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Funky psychedelia and cutting-edge studio technique led to lots great music in 1970.  The Isley Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix.  They all added their pieces but one band has come to define it.  It's literally in the name.  Funkadelic.  Accept no substitutes.  This album finds the band experimenting with the studio as well as LSD.  In lesser hands, it could have been a shit show. ...

Jersey July comes to a close.  Don't act like we weren't going to let "The Boss" close the show the whole time.  Come stroll down the boardwalk with our esteemed guest and New Jersey native, Steve Whithacomb. Marvel at the cast of characters Bruce evokes in his pre-superstar era.

Jersey July rolls on!  Steve-O is back in the studio to enjoy "Slave To The Grind" with us.  He'll explain life on the Shore, how he could have met Sebastian Bach but didn't, and lastly, how much it costs to drive from Jersey to Long Island.  Get your sleazy hat on cuz we're gettin nasty.  It's Skid Row fer crissakes!  

You take the record advance money. You trick out your uncle's "Booga Basement".  Buy some gear and build this thing from the ground up.  Pras, Lauryn, and Wyclef settle "the score" after a lackluster debut and launch themselves to the top of not only the Hip Hop world but crossed over like a motherfucker with the sweet sound of Ms. Hill's voice.  Quit trying to front like you're down with Mt Zion.

What can you say about David Lee Roth that hasn't already been said about herpes?  It started out with a good time and now he's with us forever.  Listen along as we enjoy the second album from the former Van Halen frontman/demigod.  This would also be the last album to feature this all-star lineup of Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Greg Bissonette together.  This was way more fun than it had any rig...

This week, we're getting emo AF.  Jeremy Enigk, late of Sunny Day Real Estate, released his second solo album in 2006 and we're gonna listen to it and have emotions about it.  

Get ready to get soaking wet in this "quiet storm" with us.  The smoothest saxes, the slipperiest basslines, and that voice.  THAT voice.  Time to stop frontin' and get into this "sweetest taboo".

Well, we finally got here. Joy Division's second album, "Closer".  After this, we swear we're going to cover something light hearted and joyful.  Honestly, after a month of post-punk, we're all gonna need it.  Listen as a young band hones their craft and zeros in on what it sounds like to be utterly hopeless.  They make it hurt so good.  Unsung blues players.  Joy Division.

The "High Priestess Of Punk" herself, and her Banshees released this post-punk masterpiece before there was even a word for it.  Goth before it was a thing.  Though not looked at as one of their "greatest" albums, we disagree. You can't listen to this album without hearing the future echoes of The Cure, Sleater Kinney, or Jane's Addiction.  Also, we bet you've never heard "The Lords Prayer" perfor...

Ffffffresh from 40+ years ago, we get into the Tubeway Army's second album, "Replicas".  Synth-pop pioneers with a secret weapon.  I can't keep a secret.  This is Gary Numan's old band!  Yes. THE Gary Numan.  Philip K. Dick meets the guy that brought you "Cars".  Think about it.

On The Next Episode... We travel back to 1983 to visit the juggernaut that was "Colour By Numbers" by Culture Club.  After the drab 70's Boy George and Co. drop this explosion of Day-Glow soul/reggae/new wave greatness.  

We have a guest this week! Holy crap! Please welcome Darcie Pfiefle into "Studio 117" as she helps us dissect and come to terms with Amy's final album.  There will be laughs, tears, and genuine confusion.  Enjoy. 

This week, we get a little more familiar with Foreigner and their second album, "Double Vision".  Well, we wanted to be down with this album so hard.  In the end, were we?  Check it and see.

We close out Black History Month with "The Voice" herself, Whitney Houston.  1987 was a great year for music.  Probably because of this album.  God save the "Queen".

Join us as we come full circle with the mighty TLC.  Not just "Waterfalls, and Creep(in).  Some of the smoothest, horniest, and funniest tracks lay in wait as we dive into Atlanta's representation during Black History Month, CrazySexyCool.

In the second week of Black History Month, we go to New York City to find Living Colour and their second album, Time's Up.   Elite level musicianship? Check.   An old school "conscious" mind-set? Yup.   More Body Glove than Daisy Fuentes at the "Spring Break Beach House"?  You bet your jazz/metal/punk/soul/gospel/futuristic/hip-hop/rock lovin' ass!   Time's Up.

We kick off Black History Month with an album from a true pioneer of the game.  The one and only MC Ice-T. Power (1988) was as influential as it was boundary defiling.  Funny as it was serious but always real.

It's the last "Hometown January" show.  This week, we are celebrating The Melvins and their second album, Ozma.  Unsung "Doom Metal Pioneers"?  Maybe.  Ripped off by everyone?  Probably.  Heaviest band from the Northwest?  Definitely.  If you are from the Northwest or just like the music, drop us a line and let us know who you'd like to hear next "Hometown January".

Hometown January continues!  Hometown for us anyway.  If you are unfortunate enough to not live in the shadow of a killer volcano called Mt. Rainier, you still probably know or love this album.  Nirvana's Nevermind.  One of the greatest power trios up there with Cream and The Police?  Logging town misery?  Mean Girl snarkiness?  Come as you are and see for yourself.

We continue "Home Town January" with one of the biggest and long lasting bands to ever come from Seattle.  Pearl Jam.  We get into their second album, second drummer, second guesses and the like.

Before there were Black Days and Rusty Cages, there was Louder Than Love.  We kick off "Home Town January" with a listen to Soundgarden's second album.  Earlybirds on the so called "Grunge" scene in Seattle, Soungarden's influence would be felt for decades to come.  Perhaps Seattle's tallest band?  No doubt.  We get up to all this and more on The Next Episode.

This has been a long time coming and if this isn't one of the best second albums out there, we'll eat our hats.  The Cure's Seventeen Seconds.  See what how these youthful "Godfathers of Gloom" start laying the groundwork for the rest of their career and an entire genre.

Today we dig in to Queen II by, you guessed it, Queen.  Listen in to hear why Queen is like an expensive, imported sports car.  Why it's sometimes just fine to let the drummer sing one.  Last but not least, OGRE BATTLE!

This week we look into the early days of MEGA-BAND, U2.  Still fresh faced and barely a set of pubes between them, they embark on their most openly spiritual album to date.  They have yet to fully shed the cocoon of their influences to emerge as beautiful butterflies on "War" but the youthful exuberance still wins the day.  Check it out!

This week, we bring you the Hollywood juggernaut, Motley Crue.  Love 'em or hate 'em, these guys were enormous on the 80's scene.  We start a drinking game and somehow learn to love this album for what it is.