The Tim Andrews Popcast

Tim talks with original Trans-Siberian Orchestra drummer Jeff Plate as TSO celebrates its 30th anniversary and prepares to bring its massive holiday tour back to Atlanta. Plus, spooky season is here! Tim runs down haunted houses, ghost tours, Halloween events and some of the best ways to get creepy around metro Atlanta this fall.

This week Tim recalls September 11, 2001 and the post-date ripple effect it had on pop culture and overall culture in general.

Collective Soul bassist Will Turpin joins Tim on The Popcast to talk about the band’s new album, Touch and Go, a love letter to the New Wave sounds of the ’80s with a healthy dose of The Cars in its DNA. Plus, Will previews Collective Soul’s hometown-area show at The Fred in Peachtree City on Sunday, September 13.

This week on The Popcast, Tim Andrews talks with Kevin Spencer, lead singer and guitarist for Electric Avenue, about the Atlanta-based band's love of '80s music and their biggest hometown show yet: The '80s Symphonic Experience with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra at Atlanta Symphony Hall on Saturday, August 15. Kevin talks about taking the music of the '80s beyond the traditional tribute-show format and what happens when Electric Avenue's meticulous recreations of classic New Wave and pop songs meet the power of a full orchestra.

No, not MY dead cat, Rhonda. Ovations Theater presents the sketch comedy show, "My Dead Cat Rhonda." Meet the main cast and the director, this week on The Popcast