Impossible Way Of Life

A heated battle between arguably two of the best guitarist craftsman in the game.  Both extremely accomplished in playing to the song. We also play back the original mix of "Love me do" vs Giles new mix and uncover a SHOCKING discovery.  Not to be missed.

James is jet lagged and Johnny has nearly built his "Big Pink" house.  The Championship continues, plus we just catch up; because that's really what this is all about - friendship.

Brace yourselves.  The Beatles "Now and Then" Conspiracy theory takes a drastic turn.  And we see the first heavyweight clash in the World Guitar Championships.  Not to be missed.

Had to do it.  The two of us have an emergency reaction episode to the new Peter Jackson / Paul McCartney song "Now and Then."

In another round of 32 match up, we see to near giants of the late 60s / early 70s, battle it out for a place in the next round.

Ok.  We're off to the races here.  Jimi Hendrix vs Mr. The Edge using our patented "Impossible Way Of Life" ten round ranking system.  Who will make it to the second round?

Remembering the master of island escapism and business acumen.  Fins Up!

Fresh off the heels of a disastrous evening of failed pizza making, Sam Blassucci of jam n' roll rock band Mapache joins us to discuss George Harrison vs Neil Young and what it is means to be a guitarist.

Max is back to discuss his breakfast routine and his rippin' new LP.  Always an absolute thrill to speak with him; feel like we learn a lot each time.

We are joined for a cathartic midweek chat with Ben Schwab, it's all sepia tinged skies, cigarettes, and a couple beers, as we discuss music production, the genre that is Starbucks Music, The Mid West, and of course The Beatles.

A real pleasure to be joined by singer songwriter Jess Williamson, whose new record "Time Ain't Accidental" is out right now.  Although Jess spends her time in the space between folk and country, she was determined to talk to us about her unwavering love for Blink 182.  I hope you enjoy getting to know her, as much as we did.

An extra special one for our 250th episode.  We are joined by legitimate Rock n' Roll Detective and esteemed writer Jim Berkenstadt.  Jim has spent a lifetime researching, writing and consulting in pop music history, serving as a consultant to The Beatles, George Harrison, The Traveling Wilburys amongst others. His books on The Beatles have been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Che...

We get lucky and manage to catch Bleeker just before he goes surfing.  A whole lot of fun.

It's mid week so we sit down with songwriter Jeffrey Silverstein to discuss the  iconic soundtrack to end iconic soundtracks.  We also find out why you should never rely on bluetooth in a clutch environment.

We are joined in the IWOL situation room by non other than John Andrews, whose new record "Love for the Underdog," that comes out this Friday, triggered a bidding war after a pre-sale copy of his own album was sold back to him by some random dude on Ebay. The contracts have been signed, subpoenas are in the mail, so in this IWOL Exclusive, listen to John finally recount the story in his...

Max joins us to talk about his new record, and more importantly to try and figure out when Young John became Old John.  He's a  lovely man with a tender energy, but just don't bring up Autotune or it gets a lil' Lou Reedy.

From Feb 2021, and IWOL classic and  compiled here for the first time in its entirety, the three of us sit down over a few hours and a few coffees to discuss, well, The Eagles.

In this free episode, we are joined by friend of the pod and indie pop superstar Alaina Moore of Tennis.  We talk about their new record, their upcoming tour, and whether or not we can consider them twee adjacent.  And we discuss our shared love for a lost icon, American Singer Songwriter - Judee Sill.

The boys are in Los Angeles, so In today's episode, we are joined by L.A based eminent indie rock turned ambient musician, Ryan Polie, who tries with all his might to explain what the hell there is to like about The Who.  The Who?

Another Classic Episode, remixed in Dobly by Giles Martin, for the IWOL Archive Project. A couple of years ago we spent the whole hour trying to figure out who was in The Byrds - we still don't know.  At the time it was our favourite episode we had done, sexually, philosophically, and psychotically

Second Instalment of an essential ranking.  Featuring our resident "On The Strip" correspondent Amanda. 

One of our favourite episodes; as vital in the IWOL canon, as the directors cut of Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket, and as exclusive as the mixtape Johnny through at Zooey Deschanel.

Johnny (business acumen 10) wanted me to throw this up for the masses.  We made it baby; so now come over to Patreon for all further episodes.

It's all about to change baby.  Thanks for being here for the journey.  What comes next?

Continue on with music of a gritty vocal nature.  And we come to terms with ranking Wacko Jacko