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Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we discuss earworms. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Best Coast, The Dandy Warhols, OFF! and The Melvins. Show notes: - Recorded on St. Patrick's Day at Chez Breitling - Kids' music can implant evil melodies in your brain - Pop music is a good gateway for music fans - Hall and Oates wrote the catchiest damn songs - We are in the post-ironic age - Breitling buys a Daryl Hall song - Good rock showing up on late night talk shows - Parents' easy-listening music ends up living in your head: Neil Diamond, Sinatra, Neil Sedaka - Tracing the roots of Charlie Rich's hit "The Most Beautiful Girl" - Kumar: Supertramp's Breakfast in America lives on in my mind' - The Who's Face Dances was more like a Townshend solo album - Watching an awesome Mclusky video featuring cats - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Best Coast - The Only Place The Dandy Warhols - Sad Vacation OFF! - King Kong Brigade The Melvins - The War on Wisdom Completely Conspicuo

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we discuss earworms. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Titus Andronicus, At the Drive-In, Sleater-Kinney and Spoon. Show notes: - Recorded on St. Patrick's Day at Chez Breitling - Not referring to Ceti eels from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Kumar: Recently haunted by crappy songs from Styx and Foreigner - The search for Early Dog - Breitling has memories of the ol' shower radio - Ronnie Montrose, R.I.P. - Chloe B. makes an appearance - Kumar: "Smoke on the Water" banishes most earworms - Sometimes earworms can be good - Advertising can create earworms by playing songs repeatedly - On Jon Papelbon's new entrance music for the Phillies - Kumar: Crappy soundtrack songs from the '80s return to haunt me - Scientific research on earworms - Rebecca Black's "Friday" - Keith Richards on business acumen - To be continued - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Titus Andronicus - Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape with the Flood of Detritus At th

Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube about bootlegs. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and live music from Fugazi, fIREHOSE and Warren Zevon. Show notes: - Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality - Bootlegs would get bootlegged - Plenty of boots of concerts from radio and TV broadcasts - When Napster emerged, bottom dropped out of bootleg market - U2's Achtung Baby demos were stolen, ended up on bootlegs - Ric has an early Men at Work bootleg, just because - The Legend of Norm De Plume - Pretenders bootleg has song from the Castaways at the end to fill space on the vinyl - Bands used to re-record tracks on their live albums in the '70s - Lots of good early Beck boots out there - Ric: Searching for a long lost Elvis Costello bootleg - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Fugazi - Merchandise (live at Irving Plaza) fIREHOSE - For the Singer of REM (live at Ancienne Belgique) Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money (live at The Record Plant) Completely Conspicuous is available through the

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we discuss bootlegs. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and live music from Mission of Burma, The Minutemen and The Dirtbombs. Show notes: - Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality - Powered by BBQ - TMOQ doesn't have actual bootlegs, but features essays about them - Bootlegs comprise anything not released by a record company - Jay: Discovered bootlegs and imports in record stores in the '80s - Ric: First boot was a Springsteen live set from '81 - Jay: First boot was a Zeppelin live box set - Both sound terrible - Ric: Most bootlegs he owns are of The Replacements - A lot of originally bootlegged 'Mats B-sides have turned up on official reissues - Jay: Bought Prince's Black Album in late '80s from bootleg tape vendor at UNH - Ric made cassette sleeves in early '90s for bootlegs with manga images - Ric: Recorded bootlegs at live shows - Also sold VHS tapes - Jay: Had a list of bootlegs for sale in early '80s - Used to get bootlegs fro

Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the whole New York vs. Boston thing. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Torche, Brendan Benson, White Rabbits and Sun Kil Moon. Show notes: - Check out Mike's blog Popblerd - It's all about efficiency - NYC's got the advantage for things to do after 2 a.m. - Everything closes up early in Boston - Jay: Mid-week club shows are tough when you have kids - Green Day's ready for Vegas - Boston has a ton of great small rock clubs - NYC has a better assortment of R&B and hip hop shows - The undeniable greatness of The Roots - Duran Duran's long and winding career - Mike had the Duran Duran board game as a kid - Mike: Rudy Giuliani cleaned up NYC in early '90s - The Northeast has a certain intensity - Boston's a good place to live - Beer's a whole lot cheaper than in NYC bars - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Torche - Kicking Brendan Benson - Bad For Me White Rabbits - Temporary Sun Kil Moon - Sunshine in Chicago Completely Cons

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the transition of moving to the Boston area. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Gorillaz, Boots Electric, Andrew Bird and Mike Doughty. Show notes: - Check out Mike's blog Popblerd - Mike grew up in New York, moved to Boston in 2008 - Slow adjustment - Mike: Every time I go back, I like NY less - Slower pace in Boston, except for the drivers - Jay: Even slower pace in NH - Mike: Occasionally gets crap for wearing Yankees gear - Not a ton of diversity in Boston - Jay: Toronto is extremely diverse - Still plenty of racism to go around - The world's a lot different than it was 30 years ago - Mike: Boston music scene is better than NYC's - Good selection of clubs - Mike's broken $100 ticket barrier to see Prince, Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z/Kanye - To be continued - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:Gorillaz (feat. Andre 3000 and James Murphy) - DoYaThing Boots Electric - I Love You All the Thyme Andrew Bird - EyeonEye Mi

Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss the new Van Halen album. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Hounds Below, Dinosaur Jr. and Black Mountain. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Jay: An impressive outing for a band at this stage - Not many bands have taken such a long break and returned strong - Mission of Burma and the Feelies are better than ever - Where does this rank in VH pantheon? - Jay: Ranks 7th after first six DLR albums, ahead of Hagar - Brian: Michael Anthony's harmonies are missed - Brian: VH should do a tour with Dave and Sammy - What would you pay $90 to see live? - Brian: McCartney's current band is excellent - Arena shows are quickly getting priced out of reach of much of public - Brian: Bob Mould noted particularly egregious lyrics on new VH single - Brian: Aerosmith is long overdue for a good album - Jay: Last good Aerosmith album was more than 20 years ago - Good run of Aerosmith albums in the '70s - Steven Tyler has become the d

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss the new Van Halen album, the band's first with David Lee Roth in almost 30 years. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Frank Black and the Catholics, Buffalo Tom and Hot Snakes. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Not interested in Grammy Awards - Gary Cherone was in band at its worst - Brian: Only VH album in his iTunes is VH III - Brian started listening to VH in early '90s - Always preferred DLR - Jay: First VH album was Diver Down on cassette - Diver Down was a cash-in album - Jay: Liked Hagar, but not as VH singer - Lyrical content not a big concern for VH - Brian: VH III was pretty stark - Eddie's synth phase was similar to what Rush did in the '80s - VH has always picked curious opening acts - Wolfgang is a decent bassist - Neither VH or DLR had done anything good for 20+ years - Jay: Eat 'Em and Smile was better than 5150 - Brian: First impression of new album was it sounds like DLR solo album - Jay: First sing

Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Brad Searles as we discuss band reunions, among other rock topics. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Cloud Nothings, Joseph Arthur and The Cult. Show notes: - Check out Brad's excellent blog, Bradley's Almanac (http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/) - Recorded at the Sunset Grill in Allston, Mass. - Brad's bad memories of seeing Pixies open for U2 - Praise for Stewart Copeland - The massive influence of the Pixies - Brad: Recording at Fort Apache was daunting - Possible Stone Roses reunion in the works - Codeine's doing reunion shows and releasing box set - Chickfactor is bringing a bunch of bands back together: Lilys, Small Factory - Guided By Voices reunites classic lineup - The power of Janet Weiss - Great music blogs: Chromewaves, Clicky Clicky, Largehearted Boy - Brad recommends Soma.fm streaming radio - Brad does a DJ night with Jay Breitling at River Gods in Cambridge, Mass. - Making time to do things your way - A lot of blogs died after chasin