Records Revisited

The guys welcome Pat Francis of Rock Solid Podcast to discuss Jackson Browne's "Hold Out" from 1980. Plenty of other discussion including Chicago at Carnegie, Lou Gramm, Wayne’s horrible lighting, celebrity autographs and Joan Jett, Andy Summers, the fall of disco, Little Feat, Jackson’s other songs and their peak chart positions, and we find out that Wayne doesn’t like guitars tuned to sound like...

The guys welcome Patreon Revisitor Karli Anderson to talk about The Pixies’ “Surfer Rosa.”  Plenty of other discussion including about Motorboat (the band), The Posies, living room material, Steve Albini, songs about the structure of you, overanalysis of Mesopotamia, Fight Club, spelling our your name in a song, Spanish class, Black Francis and the greatness of Kim Deal. Check out The Pixies at: h...

The guys welcome John Humphrey of Seether to talk about “Alive” from KISS.  Plenty of other discussion including 20 years of Seether, The Nixons, cool aunts that buy KISS albums, how a live album captured how good KISS was (ask Black Sabbath), writing great choruses, and did Spotify really cut out a portion of “Cold Gin?” Check KISS out at: https://www.kissonline.com/ Check Seether out at: https:/...

The guys welcome Paula Kelley to talk about The Zombies’ “Odessey and Oracle.”  Plenty of other discussion including how this album is not a “woo” record, The Bee Gees, shoegaze, going back to your roots, the Mindbenders, Faulkner is overrated, Jim just loves people (or he’s a whore), 3 score shaming, and that song was a single?  Check out Paula Kelley at: https://twitter.com/divine_pk and https:/...

The guys welcome Patreon Revisitor Kevin Peters and music journalist Craig Manning to talk about The Gaslight Anthem’s “The ’59 Sound.”  Oh yeah, we also have Alex Rosamilia of the band we’re talking about (and his new band Forgivers) join us.  Plenty of other discussion including adding the Jersey, Fender Jazzmasters, Bob Seger, song references, you can’t marry 3 people, calling your own ambulanc...

Bonus episode!  Ben and best friend Jeff inadvertently sideline Wayne and record an impromptu episode after seeing Bon Iver live in L.A. on October 22nd.  The guys celebrate the 10th anniversary of the self-titled Bon Iver album and discuss weak merch games, remodeling kitchens, Wilco shows, rude audience members, and crying at concerts. Check out Bon Iver at: https://boniver.org/ Check out Jeff a...

The guys welcome back Jon Lamoreaux from The Hustle Podcast and welcome Courtney Cronin Dold to talk about the debut from Crowded House. Plenty of other discussion including Vince Neil, Traveling Wilburys, how the worlds of rockers and comedians overlap, MTV, the sequencing differences from the CD to the cassette tape, songs about death, what feels like home, deluges, Split Enz, and what is a “Hey...

The guys welcome Robert Ellis Orrall to talk about Todd Rundgren and “Runt – The Ballad of Todd Rundgren.”  Plenty of other discussion including the Infinity Cat label and headquarters/cathouse, JEFF The Brotherhood, Taylor Swift knows how to write a bridge, Clay Walker’s first hit, finding a record with a guy sitting at a piano with a noose around their head, layers and layers of vocals, losing p...

The guys welcome Matt Sucich to talk about “This Desert Life” from Counting Crows.  Plenty of other discussion including hidden tracks & Snood, plain white tees, our scoring system and sometimes a song just sucks, opening shows with the sun in your eyes, song titles with quotation marks, Monica Potter, David Lowery, the genius of Adam Duritz (and, really, the ENTIRE band), singing upside down,...

The guys welcome DL Rossi to talk about “Plans” from Death Cab For Cutie.  Plenty of other discussion including DL’s new album “Lonesome Kind,” The Office & Scranton, getting produced by your brother, the arts scene in Grand Rapids, Van Plating, red state vs. blue state alternative music, economy of words, Raymond Carver, the genius of Ben Gibbard and the drumming talent of Jason McGerr (the o...

The guys welcome Michael Citro of “Michael’s Record Collection” podcast to talk about Boston’s second album “Don’t Look Back.”  Plenty of other discussion including the origin of Michael’s podcast, pod envy, pitfalls of editing, bucket list guests, why Michael chose this album instead of the legendary first Boston album, the legal battle of Epic Records, the genius of Tom Scholz and the absolute p...

The guys welcome Patreon Revisitor Tim McKay to talk about Ray Lamontagne’s “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise.”  Plenty of other discussion including about cities San Antonio & St. Louis & New York City, Carbon Leaf, you guys covered a Jewel album?, is there anyone who listens to every episode of our podcast, ghosted guests, cattle drives, frying up tomatoes, and why do our guests want...

Guest co-host Alex Alt from the Sly Dog Music Cast joins Ben to welcome Leah Blevins to talk about “Trouble in Shangri-La” from the legendary Stevie Nicks.  Plenty of other discussion including Leah’s excellent record “First Time Feeling,” Paisley Park, discovering Stevie Nicks via the Dixie Chicks, being told by Tom Petty to write your own songs, Sheryl Crow and all the bonanza personnel on the r...

The guys welcome Gabe Dixon to talk about Elton John’s “Tumbleweed Connection.”  Plenty of other discussion including why Ben decided to do a SECOND episode about this classic album, the great advice Paul McCartney gave Gabe, singing the high parts for Supertramp songs, playing behind Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (legends!), the Reno Gang (Wayne goes down multiple wormholes), do we hear a singl...

The guys welcome Tim Reed (one of our Patreon Revisitors) and welcome back Caroline Spence to talk about Bruce Springsteen’s classic “Born to Run.”  Plenty of other discussion including Tim’s worthy cause “We Rock Cancer” in helping detect skin cancer, Brian Dunne, it’s Jon Landau (not John), Brandon Flowers’ “Nebraska,” sways vs waves, Eddie & The Cruisers ripped off a song riff, pawning radi...

The guys welcome Ric Robertson to talk about “Nashville Skyline” from Mr. Bob Dylan.  Plenty of other discussion including Ric’s new album “Carolina Child,” the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Po Boys and the music scene in New Orleans, Dylan has been punking his audience for over 50 years, Jerry Reed, shouldn’t Johnny Cash make your song better, and who is Bob Wilson…because he’s great and we need to kn...

The guys welcome Abigail Dowd to talk about Fiona Apple’s debut album “Tidal.”  Plenty of other discussion including Abigail’s new album “Beautiful Day,” getting your house flooded not once but twice, living with in-laws, why we vetoed Abigail’s first record pick, 1998 Grammys, never is a strong word, riveting audio of Wayne clearing out his cache, and we discuss that one creepy video.  You know t...

Episode 200: Our favorite albums from 1976 The guys celebrate Hall & Oates style (duo style) to celebrate our favorite albums from the US bicentennial/200th year 1976. Plenty of other discussion including discussion of records from Bowie, Blondie, Boston, Bob, Eagles, KISS, Ramones, and more. Find out why Ben has been obsessed with The Allman Brothers lately, finding gems in garage sales and m...

The guys welcome Van Plating and repeat revisitor Hannah Harber to discuss “Pieces of You” from Jewel.  Plenty of other discussion including juggling family and the creative process, getting jealous about the first song Jewel ever wrote, Steve Poltz, some surprise scores, and find out what song divides the genders.   Check out Van Plating at: https://vanplating.com/ Check out Hannah Harber at: htt...

The guys welcome Mark Bryan (Hootie & The Blowfish) to talk about “Who’s Next” from The Who.  Plenty of other discussion including Mark's solo record "Midlife Priceless," Hootiefest, Pete, Keith, Roger, and John, when the new boss is the same as the old boss, what song from this album have The Who never played live, and will CSI & mattress commercials derail Jeff's scores?  Will Memorial D...

The guys discuss 1992’s “Wish” from The Cure and celebrate a first for the podcast (and we’re not talking about Ben’s microphone issues).  Plenty of other discussion including Dookie and an album Ben has never listened all the way through, did Wayne wear a shirt for the 2nd time on an episode, The Cranes, sequencing decisions, FTEOTDGS, the perfect B-side, how “Wendy Time” became personal for Ben,...

The guys welcome Peter Donovan and Zach Jones from The Rose Petals to talk about “Volume I” from The Traveling Wilburys.  Plenty of other discussion including the inspirations behind some of the songs on the Rose Petals new album (spoiler alert...Dolly Madison is one), is Volume I all killer and no filler, is there a Springsteen beef, the brilliance of Jeff Lynne in revitalizing careers, Lefty, Lu...

The guys welcome listener Melanie Berg to talk about The Ramones  “Road to Ruin.”  Plenty of other discussion including Tik Tok and the cranberry juice drinking skateboarder, Tommy moving to engineering, Marky’s 1st record, boredom being one of the top punk themes, telling the difference between Dee Dee and Joey songs, and the song Melanie wants played at her wedding. Check out Ramones at: https:/...

The guys welcome Danny Golden to talk about the 1972 classic “Exile on Main Street” from The Rolling Stones.  Plenty of other discussion including filming Danny’s video for “Aliens,” things to do in Austin, how the Stones know how to start albums, evading taxes, Linda Ronstadt, Mick Taylor, some listener scores and comments, and Keith is singing on a SINGLE?  And it charted? Check out Danny Golden...

Just like a Hootie concert, this episode is a party…a party of five.  The guys welcome repeat revisitor Jeff Frame, listener Ryan Humbertson, and musician Kasey Andersen to talk about Hootie & The Blowfish’s “Cracked Rear View.” Plenty of other discussion including the music industry in 1994, Toad the Wet Sprocket, playing guitar with Hootie, making music on your own terms, name changes, the B...