Robin Taylor Zander visits Planet LP to talk about the making of his first solo album, “The Distance,” and his role as a rhythm guitarist when touring as a member of his dad’s band, Cheap Trick.
Read More
Ted Asregadoo and Keith Creighton talk new music releases on the Popdose New Music Report for July 2023.
Read More
Author/Photographer/Podcaster Mike Hipple visits Planet LP to talk to Ted Asregadoo about how music from the 80s was far more diverse than what gets played on nostalgia radio.
Read More
Ted Asregadoo and Popdose writer Keith Creighton venture into the upside down world of Kate Bush’s “The Ninth Wave.” Also, new music from The Fixx, Simple Minds, Muna, & Foals is in the spotlight.
Read More
Ted welcomes author and music journalist Michael Goldberg to talk about his book, “Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey
Read More
What makes for an outstanding live album? Ted and John list their top three and make the case for their brilliance.
Read More
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 More
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
Read More
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
Read More
Ted talks playlists with a guy who knows a lot about how to make one that doesn’t suck: his brother, Steve.
Read More
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).
Read More
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…
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
Recent Comments