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McCARTNEY IN THE EIGHTIES: 1983-1984 a virtual slumber party with Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith for the second of four installments covering Paul McCartney's eighties output. Covered in this episode: Say Say Say; Ode To A Koala Bear; PIPES OF PEACE; No More Lonely Nights; GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET; We All Stand Together. This podcast is presented by the Pods...

Six-Pack of Duran Duran, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Ken Mills of POP! A Pop Culture Podcast and Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to share and discuss some Duran Duran favorites. We're each bringing two picks covering the band's long and sometimes maligned body of work. We get into them struggling with the boy band thing, the brilliance of their songwri...

McCARTNEY IN THE EIGHTIES: 1980-1982 a virtual slumber party with Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith for the first of four installments covering Paul McCartney's eighties output. Covered in this episode: Coming Up; Lunch Box/Odd Sox; McCARTNEY II; Check My Machine; Secret Friend; Ebony And Ivory; Rainclouds; TUG OF WAR; I'll Give You A Ring; The Girl Is Mine. This podca...

Six-Pack of Nick Lowe, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Pat Francis of the Rock Solid Podcast and BJ Kramp of the Rock And/Or Roll podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to enlighten him on the work of Nick Lowe. Pat and BJ are both bringing three picks covering the Nick's long and storied career. We get into Nick's work as a producer, his brilliance as a songwriter, the instant timelessness...

Six-Pack of King's X, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Ken "The Podfather" Mills of the Pop! Podcast and Richie Wagner of the Audiobiography podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to further enlighten him on King's X.  King's X is a band's band and a fan favorite. Ken and Richie are both bringing three picks covering the band's first three albums. We get into the lyrical significance, the sp...

Six-Pack of Adrian Belew, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, friend of the show Jack Broad and Brad Page of I'm In Love With That Song podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to school him on the unique brilliance Adrian Belew.  Adrian has been a prolific songwriter, side-man, guitar innovator, and all around musical trailblazer for several decades. He's even been a former Pods & Sods guest, cl...

PODS & SODS episode 200 Our Look At 1989 - part II In the conclusion of our look at 1989, Jeff Harris (of Behind The Grooves) joins in for a discussion about the top five Billboard albums of the year, some honorable mentions, and a round of trivia. Visit PODS & SODS at your online watering hole of choice: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.l...

Soundtrack Six-Pack, Volume Eight Jon - how can EVERYTHING be your favorite?!? Jon explains. Podcast co-hosts Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast , Joe Royland of Sit & Spin with Joe , and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  return with the latest volume in the Soundtrack Six-Pack series. We're also continuing our listener pick segment, featuring a wonderful pick from listener Jack Broad! In Volume Eight,...

PODS & SODS episode 199 Our Look At 1989 - part II Jeff Harris joins us for an in depth look at the year 1989 in our continuing series of 80s-centric episodes. In this episode, we look at the top ten Billboard singles of the year and follow up with some favorites from the year as honorable mentions. Visit PODS & SODS at your online watering hole of choice: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.fac...

Soundtrack Six-Pack, Volume Seven What do Jamie Gertz, Elisabeth Shue, Deborah Foreman, and Meredith Salenger have in common?? Podcast co-hosts Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast , Joe Royland of Sit & Spin with Joe , and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  return with the latest volume in the Soundtrack Six-Pack series.  And some of the aforementioned actresses of the day come up as we discuss our picks...

Six-Pack of Steve Goodman, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, friends of the show Brian Joyce and Mr Brian Jacobs join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to school him on Steve Goodman. Steve Goodman was a Chicago-based brilliant singer-songwriter that swam in the same early sorta country sorta Gonzo waters with the likes of John Prine, Kris Kristofferson, David Bromberg, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, an...

TWO PICK TEN: BEN FOLDS FIVE In this episode, Christopher Fritz joins Craig for a discussion about discovering the music of Ben Folds Five, pick their twenty desert island picks, and drop a lot of personal history along the way. This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us doing the best imitations of ourselves in the following locations: http://www.podsodcast.com https://...

Six-Pack of Whitney Houston, Volume One And I-I-I-I-I-I-I On this Six-Pack episode, returning champ Jeff Harris of the Behind The Grooves  music blog and Lee "Stax" McCormack of Tramps Like Us join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to assemble a six pack of Whitney Houston classics. We each bring two of our favorite songs from this incredible, unique, iconic, soulful voice that left us far too soon. We...

Six-Pack of Ratt, Volume One What comes around, goes around, I'll tell ya why On this Six-Pack episode, Bakko of the Cobras & Fire  podcast and friend of the show/singer for Ratt tribute  Ratt & Roll  Dan Parsels join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to assemble a six pack of gems from Ratt.  We each bring two of our favorite songs from this classic and somewhat under-appreciated hard rock band. From t...

Six-Pack of The Cardigans, Volume One Love me, love me, SAY that you love me.. fool me, fool me.. On this Six-Pack episode, Joey Haynie of Rock Strikes Ten  and Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to assemble a six pack of gems from The Cardigans.  We each bring two of our favorite songs from The Cardigans, the band that many in the States might know as som...

Dave Leslie of Baby Animals  returns to join Eric in conversation to take a track by track look back at the 1993 Shaved and Dangerous , the follow-up to their wildly successful 1991 self-titled debut album.  Recorded once again at Bearsville Studios in New York and at Compass Point in The Bahamas, the Shaved and Dangerous album was produced by Ed Stasium with a few songs produced by Extreme's Nuno...

Megan and Craig from SamePageCast present SOUND OF THE SUNSET, SOUND OF THE SEA The Monkees track by track, session by session Episode 06 - Playing Kirshner: The First Two Albums Reimagined In this episode, Megan and Craig (with slight benefit of hindsight) revisit the 1966 sessions and reconfigure the first two Monkees LPs (and 45s) to create their shared ultimate listening experience. This podca...

Soundtrack Six-Pack, Volume Six [Movie guy voice] IN A WORLD.. ..where podcast co-host Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast doesn't like any of the songs picked by the nicest man alive, Joe Royland of Sit & Spin with Joe , and while Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  tries to keep the peace even though one of Joe's picks is pretty meh, but at least not in a Ghetto Supastar kind of way.. [MOVIE GUY VOICE]...

Six-Pack of Allan Holdsworth, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Manning Bartlett of The UnReal Allan Holdsworth  Facebook Group and Dan Miles of the Friends of Dan podcast join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to assemble a six pack of Allan Holdsworth gems.  Manning and Dan each bring three of their favorite Holdsworth tracks spanning just a sampling of his discography - some collaborations, some f...

Six-Pack of Y&T, Volume One On this Six-Pack episode, Mr Matt Porter of The KISS Room and Sonny "Hollywood" Pooni of Growin' Up Rock join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to assemble a six pack of Y&T gems.  We each bring two of our favorite Y&T songs covering their full discography - some hits, some obscure tracks, and some deep cuts.  We also share some personal memories of how we got into the band,...

Separating Art from the Artist A Roundtable Discussion with Constance Grady, Staff Writer at Vox , Reverend Brian Joyce, and Eric Miller. A generation of us grew up on Michael Jackson music and The Cosby Show. The DNA of our sense of humor includes some Cosby and some Louis CK. How many Kevin Spacey or Harvey Weinstein or Bret Ratner films have we enjoyed? Or Woody Allen or Roman Polanski? Italian...

Six-Pack of Dokken, Volume One We've got the flock in for Dokken! We're taking stock in Dokken! On this Six-Pack episode, Richie Wagner of Audiobiography and BJ Kramp of Rock and/or Roll join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  to assemble a six pack of Dokken gems.  We each bring two Dokken songs covering the gamut - some hits, some personal favorites, and some deep cuts.  We also share some personal mem...

Six-Pack of David Bowie, Volume One Are you a fan of David Bowie - are you a fan-fan or a Greatest Hits fan? On this Six-Pack episode, Eric Miller of Pods & Sods  (being simply a Greatest Hits Fan) invites two friends and serious fan-fans to enlighten him on some of Bowie's deeper cuts. Joining Eric are recently recurring favorite Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast and making his Pods & Sods debu...

Six Pack of Stax - Volume Four What is soul music? In our latest collection of Stax gems brought to you by hosts Lee McCormack of The Tramps Like Us Podcast , Mr Brian Jacobs, and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods, we answer that very question. And more - like who is paying the note on Shirley Brown's fella's car??  Not a ton of research, not a ton of pontificating, just three friends sharing some of the...

Zak Rizvi of Kansas joins Eric in conversation to discuss the beginnings of his musical career, how he initially connected with Phil Ehart as a fan, his work with New Jersey based prog-rock band 4Front , how they landed dates opening for Kansas, Phil introducing Zak to longtime Kansas producer Jeff Glixman, how he went from fan to producer to songwriter to band member, his first gig with the band,...