Debts No Honest Man Can Pay

On this week's show, we spend quality time with new records from Jenny Lewis , Foo Fighters & Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, bid adieu to the iconic Astrud Gilberto & the legendary Tina Turner, and celebrate 45 years of my all-time favorite record - Bruce Springsteen 's Darkness on the Edge of Town.  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (De...

On this week's show, we sit down with our longtime friend - and host of the long-running Teacher on the Radio radio program - Andy Smith to talk about his love of all things U2 , My Morning Jacket & Jason Isbell.  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Ra...

On this week's show, we celebrate 10 year's of Daft Punk 's Random Access Memories, bid adieu to Andy Rourke of The Smiths, and spend long-overdue quality with a superlative recent record from Lil Yachty   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...

On this week's show, we bid adieu to the late Gordon Lightfoot, spin fresh tracks from Foo Fighters , Deer Tick & Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, and spend quality time with new records from Esther Rose , Wednesday & Peter Case.  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...

On this week's show, we nerd out over the highlights of this year's High Water music festival, spend quality time with new records by The New Pornographers & Damien Jurado, and spin fresh tracks from PJ Harvey , The Gaslight Anthem & Low Cut Connie.   All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The...

On this week's show, we celebrate 40 years of R.E.M. 's Murmur, spin fresh tracks from Lucinda Williams , Jenny Lewis & Jess Williamson, and spend quality time with new records by Caroline Rose , The Hold Steady & boygenius. 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 WHF...

On this week's very special show, we celebrate our 20th anniversary of the show by reprising the playlist of our very first episode as a radio show on 4/7/03 , sharing our origin story and some behind-the-scenes history of the show, and thanking all the people who made these past 20 years possible. All this and much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical ecle...

On this week's show, we nerd out over highlights from last weekend's Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band show in Greensboro, spend quality time in the extended universe of Amazon Prime Video 's Daisy Jones & The Six, and enjoy some music from some of our other favorite faux bands. All this & much, much less!  Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica...

On this week's show, we spend quality time with brand new records from The Long Ryders & Lucero, spin fresh tracks from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit , The The & Sparks, and nerd out over the triumphant return of The Rain Parade. 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...

On this week's show, we celebrate our good friend Jen Tota-McGivney 's new Charlotte Magazine column by welcoming her as our guest, share our 2023 Oscars picks, endure me talking way too much. 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 (B...

On this week's show, we... bid adieu to Trugoy the Dove as a whole new generation gets ready to discover De La Soul   nerd out over the reissue of Marshall Crenshaw 's 1982 debut  spend quality time with new records by Fucked Up & Yo La Tengo  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...

On this week's show, we... bid adieu to David Crosby & Tom Verlaine spend quality time with the new Joe Henry record spin fresh tracks from boygenius , Fucked Up & Nickel Creek   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...

On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from Margo Price & Myron Elkins spin fresh tracks from U2 , The Hold Steady & Peter Gabriel   bid adieu to Terry Hall & Jeff Beck 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 t...

On this week's show, we... kick off 2023 by celebrating our 100th podcast!  tell one of my favorite stories  look forward to the next hundred episodes All this & much, much less!  Welcome to our first ever Debts Storytime! I've actually told this story once or twice when we were a mere mortal radio show. It's a true story I've told countless times IRL over the years. A few years back, I told t...

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 2022  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 (B...

On this week's show, we... welcome my friends & former colleagues Mike Monzitta & Carolyn Prusa celebrate the publication of Carolyn's first novel, None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive   share our Top 5 Prince songs All this & much, much less! 

Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights III - On this week's show, because I just didn't have it in me to pull off another extended show, we're dialing it back with our shortest episode of the year! 8 songs (one for each night of Chanukah) plus a  bonus track to symbolize the starter candle.  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-soli...

Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of 2022 - On this week's show, we spend quality time with the records that sparked joy, inspired us to get out of bed, face the day & conquer the world while the world continued to rage on like an unholy dumpster fire. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica &a...

On this week's show, we get ready for Thanksgiving by...  nerding out over Bruce Springsteen 's superlative new soul covers record catching up with Charley Crockett 's latest country soul joint  spinning fresh Motor City roots music from The Whiskey Charmers & Stella!  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle...

On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from Plains , Cory Branan & Mightmare bid adieu to Low drummer & vocalist Mimi Parker   hold a musical memorial for a friend who left way to soon 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,...

On this week's show, we... wrap up the scary old month of Rocktober with a Genreview Double Featue of goth & shoegaze spend quality time with the new Pixies record    spin fresh tracks from Bruce Springsteen , The Chills & Caroline Rose 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...

On this week's show, we... continue raging through the scary old month of Rocktober with a Genreview of instrumental & vocal trip-hop spend quality time with the superlative new record from Titus Andronicus    spin fresh tracks from Bruce Springsteen , Neil Young & Margo Price All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica &...

On this week's show, we... kick off the scary old month of Rocktober with a Genreview of 70s U.K. & U.S. glam rock spend quality time with superlative new records from Nikki Lane and Vieux Farka Toure with Khruangbin bid adieu to the late, great Loretta Lynn All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. T...

On this week's show, we...  celebrate celebrate 40 years of Bruce Springsteen 's Nebraska spend quality time with the new Horsegirl record  present our wrap-up of the 2022 Hopscotch Music Festival 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-F...

On this week's show, we...  spend quality time with the superlative new record from The Mountain Goats celebrate 30 years of Sugar 's Copper Blue feature 4 albums that - in our humble opinion - represent the artistic sweet spot of 4 very distinctive singer/songwriters.  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle st...