine that inspired "Susquehanna Hat Company"... and why Jon might have ruined the song by discussing it The numerous ways that Too Much Joy is able to "have it both ways" in their songwriting The impressively strange angles of some of these song lyrics What's up with Ohio? How the band's embrace of artifice and "fakeness" clashed against a genre that was beginning to crave "authenticity" in its performers Jon and Harrison reveal their Key Tracks The debut of our PLAY DISC Request Lottery! Donate to our Patreon at the $5 level or above to get a request on the list! And a preview of our next episode, on Bowling For Soup and their 2005 album A Hangover You Don't Deserve Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side! Starting this week, we've begun rolling dice for our PLAY DISC Request Lottery! Here's the link to the video of Jon rolling the dice, so you know we're honest. https://youtu.be/oOLnozgSJxA (The video is pretty low quality, but you can still see the dice, and that's all that matters). The spreadsheet Request Lottery picks and their associated numbers can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xOiYNZduLxz7L2CtNUPK1YOu63ni2XTWpcy1cdB6EQw/edit?usp=sharing You can get your request on this list by donating to our Patreon account at the $5 level or above. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PlayDiscPodcast Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/PlayDiscPodcast/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PlayDiscPodcast Email us at playdiscpodcast@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

For our fifth episode, Harrison brings for consideration Weezer's 1994 self-titled debut album, often referred to as The Blue Album. Over the course of an hour-long discussion, we also talk about... The temporal weirdness of the "Buddy Holly" Happy Days crossover music video The frustration of a band with six different self-titled albums in their discography (including two from the same year!) How much, in retrospect, Rivers Cuomo comes across as creepy on this album, and whether that's intentional satire We pay our respects to this album's producer, the recently departed Cars frontman, Ric Ocasek Whether being a D&D nerd shelters Rivers Cuomo from criticisms of toxic masculinity The strange word choices in the lyrics throughout the album, like "choo choo train," and "you need a guardian" A preview of our next episode about Too Much Joy and their 1991 album Cereal Killers Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/PlayDiscPodcast Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/PlayDiscPodcast/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PlayDiscPodcast Email us at playdiscpodcast@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

William Wittman is another producer/engineer/mixer whose name may not sound familiar, but who no doubt has worked on scores of songs you know and love. His first major work was on Cyndi Lauper's monumental She's So Unusual. Included on those sessions were the guys from The Hooters, which lead to WW doing their breakthrough Nervous Night. The same team went on to help craft Joan Osborne's smash Relish. From there, the hits just kept coming with albums by The Outfield, The Fixx and Scandal. He's also worked artists like the A's, Graham Parker  Mick Jagger and Pat Benatar. In the 90s he played in his own band Too Much Joy, which also paved the way for him to continue as a professional musician. Today you can find him slapping the bass in Cyndi's band as well as serving as her musical director.  And finally, a young William once passed up an opportunity to hobnob with rock's ultimate royalty because he was so dedicated to finishing a job, well...that and...he really had to pee.

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Jason Lipshutz of Billboard joins to talk about new songs he suggested from Sheck Wes, Noah Cyrus, and Fucked Up, and old songs Spike suggested from Leaders Of The New School, Too Much Joy, and Blue October. As always, a spotify playlist of all songs discussed is available at lovesongspodcast.com.

We talked about hearing the Beatles for the first time, why the sound of Pyromania in the 80s was influenced by FM radio compression, and the making of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. My guest today is William Wittman, a musician, multi–platinum engineer, and producer for artists like Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, the Hooters, and The Outfield. He has held the chief engineer position at several major recording studios which also led to several years as an A&R VP and Staff Producer at two major record labels (Sony/Columbia and BMG/RCA). He was also a member of the alternative rock band Too Much Joy. Today, he plays bass guitar in the band of Cyndi Lauper, both in her studio recordings as well as on her international tours. Thanks to our sponsors! Roswell Pro Audio: https://RoswellProAudio.com Tegeler Audio Manufaktur: https://www.tegeler-audio-manufaktur.de/ Watch William’s videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5zUgkCSjAE&list=PLbJhbD1bWQszXVUOTdAo7PSpxpIWJLLWl If you love the podcast then please Leave a review on iTunes here And if you want to learn more about mixing you can get Free mix training with Lij at: http://MixMasterBundle.com CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES AT: http://RSRockstars.com/126

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John Wicks is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the UK rock and power pop "The Records." As a singer-songwriter John's songs have been recorded by The Searchers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Too Much Joy, and Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks, among others. We take a look at John's songwriting, looking deeper into what is Power Pop, his writing during the punk and new wave scenes, and how his guitar playing plays a part in his songwriting! We will take a look at some of his songs and, of course, take a look into John's guitars and gear!

John Wicks is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the UK rock and power pop "The Records." As a singer-songwriter John's songs have been recorded by The Searchers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Too Much Joy, and Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks, among others. We take a look at John's songwriting, looking deeper into what is Power Pop, his writing during the punk and new wave scenes, and how his guitar playing plays a part in his songwriting! We will take a look at some of his songs and, of course, take a look into John's guitars and gear!

John Wicks is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the UK rock and power pop "The Records." As a singer-songwriter John's songs have been recorded by The Searchers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Too Much Joy, and Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks, among others. We take a look at John's songwriting, looking deeper into what is Power Pop, his writing during the punk and new wave scenes, and how his guitar playing plays a part in his songwriting! We will take a look at some of his songs and, of course, take a look into John's guitars and gear!

On Pierre Bourdieu's Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste (1979), introduction, ch 1 through p. 63, conclusion, and postscript. How do our tastes in music, art, and everything else reflect our social position? This philosophically trained sociologist administered a few detailed questionnaires in 1960s France and used the resulting differences in what people in different classes preferred and how they talked about these preferences to theorize about the role that taste plays in our social games. Featuring guest Tim Quirk of Too Much Joy and recent guest on Mark's Nakedly Examined Music podcast #8.  End song: "When She Took Off Her Shirt" from Tim's band Wonderlick's Topless At The Arco Arena (2005).

Tim describes himself as not a singer, but a writer with a band, and he shouted at the front of Too Much Joy in the late' 80s–'90s and has since recorded as Wonderlick while working as a big dog in the digital music industry with Google, Rhapsody, and now Freeform. We discuss "King of Beers" from Cereal Killers (1991), "Donner Lake" from Wonderlick (2002), "Just Like a Man" from Mutiny (1992), and also listen to "Extraordinary People" from Wonderlick's Super (2015). Read Tim's words at tbquirk.com, and toomuchjoy.com. Please spread the word about the podcast! You can also support our efforts. Musicians, tell us your song stories on video. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music.

Tim describes himself as not a singer, but a writer with a band, and he shouted at the front of Too Much Joy in the late' 80s–'90s and has since recorded as Wonderlick while working as a big dog in the digital music industry with Google, Rhapsody, and now Freeform. We discuss "King of Beers" from Cereal Killers (1991), "Donner Lake" from Wonderlick (2002), "Just Like a Man" from Mutiny (1992), and also listen to "Extraordinary People" from Wonderlick's Super (2015). Read Tim's words at tbquirk.com, and toomuchjoy.com. Please spread the word about the podcast! You can also support our efforts. Musicians, tell us your song stories on video. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music.

Tim Quirk is the Head of Global Content Programming for Google Play, where he leads the team responsible for music, books, apps, and video merchandising. Prior to Google, he was vp of music programming for Rhapsody. He spent much of the '80s and '90s as the singer and lyricist for the punk-pop band Too Much Joy, before easing his way into music journalism and the digital music business.

Napoleon had a standard battle plan, in two parts: A) Show up, and B) See what happens. In this episode, the men of The Spoon employ the talk radio equivalent of this approach, and the results are...predictably unpredictable. Held together by a loose thread on the joys and concerns of the impending holiday season, Robbie, Chris, and Thom sluice through a truly bounteous selection of topics which it would be folly to even attempt to recount in this forum. We can, however, reveal that this week's Weezer-centric Sodomizing A Legacy contains the best morphologically enigmatic mire poix joke that you're likely to hear for a long, long time to come. Music by Anny Celsi, Too Much Joy, and, lamentably, our fair trio themselves. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!