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The movie Footloose celebrated it's 40th anniversary on February 17th so we felt we had to give the soundtrack a good listen and the movie a good watch along with the 2011 remake.   On today's podcast we talk about: ODD MUSIC LAWS TWO NEW MUSIC TV SHOWS TOP 10 FROM THE WEEK ENDING FEB 18 1984 FOOTLOOSE SOUNDTRACK (1984) FOOTLOOSE THE MOVIE (1984) FOOTLOOSE THE MOVIE (2011) ********* KNOW GOOD MUSI...

SHOW 56 - NEW MUSIC / ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES FOR MARCH 1974 / 1984 / 1994 / ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ON LAUFEY / GIVE IT A LISTEN This podcast we talk about album anniversaries coming up for RUSH / PINK FLOYD / ELVIS / BECK & others for March 74 / 84 / 94 Plus Segments : Artist Spotlight and Listen to This along with some music news and new album releases for March. Our newest segment "Give It A Listen"...

BUDDY HOLLY NOTE: This podcast has been edited down from a previous podcast (from February 2023) Today we go back into our archives and re-upload this podcast as today marks the 65th anniversary of Buddy Holly's passing, along with Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson BUDDY HOLLY - His Life, Music & Legacy - FROM THE ARCHIVES 2-25-23 BUDDY HOLLY TOPICS we cover: The Crickets...

SHOW 55 We begin the podcast by talking about New Music Books, The top 10 selling vinyl albums of 2023 and we compare the top 10 albums of 2023 from Paste, Pitchfork & Rolling Stone Then we go into our main topic.  Rob  & Jeremy's top 10 albums of 2023 We talk about albums from: GRETA VAN FLEET FOO FIGHTERS U2  KELLY CLARKSON QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE MILEY CYRUS MEG MYERS MAMMOTH WVH PETER...

Rob INTERVIEWs Singer, Songwriter, Master of the Mouth Harp, Bluesman and Rapper - Philly's one and only G LOVE of G LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE! Today Rob talks to G. Love (Garrett Dutton) about the 30th anniversary of G LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE'S monumental 1994 self-titled debut album! Find out how G Love (Garrett) got his name, his street performing days in Boston, his love for Basketball, what i...

First new Podcast of 2024! SHOW 54 - ALBUM ROULETTE - Albums of 2023 What we do every year now is a random pick from a list of 50 greatest albums of 2023.  This list is from Paste Magazine.  Rob and Jeremy both review and critique (and boy do we) 3 albums each! Before we go into the random albums we talk about albums turning 50 / 40 and 30 years old in February!   Some of the albums we talk about...

THE HOLIDAY PODCAST is here!   Our podcast starts off with a special Holiday message from Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America Jeremy and Rob start off the podcast with a year in review of the shows we did along with Matt in 2023. Then we go into our regular subject of albums turning 50/40/30 followed by NEW ARTISTS (Alex Vile / Destroy Boys) and NEW CHRISTMAS MUSIC (Cher...

I grew up watching MTV as a teen (and beyond) and one band that stood out for me were THE HOOTERS (A Philadelphia PA band that looked fun and lyrically different with lines and melodies you'd remember for a long time).   Who can forget the songs "And We Danced", "All You Zombies", "Day by Day" and "Hanging on a Heartbeat" ? It was a great honor to finally talk to Eric Bazilian! The Hooters just go...

Today we start the podcast talking about New Music from the Rolling Stones & Green Day and newer artists like Holly Humberstone and Fenne Lily. We also give you a sample of a new song called GIFT from musician BILLY MAGERISON.  Billy gave us permission to play part of his new song! Before our main subject we cover (like always) albums turning 50/40/30 (in December) OUR MAIN SUBJECT: Matt and R...

Dave Swift may not be a household name but he's shared the stage with legendary musicians such as Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Cher, Joss Stone, Eric Clapton, Roger Daughtry, Paul Simon ... and those are just a few.  He's been a member of Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra since 1991 and also a with the house band on Later with Jools Holland (one of the top tv shows in the UK) He's been c...

Today Rob & Matt talk with DAVE HILL   Not Dave Hill from Slade, Not the actor Dave Hill, Not the golfer Dave Hill but the world-renowned comedian, guitar shredder, author from showbiz DAVE HILL.  That Dave Hill! This is the same Dave Hill who just got off an explosive 6 date tour with Tenacious D (Jack Black's band, of course), he was so good he was asked back to open for them next year with...

This is our 3rd and final Halloween/Horror Podcasts!     Our first was our Interview with Sara Karloff (Boris Karloff's daughter), 2nd was Part 1 of our Universal Monster Movie Reviews (we covered The Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon & The Mummy. Today we continue ranking the movies - basically when we match a movie on our list of 6 we talk about it.  So we have Dracula, Frankenstei...

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS - Part 1 (of 2) - SHOW 50 This is our 2nd in a series of 3 Halloween/Horror Podcasts!  Our first was our Interview with Sara Karloff (Boris Karloff's daughter). Today our main topic is the UNIVERSAL MONSTER FILMS.  Namely Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man, The Mummy & Frankenstein. We go into the making of each movie and also the entire...

This is the 1st (of 3) in our series of HALLOWEEN / HORROR podcasts for the month of October Today we talk with SARA KARLOFF about her wonderful father and legendary actor BORIS KARLOFF who starred in over 160 films & tv shows.   We find out what Boris Karloff was really like! We also talk about the chiller theatre convention (in NJ), the website (karloff.com) and we even ask Sara some music q...

Today our main subject is all 4 of the KISS Solo Albums we review, rank and also read what someone (who obviously hates kiss) wrote in 1978 about the albums.  Jeremy listened to these albums for the first time so it's great hearing what his first impression was.  Rob is much older so he bought these when they came out on September 18, 1978 (oh my) Before we go into the kiss albums we talk about: 1...

Today I talk to Philip and Truett from the Austin, Texas band BRISCOE.  We talk about their recent show where they got to open for The Dave Matthews Band, the making of the new album WEST OF IT ALL, a couple of the songs off the new album and more!   ABOUT BRISCOE: Briscoe is Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton. To record West of It All, the duo was joined by producer Brad Cook on bass, drummer M...

Today we talk to Paul Wexler about his Legendary Father: Jerry Wexler, Paul's work with Van Morrison and the Go Gos, his association with Stone Temple Pilots, we talk about Led Zeppelin (a band his father helped discover)  and of course Paul's own band WexWax and their debut album "Swept Away"! Rob met Paul many years ago when he walked into his print shop in Clinton, New Jersey (to get sheet musi...

INTERVIEW WITH KURT REIL from the band THE GRIPWEEDS! Kurt talks to Know Good Music (Rob) about the new album JEM RECORDS presents a tribute to RAY DAVIES in which the Gripweeds have recorded two great cover versions : "See My Friends" and "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" We also talk about what it takes to make a cover song great and a comparison between CDs and Vinyl Records. Great interview...

SHOW 48 - THE HISTORY of the Music Video and MTV / Movie Review of TAPEHEADS & More  Rob & Jeremy start off with a look at the a Top 10 list from 1981 (where we go over each song in some detail), Albums turning 50 / 40 / 30 for September, A Brief History of the Music Video & A Review of the 1988 film TAPEHEADS starring John Cusack & Tim Robbins. *********** KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be f...

A Tribute to SINEAD OCONNOR - Special Edition Podcast We (Rob & Matt) recorded a special podcast today where we talk about Sinead O'Connor who passed away on July 26, 2023 in Herne Hill London UK. Sinead struggled throughout life despite being an incredible singer songwriter and finding fame (which most times doesn't matter at all).   We all hoped Sinead would win against her demons but in the...

Today on KNOW GOOD MUSIC we talk with singer/songwriter : JESSE DANIEL EDWARDS We talk to Jesse while he is relaxing poolside about his new incredible album "VIOLENSIA", growing up in a small California town milking goats, his time as tour manager with Morrissey and some details on one of his new songs "What Ever Happened To" Jesse's voice is mesmerizing.  Think Morrissey meets Freddie Mercury mee...

FORGOTTEN BANDS vol. 3 Today Rob and Matt talk about 6 bands who you may not have heard of or maybe completely forgot about from the 1960s / 1970s.  We like to do this once a year so this is our 3rd podcast talking about Forgotten Bands! We tell you all about: WISHBONE ASH APRIL WINE ELLEN MCLLEWAINE THIN LIZZY NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND HUMBLE PIE ******** We begin the podcast with Albums that are tu...

Rob and Matt talk with legendary singer / songwriter MELANIE! We talk to Melanie about her experience at the original woodstock as one of only 3 solo performers.  Melanie goes into great detail about her experience; Starting with the moment she first heard of woodstock, flying for the first time in a helicopter and taking the stage in front of a massive audience (unlike anything she ever experienc...

Today we review of the ELVIS movie IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR  Today we talk about the 1963 film IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR starring ELVIS, Gary Lockwood, Kurt Russell (his film debut), Yvonne Craig (batgirl) & Joan O'Brien! We start the show with a some new albums that were released and some new albums coming out soon.  We get into some new music books, the 1982 world's fair (in Knoxvil...

Today we talk about the 1958 film KING CREOLE starring ELVIS, Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart & Vic Morrow. We start the show with a TOP TEN from July of 1958 and then go into albums turning 50 years old and 40 years old. We tell you what we thought of King Creole (It's the first Elvis movie Jeremy has ever seen) and we go into the movie soundtrack. Another great show! ************ KNO...