Friday, October 25, 2024

PARTY'S OVER: 1995-1997 (ON LIFE SUPPORT)

Part four in a four part series: BJ traces the demise of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal in the nineties.

Saturday, October 19, 2024

PARTY'S OVER: 1994 - LAST GASP

 

Part two in a four part series: BJ traces the demise of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal in the nineties.

Monday, October 14, 2024

PARTY'S OVER: 1993 - STILL TRYING

Part two in a four part series: BJ traces the demise of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal in the nineties.

Friday, October 4, 2024

PARTY'S OVER: 1992 - LATE TO THE PARTY


In this four part series, BJ traces the slow decline of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal over the course of the nineties.

Friday, September 6, 2024

NEVER MIND NEVERMIND

 


Never mind Nevermind, BJ picks his top ten Nirvana songs not included on that iconic release.

Friday, August 23, 2024

HAROLD AND MAUDE AND CAT

 


For many, like BJ, the 1971 dark comedy film Harold and Maude was their introduction to British songwriter Cat Stevens. If you're unfamiliar, may this episode be your introduction to either or both.

Friday, July 5, 2024

DEATH SS: HORROR OR COMEDY?

 

Death SS were an Italian metal band formed in 1977. They performed whilst clad in the most basic children's Halloween costumes. How many in the audience were laughing? None, according to the band's less than modest "visionary," Steve Sylvester, who wrote a book about the band's early days called The Necromancer of Rock. BJ got his hands on a copy.

Saturday, June 22, 2024

BEE THOUSAND 30th ANNIVERSARY




BJ celebrates the 30th anniversary of an album very near and dear to his heart, Bee Thousand from Guided By Voices, explicitly laid out like a fruitcake.




 

Sunday, June 2, 2024

AC/DC: BEST OF THE REST






B.J. examines how the rest of the eighties went for AC/DC after the monumental success of Back In Black and then counts down his top 15 favorite eighties AC/DC songs post-BIB.

Friday, May 10, 2024

WORST OF BON JOVI - THE EIGHTIES

 


BJ is joined once again by Brian Sword, who just relaunched his podcast The Double Stop, to discuss their least favorite Bon Jovi songs from the eighties.

Friday, May 3, 2024

JOHN BUTLER TRAIN



From There But For Fortune by Michael Schumacher: 

John Train appeared without warning in the early weeks of summer 1975, quickly asserting himself into the Greenwich Village scene like an unwanted stranger who refused to go away. For the next few months he would anger, confuse, shock, sadden or frighten nearly everyone who crossed his path.

Friday, April 12, 2024

JESUS CHRIST ALLIN

  

The life and death of Jesus Christ "G.G." Allin.

Friday, March 29, 2024

VINYL COUNTDOWN XVI

 

 

Presented for your listening enjoyment: 21 more cool songs ripped from BJ's record collection.

DOLCE VITA - BEGINNING ALL OVER
PIPE DREAMS - UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAM
PM - DREAMERS
SIMON BYRNE - WANTING YOU BACK
THE FORCE - TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME
RODWAY - LEAVING YOUR WORLD
ROY SUNDHOLM - GO ZERO
BACKSEAT SALLY - TROUBLE ON THE LINE
JOHN WARREN - RADIOACTIVE
INSTRUCTIONS - THE EXTRA

ALDA RESERVE - ANCIENT LIES

MAX DEMIAN - THE BEST OF ME
ASLAN - PLEASE DON'T STOP
THE PEDALJETS - A CERTAIN SUNDAY
THE LIFE - IF IT WORKS (DON'T FIX IT)
PRIVATE LIGHTNING - WHEN YOU'RE LAUGHING
HOTEL HUNGER - DON'T TALK ABOUT IT

PERENNIAL - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
M-80 - GET OUT OF TOWN
ONLY CHILD - SCREAM UNTIL YOU LIKE IT
THE DIFFERENCE - P.M.T. (PRE-MENSTRUAL TENSION)

 

Friday, March 22, 2024

2 MUCH JOY

  

In August 1990 a quirky rock band from Syracuse, New York who had just finished recording thier major label debut album ventured down to Broward County Florida to stage a political protest for which they were arrested and put on trial.




Friday, January 19, 2024

ANOTHER POWER POP PLAYLIST



THE FEATURES - THE KIDS DON'T NEED TO KNOW
AVERAGE CITIZEN - RAPID WORLD

HOLME - WEEKEND
SHELL & THE CRUSH - CARY'S GOT A HEARTACHE
HOLLY PENFIELD - TIGHT FIT
ANDREW AND THE UPSTARTS - WATCH OUT FOR THE HUMANS
GARY SHANE AND THE DETOUR - GONNA WIN
THE EXPERTS - SOUND ON SOUND
PHOTOGRAPH - MYSTERY GIRL
CATS - IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
THE TALK - SHE SAID
WHIZ KID - ANNIE ANNIE
WINK - CRAZY ABOUT THE GIRL
PHILISTEENS - TURN UP THE MUSIC
LEYDEN ZAR - YOU CAN CHANGE
CITY THRILLS - SORRY
THE SMILE - LEAVE IT AT THAT
DAVID MARKO AND THE TRADE - THE LAST TO KNOW
KOOL RAY AND THE POLAROIDZ - I HEARD YOU FALL
CRAIG BEVAN AND THE TOURISTS - MODERN BOYS
JOEY HARRIS AND THE SPEEDSTERS - DO YOU WANT TO?
THE FLEX - NEW WAVELENGTH
RIZE - ANYWAY YOU GOTTA LOVE
M&R RUSH - #1
RINGER - LOVING YOU THIS WAY
THE PLANTZ - KIND GIRL
THE CLAMS - WISH IT AWAY
DICK COULSON AND THE LETTER O - WHERE'S MY ANGEL
THE ASCENDERS - JUST A MATTER OF TIME
THE CATCH - NERVOUS

Friday, January 5, 2024

COVEN


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The world's first Satanic rock band?