Best of Friends POPcast

We are continuing this podcast to start discussing our upcoming LP 'Box of Letters'.  Sitting in as our host today is none other than Mr. Ken AKA 'Ken Fusion' or 'The Modfather' Ken Caldretti, long time friend of the band.  We discuss Box of Letters and how it came to be.

We talk to the man behind Cockeyed Ghost and myriad other projects, Adam Marsland. He's done so many different things, and continues to. We get a glimpse into his career, life, and personal growth.

Join us for a little Q&A with our good friend and occasional partner in rawk... acclaimed author, journalist, and drummer John M. Borack.

We finally get all three of the Andersons! in the same virtual room for the first time in ages. You will hear (about half way in when Robbie shows up) a reasonable facsimile of the wacky stage patter that made every Andersons show a unique and fun experience. We went kinda long but we had fun.

Join us as the wacky and loveable Kerry 'Kompost' Chicoine gets all up in everyone's bidness.

We continue our talk with Darian Sahanaja and Jim Mills of Wondermints. Also joining us are sparkle*jets drummer Joel Valder and Lisa Jenio of Candypants.

We continue our talk with Darian Sahanaja and Jim Mills of Wondermints. Also joining us are sparkle*jets drummer Joel Valder and Lisa Jenio of Candypants.

We have a really fun talk about the good old days and crazy times with a band we played with all the time, Third Grade Teacher. Lead vocalist Sabrina and bassist Laura are our guests.

Today we talk to Rick Hromadka of Double Naught Spies, Maple Mars, Ruby Free, etc. Learn how it was that Mike Simmons took his dating profile pic in San Francisco.

We sit down with Lisa and Mark Flora of Minnesota. They occasionally get the bug to do fine power pop records under the moniker 'Florapop'.

Our guest today is gunslinger turned bandleader Don Mogill of the Dons... the man behind the last great Not Lame release, "Dawn of the Dons".

Watch sparkle*jets u.k. turn into goo as they 'interview' one of their all time favorite bands, The Sugarplastic. Yep, we got the whole band back together for this one!

Today we have an international chat with the most famous Power Pop musician in Austria, the one and only Stootsie of acclaimed band The See Saw.

Join us as we have a super chill late-night chat with our good friend and master of the Rickenbacker / Vox Amp / Fluevog Boot / High Kick / Mutton Chops. The one and only Kenny Howes!

Join us as we have a really fun talk with two LA Pop Scene Legends... Lisa Jenio and Danny McGough of Candypants. You know you want to.

He's the man in the Top Hat with the ironing board keyboard stand.... Morley Bartnoff of Cosmo Topper (and the Burning Sensations, Andy & the Rattlesnakes, The Negro Problem, etc.) joins us.

From punk rock kid, to the king of the LA Pop scene, to Broadway, to the Ivy League.... the story of Stew is one of art, success, humilty, and craft. We talk to one of our favorite writers (and sometimes bandmate) about the old days and all that's happened since... and what's yet to come!

We sat down with one of the most interesting rock couples around, Brad and Chloe... we knew them from their band Big Hello... which soon became (and remains) the Handcuffs. They share with us their unique perspective on the 2000 pop scene from the Chicago side of things.

In this episode we chat with Hans Rotenberry, primary songwriter and lead vocalist of the legendary Power Pop group THE SHAZAM! The allbums they made for Not Lame Records in the late 90's early 2000's set a high standard for our genre, and they were widely recognized as the standard bearers for Badfinger meets The Move style Pop-Rock.

She was the sweetheart of LA Power Pop. I guess she still is. Tune in for our fun hang with our old pal Lisa as we talk about all the crazy days in the studio and the clubs with the Masticators.

In this first episode of our podcast series, sparkle*jets u.k. discuss their origin and history with Rex and Christina of Big Stir Records. We talk about 'Best of Friends', how it happened and why, and what's on the horizon as this podcast unfolds. There are also a few bits of music here and there to whet your collective whistles.