Impossible Way Of Life

Taking a break from the hotly contested Top Singer Rank-a-thon (don't worry we'll get back to it), to discuss all things The Band.  We are lucky to be joined by Mike Komaszchuk aka Youtube Username - Stranglehold, who tells us why Richard Manuel is his favourite singer, as well as letting us know about his exciting Youtube The Band fan page.

Having a wonderful time over here.  Finally getting to the bottom of our Top 20, and working out the appropriate way we can RANK.  Also, let's discuss that Super Bowl  Halftime Show.  Happy Valentines Day. xx

Johnny got that negative test we all craved.  It's live, it's one on one, and we are talking about Rolling Stone's Top 20 Singers of all time, The Chili Peppers have a new song, and getting the band back together.

Guest Host Alex Bleeker joins us to break down, once and for all, the Rogan vs Young debate.  He also starts some pretty serious L.A based Jam Band Beef.

Johnny contacted Paul Rodgers, to settle the question of technical vocals once and for all.  We got into a couple of articles.  Welcome to An Impossible Way Of Life, your bi-weekly Tennis and Culture podcast.

One of my favourite episodes in a while, we are joined my Jessica Espeleta.  Once and for all, we try and get to the bottom of Live Aid and other major rock n' roll fund raiser songs, but end up mostly talking about David Crosby and Jess' The Doors Cover Band. Enjoy.

“We actually had a guy that was employed just to provide us with cocaine. We needed an incredible amount of energy to pull off that tour and I’m sure it helped in a way, but it is a very subtly destructive drug and there was a lot of it around. We were rock and roll stars at the height of our power and the height of our commerciality and the height of our ability to put asses on seats. We had it a...

Happy New Year to all of you in the IWOL universe.  In today's episode we are right back to Watching The Watchman.  We listen to Peter Jackson explain he doesn't even listen or like music at all, and we do a deep dive into who exactly Sam Okell is?  This is the guy who Remasters all The Beatles music, remixes Band on The Run, and got his big break mastering Lord of the Rings.  Who is he...

Alex Bleeker joins us for the final episode of IWOL for this calendar year.  Pretty sure he starts major jam band beef; can't wait to see how this plays out in the New Year.  

Me and Johnny are spending our Omicron Isolated Christmas' catching up with old and new friends alike.  A really close dear old friend of mine, musician, and all around lovely lad (from the South - Massive Rivalreh) Joe Dudderidge, joins us on the podcast.  He waxes lyrical on all things Get Back, while wearing an exquisite Glyn Johns-esque Fur Coat.  Also, both me and him are using our 1073...

Like Mussolini from the balcony - "RELEASE THE TAPES PETER!" It's not funny anymore.

I'm losing track, but all I know is we have to continue.  You deserve only the best.

Was there a stylist?  Is Macca on bugle, the dickhead dust?  Is George The Queen Bitch?  Why isn't Dave Grohl in this documentary?  It's all here folks, off the record, on the Q.T. and very hush-hush.  An Impossible Way of Life.

Johnny's back from The Hollywood Vampires Lair.  Fellowship of the Ringo is just two days away.  Hell yeh.

Johnny has a new song out called "Someday" and I rank it.  How would the ranker crowd feel?  What would the names of the Spotify Playlists be?  I'm joined by Jeffrey Innes and Brandon Wolfe Scott, who also has a song out (massive rivalreh.)  In a more earnest than usual IWOL, we talk musical influences, nostalgia, and the many era's of Neil Young.  Johnny is back next Wednesday...

Johnny is auditioning for the Hollywood Vampires, so my old pal and OG friend of the pod Vom Cruise is here to fill the void.  We talk about all the usual stuff, Dave Grohl being Ringo, John Depp being John.  Who else is involved?  Why would anyone care?  Because it's a Goddam Impossible Way of Life.

Me and Johnny enjoy a last meal before he heads to L.A for a couple weeks, and we laugh harder than we ever have on this podcast.

Last week got me thinking.  Rolling Stone vs Pitchfork, Mods vs Rockers, Knives vs Guns, Marshall vs Fender.  I was ordering Sushi and I felt like I made a particularly Velvetsy style order.  Can everything be broken down into such binary oppositions?  Or do The Stones have to be involved?

We watched The Velvet Underground Documentary by Todd Haynes, but also listened to the Giles Martin "Let It Be" 2021 Atmos mixes.  Needless to say, this episode is mostly about Al Stewart's reissue of Time Passages.

And this time Macca says it's Lennon who did it.  Also, given the fact that "Let It Be" has been reissued 5 times this year, and with the Velvet Underground Doc, Led Zeppelin Doc, Beatles / Lord of the Rings Doc, we try to put together a Classic Rock Reissue Calendar for the coming months.  Enjoy!

Damn.  Another massive rivalreh.  Also, I have a new chord that lets me play music on the pod.

Doing God's work over here.  We break down the TOP 250 songs in Rolling Stone Magazine's recently refreshed TOP 500.  Listen to last Sunday on Patreon for maximum IWOL energy.

We watched this doc called "Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd?  The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour and as such decided to settle on of the most important questions in Classic Rock.  Do Pink Floyd actually have any songs?  Oh, and delve into the Fire (Waters), Ice (Gilmour) and Luke Warm Water (Mason) of Floyd, deciding once and for all, who is the best.

In an IWOL first, Alex Bleeker made it Snowdenseque and safely across the Canadian Border, and we catch up with him "alive and dangerous" to discuss all different kinds of ranking, plus James tries to be a real journalist for a moment.

It's really hard to explain what's goin' on here.