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CRAIG & BRIAN WATCH 007 / 002 :: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE a P&S/PRP presentation Legions of 007 fans can't be wrong!  YOU demanded it and we listened!  Craig & Brian ARE BACK and ready to tackle the thrill-packed, danger-ridden second installment of the long-running James Bond film franchise: From Russia with Love!! Craig Smith, rapidly approaching a dozen movies watched in lifetime and now fully caf...

WEEKAPOD GROOVE | CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PHISH Episode 12: Catching Up and Summer Tour Part II Rob and Craig 3.0?  Perhaps!  Join them as they reunite after three years to talk about the first five shows of Summer Tour with a ridiculous amount of geeky fun and completely expected sidetracking.  Part II of II. This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us blazing on at podsodca...

WEEKAPOD GROOVE | CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PHISH Episode 11: Catching Up and Summer Tour Part I Rob and Craig 3.0?  Perhaps!  Join them as they reunite after three years to talk about the first five shows of Summer Tour with a ridiculous amount of geeky fun and completely expected sidetracking.  Part I of II. This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us feeling good about Hood...

4th of July, Newton Lake Park (Andy) a live broadcast of musings from your friends at Pods & Sods recorded, mixed and released July 4, 2023

McCARTNEY IN THE NINETIES: 1998-1999 yet another virtual slumber party with Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith once again for the final of four installments in the latest four-part trilogy covering Paul McCartney's nineties output.  Vaguely covered in this episode: RUSHES, RUN DEVIL RUN and WORKING CLASSICAL. This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can...

McCARTNEY IN THE NINETIES: 1995-1997 yet another virtual slumber party with Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith once again for the third of four installments in the latest four-part trilogy covering Paul McCartney's nineties output.  Covered in this episode (at times, somewhat loosely): A Leaf, FLAMING PIE, Looking For You, Broomstick, I Love This House, Atlantic Ocean,...

McCARTNEY IN THE NINETIES: 1992-1993 yet another virtual slumber party with Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith once again for the second of four installments in the latest four-part trilogy covering Paul McCartney's nineties output.  Covered in this episode: OFF THE GROUND, Long Leather Coat, Big Boys Bickering, Kicked Around No More, I Can't Imagine, Keep Coming Back T...

McCARTNEY IN THE NINETIES: 1990-1991 yet another virtual slumber party with Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith once again for the first of four installments in the latest four-part trilogy covering Paul McCartney's nineties output.  Covered in this episode: TRIPPING THE LIVE FANTASTIC, P.S. Love Me Do, All My Trials, Lennon Tribute Medley, UNPLUGGED - THE OFFICIAL BOOTL...

Because YOU demanded it, the fan-favorite team that delighted listeners around the world on the premiere episode of "Teach Craig Stuff" is back in their very own sidecast!! Craig Smith, the headband-wearing founder of the Pods and Sods Network, teams up with Brian Linnen, the less popular host of the Permanent Record Podcast, on an audio adventure decades in the making! "Craig & Brian Watch 007" k...

BRIAN LINNEN TEACHES CRAIG ABOUT JAMES BOND record date February 26, 2023 :: release date March 3, 2023 In the premier episode of Teach Craig Stuff, Craig warmly welcomes James Bond expert and former Bacon Times One Hundred bandmate Brian Linnen.  Do you expect him to talk?  Of course!  Brian shares the origin story and much much more about his discovery and ongoing enthusiasm for all things 007. ...

TWO PICK TEN: THE MONKEES release date 25 Jan 2023 Many many many years in and it's finally here - a Monkees episode of Two Pick Ten.  And who better to join Craig than the host of the wonderful Mixology podcast - Mr. Frederick James French-Pounce.  Coming from the same background of analyzing various versions of songs, Craig is baffled that there is someone who is into this silliness who is much...

PEACE ON EARTH: THE BACON TIMES ONE HUNDRED HOLIDAY ALBUM recorded live in the swood :: 2022 December 9 initial digital release :: 2022 December 12 written and performed by BACON TIMES ONE HUNDRED BACON TIMES ONE HUNDRED is comprised of Brian Jacobs (centre channel) Eric Miller (mixed right 43%) Craig Smith (mixed left 43%) Stanley Anastasio Wilson-Lipay (95% only audible to dogs) percentages are...

BACON TIMES ONE HUNDRED BACON COMES ALIVE! recorded live in chairs at a table :: 2022 November 6 initial digital release :: 2022 November 7 written and performed by BACON TIMES ONE HUNDRED BACON TIMES ONE HUNDRED is comprised of (in order of appearance) Craig Smith (mixed left 21%) Eric Miller (mixed right 21%) Jon Lamoreaux (mixed left 43%) Brad Page (mixed right 43%) percentages are not accurate...

Recorded & First Published July 31, 2022

The OG P&S, live from the porch 6/5/22!

recorded live on the floor :: 2022 March 19 initial digital release :: 2022 March 21 record one, side one 01. INTRODUCTIONS 02. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN OUR JAN 03. JON LAMOREAUX PART I: BLESSED 04. THE IRISH ANDY SCHAAL 05. PODS & SODS: A DESCRIPTION FOR RECORD STORE OWNERS 06. ERIC SURPASSES US ALL ON THE VINYL FRONT 07. JON LAMOREAUX PART II: JON TAKES A HIT 08. WHAT DID YOU LEARN 09. JON LAMOREAUX...

Monkees fan and childhood friend Dawn Martin joins Craig Smith for a discussion about their Monkees memories, shared and separate, favorite and most embarrassing stories, and much much more.

a few notes of congrats sexy songs vinyl and record stores in memory of Mitch Barth a bit of wrestling talk owning a lifesize Roboto our brothers who have clean podcasts separating the artist from the art some gifts for Eric Craig dons a leather daddy working on new music a book update Get Back in IMAX Jackass Eric and Kyle summon the devil at Craig's expense future podcasts all of the times Eric...

In this episode, Megan and Craig reunite to discuss Mike and Micky's live album (and the farewell tour), Andrew's book coming soon, 7A reissuing Stranger Things Have Happened and Dolenz Sings Nesmith, some discussion and opinion about Friday Music's Missing Links RSD vinyl reissues, and what ended up being the best piece of Monkees vinyl we've gotten in a LONG time - the Run Out Groove 2LP version...

When we last left Corey Nowlin, he was saying goodbye to Megan and Craig after spending five days on a boat with a bunch of rabid KISS fans.  He has returned to The Pods & Sods Network to discuss a band that he has some history with and that he and Craig appreciated greatly during the pandemic - Phish.  Lots to take in here, so read the book and surrender to the flow as Corey and Craig take you in...

In the first episode of WHY WE LOVE... - a series to kick off an unscripted and all over the place conversation about bands we love (with a little off-topic fun as well) - Brian Linnen (Permanent Record Podcast) joins Craig for a candid chat about a band Craig has loved forever and Brian has loved for under a year - the amazing Bee Gees.  They talk about various albums and songs, the eras of the b...

Andrew Sandoval comes back to the Pods & Sods Network to discuss his forthcoming book The Monkees: The Day By Day Story!  First published in 2005, it had widely been considered the last word on the story of The Monkees - an incredibly detailed chronology of all of the music, filming and tours between their creation and 1970.  Now expanded and essentially rebuilt, the new version of the book contai...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS BEATLE PEOPLE! A Holiday Gift from Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith As a final gift in 2020, Mister Brian Jacobs returns to the Pods & Sods to join Craig for a quick chat about the seven fan club flexidiscs sent out to Beatles fans between 1963 and 1969 (and as an album in 1970).  Happy Holidays to all and enjoy! This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us on...

TWO PICK TEN: THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY After we learned in the previous Beatles episode that Mister Brian Jacobs would try to throw the numbers in his favor, he was banished to a separate desert island that just played one Dylan song on a loop.  Thalia Reynolds (Another Kind Of Mind) proved to be up to the task of choosing, and joined Craig for this Two Pick Ten where they focus on the point where sh...