Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 5 of our discussion: The importance of meeting Gordon Stevens at the beginning of the 1970’s; Skip’s plans to mount an surprisingly ambitious live show around his Oar LP; Moby Grape’s reunion…and also the very first reunion in rock history; The disastrous consequences of Skip tossing his psych meds out a car window; Bill Graham’s Moby Grape meltdown; Whatever happened with Skip’s short-lived 1972 band The Yankees;...
Jun 30, 2025•6 min
Welcome to Season 3 of “The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True!” This season focuses solely on Pet Sounds , and stands as the most in-depth investigation of a single record ever enacted in Discograffiti history. The Beach Boys’ 11th LP changed a lot of lives, not least of which the man who brought his effortlessly breezy pop charm to The Hollies, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, and his own solo career. In fact, this episode stands as the launching point of a huge Graham Nash series—his lon...
Jun 27, 2025•43 min
Grape Expectations’ Episode 10 will hip you to one of the greatest lost psych bands of the 1960s, as we explore the late 1960s-early 1970s in Skip’s life, a time when he gave it his best shot acting as Dad to four kids when he just couldn’t hack it, as the pull of the lifestyle got the better of him...but not before helping to assemble one of the most successful bands of the 1970s. Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 4 of our discussion: The batshit...
Jun 23, 2025•11 min
Welcome to Part 3, and the final installment of my conversation with Peter Lewis, a one-of-a-kind discussion that leapfrogs incessantly from one shocking revelation to the next. Here’s just a few of the many things that Peter discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: That time he took psilocybin with some hit men; How he was hoodwinked into participating in the 20 Granite Creek project; Robert Plant’s favorite Moby Grape song; What he did during his 1971-1977 self-ordained “Wandering Phase”;...
Jun 20, 2025•45 min•Ep. 212
Grape Expectations’ Episode 8 is the true turning point of the series, a breathless conversation with Moby Grape guitarist/songwriter Peter Lewis which goes to great lengths to illustrate the point a man must reach where it becomes preferable to move furniture for his grandma as a side hustle in lieu of recording a single additional note with his musical soulmates. There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier...
Jun 16, 2025•8 min•Ep. 211
Welcome to Part 3, and the final installment of my conversation with Don Stevenson, in which we cover the expansive era of 1969 to the present. Don says this will be the very last time he’ll be talking about his time in Moby Grape, so you absolutely will not want to miss this. Here’s just a few of the many things that Don discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: How Skip Spence’s Oar really got made, not the mythological pajama-wearing motorcycle ride to Nashville that’s been bandied about ...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 211
Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti Subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon to gain access to all of Discograffiti's upcoming Pet Sounds Deep-Dive, which will literally be the most in-depth examination of the album ever done. Coming June 27th: Patreon.com/Discograffiti #carniewilson #brianwilsonrip #thebeachboys #brianwilson #beachboys #denniswilson #mikelove #carlwilson #music #thehollies #aljardine #thebeatles #brucejohnston #rock #petsounds #vinylcollection #goodvibrations #paulmccartney #surf #rock...
Jun 12, 2025•12 min
Just a brief word on the heartbreak his music so perfectly captures and that this inevitable day has brought. Coming on June 27th: Season 3 of "The Beach Boys' And Your Dream Comes True"--a very, very long season honoring and celebrating the almighty Pet Sounds. #brianwilson #thebeachboys #rip #beachboys #denniswilson #brianwilsondeath #mikelove #carlwilson #music #thehollies #aljardine #thebeatles #brucejohnston #rock #petsounds #vinylcollection #goodvibrations #paulmccartney #surf #rocknroll #...
Jun 11, 2025•5 min
This last-minute interview promoting Jorma’s appearance at The Hudson Valley Music Festival thankfully fell into my lap…because it'll be the first in an upcoming Jefferson Airplane Deep Dive Series featuring Jorma, Jack Casady, & (fingers crossed) Grace Slick, all the living members of the classic Airplane line-up. Tickets to The Hudson Valley Music Festival are going fast, so jump on it now: it’s happening this Saturday, June 14th (2025), in Croton Point Park, Croton NY. Visit hudsonrivermu...
Jun 10, 2025•49 min
Episode 6 of our Grape Expectations Series features Moby Grape & Skip Spence biographer Cam Cobb detailing Skip’s June 1968 mental breakdown, as he grabs a fire axe and goes after drummer Don Stevenson. That error in judgment lands him in Bellevue for six months, and upon his release he heads to Nashville with his family to create his groundbreaking solo album Oar . Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 3 of our discussion: Exactly what happened w...
Jun 09, 2025•7 min
Episode 5 of our Grape Expectations Series is the podcast to hear if you ever wondered what it felt like to be hunted down by a psychedelically deranged band member wielding a fire axe. Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Don Stevenson, in which we cover the most harrowing period of his life, not to mention the band’s career (1967-1969). Don says this will be the very last time he’ll be talking about his time in Moby Grape, so you absolutely will not want to miss this. Here’s just a few of...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 210
Episode 4 of our Grape Expectations Series features Moby Grape & Skip Spence biographer Cam Cobb talking about Skip’s rollercoaster ride through those early days of Moby Grape, a tale which includes disastrous tours, lawsuits, police busts, horribly nefarious managers, a fake touring version of the band, mysterious black magic witches, drug-induced madness, insane asylums, and attempted murder with an axe. And, no joke—that’s just within the band’s first two years. Here’s just a few of the m...
Jun 02, 2025•10 min
Episode 3 of our Grape Expectations Series features two—count ‘em, TWO SEPARATE INTERVIEWS with drummer Don Stevenson and guitarist Peter Lewis, each of whom gives their own Rashomon-like perspective on the fascinating early part of Moby Grape’s career. Disastrous tours, lawsuits, police busts, horribly nefarious managers, a fake touring version of the band, mysterious black magic witches, and drug-induced madness. And, no joke—that’s just within the band’s first two years. The first episode of ...
May 30, 2025•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 209
The great Bob Mosley—Mr. Blues himself—is known for a soul-belting voice that is a true force of nature. As a man who’s transcended his share of real blues (a bout of homelessness, a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia that’d sideline the average person), conversely Bob has fronted multiple bands, been idolized by Robert Plant, and played in a late-1970s supergroup with Neil Young called The Ducks. Here’s just a few of the many things that Bob discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: What i...
May 26, 2025•12 min
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Grape Expectations, an immersive, 5-week-long, Rashomon-style series about the amazing band Moby Grape, featuring all three living band members and their biographer. There is no crazier story in the history of music than that of The Grape. It includes disastrous tours, lawsuits, police busts, horribly nefarious managers, a fake touring version of the band, mysterious black magic witches, drug-induced madness, insane asylums, and attempted murder with an axe. A...
May 23, 2025•57 min•Ep. 124
For my money, Galaxie 500 was the greatest dream pop group that ever existed. And Dean’s Discograffiti appearance couldn’t possibly be better timed: his brand-new solo LP, That’s The Price Of Loving Me—his best work since 1990 imho—marks the first time he and producer Kramer have collaborated since that very year, after the latter had doused Galaxie 500’s perfect triumvirate of albums in his trademark reverb bath. Here’s just a few of the many things that Dean discusses with Discograffiti during...
May 16, 2025•55 min•Ep. 207
For my money, Galaxie 500 was the greatest dream pop group that ever existed. And Dean’s Discograffiti appearance couldn’t possibly be better timed: his brand-new solo LP, That’s The Price Of Loving Me—his best work since 1990 imho—marks the first time he and producer Kramer have collaborated since that very year, after the latter had doused Galaxie 500’s perfect triumvirate of albums in his trademark reverb bath. Here’s just a few of the many things that Dean discusses with Discograffiti in Par...
May 09, 2025•47 min•Ep. 206
For my money, Galaxie 500 was the greatest dream pop group that ever existed. And Dean’s Discograffiti appearance couldn’t possibly be better timed: his brand-new solo LP, That’s The Price Of Loving Me—his best work since 1990 imho—marks the first time he and producer Kramer have collaborated since that very year, after the latter had doused Galaxie 500’s perfect triumvirate of albums in his trademark reverb bath. Here’s just a few of the many things that Dean discusses with Discograffiti in thi...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 205
One day on a whim about a decade ago, I reached out to incarcerated rapper Big Lurch, with the idea of one day making a documentary about his legitimately crazy tale. He responded with a letter. Then another. And another, all of them beautifully written. And then the calls started coming, sometimes as many as several a day. The documentary never wound up getting off the ground, but the letters and calls—while not always consistent—never stopped. Until, one day, they did. There’ll be a short snea...
Apr 28, 2025•7 min
Everyone needs a Beach Boy break every now and then, and I’m happy as a clam to announce this sharp left turn with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, as we take a mutual descent into the heart of darkness. Our examination of every last triumphantly bleak release by post-punk progenitors Joy Division is a dependably in-depth celebration of this great band’s “eerie spatially.” Here’s just a few of the many things that Stuart discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: The avalanche of crazily top-shel...
Apr 25, 2025•58 min•Ep. 114
Everyone needs a Beach Boy break every now and then, and I’m happy as a clam to announce this sharp left turn with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, as we take a mutual descent into the heart of darkness. Our examination of every last triumphantly bleak release by post-punk progenitors Joy Division is a dependably in-depth celebration of this great band’s “eerie spatially.” Here’s just a few of the many things that Stuart discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: An exploration of their early pun...
Apr 18, 2025•59 min•Ep. 203
Believe it or not, this explicitly vulnerable catch-up was simply my prelude to rapping with Pete Kember about The Beach Boys’ Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). Pete’s a truly great man, so wonderful to talk with, and these 15 minutes were a free-range roam during which we tackled a wide variety of topics just as compelling as anything ever spoken about on Discograffiti. There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Maj...
Apr 14, 2025•5 min
For our big Season 2 Finale, Discograffiti’s opted to fudge the timeline just a bit in order to give the proper red-carpet drum-roll gravitas to Season 3, especially since much of the music on The Beach Boys’ “Stack-O-Tracks” was created during this period, by the musicians who’d go on to create 99% of the music created during Season 3. In this very special episode, the inimitable Don Randi and Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco’s son Denny Tedesco—director of the excellent music docs The Wre...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min
This Beach Boys 45 is the band’s final musical communique prior to Pet Sounds’ release, and although it’s indisputably up there with the greatest music they’ve ever created, it died a relative death at the hands of FM radio DJs at the time due to the extremely unconventional and bold series of silences featured in the song. DJs were left scratching their heads, horrified by the prospect of dead air, and so instead resorted to playing “Barbara Ann” off the recently released “Party!” LP, which wou...
Apr 07, 2025•11 min
The Best Show’s Tom Scharpling has been a Beach Boys obsessive for over 40 years, and the idea behind bringing him on for Party!, The Beach Boys’ oft-dismissed 10th LP that also served as a stopgap measure allowing Brian Wilson to buy time to shape Pet Sounds, was to feature a guest who took this record seriously. In addition, the various unreleased experiments in which Brian was engaging during this era are some of the most fascinating studio visits Brian would ever make in his life, and each a...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 201
This incredibly special bonus episode, possibly the longest documented conversation about The Beach Boys 9th LP, is exactly as its title suggests. Here we have four human beings disproportionately excited by the task at hand, throwing down in a medically unadvisable manner. I crushed this 3 1/2 hour behemoth down to 2 1/2 hours, and I couldn’t conceive of losing another second of it. I’m not kidding. There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will ...
Mar 31, 2025•13 min
Returning guest Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) is back, and better than ever, as he tackles the 9th LP by The Beach Boys. As it says in David Leaf’s 1990 CD two-fer liner notes: “After side two of Today!, it didn’t seem possible that Brian could return to these simpler themes, but for one last album, he found a way to combine Capitol’s commercial demands with his artistic calling.” Stay tuned, Pete’ll be back for one of our many episodes on SMiLE! Here’s just a few of the many things that Pete dis...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 20 min
This is an absolute treat of a bonus episode, featuring the remainder of my interview with David Leaf…and the most important material, to boot. This hour-long special is a track-by-track rundown of all the songs featured on The Beach Boys’ classic 8th LP, “Today!” Part 1 found us just getting started—welcome, then, to the main event. There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don...
Mar 24, 2025•13 min
Welcome to Season 2 of “The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True!” Sub-titled “Icarus Ascending,” this season focuses solely on the year 1965 because, well…a whole heck of a lot can happen in that short a timespan if you’re Brian Wilson edging ever closer to your peak. The Beach Boys’ 8th LP, Today!, is tackled by none other than author/filmmaker David Leaf, who’s long held the belief, despite the reams he’s written on “Pet Sounds”—not to mention his forthcoming “Smile” oral history—that “Today...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 199
Welcome to the fulcrum point of Season 1’s finale and the beginning of Season 2! In this episode, special guest Joe Kennedy and I talk about all the juicy Season 1 Wrap-Up Gossip I can’t talk about on the public platforms, an explanation of Season 2’s entire line-up, what’s coming up around the bend in Season 3, and a bonus guest spot that couldn’t fit elsewhere but is packed with transportive, transcendental musical awesomeness. Don’t miss it, here’s where we turn a corner along with Brian on h...
Mar 17, 2025•14 min
