Today we talk about the band DEF LEPPARD! We review the 2001 documentary HYSTERIA, our top 10 Def Leppard Songs, The concert that Rob missed in 1983, Things you may not have known about Def Leppard & MORE! Before we begin our main topic we talk about albums turning 50 & 40 years old (for June) and talk about some new music that is out and upcoming albums. On this episode we cover some music people / bands (other than Def Leppard) like: SMOKEY ROBINSON IAN HUNTER BOY GENIUS and even MICHAEL BOLTO...
May 13, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 44
On show #43 Jim (rob) and Mike (matt) start off with some Music News (Owen Wilson looses his lifetime Stones pass! / Radio Friendly "gloryhole"?), New Music, Albums turning 50 in May, new music TV shows (Daisy Jones & the Six / Up Here) and we go over a list of the top 10 (alternative/new wave) songs of 1983! Artists mentioned on our list are : THE SMITHS, DAVID BOWIE, NEW ORDER & DEPECHE MODE to name a few. OUR MAIN TOPIC covers 3 bands that are quirky, odd ... maybe strange ... and they are Th...
Apr 22, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Season 5Ep. 43
Rob (Jim) and Matt (Mike) talk with Swedish singer/songwriter Chris Klafford In 2017 Chris won (Swedish) Idol and in 2019 he came in 7th place on America's Got Talent. His audition performance of John Lennon's "Imagine" had over 250 million views on YouTube (Chris' reposted audition video currently has 36 million views) We talk to Chris about Idol, America's Got Talent, his visit to Nashville, his first full length album "Maybe It's Just Me" (released on March 31st), the meaning behind some of t...
Apr 08, 2023•42 min
Our INTERVIEW with BRIAN CARNEY (voice-over artist / actor / geico commercial boss / son of Art Carney) Mike and I talked to Brian Carney about his acting career, music career, the Honeymooners and his father Art Carney (Ed Norton / Academy Award winner for Harry & Tonto) This is our first "in-person" interview. Brian actually came to my house for the interview and brought his fathers Academy Award, Emmy & Golden Globe with him. He also brought one of the most iconic costume items in the history...
Mar 25, 2023•44 min
We talk to Francesca about her first single "My Runaway", her favorite band KISS, what it's like performing in front of an audience, what's she's been working on lately and more! ************* About Francesca: Francesca Tarantino is a singer, musician, and actress Francesca was introduced to the guitar by her father when she was still a toddler. Her fascination grew and soon she’d have an acoustic and then an electric all her own! Currently she’s learning how to play lead and is practicing some ...
Mar 18, 2023•31 min
On show #42 we review Brian Johnson's (AC/DC) new book "The Lives of Brian" We go through each chapter of Brian's book and pull out the stories that made us laugh, were interesting and just stood out to us. Brian's journey to AC/DC! ************* We talk about some newer artist who have new albums out ( FAKE NAMES, JAWNY) and some older bands who are releasing new music (METALLICA, DEPECHE MODE) along with albums that are turning 50 such as PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON & LED ZEPPELIN HOUSES ...
Mar 11, 2023•2 hr 42 min•Season 5Ep. 42
BUDDY HOLLY - today we talk all about the legendary Buddy Holly! But we begin the podcast with some new music news and we play part of a new song by the Brooklyn NY Punk band "Fat Heaven" called Quarter Life Crisis" BUDDY HOLLY TOPICS we cover: The Crickets The Recordings The Winter Dance Party Tour The Glasses Pat DiNizio's Lost Reel to Reel The lost 54 Fender Buddy Holly in Books Buddy Holly albums Buddy Holly in Movies Jim's top 10 Buddy Holly Cover Songs ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be ...
Feb 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 41
Interview with Vini "mad dog" Lopez (drummer for Steel Mill / Bruce Springsteen). We talk about Vini's early days growing up in New Jersey, meeting Bruce Springsteen, the first two Bruce albums "Greetings from Asbury Park" and "The Wild, The Innocent" & the E Street Shuffle", "rosalita (come out tonight)" and what Vini's been up to lately. ABOUT VINI : Vincent Lopez, nicknamed Mad Dog, is an American drummer. Between 1968 and 1974 Lopez backed Bruce Springsteen in several bands, including Steel ...
Feb 18, 2023•36 min
Jim interviews Nashville Country Artist Chris Canterbury to talk about his newest album "Quaalude Lullabies", the songwriting process, touring, what he does besides music and more! Chris writes from the heart and while some of his songs are not entirely auto-biographical they will pull you in with their honesty. There's not a bad song on the album and you really need to listen to Chris' music. He needs to be heard. ABOUT CHRIS CANTERBURY'S new album "When I sat down to write this project, I trie...
Jan 28, 2023•33 min
Join Jim and Jeremy as they count down their top albums of 2022 - for a total of 26 ALBUMS! YES, there is still good music out there! Maybe you are looking in the wrong places... We start the podcast with new music and a new 14 year old artist by the name of Francesca Tarantino who just recorded her new song "my runaway" (we play a portion of the song). We also go over some memorable concerts that happened last year. SOME ARTISTS WE TALK ABOUT ON THIS SHOW ARE: ANGEL OLSEN THE SCORPIANS TODD RUN...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 40
Join Jim and Jeremy for their annual ALBUM ROULETTE Show. We've randomly picked 3 albums (each) from Paste Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2022. We each have listened and reviewed these albums. Did we like them? Did we hate them? Find out. HORSEGIRL THE BETHS KENDRICK LAMAR BEYONCE BIG THEIF SHARON VAN ETTEN We start the show with a Memoriam segment for 4 musicians we've lost this month, we talk about U2's new re-imagined album "Songs of Surrender" and we compare Rolling Stone's top 10 albums of 202...
Jan 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 39
Jim and Mike interview Chris Ballew from the great band THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Chris was the founder and lead singer of the 90s band The Presidents of the United States of America. They had the hits "LUMP", "PEACHES" and "KITTY". Their debut album sold over 3 million copies. The Presidents broke up in 2015 and Chris has since released over 19 albums as Children's Music Artist : CASPER BABYPANTS. In 2020 Chris started recording solo albums and has released 4 solo albums in...
Jan 13, 2023•40 min
Mike and I had a great time talking to Bill Summers (who was in Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters)! We talk about various drums, his first meeting with Herbie Hancock, and the famous sound Bill created for one of the best known Jazz songs ever ... called Watermelon Man... Bill even demonstrates for us how the sound was created. About Bill: During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Calientes along with co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and Jason Marsalis. However, Summe...
Dec 21, 2022•27 min
Today Jeremy and I start off the show talking about some new Christmas songs that came out this year from: Lindsay Sterling Harry Connick Jr. David Foster & Katharine McPhee T Bear Will Ferrell Chris Canterbury Alicia Keys Joss Stone Phoebe Bridgers. Then we delve into one of our favorite "Christmas" movies THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. We talk about the making of the movie, the music, and some film flubs. ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcas...
Dec 17, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 38
SHOW 37 - HOLIDAY / CHRISTMAS SHOW pt. 1 Jeremy is back with me for our first of two Holiday / Christmas Shows On todays show we go into detail about the top 10 Christmas songs (picked by the staff at Billboard) and our most memorable Christmas gifts we've received over the years... as kids and as adults. Another fun show! ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts. Be sure to subscr...
Dec 10, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Mike is back again (for this regular podcast) where we talk about 3 bands that make us (and you) laugh! We had some audio problems and this was supposed to be a 2 parter but most of part 1 got deleted (lost) so next year we'll do another one with some more bands. BANDS WE TALK ABOUT: THE TALKING HEADS MOJO NIXON CAKE ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts. Be sure to subscribe on...
Nov 26, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 36
Mike is back with me (Jim) in the studio for the regular podcast. Today we talk some Music News and New Albums / Artists we've been listening to. MUSIC NEWS - BIG SKY (TV show) / WEIRD (Weird Al Movie) / Bono's new book SURRENDER / History making Taylor Swift NEW ALBUMS / ARTISTS: SAMMY HAGAR FIRST AID KIT CRAWLERS YO-YO MA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and more! ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen t...
Nov 19, 2022•58 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Mike and I had a great time talking to Soul Jazz Keyboardist Robert Walter about his high school band Daddy Long Legs, his current band: The Greyboy Allstars and what it's like being on tour with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. Robert is heading back on tour in March 2023 with Roger's band for the European leg of the tour. About Robert: A founding member of the seminal groove band The Greyboy Allstars, organ, keyboard and synth sharp-shooter Robert Walter splits his time between his own 20th Congress...
Nov 13, 2022•37 min
This is the THIRD of 3 for our HALLOWEEN SERIES for October. We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies. HORROR MOVIES THEMES / HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS 2022 Jeremy and I start off the podcast with a list of the top 13 Horror Movie Themes and then we go into our top Horror Movies of 2022! We each have 4 plus we go into some more horror related films we liked. MOVIES WE COVER ARE: NOPE SCREAM 5 THE WOMAN IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GIR...
Oct 22, 2022•59 min•Ep. 34
This is the Second out of 3 in our Halloween Series. Jeremy and I interview actress LAUREN-MARIE TAYLOR! Lauren grew up in the Bronx and started her career in commercials and stage at a very young age. In 1981 she was cast as Vickie in Friday the 13th Part 2 and the same year as Elaine in Neighbors with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. She then went onto the soap opera LOVING and now is a school teacher. We had such a fun time talking to Lauren (she's so upbeat and funny!). We asked her about Frida...
Oct 15, 2022•38 min
This is the first out of 3 in our Halloween Series for October. We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies! Jeremy and I review the new Rob Zombie film "THE MUNSTERS MOVIE".. did we love the movie? Did we hate the movie? You'll to listen to figure out the answer. We start off the podcast with some music news (Kiss / Genesis) and go into some new music we've been listening to. Some artists we mention are: BUSH EM BIEHOLD BETH ORTON BILLY IDOL ...
Oct 09, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Here's my interview with LUCAS TAMAREN from the great LA band THUMPASAURUS! Thumpasaurus is a funk, jazz, experimental, new wave... well... just give them a listen.. they perform fun, energic and hilarious live shows ... like nothing else. With their song "STRUTTIN'" they are about to take over the world! The song is so popular on TikTok that Michael Buble has been seen 'struttin' to it... the video for 'struttin' has over 1 million views on YouTube and the song is featured in a commercial for t...
Sep 17, 2022•35 min
Today I interview author Brian J Kramp who has just released his first book called THIS BAND HAS NO PAST - HOW CHEAP TRICK BECAME CHEAP TRICK. This book covers the time leading up to the forming of the band Cheap Trick and goes up to their 4th album (at Budokan). This book not only is about Cheap Trick but what was going on during this time period (locally, politically, musically). So much information is in this book it will blow your mind. One of the best books about a band I've ever read. Bria...
Sep 10, 2022•33 min
SHOW #32 - FORGOTTEN BANDS - Part 2 of 2 On show #32 Jeremy and I (Jim) start off with some good beers, concerts coming up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania ... and then we get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years. These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once we mention a song you'll say "ahhh.. that was them?"... Bands we cover on this episode are: STATUS QUO POCO GENTLE GIANT MOTT THE HOOPLE ********** Please subscribe, follow...
Aug 27, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Today we talk to Butch about the new Rob Zombie Munsters Movie, Butch's favorite munsters episodes, his appearance on a MONKEES episode, The Munsters Album, The Koach and more! Mike and I grew up watching the Munsters on TV (like alot of people our age) so this was such a great thing for us to be able to talk to Butch Patrick for the podcast and a great way to kick off the new Munsters Movie coming out September 27th on Netflix. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUTCH PATRICK: Butch Patrick (born Patrick Alan ...
Aug 19, 2022•31 min
Jim and Jeremy and I start off with some good beers, music news, music they've been listening to and then they get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years. These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once they mention a song you'll say "ahhh.. that was them?"... Bands that are covered on this episode are: STEELEYE SPAN THE GUESS WHO URIAH HEEP GOLDEN EARRING ********** Part 2 will be out in a couple weeks where they go into 4 more f...
Aug 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Jim and Mike talk to Kurt about the Gripweeds latest contribution to "JEM RECORDS CELEBRATES PETE TOWNSEND" which comes out on August 5th. We also talk about some bands he's working with currently, House of Vibes Recording Studio, and more! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRIP WEEDS: Critics, while praising The Grip Weeds, often try to pigeonhole them with the “Power Pop” label. This is a bit of a misnomer. While there are plenty of driving, poppy melodies, chiming guitars and close harmonies, The Grip W...
Jul 16, 2022•29 min
Jim and Mike talk to Laurence Juber about his newest album (Select Blends), what "finger-style" guitar is, his time as a member of Paul McCartney's WINGS, (my favorite WINGS album) BACK TO THE EGG, Martin Guitar & more! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAURENCE JUBER (LJ) GRAMMY® winning guitarist Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger. His playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles, creating a multi-faceted performance that belies the use of only one instru...
Jul 10, 2022•35 min
Today Jeremy and I start off with some music news, a top 10 list of movie soundtracks (taken from The Ringer's top 50), our 4 favorite movie soundtracks and we end it with some music trivia. Another fun show! SOUNDTRACKS WE COVER: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BATMAN FOREVER GREASE ARMAGEDDON SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL SPACE JAM SINGLES THE LION KING Please subscribe, follow and if you like our podcast please leave us a good review on Apple Podcasts. Jim and Mike Talk Music can be found on Podbean (host site...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Jim and Mike talk to Dana Fuchs about her new album BORROW TIME (the album went to #4 on billboard's blue's charts), RECORDING of the new album, TOURING, BONO and more! A great fun interview! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DANA FUCHS: Dana Fuchs is one of the most coveted blues rock stars in the world today. A singer whose hypnotic voice and presence, has led critics to compare her to Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and Mick Jagger. Dana's records receive fantastic reviews, and she has been in the top 10 on the ...
Jun 11, 2022•31 min
