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60 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
15 episodes
since Jan. 28, 2024
episodic

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In Part 5, Bryan Hall and I wrap up our track-by-track review of Summer in Paradise and try to make sense of the last half of the album. Along the way, we wrestle with eco-anthems, doo-wop detours, and some baffling production choices. Then we zoom out to ask the bigger questions: What was this alb…

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In part 4 we begin our track-by-track review of Summer in Paradise, breaking down the first half of the album. Bryan and I talk through lyrics, production, intentions, and what it all says about where the band was in 1992. Somehow it gets more confusing the deeper you go. Want to rediscover The Bea…
Part 3 takes us inside the making of Summer in Paradise, where we get some questionable decisions made leading up to the storm... We look at how Mike and Terry assembled a committee to write and record a “definitive soundtrack of summer,” complete with covers, hip hop beats, metal guitars, and lyri…
In Part 2, I'm joined by Bryan Hall as we explore how The Beach Boys got here... from the success of "Kokomo" to the idea that they could maybe keep the train rolling without Brian Wilson. We talk about the state of the band in the early '90s, the missing voices, the strange opt…
In our 4th series, we're tackling The Beach Boys 1992 album Summer in Paradise with guest Bryan Hall. In Part 1, we go back to the early days of The Beach Boys to understand how one of America’s most innovative bands slowly transformed into a nostalgia act. We'll trace the group’s rise, B…
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In this 4 part series, we dive into Joni Mitchell's 1985 album "Dog Eat Dog," a polarizing departure from her iconic 1960s folk roots. Embracing the digital soundscapes of the time, Joni channeled her frustration with the era's religious, political, and social controversies into…
In this 4 part series, we dive into Joni Mitchell's 1985 album "Dog Eat Dog," a polarizing departure from her iconic 1960s folk roots. Embracing the digital soundscapes of the time, Joni channeled her frustration with the era's religious, political, and social controversies into…
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