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Episode 1
Lydia Lunch
- Current project Brutal Measures
- Music in New York City in the late 70s
- What Lydia believes to be the definitive
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks album
Episode 2
Joey Molland
badfinger
- Recording Badfinger album Straight Up with
George Harrison and Todd Rundgren
- Performing in the Concert for Bangladesh
- Recording Imagine with John Lennon
- Thoughts on Big Star and Harry Nilsson
Episode 3
Arturo Sandoval
- Performing with and lessons learned from
Dizzy Gillespie
- Performing at the Newport Jazz Festival
- Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama
- Details on Arturo's album currently in progress
Episode 4
Dan Bruskewicz
tj kong and the atomic bomb
- New TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb release Dancing Out the Door
- The origins of TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb
- Dan on the music scene in Philadelphia
Episode 5
Dave Wakeling
the english beat
- New English Beat album Here We Go Love
- Dave's guitar
- The name "The Beat" vs "The English Beat"
- The song "Can't Get Used To Losing You"
- Performing in the Us Festival
Episode 6
Dan Deacon
- Dan's new release Rat Film
- Dan's recording and composing process
- How Dan selects material to perform live
- Dan's thoughts on the state of Electronic Music
Episode 7
michael lopresti
the lighthouse and the whaler
- New EP Paths
- Michael describes the sound of the band
- The music scene in Cleveland
episode 8
zach stephenson
hockey dad
- New single "Homely Feeling"
- Performing in Australia vs the US
- Hockey Dad's connection with The Simpsons
- Influences and Australian music
episode 9
scott ferber
the jauntee
- The Jam Band scene around the US
- Bluegrass sets (Jauntgrass)
- The Jauntee's origins and influences
- Playing Phish after parties
episode 10
johnny a.
- Johnny's show on 11/30 at City Winery in Boston
- Performing with The Yardbirds
- Seeing Jimi Hendrix live
- The Johnny A. Signature Guitar from Gibson
- Advice for guitarists
Episode 11
jeff mann
consider the source
- The Consider the Source sound
- Gabe Marin's fretless guitar
- Jeff's drum influences
- A vocalist for Consider the Source
episode 12
tim palmieri
kung fu / the z3
- Kung Fu upcoming shows
- Tim's Frank Zappa tribute band The Z3
- Tim's Fender Strat
- Advice for guitarists
episode 13
eve alpert
palm
- New Palm album Rock Island
- Songwriting process
- Music scene in Philadelphia
episode 14
laraaji
- Performing with the Zither and the Gong
- Laughter workshops
- Being discovered by Brian Eno
- Recording Ambient 3: Day of Radiance with Brian Eno
- Thoughts on the Ambient and New Age genres
episode 15
colin blunstone
the zombies
- Remembering Zombies bandmember Jim Rodford
- Selecting songs for The Zombies live set
- Still Got That Hunger help from Paul McCartney
- Recording Odessey and Oracle in Abbey Road Studios
episode 16
dr. demento
john cafiero
- New album Dr. Demento Covered In Punk featuring Osaka Popstar, William Shatner, Fred Schneider, Adam West, Joan Jett, Weird Al Yancovic, The Misfits
- Dr. Demento's thoughts on Frank Zappa, Gloria Balsam ("Fluffy"), Jandek
- John Cafiero's new label Demented Punk Records
episode 17
rench
gangstagrass
- New single "Nowhere to Run"
- Origins of the band
- Thoughts on combining Hip-Hop and Bluegrass
- Writing the theme song for TV show Justified
episode 18
reid anderson
the bad plus
- New album Never Stop II
- New member Orrin Evans
- The Bad Plus cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
- Reid's thoughts on improvisation
episode 19
keith lockhart
conductor - boston pops
- Performances celebrating Leonard Bernstein
- Advice from John Williams
- Artists Keith wants to work with
- Keith's background in conducting