On this week's show, we nerd out over the highlights of this year's High Water music festival, spend quality time with new records by The New Pornographers & Damien Jurado, and spin fresh tracks from PJ Harvey , The Gaslight Anthem & Low Cut Connie. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & P...
Apr 30, 2023•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 109
On this week's show, we celebrate 40 years of R.E.M. 's Murmur, spin fresh tracks from Lucinda Williams , Jenny Lewis & Jess Williamson, and spend quality time with new records by Caroline Rose , The Hold Steady & boygenius. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Ra...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 108
On this week's very special show, we celebrate our 20th anniversary of the show by reprising the playlist of our very first episode as a radio show on 4/7/03 , sharing our origin story and some behind-the-scenes history of the show, and thanking all the people who made these past 20 years possible. All this and much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-...
Apr 08, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 107
On this week's show, we nerd out over highlights from last weekend's Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band show in Greensboro, spend quality time in the extended universe of Amazon Prime Video 's Daisy Jones & The Six, and enjoy some music from some of our other favorite faux bands. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Bo...
Apr 01, 2023•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 106
On this week's show, we spend quality time with brand new records from The Long Ryders & Lucero, spin fresh tracks from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit , The The & Sparks, and nerd out over the triumphant return of The Rain Parade. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Commu...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 105
On this week's show, we celebrate our good friend Jen Tota-McGivney 's new Charlotte Magazine column by welcoming her as our guest, share our 2023 Oscars picks, endure me talking way too much. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brie...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 104
On this week's show, we... bid adieu to Trugoy the Dove as a whole new generation gets ready to discover De La Soul nerd out over the reissue of Marshall Crenshaw 's 1982 debut spend quality time with new records by Fucked Up & Yo La Tengo All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood C...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 103
On this week's show, we... bid adieu to David Crosby & Tom Verlaine spend quality time with the new Joe Henry record spin fresh tracks from boygenius , Fucked Up & Nickel Creek all this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-st...
Feb 11, 2023•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 102
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from Margo Price & Myron Elkins spin fresh tracks from U2 , The Hold Steady & Peter Gabriel bid adieu to Terry Hall & Jeff Beck All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, w...
Jan 22, 2023•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 101
On this week's show, we... kick off 2023 by celebrating our 100th podcast! tell one of my favorite stories look forward to the next hundred episodes All this & much, much less! Welcome to our first ever Debts Storytime! I've actually told this story once or twice when we were a mere mortal radio show. It's a true story I've told countless times IRL over the years. A few years back, I told the story during a presentation at work. You can still watch the video on YouTube , but the sound qualit...
Jan 11, 2023•25 min•Ep. 100
On this week's show, we wrap up the merry month of Debts-cember (and the year in general) with... the most honorable of mentions the runners-up that fill our cup the best of the rest of 2022 All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief ...
Dec 30, 2022•3 hr 22 min•Ep. 99
On this week's show, we... welcome my friends & former colleagues Mike Monzitta & Carolyn Prusa celebrate the publication of Carolyn's first novel, None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive share our Top 5 Prince songs All this & much, much less!
Dec 22, 2022•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 98
Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 2 - 8 Lazy Nights III - On this week's show, because I just didn't have it in me to pull off another extended show, we're dialing it back with our shortest episode of the year! 8 songs (one for each night of Chanukah) plus a bonus track to symbolize the starter candle. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn...
Dec 19, 2022•56 min•Ep. 97
Welcome to the Merry Month of Debts-cember! Part 1 - Top 10 Albums of 2022 - On this week's show, we spend quality time with the records that sparked joy, inspired us to get out of bed, face the day & conquer the world while the world continued to rage on like an unholy dumpster fire. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boil...
Dec 09, 2022•3 hr 27 min•Ep. 96
On this week's show, we get ready for Thanksgiving by... nerding out over Bruce Springsteen 's superlative new soul covers record catching up with Charley Crockett 's latest country soul joint spinning fresh Motor City roots music from The Whiskey Charmers & Stella! All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 95
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from Plains , Cory Branan & Mightmare bid adieu to Low drummer & vocalist Mimi Parker hold a musical memorial for a friend who left way to soon All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC...
Nov 11, 2022•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 94
On this week's show, we... wrap up the scary old month of Rocktober with a Genreview Double Featue of goth & shoegaze spend quality time with the new Pixies record spin fresh tracks from Bruce Springsteen , The Chills & Caroline Rose All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Com...
Oct 30, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 93
On this week's show, we... continue raging through the scary old month of Rocktober with a Genreview of instrumental & vocal trip-hop spend quality time with the superlative new record from Titus Andronicus spin fresh tracks from Bruce Springsteen , Neil Young & Margo Price All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Spr...
Oct 29, 2022•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 92
On this week's show, we... kick off the scary old month of Rocktober with a Genreview of 70s U.K. & U.S. glam rock spend quality time with superlative new records from Nikki Lane and Vieux Farka Toure with Khruangbin bid adieu to the late, great Loretta Lynn All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 &a...
Oct 13, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 91
On this week's show, we... celebrate celebrate 40 years of Bruce Springsteen 's Nebraska spend quality time with the new Horsegirl record present our wrap-up of the 2022 Hopscotch Music Festival All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a br...
Sep 25, 2022•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 90
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with the superlative new record from The Mountain Goats celebrate 30 years of Sugar 's Copper Blue feature 4 albums that - in our humble opinion - represent the artistic sweet spot of 4 very distinctive singer/songwriters. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2...
Sep 08, 2022•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 89
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from Vandoliers & Amanda Shires nerd out over the highlights of the first Queen City Jam Session celebrate what would've been Joe Strummer 's 70th birthday All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charl...
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 88
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with the latest records from Dawes , Pedro The Lion & Jack White spin fresh tracks from Plains , The 1975 & Titus Andronicus add a third bullet point for the sake of adding a bullet point All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Com...
Aug 12, 2022•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 87
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from The Dream Syndicate & Damien Jurado spin fresh tracks from Cory Branan , Amanda Shires & The Dropkick Murphys celebrate 20 years of Bruce Springsteen 's The Rising All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Commu...
Jul 30, 2022•2 hr•Ep. 86
On this week's show, we... recap some of our favorite albums of the first half of the year ponder which ones will make our year-end Top 10 list lose sleep over it All this and much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton,...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 85
On this week's show, we... vent about the overturning of Roe v.. Wade spend quality time with new records from Fantastic Negrito , Angel Olsen , The Black Keys & Drive-By Truckers spin fresh tracks from Pixies , Dry Cleaning & Titus Andronicus All this and much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Mid...
Jun 30, 2022•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 84
On this week's show, we... commemorate 40 years of The Clash' s Combat Rock celebrate Kate Bush 's first ever US top 10 hit spend quality time with new records from Wilco & Steve Earle All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pi...
Jun 11, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 83
On this week's show, we... spend quality time with new records from Sharon Van Etten & Rolling Blackouts CF spin fresh tracks from Cory Branan , Dawes & Wilco celebrate a quarter-century of Radiohead 's OK Computer All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charl...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 82
On this week's show, we... nerd out over all the cool bands we saw at Shaky Knees in Atlanta chat with the Chicago-based band Rookie spend quality time with new records from Arcade Fire & Trombone Shorty All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 20...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 81
On this week's show, we... celebrate 20 years of American aquarium drinkers assassin-ing down the avenue with Wilco 's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot spend quality time with new records from Kurt Vile & Aldous Harding spin fresh tracks from Neko Case & Laura Veirs All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 &a...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 80
