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Megan and Craig from SamePageCast present SOUND OF THE SUNSET, SOUND OF THE SEA The Monkees track by track, session by session Episode 09 - March 1967 Pillow Time - version 1/demo Micky In Carlsbad Cavern Shades Of Gray Masking Tape You Just May Be The One - version 2 [LP version] Peter Gunn's Gun I Can't Get Her Off My Mind - version 2 [LP version] Two-Part Invention In F Major No Time - version...

TRACK BY TRACK THE SMASHING PUMPKINS MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS Original release date: October 23, 1995 In 1994, Smashing Pumpkins were a rock band coming off a super successful album (Siamese Dream) with an epic heavy sound - but many were surprised at exactly how far they could take "epic" - and they certainly took it far on their 1995 masterwork Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadnes...

Megan and Craig from SamePageCast present SOUND OF THE SUNSET, SOUND OF THE SEA The Monkees track by track, session by session Episode 08 - February/March 1967 The Girl I Knew Somewhere - version 2 [45 version] Sunny Girlfriend Mr. Webster - version 2 [LP version] Nine Times Blue - demo Until It's Time For You To Go - version 1 She'll Be There - demo Midnight Train - demo Randy Scouse Git Band 6 Y...

WEEKAPOD GROOVE | CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PHISH Episode 10: Time Turns Elastic Rob and Craig join up for the first time in three years to discuss everything that's happened in the world of Phish since the 2017 Baker's Dozen shows. This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us bouncing around in the following locations: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods...

TWO PICK TEN: ABBA One could say that all of the Two Pick Ten episodes present various rabbit holes that Craig has fallen into - for most episodes, the entire purpose of the series is to bring together two people familiar with an artist's entire catalog of music. This one was a month-long crash course in melodic goodness as special guest Josh Fitzgerald willingly goes to that desert island with Cr...

TWO PICK TEN: WOODSTOCK Join us for a very special surprise Woodstock anniversary episode where Craig convinces legendary Woodstock author and expert Scott Parker to join him on the recently discovered desert island Yasgur as they brainstorm their own configuration of the Woodstock soundtrack for the 51st anniversary of the legendary festival. The twist this time - only one song per artist. There...

The scene: a desert island.  The task: pick twenty Radiohead tracks to make the perfect 2LP listening experience for said location.  The brave souls taking on such a task: Jack Broad and Craig Smith. As mentioned in this episode: How To Play Radiohead Songs | Why I Love Radiohead :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPaYlcY23g What Makes This Song Great? Ep.31 RADIOHEAD :: https://www.youtube.com/w...

SamePageCast with Megan and Craig Davy Live In Japan... and a Barrelful of Monkee Missteps Back in February, Megan and Craig had a bit of a Davy Jones marathon.  Our episode starts with a review of the wonderful 7A release Live In Japan, but starts to take shape into a discussion about where Davy Jones fits inside and outside of The Monkees, with some conversations about the Monkees touring/reunio...

ESSENTIAL COMPILATIONS A Breakin' Anthology 1984 Three years since first joining up on the first episode of ESSENTIAL COMPILATIONS, Lee McCormack is back to join Craig for some drinks and a track by track breakdown of both Breakin' soundtrack albums and films! This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can hear us believing in the beat in the following locations: http://www.podsodca...

In this episode, Brad Page dares to join Craig on the fabled desert island that has ruined many a friendship as they chat about each growing up in very different areas listening to the music of Pink Floyd and then share their twenty collective picks. Check out Brad's I'm In Love With That Song Podcast at lovethatsongpodcast.com This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us...

Six-Pack of Stray Cats, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us Podcast and friend of the show Kurt Runyon join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to talk Stray Cats.  Lee is shot out of a cannon on this one with the Stray Cats being his all-time favorite band - he has his guitar, he has all the trivia anyone would want, he has stories (including the time Slim Jim broke Le...

Six-Pack of Manowar, Volume One HOLD YOUR HAMMERS HIGH!! On this Six-Pack episode, Matt Porter from The KISS Room  and BJ Kramp of the Rock And/Or Roll podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to ride the winds of victory into Valhalla and discuss the music and Conan-like pageantry of Manowar. From loin clothes to tales of Thor and battles and triumphs, Manowar is certainly a unique band.  Their mu...

IMMEDIATE FAMILY WEEK! Steve Postell Picks The Essential David Crosby (and James, Joni, and Jackson) Steve Postell shares his essential David Crosby songs and more. Actually we start with James Taylor, then move onto Joni Mitchell, then Jackson Browne, and finally David Crosby.  Through this chronological journey in song, Steve paints the vivid and emotional picture of how he first discovered and...

IMMEDIATE FAMILY WEEK! Waddy Wachtel Picks The Essential Keith Richards Waddy Wachtel shares his essential Keith Richards songs. As a young guitarist, Waddy identified with the sounds of early Rolling Stones on record and on stage. And through his career in the 70s as Waddy was working with Zevon, Ronstadt, and dozens more, he connected with The Stones and became a friend of Keith's.  Then one day...

MMEDIATE FAMILY WEEK! Leland Sklar Picks The Essential Billy Cobham Leland Sklar shares his essential Billy Cobham songs. Following a six-week tour where Lee's band The Section (with Danny Kortchmar and Russ Kunkel) opened for Mahavishnu Orchestra, Lee got a call from MO's incomparable drummer, Billy Cobham, to join him on his first solo record.  That record would also feature Jan Hammer, the late...

IMMEDIATE FAMILY WEEK! Russ Kunkel Picks The Essential Bob Dylan Russ Kunkel shares his essential Bob Dylan songs. In 1970, Peter Asher rang up Russ to come down "to the studio" because George Harrison and Bob Dylan were jamming. It was a night that Russ will never forget and he brings us into that room by sharing memories in this episode.  A few months later, Russ gets the call to record with Dyl...

I MMEDIATE FAMILY WEEK! Danny Kortchmar Picks The Essential James Taylor Danny Kortchmar shares his essential James Taylor songs. Danny and James became friends at a young age in New York and have followed each other professionally through early bands in the New York club scene, through collaborations with other artists, and obviously through James' wildly successful career.  Danny picks his ten f...

ALBUM BY ALBUM: Billy Joel presented by Rick Schnee and Craig Smith for the Pods & Sods Network recorded March 2020 The ultimate souvenir! Craig takes a stroll down memory lane with old school friend Rick Schnee, and they talk about the artist that brought them together - Billy Joel. Starting around 1990, they go through the stories of discovering the albums, trading live bootlegs, seeing Billy in...

Six-Pack of Kansas, Volume One On this very special Six-Pack episode, Eric (that's me!) is joined by his father, Alan Miller, and brother, Jeff Miller, to share a six-pack of Kansas songs. We get into how our father, Alan, first discovered the band and the process he undertook to immerse (or indoctrinate) us into the world of Kansas music by taking us to see them in 1980 and blasting their music "...

Six-Pack of Little Steven, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us Podcast and friend of the show Kurt Runyon join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to teach him on the solo catalog of E-Street guitarist and star of the Sopranos teeleee-vision show.  We're donning our babushkas, throwing on our overcoats, and talking some politically charged rock and roll. From his earlie...

Six-Pack of Adam Schlesinger, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Christine Carlson-Wolfe from Zilch! A Monkees Podcast , Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast , Joe Royland of Sit & Spin with Joe , rejoin Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to honor the great Adam Schlesinger. Adam was as prolific and creative as they come - he worked in all aspects of music as a singer, a songwriter, a producer, and multi...

Six-Pack of Aimee Mann, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Ben Montgomery of the Records Revisited Podcast and Noel Fogelman of Reliving My Youth join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to celebrate the music of Aimee Mann. From her breakout career in Til Tuesday to her long and award winning and prolific career as a solo artist, we cover it all. Aimee is an absolutely genius lyricist and songwriter wit...

MORONOPHONICS Ian Zapczynski & Craig Smith Ian's choice: Joe Jackson Band / Volume 4 2003 This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can hear us in moronophonic in the following locations: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss Record/scratching sound effects courtesy of freesfx.co.uk. All musical clips used are for...

Soundtrack Six-Pack, Volume Seventeen - TV Shows Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast , Joe Royland of Sit & Spin with Joe , and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods are back with the latest volume in the Soundtrack Six-Pack series.  In this episode, we're picking up the remote and turning on the ol boob tube to resurface some great songs from TV shows.  A few themes, some really indelible placements in crit...

Six-Pack of Tom Waits, Volume One The piano has been drinking... not me. On this Six-Pack episode, Mr Brian Jacobs and Alex Alt of the Sly Dog Music-Cast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to explore the work of Tom Waits. We get into his humor, his brilliant songwriting, his public persona, some powerfully emotional songs, his tall tales of the underbelly of life, and whether his voice is more like...