In this episode: Ted and John draw upon their years of working in the radio industry — and in John’s case, being in bands — to chat in-depth about song structure and why it’s so difficult to get your song on the radio. The guys springboard off a New York Times opinion piece titled “The…
Read MoreIn this episode: Ted and John draw upon their years of working in the radio industry — and in John’s case, being in bands — to chat in-depth about song structure and why it’s so difficult to get your song on the radio. The guys springboard off a New York Times opinion piece titled “The…
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Ted, John and guest Michael McGauley talk Tom Petty in a roundtable about his music and the use of the Confederate flag during the Southern Accents Tour
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In this episode: It’s the Petty Party! Ted, John Young, and Michael McGauley do a roundtable of sorts to talk about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ music, their lasting legacy, and even wade into Petty’s use of the Confederate flag during the Southern Accents Tour. The second segment has Ted reacting to Scottish post-rock band…
Read MoreIn this episode: It’s the Petty Party! Ted, John Young, and Michael McGauley do a roundtable of sorts to talk about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ music, their lasting legacy, and even wade into Petty’s use of the Confederate flag during the Southern Accents Tour. The second segment has Ted reacting to Scottish post-rock band…
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In this episode: Ted speaks to music journalist and writer Martin Popoff about two books in his Rush trilogy: “Anthem: Rush in the ’70” and “Limelight: Rush in the ’80s.” The conversation also touches on his book on the Glam-rock band, Sweet (“Rebel Rouser: A Sweet User Manual”), and some late-career albums by The Who….
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How did classic rock come to an end? Ted digs into Steven Hyden’s 2018 book “Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock” for answers
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In this episode: Ted speaks to music journalist and writer Martin Popoff about two books in his Rush trilogy: “Anthem: Rush in the ’70” and “Limelight: Rush in the ’80s.” The conversation also touches on his book on the Glam-rock band, Sweet (“Rebel Rouser: A Sweet User Manual”), and some late-career albums by The Who….
Read MoreIn this episode: Ted speaks to music journalist and writer Martin Popoff about two books in his Rush trilogy: “Anthem: Rush in the ’70” and “Limelight: Rush in the ’80s.” The conversation also touches on his book on the Glam-rock band, Sweet (“Rebel Rouser: A Sweet User Manual”), and some late-career albums by The Who….
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Ted and John wonder if rock is truly dead…or maybe on the cusp of evolving into some new form.
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Ted talks playlists with a guy who knows a lot about how to make one that doesn’t suck: his brother, Steve.
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Featured in this episode: Prince’s 2019 autobiography, The Beautiful Ones. In records: Michael McGauley joins Ted for a deep discussion on the albums The Who released in the post-Keith Moon and John Entwistle years. The discussion centers on Face Dances, It’s Hard, Endless Wire, and WHO (1981-2019).
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Featured in this episode: The short story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It. In the records department, it’s Rush’s 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows. And John Young joins Ted in the last segment to chat about how changes in the rock landscape in the early to mid-80s pushed them toward alternative…
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In this episode, The 2019 novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman is in Trouble. In the records department, it’s a deep dive into The Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears. And in the last segment, Ted and John Young discuss how the band KISS was a major influence in their musical upbringing.
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In this episode: Ted Asregadoo takes a look at the biography One Train Later by the former guitarist for The Police, Andy Summers. Also, back in October 2020, Rolling Stone magazine published an updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In this segment, albums 500-496 are in the spotlight.
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