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We've cooked up something real special for you this week in The GXO Music Podcast celebrating 70 Years of Rock N Roll (1956-2026)   In today's episode, painstaking, exhaustive research has enabled us to EXPOSE the underbelly of the very first Rock N Roll album to go #1   The time:1956  The place: The Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission Building 1525 McGavock Street in the heart of Music City.   Nashville, Tennessee..   Before Nashville even knew it was music city itself   The studio where this storied album was recorded in, lost to us forever now, in the rubble of tomorrow's parking lot parties.   "They paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot" - Joni Mitchell   For your pleasure, we are eviscerating and dissecting the innards of what came to be the FIRST Rock N Roll album...   An album that launched a thousand dreams, and, in doing so, gave birth to The Teenager. Youth Culture. The Counter Culture. The beginning of the end to segregation and possibly, perhaps, giving rise to the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s...   The Wild One (1953)   Mildred: "Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?" Johnny Strabler: "Whaddaya got?"   Who: Elvis Presley & RCA Victor Records   What: 1956 Self Titled Debut Album   Where: The Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission Building, 1525 McGavock Street, Nashville, Tennessee and RCA Victor Studio, New York, New York   Why: The First Rock N Roll Album To Be The Most Successful Album Of The Year In Popular Recorded Music   When: Sun Records, Memphis, Tennessee July 5, 1954 and The Methodist Television Radio & Film Commission Building, 1525 McGavock Street, Nashville, Tennessee, January 10-11, 1956 and at RCA Victor Studio, New York, New York January 30-31, 1956   Released March 23, 1956   The Songs   Side One: 1. Blue Suede Shoes 2. I'm Counting On You 3. I Got A Woman 4. One Sided Love Affair 5. I Love You Because 6. Just Because   Side Two: 1. Tutti Frutti 2. Tryin' To Get To You 3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) 4. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') 5. Blue Moon 6. Money Honey   *THE MUSIC    1967 Lucille by "The King" Little Richard from his 1967 album Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live! on Okeh Records   1956 The original version of Blue Suede Shoes by the song's composer Carl Perkins released January 1, 1956 on Sun Records   1955 Demo version of I'm Counting On You performed by the composer Don Robertson, vocal by Miss Lou Dinning   1954 Single I Got A Woman by the song's composer Ray Charles on Atlantic Records   1955 Song One Sided Love Affair written by professional songwriter Bill Campell first recorded by Elvis Presley for his 1956 debut album and covered the following year by Little Tony & His Brothers of the independent republic of San Marino, bordering Italy   1949 I Love You Because by Leon Payne on Capitol Records   1929 Just Because originally recorded by Nelstone's Hawaiians   1955 Italian for "all fruits" Tutti Frutti was written and performed by Little Richard. Released by Specialty Records, it was Richard's first major hit   1954 Tryin' To Get To You was first recorded by Washington DC R&B vocal group The Eagles (not to be confused with the Hotel California elk from the 1970s)   1954 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) was originally recorded by Epic Records recording artist Roy Hamilton in 1954   1943 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') was originally written and recorded by country western artist Jimmy Wakely in 1943   1934 Blue Moon was written by the legendary songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart who wrote predominantly for Broadway and musical theatre. Noted British vocalist and crooner Al Bowly recorded one of the earliest versions of the song the year after it was composed in 1935   1953 Money Honey was written by one of Rock N Roll's original pioneers, Jesse Stone. Originally released in September 1953, it was the first single ever by legendary vocalist Clyde McPhatter and backed for the first time by the newly formed Drifters.   1962 Bob Dylan wrote and demoed the song Tomorrow Is A Long Time in 1962. Most notably, Elvis Presley recorded the song in 1966, intended for the soundtrack of his film Spinout of the same year. Dylan has stated repeatedly that Elvis' cover of this song is the one he treasures the most. 20 years after it was written, Elvis' version would feature prominently in acclaimed American film director Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film of S.E. Hinton's 1966 novel The Outsiders   Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? 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On August 25, 1955, the El Paso Times reported the death of painter Alvin Krolik under the headline "Story Of Person Who Walked Lonely Street". Krolik himself had penned the line in his unpublished autobiography prior to being shot and killed by local police during an attempted robbery in El Paso, Texas. And so a legend was born... Join us this week in the GXO Podcast as The Generation X Offender retraces the footsteps of budding middle-aged songwriter Mae Boren-Axton, Mom to Hoyt (an accomplished songwriter in his own write a decade later) as she monitors the mania being spread by a hip swiveling, skinny kid from Tupelo as he seduces legions of eager young fans from the stage while simultaneously enraging the boyfriends who accompany them All this and more in the latest installment of the GXO Podcast celebrating 70 years of Rock N Roll (1956-2026)   *THE MUSIC 25 year old, Oklahoma born Hoyt Axton, son of Texas born composer Mae Boren-Axton, writes "The Pusher" in 1963. Four years later on May 14, 1967, ground zero for the Summer of Love, Canadian/American, Los Angeles based psychedelic rock band Steppenwolf record their first version of The Pusher live at the Matrix club in San Francisco. The band would go onto re-record the song for their self titled debut album, released January 29, 1968, which would reach number six on Billboard's Album Chart. The album's lead single, "Born To Be Wild" would peak at number two on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs Chart. Both "The Pusher" and "Born To Be Wild" would be included in the 1969 landmark counterculture film Easy Rider the following year.   "No No Song" was recorded by Beatle Ringo Starr in late 1974 and released the following year. With a little help from his friends Harry Nilsson on backing vocals, Jesse Ed Davis on electric guitar, Rolling Stones alumni Bobby Keys on sax and Nicky Hopkins on piano, Klaus Voormann from The Beatles' Hamburg days on bass, No No Song went #1 on the US Cash Box Top 100 Chart, #1 in Canada and #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. To date, No No Song is Ringo Starr's 7th and last Top 10 hit.   "Milkcow Blues Boogie" was originally written and recorded by Kokomo Arnold in 1934 as Milk Cow Blues. The song made Arnold a star and was widely adapted by blues artists as well as Western Swing musicians. Elvis Presley released the song as the A side of his 3rd 45 single for Sun Records on January 8, 1955. After securing the rights to Presley's contract, RCA Records re-issued the song later the same year in December 1955, later including it on Elvis' 1959 album A Date With Elvis.   "Heartbreak Hotel" was written by Mae Boren-Axton and Tommy Durden. The song was recorded at RCA Victor January 10, 1956 at 1525 McGavock Street in Nashville and released January 27, 1956. This is Elvis' debut release for RCA Records.    Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.      

The Continuing Story of Rock N Roll: The First 70 Years 1956-2026   Elvis: The Sun Years (53-54)   Join us as we retrace the footsteps of a boy who would be King: The Developmental Years   From obscurity to regional recognition and everything in between. Missed opportunities, rejection, misdirection, augmentation, trial, error and crispy bacon, peanut butter and mashed banana sandwiches!  .    All this and MORE!   In the latest episode of The GXO Podcast hosted by none other than The Generation X Offender himself, offending friend and foe alike since 1966   Don't miss a beat!   *THE MUSIC 1941 That's When Your Heartaches Begin by The Ink Spots 1948 My Happiness by Jon & Sondra Steele 1950 It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You by Dude Martin & His Roundup Gang 1953 I'll Never Stand In Your Way by Joni James 1953 My Happiness by Elvis Presley 1953  That's When Your Heartaches Begin by Elvis Presley 1954  I'll Never Stand In Your Way by Elvis Presley 1954  It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You by Elvis Presley 1954 Without You by Jimmy Sweeney & Elvis Presley 1947 Blue Moon Of Kentucky by Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys 1947 That's All Right by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 1954 Good Rockin' Tonight by Elvis Presley Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.   

Welcome Listeners! We have FINALLY arrived! At our Desired Destination Nineteen Hundred And Fifty Six...the Dawning of the Age of Rock N Roll Join us as we SPLASH DOWN DEEP into 1956, a year so chalk full of instant classics we had to break it down into multiple parts. 1956: PART ONE  All the hits fit to print that DIDN'T make it to Billboard's Top 50 Songs of 1956 Chart *THE MUSIC 1951 Drown In My Own Tears by Lula Reed 1956 Stranded In The Jungle by The Jay Hawks 1956 Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry 1956 The Paperboy On Main Street USA by Bill Haley & His Comets 1956 Rip It Up by Little Richard 1956 Let The Good Times Roll by Shirley & Lee 1956 Fever by Little Willie John 1956 Honey Chile by Fats Domino 1956 Ballin' The Jack by Jim Lowe 1956 Love Is Strange by Mickey & Sylvia 1956 Treasure Of Love by Clyde McPhatter 1956 Please Be Mine by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers 1956 In The Still Of The Night by The Five Satins 1956 Since I Met You Baby by Ivory Joe Hunter 1956 Drown In My Own Tears by Ray Charles 1956 Eddie My Love by The Teen Queens 1956 Stranded In The Jungle by The Cadets Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.   

Our tale begins in the mid to late 40s... The 1940s Post War America The Great Cities of the East are full of electricity and light And music... Swing beat is DEAD daddio Bebop and Blues rule! Jump Swing Shout Blues   ...but this new thing, as yet, remains undefined   Founded in 1894 (solely sheet music back then kids!) Billboard Magazine didn't know what to do with it or what to call it either...   Although the area of Harlem, situated within the borough of New York City known as Manhattan, only takes up approximately 1.4 square miles (as reported by the New York City Department of City Planning in March of 2019) Billboard Magazine, began publishing a music chart directed towards the entire African American customer base of the United States in 1942.   They called this chart The Harlem Hit Parade.   Close to 50 years after the publication's inception, Billboard Magazine decided the African American music consuming demographic mattered, or rather, their money mattered (cue Randy Newman "It's Money That Matters").   Three short years later, Billboard changed the name of the chart to "The Most Played Juke Box Race Records" followed by "Best Selling Retail Race Records" in 1948. These unfortunate (and possibly even hateful) labels used to categorize a type of music are literally, the very definition of racist (look it up).   While some historians suggest the term "race" was a self referential term used by African Americans in the early part of the 20th Century, the word came to be considered offensive in the post-war world.   This prompted the editorial staff of Billboard Magazine to rename the chart "Rhythm & Blues Chart Listings" in June of 1949...   ...which is where our story begins   As this exciting new music slithered out of the primordial sludge of post War rhythm and blues, something MAGICAL happened...   Previously imposed barriers between people gradually, over time, began to shift and erode. And then...   The walls came tumblin' down!   IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF THE GXO MUSIC PODCAST:   Music Charts of 1954 & 1955 EXPOSED! Under the microscope   Come FEEL the NOISE and Celebrate with us 70 Years of Rock N Roll! (1956-2026)    *THE MUSIC   1947 She's The No Sleepin' Est Woman by T-Bone Walker 1947 Good Rockin' Tonight by Roy Brown 1955 I'm Just A Lonely Guy (All Alone) by Little Richard 1954 Work With Me Annie by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 1954 Hey Senorita by The Penguins 1954 Don't You Know by Johnny Ace 1955 I Hear You Knockin' by Smiley Lewis 1955 Ain't That A Shame by Fats Domino 1955 Greenbacks by Ray Charles 1954 Shake Rattle And Roll by Big Joe Turner 1960 Ida Red (1938 original version) by Bill Wills & Tommy Duncan 1955 Maybellene by Chuck Berry 1955 Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley 1955 Good Rockin' Daddy by Etta James 1954 Tweedlee Dee by LaVern Baker 1953 Gee by The Crows 1954 I Wonder Why by The Cadillacs 1954 Honey Love by The Drifters (Clyde McPhatter lead vocals) 1955 Speedo by The Cadillacs 1954 Sh-Boom by The Chords 1955 Ling Ting Tong by Otis Williams & The Charms 1954 Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town) by Bill Haley & His Comets 1955 Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters (Tony Williams lead vocals) 1949 Run On For A Long Time by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires 1954 Any Day Now by The Soul Stirrers (Sam Cooke lead vocals)     Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.   

...the road goes on forever and the party never ENDS! Rock N Roll - Celebrating 70 YEARS of Maximun Rock N Roll (1956-2026)   ...in this episode the party CONTINUES with the JUMP BLUES and R&B SWING and SHOUT BLUES of the mid 1940s through to 1953 MAKE NO MISTAKE - this sh*ts ROCK N ROLL!  Louis Jordan T-Bone Walker (first ROCK N ROLL lead guitarist) BIG Joe Williams The Flamboyantly outrageous and openly gay Billy Wright, the ORIGINAL Georgia Peach! Roy (Good Rockin' Tonight) Brown. Little Richard would take what these two GIANTS of the genre created, Louis Jordan too, and define not only himself but the predominant popular music of the MASSES for the next 50 PLUS years! All THIS and MORE! ...in our continuing saga of the story of ROCK N ROLL 70 Years! Celebrate it MFs! *THE MUSIC (broken down chronologically by year) 1945 Caledonia by Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 1947 You're My Best Poker Hand by T-Bone Walker 1947 Around The Clock Blues Pt. 1 by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 1947 Around The Clock Blues Pt. 2  by Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 1948 Cadillac Boogie by Jimmy Liggins 1949 Rockin' At Midnight by Roy Brown 1949 The Fat Man by Fats Domino 1950 Tee Nah Nah by Smiley Lewis 1950 Do Something For Me by Billy Ward & The Dominoes (lead vocals by Clyde McPhatter) 1951 Rocket 88 by Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm (credited as Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats) 1951 I Want To Rock by Lavern Baker credited as Little Miss Sharecropper 1952 Follow The Rule by Johnny Ace 1952 Ain't Nothing Happening by Little Richard (on RCA Records) 1952 I've Been Your Dog (Ever Since I've Been Your Man) by The Moonglows 1952 Married Woman Boogie by Billy Wright 1953 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown 1953 Mess Around by Ray Charles 1953 Get It by The Royals 1953 Bounce by The Spaniels 1953 Money Honey by The Drifters (lead vocals Clyde McPhatter) 1953 Give Thanks by The Platters (lead vocals Tony Williams)   Do you have a burning desire to send us an email at The Generation X Offender? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.     

In this Episode we continue to CELEBRATE 70 Years of Rock N Roll! 1956 - 2026 ...from the very first HIT BLUES song ever in 1920 on the deep down low through the murky waters of the Mississippi Delta onto Robert Johnson, FOUNDING MEMBER of the 27 Club, through his TWO HISTORIC Texas Recording Sessions (1936 & 1937), Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Ry Cooder, the Rolling Stones and MORE! MORE! MORE! Generations in the making, Rock N Roll officially became part of the cultural zeitgeist in 1956, the first year this perpetually evolving NEW MUSIC produced the most popular song of the year. Rock N Rollers Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Bill Haley And The Comets, vocal group The Platters, Johnny Ray and British skiffle sensation Lonnie Donegan were also present in the Top 50 Year End Singles Chart of 1956. This had never happened before in the history of recorded music... From this point on, Rock N Roll ruled the charts, becoming the most dominant genre of popular music for the next 40 plus years. To celebrate this milestone. The GXO music podcast will, over the next few episodes, be exploring and expanding upon the ever evolving nature of Rock N Roll from it's humble acoustic beginnings through numerous other incarnations including, but not limited to, pub rock, punk rock, proto punk, post punk, industrial, disco, electronic, hardcore, rap, EDM, post rock, new rock and ultimately where she currently resides in the hills of contemporary NPR = New Post Rock where nary a guitar is likely to be found. *WORDS AND MUSIC Keith Richards interview... 1. Paris Texas by Ry Cooder 2. Me And The Devil Blues (1937) by Robert Johnson Honeyboy Edwards interview... 3. Crazy Blues (1920) by Mamie Smith 4. Shave 'Em Dry (1924) by Ma Rainey 5. Rising High Water Blues (1927) by Blind Lemon Jefferson 6. High Water (For Charley Patton) by Bob Dylan 7. Moon Going Down (1930) by Charley Patton 8. Evil (Is Going On) (1954) by Howlin' Wolf 9. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six by Tom Waits 10. John The Relevator (1930) by Blind Willie Johnson 11. Cocaine Blues by Reverend Gary Davis 12. Cocaine by Jackson Browne 13. You Was Born To Die (1933) by Blind Willie McTell 14. All I Want Is That Pure Religion (1926) by Blind Lemon Jefferson 15. True Religion by Hot Tuna 16. Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan 17. Death Letter Blues by Son House 18. Baby Please Don't Go (1952) by Big Bill Broonzy  19. Baby Please Don't Go by Them 20. Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do by Captian Beefheart And His Magic Band 21. Love In Vain (1937) by Robert Johnson 22. Love In Vain by The Rolling Stones 23. Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter Do you have a burning desire to send us an email at The Generation X Offender? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.       

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCK N ROLL! 1956 - 2026 70 Years of Maximum Rock N Roll!   Years in the making, Rock N Roll officially became part of the cultural zeitgeist in 1956, the first year this perpetually evolving NEW MUSIC produced the most popular song of the year, Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley. Fellow Rock N Rollers Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, Bill Haley And The Comets, vocal group The Platters and British skiffle sensation Lonnie Donegan were also present in the Top 50 Year End Singles Chart of 1956. This had never happened before in the history of recorded music... From that point on, Rock N Roll instantly took over the charts, becoming the most dominant genre of popular music for the next 40 plus years. To celebrate this milestone. The GXO music podcast will, over the coarse of a number of episodes, be exploring and expanding upon the ever evolving nature of Rock N Roll from it's humble acoustic beginnings through numerous other incarnations including, but not limited to, pub rock, punk rock, proto punk, post punk, industrial, disco, electronic, hardcore, rap, EDM, post rock, new rock and ultimately where she currently resides in the hills of contemporary NPR = New Post Rock where nary a guitar is likely to be found. In the first of the series: "Its...Rock N Roll 01" we find ourselves milling about the ghastly mellow saxophones of 1973, walking Carnaby Street in fashionable London in the Swinging 60's, trolling the Bowery in 1970s East Village, lower Manhattan, frequenting both Max's Kansas City AND CBGBs, dodging THREE of The Big Four while giving up the ghost to the Heavy Metal strains of ragged orchestral cellos and all that Jazz. All this and MORE... In the latest installment of the GXO, Generation X Offender music podcast, offending friend and foe alike since 1966   *THE MUSIC "It’s... Rock N Roll" by Robyn Hitchcock  1974 by Robyn Hitchcock  Lucifer Sam by Pink Floyd Brand New Cadillac by The Clash New Feeling by Talking Heads See No Evil by Television  Max’s Kansas City by Jayne County Transmission by Joy Division  Grinding Halt by The Cure Everybody’s Happy Nowadays by Buzzcocks Everyday I Love You Less And Less by Kaiser Chiefs  Respectable Street by XTC Living On A Thin Line by The Kinks Street In The City by Pete Townshend A Long Way Down by Lloyd Cole I Almost Had A Weakness by Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet  Glass Onion by The Beatles  1000 Umbrellas by XTC Purple Haze by Kronos Quartet  Prokofiev ~ Romeo & Juliet No. 13 Dance Of The Nights by Mriinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conducting      Do you have a burning desire to send us an email at The Generation X Offender? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.       

...and so we conclude at the Conclusion of our multi episodic Three Part Dissemination exploring Three Main Ingredients of what 21st Century British Psychedelic Poet Laureate Robyn Hitchcock once famously described as, "the great Civilizing Force of the 20th Century, Rock N Roll"   DRUGS SEX (parts 1 & 2) ROCK N ROLL   SEX, humanity's ORIGINAL DRUG, gets a Subsection B, of course. It is what it is.   Sex being Sex, there's gonna be some bad words, degenerate ideation and base behavior voiced in some of the songs. For this we do not apologize, however, we do STRONGLY URGE LISTENER DISCRETION. We got GG Allin in the house today kids so it's time to lock up your doors to protect the youth of tomorrow.   As you may have noticed, after 80 odd episodes of The Generation X Offender, we have finally given up Dancing about Architecture, or rather, talking about music, essentially the same thing. Music is meant to be listened to. FULL STOP.   We will resume talking about music in future episodes...   *THE MUSIC   Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll by Ian Dury Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too) by Peggy Lee Can Your Pussy Do The Dog by The Cramps Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad by Wanda Jackson What Do You Do/The Glory Of Love by Lyle Lovell & Francine Reed Settin' The Woods On Fire by Hank Williams Matchbox by Carl Perkins 24 Hour Party People by Happy Mondays Party Out Of Bounds by The B-52s Beat Crazy by Joe Jackson Woman Love by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps Top Floor Bottom Button by Morphine The Same Thing by Willie Dixon Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn Leave My Pussy Alone by Jayne County & Jimi LaLumia I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar by Jonathan Richman I Got What You Want by Steel Panther Do Ya Think I'm Sexy by Paris Hilton Upside Down by Diana Ross Jungle Fever by Chakachas How Many Licks by Lil' Kim featuring Sisqo Caroline & Sue by GG Allin Do It Again by Marilyn Monroe Walking In The Rain by Flash And The Pan One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head Drugs In My Pocket by The Monks My Sex by Ultravox   Do you have a burning desire to send us an email at The Generation X Offender? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.     

In the immortal words of 70's disco singer and pornographic actress Andrea True, "More, more, more. How do you like it? How do you like it?" Why? Because more is, MORE! Right? Why choose when you can have more? Why chose when you can have both?   "This is what you want, this is what you get" - John Lydon   MORE SEX please! (no, we're not British)   Back by popular demand, we've extended the Sex segment of our three episode dissemination of "the great civilizing force of the 20th Century, Rock N Roll"   Why? Because we love you. We love to love you baby. Not to mention the oft cited X-Rated tome "Tales From The Camelot Motel" by Dame Mary Gauthier herself, both King & Queen of the storied Ryman "He's lying on the double bed acting self assured In his T-shirt and his underwear he's barely said a word She pours a cup of coffee lights the day's first cigarette Picks up the phone and call her kids from the motel kitchenette And there's two guys moving slowly in the room across the hall Both their heads are pounding from last night's alcohol They met in a chat room then they took it here They both go by pseudonyms and soon they'll disappear Cheaters, liars, outlaws, and fallen angels Come looking for the grace from which they fell So they hold on to each other in the darkness Cuz the morning light is hell At the Camelot Motel He met her at the pool hall the guys told him she's touched Now she's ranting and she's raving 'bout the Devil, Christ and such He's thinking 'bout the highway and the way she begged last night He's wishing that he'd blown this dump before the morning light Cheaters, liars, outlaws, and fallen angels  Come looking for the grace from which they fell So they hold on to each other in the darkness Cuz the morning light is hell At the Camelot Motel   Lancelot and Guenivere bang their bedpost in my ear Neon lights the castle walls bug lights in the entrance halls I lie awake with a troubled mind thinking 'bout what I left behind Me and the royal denizens got damn good reasons for our sins Now there's a couple counting money in Room 124 They're wrapping 10's and 20's throwing their 1's on the floor They're strung out and they're nervous, they jump at every little sound He keeps picking up his pistol then putting his pistol down Cheaters, liars, outlaws, and fallen angels Come looking for the grace From which they fell So they hold on to each other In the darkness Cuz the morning light is hell At the Camelot Motel The Camelot Motel"   This episode is dedicated to all those with deep and reoccurring knowledge of the Walk Of Shame. We know who we are.   "He shot me a look Heroes have been shooting Heroes for thousands and thousands of years" - Charles Budderick "Buddy" Cole    "Blessed are those that sex, for they shall be comforted" Marquis 5:4 120 Days Of Sodom   *THE MUSIC   1. Let's Make Love by Marilyn Monroe 2. Peel Me A Grape by Blossom Dearie 3. When You're Good To Mama by Queen Latifah 4. I Get Ideas by Tony Martin 5. Big Dipper by Elton John 6. Street Corner Love by Jobriath 7. Essence by Lucinda Williams 8. Camelot Motel by Mary Gauthier 9. Time O/O Lives by Meryn Cadell 10. 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel by Cowboy Junkies 11. Laid by Matt Nathanson 12. Strokin' by Screaming Jay Hawkins 13. In The Bush by Musique 14. New York By Night by Dennis Parker 15. Where Is My Man (Attack Mix Edit) by Eartha Kitt and Joe T. Vannelli 16. Open Your Box (Orange Factory Club Mix) by Orange Factory and Yoko Ono 17. You Think You're A Man by Divine 18. Adolescent Sex by Japan 19. Candlelighter Man by Fanny 20. Beat My Guest by Adam and the Ants 21. Super Sex by Morphine 22. Johnny Feelgood by Liz Phair 23. Tramp by Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and the Trinity 24. Dr. Feelgood by Aretha Franklin 25. An Occasional Man by Julie London 26. Let's Make Love by Marilyn Monroe, Frankie Vaughan, Yves Montand   Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Lyrics and audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.     

WARNING! Proceed With Caution Today's Podcast contains EXPLICIT CONTENT   NSFW   Listener Discretion is STRONGLY advised due to the ADULT nature of today's show. Contains explicit language and sexually suggestive content    In this week's episode of The GXO we continue with our three part series exploring the three primary ingredients of what British psychedelic poet laureate Robyn Hitchcock once described  as, "the great civilizing force of the 20th Century, Rock N Roll" Part Two: Sex "If you want to understand a generation, listen to the music they listened to growing up" - Dr. Winston O'Georgeson "This is our story" - Sean Passmore (16 years old) "I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours. I said that" - Robert Zimmerman   *THE MUSIC   1. You've Got To Give Me Some by Bessie Smith 2. He's My Secret Passion by Danny Yates Orchestra 3. Aftermath USA by Drive-By Truckers   4. Cherry Bomb by The Runaways   5. Jet Boy Jet Girl by Captain Sensible & The Softies   6. Never Say Never by Romeo Void   7. Wide Boys by Ultravox   8. Tattooed Love Boys by The Pretenders   9. Biology by Joe Jackson   10. Why'd Ya Do It? by Marianne Faithfull   11. Too Drunk To Fu*k by The Dead Kennedys   12. I Love You When You're Loaded by Scorpion vs Tarantula   13. Sex Junkie by The Plasmatics   14. Sex Machine by The Flying Lizards   15. Love To Love You Baby by Donna Summer   16. Orgasm Addict by The Buzzcocks   17. Drag Racing by Big Stick   18. He's My Best Friend by Jellyfish   19. Pink Thing by XTC   20. Slippery by Meryn Cadell   21. Are You A Boy? by Jayne County   22. If I Was A Boy by Eartha Kitt   23. It's Different For Girls by Joe Jackson   24. Power In The Darkness by Tom Robinson Band   25. You're The Top by Cole Porter    Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.   

In this week's episode of The GXO we begin a three part series exploring the three primary ingredients of what British psychedelic poet laureate Robyn Hitchcock once described  as, "the great civilizing force of the 20th Century". Rock N Roll Part One: DRUGS "Religion is the opium of the masses" - Karl Marx "Tune in. Turn on. Drop out" - Dr. Timothy Leary "I can't be held accountable for all the day to day quotes" - Dr. Timothy Leary "Never trust anyone over 30" - Jerry Rubin   "Never trust anyone under 30" - Jerry Rubin "I wanna sniff some glue" - Joey Ramone *THE MUSIC: Selections from "No Cure For Cancer" by Denis Leary Candy Man by Rev. Gary Davis CCKMP by Steve Earle Viper Mad by Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters Kicking The Gong Around by Cab Calloway Smoke Smoke Smoke by Phil Harris What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Time To Switch To Whiskey by Corb Lund A Six Pack To Go by Hank Thompson Cocaine Blues by Roy Hogsed White Lines by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue by The Ramones People Who Died by The Jim Carroll Band Cocaine by J.J. Cale Tell It To Me by Old Crow Medicine Show Sweet Cocaine by Fred Neil Chinese Rocks by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones Medicaid Fraud Dogg by Parliament The Trip by Donovan Up Against The Wall, Red Neck Mother by Jerry Jeff Walker Kiss The Children by Gram Parsons Return Of The Grievous Angel by Lucinda Williams & David Crosby Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - The Dandy Warhols U Don't Dans 2 Tekno by Alabama 3 Sunday Morning Coming Down by Alvin Youngblood Hart The Beast In Me by Johnny Cash The Road Goes On Forever by Robert Earl Keen   Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  

Yup. You read that right. FU*K Valentines Day! Right where the sun don't shine. Angry? Bitter? Spiteful? Nah!!!!!! We're just not buying into the corporate driven cash orgy of spending that tells us all our love isn't valid unless we SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! on February the 14th of  every year. VALENTINES DAY! Yuck! The biggest crock since... As always, this one is inclusive and, for EVERYONE (that includes you, you happy loving relationship folks) but today's episode is especially directed towards... All who are hurting and alone today. Today's a tough one. Our darkest, negative voices really do rub our faces in it today, with our isolation and our deeply held ill notions of personal failure. At our worst? Unlovable. Unlikeable. Unable. Unworthy. Don't get us started... We love you. We love you. We love you. You ARE loved. And, in the wise words of Maude herself, uttered through the vessel of Dame Ruth Gordon (we're paraphrasing here): "That's wonderful (Harold!). Now that you know love, go out and love some more! Never let the world deprive you of your right to make an ass of yourself. Otherwise, ya got nothing to talk about in the locker room"  - Harold & Maude *THE MUSIC  One https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-mono/1296522456?i=1296522894 from Harrry Nilsson's 3rd album Aerial Ballet. Rumor has it future Beatles' publicist Derek Taylor heard the album and ordered a box of the LP to be sent to England for members of the Beatles and their friends to hear. Shortly thereafter, when John Lennon was asked who his favorite American band was, he answered: "Harry Nilsson" Song For The Dumped https://music.apple.com/ca/album/song-for-the-dumped/193602597?i=193602784  by North Carolina based power trio Ben Folds Five featuring composer/lead singer Ben Folds on piano, Robert Sledge on bass and drummer Darren Jessee. Note the absence of a guitarist. From their sophomore album Whatever And Ever Amen, ALSO a classic track in itself, generation defining perhaps. Fu*k And Run https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fuck-and-run-2018-remaster/1589236833?i=1589237085 from Chicago raised 25 year old Liz Phair from her debut album Exile In Guyville Frank & Ava https://music.apple.com/ca/album/frank-ava/716345530?i=716346141 by Grammy Award Winning Best Artist Suzanne Vega from her 7th studio album Beauty & Crime. Her song tells the story of the doomed love affair between buxom Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner and a down on his luck, self described "salon singer from Hoboken, New Jersey" Frank Sinatra, who's failing health and career very near ended for the thirtysomething Sinatra at the time. As*hole https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-e/891217467?i=891217478 is a song composed by Beck (I'm A Loser Baby) Hansen for his fourth studio album One Foot In The Grave. Tom Petty covered the song for the film soundtrack to Ed Burns American romantic black comedy "She's The One" I'm Loosing You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/im-losing-you-2010-remix/1440987952?i=1440987966 is taken from the Sean Ono Lennon produced 2010 "Stripped Down" version of his father John Lennon's final album Double Fantasy. This version of the album features only the raw "bed tracks" and vocals recorded for the album with no effects or over dubs.  I Don't Believe You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-dont-believe-you/7058188?i=7058195 is taken from the Stephin Merritt led Boston based The Magnetic Fields and their 7th studio album "i (every song title on the album begins with the letter "i" Former Weeping Tile member Sarah Harmer's song Coffee Stain https://music.apple.com/ca/album/coffee-stain/1441352309?i=1441352684 from her Platinum selling sophomore solo album You Were Here Clown And Bard https://music.apple.com/ca/album/clown-and-bard/218120352?i=218120365 by Vancouver based Canadian songerwriter, singer and accordion player extraordinaire Geoff Berner from his debut album We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End. Berner is perhaps best known for his song Light Enough To Travel, which found chart success through a cover version by Vancouverites The Be Good Tanyas Humminah https://music.apple.com/ca/album/humminah/1617370878?i=1617370879 by noted Canadian composer, singer, banjo player extraordinaire Kim Barlow from her debut album of the same name. Barlow is perhaps the finest Canadian singer songwriter recording artist you've never heard of. Be sure to explore her entire discography. And see her in concert every chance you get! In Spite Of Ourselves https://music.apple.com/ca/album/in-spite-of-ourselves-feat-amy-taylor/1802232827?i=1802233320 American Sebastian Murphy led Sweden based punk group Viagra Boys featuring Melbourne based Amy Taylor of Amyl And The Sniffers from their sophomore album Welfare Jazz. The John Prine composition is taken from Prine's 13th studio album of the same name, a series of duets with various female folk and alt country artists including Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Connie Smith, Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane and others Tracks Little Bubble https://music.apple.com/ca/album/little-bubble/1195309484?i=1195309507 and Keep Your Name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/keep-your-name/1195309484?i=1195309497 are by Brooklyn based indie American rock band Dirty Projectors taken from their album of the same name. The album, their 7th, is the first following the relationship breakup of founding members and co-vocalists David Longstreth and Amber Coffman. This band was first recommended to us by nonother than Sir Paul McCartney who included them in a list of new music he was listening to and enjoying Ask Her For Some Adderall https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ask-her-for-some-adderall-2018-remaster/1441152874?i=1441153014 by Brooklyn, New York based The Hold Steady from their breakthrough fourth studio album Stay Positive It's All Over Now Baby Blue https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-all-over-now-baby-blue/1828580897?i=1828581331 the Bob Dylan penned song recorded by Belfast based Northern Ireland rock, rhythm and blues band Them led by 19 year old power vocalist Van Morrison. Taken from their appropriately titled sophomore album Them Again Somebody That I Used To Know https://music.apple.com/ca/album/somebody-that-i-used-to-know/1474894272?i=1474894566 by The Angel Elliott himself, Los Angeles based, Nebraska born, Texas raised, Academy Award nominated Elliott Smith from his 5th and final completed album Figure 8. Tragically Smith would succumb to two fatal stab wounds to his heart three years later while in the presence of his then girlfriend. Autopsy evidence did not determine whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was deeply immersed in the making of his nearly finished From A Basement On The Hill, posthumously produced and released the year following his death. It's A Motherfuc*er https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-a-motherfucker/1660475552?i=1660475562 composed by Mark Oliver Everett, affectionally know by friends as "E" since High School. Releasing music under the band moniker eels, Everett's third eels album Daisies Of The Galaxy contains the aforementioned final song of today's podcast. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!   Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? 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Ok, so all the Grammy hype has quieted down. But does anyone really care anymore? Really? Does anyone really care about the darlings and celebrities of Billboard's Top 200? Do you care? We don't. And the majority of the artists in music today who we care about don't care about it either. What we do care about is Rock N Roll, which is all but completely unrepresented in popular media today, ESPECIALLY at the Grammys. You know what else is underrepresented? In Rock N Roll? All the tremendously influential WOMEN who helped build it and shape it into the art form it has become. Today's show WOMEN! ROCK! gives credit where credit's due. Do you know who was the first musician to consistently utilize distortion? Do you know the powerful, uncompromising woman who's song Hound Dog was stolen by Elvis Presley? Do you know who the first two all female rock band's were? Do you know who Rock Royalty's First Lady of The Blues is? YOU WILL! After listening to the latest episode of The GXO Podcast, your trusted, insider source for all things music, pop culture and current affairs! In today's show you're going to hear nothing but THE FINEST Rock N Roll has to offer... THE MUSIC: American Requiem https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ameriican-requiem/1738363766?i=1738363767 from Beyonce Knowles' Cowboy Carter album, winner of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year as well as Best Country album. She is the first African American woman to win the Grammy for Best Country album Master Delta Blues musician, vocalist and songwriter Son House classic Death Letter https://music.apple.com/ca/album/death-letter/724061643?i=724061697 newly realized by Cassandra Wilson on her Blue Note Records jazz album New Moon Daughter The Monkees classic Last Train To Clarksville https://music.apple.com/ca/album/last-train-to-clarksville/724061643?i=724061719 reinvented by Casandra Wilson on her Blue Note Records jazz album New Moon Daughter Referencing John Lennon and Yoko Ono's attendance at his October 15, 1971 concert in New York City at Madison Square Garden, Rick Nelson shot back at the booing crowd with this Number One song from 1972, his final Top 40 hit, Garden Party https://music.apple.com/ca/album/garden-party/1443878582?i=1443878951 from the album of the same name, the 20th studio album of his career The Shaggs Sweet Thing https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweet-thing/1790539349?i=1790539672 from 1969 and their one and only studio album Philosophy Of The World, possibly the first in what has become known as the genre labeled Outsider music The Frank Zappa produced I Have A Paint Brush In My Hand To Color A Triangle by GTO (girls together outrageously) from the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Hollywood Hills. From their one and only album Permanent Damage released in 1969 (at present not "officially" available digitally) - check YouTube  Sister Rosetta Tharpe's iconic Didn't It Rain performance recorded live May 7, 1964, at the Wilbraham Road Railway Station in Manchester, England. The performance was filmed for the Granada Television program The Blues And Gospel Train featuring Sister Rosetta emerging from a horse drawn carriage in the rain to play her Gibson SG electric guitar (again, check YouTube) The one. The only. The originator. Herself. Big Mama Thornton and her song Hound Dog https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hound-dog/1444120044?i=1444120215 inspired by and written specifically for her by the then twentysomething songwriting duo Leiber & Stoller The Empress Of The Blues. Queen. King. Pharaoh. Caesar. Tsar. None other than Bessie Smith herself and one of her many signature songs Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gimme-a-pigfoot-and-a-bottle-of-beer/650927116?i=650927376 recorded in New York City, November 24, 1933, in what was to be the final recording session before her tragic, untimely death in 1937 at the age of 45 Radiator from the debut album Beauty Pageant https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/the-bobby-lees/1340751343 by the Sam Quartin led Woodstock, New York based rockers The Bobby Lees  Regina Spektor and her definitive version of John Lennon's song Real Love https://music.apple.com/ca/album/real-love/302516167?i=302516362 from the fundraiser Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. While a two disc physical copy of the album containing 23 John Lennon covers was released, the vastly expanded 60 track version is available as a download only  Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? 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Tanner Burns Is Bringing Crooning Back! But what, might you ask, is Crooning? Crooning is a smooth, intimate style of singing that originated in the 1920s. The crooning style was made possible by widespread access to electricity and improvements made to microphones that picked up quieter sounds and a wider range of frequencies than ever before. This dominant popular vocal style coincided with the advent of radio broadcasting and electrical recording. Before widespread use of microphones, singers had to project their voices to the very back of the theater, making for a loud vocal style. Microphones made quieter, more personal, intimate singing possible. Historians believe the suggestion of intimacy in song was wildly attractive to women at the time, especially within the youth subculture known as bobby soxers. The crooning style developed quickly among singers who performed with big bands, reaching its height by the 1940s through to the late 1960s. Al Bowlly and Bing Crosby are often credited with inventing the crooning style, but it was Rudy Vallée who brought about its widespread popularity. From 1929 through to 1939, his highly rated radio program beamed in the sophistication of an exquisite New York City night club, where Vallée stood like a statue, surrounded by handsome, clean-cut collegiate band musicians, sensually cradling a saxophone in his arms. Vallée's first film, The Vagabond Lover, was promoted with the tagline, “Men Hate Him! Women Love Him!" while his success brought press warnings of “this punk from Maine, Vallée, with the dripping voice, required mounted police to beat back crowds of screaming and swooning females". But that was then. This is now. And by now, we mean Tanner Burns now. Prince Edward Island’s darling of the opera set, Burns has turned his gaze towards Crooning and bringing it back! Find out how now! On the latest episode of The GXO, your insider connection into what’s happening, right now!   THE MUSIC   20 years before the advent of Crooning, Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso, the very first media superstar of recorded music, became the first person to ever sell a million records with his 1902 recording of the aria "Vesti La Giubba" from the 1892 opera I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo written just 10 years prior https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-pagliacci-recitar-vesti-la-giubba/403362925?i=403362945 Released on G&T Records, this milestone recording solidified Caruso's status as a music industry pioneer   "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was originally written and composed for the 1966 animated television special Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. With lyrics by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel and music composed by Albert Hague, the song was originally performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. Upon its original release, the soundtrack won the Grammy Award For Best Album For Children at the 10th Annual Grammy Awards held February 29, 1968, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1967. This version sung by Tanner Burns from his 2025 debut EP "A Warm Christmas With Tanner Burns" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch/1855451403?i=1855451408    "I Only Have Eyes For You" is a song composed by Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin. The song was written for the 1934 Warner Brothers musical film Dames and originally sung by Dick Powell. Several other successful recordings of the song were made in 1934. 25 years later, African American doo-wop group The Flamingos would score an international Top 10 hit with their adaptation of the song recorded at New York's famed Bell Sound Studios, at its height, the largest independent recording studio in the United States. in 2011 Rolling Stone magazine placed The Flamingo's version at number 158 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. Al Jolson recorded his version in 1949 as part of his 1949 Decca Records album Jolson Sings Again https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-only-have-eyes-for-you/1672654096?i=1672654107    "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" is a bass-baritone aria sung by the character Porgy from George Gershwin's 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The song has been covered by many musicians since the opera's premiere September 30, 1935 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston.  Originally sung by African American baritone opera singer and actor Todd Duncan, Bing Crosby would go onto record his version for Decca Records on March 29, 1936, just six months after the opera's world premiere https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-got-plenty-o-nuttin/1466126322?i=1466126329    "All Or Nothing At All" is a song composed in 1939 by Arthur Altman with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Originally recorded on August 31, 1939 by the Harry James Orchestra (featuring a vocal solo by 23 year old Frank Sinatra who bandleader James had hired just two month previous to a two year contract at $75 a week). The side, as with all of Sinatra's recordings with James, had weak sales initially and would not become a hit until reissued by Columbia Records four years later when released as product to fill the music void as a result of the 1942-1944 musicians strike. The record went Number One topping the Billboard charts, selling over a million copies compared to the 8,000 sold when originally released. Interestingly, Sinatra went to Number 8 with the song on Billboard's chart for African American music, then called the Harlem Hit Parade https://music.apple.com/ca/album/all-or-nothing-at-all-feat-frank-sinatra/158597471?i=158597564    "Come Fly With Me" was written specifically for Frank Sinatra in 1958 by composer Jimmy Van Heusen and lyricist Sammy Cahn and was the title track of his 1958 album of the same name. Famed arranger Billy May arranged and conducted this swinging pop song, his first of many collaborations with Sinatra over the years. Sinatra At The Sands is Sinatra's first ever live album to be commercially released. Accompanied by the legendary Count Basie And His Orchestra, the album was conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded live in the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1966 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/come-fly-with-me-live-at-the-sands-hotel-and-casino-1966/1440842924?i=1440842927    "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is an uncredited anonymous traditional English Christmas carol. It is in the Roxburghe Collection (printed in 1847 by John Payne Collier) but can be dated as far back as the 1650s as part of an anonymous manuscript. English solicitor and antiquarian William Sandys is credited with popularizing the carol after including it in his 1833 publication Christmas Carols Ancient And Modern (London, Richard Beckley publisher). This recording taken from A Warm Christmas With Tanner Burns featuring saxophone by Tanner's 16 year old jazz protégé brother Chase Burns https://music.apple.com/ca/album/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen/1855451403?i=1855451406    "Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol composed in 1818 by Franz Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr who had written the piece in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. On Christmas Eve, 1818, Mohr brought his words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for that night's mass after river flooding had damaged the church organ. The church was eventually destroyed by repeated flooding and eventually replaced by the Silent Night Chapel in 1924. Stille Nacht was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818, at Saint Nicholas Church, the parish church of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg. This recording taken from A Warm Christmas With Tanner Burns featuring saxophone by Tanner's 16 year old jazz protégé brother Chase Burns https://music.apple.com/ca/album/silent-night/1855451403?i=1855451407    "Because" (the Guy d'Hardelot & Edward Teschemacher song) is a song originally published in 1900 with music and lyrics by Guy d'Hardelot and English lyrics by dward Teschemacher. Turn of the century tenor opera sensation Enrico Caruso recorded the song in its original French on December 7, 1912. The record was issued by Victor in the USA and His Master's Voice in Europe in 1913. American tenor and actor, Mario Lanza (1921-1959) the first artist to sell two and a half million albums, sang the song when playing Enrico Caruso in the 1951 biopic The Great Caruso, when he was just 30 years old. Lanza would go on to record the song for RCA Victor. His version peaked in the Top 20 Singles at No. 16. On a personal note, this song was my parent's wedding song when they were married July 25, 1945, a full six years before Lanza released his version https://music.apple.com/ca/album/because/400109901?i=400109935     Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Remembering DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. on his Official Celebration Day  Monday, January 19, 2026   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   "I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead but it really doesn't matter with me now Because I have been to the mountaintop.  I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will And he has allowed me to go up to the mountaintop And I have looked over And I have seen  The Promised Land. I may not get there with you But I want you to know tonight, That we, as a people, Will get to the Promised Land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen The Glory Of the coming of the Lord" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 3, 1968 at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ Headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, 24 hours before he was shot dead while standing outside on the second floor balcony of Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was just 39 years old.   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - 39 years old when he was shot dead April 4, 1968 Malcolm X - 39 years old when he was shot dead February 21, 1965  Sam Cooke - 33 years old when he was shot dead December 11, 1964 John F. Kennedy - 46 years old when he was shot dead November 22, 1963 Robert F. Kennedy - 42 years old when he was shot dead June 6, 1968 Lee Harvey Oswald - 24 years old when he was shot dead November 24, 1963 Mahatma Gandhi - 78 years old when he was shot dead January 30, 1948 John Lennon - 40 years old when he was shot dead December 8, 1980 Abraham Lincoln - 56 when he was shot dead April 15, 1865 Charlie Kirk - 31 years old when he was shot dead September 10, 2025 Renee Good - 37 years old when she was shot dead January 7, 2026   THE MUSIC A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-change-is-gonna-come/1440771554?i=1440773321 Written solely by Cooke himself with an arrangement by Cooke's own personal arranger Rene Hall ("I wanted it to be the greatest thing in my life") the side was recorded on January 30, 1964 at RCA Studio in Hollywood, California. Cooke first performed " A Change Is Gonna Come" on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson on February 7, 1964. Cooke initially objected to performing the song that evening on Carson when prompted to by his manager Allen Klein. Cooke noted that the album's release was still one month away and that he had no time to pull together an arrangement within such a short time frame. Klein arranged for RCA to pay for a full string section and Cooke performed the song that Friday on The Tonight Show. Sadly the network did not save the the tape of the performance. Cooke's appearance on Carson that night was overshadowed by The Beatles performance on The Ed Sullivan Show just two days later. The song was issued March 1, 1964 as a track on what would be Cooke's final studio album Ain't That Good News. It would not be issued as a single for another nine months, following Cooke's murder. Cooke elected never to perform the song ever again following its one and only performance on The Tonight Show, both because of the complexity of the arrangement and also because of the ominous nature of the song.  On December 11, 1964, two weeks before the single was releases, Sam Cooke was fatally shot at the Hacienda Motel at 91st and South Figueroa streets, 9141 South Figueroa Street in South Central Los Angeles, California.   *Little Flame by Carsie Blanton https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-little-flame-single/1854904398 released December 5, 2025. There is nothing out now more current and timely to our age than this. Known for delivering songs with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, Carsie Blanton's music brings audiences together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. Her other recent releases "Rich People" and "Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch" showcase her unique blend of politics and catchy melodies. Little Flame is, simply put, the Blowing In The Wind of our generation.     Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com   Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.   *Special thanks to perhaps the finest Canadian songwriter you may never have had the privilege of hearing, Canning, Nova Scotia based Kim Barlow https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gingerbread/1617914083 who was the first to direct us towards the hope and inspiration of Carsie Blanton and her spiritual Anthem For Our Times "Little Flame"       

This week you're in for a special treat kids! Join us as The GXO goes Parking at an undisclosed location, our very first CAR INTERVIEW! (steamed up windows and all!) with non other than our very own IN HOUSE rap dude The One The Only! J-DDog!! (double D my friends! double Ds!) In this episode, our first in an ongoing segment exploring Hip Hop and it's cultural currency and predominance over most of the last four decades, we dive right in uncovering rap's origin story as well as it's exact recognized date of birth in America and where! YOU WILL BE SURPRISED!  Don't miss a beat kids! Insert tape AND PRESS PLAY! Peace out... DISCLAIMER - Ah, this is Rap, so like, yeah, couple naughty words here and there, mostly in the songs. Listener Discretion is advised. THE TRACKS: The Creator by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-creator/792507327?i=792507336 Tired Out by East Coast Canadian DJ rapper Buck 65 from his album Talkin' Honky Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/tired-out/162705216?i=162706224  Roses And Blue Jays by East Coast Canadian DJ rapper Buck 65 from his album Talkin' Honky Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/roses-and-blue-jays/162705216?i=162705770 Ends by House Of Pain's Everlast from his solo album Whitey Ford Sings The Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ends/1605186580?i=1605186583 Jump Around by Boston Irish rap band House Of Pain https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jump-around/1604628159?i=1604628161 Famine by Ireland's Hasidic Rasta chanteuse diva punk rock queen Sinead O'Connor from her Universal Mother album https://music.apple.com/ca/album/famine/1629177387?i=1629177610 Old Town Road (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) Remix Single by Lil Nas X https://music.apple.com/ca/album/old-town-road-feat-billy-ray-cyrus-remix/1458638377?i=1458638381 Same Love (featuring Mary Lambert) by Seattle's Macklemore & Ryan Lewis from their Grammy Award winning album The Heist https://music.apple.com/ca/album/same-love-feat-mary-lambert/560097651?i=560097759    Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

This past Fall, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's only son, Sean Ono Lennon, released the exhaustive Power To The People 12 disc expanded version of his parent's criminally ignored 1972 radical feminist, agitprop, street wise, cutting edge, urban soul, ghetto funk rock masterpiece Some Time In New York City, With the exception of ONE SONG The one song that has become the ELEPHNANT'S MEMORY BAND in the room. Join us as we explore Sean Ono Lennon's visionary Evolution Documentaries for 9 of the 10 songs from his parents often misunderstood first proper rock n roll album together. and... We let the pieces fall where they may in rescuing the often censored controversial track from obscurity by John & Yoko to complete the missing piece of the puzzle of Sean Ono Lennon's audio love letter to Mom & Dad. Which brings us to the somewhat gratuitous F-bombs dropped by John & Yoko while recording this Masterclass In Agitprop, necessitating the dreaded "E" for EXPLICIT rating. Listener Discretion Is Advised. And... Before you get offended, please remember, it's right there in the name of the podcast. WE LOVE YOU! "LOVE LOVE LOVE" - John Lennon "WAR IS OVER! (if you want it)" - John Lennon "Imagine" - Yoko One THE TRACKS: t.b.a.   Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Ring in the New Year with John, Paul, George & Ringo AND US! The GXO Along with special guests Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and the Lennon boys Julian & Sean and, in the words of George Harrison... RING OUT THE OLD! RING IN THE NEW! Ding Dong Ding Dong and remember kids... WAR IS OVER! (if you want it) THE MUSIC: One Arm Santa https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-arm-santa/1594790611?i=1594790612 from 2021 by Cambridge, England based R.J. Archer & The Painful Memories New Year's Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/new-years-day/1649653469?i=1649653726 by Switchfoot from their 2022 record "this is our Christmas album" My Way https://imanicoppola.bandcamp.com/album/shepherds-pie by Imani Coppola from her 2025 B-Sides & Rarities Compilation Shepherds Pie available exclusively through Coppola via her Bandcamp page Cups And Cakes https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cups-and-cakes/1829091963?i=1829091974 by Sir Paul McCartney & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II (Listen To The) Flower People https://music.apple.com/ca/album/listen-to-the-flower-people/1829091963?i=1829091970 by Sir Elton John & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II I Hope https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-hope/1834684205?i=1834684209 by John Lennon's eldest son, Julian Lennon from this 2025 "because..." EP Never Too Late https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beautiful-creatures-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1455519312 by George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison and his band thenewno2 Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the very same room his father worked so very fastidiously in with friends John, Paul & Ringo. From the score to the film Beautiful Creatures which Harrison also wrote, produced and recorded New York City (Ultimate Mix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/power-to-the-people-new-york-city-the-ultimate-mixes/1846559124 by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band. The song originally appeared on Lennon's 10 track Some Time In New York City from 1972. Lennon's youngest son Sean Ono Lennon remixed/remastered his father's original album (with the notable exception of one song which the younger Lennon chose to omit from Dad's original work) - the ELEPHANTS MEMORY BAND IN THE ROOM - The younger Lennon's "ultimate mix" of Dad's 1972 Some Time In New York City album (sans one song) has been rather confusingly retitled as "Power To The People - New York City - The Ultimate Mixes" Never Let Me Go https://music.apple.com/ca/album/never-let-me-go-feat-billy-strings/1773188611?i=1773188615 from Beatles drummer Ringo Starr from his 2025 album Look Up X (Wot You Sayin) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/x-wot-you-sayin/1698089394?i=1698089395 by Ringo Starr's eldest son, drummer Zak Starkey of The Who and Oasis, 2023 track from his supergroup side project Mantra Of The Cosmos  Free As A Bird (2025 Mix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/free-as-a-bird-2025-mix/1834473847?i=1834474212 by The Beatles from their latest album Anthology 4 from 2025  Now And Then https://youtu.be/e_drjk_dG_0?si=cq2nR1q-dtz6hN7y instrumental orchestral version of The Beatles 2024 song by Epic Orchestra  Gimme Some Truth https://music.apple.com/ca/album/instant-karma-the-complete-recordings-the/302516167 by George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison (yes! that's him slide guitar solo, possibly even played on one of his Dad's old guitars!) and Bob Dylan's eldest son Jakob Dylan covering a track from John Lennon's second solo album Imagine from 1971. This cover originally appeared as part of the single disc album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. The single disc CD has been recently expanded to include an astounding total of 61 covers of John Lennon songs and is, to date, the finest collection of John Lennon covers ever assembled.  Lullaby https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lullaby-feat-amena-bastille-brian-eno-celeste-kieran/1854941328 2025 single by Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno & Friends Chanukah Prayer https://music.apple.com/ca/album/chanukah-prayer/1453107334?i=1453107517 by world renowned professional pop music composer, one of the top selling singer songwriters of all time with her 1971 RIAA Certified 14 times Platinum selling Tapestry album. From her most recent studio album A Holiday Carole My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/my-dear-acquaintance-a-happy-new-year-non-album-track/268897104?i=268897124 by Regina Spektor from her single of the same name It Had To Be You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/trilogy-past-present-future/1457080954 by the Chairman of the Board himself, the one, the only, Mr. Frank Sinatra. Throughout his 1989 film classic When Harry Met Sally, distinguished American film director Rob Reiner weaved Harry Connick Jr's very fine version of the song It Had To Be You in and out of the film. But, at the pivotal moment of the film, building up to its climax, Reiner brings in the big guns to get the job done. Sinatra's version of this song is surprisingly rare and can only be found on one album. Sinatra realized late in his career that he had never actually recorded the song It Had To Be You and rectified that with the "Some Things I've Missed" disc from his 1979 triple studio album appropriately titled Trilogy: Past, Present, Future, his third final studio album before his last, L.A. Is My Lady, from 1984. Happy Birthday, Johnny https://music.apple.com/ca/album/happy-birthday-johnny/1440947061?i=1440947069 by Polyphonic Spree alumnus and possible savior of guitar based rock n roll itself, the one, the only, St. Vincent from her celebrated album MASSEDUCATION      Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. This show is dedicated to the memory of David & Robert Ironside, our heavenly Beatles Anthology buddies. Tell John & George we LOVED the fish...

Headline caught your attention? Not to worry, this is not click bait Listen as well reveal how John Lennon's crafty song nicking skills got him in trouble, once again! But this time 'round it's not the LSD toting Dr. Timothy Leary he's pissed off. Or Chuck Berry.  But wait! The FUN doesn't stop there... Join us in this episode as we shed some light on circumstances surrounding America's racist conspiracy to wipe out Rock N Roll altogether in the 1950s. Elvis got taken out of the game, drafted into the Army. Chuck Berry got arrested. Eddie Cochrane dies in a suspicious car incident in England. Carl Perkins is put out of commission in another suspicious car incident on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Allan Freed, the man responsible for not only giving Rock N Roll its name but also spreading its gospel to the youth of America through the very first rock concerts ever and his nationally syndicated radio show, GETS BUSTED and dies penniless shortly thereafter. 17 year old Latino Tex/Mex heartthrob rock n roller Ritchie Valens. Dead. Airplane crash. 22 year old Buddy Holly, without whom, the world would never have had The Beatles. Dead. Airplane crash. 28 year old The Big Bopper, the veteran of the bunch, riding high in the charts, Top 10 in America with Chantilly Lace. Dead. Airplane crash. 22 year old Jerry Lee Lewis, scorned for singing the Devil's praise with Great Balls of Fire, CANCELLED in sex scandal. Sam Cooke. Singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, music publisher, record label owner and soon to be casino owner. Shot dead under extremely suspicious circumstances involving two individuals with previous links to crime. Most suspicious of all? Flamboyant and openly gay, African American Little Richard, at the very height of his creative powers and earning potential, quits music altogether, turning his life over to God and the Ministry.   BUT WAIT!!!!!!! There's still MORE! ...and that's not the half of it. In this latest installment of The GXO - Generation X Offender music podcast, we CELEBRATE our first ever ANNUAL GXO Christmas Special - The Musical! Ring in this festive season of Festivus, Chrismukkah, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas AND the Happy Nondenominational Holiday Tree right here in the comfort of your own wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts space. In this episode you're going to hear: Holla Day! by Little Jackie from the 2024 four song Christmas EP It's Skipmas! https://littlejackie.bandcamp.com/album/its-skipmas Little Jackie is actually Imani Coppola singing a duet with her unconventional little brown duck friend K-Wax Thank You Mariah by Kaleena Zanders from her 2020 single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/thank-you-mariah/1543045345?i=1543045346 Santa Claus Is A Black Man by Akim & Teddy Vann from their 1973 45 RPM single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/santa-claus-is-a-black-man/1319486323?i=1319486349 Santa Claus And His Old Lady by Cheech & Chong from their 1971 45 RPM single of the same name released on Ode Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/santa-claus-and-his-old-lady/346945698?i=346945730 Brown Christmas by El Vez from his 1994 Merry Mex-Mas album https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brown-christmas/499776780?i=499776934 It's Christmas Without You by The Mavericks from their 2018 album Hey! Merry Christmas! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-christmas-without-you/1435546028?i=1435546206 8 Days Of Hanukkah by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings from their 2015 album It's A Holiday Soul Party https://music.apple.com/ca/album/8-days-of-hanukkah/1485052420?i=1485052421 Mrs. Claus by Little Jackie from the 2024 four song Christmas EP It's Skipmas! https://littlejackie.bandcamp.com/album/its-skipmas Little Jackie is actually Imani Coppola Don't Believe In Christmas by The Sonics from the 1965 Etiquette Records various artist Christmas compilation album simply titled Merry Christmas. The Galaxies and The Wailers (not to be confused with the Bob Marley band) also appear on the record https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dont-believe-in-christmas/634938633?i=634938755   Hooray For Santa Claus by The Fleshtones from their 2008 Christmas album Stocking Stuffer on Yep Rock Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hooray-for-santa-claus/290617987?i=290617989 (It's Gonna Be) A Punk Rock Christmas by Dead Boys from their 2025 single of the same name. This latest incarnation of the band includes Glen Matlock on bass from the Sex Pistols and the late Clem Burke from Blondie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-gonna-be-a-punk-rock-christmas-single/1837258221  Another Christmas by The Yobs from their 1980 album Christmas Album on Safari Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/another-christmas/539479774?i=539479899 Let's Get Lit by The Paperbacks 2002 https://youtu.be/i1cFaguM5dQ?si=5VNyuoo3u5wYFV9a  This Dar Williams original The Christians and the Pagans is covered here by Heather Maloney from her 2020 Christmas Anyway EP https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-christians-the-pagans/1536499323?i=1536499509 Listen, The Snow Is Falling by Mad Crush Written by Yoko Ono from their 2019 single of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/listen-the-snow-is-falling/1489894921?i=1489894922  The song first appeared on the B-side of John & Yoko's Happy Xmas (War Is Over) their 1971 Apple Records single 45 RPM of the same name Stewball by Peter, Paul & Mary from their 1963 album In The Wind https://music.apple.com/ca/album/stewball/357901511?i=357903175 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & Yoko One from their 1971 Apple Records single 45 RPM of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/happy-xmas-war-is-over-the-ultimate-mix/1527740882?i=1527742022   Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? 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Hallelujah! There's no swearing in this one!  Join us in welcoming J-Dawg and first time contributor The Brodster for our first ever GXO Non-Denominational Christmas Xtravaganza! This week we introduce you to A True Unicorn: The Boy In A Non-Secular Music Bubble! Brodie "The Brodster" Broadcaster had to up and leave home at the age of 20 just to hear his first Rock N Roll... sorta How is this possible? Did he not know about The Beatles until the 1990s? Elvis? The Stones? The Ramones? Listen as we turn the pages of The Book Of Brodie where he regales us with tales of Chuck Smith in the California sun of Calvary Chapel 1960s Jesus freak style. Also on today's show: Proto Hippie Jesus Freak Larry Norman The funky jazz R&B 70's rock stylings of Riverside, California's Sweet Comfort Band Bryan Duncan and his transformational 90's Christmas album Bruce Cockburn Grateful Dead inspired 90s jam band leader Dave Matthews and his epic ballad of the first century Roman Solstice...sorta Also making an appearance is none other than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the post popular and beloved American poet of the 19th century! Don't forget, we got the J-Dawg in the house! The GXO! - Generation X Offender  And the baby Jesus too All this, the American Civil War and MORE! on the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah Merry Chrismukkah Happy Kwanzaa Happy Festivus and Happy Nondenominational Seasonal Tree! WE LOVE YOU. EVERY ONE.   THE MUSIC: Righteous Rocker #1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/righteous-rocker-1/280300208?i=280300527 by Larry Norman from his 1972 album Only Visiting This Planet. In 2013 the album was inducted into the Library Of Congress National Recording Registry to be preserved on its cultural, artistic and historic merit for representing the richness and diversity of the American soundscape Jesus Freak https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-freak-remastered/1440837022?i=1440837026 by rap/rock trio DC Talk from their 1995 album of the same name. The Grammy Award wining album entered the US Top 20 peaking at #16 and spawned 6 singles that reached number one across various radio formats Christmas Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/christmas-song/1587227684?i=1587227685  Fan favorite and often recorded Christmas Song was first released as part of the Remember Two Things album by the Dave Mathews Band. This 1993 live album was the first full length record ever released by the band. The studio recording of Christmas Song heard in this week's podcast is from the 2000 CD single of the same name Cry Of A Tiny Babe https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cry-of-a-tiny-babe/1799194750?i=1799195975 by Bruce Cockburn is from his 17th studio album released in 1991. Produced by legendary American music producer T Bone Walker, the album and Cry Of A Tiny Babe in particular, features the one-of-a-kind keyboard stylings of Booker T. Jones of Booker T & The MGs fame whose classic hit Green Onions from 1962 on Stax Records was written and released while Jones was still a teenager attending High School! I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/1165947874?i=1165947876 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas Is Jesus Angels We Have Heard On High https://music.apple.com/ca/album/angels-we-have-heard-on-high/1165947874?i=1165947877 by Bryan Duncan from his 1995 album Christmas Is Jesus Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

#CarryTheSky Hashtag it. Carry The Sky by Vancouver's Bruce Wilson of the band Sunday Morning Like it. Share it. Comment on it. Follow it - Vancouver based Sunday Morning and their NEW HIT SONG Carry The Sky Available on all streaming platforms everywhere. Amazon Music Bandcamp Spotify iTunes Apple Music Carry The Sky by BC based synthpop sensation Sunday Morning is the FEEL GOOD story for the holidays... And together we're all gonna make a Christmas miracle happen! Our own little WONDERFUL LIFE! Bruce recently lost his dear friend Christian and baby sister Juliet Wilson. For the last 18 months he has been grappling within himself for some sense of comfort and understanding, trying to process all this grief and loss within his heart... word by word note by note sister Juliet came to him Carrying The Sky Join us this week in celebrating the spirit and wonder of it all through the lens of Bruce Wilson, his inspiring legacy of triumph and survival and the music which, over the years, has consistently sustained him. THE MUSIC: Carry The Sky by Sunday Morning  1969 by The Stooges So What by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals) Freight Train Song by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals) I Want You To Know by Tankhog (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals) live at The Penthouse Nightclub Star FKD by RxHx (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals and all instruments) Clown School by Jibbernaut (featuring Bruce Wilson on lead vocals and all instruments) Junky Don't Care by Sunday Morning Hawaii by Young Canadians (Art Bergmann and band)   ** Listener Discretion Is Advised due to the presence of a few F-bombs in one or two of the songs.  Do you have a burning desire to send The GXO an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the GXO website at www.generationxoffender.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  

Warren Zevon began life the son of "Stumpy" Zevon, a Jewish immigrant born William Zivotofsky in the Ukraine before changing it to Zevon. To feed his family Zevon worked as a bookie handling volume bets and dice games for notorious Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen. Zevon ended up working for years in Cohen's gang and was best man at Cohen's wedding. Stumpy's son Warren, once student to the legendary, world renowned classical composer Igor Stravinsky, turned professional musician, singer, songwriter while still in high school, forming a duo whose first single, produced by Bones Howe, reached number 65 on Billboards Pop Chart in April 1966. No bad for a first timer! Soon afterwards, Zevon's parents divorced. He quit high school and, driving a sports car his gangster father won in a card game, moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer. And so begins the 55 year odyssey from the release of his ironically titled 1970 debut album Wanted Dead Or Alive to his posthumous induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame on November 8, 2025.  Join us, along with David Letterman and the man himself, as we retrace the steps of his journey from Stumpy Zevon's kid to Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. It will be quite apparent after perusing the song titles for today's show that Listener Discretion Is Advised as there is some objectional language used and subject matter not suitable for all audiences. THE SONGS: Live acoustic version of Zevon's My Sh*ts Fuc*ed Up https://music.apple.com/ca/album/my-shits-f-d-up/828491542?i=828491636 from his 10th studio album Life'll Kill Ya released in 2000 Detox Mansion https://music.apple.com/ca/album/detox-mansion/1443603309?i=1443604761 from Zevon's 6th studio album Sentimental Hygiene released in 1987 Carmelita https://music.apple.com/ca/album/carmelita/764026483?i=764026510 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976. Curiously, it was Canadian folksinger Murray McLauchlan who first recorded the song four years earlier on his 1972 self titled debut album Mohammed's Radio https://music.apple.com/ca/album/mohammeds-radio/764026483?i=764026508 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976, produced by Jackson Browne Accidently Like A Martyr https://music.apple.com/ca/album/accidentally-like-a-martyr/1048475674?i=1048476312 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Excitable Boy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/excitable-boy/1048475674?i=1048476310 from the album of the same name released in 1978 Lawyers, Guns And Money https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lawyers-guns-and-money/1048475674?i=1048476316 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner https://music.apple.com/ca/album/roland-the-headless-thompson-gunner/1048475674?i=1048476309  from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Interlude No. 1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/interlude-no-1/296202444?i=296202510 and Play It All Night Long https://music.apple.com/ca/album/play-it-all-night-long/296202444?i=296202512 from Zevon's 4th album Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School from 1980 Werewolves Of London https://music.apple.com/ca/album/werewolves-of-london/1048475674?i=1048476311 from Zevon's 3rd album Excitable Boy released in 1978 Poor Poor Pitiful Me https://music.apple.com/ca/album/poor-poor-pitiful-me/764026483?i=764026506 from Zevon's 2nd album, self titled, released in 1976, produced by Jackson Browne *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Special thanks to David Letterman and the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.generationxoffender.com  

Todd Snider (1966-2025) Todd Snider is not ok... Todd Snider is dead. At the tender young age of just 59 short, well lived years, master tunesmith, storyteller, folksinger, barefoot hippie Todd Daniel Snider passed away at his home in East Nashville, Tennessee, of an undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia aggravated by injuries sustained during an assault on his person in Utah. Snider's medical conditioned worsened after police refused to take him to hospital following the assault, a condition made even worse by a night in jail after Snider protested his conceived premature discharge from hospital. In this episode, we hear from Todd himself, on mortality, songwriting, trying to get it right and how he lived his life Todd is joined by beloved friends and neighbors... Predeceased by both his heroes Jerry Jeff Walker and John Prine, Todd was at one time signed to Prine's Oh Boy Records after initially working for him as a runner while Prine recorded his 1991 album The Missing Years Grammy nominated collaborator and one time ward Aaron Lee Tasjan (one of Sir Elton John's favourites). There's alotta water under the bridge between Tasjan and Todd who enjoyed a near 20 year friendship. Snider called upon Aaron to work alongside him as counterpart co-producer on what will historically be regarded as Todd's final album, High, Lonesome and Then Some, released just weeks before Todd's tragic passing The One, The Only, The Patron Saint Of Rock N Roll herself, rock n roll royalty, literally, the one time Marquise Des Barres, Miss Pamela Des Barres. Pamela is the renowned best selling author of books: I'm With The Band: Confessions Of A Groupie Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up Rock Bottom: Dark Moments In Music Babylon Let's Spend The Night Together: Backstage Secrets Of Rock Muses And Supergroupies One Night Bands Let It Bleed: How To Write A Rockin' Memoir Miss Pamela is the one time long suffering wife (now ex-wife) and loving friend to the 26th Marquis Des Barres, known to fans as Michael Des Barres (To Sir With Love, Silverhead, MacGyver, Lois & Clark, The Power Station, Live Aid, Little Steven's Underground Garage)  Join us as we do our best to get through this one, a real, shock to the system, this sudden, completely unexpected loss of a giant... King Of The Devil's Backbone Highway... Holding Court At The Devil's Backbone Tavern... All this AND MORE! On the latest episode of The GXO - Generation X Offender, your trusted, insider source for everything music, art and pop culture. Due to the usage of some colorful language on Todd's part in some of his songs, as well as certain subject matter LISTNER DISCRETION IS ADVISED TRACKS FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE: Jesus, The Missing Years by John Prine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-the-missing-years/1769024046?i=1769024806 from his 1991 album The Missing Years. Snider helped  friend/mentor Prine in his capacity as a runner for Prine during the making of this album. Working On A Song https://music.apple.com/ca/album/working-on-a-song/1446500759?i=1446500765 from Todd's 13th studio album Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 released in 2019 Story Behind Cash Cabin Sessions https://music.apple.com/ca/album/story-behind-cash-cabin-sessions-purple-version/1757701413?i=1757701640 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version Age Like Wine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/age-like-wine-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737004590 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version Enjoy Yourself https://music.apple.com/ca/album/enjoy-yourself-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737005903 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version. Todd's is a cover of the 1949 original made famous the following year in 1950 by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males https://music.apple.com/ca/album/conservative-christian-right-wing-republican-straight/1104406792?i=1104407340 from Todd's original recording of his sixth studio album, East Nashville Skyline released on John Prine's Oh Boy Records in 2004. Ballad Of The Kingsmen https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ballad-of-the-kingsmen-purple-version/1737004413?i=1737004833 from Todd's 2024 re-recording of the album of the same name Aimless Records Presents: East Nashville Skyline Recorded At The Purple Building Purple Version Louie Louie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/louie-louie/121695681?i=121695005 by Portland, Oregon's favorite sons, The Kingsmen, released in 1963, three years before Snider's birth in 1966. The song was originally composed in 1956 by African American singer/songwriter/musician Richard Berry and released in 1957. The song is based on the tune "El Loco Cha Cha" popularized by Cuban bandleader Rene Touzet and is an early example of the Afro-Cuban influence on American popular music. Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.generationxoffender.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

Is Rock N Roll Crooning an Oxymoron? What is Rock N Roll Crooning? When did it start? Who started it? And who are you calling a moron?   Join us as we unravel the mystery behind all the ties that bind the crooners of Rock N Roll Elvis Frank Sinatra Jim Morrison Patti Smith Gord Downie Nick Cave Tom Waits    The original Rock N Roll chameleon himself, Scott Walker and his 17 year old pimply faced protégé David Jones, who has not quite yet evolved into the David Bowie character who owes so much to Scott Walker. Scott who? You can't have David Bowie without Scott Walker first! Join us as we tell the story of the perennially uncool David Bowie as David Jones who, all of a sudden, becomes cool under the influence of his hero Scott Walker.   ALSO... Within this expansive FABTASTIC episode of The GXO you're going to  discover the first of two unlikely songs that kept The Beatles from going #1 on the TOP SPOT! The Double A Sided single that defined an era... AND! Sir George Martin's BIGGEST REGRET with his handling of a Beatles' album...     ALL THIS and MORE! In the latest installment of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond!   OPENING TRACK: Brando https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brando/896764758?i=896764763 from Scott Walker's final studio album, Soused, from 2014, a collaboration with American drone metal band Sunn O)))   CLOSING TRACK: Jesus Alone https://music.apple.com/ca/album/jesus-alone/1118138299?i=1118138899 from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' sixteenth studio album Skeleton Tree from 2016   As promised: Farmer In The City https://music.apple.com/ca/album/farmer-in-the-city-remastered-2025/1789874959?i=1789874984 the opening track from Scott Walker's 1995 twelfth solo studio album Tilt as covered by guitarist/chanteuse songwriter extraordinaire Martin Tielli of legendary Canadian art rock band The Rheostatics' from his 2001 solo debut album We Didn't Even Suspects That He Was The Poppy Salesman from Canada's preeminent record label Six Shooter Records, who's business motto, "Life Is Too Short To Listen To Shitty Music" is unequaled.   Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.generationxoffender.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

Is Todd Snider ok? BTW... Who the frig is Todd Snider? And why should you care? All these questions and MORE answered in the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond! Just one show into a 13 date tour to promote his latest album, legendary East Nashville based Americana storyteller Todd Snider is “allegedly” mugged and beaten up in South Salt Lake, Utah, just outside the venue he was to perform at. When police refused to take him to the hospital, Snider somehow made it on his own, only to be discharged without proper care, according to Snider. After being asked to leave, a visibly upset Snider returned to the hospital to air his grievances. Cops were called and Snider was arrested, spending the night in jail.  Since his release from jail, Snider has not been seen or heard from. A hastily written statement from his record company has only added mystery to this already disturbing tale. Join us as we dive deeper into the events of that fateful Halloween 2025 night, Snider's BAD WEEKEND, his now cancelled tour and the murky waters of the man's psychic pain and inner demons.   WARNING! Sorry kids but Todd does use some foul language while performing his songs live. Listener discretion is advised TRACKS IN SEQUENCE: Long Year https://music.apple.com/ca/album/long-year-live/1104465317?i=1104467187 from Snider's 2003 live album Near Truths And Hotel Rooms from John Prine's Oh Boy Records Hello...Sorry https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hello-sorry-live/1104465317?i=1104465908 Beer Run https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beer-run-extended-live/1104465317?i=1104465966 Reading On The Plane Writing On The Phone https://music.apple.com/ca/album/reading-on-the-plane-writing-on-the-phone-live/1104465317?i=1104466259 Statistician's Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/statisticians-blues-live/1104465317?i=1104466269 Typing Gibberish https://music.apple.com/ca/album/typing-gibberish-live/1104465317?i=1104467215 Sideshow Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/side-show-blues-live/1104465317?i=1104467355 The Story Of The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-story-of-the-ballad-of-the-devils-backbone-tavern-live/1104465317?i=1104466667 The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-ballad-of-the-devils-backbone-tavern-live/1104465317?i=1104466738 Double Wide Blues https://music.apple.com/ca/album/doublewide-blues-live/1104465317?i=1104467362 Age Like Wine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/age-like-wine/1104406792?i=1104407176 from Snider's 2004 album East Nasville Skyline from John Prine's Oh Boy Records All but the final track are taken from Todd Snider's 2003 live album Near Truths And Hotel Rooms from John Prine's Oh Boy Records All songs written by Todd Snider except Statistician's Blues written by Todd Snider & Kent Finlay   Do you have a suggestion for a future episode of The GXO or simply have a burning desire to send us an email or ask us a question? Please do! Contact us at [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Want to read our fabulously informative yet subtly entertaining pop culture music blogs? Visit the show's website at www.generationxoffender.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

Join us for a full episode deep dive dish into the Man the Music the Movie...  SPRINGSTEEN: Deliver Me From Nowhere Based on the 2023 book "Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making Of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska" by noted rock n roll author/historian, Del Fuegos guitarist and Ph.D. holder Warren Zane, the film has proven to be both powerful and divisive amongst casual fans and movie goers alike. Starring two of the finest actors of their generation, the two Jeremy's; US television Shameless star Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, and noted American method actor Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau, Springsteen's longtime manager, both actors ground this weighted cinematic portrayal of the birthing process behind one of the most misunderstood and talked about albums of the 1980s. Yay or Nay? Should you stay or should you go? Find out NOW in the latest episode of The GXO, your trusted, insider source for everything music and beyond! OPENING TRACK: X Offender by Blondie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/x-offender/724506061?i=724506135 from their eponymously titled 1976 debut album CLOSING TRACK: Streets Of Philadelphia by The Boss himself, Mr. Bruce Springsteen https://music.apple.com/ca/album/streets-of-philadelphia/272899249?i=272899288 his contribution to the jaw droppingly powerful 1994 soundtrack to the Oscar Winning film Philadelphia staring multiple Academy Award winning actors Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks. BTW... Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected] Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Welcome to the all new GXO! The ALL NEW Podcast! Same host. Same show. Different name. The GXO - Generation X Offender   Market research has shown that most folks perceive our show to be a podcast about fashion. Clothing. Fashion trends. Runway models and cover shoots which we clearly are not.   Hence...   The ReBrand!   We're still all about the music We're still all about the history We're still all about the stories We're still all about the rock n roll Just with a new name   We sincerely hope you still wanna stick around...   The GXO - Generation X Offender Music Art And Commentary.   Episode One of the newly minted GXO finds us digging into the roots of who we are, where we're headed and how long it's gonna take us to get there.   We sure hope you wanna stick around for the ride, it's gonna be a trip!   OPENING TRACKS: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/also-sprach-zarathustra-op-30-i-einleitung-oder-sonnenaufgang/725465549?i=725467446 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, a tone poem by German composer Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical work of the same name. The initial fanfare, titled "Sunrise" in the composer's programme notes, became well known after its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey    The Thin Ice https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-thin-ice/1065975633?i=1065975635  taken from Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall    Another Brick In The Wall, Pt 1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/another-brick-in-the-wall-pt-1/1065975633?i=1065975636 taken from Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall   Waking The Witch https://music.apple.com/ca/album/waking-the-witch-2018-remaster/1675560565?i=1675561168 taken from Kate Bush's 1985 album The Hounds Of Love    CLOSING TRACK: New Coat Of Paint https://music.apple.com/ca/album/new-coat-of-paint/1485071401?i=1485071402 taken from Tom Waits' 1974 sophomore album The Heart Of Saturday Night   As promised, the link to Bronny's ink: www.bironsideart.com   BTW...   ...do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

This week's episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas is an open letter of love to Diane Keaton who passed over into the ether of the unknown this past week... Comedic genius, actor extraordinaire, Academy Award Winner (Best Actress 1977 Annie Hall), Academy Award Nominee (Best Actress 1981 Reds, Best Actress 1996 Marvin's Room, Best Actress 2003 Something's Gotta Give) Writer, Director, Producer, Photographer, Singer, Activist, Huffington Post contributor, Realtor, Renovator, Mother. Beauty... Avidly opposed to cosmetic surgery, Keaton was quoted in 2004 as saying, "I'm stuck in this idea that I need to be authentic, My face needs to look the way I feel." Portions of this episode let Keaton's work speak for itself, as heard from films Annie Hall 1977 Manhattan 1979 Interiors 1978 Also in this episode we pay homage to our favorite Bronx born, New Yorker, Kiss member, lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter extraordinaire Ace Frehley who followed through Keaton's footsteps into heaven this past week... All of this AND MORE! in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas where we find ourselves, just like old times, back in a New York groove and made for loving you! OPENING TRACK: Annie Ross's original recording of her 1952 vocalese composition Twisted based on an original composition of the same name written and recorded in 1949 by American bebop tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray. https://music.apple.com/ca/album/twisted-remastered/889725994?i=889726241 Woody Allen opened his 1997 film Deconstructing Harry with this exact same Annie Ross original recording of the song. Over the years, both as a member of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and also as a solo artist, Annie Ross would go on to record countless versions of this song but none ever matched the urgency, depth and power of her original recording heard here as well as Allen's film. CLOSING TRACK: American bebop tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray and his original 1949 New Jazz Record Company recording of his composition Twisted https://music.apple.com/ca/album/twisted-11-11-49/305738553?i=305739465 accompanied by Al Haig piano, Tommy Potter bass and Roy Haynes drums, reinterpreted three years later in a vocalese variation by singer Annie Ross in 1952 and once again 22 years later by Joni Mitchell on her 1974 album Court And Spark.   BTW...   ...do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

To all of our listeners we would like to wish each and every one of you a healthy, happy, safe and joyful Thanksgiving, regardless of whether you celebrate the harvest feast of gratitude in October or November. We here at Rock N Roll Fashionistas have much to be grateful for... First and foremost we are GRATEFUL for YOU! Yes, YOU! Thank you for listening. Without you there would be no point in doing this at all. We would also like to thank Ray Davies, whose powerful music we have used in this show to help punctuate the season. As far as we can tell, Ray has not licensed either album we have taken our OPENING and CLOSING songs from for distribution. At present there is no way to stream or purchase either one of his albums Other People's Lives (2006) or Working Man's Café (2007).  We tried unsuccessfully to identify an official website for Ray in order to contact his organization directly to inquire as to how it is possible to purchase either one of these albums at this time. OPENING TRACK: Morphine Song taken from Ray Davies' 2007 album Working Man's Cafe, originally released on Sir Richard Branson's record label V2 Records CLOSING TRACK: Thanksgiving Day taken from Ray Davies' 2006 album Other People's Lives originally released on Sir Richard Branson's record label V2 Records At present, the Ray Davies albums that are currently available to stream and/or purchase were both originally released by Legacy Records (a division of Sony Music). At present their ownership is credited to Ray Davies (Entertainments) Limited   Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Click link to listen to MistyK The DJ's fabulously entertaining and informative audio music doc on George Martin's Air Studios on the island Montserrat  www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/   "To each and every one... A Happy Thanksgiving! GB"  - Unimportant

NEWS FLASH!!! Beatles' George Martin Recording Studio DESTROYED By Volcano! LATE WEEK BONUS EPISODE DROP Join us once again in welcoming a true master at work MistyK The DJ in the latest installment of Rock Talk With MistyK The DJ Did you know that following the break up of The Beatles, their producer and 5th Beatle Sir George Martin, looking for work and new challenges on the horizon, opened up his first of three Air Studios, one of which is still operating to this very day? What you may not have known is that Martin's most recent incarnation of his state of the art Air Studios chain of recording studios was built under an, up until then, long dormant volcano in the next best thing you can imagine to a deserted tropical paradise, the tiny island of Montserrat. Just 10 miles long and 7 miles wide,  Montserrat has roughly 25 miles of coastline and within that tiny patch of heaven on earth emerged some of the most artistically and commercially successful albums of the 1980's... Until... The frickin' VOLCANO ERPUTED!!! And then... THE HURRICANE!!  Join us as we pick MistyK The DJs brain for all the Who, What, Where, Why and Whens of the tragedy that followed in the wake of not one but... TWO NATURAL DISASTERS!! to befall the people of Montserrat and the not so little idyllic recording studio that could! All this AND MORE! ...in this special BONUS mid week Episode drop of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024   OPENING TRACK: Full length album version of Money For Nothing https://music.apple.com/ca/album/money-for-nothing-remastered-1996/1565391787?i=1565391810 taken from Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms record recorded at George Martin's Air Studios on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat. Following its release the album went on to sell over 30 million copies globally and was the very first CD ever to sell over a million copies.   CLOSING TRACK: Where Have All The Good Times Gone https://music.apple.com/ca/album/where-have-all-the-good-times-gone/1440758220?i=1440759167taken from Sir Elton John's album Jump Up, the first of three albums Sir Elton recorded at Sir George Martin's Air Studios on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat. The 1982 album is also noteworthy for containing the heart breaking bittersweet balled of John Lennon and his murder in 1980 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)   Click link below to listen to MistyK The DJ's UPCOMING audio music doc on George Martin's Air Studios on the island Montserrat (release date tbd - just keep checking till it drops!) www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/   For further groovy cool info on this ridiculously interesting story be sure to listen to the always WONDERFULLY INFORMATIVE AND FUN The Imbalanced History Of Rock And Roll podcast and their episode: ISLAND MUSIC: The History Of AIR Studios Montserrat with Brian Sallerson https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PzUTfUqkEQe0eG5NP8WS3?si=RaZl-xqURJm_nDQZLOH6DQ   btw   ...do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

What came before Elvis? Legendary delta bluesman Robert Johnson, after allegedly selling his soul to the Devil for fame and fortune down at the Crossroads Does that make rock n roll the Devil's music? And if so... Can rock n roll coexist with Gospel music? And if so... Did rock n roll and Gospel music coexist within... Elvis Presley? Sam Cooke? Ray Charles? Join us as we dive head first into the healing waters of rock n roll along with visionary maximalist filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his revelatory 2022 motion picture masterpiece Elvis All of this AND MORE... In the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024. OPENING TRACK: Fly Away Weave https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fly-away-weave/1675583175?i=1675583298 taken from the digital exclusive Deluxe Edition complete 52 track Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's award winning 2022 film Elvis featuring the late Shonka Dukureh (1977-2022) who portrayed Big Mama Thornton, Lenesha Randolph, Elliott Wheeler, the Nashville Urban Choir, Shannon Sanders, Gary Clark Jr and Austin Butler as Elvis Presley   CLOSING TRACK: Toxic Las Vegas (Jamieson Shaw Remix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/toxic-las-vegas-jamieson-shaw-remix-from-the-original/1675583175?i=1675583418 taken from the digital exclusive Deluxe Edition complete 52 track Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's award winning 2022 film Elvis featuring Elvis Presley with excerpts from his 1964 hit single Viva Las Vegas and Britney Spears with excerpts from her 2003 hit single Toxic off her fourth album In The Zone   Want to hit us up with an email? [email protected]   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  

Join us this week as we chase the answer to the burning question: "Why should Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame?"   Because she's possibly related to Canadian singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan? NOPE Because she was born and raised in Canada's Seattle east, otherwise know as Halifax, Nova Scotia, music city? NOPE Because she's a recipient of the Order Of Canada? NOPE Because she's sold over 40 million albums worldwide? NOPE Because she's a recipient of the Order of British Columbia? NOPE Because she's been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame? NOPE Because she's been nominated for a total of 39 Grammy & Juno Awards? NOPE Because she's won 12 Juno Awards? NOPE Because she's won 3 Grammy Awards? NOPE Because she helped raise over 10 Million dollars for charity? (ok, so now you're getting warm)   Join us as we give you the low down on this week's MUST SEE music doc, guaranteed to simultaneously titillate, entertain AND inform OR YOUR MONEY BACK! Guaranteed!   In dire need of a joyful, happy ending? Need to hear something inspiring and transformative? Something positive for a change? A real "be the change you want to see in the world" story?   Look no further than this week's show...   All of this AND MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024.       OPENING TRACK: The Sea (live at Lilith Fair) by the Skye Edwards led British Trip Hop band Morcheeba from the 1999 live album Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women In Music, Vol. 2 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-sea-live/105193517?i=105192877   CLOSING TRACK: Deeper Well (live at Lilith Fair) by Americana country roots Rock N Roll matriarch Emmylou Harris from the 1999 live album Best Of Lilith Fair 1997 to 1999 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/deeper-well-live/374999407?i=374999438   Need to contact us? [email protected]   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  

Due to breaking news concerning the fate of Northern Ireland, Belfast based rap group Kneecap and their battle with the Canadian government who have barred them from entering the country to perform four October 2025 concerts in Toronto and Vancouver, Rock N Roll Fashionistas has convened for an EMERGENCY unscheduled podcast. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE Regrettably, unfolding events have necessitated we gather 'round the microphone and reluctantly acknowledge the elephant in the room these past two years since October 7, 2023. WARNING: this podcast contains serious issues over and above the usual music ground we cover, issues with dire consequences. Listener discretion is advised.  OPENING TRACK: Our very favorite rap song of all time, "Famine" by Sinead O'Connor from her fourth studio album Universal Mother https://music.apple.com/ca/album/famine/1629177387?i=1629177610   CLOSING TRACKS: both tracks from Kneecap's second studio album, Fine Art released June 14, 2024. In order of appearance: "Interlude: Making Headlines https://music.apple.com/ca/album/interlude-making-headlines/1727141293?i=1727141614 and "Parful" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/parful/1727141293?i=1727142729  If you feel the Canadian government has no place in the concert halls of the nation, if you feel the Canadian government has no place telling you want concerts you can and what concerts you cannot see, you may want to consider signing the British Columbia Civil Liberties petition to Reverse The Kneecap Travel Ban. Click link below for more information: https://bccla.org/2025/09/reverse-kneecap-travel-ban/   Write us at [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

Art for arts sake? Join us for this week’s Rock N Roll Fashionistas music podcast as we tackle Art Rock vs Orchestral Pop. What is it and where does it come from? 1990s The Divine Comedy face off in an epic genre defining battle of life and death against 1970s art rockers 10cc Who wins? And who’s left standing? All of this and MORE! …including William Burroughs cut up method of writing, much loved and oft used by David Bowie, when the muse leaves one high and dry and ye olde Sir Writers Block holds sway. Damn it all, who’s canceled now? Sex Pistols with Gallows' Frank Carter forced to the sidelines as Northern Ireland’s Kneecap get bogged down in their latest legal woes. Also… That time BBC DJ John Peel, who normally rated records on a scale of 1 to 5, gave a record 28 stars! Does pedigree apply to humans? And if so, what is Cat “The First Cut Is The Deepest” Stevens’? Is it Is It So or Izitso? Was Dog A Doughnut? Tune in to find out! All this AND MORE in the latest instalment of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024 OPENING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweden-2020-remaster/1533329893?i=1533330172"Sweden" from the 6th album by Neil Hannon's Northern Ireland pop band The Divine Comedy, Fin de Siecle ("End of the century") appropriately released near the end of the 20th century in 1998. CLOSING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/une-nuit-a-paris-pt-1-the-same-night-in-paris-pt/1440924535?i=1440924543 "Une Nuit a Paris Parts 1, 2 & 3" by art rockers 10cc in 1975 from their 3rd studio album The Original Soundtrack. Allegedly Mercury Records signed the band for $1 million after hearing just one song, "I'm Not In Love".  This would prove to be the band's second last album with the original line up before Godley & Creme left near the end of the following year to pursue their own musical interests. And direct award wining MTV rock videos in the 80s.   Contact us at: [email protected]   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

In this week's episode we go down the proverbial rabbit hole in hot pursuit of Billy Strayhorn. And all that jazz. Billy who? 12 O'clock tails. Jazz. And cocktails. Along the way we encounter the unlikely California car salesman, born in 1919, who started Concord Jazz records. And the most unlikely of all, thirtysomething Linda Ronstadt, through her chart topping #1 album from 1978, Living In The USA, revealing the secret, hidden treasure that lies within the pens of twentysomething tunesmiths Warren Zevon and Elvis. Costello, that is. Going further up river a mere five years more, Linda Ronstadt strikes GOLD again! with perhaps, the most unlikely discovery yet, Lush Life, the Great American Songbook and the young teenage Billy Strayhorn. Young. Gifted. Gay. And black. Join us in our prelude to jazz as we reveal the hidden gem enigma spinning gold in the shadow of the Great Duke. Duke Ellington, that is. The Duke The King The Count The Prince all the Crown heads of state in music's Royalty!  All of this and MORE including introduction by American Academy Award Winning film composer and noted societal satirist "King Rand" Randy Newman. America's GREAT gift to us all Jazz. And rock n roll! All of this and MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024 OPENING TRACK: Dayton, Ohio - 1903 from King Rand's groundbreaking 1972 album Sail Away, chosen for the fact that, in 1915, Dayton, Ohio was the birthplace of baby Billy Strayhorn https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dayton-ohio-1903/51963348?i=51963399 CLOSING TRACK: Strayhorn's teenage magnum opus, Lush Life, in the hands of jazz Masters, the two Johns, Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane (the Jimi Hendrix of jazz) from their self titled 1963 Impulse! Records jazz album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lush-life/1440640282?i=1440640290 Write to us at [email protected] Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  

"I didn't have to tell anybody what I was, I just was" - Jill Sobule/7th Grade   On October 12, 2022, Jill Sobule's award nominated, New York Times Critic's Pick autobiographical off Broadway musical F*ck 7th Grade made its world debut on the stage of the wild project theater in New York's East Village at 195 East 3rd Street.   Following numerous sold out extensions and remounts, Sobule announced on April 10th of this year, 2025, that the Original Cast Recording of her hit musical would be released in all formats during the Summer of 2025 on June 6th.   Three weeks later she was dead.   Join Jill and her band of "all girl rockers" The Secrets Of The Vatican with Nini Camps on bass, Kristen Ellis-Henderson on drums and music director Julie Wolf on keyboards as we acknowledge both the bittersweet farewell to a person and the birth of a legend.   PLEASE NOTE: there is a bad word uttered once in this podcast. Listener discretion is advised   OPENING TRACK: Raleigh Blue Chopper https://music.apple.com/ca/album/raleigh-blue-chopper/1808513601?i=1808513612   AS WELL AS...   What Do I Do With My Tongue: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/what-do-i-do-with-my-tongue/1808513601?i=1808513995   Open Mic Night: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/open-mic-night-with-houdinis-box/1808513601?i=1808514219   Underdog Victorious: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/underdog-victorious/1808513601?i=1808514390   CLOSING TRACK: A Good Life https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-good-life/1808513601?i=1808514398   All songs from the Original Cast Recording of Jill Sobule's autobiographical 90 minute off Broadway musical F*ck 7th Grade available now in all formats on Pinko Records   Email us at [email protected]   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?" - Stand By Me (this episode is dedicated to fellow traveler Nathaniel Flynn, a one time invisible boy too...)   Summer's almost gone...but not yet!   In the spirit of keeping Summer alive throughout its fabulous final month, we celebrate SUMMER MOVIES and their music    ALSO...   Laser Discs and old tech. What happened? Remember downloading video files all day and all night long so you could watch that pirated new movie? WE DO!   The Five Most Achingly Beautiful Melodies Ever. Revealed? Listen and find out!   What's John Lennon's 2nd consecutive #1 Hit Single in the Billboard Hot 100 and what's it built around? Shaved fishing?   The Sound of One Hand Clapping. REVEALED!!   TFC right? (some of you will get it, others not)   It's the FINAL TOUR by The Who. Or is it?   Summer Movies   Baseball   Jackie Robinson   X-Files Season Six Episode 20 "The Un-Natural"   ALL THIS and more!   in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024   OPENING TRACK: "Summers Almost Gone" from The Doors difficult third album in two years, 1968's Waiting For The Sun https://music.apple.com/ca/album/summers-almost-gone/1622361522?i=1622361526   CLOSING TRACK: In the celebratory spirit of the upcoming NEW RELEASE of The Beatles' Anthology 2025 we revisit the final edition of the previous release on the occasion of its 30th anniversary with the previously unreleased Beatles recording of "What's The New Mary Jane?" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/whats-the-new-mary-jane-take-4/1441145645?i=1441146581   This podcast also contains elements of Light My Fire by The Doors https://music.apple.com/ca/album/light-my-fire/1622368510?i=1622368633   And David Bowie's recording of Fame written by John Lennon, Carlos Alomar and David Bowie https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fame/1195107061?i=1195110202   Contact us at [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.      

HAPPY WOODSTOCK WEEKEND! It's FINALLY hear! ...like rock n roll christmas!   Set your coordinates for 200 Hurd Road, Bethel, New York, we're going to WOODSTOCK! Travel back in time to four utopian days of music and dance and comradery in what came to be known as a "disaster area" Friday, August 15, 1969 Saturday, August 16, 1969 Sunday, August 17, 1969 Monday, August 18, 1969 Experience Woodstock personally in this hour long audio doc that takes you back to the time and place of this time honored tribal gathering of humans in the tradition of ancient ceremonial mounds, Stonehenge and the pyramids. Like Joni Mitchell famously noted, "you've got to get yourself back to the Garden" Eden? Perhaps. With musical guests John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful, The Who, Santana, Joan Baez with Jeffrey Shurtleff singing the Gram Parsons/Roger McGuinn penned "Drug Store Truck Driving Man" from The Byrds' 1969 album Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performing live for only the second time ever, an unexpected riff on the famous Fish Cheer by Country Joe McDonald, Jimi Hendrix and Woody Guthrie's son Arlo! All this AND MORE! ...in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024.   Please be aware this episode contains profanity, Parental Discretion is advised.   HAPPY BIRTHDAY to us btw...one year and still rocking! Your COMPLETE Woodstock Itinerary (not included in the podcast) 32 Woodstock Acts   August 15, 16, 17, & 18, 1969   Friday, August 15, 1969   Friday Night’s Folk Music at Woodstock    5:07 PM - 5:30 PM 1 - Richie Havens   6:00 PM - 6:15 PM 2 - Swami Satchidananda   6:15 PM - 7:00 PM 3 - Sweetwater   7:15 PM - 7:45 PM 4 - Bert Sommer   8:30 PM - 9:15 PM 5 - Tim Hardin   Saturday, August 16   12:00 AM Midnight - 12:45 AM 6 - Ravi Shankar   Shankar’s set was over 42 minutes, partially during a rainstorm    1:00 AM - 1:30 AM 7 - Melanie   1:45 AM - 2:15 AM 8 - Arlo Guthrie   3:00 AM - 3:45 AM 9 - Joan Baez   End of music for the evening. Everybody go back to your tents    Late Saturday morning, August 16, the music resumes   Saturday’s Psychedelic Rock at Woodstock    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM 10 - Quill   1:20 PM - 1:30 PM (unscheduled performance) 11 - Country Joe MacDonald    2:00 PM - 2:45 PM 11 - Santana   3:30 PM - 3:45 PM (unscheduled performance) 12 - John Sebastian    4:45 PM - 5:30 PM 13 - Keef Hartley Band   6:00 PM - 6:30 PM 14 - Incredible String Band   7:30 PM - 8:30 PM 15 - Canned Heat   9:00 PM - 10 PM 16 - Mountain    10:30 PM - 12:05 AM 17 - Grateful Dead   Sunday, August 17   12:30 AM - 1:20 AM 18 - Creedence Clearwater   2:00 AM - 3:00 AM 19- Janis Joplin   3:30 AM - 4:20 AM 20 - Sly & The Family Stone   5:00 AM - 6:05 AM 21 - The Who   Sunday “morning maniac music” - Grace Slick   8:00 AM - 9:40 AM 22 - Jefferson Airplane   Sunday Blues Roots Music at Woodstock    2:00 PM - 3:25 PM 23 - Joe Cocker   After Joe Cocker's set, a thunderstorm disrupted the event for a few hours.   6:30 PM - 8:00 PM 24 - Country Joe & The Fish   8:15 PM - 9:15 PM 25 - Ten Years After   10:00 PM - 10:50 PM 26 - The Band   Monday, August 18   12:00 AM Midnight - 1:05 AM 27 - Johnny Winter   1:30 AM - 2:30 AM 28 - Blood, Sweat & Tears   3:00 AM - 4:00 AM 29 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young   6:00 AM - 6:45 AM 30 - Paul Butterfield Blues Band   7:30 AM - 8:00 AM 31 - Sha-Na-Na    9:00 AM - 11:10 AM 32 - Jimi Hendrix   This podcast contains elements* from the Woodstock soundtrack LPs "Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/woodstock-music-from-the-original-soundtrack-and-more-vol-1/903584408   And "Woodstock Two" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/woodstock-two/903586071   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   Or write us at [email protected]     *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Prelude To The Woodstock Music and Art Fair: An Aquarian Exposition - 3 Days of Peace & Music August 15-18, 1969 32 acts arrive in Bethel, New York And half a million kids too. Woodstock Blues… Join us as we anticipate the Big Event one week today! Woodstock Weekend 2025! Just seven days from now...   BUT FIRST! Join our annual pilgrimage to the spiritual home of Woodstock, like Lana Del Rey famously quipped, “Woodstock in my mind”. We're CELEBRATING our very first birthday “the ONLY Rock N Roll podcast you need!” Woodstock weekend 2025. Come along with us for the ride as we retrace our steps towards the hallowed grounds of Bethel, New York, one of Rock N Roll’s most sacred landscapes, the natural amphitheater at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm, the cow pasture that housed a temporary village of half a million kids in the middle of forests and farmland and rolling green hills. Revisit. Regroup. Repeat. Reuse. Expect to be turned on to the secret history of the Music Festival from Ancient Greece to Altamont and beyond. Q: “Where ya headed?” A: “Further” From Hendrix’s triumphant arrival in 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival during the Summer Of Love to his late great channeling of a new psychedelic American anthem for the age of Aquarius before the dream was over… A nation awakened from a dream with the arrest of Charles Manson and his deranged family of knife wielding, hippie kids, October,1969. The December 6, 1969 murder of a concert goer during the Stones set at Altamont, in California. All this AND MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024   OPENING TRACK: "Everybody Knows About My Good Things" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/everybody-knows-about-my-good-thing/1440863936?i=1440864543 The Rolling Stones began their career in recorded music with an album of covers in 1964. 52 years later in 2016 we hear Mick, Keith & company sound the alarm on their enduring legacy with the release of the penultimate Blue & Lonesome, another album of covers, informed by 52 years of hard living and conflict.    MIDDLE TRACK: *Contains EXPLICIT language WARNING. For the1998 Spike Lee joint He Got Game, a gripping basketball themed African American tale staring Academy Award wining actor Denzel Washington, director Spike Lee spurns the obvious in choosing a soundtrack and film score entirely consisting of orchestral music from master American composer Aaron Copland. For the closing credits to the film, Academy Award winning director Lee enlists the talents of Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame hip hop group Public Enemy along with the unmistakable two note guitar riff of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" written as a protest of the Sunset Strip police takedown in November 1966 on the strip in Los Angeles and released a month later, December 5, 1966, by his band Buffalo Springfield. "He Got Game" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/he-got-game-feat-stephen-stills/1424733581?i=1424733591   CLOSING TRACK: Dismissed by the clique who run the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, legendary multi Grammy Award winning Texas bluesman rocker Johnny Winter, the very first non-African American ever inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame (1988) kills it, literally, with a self penned track "Dallas" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dallas/193769775?i=193769856 from his self titled sophomore album released on Columbia Records just months before his appearance at Woodstock in the summer of 1969 Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   Or write us at [email protected]   Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Ever wonder how rock star musician Steven Van Zandt, Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, got his first acting gig when cast in the award winning landmark television show The Sopranos?   Ever wonder how The Sopranos got that catchy, groovy cool theme song? Where did it come from? And who does it?   Did The Sopranos’ creator, David Chase, have an unusual idea for the legendary show’s theme song drastically different from what they ultimately went with? What was it?   Who’s responsible for 1960s Jersey Shore blue eyed soul brothers The Rascals being inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame? What drastic action was taken immediately following their induction speech? And how does this tie in with The Sopranos?   And how does all of this tie into the UK acid house country blues gospel rock of Alabama 3?   Click N Listen to find out now!   All mysteries revealed in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024   OPENING SEGEMENT contains elements from the following songs: Aint Goin' To Goa from Alabama 3 1997 debut album Exile On Coldharbour Lane: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/aint-goin-to-goa/1442814433?i=1442814745   Converted from Alabama 3 1997 debut album Exile On Coldharbour Lane: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/converted/1442814433?i=1442814442   Too Sick To Pray from Alabama 3 2000 album La Peste: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/too-sick-to-pray/193656002?i=193656267   Woke Up This Morning from Alabama 3 1997 debut album Exile On Coldharbour Lane: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/woke-up-this-morning/1442814433?i=1442814459   Wade In The Water from Alabama 3 2000 album La Peste: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/wade-into-the-water/193656002?i=193656692   CLOSING SEGEMENT contains elements from the following songs:   2129 from Alabama 3 2000 album La Peste: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/2129/193656002?i=193657384   (I'll Never Be) Satisfied from Blues 2016, the final Alabama 3 album founding member Rev. D. Wayne Love would appear on before his untimely passing in 2019: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ill-never-be-satisfied/1157915892?i=1157915910   Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlife from Alabama 3 2000 album La Peste: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sad-eyed-lady-of-the-lowlife/193656002?i=193656306     Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com     *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Welcome back to Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon Part Two - The Conclusion!       As promised 7 days ago in the waning minutes of last week's podcast, we pick up where we left off in the Continuing Story of Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon, artist, performer, thinker, changer of the world!       Much of this episode covers Yoko Ono's 5 years in London between 1966 and 1971 including her invitation to appear at the Destruction In Art Symposium in London in September 1966 and her return engagement at the behest of Paul McCartney's beloved hippie bookstore turned art space Indica Gallery.       In this episode we retrace Yoko Ono's steps towards Beatle John Lennon and the torrid affair that ensued during the making of Sgt. Pepper and the aptly named Summer Of Love that followed its release in 1967.       Experience the shocking and untimely death of Beatle manager Brian Epstein at the age of 32 while The Beatles were just two days into a 10 day spiritual retreat with the Maharishi in Bangor, Wales at the suggestion of Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's wife at the time.       Follow John, Paul, George & Ringo in the early days of 1968 as they bunk down with the Maharishi in Rishikesh, India for two months of mantras, meditation and fun in the sun!       Come join the Sunshine Superman himself, Donovan, along with four Beatles, two Beach Boys and a Mia Farrow...       All this and MORE in the concluding episode of Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon, brought to you by the good folks at team Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024....       OPENING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/approximately-infinite-universe-feat-blow-up/1629494535?i=1629495274 "Approximately Infinite Universe (featuring Blow Up)" from Yoko Ono's 2016 Yes, I'm A Witch Too collaboration/re-mix album. Original track taken from the 1973 Yoko Ono Apple records double album of the same name.       CLOSING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dogtown-feat-sean-ono-lennon/1629494535?i=1629495027 "Dogtown" collaboration with son Sean Ono Lennon from Yoko Ono's 2016 Yes, I'm A Witch Too collaboration/re-mix album. The original track first appeared in acoustic demo form as a bonus track on the CD reissue of Yoko Ono's 1973 feminist rock Apple records double album Approximately Infinite Universe       Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com     *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

Join us this week as we unravel the enigma that is Yoko Ono, mid 20th Century pioneer of the Avant Garde, darling of the early 60s New York underground, admired by the Guggenheims, Marcel Duchamp and associate to John Cage.   In this, part one of two, we explore Yoko Ono's earliest beginnings from her birth in 1933 to her wealthy international banker father and the family's long ties to ancient Samurai Warrior-scholars.    Having survived the fire bombing of Tokyo during World War Two, a direct attack on innocent civilians killing over 100,000 people and displacing another million rendering them instantly homeless, the Ono's scoured the countryside staving off starvation looking for food, begging, bartering and carrying all of their remaining earthly belongings in a wheelbarrow.    All of this AND MORE!   In the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024.   OPENING TRACK: "Sisters, O Sisters", https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sisters-o-sisters/1440858026?i=1440858350 the Yoko Ono penned original from the 1972 John & Yoko album Some Time In New York City, their fourth collaborative studio album and second live album. Released in the Summer of 1972 at the height of the 1972 US Presidential Election Campaign, the album was intended to polarize the vote in order to oust sitting President Richard Nixon from office and put an end to the war in Vietnam   CLOSING TRACK: "Why" (Extended Version edit) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/why-extended-version-bonus-track/1149642244?i=1149642288 bonus track from Yoko Ono's 1970 debut solo album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. Backing Ono on the album is power trio Ringo Starr on drums, Klaus Voormann on bass and John Lennon on guitar   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.

In the summer of 1971, a long haired 24 year old hippie folk singer songwriter by the name David Bowie played the very first Glastonbury Music Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, England. On the 30th anniversary of the storied annual summer music festival Bowie returned, and in doing so, reclaimed a legacy long tarnished by two decades of crass commercialism, hollow success and artistic bankruptcy. Join us as we revisit the final days of an aging, reclusive David Bowie, anxious to shift the narrative from his elderly appearance onto his 26th and final studio album, Blackstar, released on the occasion of his 69th birthday, just two days prior to his death. Explore the reclamation of David Bowie's artistic integrity through his triumphant performance at Glastonbury 2000 as well as the early history of his 70's Glam Rock co-conspirator Marc Bolan, the iconography of Rock N Roll and so much more! The following questions answered: What did Ringo Starr say when asked if he was a Mod or a Rocker? What happy accident resulted in the creation of one of the most pivotal Beatles' album covers? Who was on the very first cover of Rolling Stone magazine, first published in the shadow of the Summer of Love, November 9, 1967? At the very peak of their productivity, which act wrote and recorded four studio albums of original material, circumvented the globe performing two world tours and starred in two feature films all in the span of just 24 months?  What is the sound of a Donovan photograph? How 60's British folk music duo Tyrannosaurus Rex transformed into 70s Glam superstars T.Rex and the longest album title in the history of rock n roll... Oasis or Blur? You tell us! All of this AND MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024. OPENING TRACK: On March 2, 1973 T.Rex released the Marc Bolan penned stand alone singe "20th Century Boy" which peaked at number 3 on the UK singles chart. 30 years later Brit Pop superstars Placebo released their cover of the song on their aptly title Covers album from 2003 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/20th-century-boy/961069038?i=961069094 CLOSING TRACK: Opening title track from Bowie's final album Blackstar, released January 8, 2016 on his final living birthday https://music.apple.com/ca/album/1676286487?i=1676286495 Producer's Note: This episode was originally recorded in chronological order immediately following the release of our "Rock N Roll Movies" episode which first aired Sunday, April 20, 2025. Numerous references throughout this podcast to "last week's episode" refer to that episode. We apologize for any confusion.  Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  

Happy Summer 2025 Rock N Roll Fashionistas! #BrianWilsonEndlessSummer2025 Join us for the exciting conclusion of our Four Part expose on the life and times of the late Brian Wilson (still feels weird, "the late" part) In this ridiculously informative episode we reveal: Why Brian relinquished the role of primary bass player for Pet Sounds in favor of newly inducted Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame session bassist Carol Kaye How Brain came to create his masterpiece Pet Sounds with hired hand jingle lyric writer and advertising copywriter Tony Asher The origins of the hip, cool Laurel Canyon music scene, the spiritual nexus to 1960s intelligentsia tucked high in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California Which Beach Boy forbid the use of the chorus "Hold Onto Your Ego" on Pet Sounds, fearing the song was about him? That time the record executives told Brian Wilson, "You can't use the word GOD in the title of a pop song!" How Brian Wilson influenced the Beatles who influenced Brian Wilson who influenced the Beatles who influenced Brian Wilson.  The Beach Boys to Rubber Soul to Pet Sounds to Smile to Sgt. Pepper How it all went wrong for Brian Wilson, culminating in the non release of the most legendary unreleased album in the history of pop music Detailing that turbulent time in the life of Brian Wilson in the mid 1960s before he spent a decade in bed in the 1970s "Lay in a bed, just like Brian Wilson did" - Barenaked Ladies How the very final Beach Boys album That's Why God Made The Radio, on the occasion of the band's 50th anniversary in 2012, paved the way for Brian's triumphant return with his final album of pop music No Pier Pressure in 2015 Legendary Beatles producer the late Sir George Martin & Ludwig van Beethoven, what do they have in common besides music? The tragic last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his Requiem Mass unfinished and his estate in tatters... All of this and MORE!  In the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock, 2024. OPENING TRACKS: Our Prayer from the Beach Boys Smile Sessions album recorded September 19, 1966 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/our-prayer/720113626?i=720113663  Let's Go Away For Awhile composed by Brian Wilson for the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album released May 16, 1966 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lets-go-away-for-awhile/1440841241?i=1440841254 I Just Wasn't Made For These Time from the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album released May 16, 1966 with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Tony Asher https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-just-wasnt-made-for-these-times/1440841241?i=1440841263 CLOSING TRACK: God Only Knows from the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album released May 16, 1966 with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Tony Asher https://music.apple.com/ca/album/god-only-knows/1440841241?i=1440841258   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    

The celebrations continue in the latest installment of Brian Wilson Endless Summer 2025! #BrianWilsonEndlessSummer2025 Join us as we retrace Brian Wilson's initial steps towards genius upon first hearing The Four Freshmen at age 10 in 1952 In this episode Brian Wilson claims his rightful place alongside the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin in the pantheon of the Most Important Composers Of The 20th Century! And you'll find out why! With stops along the way through post World War Two era cool with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie inventing Bebop with "Salt Peanuts"  Join us as we explore the holy rock n roll trifecta that is Elvis, The Beach Boys and The Beatles The death of The King, John Lennon AND SO MUCH MORE! and... E.G.O.T.s (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) too! ...all this and more in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024   *OPENING TRACK: "It's A Blue World" 1952 Top 40 single from The Four Freshmen peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Top 100, their first single to ever chart. Included on their 1952 debut album Voices In Modern, this album left a game changing, legacy building impression on a young Brian Wilson who heard it for the first time at the age of 10 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-a-blue-world/1442732079?i=1442732727 *CLOSING TRACK: The GREAT! The ONE! The ONLY! One of the finest contemporary composers of the modern era, Gillian Welch and her spellbinding "Elvis Presley Blues" taken from her brilliant 2001 album Time (The Revelator), one of the finest of this century yet! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/elvis-presley-blues/79765126?i=79765084   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended for an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original    

It's official! Summer 2025 has OFFICIALLY been declared Brian Wilson Endless Summer 2025 with festivities going all summer long! #BrianWilsonEndlessSummer2025 Today, the first full day of Summer 2025, we joyfully dedicate the ENTIRE episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas to music Produced, Written, Recorded, Arranged and Performed by that Pop Music Master genius... THE MAESTRO THE MAN THE LEGEND Mr. Brian Wilson (1942-2025) Join us as we surf the waves of Brian's madness from the mid 1960's through the turbulent 70's, laying "in a bed just like Brian Wilson did". We make stops along the way to Terry Melcher's unfortunate L.A. mansion where we are greeted by nonother than a disgruntled Charles Manson, friend to Brian's baby brother and fellow Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. Seems Charlie didn't dig the fact he didn't get that record deal he was promised, a deal thoroughly supported by one time fan and music colleague Neil Young! All this and more in the latest installment of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024 *THE SONGS: "The Black Hole" by Nine Inch Nails member Atticus Ross from his soundtrack to the 2014 Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-black-hole/1443134275?i=1443134417 "The Bed Montage" by Nine Inch Nails member Atticus Ross from his soundtrack to the 2014 Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-bed-montage/1443134275?i=1443134828 "After You" by The Four Freshman from their 1952 debut album Voices In Modern. Hearing this for the first time at age 10, Brian Wilson never looked further for the basis of a timeless vocal harmonic style he would make his own https://music.apple.com/ca/album/after-you/1442732079?i=1442732306 "Think About The Days" from the final Beach Boys album, their 2012 50th Anniversary album That's Why God Made The Radio" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/think-about-the-days/715466841?i=715466843 "Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Microphone" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/psycodelic-sounds-brian-falls-into-a-microphone/724119116?i=724120392  "Summer's Gone" from the final Beach Boys album, their 2012 50th Anniversary album That's Why God Made The Radio" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/summers-gone/715466841?i=715466868  "Fall Breaks And Back To Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony)" from the original recording sessions that eventually produced the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making. Initially released as part of the Beach Boys 1967 Smiley Smile album, issued in wake of the shelving of Brain Wilson's magnum opus SMiLE https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fall-breaks-and-back-to-winter-woody-woodpecker-symphony/1442864862?i=1442864889   Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Piano" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/psycodelic-sounds-brian-falls-into-a-piano/720113626?i=720113842  "Little Pad" from the original recording sessions that eventually produced the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making. Initially released as part of the Beach Boys 1967 Smiley Smile album, issued in wake of the shelving of Brain Wilson's magnum opus SMiLE https://music.apple.com/ca/album/little-pad/1442864862?i=1442865071 "Wonderful" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/wonderful/720113626?i=720113686 "'Till I Die" from the granddaddy of all Beach Boy's 70's albums, the master stroke Surf's Up album, the OTHER Beach Boys albums with songs from the long abandoned SMiLE sessions https://music.apple.com/ca/album/til-i-die/1440873813?i=1440874283  "Surf's Up" from the long awaited, perennially delayed, once nixed legendary Beach Boy's album SMiLE, some 40 odd years in the making https://music.apple.com/ca/album/surfs-up/720113626?i=720113694   Want on the mailing list? One weekly update email only, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is aimed at an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original    

A sad week indeed for Rock N Roll nation. Two heavyweights. Two titans. Two innovators. Two legends. Lost. But not forgotten... Sylvester Stewart (aka Sly Stone of Sly & the Family Stone) Passed June 9, 2025 Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) Passed June 11, 2025) Join us as we celebrate the joy, love, life and art of two music giants of 20th century song: One continuing on in the time honored tradition of Tin Pan Alley... The other invented FUNK... All this and more on your weekly Sunday morning drop of the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas...contextualizing rock n roll since 2024. OPENING TRACK: "Come Sit Down And Tell Me" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/come-sit-down-and-tell-me/1799238478?i=1799238483 taken from Stony Plain's 2Fer deluxe version of Ellen McIlwaine's 1982 album Everybody Needs It featuring legendary lead singer/bass player extraordinaire of iconic 1960's British psych power trio Cream along with Eric Clapton and King Crusty himself on drums, Mr. Ginger Baker CLOSING TRACK: "California Girls" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/california-girls/1585395623?i=1585395630 taken from Brian Wilson's masterstroke, his album, At My Piano from 2021     Further Research: Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson And The Story of SMiLE (2004 documentary) https://youtu.be/0SriaRRcA6w?si=X6OqYBCyJhIXwPNH Love & Mercy (2014 feature film trailer) https://youtu.be/Xne-_S34T1c?si=CpOy-aYuXVNUNi3K I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (1995 Brian Wilson documentary) https://youtu.be/8JjAZomaxww?si=cfV7JU26zctzXtvx    

Ellen McIlwaine, one of the greatest practitioners of slide guitar ever, soulful powerhouse vocalist extraordinaire, poet, composer, songstress, lyricist, recording artist, painter, visual artist, interpreter of song and more. She was all that and then some... Join us in our celebration of the life and artistry of this giant amongst musicians, this icon, this goddess... Ellen McIlwaine's life and times explored through the lens of the newly posted CBC Docs YouTube channel music documentary "Goddess Of Slide" from Soul Flicker Films, an Alfonso Maiorana production https://youtu.be/SCTety1hwdI?si=PC2ux8sTlD5_Occr As far back as 1973 the impact of Ellen McIlwaine's presence has been deeply felt and loomed large in the personal life of Rock N Roll Fashionista's host Sean Passmore (AKA "unimportant"). Join Passmore as he outs himself as the guy who made the phone call that changed McIlwaine's life. Passmore sets the record straight on one singular inaccurate fact in this otherwise thoroughly inspiring love letter to McIlwaine who passed away quite suddenly at the age of 75 in 2021, six weeks after receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer. McIlwaine's music weaves poignantly through Passmore's life through personal recollections and anecdotes of Swami Bill, Brother Tommy and others in the colorful cast of characters from the Rock N Roll Fashionistas universe. Did a teenage Passmore put an impertinent and inappropriate move on the middle-aged McIlwaine while making an embarrassingly inebriated song request in a bar? And did McIlwaine play the song? Would this same song fatefully draw McIlwaine & Passmore together again over a decade later with surprising, life altering results? FIND OUT NOW and SO MUCH MORE on the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas THE SONGS: Opening Track: "Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood that was first released by Blind Faith on their self titled 1969 debut album. They were an English rock supergroup consisting of Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. They followed the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic but split up after a few months, producing only one album and a three-month summer tour. McIlwaine's cover of the song appears of her debut solo album Honky Tonk Angel released by Polydor Records in 1972 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cant-find-my-way-home/1444004698?i=1444005078 "Higher Ground" is a song written by Stevie Wonder that first appeared on his 1973 album Innervisions. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart. Wonder wrote and recorded the song in a three-hour burst of creativity in May 1973. McIlwaine's stunning reinterpretation of the song appears on her 1975 3rd album The Real Ellen McIlwaine released by Montreal, Canada label Kot'Ai Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/higher-ground/932879780?i=932882018 "Down So Low" was written by American R&B and country music singer/songwriter Tracy Nelson. McIlwaine's stunning reinterpretation of the song appears on her 1975 3rd album The Real Ellen McIlwaine released by Montreal, Canada label Kot'Ai Records https://music.apple.com/ca/album/down-so-low/932879780?i=932882059  

This episode is dedicated to the memory of MistyK The DJ's beloved friend and companion, Vino The Rock N Roll Dog, who passed suddenly this past week. Our hearts go out to the MistyK The DJ family, friends and loved ones. We wish them light, love and healing at this most difficult time. A few weeks back we had the good fortune of visiting with MixCloud master DJ MistyK The DJ https://www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/ to discuss the latest in her series of Unscripted shows, the half marathon she ran in Vegas earlier this year and her subsequent MixCloud mega show FEELING LUCKY? THE VEGAS MIX Along the way we touch on her personal encounters with Rock N Roll royalty including Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie as well as Little Steven from Underground Garage, The Sopranos, Bruce Springsteen's band, her dream gig and much more. Her touching tribute to Blondie's Clem Burke, the final Blondie album of the 80s, Deborah Harry's reinvention as a solo act in the 90s, personal anecdotes and the unmistakable charm and charisma that is the GREAT MistyK The DJ... All hear on the latest BONUS episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas. OPENING TRACK: Sure Don't Feel Like Love https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sure-dont-feel-like-love/380593433?i=380593552 by master American songwriter Paul Simon from his 2006 Brian Eno produced album Surprise. Completely unrelated to the theme of this BONUS episode. Due to time limitations we were unable to include this track on our previous episode Paul Simon: 8 Decades so have done so here. CLOSING TRACK: Well, Did You Evah! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/well-did-you-evah/1629181291?i=1629181417  is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1939 musical DuBarry Was A Lady, where it was introduced by Betty Grable and Charles Walters. It is written as a duet, with the pair exchanging bad news, shrugging off and one upping each others stories all in the name of an aloof good time. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra sang the song in the movie High Society, January 17, 1956. The film is a musical remake of the 1940 screwball comedy film The Philadelphia Story staring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, itself based on Phillip Barry's 1939 play of the same name. The Sinatra/Crosby duet is likely the most well known version of the song. It was added to the movie late in development, to give the two stars an opportunity to sing together. Punk Rock royalty Debbie Harry and proto punk granddaddy Iggy Pop recorded the song in 1990 for Red Hot + Blue, a compilation album released as part of an urgent call to raise funds and awareness for HIV/AIDS. Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting the songs of legendary LGBT Great American Songbook composer Cole Porter. The title of the album originates from Cole Porter's 1936 Broadway musical Red, Hot and Blue staring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope. Released in September 1990, the album sold over a million copies worldwide, raising nearly $1m for the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power). Heralded as one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business, this initiative came a full two years before the creation of The Elton John Foundation, itself inspired by the tragic death from AIDS of teenager Ryan White who had, before his passing, forged a strong and meaningful friendship with pop singer Elton John. Released as a single in the UK on December 24, 1990 but not the US. The single reached No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 29 in the Irish chart.