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KISSMAS V: THE REUNION TOUR Spend your Twelve Days Of KISSmas opening gifts with us! Visit PODS & SODS at your online watering hole of choice: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

Six Pack of Stax - Volume Three, A Holiday Special A short, sweet, and random collection of Stax Christmas and holiday gems brought to you by your hosts Lee McCormack of The Tramps Like Us Podcast , Mr Brian Jacobs, and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods. Not a ton of research, not a ton of pontificating, just three friends sharing some of the greatest rock & soul the world has ever known. Last episode Le...

SamePageCast with Megan and Craig Documenting Woodstock: A Conversation With Scott Parker If there's one thing that Megan and Craig have in common, it is the obsessive love for collecting and documenting various media - and so in this episode they talk to one of their own. Mr. Scott Parker is the author of Woodstock Documented, a rather extensive work that outlines everything to do with Woodstock...

What do you do to follow up a disastrous video that, although charted quite successfully, negatively impacted your career trajectory? How about when you're stuck between label pressure in a changing landscape of hair metal and keyboard oriented rock?  Well, if you're Billy Squier you toil away on an album until you come up with Enough Is Enough . In this episode of the sidecast series, Songs of Th...

Chris Trapper Picks The Essential Colin Hay Chris Trapper of The Push Stars shares his 10 Essential Colin Hay songs. Chris has gone from being a fan of Colin's solo work to a longtime partner on the road and a dear friend to the legendary Men At Work frontman. Through sharing his ten essential Colin Hay songs, Chris tells great personal stories about how he first discovered Colin's solo work, how...

Danny Vaughn of Tyketto joins Eric in conversation to take a track by track look back at the band's 1994 sophomore release, Strength In Numbers .  Produced by legendary producer Kevin Elson, their follow-up to Don't Come Easy  had a difficult journey making it's way onto shelves following the whole wave of grunge that displaced many bands of the time.  Danny shares his personal memories and all th...

When we last left Pods & Sods, Eric was doing his best to convince Craig to believe in Father KISSmas. The story picks up much where we left off. Visit PODS & SODS at your online watering hole of choice: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

Dave Leslie of Baby Animals joins Eric in conversation to take a track by track look back at their self-titled 1991 debut album.  Recorded at Bearsville Studios in New York, the Baby Animals album was produced by Mike Chapman, it went eight times platinum in Australia, spawned five highly charting radio friendly rock hits ( Rush You , One Word , Ain't Gonna Get , Early Warning , and Painless ), wo...

It's that time of year... For the last four years around this time, Eric and Craig have warmed your earbuds with a discussion about what is in the KISSmas stocking. This year, Eric brings Craig a gift of pizza and attempts to twist his arm and make him talk about KISS for one more year. Visit PODS & SODS at your online watering hole of choice: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/pod...

SPEAK TO ME: a podcast for assorted lunatics Craig Smith, Sean Zloch and Kym Miller discuss Pink Floyd Chapter VII: 1970 ZABRISKIE POINT Heart Beat, Pig Meat Us And Them [demo] Aeroplane Crumbling Land Love Scene Version 1 Love Scene Version 7 Explosion Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us gliding high in the sky in the following...

Six Pack of Stax - Volume Two A short, sweet, and random collection of Stax gems brought to you by your hosts Lee McCormack of The Tramps Like Us Podcast , Mr Brian Jacobs, and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods. Not a ton of research, not a ton of pontificating, just three friends sharing some of the greatest rock & soul the world has ever known. In Volume Two, we're unpacking some classics by Johnnie Ta...

SamePageCast Presents: A Month Of Madness! Episode 5 - Halloween Horrors It's Halloween! Time to take a dive into the transformational horror of the 1970s, count up the sequel-heavy 1980s and beyond. And make sure you keep listening for a very special pop-in guest and a conversation about our favorite horror movies of all! It has been spooktacularly fun to spend this month with all of you, talking...

Dave Meniketti of Y&T joins Eric in conversation to discuss the beginnings of his career, the early formation of Y&T, how he went from his dad's record collection to discovering blues guitarists, early days songwriting, finding his confidence as a vocalist, the legendary Winterland 1974 show, memories of the original members that have since passed away, some anecdotes of touring with the enthusias...

SamePageCast Presents: A Month Of Madness! Episode 4 - Atoms, Teens, and Hammer Horrors Find out what Frankenstein's monster and Dracula get up to in the teenage, drive-in 50s and the far-out 60s! Join Megan for a look through the cultural influences that would take a lagging genre and give it new life. There are spaceman, big, BIG monsters, plenty of vampires, and one notorious knife-wielder, all...

SamePageCast Presents: A Month Of Madness! Episode 3 - Universal Horrors You've heard of Dracula and Frankenstein, but what makes them the iconic monsters that they are? Join Megan this week as she explores the films, the mythos, and the men (and some women!) behind those monsters. Then, stick around for some films that aren't as famous but really should be. It's Universal Horrors week! And also c...

Liv Warfield of Roadcase Royale joins Eric in conversation to discuss the beginnings of her career, moving to Portland Oregon from Peoria Illinois to find her voice in a steady karaoke scene, becoming an independent artist with a charting single, how she connected with Prince, the funny story in waiting for the announced "Prince will call you" call that changed her life, how Prince influenced her...

How do you follow up two landmark albums like  Don't Say No and Emotions In Motion ? Well, I suppose you scramble and get stuck with Jim Steinman as a producer, you write some solid songs, make an appearance on SNL, and get stellar guests like Brian May for starters. In the process, you end up with your highest charting single, Rock Me Tonite . Except, there's that video. Did the Rock Me Tonite vi...

SamePageCast Presents: A Month Of Madness! Episode 2 - Silent Horrors This week, join Megan, some murderers, evil despots, and… Shirley Temple? to explore the beginnings of horror film history with the Silent Film Era. Silent films can be challenging for modern moviegoers, but they are rich with innovation and glimpses of what's to come. Check out some of Megan's favorites and learn more about why...

MORONOPHONICS Ian Zapczynski & Craig Smith episode 11: Ian's choice Men At Work / Two Hearts 1985 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...

SamePageCast presents: (an intro to) A MONTH OF MADNESS! Join Megan in her first solo venture while Craig is semi-retired! In this introductory episode, she talked about a spooky limited movie series: A Month of Madness. Candy optional, shivery spine always welcome. Sound Credits: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The Phantom Carriage (1921, 1998 restoration) The Man Who Laughs (1928) M (1931, Cr...

In 1989,  Extreme  made their debut with a self-titled record on A&M Records that was kinda, sorta produced by legendary producer Mack. In this second episode of the Pod O' Graffitti series, your hosts Sonny "Hollywood" Pooni of the Growin' Up Rock Podcast , Brian Sword of The Double Stop Podcast , and Eric Miller of The Pods & Sods Network share their thoughts on this debut album. Tons of trivia,...

Six Pack of Stax - Volume One A short, sweet, and random collection of Stax gems brought to you by your hosts Lee McCormack of The Tramps Like Us Podcast , Mr Brian Jacobs, and Eric Miller of Pods & Sods. Not a ton of research, not a ton of pontificating, just three friends sharing some of the greatest rock & soul the world has ever known. In Volume One, we're unpacking some classics by Otis Reddi...

Sean Watkins Picks The Essential Glen Phillips Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and The Watkins Family Hour shares his 10 Essential Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket songs. Sean has gone from being a fan of Toad The Wet Sprocket to writing, recording and touring with Glen Phillips in a variety of configurations including the Works Progress Administration and the Mutual Admiration Society. In this...

How do you follow up such a landmark album as Don't Say No ? Find out as we continue our Billy Squier sidecast series, Songs of The Knight: A Billy Squier Retrospective, with out detailed look at 1982's Emotion In Motion . Joined by podcast friends Jon Lamoreaux of The Hustle Podcast and BJ Kramp of the Rock And/Or Roll Podcast , Eric and his co-hosts go in-depth and track back track of Billy's le...

We're kicking off a new sidecast series - Pod O' Graffitti, a look at the Extreme discography! In this introductory episode, your hosts Sonny "Hollywood" Pooni of the Growin' Up Rock Podcast , Brian Sword of The Double Stop Podcast , and Eric Miller of The Pods & Sods Network share their stories of discovering the music of Extreme, their memories of seeing the band live as far back as 1990 with Al...