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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 Lee brought his triangle, this time he has his acoustic guitar at the ready! In Volume Three, we're unpacking some holiday classics by Booker T & The MGs, The Staple Singers, The Emotions, William Bell, Otis Redding, and Rufus Claus himself, Mr Rufus Thomas. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

SamePageCast with Megan and CraigDocumenting 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 video and audio, and in this episode all sit down for a chat about Woodstock in general, in depth, and as media obsessives. Check out Scott's books at https://spbpublishing.webs.com/apps/webstore/

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 The Knight: A Billy Squier Retrospective, we take a detailed look at 1986's Enough Is Enough. 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 by track with Billy's fifth album. We get into the featured duet with Freddie Mercury, Love Is The Hero, the co-write he did with Freddie Lady With A Tenor Sax, our thoughts on the album cover, the fine art of singing Whoo-hooo, what challenges did Billy face at this time in his career, his guitar playing, his singing, his adventurous songwriting, and much more. Finally we wrap this episode in the series with Jon's personal ranking of Billy Squier's discography. Calley Oh!!

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 he first starting performing with him at festivals and as an opening act, firsthand memories of Colin's struggles with lawsuits, death, life, career ups and downs, and what about Colin's work, humility, humor and spirit inspires and influences him. Oh, and which of Colin's songs does Chris consider a classic on par with Imagine and A Change Is Gonna Come? Listen and find out.. it's a good one.

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 the details behind the album's creation and journey. A solid fan favorite, Strength In Numbers features some songs that were should-have-been monstrous AOR hits of the day - Rescue Me, Catch My Fall, Standing Alone. But the album also demonstrated the band was interested in growing and branching out. They were writing deeper, smarter, and more varied songs at the time. There are some healthy and authentic dashes of blues, Springsteen-esque singer-songwriter, mandolins, harmonicas, Bo Diddly beats, sweeping almost-progressive rockers and so much more. For the 25th anniversary of the album, Tyketto will be doing some touring where they'll perform the full album in its entirety - get those details here. They also have a new live CD and DVD that captures and ambitious performance featuring horns and strings. On the solo front, Danny has a super-interesting new solo album of "odd songs" in the works and well as his duet project with Dan Reed of Dan Reed Network. If you're familiar with Tyketto, you'll enjoy this in-depth discussion of this classic album. If you're new to the band, hopefully you'll listen and discover a truly solid rock album from 1994 that you may have missed the first time around.

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), won tons of ARIA awards and various accolades and sat as the highest selling Australian debut rock album for well over a decade. In the United States, their single Painless was picked up by MTV and put into heavy rotation, they appeared on Late Night With David Letterman, and toured the country opening for Van Halen. Unfortunately, a faltering record label and distance would prove to be major obstacles for growing success in the United States unfortunately. If you're familiar with Baby Animals, you'll enjoy this in-depth discussion of their legendary debut. If you're new to the band, hopefully you'll listen and discover a truly solid rock album from 1991 that you may have missed the first time around.

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/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

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 locations: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss All musical clips used are the property of Pink Floyd / EMI/Harvest/Capitol Records and are for educational use only.

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 Taylor, Sam & Dave, Booker T & The MGs, The Staple Singers, Linda Lyndell, and The Black Moses himself, Isaac Hayes.

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 about some of the best movies ever, so enjoy this finale of Halloween Horrors! Sound Credits: Blood Feast Trailer (1963) Last House on The Left Trailer (1972) Texas Chainsaw Massacre Trailer (1974) Alien Trailer (1979) Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer (1984) Silence of The Lambs Trailer (1991) Music Credits: Tubular Bells (Exorcist Main Title) (1973) Mike Oldfield Suspiria Main Title (1977) Goblin Halloween Main Title (1978) Richard Carpenter Friday the 13th Main Title (1981) Harry Manfredini The X Files Main Title (1993) Mark Snow "Inelegance" "Disnuite" "Sundive" Craig Smith (Electronic Music Volume I, 2011) "Waltz of Treachery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 enthusiastic partier that was Bon Scott, business struggles with A&M and Geffen in the 80s and 90s, bringing in Steve Smith on their Ten record, how Y&T kind of side stepped the grunge era and kept it together through the 90s, his solo career, discovering some classic tunes hidden in their vault, what led to their newest release, Acoustic Classix Volume 1, how he got involved in his other business, Meniketti Wines, will there be another proper Y&T album, what's next for him and the band, and much more!

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 this week in Atom, Teens, and Hammer Horrors week! Sound Credits: Psycho (1960) 50th Anniversary Trailer Masque of the Red Death Trailer (1964) Sputnik 1 CBS News Special Report, October 6, 1957 Westinghouse Lynwood Television TV Commercial (1950 ) The Tingler (1950) Music Credits: Curse of Frankenstein Main Title (1957) Horror of Dracula Main Title (1958) Kiss of the Vampire Main Title (1966) Taste the Blood of Dracula Main Title (1970) James Bernard Countess Dracula Main Title (1971) Harry Robinson "Tara's Theme", Gone With The Wind (1939) Max Steiner House of Wax Main Title and Themes (1953) David Buttoplh "Experiment in Terror" (Creature Features Theme, WGN, 1971) Henry Mancini "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" (2012) Zombina & The Skeletons "Anguish" "Waltz of Treachery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 check out Karina Longworth's Boris and Bela podcast series here: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2017/10/16/bela-and-boris-episode-1-where-the-monsters-came-from Sound Credits: Dracula (1931) Frankenstein (1931) Freaks (1932) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) The Body Snatcher (1945) Bedlam (1946) Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi Promo (circa 1934) In Search of Dracula (1975) Music Credits: "Disquiet" "Ghost Story" "Waltz of Treachery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 confidence and songwriting on her next solo album, how the couple of songs they wrote together came about, is there anything she worked on with Prince in his legendary vault, what she wishes the world knew more about Prince, how she connected with Nancy Wilson to form Roadcase Royale, origins of their anthemic Get Loud, what's next for the band in terms of touring and recording, what's next for her personally, and much more!

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 video destroy Billy's career? You may be surprised by our discussion.. 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 on these topics and take a track by track look at Billy's 1984 Signs of Life album. How did Billy fit in with the wave of hard rock hitting the shelves in 1984? What the hell does the 1982 movie Night Shift have to do with any of this?!? Are you guys talking about the Best of The Counting Crows?!? Listen to find out.

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 horror movies are important to talk about in the first place. Many of the films she talks about this week can be found online. Start with the British Film Institute's list of 10 Great Silent Horror Films. https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/10-great-silent-horror-films Sound Credits: The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari (1920) The Phantom Carriage (1921, 1998 restoration) The Man Who Laughs (1928) M (1931, Criterion trailer) Bright Eyes (1932) Batman (1989) Music Credits: "This House" "Gymnopedie No 1 (Erik Satie)" "Classic Horror" "Waltz of Treachery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 are for educational use only.

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, Criterion trailer) Bright Eyes (1932) Batman (1989) Music Credits: "This House" "Gymnopedie No 1 (Erik Satie)" "Classic Horror" "Waltz of Treachery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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, tons of little factoid nuggets, a close examination of the lyrics both immature and deep, lots of "Nuno's solo is really fantastic!", talk of B-sides, a few detours into Mozart, CSNY, two drink minimums, and drunken karaoke. Do.. you.. want.. to.. PLAY?!?

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 Redding, Booker T & The MGs, The Staple Singers, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding with Carla Thomas, and The Veltones.

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 episode he shares details of that connection, what about Glen's music inspires him musically, lyrically, and performance-wise, he provides some truly wonderful insight into some of Glen's greatest songs in and out of Toad The Wet Sprocket, how and why it is that Glen just gets better and better, and much more.

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 legendary record that featured massive radio hit Everybody Wants You and an iconic album cover by the great Andy Warhol. Some detours into 70s basketball, use of the word gerund, and Peter Gabriel as we meander off topic from time to time. Finally we wrap this episode in the series with Eric's personal top ten list of Billy Squier songs. We hope you'll follow us as we work through Billy's entire discography!

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 Alice In Chains. We also break down some of the early pre-Extreme days from both Gary with The Dream and Nuno with Sinful, including a few rare tracks from the aforementioned. From here, we'll go album by album through the career of Extreme. You're all invited to the party!

Danny Seraphine Picks The Essential Chicago Danny Seraphine shares his 10 Essential Chicago songs. Spanning all eras of the iconic band Chicago, Danny picks his favorites, shares memories of early drumming influences, some childhood memories, some really detailed and wonderful stories about the formation of Chicago, colorful memories of playing a mob bar with an owner that insisted on singing Sinatra songs with the band, locking with Terry Kath as a bass player and guitarist, the very first time the original Chicago lineup played together, meeting and working with percussionist Laudir de Oliveira, what happened to Al Kooper's video recording of the band's first studio sessions, sharing influences with The Bee Gees and Earth, Wind & Fire, getting fired from the band, what it meant to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his old bandmates, where he is now with performing live, and much more.

VERSE/CHORUS/MIDDLE8/BREAK/FADE Lauren Hoffman / Megiddo an audio documentary Lauren Hoffman was the very first interview on Pods & Sods way back in October of 2013. The full story of her career until that point can be found there, but in this episode Lauren joins Craig for an extremely in depth conversation about the songs and stories surrounding MEGIDDO, her debut album released in 1997 on Virgin. Check out Lauren's first appearance here: https://podsodcast.com/2013/10/20/ps004 http://laurenhoffman.com https://laurenhoffman.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/laurenhoffmanmusic https://www.facebook.com/laurenhoffmanmusic This podcast is presented by THE PODS & SODS NETWORK You can find us falling away in the following locations: http://podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

What is "articulate rock"? Find out as we continue our Billy Squier sidecast series, Songs of The Knight: A Billy Squier Retrospective. Today we're taking at Billy's breakout album from 1981, Don't Say No. 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 legendary record that featured the massive radio hits In The Dark, Lonely Is The Night, My Kinda Lover (wait, or is it Lava??), and The Stroke. Some detours into John Lennon, Level 42 and Patton Oswalt as we meander off topic from time to time. Finally we wrap this episode in the series with BJ's personal top ten list of Billy Squier songs. We hope you'll follow us as we work through Billy's entire discography! Calley Oh!!

Jimmy Carter of The Blind Boys of Alabama joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early life connecting with his classmates to form The Blind Boys of Alabama, early memories of touring and recording, memories of contemporaries like Sam Cooke and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, experiencing the Civil Rights movement and the diversification of the Blind Boys' audiences in the 80s, their appeal in the secular world, touring with Peter Gabriel, what it was like performing at The White House for Obama, memories of his final performance with longtime friend and partner Clarence Fountain, learning that their recording of Down In The Hole was used for the TV show The Wire, what his plans are for a new recording spanning the group's 80 year career, what he plans to do in the second half of his life and much more!

ALBUM BY ALBUM: IRON MAIDEN 1982-1988 presented by Ryan Leonardo and Craig Smith for the Pods & Sods Network recorded July 2018 Ryan Leonardo reunites with Craig for the first time in a long time to discuss what many consider Iron Maiden's albums recorded during their best years: The Number Of The Beast, Piece Of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere In Time, and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. Weaved around these appreciations for the band and their music are stories about discovering these albums together as kids, the quest to find all of the Eddie artwork possible and some more childhood memories. Recorded in front of an audience as one as Ryan's girlfriend Karen joins in here and there to try to keep things above board (things are not kept above board). This podcast is presented by THE PODS & SODS NETWORK You can find us in the following locations: http://podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss Music used for educational purposes, no ownership is implied.

PODS & SODS episode 185 Our Look At 1988 - part II In the conclusion of our look at 1988, Jeff Harris 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.libsyn.com/rss

SMISHSMASHCAST with Eric Miller and Megan Stemm-Wade Trivia with Derek Miner and Craig Smith SmishSmashCast returns to welcome the authors of the forthcoming book MIXING LINKS: THE MONKEES ON DISC (check out the first installment to hear all about the book)! In the conclusion, Craig and Derek go up against Megan for a few rounds of Monkees trivia with our venerable host Eric! Visit PODS & SODS & SAMEPAGECAST at your online watering hole of choice: www.podsodcast.com www.samepagecast.com Please check out mixinglinksbook.com for future updates on the book! RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

PODS & SODS episode 184 Our Look At 1988 - part I Jeff Harris joins us for an in depth look at the year 1988 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.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early life discovering music and growing up with a musical family, how he got into discovering the keyboards via The Beatles, what the working structure was within The Thompson Twins in terms of creativity, are there any songs hidden in their vault, what it's been like returning to the stage after 20+ years, was he nervous that the audience would still be there, the journey back to pop music in recent years, inspiration behind his song Come So Far, his first self-title debut solo album Science Fiction, and much more!

SMISHSMASHCAST with Eric Miller and Megan Stemm-Wade An Interview with Derek Miner and Craig Smith Megan and Eric are back together to welcome the authors of the forthcoming book MIXING LINKS: THE MONKEES ON DISC - Derek Miner and Craig Smith. In this first installment, we learn about how they discovered The Monkees, the birth of MONKEESMIXOGRAPHY, how it became a book (and what to expect when it is released) and much more! Visit PODS & SODS & SAMEPAGECAST at your online watering hole of choice: www.podsodcast.com www.samepagecast.com Please check out mixinglinksbook.com for future updates on the book! RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss

Kicking off our Billy Squier sidecast series, Songs of The Knight: A Billy Squier Retrospective, we're taking a look at Billy's early life in music, his two A&M albums with Piper and his solo debut from 1979, Tale of The Tape. 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 on the details of these early records in Billy's career, we share personal stories about getting into Billy's music, what it means to us, we go off on more than one tangent involving Bill Aucoin, KISS, Escape Club, and even The Greenberry Woods, we share thoughts on particular tracks and how these first three albums are a harbinger for things to come in Billy's discography. Finally we wrap this debut episode in the series with Jon's personal top ten list of Billy Squier songs. We hope you'll follow us as we work through Billy's entire discography! Calley Oh!!

The legendary Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, Free, The Firm, The Law, and Queen + Paul Rodgers joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early life discovering music and the soul singers that inspired him to find his voice, his early days of songwriting, the success experienced by Free at an early age, was he ever tempted to wade into the Prog waters of the 70s UK scene, where his thoughts were at the time of leaving Bad Company, connecting with Jimmy Page to form The Firm, are there any Firm songs left in the vault, looking back at his time touring with Queen and some of the challenges in performing their material, his thoughts on their Cosmos Rocks album, his current solo band and their latest live CD and DVD release Free Spirit, thoughts on his upcoming tour with Jeff Beck and Ann Wilson, working with animal rescue, his looking forward to us moving into the Age of Aquarius and much more!

Kicking off our Michael Jackson sidecast mini-series, we're taking a look at Michael's proper solo debut album from August 1979, Off The Wall. Joined by dear friend and serious, SERIOUS Michael Jackson fan Beverly Brown and frequent and beloved guest/the musical encyclopedia himself Jeff Harris of Behind The Grooves, Eric and his co-hosts go in-depth on the release of the record, going track by track with facts, thoughts and commentary. Also discussed are some of the other songs that didn't make the cut, how this affected his relationship with his brothers, and much more. Finally we each pick our favorite songs and which one would we cut if forced.

Joined by dear friend and serious, SERIOUS Michael Jackson fan Beverly Brown and frequent and beloved guest/the musical encyclopedia himself Jeff Harris of Behind The Grooves, Eric kicks off a new sidecast series looking at the discography of Michael Jackson. Over the upcoming weeks and months, we'll be doing episodes on Off The Wall thru History, with perhaps a little Janet and some bonus episodes thrown in. This introductory episode gives some info on each of the three co-host's appreciation, history and fandom of MJ's work and some memorial thoughts on this day, the ninth anniversary of his passing. Sham'on-ahhh.

TWO PICK TEN WITH A TWIST: DESERT ISLAND BEATLES The always jovial Mister Brian Jacobs joins Craig for a risky and controversial episode of Two Pick Ten, where each pick their top ten Beatles desert island picks. Before they do, though - an icebreaker that has caused brawls on certain internet forums... but what happens AFTER is where things get really strange. This podcast is presented by the Pods & Sods Network. You can find us within you without you in the following locations: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss All musical clips used are for educational use only.

Will Turpin of Collective Soul joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early life discovering music, songwriting, and growing up with the family owned Real to Reel Studios in Atlanta, how he first connected with Ed Roland and how he officially joined Collective Soul, memories of their first recording sessions, traveling the world for Music In High Places, finding his own voice lyrically and musically with his solo debut EP Lighthouse, his latest full length debut album Serengeti Drivers, what's in store for Collective Soul's upcoming 25th Anniversary (hint: a double album!), and much more!

Legendary drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police and Gizmodrome joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early drumming influences from a trio perspective, switching from drumming to fronting a band, springboarding on the punk scene and evolving his unique style of playing with The Police, tips on how to get on the cover of Modern Drummer Magazine, the conflicts of songwriting in The Police, the sibling bond he shares with Sting and Andy, memories of the reunion tour, his approaches to composing for TV and film, moving on to writing "fancy schmancy" music for opera, working on Spyro video game music, his current project of orchestrating his greatest hits (including some Police) for stage performance, his intriguing day of recording with Tom Waits, performing with Gizmodrome, the future of Oysterhead with Les Claypool and Trey Anastasio, and much more!

Legendary drummer Steve Smith of Journey and Vital Information joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days discovering the drums, his early teachers and training regimes, connecting with Jean Luc Ponty, working with Allan Holdsworth, going from the jazz kit to the rock kit, working with Ronnie Montrose, joining Journey and becoming a band member, what they saw in him from a drumming perspective, thoughts on each of the classic Journey albums, memories of the classic music videos, getting the call to rejoin Journey, working on Y&T's Ten album, exploring Indian music, his ongoing jazz group Vital Information, doing instructional books and videos and working with students of all skill levels, and much more!

Dave Bickler Picks The Essential Survivor Dave Bickler shares his 10 Essential Survivor songs. Spanning all eras of the classic melodic band Survivor, Dave picks his favorites, shares memories of joining the band, the production struggles in making the first album with Ron Nevison, Bruce Fairbairn, and John Kalodner, memories of making the classic videos, recording Caught In The Game, getting fired and his recovery from vocal chord surgery, what he learned through that, what it was like seeing Survivor carry on without him, first meeting Jimi Jamison, their friendship, what it meant to tour and share the stage with Jimi, the struggles within the band, and what we can expect from his upcoming debut solo album, and much more.

Megan and Craig from SamePageCast present SOUND OF THE SUNSET, SOUND OF THE SEA The Monkees track by track, session by session Episode 05 - 1966 sessions 5/5 Tear Drop City Looking For The Good Times I'll Spend My Life With You (version one) Apples, Peaches, Bananas And Pears Don't Listen To Linda (version one) I Never Thought It Peculiar Laugh I'll Be Back Up On My Feet (version one) The Day We Fall In Love The Girl I Left Behind Me (version one) When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door) This podcast is presented by THE PODS & SODS NETWORK: http://www.podsodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods RSS FEED: http://www.podsodcast.libsyn.com/rss SamePageCast Theme performed by Craig and Megan All music included is the property of Rhino Records

Ricky Phillips Picks The Essential Ronnie Montrose Ricky Phillips of Styx, The Babys, and Bad English shares his 10 Essential Ronnie Montrose songs. From Van Morrison to Edgar Winter to Herbie Hancock to Montrose to Gamma, the work of under appreciated guitar god Ronnie Montrose has influenced countless fans and colleagues for decades - Ricky Phillips of Styx among them. In sharing his 10 essential Montrose songs, Ricky also shares how he first discovered Ronnie's music, how he connected with Ronnie, what set Ronnie apart as a versatile guitarist and songwriter, the joys of jamming and playing with Ronnie before his passing, what it meant to Ricky to complete and release Ronnie's final recordings on the 10x10 record, which of Ronnie's friends did he pull in to help honor him, and much more.

Roger Joseph Manning Jr of Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, The Moog Cookbook, and Beck's band (among many others) joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days discovering drums and switching to keyboards, what the vision and strengths were of Jellyfish and why he thinks the music has resonated for so many years, what were the plans for the third album that never became a reality, how he shifted from Jellyfish to The Moog Cookbook and Imperial Drag, his collection of vintage instruments, his journey as a freelance musician working with all sorts of artists including David Bowie and Roger Waters, what it was like working with Roger Waters in the studio, the creative process behind his new EP Glamping, connecting with Chris Price, the project he's currently working on with Eric Dover and Tim Smith, what's next now that he's active on PledgeMusic, and much more!

Lisa Coleman of The Revolution Picks The Essential Prince Lisa Coleman of The Revolution shares her 10 Essential Prince songs. Keyboardist Lisa Coleman also shares memories of the songs chosen, first hearing Prince's music, her parents' reaction to the sexual nature of Prince's work, connecting with Prince as a fellow pianist, thoughts and memories of the unreleased song Lisa and what was unique about their relationship, Prince's growth as a poetic lyricist, the power of Prince's puppy dog eyes, "scoring" Prince onstage, memories of her brother connecting with Prince, stories of Prince, Wendy, and Lisa meeting, hanging out, and jamming with Joni Mitchell, and much more.

BrownMark of The Revolution Picks The Essential Prince BrownMark of The Revolution shares his 10 Essential Prince songs. Bassist BrownMark also shares memories of the songs chosen, learning Prince's preferred style of bass playing, memories of the infamous 1981 gig opening for The Rolling Stones - his first gig, first hearing When Doves Cry with its lack of a bassline, his extended bass jams with Prince, Wendy joining The Revolution, Prince as a drill sergeant, the possibility of joining The Time, racial diversity in the band and what it meant to him at the time and now being "the black guy" in the band, what hidden gems are buried in Prince's legendary vault that he'll hope to see released, and much more.

Bobby Z of The Revolution Picks The Essential Prince Bobby Z of The Revolution shares his 10 Essential Prince songs. Drummer Bobby Z also shares memories of the songs chosen, being witness to early Prince sessions including for local advertising spots, what it was like on the road touring with Prince and Rick James in the early days, how he and Prince over talking drummer influences, how Prince wore those influences on his sleeve, what hidden gems are buried in Prince's legendary vault that he'll hope to see released, and much more.