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Pearl Jam's perfect album? Possibly. Join Eric and Craig as they discuss Pearl Jam's sophomore effort Vs. - all the way from the midnight sale at Tower Records to how Vedder's lyrics still resonate twenty-three years later.

SAMEPAGECAST with Megan and Craig The Monkees Complete Series on BluRay Numerous delays, missing content. Incredible transfers, amazing footage. Join Megan and Craig as they celebrate their joy and share their disappointment about the long awaited collection of The Monkees series on BluRay. 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 cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com Monkees photo by Megan

In the latest episode of Weekapod Groove, Rob and Craig discuss the first ten shows of Phish's 2016 Summer Tour (including a special look at Philly, which was Craig's first show). From the unexpectedly tight opening show through the highlights so far to some questionable choices, it's all here. Enjoy!

Join us for a very special (and maybe even controversial) episode as Craig meets up with Sean Zloch in Illinois/Pods & Sods Studio West for a look at the catalog of Electric Light Orchestra. Joining them remotely is Ryan McKay from Shabby Road Record Show, and as usual with these album by album episodes they will rate and review all of the albums included in the time range (with a bit of discussion about the albums falling outside of this timeline).

Pods & Sods listeners may have heard the name Tomfoolery. A few years back, Craig Smith traded in his keyboard for a bandana and a podcasting mic, but before that he spent a few years as a member of Tomfoolery, a Bucks County band that gigged around PA/NJ/NY for several years in the early-to-mid 90s. Before giving up on the music scene, Craig put some work in assembling (and performing on) an album that is very near and dear to his heart - 1999's Prisoner Of The Mind. Joining Craig for the first time in many years is Tomfoolery vocalist and composer Ed Ludwig and drummer Fran Rapposelli for a track by track look at an album that is most important to them all. Hopefully musicians and fans of music in general can enjoy this look, seventeen years on, at not only the album but stories about the relationships that you form when spending years in a band with others - so please join us as we have a few drinks and wax nostalgic about our glory years.

You're invited to Eric and Craig's little soiree as they discuss Fleetwood Mac's 1987 LP Tango In The Night, complete with a look at the b-sides, the departure of Lindsey Buckingham and the tour that followed.

In the latest episode of Weekapod Groove, Rob and Craig discuss 2013's Wingsuit set, 2014's Fuego LP and the importance of the long playing record in the world of Phish. Stick around for a review of the first night of the summer tour in what we hope is an ongoing segment!

SAMEPAGECAST with Megan and Craig episode 08 | We Were There (and we're told we had a good time) Even more Good Times to be had! Join Megan and Craig as they give their song by song review of The Monkees show at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN on June 11, 2016. WARNING - contains setlist and show spoilers! 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 cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com Monkees photo by Megan

Steve Cropper joins Eric in conversation. Steve wears so many hats and has done so much in his long career, it's hard to describe. Legendary guitarist, songwriter, and producer from Stax Records, Booker T & The MGs, Otis Redding, The Blues Brothers Band, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett and so much more. We talk about some of the iconic songs he's written and/or worked on, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, Knock On Wood, In The Midnight Hour, Soul Man, Green Onions, Last Night and so many more. We talk about him discovering the guitar and music in general, how he connected with Stax Records and we talk about his friendships with The Beatles and about their attempt to record Revolver at Stax. And so much more, such a humble and talented guy, hope you enjoy!

SPEAK TO ME: a podcast for assorted lunatics Craig Smith, Sean Zloch and Kym Miller discuss Pink Floyd Chapter IV: 1969 part one MORE [the LP and film] Cirrus Minor The Nile Song Crying Song Up The Khyber Green Is The Colour Cymbaline Party Sequence Main Theme Ibiza Bar More Blues Quicksilver A Spanish Piece Dramatic Theme Seabirds Hollywood

Eric and Craig welcome special guest Frank Romeo for a look at No Doubt's 1995 LP Tragic Kingdom, full of anecdotes about the songs, the shows, the videos, and some fun stories about hanging out with the band during this tour.

SAMEPAGECAST with Megan and Craig The Monkees: Even More Good Times! One week after release (and an album release party episode), Megan and Craig regroup to discuss the success of Good Times, the latest LP by The Monkees - including a look at the four bonus tracks included on various editions of the album. Could the album have been even better? Listen and find out! 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 cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com

Sean Watkins joins Eric in conversation. You may know Sean from the Grammy-winning progressive country, bluegrass, Americana group Nickel Creek. You may know Sean from WPA with Toad The Wet Sprocket's Glen Phillips. You may know Sean from The Watkins Family Hour with his sister Sara Watkins, Fiona Apple, Benmont Tench and more. You may know Sean from Fiction Family with Switchfoot's Jon Foreman. Hopefully you'll get to know him for his solo career too. He just released a new fantastic, smart and solid solo album, What To Fear and it's worth checking out. Hope you enjoy this conversation with this humble and talented artist.

SAMEPAGECAST with Megan and Craig The Monkees: Good Times Release Party Hey Hey it's a Monkees party! We grabbed our copies this morning, wrote some meticulous notes, recorded then mixed then edited then uploaded this episode so that you can share in the Good Times with us on release day - so please join us on this Monkees day to celebrate what is a most incredible record. 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 cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com

Jeffrey Gaines joins Eric in conversation. We cover a lot of ground in this Part 2 of 2, picking up on his second record which was recorded and then scraped and re-recorded, very interesting story! Also lots of talk about his views on performing, how important it is to connect with a song, his views on writing, recording and what's next, his views on crowd-funding, is there a new record coming? Really wonderful conversation with this fantastic and unique artist.

Our celebration of the music and life of Prince continues with the second installment of Purple Memories. Joining us in this episode are some artists and musicians that have felt the impact of Prince, his creativity and his life's work. This episode features Speech of Arrested Development, Carsie Blanton with her cover of Breakfast Can Wait, Angelo Moore aka Dr Madd Vibe of Fishbone and Prince's longtime drummer from the New Power Generation era, Michael Bland. Some really great personal thoughts and tributes to Prince, hope you enjoy.

SAMEPAGECAST episode 05: A Moon Shaped Podcast Is it the album of 2016? Join Megan and Craig as they discuss Radiohead's A MOON SHAPED POOL on the latest episode of SamePageCast. 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 cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com

Eric brings an album to the table that has been a huge favorite of his for years: Wholesale Meats and Fish by Letters To Cleo. Join him and Craig for a track by track look at the LP including some memories of hanging out with the band during this era.

Your new pal Ian Zapczynski is back to chat with Craig about another band that they've both loved and collected for years: the German electronic outfit known as Kraftwerk. Not only will Ian and Craig dazzle you with humor, but they will cover every album from their 1970 self titled debut to 2003's Tour de France Soundtracks (and some non-LP singles for the sake of completeness and ridiculousness).

Jeffrey Gaines joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days discovering music through his family, what influence being from a smaller town, his ultra-cool mother and all the rock stars of the day had on him, his first steps into bands, recording and songwriting. We cover a lot of ground in this Part 1 of 2. How he was invited to replace a newly departed Lenny Kravitz in a Capital Records project, his move to Philly and eventually the steps that led up to his debut album in 1992.

Chapter III: 1967-1968 A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (and an assortment of singles and outtakes) Apples And Oranges Paint Box Scream Thy Last Scream Vegetable Man It Would Be So Nice Julia Dream Let There Be More Light Remember A Day Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Corporal Clegg A Saucerful Of Secrets See Saw Jugband Blues Point Me At The Sky Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Gary US Bonds joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early days growing up in Norfolk, singing on corners and eventually ending up with LaGrand Records and recording Quarter To Three, New Orleans and some of his early hits. We talk about some of the early touring packages he was part of with such legends as Sam Cooke, BB King, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beatles and more. How did he first connect with Bruce Springsteen in the late 70s, how did they end up in the studio and memories around some of those songs. Are there unreleased songs he recorded with Bruce from that era? Also, what was it like trying to capture his loooong career into his autobiography By US Bonds, That's My Story and what's next, mai tais!

Our celebration of the music and life of Prince continues with the second installment of Purple Memories. Joining us in this episode are some artists and musicians that have felt the impact of Prince, his creativity and his life's work. This episode features Dan Reed of Dan Reed Network, Joie Calio of Dada and 7Horse, Sarah Dash of LaBelle, Mutlu, Christopher the Conquered and Willy Porter. Some really great thoughts and tributes to Prince, hope you enjoy.

Our celebration of the music and life of Prince continues with the first installment of Purple Memories. Joining us in this episode are some of our very closest friends and fellow podcasters. Many thanks to Joe Royland, Randy W. Hall, BJ Kramp, Wendell Smith, Kimberly Blatz, Jim Carter, DJ Funktual, Jeff Harris and Brian Jacobs for sharing your stories and time with us.

Friends - please join us as we honor the life and the legacy of Prince - a man whose talent may never be matched,

Tom Keifer of Cinderella joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early days of Cinderella in the Philly club scene and the band's connection with Gene Simmons. What does Tom think of all the early demos floating around the interwebs, what has he learned from the challenges presented by the business and his vocal chord troubles? We also talk quite a bit about his solo album, The Way Life Goes and the upcoming tour and deluxe edition.

Please join Rob Grabill and Craig Smith in welcoming Weekapod newcomer Pat Thiel, who does his best to keep up in this crazy conversation while wondering all the while how he ended up in this whole thing. Also - special announcement!

Ricky Phillips of Styx oins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days discovering music, how he connected with The Babys and memories of their sorta reformation as Bad English. What it was like at the height of their success. We also talk about his experiences working on the Coverdale/Page recording sessions. We talk about Styx and what's next in terms of a new studio album. Additionally, we talk about his project of passion – completing the final recordings of his dear friend, the late Ronnie Montrose.

Craig's longtime pal Ian Zapczynski is back for a conversation about the opening trilogy of Mike Oldfield LPs - Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn (with some VERY slight passing mentions of later records). We'll find out how Ian introduced Craig to the work of Oldfield with a remixed album that he very mistakenly took as an original mix... and all of that sort of minutiae that you've come to expect from these sidecasts.

Ace Frehley joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days with musical siblings, how his 1978 solo album set the stage for his eventual KISS departure. We talk specifically about Fractured Mirror, Alive II side four, Escape From The Island and early memories of Eric Carr, his sobriety, his extensive archive of unreleased KISS material from the 70s and 80s. And, of course we talk about his new covers album Origins Volume I and what's next, Origins Volume II? (hint: yes with Deep Purple's Space Truckin')

In the conclusion of our look at 1986, Jeff Harris joins in for a discussion about the top five Billboard albums of the year, some honorable mentions, and a round of trivia.

Welcome to the debut episode of THE DEEP CUTS! Join Kym Miller and Craig Smith as they discuss discovering Prince, the pieces of his discography that they prefer, and then count down their respective top ten Prince deep cuts and see if there are any points where their faves intersect.

Rob Grabill and Craig Smith discuss the story and the songs included in The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday and some of the other songs that take place in the Gamehendge saga.

Jeff Harris joins us for an in depth look at the year 1986 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.

Ian Zapczynski joins Craig for a chat about the Moody Blues discography.

Brian Jacobs joins us for a track by track look at 1984's Born In The USA.

Chapter II: 1967

Vivian Campbell of Last In Line and Def Leppardjoins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days discovering Marc Bolan, Thin Lizzy and the early days of Sweet Savage. How he first connected with Jimmy Bain and joined the Dio band, the energy of that original Dio band, memories about how his run ended and how he views it now, including his thoughts about Ronnie James Dio personally. Memories of debuting with Def Leppard, what it's been like reconnecting with Jimmy Bain and Vinny Appice to form Last In Line, what is Jimmy's legacy, what has he learned about life from his struggles with cancer and so much more.

Craig talks to four fans who made the trip to Colorado.

Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days growing up, discovering the trumpet, the guitar and songwriting. We talk about the early days of Soul Asylum, the punk scene in Minneapolis where they found their footing. What was it like going from that scene and Twin Tone to the larger stages of the world and the major labels? How have lineup changes and his move to New Orleans affected his songwriting and influenced their new record, Change of Fortune.

Brian Jacobs joins us for a track by track look at 1987's Cloud Nine.

In the second installment of Making Each Other Watch Things, Craig brings Megan into the world of Pink Floyd: specifically, the recently released Roger Waters The Wall film. Unfamiliar with the album or original film, will Megan embrace this heavy handed conceptual work? Your SamePageCast friends will discuss the film a bit before watching it, and then again after. This podcast is presented by THE PODS & SODS NETWORK: http://podsodcast.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pods-sods/id713066884 SamePageCast Theme performed by Craig and Megan cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com

Since the start of Pods & Sods (and for many years before), there have been five words that have summed up being a KISS fan perfectly. Those five words? WHY STOP BEING A FAN. Initially immortalized on a Conan O'Brien segment on the official New York KISS Convention and finding new life in the Pods & Sods theme song, Mr. Andrew Stern has finally found his way to us. And man, is it worth it as we discuss tons of KISS including that fateful day in front of Andy Richter, buying the Hotter Than Hell album in 1974, meeting Paul and Gene sans makeup (and calling Ace) as a kid, seeing the Dynasty tour, being in the audience for KISS Unplugged, getting angry at Peter at the Intrepid press conference, seeing the Tiger Stadium show, the worst onstage KISS logo ever, the best Gene song on Animalize, KISS 2.0 and so much more. A fitting end to a most fun week of KISScovery!

Ryan McKay (from the illustrious Shabby Road Record Show podcast) joins Pods & Sods to share his stories of KISScovery! A fan since 1978, we talk about his reactions to seeing and hearing KISS for the first time, missing out on seeing the Creatures tour, seeing KISS unmasked on Radio 1990, finally seeing KISS with Uncle Ted in 1988, why Revenge wasn't really that good, why Carnival Of Souls was even worse, being an extra in the KISS Pepsi commercial, his favorite Ace moment as a guitarist, the worst album in the KISS catalog and much much more.

Ken Mills (known in podcasting circles as The Podfather) joins Pods & Sods as the KISScovery series keeps rocking and rolling over! A fan since 1975ish, we discuss the time his uncle first saw KISS in 1974/5 and his perfectly imperfect description of what he just saw, trading car washes for 8-track listening sessions, being only officially half a fan club member, the night that KISS died, the tour he missed out on seeing, speculation about KISS 2.0, and how PODKISST started.

Ron Albanese (known in younger circles as Polka Dot) joins Pods & Sods as the KISScovery series continues! A fan since 1978, we talk about his writings for the KISS Thought Vault, defending KISS on the school playground, Music From The Elder, Eric Singer's drumming, seeing KISS live with Mark St. John, what happens when a loved one gets a little too close to Gene, why Aerosmith really isn't all that great and his current role portraying the 1975-era Starchild in Alive! '75.

Michael Jagot (Jagoyayee) joins Pods & Sods as the KISScovery series continues! A fan since 1976, we cover a bunch during this conversation including: Michael's recreations of Pods & Sods episodes using his collection of action figures, his first KISS show on the Crazy Nights tour, Carnival Of Souls, the wigs of KISS, Ace's coke booger, Gene's sex video and the very important question of which KISS makeup design looks hottest on a woman.

Someday (with Leslie Spencer and Ryan McKay)

In the first installment of Making Each Other Watch Things, Megan brings a movie for Craig which already has one big strike against it: being filmed in black and white. Will Craig be able to still be dazzled by a film with a restricted color palette? Your SamePageCast friends will discuss the movie a bit before watching it, and then again after. Some spoilers included, but the movie is almost sixty years old. This podcast is presented by THE PODS & SODS NETWORK: http://podsodcast.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pods-sods/id713066884 SamePageCast Theme performed by Craig and Megan cassette tape graphic used courtesy of Liz Aragon/sweetclipart.com

SCREAM FOR US FRIENDS! Andrew Kiss joins Pods & Sods once again for some chat about Iron Maiden - in this episode we discuss the 1984 Powerslave LP.