We Finally Got Rob Harvilla on the Podcast

For more than five years, Rob Harvilla has been turning songs into stories and music journalism into something closer to stand-up comedy, memoir, cultural history, and therapy.Rob is the creator and host of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s (and now the 2000s), one of the most beloved music podcasts anywhere. He joined us to talk about the evolution of the show, why some songs refuse to die, Courtney Love, Prince, The Replacements, The Hold Steady, Lizzo, the strange cultural power of the Twin Cities, and why Gregorian chant CDs somehow became a thing in the early 1990s.We also discuss:• How Rob chooses songs for the podcast• Why he rarely approaches music from a place of hate• The challenge of balancing tragedy and celebration when telling artists' stories• Courtney Love, Nirvana, and surviving media mythology• Prince's lasting influence on Minneapolis music culture• Why the Twin Cities have always felt different from the rest of the music industry• Live, Bush, Soul Asylum, and the complicated legacy of post-grunge• The Hold Steady and writing about place• Kim Deal, The Breeders, and Midwest music legends• The greatest fried chicken mystery in American historyIf you love music, storytelling, pop culture history, or just listening to smart people wander into fascinating conversations, this one is for you.Subscribe for more episodes of This Must Be The Place.🎧 Follow Rob Harvilla:• 60 Songs That Explain the 90s / 2000s• Author of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s#MusicPodcast #RobHarvilla #60SongsThatExplainthe90s #Prince #Nirvana #CourtneyLove #TheReplacements #TheHoldSteady #TwinCities #MusicHistory #Podcast00:00 Intro00:30 Theme song01:20 Introducing Rob Harvilla05:20 Book Plug06:00 Prolific Rob writes like Hamilton. 08:30 60 songs that explain the 90’s/2000s11:00 Rob is NOT a Hater17:35 Andrew’s Mt Rushmore of storytellers21:55 Casey’s Musical Past as a rapper 26:45 Rob and Courtney Love explained33:30 Gregorian Chants and the 90s37:30 Live and the Kings of Leon43:15 Twin Cities Music 53:30 Chicken in Ohio in Station Wagons facing backwards54:15 The Breeders 59:30 Play the song.