Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast

In the 1st of a 2 part interview Musician, writer, and music historian Stephen Pitalo joins Jesse to discuss a wide range of subjects including rock videos, his writing and musical fandom. He will be hosting a 90’s Halloween Dance Party on Friday October 28, 2022 at 10pm at the The Bell House 149 7th Street Brooklyn NYC. You can find more information at this link https://musicvideotimemachine.com/event/mvtm-presents-creepin-in-real-your-90s-halloween-dance-party/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaclyn Johnston @JaclynNJohnston is the author of the #1 Best-selling “Don’t Feel Stuck!” books and host of the “Manifest It! Podcast. She joins me to share stories about her writing, her musical fandom, why she is drawn to artists who are a certain astrology sign plus her time on stage with Bruce. https://themanifestit.com/manifest/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse sits down with his son Chris Jackson and his son's best friend since High School Colin. We talk a little Cowboys the day before the big early season NFC East Showdown! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The SLB family has a new podcast! Perfectly Good Podcast - John Hiatt A to Z, where Sylvan Groth and I will be talking about every John Hiatt song in alphabetical order. Look for more details soon but for now, please listen and share our promo. Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7JDGFbLkbsvlI9ymnuuWpF?si=2206fd50918c4164 Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Good-Podcast-John-Hiatt/dp/B0BHH5HTX1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RPV198R8JK2S&keywords=perfectly+good+podcast&qid=1665778805&sprefix=perfectly+good+podcast%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine @crissykentucky joins me to share her Springsteen journey and how seeing Springsteen on Broadway on Netflix converted her from casual to passionate fan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandy Kaye @sandykpresents is the host of the A Breath of Fresh Air podcast and radio show. She has talked to musicians from the 60's, 70's & 80's sharing stories from their careers and lives. We had a wonderful discussion back in August and talked about a wide variety of topics. https://abreathoffreshair.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Saguto joins Jesse to talk about music, whiskey, seeing Bruce live and his favorite person, his daughter Vivienne. Instagram @vinwhiskey62 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abril Ebeling @aprilsingsalot is a military veteran, a musician and a Mom working to bring calm to our hectic lives. She and I had a lonvely convesation about her musical journey. For more information and to sign up for her newsletter go here https://linktr.ee/aprilsingsalot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Hornok @markhornok and I spend some time talking about Bruce's sixth studio album, Nebraska. We go track by track discussing them and we review them from a perspective of what we know now about his mental state writing the songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ariel Zinder joins me from Israel. We talk about growing up in Israel, spending time in the US, learning Born to Run on a homemade cassette (backwards) and trying to convince his parents that he should go to see Bruce in concert instead of them because the music would be too 'loud." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason @VelvetRebel1984 spends his day working with Rock Memorabilia for the Hard Rock Café, he joins me to visit about how his love of music was born via MTV, his love of live music and some of his favorite stories about following the Cowboy Junkies. http://velvetrebelmusic.com// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Sokol drums in a heavy metal band, he supports small businesses with marketing advice, he has a charity that provides musical equipment to local music programs called Keep Children Rockin https://keepchildrenrockin.org/ He & I had a great conversation about music, caring for others and marketing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Pak @soundtrack_your and I joined forces and we recorded a crossover episode where he and I talked about the 2019 film Blinded by the Light and it's soundtrack. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soundtrack-your-life/id1524320803 #iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guy turns 73 today. A few years ago, I collected over 70 voice mails from fans wishing him a happy 70th birthday. In honor of Bruce's latest birthday, here is a montage of fans sharing their love and best wishes to our muse, our musical companion, our Boss, Bruce Springsteen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holly McMiller @hollymac_79 from the FiveishFangirls Podcast returns to talk about her love of Jon Bon Jovi. Listen to Holly & her fellow fan girls on their podcast here https://fiveishfangirlspodcast.libsyn.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special cross over episode with Geek Cast Radio, TFG1Mike is and I discuss Daryl Hall and John Oates’s 1982 album H2O, which is 40 years old this year! We tell you our history with the album, and then we go track by track giving our opinions on each song. We hope you enjoy it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We gathered together Laura, Rachel @rachel_berc, and Kayla @kaylacp_ to disucss the upcoming Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour. None of them have attended a E Street Band show and they share their hopes, dreams, wishes and song lists. The next generation of Springsteen fandom is in good shape! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fans send us feedback on the 5 songs that they are tired of hearing live and the 5 that the would want to hear every show if they could. Send me your feedback to setlustingbruce at Gmail dot com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 900th episode of the podcast, Matt Donnelly @sweetmattyD joins Jesse to share his magical journey, going from an intern to sharing a stage with Penn & Teller and opening for Piff the Magic Dragon. Matt also cohosts multiple podcasts including Matt and Mattingly's Ice Cream Social, Abracababble and Penn's Sunday School. Find out more about Matt here - https://www.mindnoodler.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As is our tradition every September I reissue my discussion with Jeannie Fino @JeannieFino breaking down the Bruce Springsteen classic The Rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the traditions of this podcast is that I reissue two episodes each year in honor of the anniversary of 9/11. Here is Colleen McNamara @cmcubfan & I discussing that special album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Fraser & Tony Sarthou from the podcast Bill & Tony's Excellent Adventure in Music joined me earlier this summer. We had a great talk about about Born to Run among other albums. They also shared about their podcast and their musical journey through some of the best albums of all time Twitter: @billandtonypod FaceBook: @bntexcellent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As is my tradition, on the anniversary of the first episode of the podcast, here is the initial episode of the podcast, first heard on September 8, 2015 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Behar @bryanbeharis a producer and writer known for Fuller House, I"m with Her and The New Adventures of Old Christine and Last Man Standing among others. He joins Jesse to talk about his writing carrer, a little sports and his music fandom including his love of Bruce Springsteen. We has so much fun that we had to split the episode in two parts. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066864/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Behar @bryanbeharis a producer and writer known for Fuller House, I"m with Her and The New Adventures of Old Christine and Last Man Standing among others. He joins Jesse to talk about his writing carrer, a little sports and his music fandom including his love of Bruce Springsteen. We has so much fun that we had to split the episode in two parts. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066864/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JM @oliveoilgemini is a Springsteen fan, a reporter and a musician. JM joined me earlier this summer and due to my backlog, we are just releasing our talk this month. Here is a link JM's bandlab page https://www.bandlab.com/lemonolive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to celebrate the podcast's birthday month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sylvan Groth @sylvangreeneyes started Slow Turning: John Hiatt Fanzine in 1996. She has remained active in the @JohnHiattmusic fan community and has seen John perform nearly every year since she was sixteen. She joins Jesse @JessejacksondFW to share her Hiatt story and shares an often overlooked piece of the Hiatt canon. Listen to hear the connection between one of the most revered songwriters and Disney's animatronic Country Bear Jamboree! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a full moon over Daytona Beach. We start out the episode with a couple of voice mails from listeners sharing their @johnhiattmusic thoughts. Then Mark Stephens and I talk John's The Tiki Bar is Open. Check out Mark's internet radio https://live365.com/station/KLGD-The-Legend-a56317 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Fox and Jesse JesseJacksonDFW will have The Usual as they are living a little and laughing a little as they talk @johnhiattmusic 1985 album Warming up to the Ice Age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Gordon returns to the podcast to talk about the next year's tour and his experiances buying tickets. That's right listeners it's the story that continues to be brought up. Just kidding, Kyle shares some great insight and we have a wonderful conversation. #Springsteentour2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kayla Padilla @kaylacp_is an Ivy League Basketball star, Founder & Editor-In-Chief for The Sideline Post, creator of a video essay using Springsteen's music (specifically Growing up) and oh yea, she created Springsteen Heardle! Her Essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA14rdAy3B4 Kayla’s Penn bio page https://pennathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/kayla-padilla/18582 Springsteen Heardle https://springsteen-heardle.glitch.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skip Sherman from the Skip and Josh Podcast returns to the podcast to talk about the passing of Vin Scully and then turn the conversation due south to discuss John Hiatt's album Slow Turning. Check out Skip's podcast here https://skipandjosh.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skip Sherman from the Skip and Josh podcast joins Jesse to talk about John Hiatt's @johnhiattmusic break out album, Bring the Family while they try to clean up the oatmeal dumped on our sons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry Smith, the host of the amazing prodcast Music Talks and my Springsteen brother joins me to give his perspective on the latest Springsteen tour and the trials of ticket purchasing. I know, you are probably tired of hearing about this no matter what side of the debate you are on but Terry's insight and feelings are both informative and entertaining so check it out. And then go listen to Music Talks! https://www.musictalkspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today John Hiatt's biographer Michael Elliott returns to the podcast to talk about @johnhiattmusic 1993 release Perfectly Good Guitar, his 11th studio album featuring not only the title track but Buffalo River Home, Angel and The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari! Please check out Michael's writings (and buy his book) links are at https://michael-elliott.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Springsteen ticketgate continues to be a hot topic on social media, on Monday 8/1, Mark Dempsey & I had a discussion about his thoughts on the ticket process. I also had a few fans leave me voice mails about their thoughts. Keep the thoughts and opinions coming at (469) 249-2442 or send me your thoughts at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December 2021, Michael Elliot @mikejelliott joined me to discuss his John Hiatt biography Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story. We talked about the book's beginnings, Michael's fandom and John's music. It wouldn't be John Hiatt month without me resharing this episode. Michael is joining me again later this month for another episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As @johnhiattmusic month continues on @setlustingbruce, frequent guest Mark Hornok @markhornok joins me to discuss John's first live album Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? We go through our favorite tracks and find the connection between Springsteen's The Wish and John's Perfectly Good Guitar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As John Hiatt Month continues, Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges joins Jesse to talk Stolen Moments, John's 10th album. Highlights from the album includ Real Fine Live, The Rest of the Dream and the very spiritual Through Your Hands. Learn more about Betsy's work on her webpage https://betsyhodges.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in July 2018, my buddy Scott Isom @the_icepoet joined me to talk about our mutual love of the musician John Hiatt. August in going to be John Hiatt Month, where all my episodes are going to have John Hiatt discussions, I hope you enjoy the ride. If you want to share your John Hiatt memories call 469-249-2442 and leave a voice mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 30, 2022 20 or so Springsteen fans joined me in a round table zoom call to share their thoughts on the latest ticket purchasing experience for the upcoming 2023 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour. The only guidelines I put in place were no personal attacks, no cursing and for everyone to be kind to each other. In about 2 hours, we got fans from around the world joining the call to share the good, the bad and the ugly about their experiences. If you want to comment and share your thoughts, please call the SLB Request Line (469) 249-2442‬ and leave a message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gab Nieporent and her husband Devin host a Taylor Swift podcast called Tay to Z: A Taylor Swift Podcast. Gab loves her some Taylor Swift but her first love was The Boss. She joins Jesse to talk podcasting, seeing Bruce live at 7, a story about a signed album & a guitar pick and lots of information about the podcast. https://www.instagram.com/taytozpodcast We also give a shout out to my buddies at Bruce Springsteen sings the alphabet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Barnett @RobBarnettMedia joins me to share his story, he talks about how much his Mom loved him (she let him practice his drums in their apartment) how a DJ & his Step-Mom helped him find Bruce, his book Next Job Best Job and his work with Why Hunger https://robbarnettmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zek joins Jesse to talk about art, winemaking and his many musical projects. He records under the name Radagast the Brown and with the band Skylight Motion Picture. linktr.ee/83z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from his car outside a Laundry Mat, Freddie Fisher one of the hosts of the Bracket Bastards Podcast @bracketbastards Joins me to discuss his podcast where he & his cohosts use a traditional 64 team bracket filled with pop culture, movies, games and surprises to come. The three hosts breakdown and vote for a winner https://open.spotify.com/show/5EJutXxqlUisqm9YWMJdrl?si=61cc2b7d7985423c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CJ @MusicGodCJPlain is a musician, a former Radio host and a podcaster. He and Jesse talk about the CJ's journey and the healing power of music. https://riotonthesetmedia.rocks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Frost @garyfrost03 is a young singer songwriter who joined me to talk about his music and specifically his new single, Shut Up Springsteen. He is performing at The Stone Pony doing the Jake Owen Pre-Party on July 24th. If you go, tell him that Set Lusting Bruce sent you! www.garyfrostcountry.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katherine Byrd @katherinebyrd grew up watching American Bandstand, loving music and has made connections from all over the world via Backstreets & Bruce's music. She shares her Jungleland story to Jesse @jessejacksonDFW & shares stories of drinking with Tinker and Mad Dog. Please download and share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry Wolfisch Cole @tell_me_another is the founder and host of Tell Me Another. She is a Moth GrandSLAM champion. She is a writer, Jeopardy! alum, cookie baker, mah jongg expert, a passionate Bruce Springsteen fan and an amazing guest. She and Jesse had an amazing time swapping stories. https://www.tellmeanotherstories.com/home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices