Records Revisited

The guys are joined by Anna Morsett (The Still Tide) talk about Elliott Smith’s 2000 release “Figure 8.”  Plenty of other discussion including communal CD players, guitar teching, working with Brian Joseph, Olympia, being overly kind and trying to find joy in the moments, Schoolhouse Rock, pleasing Mama, and finding common words and phrases in lyrics.   Check out Anna and The Still Tide at: http:/...

The guys are joined by Lira and Caulfield of Sweeping Promises who introduce the guys to a lost gem of the 1980s from Solid Space called “Space Museum.”  Plenty of other discussion including recording on one mic in mono, the art of mythbuilding and tribalism, minimal wave, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterians, Doctor Who, Sylvia Plath, “you can hear the puberty,” Dean Koontz, clarinet, and wordle.  ...

The guys were joined by musician and actor Noah Guthrie.  His new album is great...you should check that out...and we talk about Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and their album "Raising Sand."  Or is it T-Bone Burnett's album with guest appearances from Robert and Alison? We also talk about “Gleeks” (he was in the last season of Glee), the grammys, perfectly sequencing, and how this album is a mast...

The guys were joined by Jane Bruce to talk about “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” from Lucinda Williams.  Plenty of other discussion including performing in the play “Jagged Little Pill,” being messy, re-recording an entire album, Blaze Foley, growing up in Utah and flipping off Kaysville (and other Utah cities), is this a concept album, Ben creates a drinking game for this album and more.  Check out...

The guys were joined by Paul Brannigan, author of "Unchained: The Eddie Van Halen Story,” to talk about the classic debut album from Van Halen. Lots of stories about the early days of the band including names of the first bands, demos with Gene Simmons and Ted Templeman, Patty Smyth, Dave vs. Sammy, famous Jamies, and more.  Check out the episode and, if you like what you hear, go buy the book fro...

The guys welcome Patreon revisitor Tom Hershey and Wilco super fan Jeff Frame to talk about "A Ghost is Born."  Wayne foregoes our typical PG-13 rating with multiple F-bombs about one particular song and a song that he THOUGHT was on the actual album that wasn't.   We talk WAY too much about the song that gets our collective "1" score.   Is it pill bug beauty or pure bug beauty?  Why does Jeff car...

The guys are joined by Phil Berg referral Ryan Hiller to discuss Prince's "The Rainbow Children."  Yep.  You read that right.  We did an episode about "The Rainbow Children" before we did episodes about "Purple Rain" or "1999" or "Around the World" or "Sign O The Times."  Find out why Ryan Hiller picked this album before any of the popular and well regarded Prince albums. This album has Naughty Pr...

The guys welcome back Carrie Akre (Hammerbox, Goodness & solo) and welcome Patreon Revisitor Brian Woods to talk about Kate Bush and “Hounds of Love.”  Plenty of other discussion including 80s music like Depeche Mode, “Wrestle It Out” and a songwriting challenge, how the podcast morphed since the last time Carrie was on, misogyny in the music industry, having your top song getting a new title,...

The guys welcome Sean Rowe to talk about “Songs of Love and Hate” from Leonard Cohen.  Plenty of other discussion including talk about not repeating a t-shirt wear, foraging and what NOT to eat, Sean working with the Wisconsin dudes, Cohen working with Phil Spector, Get Back & the creative process, Wayne is Mr. Tattoo Man, flamenco guitar, Bob Johnston, and being the shy guy at an orgy. Check...

The guys welcome Paul McDonald to talk about the 1969 debut from Crosby Stills & Nash.  Plenty of other discussion including talk about eloping, Rock Boat, writing super personal songs, scores from one song we’ll get hate mail for, 3-Peat Records Revisited artists, Neil Young, Judy Collins, heartbreak songs and hobos, post-apocalyptic songs and Jefferson Airplane, where are the protest songs n...

It’s that time again….the guys discuss their favorite songs of 2021 and the ones that got listened to and relistened to.  Discussion includes Double Whammys of Bre Kennedy and Lucius (they’re on both Ben and Wayne’s lists), Blue Water Highway, red scarves, Wayne’s crushes of Shania and Orville Peck, Elle King and Miranda, War on Drugs, Noah Gunderson (yeah Noah…you would have a good time hanging w...

The guys welcome Pete Weiss to talk about “New Morning” from Bob Dylan.  Plenty of other discussion including Bone Up Brewing, the Weiss-tronauts, Zevon, walking away from being a baseball fan, missed drum beats, Al Kooper, and how often does Bob Dylan punk his audience? Check out Pete Weiss at: https://www.weissy.com/ Check Bob Dylan out at: https://www.bobdylan.com/ Check out other episodes at R...

The guys welcome Pat Francis of Rock Solid Podcast to discuss Jackson Browne's "Hold Out" from 1980. Plenty of other discussion including Chicago at Carnegie, Lou Gramm, Wayne’s horrible lighting, celebrity autographs and Joan Jett, Andy Summers, the fall of disco, Little Feat, Jackson’s other songs and their peak chart positions, and we find out that Wayne doesn’t like guitars tuned to sound like...

The guys welcome Patreon Revisitor Karli Anderson to talk about The Pixies’ “Surfer Rosa.”  Plenty of other discussion including about Motorboat (the band), The Posies, living room material, Steve Albini, songs about the structure of you, overanalysis of Mesopotamia, Fight Club, spelling our your name in a song, Spanish class, Black Francis and the greatness of Kim Deal. Check out The Pixies at: h...

The guys welcome John Humphrey of Seether to talk about “Alive” from KISS.  Plenty of other discussion including 20 years of Seether, The Nixons, cool aunts that buy KISS albums, how a live album captured how good KISS was (ask Black Sabbath), writing great choruses, and did Spotify really cut out a portion of “Cold Gin?” Check KISS out at: https://www.kissonline.com/ Check Seether out at: https:/...

The guys welcome Paula Kelley to talk about The Zombies’ “Odessey and Oracle.”  Plenty of other discussion including how this album is not a “woo” record, The Bee Gees, shoegaze, going back to your roots, the Mindbenders, Faulkner is overrated, Jim just loves people (or he’s a whore), 3 score shaming, and that song was a single?  Check out Paula Kelley at: https://twitter.com/divine_pk and https:/...

The guys welcome Patreon Revisitor Kevin Peters and music journalist Craig Manning to talk about The Gaslight Anthem’s “The ’59 Sound.”  Oh yeah, we also have Alex Rosamilia of the band we’re talking about (and his new band Forgivers) join us.  Plenty of other discussion including adding the Jersey, Fender Jazzmasters, Bob Seger, song references, you can’t marry 3 people, calling your own ambulanc...

Bonus episode!  Ben and best friend Jeff inadvertently sideline Wayne and record an impromptu episode after seeing Bon Iver live in L.A. on October 22nd.  The guys celebrate the 10th anniversary of the self-titled Bon Iver album and discuss weak merch games, remodeling kitchens, Wilco shows, rude audience members, and crying at concerts. Check out Bon Iver at: https://boniver.org/ Check out Jeff a...

The guys welcome back Jon Lamoreaux from The Hustle Podcast and welcome Courtney Cronin Dold to talk about the debut from Crowded House. Plenty of other discussion including Vince Neil, Traveling Wilburys, how the worlds of rockers and comedians overlap, MTV, the sequencing differences from the CD to the cassette tape, songs about death, what feels like home, deluges, Split Enz, and what is a “Hey...

The guys welcome Robert Ellis Orrall to talk about Todd Rundgren and “Runt – The Ballad of Todd Rundgren.”  Plenty of other discussion including the Infinity Cat label and headquarters/cathouse, JEFF The Brotherhood, Taylor Swift knows how to write a bridge, Clay Walker’s first hit, finding a record with a guy sitting at a piano with a noose around their head, layers and layers of vocals, losing p...

The guys welcome Matt Sucich to talk about “This Desert Life” from Counting Crows.  Plenty of other discussion including hidden tracks & Snood, plain white tees, our scoring system and sometimes a song just sucks, opening shows with the sun in your eyes, song titles with quotation marks, Monica Potter, David Lowery, the genius of Adam Duritz (and, really, the ENTIRE band), singing upside down,...

The guys welcome DL Rossi to talk about “Plans” from Death Cab For Cutie.  Plenty of other discussion including DL’s new album “Lonesome Kind,” The Office & Scranton, getting produced by your brother, the arts scene in Grand Rapids, Van Plating, red state vs. blue state alternative music, economy of words, Raymond Carver, the genius of Ben Gibbard and the drumming talent of Jason McGerr (the o...

The guys welcome Michael Citro of “Michael’s Record Collection” podcast to talk about Boston’s second album “Don’t Look Back.”  Plenty of other discussion including the origin of Michael’s podcast, pod envy, pitfalls of editing, bucket list guests, why Michael chose this album instead of the legendary first Boston album, the legal battle of Epic Records, the genius of Tom Scholz and the absolute p...

The guys welcome Patreon Revisitor Tim McKay to talk about Ray Lamontagne’s “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise.”  Plenty of other discussion including about cities San Antonio & St. Louis & New York City, Carbon Leaf, you guys covered a Jewel album?, is there anyone who listens to every episode of our podcast, ghosted guests, cattle drives, frying up tomatoes, and why do our guests want...

Guest co-host Alex Alt from the Sly Dog Music Cast joins Ben to welcome Leah Blevins to talk about “Trouble in Shangri-La” from the legendary Stevie Nicks.  Plenty of other discussion including Leah’s excellent record “First Time Feeling,” Paisley Park, discovering Stevie Nicks via the Dixie Chicks, being told by Tom Petty to write your own songs, Sheryl Crow and all the bonanza personnel on the r...