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EPISODE 20: Trucker's Songs
EPISODE 20: Trucker's Songs
The Music Behind the Hats: Ryan and Joe haul on down the Highway Hi-Fi with the history of music made for big rig jockeys and their groupies. Hear how the music went from celebrating truckers, turning them into folk heroes of the road to unfairly relegating them to novelty song jokes.
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The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Other Information/Pictures Discussed on the Episode:
- Highway HiFi Spotify Playlist
- Clips Played During Turntable Talk:
- Cliff Bruner - Truck Driving Blues (1939)
- Terry Fell - Truck Driving Man (1954)
- Dave Dudley - Truck Driving Son Of A Gun (1965)
- Kay Adams - Little Pink Mack (1966)
- Jim Nesbitt - Truck Driving Cat with Nine Wives (1968)
- Little Feat -Willing (1971)
- Cledus Maggard and Citizen’s Band - The White Knight (1975)
- More Great Record Covers:
The Girl on the Billboard?
The plaque for the true hero that inspired Phantom 309:
EPISODE 19: Broadside Magazine
EPISODE 19: Broadside Magazine
This episode focuses on Broadside, the topical song magazine that influenced some of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 1960's including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Nina Simone. We go on an imaginary road trip with John Darnielle, contemplate Hobbit Metal, and square dance with soul.
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The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Episode Links:
- Catalog of Broadside Magazines
- Issue 1
- Issue 6 (Blowing in the Wind)
- Issue 38 (Bob Dylan's Letter)
- Issue 41 (Johnny Cash's 'Shut Up and Let Him Sing')
- Issue 44 (Mississippi Goddam)
Insert from Square Dance with Soul:
EPISODE 18: Recalling Scott Walker
EPISODE 18: Recalling Scott Walker
Ryan and Joe spend time discussing the evolution of the sounds inside Scott Walker's head - as far as the ones he's released to the public. Expect pleasant nightmares. Also, a very special Valentine's trivia round from Ryan. And it wouldn't bee a complete episode without four super-duper songs you may not already know.
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The Four Songs Featured on this Episode:
Episode Related Links:
- Scott Walker Documentary
- Rosary Video
- And this is what happens when you Google "Pig Drums":
EPISODE 17: Moogs and Thereminutia
EPISODE 17: Moogs and Thereminutia
In this episode, Ryan and Joe recount the history of Electronic Mastermind Bob Moog and butcher his name several times along the way (Moog not Bob).
Also, as always, songs you need to know and trivia!
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The Four Records Featured on This Episode:
Episode Related Links/Photos:
- Mort Garson - Ataraxia
- Are Friends Electric?
- Clips Played During the Turntable Talk
- Wendy (Walter) Carlos - Switched On Bach
- Hal Blaine - Love In (December)
- Electric Flag - Flash Bam Pow
- Childe Harold - Brink of Death
- Sun Ra - Space Probe
- Mort Garson - Mother Earth’s Plantasia
- Johan Timmin - Trip Into the Body
Clara Rockmore and Theremin:
Keith Emerson's Modular Moog:
And photographic evidence of the Moog Keytar:
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EPISODE 16:
Private Press: Jesus Rock & Goofy Schlock
Private Press: Jesus Rock & Goofy Schlock
Ryan & Joe dig deeper into the crates to find great Jesus Rock records, great Weirdo records, and great Jesus Weirdo records.
A Venn Diagram of fantastic craziness.
Plus four more private press gems. And Joe mixes up Ryan with a topsy-turvy edition of Anagram Trivia (also now called "Vagina Air Tram").
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The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Episode Related Links:
Ken Scott's Archivist Book
Youtube for Hey Jesus Christ, Welcome To This World
Clips Played During the Turntable Talk:
- Concrete Rubber Band - Risen Savior
- Wilson McKinney - He
- New Creation - Sodom and Gomorrah
- Trees Community - Psalm 42
- Fraction - Sanc - Divided
- D. LeMieux and Jeanne Peter and the Countryside Unitarian Fellowship- “Hey Jesus Christ, Welcome to This World”
- Lucilla Pamela - Flip Flop Fly
- Michael Fernetti - ESP Switch
- Robbie the Werewolf - Tiptoe Thru the Wolfbane
- Corillions - Russian Bear
- Jerry Solomon - Good Old Fashioned Date
Some Great Record Covers Mentioned in the Episode:
Dear Internet,
Please send us the mp3 of this Jerry Rayson record. Thanks!
EPISODE 15: Private Press Records - Part 1
EPISODE 15: Private Press Records - Part 1
What happens when average Americans make records? Magic, Madness...and Mayhem. Joe and Ryan talk about their newest obsession...private press records. This episode focuses on uber-collector and reviewer Paul Major as well as Tax Scam Labels. Plus four of our favorite private press songs and bunches of clips of crazy great songs. And just so you nerds don't feel left out....Trivia!
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The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Other Stuff From this Episode:
- Acid Archives Book
- Paul Major Feel the Music Book
- Enjoy the Experience Book
- Highway Hifi Spotify Private Press Playlist
- Article about Paul Major and Tax Scam Label Record
- Clips Played in the Show
- Lavender Country - I Can’t Shake the Stranger Out of You
- Can Am Des Puig - Cauldron of Regeneration
- Dark - Live For Today
- Gandalf the Grey - The Grey Wizard I Am
- Jr and the Soulettes - Momma Love Tequila
- Bobb Trimble -One Mile From Heaven
- Cold Sun - Here in the Year
- Father Yod - (no song title)
- Mu - Children of the Rainbow
- Perry Leopold - Cold in Philadelphia
- The "Beatles" Record
- And some Paul Major Reviews:
EPI. 14: Holiday Show Ho Ho!
EPI. 14: Holiday Show Ho Ho!
In this truncated bonus episode, Ryan & Joe play underappreciated holiday tunes they hope you'll add to your seasonal playlists. Bon Jovi celebrates something called Light Day. And everyone's favorite Christmas cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, makes an appearance, along with trivia, as always.
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The Five Records Featured on this Episode:
EPISODE 13: The Ballad of Tiny Tim
EPISODE 13: The Ballad of Tiny Tim
Ryan & Joe attempt to tiptoe through and around the ukulele-strumming premature ejaculate that was an everlasting novelty and the foremost expert on American pop music. Also: 4 more stupendous songs and trivia that will melt your mind, dude.
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The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Episode Related Links:
- Tiny Tim Gets Married to Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson
- Tiny Tim as The Marvelous Mervo in Blood Harvest movie
- Clips of Tiny Tim's Non Stop Singing Record in Streets of Dreams movie
The Tiny Tim Boardgame (Great for Family Game Night!):
And, of course, the Tiny Tim Troll Doll:
EPISODE 12: The History of Colored Vinyl
EPISODE 12: The History of Colored Vinyl
Ryan & Joe take you through the story of how and when colored vinyl began so you can see it's been more than just a marketing ploy for the past few decades. It's been that for over 100 years. Also in this episode, 4 songs to pleasure your ears and trivia to pleasure your unmentionables.
Listen to the 'Podcast Periwinkle' Colored Limited Edition Episode Here:
The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Some of the our favorite colored vinyl and stuff we talked about in the episode:
Episode 11: Going to Georgia
Episode 11: Going to Georgia
Ryan & Joe meet up in Georgia, a state where donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs. They discuss how and when folk art met college radio and both exploded across America.
Also, four Georgia-themed songs featuring: a band you know using an alias and singing something you don’t; a song sampled by 90s staples Beck, the Beastie Boys and Oasis; a song Ryan & Joe covered and turned into a creepy dirge; and a song by a Georgia musician everyone should know and love.
And TRIVIA TRIVIA TRIVIA
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The Four Records Featured on this Episode:
Georgia Peaches - Wait
The Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia
Abner Jay - I'm Georgia Bound
Johnny Jenkins - Walk on Gilded Splinters
Episode Related Links:
- Reckoning Brown Vinyl Information
- Radio Free Europe Video
- Pretty Persuasion Video
- Howard Finster's Paradise Gardens
- Howard Finster on Johnny Carson
- Michael Stipe and St. EOM:
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