Play Pants with Rod Ryan and Jason Ginty

It's Flea's birthday so we run down our Top 5 Favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters reveals in his new book that his Father didn't support his music career choice. We discuss the support or lack of in our journey to radio. Thanks to www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesofthequarter.com for sponsoring the podcast.

We take a look back on Eddie Van Halen on the 1 year anniversary of his passing and dive into David Lee Roth's retirement. New Kids on the Block announced a Mix Tape tour with 3 other acts which blows so we did our 5 band mix tape tour we'd like to see. How many Halloween decorations are too many? What's the scariest movie you ever saw? Here we go with episode 26 brought to you by www. LuckysPub.c...

Should spouses take separate vacations? If the relationship is strong is it ok? National Hair Day is this weekend and since neither one of us have any we decided a Top 5 favorite Hair band list was in order. Jason follows a random guy on Facebook and is obsessed with his food posts. It probably won't end well! When in Houston visit www. LuckysPub.com and in New Orleans visit www. PiratesoftheQuart...

We celebrate the 25th anniversary of when Rod and Jason moved to New Orleans. They helped start a radio station called 1067 The End. It was 1996 so why not run down our Top 5 Favorite songs from that year. And there comes a time when you find out you are no longer young. We’ve had our moments and we discuss what its like. Be sure to check out our sponsors www. LuckysPub.com and www. PiratesoftheQu...

The MTV Music Awards just had their lowest ratings ever. Should all award shows just go away? Director Oliver Stone turns 75 and we run down our Top 5 favorite Oliver Stone movies. One third of Americas have been in a fist fight. We discuss why fighting is dumb and which one of us has had their nose broken. We also say something that has never been said before on this podcast. Like and subscribe o...

Hurricane Ida just crushed southern Louisiana and Jason is in the road. We discuss evacuating from a storm, the damage and how you can help! www. NO-hunger.com Football season is here and we dive into our Top 5 Favorite football movies. We also recap Buzzfest. www. LuckysPub.com and www. PiratesoftheQuarter.com

How many concert or band t-shirts do you own? We run down the top selling band t-shirts and discuss if its cool to wear a band's shirt to their show. It's Robert Plant's birthday so we run down our Top 5 Favorite Led Zeppelin songs. Suburban Dad Syndrome is a thing. You graduate, get married, have kids and move to the suburbs. It happens but we have ideas to avoid it! Thanks to our sponsors www. L...

Sweet Child of Mine hit 1 Billion streams. We break down what that means and try to explain why radio stations play the same songs over and over. Metallica's Black album turns 30. We discuss the album's impact and run down our Top 5 Favorite Metallica songs of all time. Thanks to our sponsors www. LuckysPub.com and www. PiratesoftheQuarter.com

Rod talks about the ultimate concert hack. MTV Turned 40 and they didn't care. We did and we run down our Top 5 Favorite videos from the MTV era. Then we talk about how things can get tougher after you turn 40 but there's some good news too. Sponsored by www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesofthequarter.com

Jason is on the road visiting his parents. We discuss going home again, and family dynamics. Dusty Hill of ZZ Top passed away and we discuss the greatness of beards and the band. Are Holograms the future of concerts? Meeting celebrities can be awkward especially if we're involved. We also discuss our Top 5 favorite sports moments. www. PiratesoftheQuarter.com and www. LuckysPub.com are sponsors of...

Guns N Roses released Appetite for Destruction 34 years ago and we discuss the albums impact and sex noises. There's a Woodstock 99 Documentary coming out soon and Rod was at the festival. We talk festivals and our Top 5 Favorite concerts of all time. Then we dive into Podcasts. Why do people even listen to them? By the way, thanks for listening to this one! www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesofth...

Record store day gets us talking about vinyl and old record stores. That leads into us discussing our Top 5 Favorite cover songs of all time. There may be threats of violence, and Rock is NOT dead. Play Pants is brought to you by www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesofthequarter.com

What makes a good Dive Bar? The smell? The cheap beer? We discuss the criteria for a great Dive bar and give our suggestions for some questionable watering holes in New Orleans and Houston. We also give our Top 5 Dive Bars songs we would play on a Jukebox. Be sure to visit our sponsors www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesofthequarter.com

Concerts are coming back and everyone is excited! We talk about the rescheduled Jazzfest in New Orleans and other events making a return. We celebrate the 4th of July weekend by going over our Top 5 Canadian bands! It's also Canada Day. We discuss the new KISS documentary, old time cameras and a special 4th of July treat you have to see on the YouTube version. Thanks to www. LuckysPub.com and www....

Rod does the podcast from his Mom's basement in the house he grew up in. What's it like to go home again? Everyone has their favorite movies, we run down our Top 5 movies that we've seen 10 times or more. Getting to meet and interview rock stars and celebrities is a great perk of the job but it doesn't always go well. Hear some interesting stories that involve Steven Tyler, Jared Leto, Art from Ev...

Father's Day weekend is here and we talk about our favorite memories with our Dads and what its like being a father. What would be your ultimate Rock and Roll piece of memorabilia? Guitar? Hat? clothes? There are limitless options and we discuss some cool ones. Top 5 list this week is our favorite Female singers of all time. Will Thumbs Down replace the middle finger? Be sure to visit Lucky's Pub...

Episode 11 has us discussing the best decade for music. 1960s? 70s? 90s? We also discuss what we miss most about our childhoods. Sports, bikes, jumping ramps and gasoline. We also dive into our top 5 All-time actress crushes. Hit Lucky's Pub West in Houston for sports on 40 TV's, great food and fun! www. LuckysPub.com and when in New Orleans visit the Pirates at www. Piratesofthequarter.com

Men in their 30s have many reasons for never wanting to get married. Rod and Jason had the same reasons. Clint Eastwood turns 91 and we give our Top 5 Favorite Clint Eastwood movies. What scares you? Thunder? Dogs? Spiders? We run down some phobias and give you new reasons to pick on us. Put your Top 5 Eastwood films in the comment section. Visit our sponsors www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesoft...

We run through a list of unpopular music opinions that just may be right. Memorial Day is this weekend so we go though our Top 5 favorite war movies of all time. Finally, we explain why dudes are dumb and should go to the doctor. Thanks to www. LuckysPub.com and www. Piratesofthequarter.com for sponsoring the show.

A limited series about Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson and their infamous sex tape is coming to Hulu. Will we see Tommy steer a yacht with his junk? Will it be good? Friends reunion is happening but it's not a series. What show would you like to see updated from the past? It's been 4 years since we lost Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. We share our Top 5 favorite Chris Cornell songs. Drinking with Rock St...

The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2021 was announced and we try to explain how bands get nominated and how some don't make the cut. We also look into our crystal ball and predict who will make the cut in the future. We then create our own Supergroup. It's like an all star band and we get to pick the players! This is a fun exercise that's open to limitless possibilities. We dive into some list...

Rod gets part of his truck stolen. We run down our Top 5 rock stars that died young but we think could have had a huge impact had they lived. Is there a proper way to sit on the toilet? Moms today try to be cool Moms but was it always that way? Check out our sponsors Luckyspub.com and Piratesofthequarter.com

A wardrobe malfunction on TV changes morning radio forever. A tip for getting the smell of barf out of your car. Rod quits the podcast. Find out members of The Offspring's first job, then hear about our first jobs, cars and concerts. Rod quits the podcast again. Then it's our Top 5 actors of all time. Thanks to our sponsors LuckysPub.com and Piratesofthequarter.com

1991 gave us a lot of great albums. We run through our Top 5 from what may be the greatest year of music ever. Ever wonder why certain songs get played all the time on the radio and some never get played? We'll explain the crazy process. Pregnant Bikini contests, Bags of Nickels and other crazy ideas actually make it on the air. Find out how in this episode of Play Pants. Brought to you by Luckysp...

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters has a documentary coming out that details the importance of a van to a rock band. Rod and Jason both had vans and probably shouldn't have. Rock music has been declared dead for years. Is it? Is radio dead? April is International Guitar month. Rod and Jason run down their top 5 and there are some surprises. Check out our sponsors LuckysPub.com and PiratesoftheQuarter....