HONKY CHAT Ep. 2: Tumbleweed Connection
read moreWecome to the yee yee club bitch, it's time for us to talk about Elton's acclaimed 3rd album. One southern-fried concept, zero singles (except in New Zealand) and a lot ...
A confused feed hosting 2 podcasts at the moment. Mad Sounds, a biweekly music-talk/review show hosted by Mark Berman (Fully Involved) & Johnny Goens (Viralrak/Charlemagne's Menagerie), went on hiatus in early 2018. Currently, the focus is on the much more niche Honky Chat, where Mark & co-host Steffi Moreno listen through & comment on Elton John's entire discography... most of which came out long before they were born.
read moreWecome to the yee yee club bitch, it's time for us to talk about Elton's acclaimed 3rd album. One southern-fried concept, zero singles (except in New Zealand) and a lot ...
read moreTaking you to the pilot of a brand new series, going track-by-track through every Elton John album.. This time, we look at his humble beginnings; all the half-baked narratives, baffling ...
read moreIn which I appropriate a college journalism assignment from April for comeback fodder. Huge thanks to VIP owner Kelvin Anderson, rapper Quictamac & producer Keith Thompson (aka DJ Slice) for ...
read moreI got 2 podcasts coming here soon. Neither are what you've come to expect, but if you like what Johnny & I have done earlier, I guarantee you'll get something ...
read moreIn which we hold our annual tradition of counting down things like Best EP's & Songs That Should've Been Hits... before we devolve into insanity trying to explain why Eminem's ...
read more...Okay, that title's a lie. We weren't into Science Fiction. BUT should that (or certain other things) stop people from giving Brand New a spot on their lists? Let's talk ...
read moreIn which we go through another gauntlet of albums in the 2017 backlog, do a slightly more contentious Hook Reports on Soul Coughing & Fastball, and take a look at ...
read moreIn which special guest Crash Thompson (The Rock Critic) & I react to Owl City's latest stab at bro-country, bring back Hook Reports to honor a late Canadian legend my ...
read moreIn which I grossly overcompensate for staying in my comfort zone the last few weeks. Two of my personal picks are not in English. Otherwise just another rundown of new ...
read moreIn which we go over the long career & legacy of one of my all-time favorite artists, the late Tom Petty. As the everyman's rock star, between the Heartbreakers, the ...
read moreIn which we make up for lost time & test a new format w/ some rapid-fire reviews but not really rapid-fire reviews because I rambled too long about '68. Good ...
read moreIn this shorter episode, Johnny & I discuss the tragic death of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington. Topics include their impact, mental health, & why it's perfectly fine to still have ...
read moreWE IN ARTIST INTERVIEW MODE AGAIN. This time with my friend & Daybreaker guitarist/bandleader Cristian Marsella. We talk about the approach to instrumental alt-rock found on their EP "Stop Talking", ...
read moreAfter weeks of tech delays, I present a truly momentous landmark in the history of dudes on YouTube who talk about bands. This was recorded in May during my trip ...
read morePart 2 of last week's convo, in which I spend an hour explaining the latest Train album "a girl a bottle a boat" to Johnny. This man needs help. DISCLAIMER: ...
read moreThe first in a pair of episodes where Mad Sounds really lives up to its name, including but not limited to: Elton John's long-forgotten disco phase, a song parody from ...
read moreFinally this show makes sense again, as we welcome back previous co-host Viralrak to introduce new segments, review some of each other's favorite metal & punk albums of last year, ...
read moreACriticNamedKevin & I revisit our Grammy picks & predictions, and promptly spend half an hour bitching about how wrong we were in most of the categories that matter. Other topics ...
read moreIn my talk with electronic music reviewer The Wonky Angle, we talk about the niche his channel fills on YouTube, his new DOUBLE album under the 256 Pi moniker, and ...
read moreMusic vlogger Liz Rogers joins me as we go down year-end lists with topics you're less likely to see. The best features, the albums that overstayed their welcome, the songs ...