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Paul and Rob talk to actress Dee Wallace DEE WALLACE is not only a legendary actress but also one of the greatest "Scream Queens".   Some of her big films are E.T., CUJO & The Howling!  Dee is currently about to set a new record with over 300 combined movie & tv roles.  She's still quite busy and has 13 movies that will be released in the next year. DEE talks about: The moment she knew ......

Rob interviews Laura and Scott from the Nashville Acoustic Jazzy Funk Band SLAP DRAGON Rob sits down with Laura and Scott for a great conversion about their first tour, their first album release MISSION STATEMENT, what it's like traveling together in one vehicle, how the name slap dragon came about... and more! Slap Dragon is the brain-child of bassist Scott Mulvahill and vocalist Laura Berens who...

JASON LEAVY INTERVIEW Rob and Paul sit down for a conversation with Producer, Writer, Actor and Stuntman JASON LEAVY. Jason and his brother Michael started the film company "fuzz on the lense" over 16 years ago and have gone on to produce the Horror films Terrifer 2  & 3 and their own horror film STREAM (2024) (which starred a ton of horror legends like Tim Curry, Tony Todd, Dee Wallace &...

Interview with Meghan Parnell & Dave Barnes from BYWATER CALL Today Rob & Matt interview Meghan & Dave from the Toronto based band BYWATER CALL Bywater Call formed in 2017 and have formed a huge fan base. They've been touring the US non-stop this year bringing their incredible rock roots soul sound to everyone. Meghan is an incredible singer (think Susan Tedeschi / Beth Hart) and Dave...

On today's podcast Sam and Rob talk about musical artists from the great US state of MICHIGAN.  Those who were born there and those who made it their musical home. First segment we go thru the list of artists from Michigan and where in Michigan they're from. Second segment Rob talks about Bill Hailey and the Comets Third segment Sam talks about the great guitarist Dick Wagner ***** Follow our Inst...

YOU MAY KNOW CHRIS FROM THE BANDS: BALLS, GIRAFFE, CASPER BABY PANTS OR PERHAPS THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (with the hit songs "LUMP" and "PEACHES") I hold "the Presidents" up there with They Might Be Giants, Weird Al and Cake! *** Chris returns to Know Good Music for the 2nd time and talks to Rob about: THE NEW ALBUM "NEWBORN HUMAN"  THE CREATION OF THE SONG "PEACHES"  WHERE C...

THE MONKEES 60th Anniversary CONVENTION & NEW COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE On today's podcast Rob talks to 3 monkees historians : CHARLES ROSENAY, DUANE DIMOCK and MARK ARNOLD. Charles, Duane & Mark join Rob to talk about the 60th anniversary Monkees Convention taking place from Sept 4th, 5th and 6th 2026.   Tons of great guests like VALERIE KAIRYS VENET who appeared in over 50 monkees tv episod...

SUMMER SERIES - PART 3 THIS EPISODE WE HAVE MUSIC NEWS, WE TALK ABOUT NEW RELEASES FOR AUGUST, AND END WITH ARTIST RIDERS MS FAB's TRIP BACK TO NJ THE EXTINCTION OF THE SMALL LOCAL CLUBS MUSIC NEWS : PHIL COLLINS, DAVID LEE ROTH, R.E.M., MARTHA REEVES NEW RELEASES : NIGHT RANGER, JON BATISTE, MONKEY ENGINE HAND PUMP, ANN WILSON, PHOEBE BRIDGERS, THE WARNING, SMASHING PUMPKINS, SIENNA SERA, SPARKS,...

EP 114 - ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES - part 3 On today's podcast Sam and Rob discuss TWO more albums that are coming up on major release date anniversaries. SAM talks about WILCO's sophomore album "BEING THERE" (30th anniversary) ROB talks about THE SMITHEREENS debut album "ESPECIALLY FOR YOU" (40th anniversary) Exclusive Audio from Jim Babjak talking about the making of "Especially For You" Exclusive Aud...

SUMMER SERIES - 2 of 3 - EP 113 For the summer we are bringing back our all out music podcast covering Music News, Music Books, New Music / Artists and Releases along with our Give It A Listen Segment! Rob is joined today with JEREMY !  Jeremy is back. Jeremy and Rob catch up on some things and talk about the Mammoth show they attended back in March .. then they go into some Music News and New Mus...

INTERVIEW WITH MENTOS MAN (Marc Bautista) Rob Interviews the now legendary Mentos Man who got to share the stage recently with THE FOO FIGHTERS and help dance and sing to their song "BIG ME".   They talk Foo Fighters, his tribute band, did he actually grab dave's ass? (see the photo in the promo for the interview on youtube), what are his plans for his next show with the Foo Fighters (his 10th sho...

Today Rob & Matt talk to Gabe Dixon (who has been the keyboardist for the Tedeschi Trucks Band for over 7 years)  GABE TALKS TO US ABOUT: Being in his first band at the age of 12 and being signed to Curb Records  The Melodica instrument (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A HOOTER) The Gabe Dixon Band The song "All will be well" (Rob's favorite) and the his live solo album from 2017 (Live from Boston) The com...

KEN COOKE (all the way from Australia!)  joins Rob on the podcast today to talk about the great WRECKING CREW The Wrecking Crew was a group of session musicians who performed on some of the biggest music hits in America .. mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2008 a great documentary came out revealing members of the wrecking crew and their contributions to music Rob and Ken go through some of the me...

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES - 1 of 3 - EP 111 For the summer we are bringing back our all out music podcast covering Music News, Music Books, New Music / Artists and Releases along with our Give It A Listen Segment! Rob is joined today with special (in the studio) Guest Co-Host today - MELANIE THEIL Melanie is well versed in music history and has been a Radio Host for over 30 years starting with WNTI (Hac...

FROM THE ARCHIVES - Original Airdate of 4.10.2021 New intro by Rob Today Jim (rob) and Mike (matt) talk about the 1976 film THE LAST WALTZ ABOUT THE LAST WALTZ The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearan...

Francesca was named the 2025 Breakout Artist of the Year by Atlantic City’s Elephant Talk Independent Music Awards... A few months ago she won the "Homegrown Music Video Award" for "I Just Wanna Be Your Lover Again" at the Garden State Film Festival.  She Just released a new single "Barely Breathing" on April 17th and she will be releasing her new album "Promise of Patience" this summer. ****** Ma...

Rob interviews Space Frehley! Rob has been wanting to interview someone from a tribute band for a long time now ... and what perfect way to start this journey than to interview SPACE FREHLEY (A Tribute to Ace Frehley) and put out the interview on what would have been Ace's 75th birthday. Not only does Space look like Ace (without the makeup) but he talks like him, sings like him and ... damnnnnn.....

Sam and Rob record an impromptu podcast for Record Store Day 2026 Recorded on April 19, 2026  They go over the albums they bought and some other recent purchases (Rob's Flea Market Finds) ARTISTS MENTIONED ARE: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Marshall Crenshaw Uncle Tupelo Olivia Newton John The Jayhawks The Who Sun Volt and more ***** KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify,...

Rob interviews guitarist/vocalist Thom LaFond from the Colorado based band BANSHEE TREE! *** BIO: BANSHEE TREE is an indie psychedelic pop/rock band with sharply-written songs, jazz-inspired guitar solos, saxophone textures, and grooves that nod to the dance floor, they've spent nearly a decade evolving their sound. That fusion reaches a new peak with Bad Luck, a restless and unapologetically dive...

KEITH HOPWOOD (HERMAN'S HERMITS) INTERVIEW Rob interviews original guitarist for Herman's Hermits Keith Hopwood Keith was in the band from 1963 - 1972 and was a pivotal member during the band's height with the #1 US hits "Mrs. Brown You Have  Lovely Daughter" and "I'm Henry the Eighth, I am".  Other greats songs were "I'm into Something Good", "There's a Kind of Hush" and "Can't You Hear my Heartb...

SEINFELD from the Archives - Original air date: July 18, 2020 Back in 2020 when we were "Jim and MIke Talk" we did a podcast on Seinfeld.  It was before we decided to dedicate the podcast to talking about music. We used to have a segment before and after the main theme. What you'll hear today is just the Main Theme which was Seinfeld. We go thru the history of the show and we go thru our top 5 fav...

BEE GEES Jive Talkin Podcast - Ms Fab and Rob talk Bee Gees   The History of the Bee Gees  How they got their name (it's not what you think) The formation of the band What made Robin leave the band? The Albums leading up to Saturday Night Fever We delve into the entire SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER soundtrack Who passed up being on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack Was Ms Fab allowed to go see the movie....

Rob and Eddie Deezen talk about his start as a stand-up comedian leading into his acting career with his first year in acting (1978) being in 3 films (one a huge hit, one a fan favorite, and one that didn't do so well).. we're talking GREASE, I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND and LASERBLAST! They  go into other films Eddie was in like 1941 (with John Belushi) and The Polar Express.  His time working with Ste...

On today's podcast Sam and Rob discuss three more albums that are coming up on major release anniversaries Rob talks about LED ZEPPELIN'S 1976 Release PRESCENCE - The odd album cover  - "the object" - What circumstance led to this album being made in the first place - What is Royal Orleans really about ?  "Whiskers"? **** Rob and Sam then go into THE WALLFLOWERS May 21, 1996 Release BRINGING DOWN...

EP 107 - ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES Part 1 On today's podcast Sam and Rob discuss two albums they love that are coming up on major release anniversaries. Rob talks about the Cranberries album "To the Faithful Departed" released on April 29, 1996 (30 year anniversary). Rob goes track by track and talks a little bit about the late singer Delores O'Riordan and a couple of the videos that were made in suppor...