Records Revisited

The guys are joined by listeners Chad Sutton & Brad Waterman to discuss Run-D.M.C.’s game changing album “Raising Hell.” Plenty of discussion about lack of hustle, Rolling Stone’s 2020 best albums list is waaaay wrong, Rick Rubin and Aerosmith, Human Beat Boxes, how Ben’s scores are ridiculous, Adidas, getting songs ruined by friends, Krush Groove, and how DMC gave us black history lessons.  ...

The guys are joined by DC Glenn of Tag Team to discuss his career.  Plenty of discussion about the longevity of "Whoomp There It Is," the GEICO commercial, spinning records and mix tapes in Sacramento, the cautions of music publishing, Elf, mastering SEO, Planet Rock and Kraftwerk, embracing being a one hit wonder, and we discuss plenty of 80s hip hop like MC Shan & BDP & MC Lyte (and some...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Ken Yates to discuss Kurt Vile’s “Wakin On A Pretty Daze.”  Plenty of discussion about Ken’s new album “Cerulean” (Ben can’t pronounce it), sleepwalking grooves, searching for light, Ron Hawkins & Trews & why don’t Canadian bands translate better to the States, “this song is really 6 minutes long,” left handed smoke shifters, good tambourine and bad...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Ken Yates to discuss Pinback’s second album “Blue Screen Life.” Plenty of discussion about Goon’s new album “Hour of Green Evening,” what’s an angel number, wired brains, John Carpenter, dropsy, electronic hand claps are sad, ochre and D&D, who was the Norwegian death metal band, and Wayne scored this on musicality and not lyrics? Check out Goon at: http...

The guys are joined by Becky and Nathan Bliss of Barnaby Bright to discuss Bob Dylan’s “The Freewillin’ Bob Dylan.”  Plenty of discussion about Barnaby Bright’s catalog (why are all their albums saying 2022?), making great and personal videos, “in my soul I smell something as good as bread,” slipping to #255, Ed Sullivan, “War?  Maybe we should focus on healthcare,” some playful Bob songs and writ...

Ben, Wayne and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame continue the Foos sidecast digging into the tenth studio album “Medicine at Midnight.”  Plenty of discussion including losing respect for Phil Nevin, Mariners, scheduling guests suck, Reno and Hot August Nights, Studio 666 and slasher movies, Grammy wins for rock categories when this album is their poppiest, "I bet Paul will like this," getting pronunciat...

The guys are joined by author and music fan Brian Kramp to discuss his new book about Cheap Trick called “This Band Has No Past.”  Plenty of discussion about the early days of Cheap Trick and how everyone in the 60s were in bands, Vietnam, Bob Ezrin, Beatles and Lennon, pissing off the religious right, Rolf Harris and the theatrics of Alice Cooper that stemmed from this album. Check out Alice Coop...

The guys reach another milestone (250 episodes?  What?) with a special episode of the albums we won’t discuss on the podcast.  We take drastically different approaches to our lists (Wayne took the high road?  What?). Plenty of other discussion including Springsteen tickets, NaNoWriMo, Seattle Mariners, Bill Burr, Tom Waits, Duran Duran, TTD, Chinese Democracy, Metallica and GNR at the Kingdome (Be...

Wayne sits in the host chair (the hot seat…not the co-host chair) and invites repeat revisitor Jeff Frame to join him for his inaugural hosting episode as they discuss John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Uh Huh.”  This episode might have the most conversation about drinking that we’ve ever done.  Plenty of other discussion including creating a documentary, Farm Aid, ganging up on Ben, Toto’s Africa, Reagan...

The guys are joined by Matthew Perryman Jones to discuss the 1987 classic album “Document” from R.E.M. Plenty of other discussion including the first CDs we ever bought, albums we own (or once owned) from November 1987, our listeners favorite R.E.M. decade of output, wake up calls, Thoreau, Reagan Era backlash, Pee Wee, 80s sax solos and why there’s no horns in anarchy, Athens GA, Peter Buck, and...

Ben, Wayne and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame welcome newcomer Brad Sorensen of the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast to continue the Foos sidecast - digging into the ninth studio album “Concrete and Gold.”  Plenty of discussion including witness protection, no spoiler on shows!, Trump’s victory and the impact of that on the lyrics and political digs of this album, Greg Kurstin, daughters, licking the bit...

The guys are joined by Jadea Kelly to discuss her new album “Roses” and the 2018 album “Dying Star” from Ruston Kelly (no relation). Plenty of other discussion including things that make us happy, taking  breaks, drug references in Ruston’s lyrics (like, a lot of them) and is it glamorizing or honesty or both, “You didn’t love them enough?  I want it on record,” the walls of Jericho and double mea...

Ben and Wayne and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame welcome back another repeat revisitor – Kevin Peters – to continue the Foos sidecast digging into the eighth studio album and "soundtrack" to the HBO series "Sonic Highways."  Plenty of discussion including Kevin's good excuse for being late, C's get degrees, who is going to edit the Wayne & Jeff episode, Grammy snubs, did the Foos utilize their gu...

The guys are joined by Janiva Magness to discuss her new album “Hard to Kill” and the debut album from the legendary Bonnie Raitt.  Plenty of other discussion including covering John Fogerty and Delbert McClinton and making songs your own, Bonnie Raitt rope a doped Wayne, Sippie Wallace, Paul Siebel, KRSH, the hand clapper is too far away, living in Minneapolis, and what’s the one song you’ll neve...

The guys are joined by film maker Gorman Bechard to discuss the Jay Bennett documentary “Where Are You Now, Jay Bennett” and “Summerteeth” from Wilco.  Repeat Revisitor Jeff Frame also joins the conversation because he would disown Ben as a friend if he didn’t get the invite.  Plenty of other discussion including the best opening line in music history (according to Gorman), the brutality of sequen...

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Tim McKay to tackle the Rod Stewart solo album “Every Picture Tells A Story.” Plenty of other discussion including why are we having school after Memorial Day, Kate Bush and Stranger Things, The Top 10 albums from a certain week in 1971, Ron Wood doesn’t get enough credit, Elvis Presley, Dylan covers, wait… “Maggie May” was a B side?, Henry, and listening to...

The guys are joined by Drew Kennedy to talk about his new album “Marathon” and the Ben Folds solo album “Rockin’ The Suburbs.” Plenty of other discussion including Ben’s brush with The Chute in New Braunfels TX, rubber bridge guitars, crying on a record, Wayne’s internet issues, Nick Hornby, it sucks to grow old (but shout out to Dallin and Maverick), “when I go, the cops are coming,” The Park of...

Ben and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame welcome back another repeat revisitor – Karli Anderson – to continue the Foos sidecast digging into the seventh studio album “Wasting Light.”  Plenty of discussion including Pittsburgh, recent concert going (and concerts coming up), Karli’s grudge against Uncle Tupelo and Wilco, Jeff likes to POGO (and subsequent knee surgery), Bob Mould, what’s up with Brian’s...

The guys are joined by John Doe to talk about his new album “Fables in a Foreign Land” and to answer Ben and Wayne’s questions about 1980’s “Los Angeles” from X.  Plenty of other discussion including moving to Texas, Psych Furs, Skating Polly, murder ballads, Ray Manzarek, coiled up phone cords, Ben’s obsession with “Take #52,” Pizza & Pipes and more.  They say to not meet your heroes so you’r...

Ben, Wayne and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame welcome newcomer Scott Hardesty from the Foo Fighters tribute band “Joe Hero” (you remember Linc from a previous episode?) to continue the Foos sidecast digging into the sixth studio album “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"  Other discussion includes cover bands focusing on just one band's material, the series finale of "Killing Eve," Dave's maturity...

The guys pivot when the scheduled guest gets ill and discuss an album they know all too well with 24 hours notice...the debut album from The Police "Outlando D'Amour." Plenty of other discussion including when Ben jumped off the Sting train, is there a better 5 album run to start a career, do Andy & Sting & Stewart hate each other, Phil Hartman, songs about Rod Stewart and then you become...

Ben and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame welcome newcomer Andrew McMann to continue the Foos sidecast digging into the live album "Skin and Bones."  We talk about how the songs on this album are different (in many cases) from the other versions we've discussed so far, Andrew's story with this album as a comfort after getting hurt in Iraq, baseball movies, messing with the timeline, and we remind listen...

Episode 240: The Kinks “State of Confusion” with Patreon Revisitor Phil Berg The guys are joined by repeat Patreon Revisitor Phil Berg to talk about 1982’s “State of Confusion” from The Kinks. Plenty of other discussion including albums we owned (and maybe still own) from 1982, Argent, dads and daughters, property and divorces, the last big charting song for The Kinks, Groundhog Day, the first fou...

Ben, Wayne and repeat revisitor Jeff Frame welcome newcomer Joe Royland of “Sit and Spin with Joe” to continue the Foos sidecast digging into the fifth album “In Your Honor.”  Will Wayne lose it having to score 20 songs?  Plenty of discussion including songs that remind of us of Cheap Trick and Pink Floyd, personal songs to us that get high scores, no talk box, John Kerry, Danny Bonaduce, scream-o...

The guys are joined by Kay Hanley (of Letters to Cleo fame, solo, and plenty of other stuff) to discuss the 1990 classic “Heaven or Las Vegas” from the Cocteau Twins.  Plenty of other discussion including Tacoma and “10 Things I Hate About You”, working in animated shows, the “Marmalade” remaster (coming soon to vinyl!), Boston Red Sox, Purple Rain (and Prince samples a song on this album), speaki...