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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...

Today on KNOW GOOD MUSIC we talk with singer/songwriter/author : RICHARD BARONE from the 80s band THE BONGOS. Richard is quite the music historian!  We talk about Richard's early days in music as the littlest DJ, promoting bands at 16, forming the Bongos, touring, moving to Greenwich village on the advise of Tiny Tim (who became one his good friends) and Richard's great new book all about Greenwic...

Today we talk about the band DEF LEPPARD!  We review the 2001 documentary HYSTERIA, our top 10 Def Leppard Songs, The concert that Rob missed in 1983, Things you may not have known about Def Leppard  & MORE! Before we begin our main topic we talk about albums turning 50 & 40 years old (for June) and talk about some new music that is out and upcoming albums. On this episode we cover some music peop...

On show #43  Jim (rob) and Mike (matt) start off with some Music News (Owen Wilson looses his lifetime Stones pass! / Radio Friendly "gloryhole"?), New Music, Albums turning 50 in May, new music TV shows (Daisy Jones & the Six / Up Here) and we go over a list of the top 10 (alternative/new wave) songs of 1983!   Artists mentioned on our list are : THE SMITHS, DAVID BOWIE, NEW ORDER & DEPECHE MODE...

Rob (Jim) and Matt (Mike) talk with Swedish singer/songwriter Chris Klafford In 2017 Chris won (Swedish) Idol and in 2019 he came in 7th place on America's Got Talent.  His audition performance of John Lennon's "Imagine" had over 250 million views on YouTube (Chris' reposted audition video currently has 36 million views) We talk to Chris about Idol, America's Got Talent, his visit to Nashville, hi...

Our INTERVIEW with BRIAN CARNEY (voice-over artist / actor / geico commercial boss / son of Art Carney) Mike and I talked to Brian Carney about his acting career, music career, the Honeymooners and his father Art Carney (Ed Norton / Academy Award winner for Harry & Tonto) This is our first "in-person" interview.  Brian actually came to my house for the interview and brought his fathers Academy Awa...

We talk to Francesca about her first single "My Runaway", her favorite band KISS, what it's like performing in front of an audience, what's she's been working on lately and more! ************* About Francesca: Francesca Tarantino is a singer, musician, and actress Francesca was introduced to the guitar by her father when she was still a toddler.  Her fascination grew and soon she’d have an acousti...

On show #42 we review Brian Johnson's (AC/DC) new book "The Lives of Brian" We go through each chapter of Brian's book and pull out the stories that made us laugh, were interesting and just stood out to us.  Brian's journey to AC/DC! ************* We talk about some newer artist who have new albums out ( FAKE NAMES, JAWNY) and some older bands who are releasing new music (METALLICA, DEPECHE MODE)...

BUDDY HOLLY - today we talk all about the legendary Buddy Holly! But we begin the podcast with some new music news and we play part of a new song by the Brooklyn NY Punk band "Fat Heaven" called Quarter Life Crisis" BUDDY HOLLY TOPICS we cover: The Crickets The Recordings The Winter Dance Party Tour The Glasses Pat DiNizio's Lost Reel to Reel The lost 54 Fender  Buddy Holly in Books Buddy Holly al...

Interview with Vini "mad dog" Lopez (drummer for Steel Mill / Bruce Springsteen).     We talk about Vini's early days growing up in New Jersey, meeting Bruce Springsteen, the first two Bruce albums "Greetings from Asbury Park" and "The Wild, The Innocent" & the E Street Shuffle", "rosalita (come out tonight)" and what Vini's been up to lately. ABOUT VINI :  Vincent Lopez, nicknamed Mad Dog, is an...

Jim interviews Nashville Country Artist Chris Canterbury to talk about his newest album "Quaalude Lullabies", the songwriting process, touring, what he does besides music and more! Chris writes from the heart and while some of his songs are not entirely auto-biographical they will pull you in with their honesty.  There's not a bad song on the album and you really need to listen to Chris' music.  H...

Join Jim and Jeremy as they count down their top albums of 2022 - for a total of 26 ALBUMS! YES, there is still good music out there!  Maybe you are looking in the wrong places...   We start the podcast with new music and a new 14 year old artist by the name of Francesca Tarantino who just recorded her new song "my runaway" (we play a portion of the song).  We also go over some memorable concerts...