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Join Jim and Jeremy for their annual ALBUM ROULETTE Show. We've randomly picked 3 albums (each) from Paste Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2022.  We each have listened and reviewed these albums.  Did we like them?  Did we hate them?  Find out. HORSEGIRL THE BETHS KENDRICK LAMAR BEYONCE BIG THEIF SHARON VAN ETTEN We start the show with a Memoriam segment for 4 musicians we've lost this month, we talk a...

Jim and Mike interview Chris Ballew from the great band THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Chris was the founder and lead singer of the 90s band The Presidents of the United States of America.  They had the hits "LUMP", "PEACHES" and "KITTY".  Their debut album sold over 3 million copies. The Presidents broke up in 2015 and Chris has since released over 19 albums as Children's Music Ar...

Mike and I had a great time talking to Bill Summers (who was in Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters)!  We talk about various drums, his first meeting with Herbie Hancock, and the famous sound Bill created for one of the best known Jazz songs ever ... called Watermelon Man... Bill even demonstrates for us how the sound was created. About Bill: During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Cal...

Today Jeremy and I start off the show talking about some new Christmas songs that came out this year from: Lindsay Sterling Harry Connick Jr. David Foster & Katharine McPhee T Bear Will Ferrell Chris Canterbury Alicia Keys Joss Stone Phoebe Bridgers. Then we delve into one of our favorite "Christmas" movies THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.  We talk about the making of the movie, the music, and some...

SHOW 37 - HOLIDAY / CHRISTMAS SHOW pt. 1 Jeremy is back with me for our first of two Holiday / Christmas Shows On todays show we go into detail about the top 10 Christmas songs (picked by the staff at Billboard) and our most memorable Christmas gifts we've received over the years... as kids and as adults.  Another fun show!   ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spoti...

Mike is back again (for this regular podcast) where we talk about 3 bands that make us (and you) laugh! We had some audio problems and this was supposed to be a 2 parter but most of part 1 got deleted (lost) so next year we'll do another one with some more bands. BANDS WE TALK ABOUT: THE TALKING HEADS MOJO NIXON CAKE ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple...

Mike is back with me (Jim) in the studio for the regular podcast.  Today we talk some Music News and New Albums / Artists we've been listening to. MUSIC NEWS - BIG SKY (TV show) / WEIRD (Weird Al Movie) / Bono's new book SURRENDER / History making Taylor Swift  NEW ALBUMS / ARTISTS:  SAMMY HAGAR FIRST AID KIT CRAWLERS YO-YO MA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and more!   ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be foun...

Mike and I had a great time talking to Soul Jazz Keyboardist Robert Walter about his high school band Daddy Long Legs, his current band: The Greyboy Allstars and what it's like being on tour with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.     Robert is heading back on tour in March 2023 with Roger's band for the European leg of the tour. About Robert: A founding member of the seminal groove band The Greyboy Allst...

This is the THIRD of 3 for our HALLOWEEN SERIES for October.  We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies.   HORROR MOVIES THEMES / HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS 2022 Jeremy and I start off the podcast with a list of the top 13 Horror Movie Themes and then we go into our top Horror Movies of 2022!   We each have 4 plus we go into some more horror related...

This is the Second out of 3 in our Halloween Series. Jeremy and I interview actress LAUREN-MARIE TAYLOR! Lauren grew up in the Bronx and started her career in commercials and stage at a very young age.  In 1981 she was cast as Vickie in Friday the 13th Part 2 and the same year as Elaine in Neighbors with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.  She then went onto the soap opera LOVING and now is a school te...

This is the first out of 3 in our Halloween Series for October.  We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies!   Jeremy and I review the new Rob Zombie film "THE MUNSTERS MOVIE".. did we love the movie?  Did we hate the movie?   You'll to listen to figure out the answer.   We start off the podcast with some music news (Kiss / Genesis) and go into...

Here's my interview with LUCAS TAMAREN from the great LA band THUMPASAURUS! Thumpasaurus is a funk, jazz, experimental, new wave... well... just give them a listen.. they perform fun, energic and hilarious live shows ... like nothing else.   With their song "STRUTTIN'" they are about to take over the world!  The song is so popular on TikTok that Michael Buble has been seen 'struttin' to it... the...

Today I interview author Brian J Kramp who has just released his first book called THIS BAND HAS NO PAST - HOW CHEAP TRICK BECAME CHEAP TRICK. This book covers the time leading up to the forming of the band Cheap Trick and goes up to their 4th album (at Budokan).  This book not only is about Cheap Trick but what was going on during this time period (locally, politically, musically).  So much infor...

SHOW #32 - FORGOTTEN BANDS - Part 2 of 2   On show #32 Jeremy and I (Jim) start off with some good beers, concerts coming up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania ... and then we get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years.   These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once we mention a song you'll say "ahhh.. that was them?"...  Bands we co...

Today we talk to Butch about the new Rob Zombie Munsters Movie, Butch's favorite munsters episodes, his appearance on a MONKEES episode, The Munsters Album, The Koach and more!   Mike and I grew up watching the Munsters on TV (like alot of people our age) so this was such a great thing for us to be able to talk to Butch Patrick for the podcast and a great way to kick off the new Munsters Movie com...

Jim and Jeremy and I start off with some good beers, music news, music they've been listening to and then they get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years.   These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once they mention a song you'll say "ahhh.. that was them?"...  Bands that are covered on this episode are: STEELEYE SPAN THE GUESS WH...

Jim and Mike talk to Kurt about the Gripweeds latest contribution to "JEM RECORDS CELEBRATES PETE TOWNSEND" which comes out on August 5th.  We also talk about some bands he's working with currently, House of Vibes Recording Studio, and more! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRIP WEEDS: Critics, while praising The Grip Weeds, often try to pigeonhole them with the “Power Pop” label. This is a bit of a misnome...

Jim and Mike talk to Laurence Juber about his newest album (Select Blends), what "finger-style" guitar is, his time as a member of Paul McCartney's WINGS, (my favorite WINGS album) BACK TO THE EGG, Martin Guitar & more! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAURENCE JUBER (LJ) GRAMMY® winning guitarist Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger. His playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, p...

Today Jeremy and I start off with some music news, a top 10 list of movie soundtracks (taken from The Ringer's top 50), our 4 favorite movie soundtracks and we end it with some music trivia.  Another fun show! SOUNDTRACKS WE COVER: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BATMAN FOREVER GREASE ARMAGEDDON SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL SPACE JAM SINGLES THE LION KING Please subscribe, follow and if you like our podcast please...

Jim and Mike talk to Dana Fuchs about her new album BORROW TIME (the album went to #4 on billboard's blue's charts), RECORDING of the new album, TOURING, BONO and more!  A great fun interview! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DANA FUCHS: Dana Fuchs is one of the most coveted blues rock stars in the world today. A singer whose hypnotic voice and presence, has led critics to compare her to Janis Joplin, Otis Redd...

The Doors (1991) Movie Review Jim and Jeremy start off with "This Day in Music History", NEW ALBUMS they've been listening to and then they get into the Doors and the Doors Movie starring Val Kilmer from 1991. Musicians/Bands they talk about who have new albums out are: WET LEG FONTAINES D.C. THE INTERUPTORS COLD YEARS JACK WHITE ANN WILSON THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SAM JR. DANA FUCHS ALBERT CASTI...

Jim and Mike talk to Marshall about being in BEATLEMANIA, the movie LA BAMBA (he played Buddy Holly), his new re-release #447, THE SMITHEREENS and alot more A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MARSHALL: After getting an early break playing John Lennon in a touring company of the Broadway musical Beatlemania, Crenshaw began his recording career with the now-legendary indie single “Something’s Gonna Happen.” His gro...

On Show 28 Jeremy and I start off with some Music News (Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran, U2) then we get into some new albums we've been listening to and then go into the TOP TEN from the week ending March 23rd 1991.     Albums we discuss are: THE MYSTERINES - REELING BRYAN ADAMS - SO HAPPY IT HURTS MIKE CAMPBELL AND THE DIRTY KNOBS - EXTERNAL COMBUSTION TEARS FOR FEARS - THE TIPPING...

Jim and Mike talk to Holly Hutchison about being  an early champion for such artists as Blink 182, Alanis Morissette, Muse and many others.   We talk about her career as an A&R person and her work with promoting and guiding new artists with her own company "AnR Girl".  Believe it or not Mike, Jim and Holly all graduated from the same High School! ABOUT HOLLY: Holly Hutchison Weinman is a business...

Jim and Jeremy start off talking about the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and then go into Album Roulette.  They randomly picked 3 albums each from PASTE MAGAZINE'S TOP 50 albums of 2021 to listen to and review.  Jim and Jeremy get through the great, the good and the awful.   They  end the show with our top album picks from 2021.  These are albums they really liked from last year! Albums they discuss ar...