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Here's a 35-minute bonus segment of Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture # 152, in which guests Evan Ginzburg & Buddy Sotello create an eclectic playlist mix of music. Enjoy!

Beatles Event Promoter CHARLES ROSENAY!!! joins us to discuss his upcoming worldwide streaming event celebrating John Lennon's 80th birthday. PLUS, Charles tells us of his ongoing friendship with John's sister Julia Bair & of visiting John's childhood home on Menlove Ave. To wind things up, Charles chooses one of his favorite John Beatles songs and a favorite John solo song. A splendid time is gua...

Musician/Singer/Songwriter MARILYN KIRBY shared the bill with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, & Ginger Baker (aka CREAM) in the sixties. Her 1983 video "Blondes (Is It True?)" is a cult favorite. And now her latest album, YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, crosses several musical genres. Marilyn joins host Steve Ludwig to talk about these things, play some of her music, and much more!

Honoring those of us working men & women, present & retired, is Show # 9 of Bill's New Album Cuts. Bill hearkens back to those days of FM Radio's progressive rock stations of the late sixties thru the eighties. This edition features 22 songs in praise of the workers, featuring Neil Young, The Strawbs, Harry Chapin, Sam Cooke, Nanci Griffith, & 17 others. Here's to the Salt of the Earth!

Bill's New Album Cuts # 8 features 19 Beatles songs covered by other artists...Cowboy Junkies, World Party, YES, Status Quo, Men Without Hats, and 14 others round out this Fab edition with hoist Bill Ludwig...

Both hailing from Melbourne, Australia, JULEE "JJ" JOHNSON & JOE SOFRA present their new singles. Julee talks with host Steve Ludwig, and we'll hear her "So On Top Of The World." For Joe, this is his very first single, and he's SEVENTY-SIX YEARS YOUNG! Ageism doesn't appear in Joe's vocabulary, as he talks with Steve and we'll hear his first single ever, "One Of Those Things." Enjoy!

Music from John Prine, Taj Mahal, Richie Havens, Iron & Wine, plus a Beatles cover song and ten other musical trips await you in this, the seventh & latest episode of Bill's Album Cuts. Bill Ludwig is your host as he takes us back to those days of FM progressive rock radio of the late sixties, the seventies, the eighties, & sometimes beyond! Enjoy~

Our Liverpudlian heroes are back with a brand new 69-minute hour (HUH??)! Solo fabs ~ Group fabs ~ Demos ~ Unusual Beatles mash-ups ~ "Pauly Wilbury"?? Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Here's Bill Ludwig's SIXTH Album Cuts Hour, hearkening back to the days of FM Radio's Progressive Rock Stations of the late 60's thru the 80's (and sometimes even beyond). Featuring a Beatles' cover by Master's Apprentices, a gem by Tom Waits, Willie Nelson's son Lukas and 14 other musical trips. Enjoy!

In Bill's New Album Cuts Hour # 5, Bill Ludwig takes us back to the days of FM Radio's Progressive Rock era. Sixteen tracks - 76 minutes - all good!!

Scott Michaels is THE # 1 authority on the dark side of celebrity deaths. Scott's not interested in where celebrities lived, he's concerned with where (and HOW) they DIED. Scott is the acknowledged expert on the Charles Manson murders; he owns the wrecked car in which actress Jayne Mansfield (Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay's mom) died in a horrific crash. Scott has encountered ghosts; his museum h...

In these 60 minutes with the Fabs, we'll hear 3 technically-altered John solo songs (scarilege!!!), 2 Beatles remixes (more sacrilege!!!), 2 solo Paul demos, 1 Beatle George live performance, 1 solo George demo, 1 Beatle Ringo demo & 1 Beatle alternate mix, 1 John & Ringo "duet," and a snippet of our interview with founding member & lead singer of sixties band, The Cyrkle - Don Dannemann. Don tell...

Put the headphones on; let your imagination run free. Legendary filmmaker David Lynch puts as much importance on a movie's music & sound as he does the plot itself. Here's an original 60-minute mix of dialogue & music from Lynch's major films, as well as from his more obscure short films: Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Dune, Wild At Heart, Industrial Symphony # 1, Lady Bl...

Bill Ludwig once again takes us back to the days of FM radio's progressive rock period of the mid-60's through the 80's with Episode # 4 of Bill's New Album Cuts. Among the 14 tracks, we'll hear Mahavishnu Orchestra, Fairport Convention, Pretty Things, and 11 other FM progressive rock artists. Enjoy!

The sixties band, The Cyrkle, had six Top Ten hits, including "Red Rubber Ball" & "Turn-Down Day." Don Dannemann, the Cyrkle's founding member, original lead singer, lead guitarist, & songwriter joins host Steve Ludwig for an hour of very cool memories. Did you know the band was named by a Beatle? Did you that Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, was also the Cyrkle's manager? We'll talk about Bri...

Imagine sitting around a campfire in the dark woods, and horror novelist DENO SANDZ is telling you scary stories. That's what it'll seem like in this edition of Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture (Show # 145) from PlanetLudwig.com. Author Sandz brilliantly sets up each of his numerous novels, whetting the listeners' appetite. It's as if we're hearing an anthology of horror stories.

Join Bill Ludwig as he, once again, takes us back to those days of the late sixties/early seventies, when FM progressive rock radio ruled the airwaves. This edition finds Rory Gallagher, Hotlegs (early 10 CC), The Flock, & 13 others artists rounding out 75 minutes of throwback FM radio!

Seven minutes of exquisite harmonies & vocals usually "hidden" by a full song productions.

It's our Fab musical heroes working things out in the studio, at a wax museum, & ...Costa Del Sol??

Alice Cooper's Top Five Covers of songs from the sixties...

You don't know a Wookie from a Death Star? Our 3 experts will explain plainly the plots of the first 3 Star Wars films, from 1977, 1980, & 1983. You know EVERYTHING about Star Wars? Our 3 experts' theories about the movies may drive you crazy! They'll share the pros & cons of the Star Wars franchise, give you their favorite & least favorite movies of the nine Skywalker sagas. Whether you agree or...

Jason Voorhees's mom has a secret with Kraftwerk...

Motorcycles, Pickles, Arlo, & Vampires

Sixteen more choice album cuts, harking back to the days of FM Progressive Rock Radio of the late sixties and seventies. Join host BILL LUDWIG for his latest edition of BILL'S NEW ALBUM CUTS HOUR (# 2) ~

Most of us probably first met author/actor/screenwriter Ken Sagoes when he portrayed "Roland Kincaid" battling Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street Parts III & IV. Ken has studied with Marlon Brando, received advice (which he'll share with us) from Alfred Hitchcock, and worked with, among others, Denzel Washington & John Singleton. His latest literary journey is the novel, The McHenry Trial...