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GET REC's NEW ALBUM! KITE TO CAMDEN on Bandcamp KITE TO CAMDEN - THE ONE-SHOT on Patreon ~~~~ FEATURED SONG: REC – “Eat Salvation” (from KITE TO CAMDEN) My band REC’s album, KITE TO CAMDEN, dropped on November 8. To celebrate that, Cathryn Lynne interviewed me. She asked me all about KTC – where it came from, why I made it the way I did, what it means, and where it’s going next. The interview features song clips from the album, gets into why it’s called KITE TO CAMDEN, and tells you exactly how you should listen to it for maximum effect. Have you heard the album yet? Is there something we didn’t cover in this interview? What do you want to know? And how much did our dog Olga figure into this conversation? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: The OTHER interview about the OTHER UNIVERSE ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Wake Up High" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. REC's new album, KITE TO CAMDEN, is here! You can hear it ONLY on Bandcamp and Patreon. KTC ON BANDCAMP KTC ON PATREON Electro. Pop. Rock. Hip hop. Funk. Ambient. Straight-ahead-ness. Weirdness. All seamlessly sequenced. BEST EXPERIENCE? Listen non-stop. ALT EXPERIENCE? Check the track listing and start with whatever title piques your interest. TRACKS: 1. Linear A (five12four) 2. Linear B (otherside) 3. allcaps 4. All On Me 5. Almost Everything About You 6. Way Too Rough 7. Rhythm 77 8. Porch Step 9. Song OK 10. Twist My Kite 11. Eat Salvation 12. You Know You're Right 13. Me Happy 14. The Mad Philosopher ~~~ *intro/outro music credit: REC - "Wake Up High" https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-high ~~~ *intro/outro music credit: REC - "Wake Up High" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spend an hour with Music Podcaster and Customer Experience Professional Alex Gadd. He's the host of The Rock-N-Roll Show Podcast, and a musician in his own right. He also has a book coming out in the spring of 2025 about the signature songs of the top bands from the classic rock era. For more about Alex: The Rock-N-Roll Show Podcast on YouTube Instagram Facebook TikTok BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: Did Alex write and co-produce the movie Road House 2? ~~~~ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC - "The Mad Philosopher" (from the album, KITE TO CAMDEN, dropping November 8) In the 34th installment of my highly opinionated subseries, MUSIC is EVERYTHING, I dissect audiophiles. While there are clear benefits to listening to and creating music with optimal production values, in the “best” format, on a top-notch system, and in an ideal setting, there are also clear downsides that disrespect the experience of music – and even the music itself. I break all this down from both the listener and creator sides. Are you an audiophile? If so, are you able to enjoy music that doesn’t meet your standards? If not, does it bother you at all when music doesn’t sound as good as it could? Discuss dammit!   BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: The TRUTH about VINYL ~~~ *intro music: REC - "In Your Dreams Tonight" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG NICK – “One Minute Shy of Forever” (from WHAT IT IS) Oasis is reuniting. The response has been 100% ‘90s. Yay. Whatever. They were great. They were overrated. I’m ready to set the record straight. I go through their music album by album, and talk about what their actual place in history is, including how they spearheaded the THIRD British Invasion, one the record books seem to have overlooked.  Are you an Oasis fan? Did you think they were as great as people (and they themselves) claimed to be? What do you think about their reunion? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: There were actually FOUR BRITISH INVASIONS ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Wake Up High" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “Me You & Everyone” (from THE SUNSHINE SEMINAR) We’re almost at the end! In Part 7.2 of my albums by decade series, I tackle the second half of the 2010s. The continued fracturing in and out of the music world was creating more diversity than ever. But the industry in general was shrinking. Far fewer albums were being released by record labels, and far more music was being posted everywhere online, making self-releases like mixtapes more influential than ever before. While the power to create and share was more than ever in the hands of artists, the power to succeed and make any kind of profit or living was diminishing rapidly. Things were great. Things were horrible. No one knew what the hell was going on. All those outer pressures of industry and format changes, and the inner pressures of artists having to rethink what it meant to release music people would actually hear and to somehow make any money on it, meant that the concept of “album” was being deconstructed and somewhat reformed. What were your favorite albums of the second half of the 2010s? Were you still listening to full albums at that point? Did you have any idea how chaotic things were becoming? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: How businesses, artists and fans can help musicians earn more ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Wake Up High" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG The Drop – “Rocket Trip, Man” (from LONG HELD GRUDGES and the soundtrack to the motion picture, DEALeR) In Part 7.1 of my albums by decade series, I tackle the first half of the 2010s. Physical sales had already started dropping in the 2000s. By the mid 2010s, all physical formats were well under half the market share of digital and streaming, and it was only the beginning. We might forget, though, that until later in the decade, physical sales were still a force. Despite the 2000s being seen as the turning point from physical to digital, it’s really the 2010s where the changeover happened. As it did, the definition of what an album is started to change as well, with packaging and sequence becoming far less important than singles and whatever would get music to sell online. What were your favorite albums of the first half of the 2010s? Do you think albums still had cultural influence? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: How the physical/digital crossover left musicians behind ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Wake Up High" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC - "You Know You're Right" (unreleased, from the upcoming album, KITE TO CAMDEN) When I encounter a critic, podcaster, musician or fan who acts like they’re the authority, like their opinion is law, I kinda go ballistic. You already know I believe discriminating based on genre is at best personal bias, and at worst thinly veiled social prejudice. This Season 7 debut episode will go into how generational bias may be the worst bias of all. I’ll also preview some of this year’s topics, and what else might be in store. Whether you believe all music from all eras has about the same mix of quality, regardless of your preferences, or you think today’s music sucks compared to some made-up golden era you wish you were still in, this episode is for you. I’m ready for the love. And I’m ready for a fight. Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: I NAME NAMES ~~~ *intro music: REC - "In Your Dreams Tonight" https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/in-your-dreams-tonight-remastered-2022 *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/outerloper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we give you a sneak peek behind our Patreon paywall and some of our Judo Chops.  Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo, Matthew and Kyle explore the legendary band of the Great White North, The Tragically Hip, and their 1992 album, 'Fully Completely'.  Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we take a new turn and talk about the punk band turned mariachi band as we look at the album “III” by Mariachi El Bronx from 2014. Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo, we examine one of the biggest selling albums of all time, Alanis Morrisette's 1995 album, 'Jagged Little Pill'.  Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Kyle and Matthew talk about the controversial and only album by the Sex Pistols, 1977's 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols'.  Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew and Kyle return to the world of prog and the 1987 Yes album, 'Big Generator'.  Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ Season 6 FINALE - The FREEWHEELING CATCH-UP MACHINE #8 – LIVE CHAT with YOU This is the final episode of Season 6, and it’s all about YOU. In fact this time, YOU are actually THERE. I catch up with fan comments LIVE with some actual fans and show contributors, and close with a real-time conversation. Were you one of those commenters? Would you be up for joining in the discussion next time? What do you want to see for Season 7? Discuss dammit! ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start Season 6 of the program as start all others, with an episode about Toad The Wet Sprocket and their 1990 album, 'Pale'. Do you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7Q If you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month: https://www.patreon.com/audiojudo You can also buy some swag with our logo on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcast As always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com. Website: https://www.audiojudo.com Get in touch on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudo Twitter: @audiojudo Instagram: @audio_judo We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG The Drop feat. Nick DeMatteo – “Ponmela” (Voltio cover - from IT WASN’T ME !) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE In this penultimate Season 6 episode, I swim around in a topic I’ve been reluctant to get back to: people who have created amazing and often iconic work, yet whose behavior and/or beliefs make them reprehensible to one degree or another. I lay out the premise, and then use musicians and others as examples to further discuss. And, unlike in my Michael Jackson episode, this time around I come to some very concrete conclusions. What’s your take on all this? We’ve all consumed works by heinous people. Which of those do you still appreciate? Which if any have you shunned? Do you think it’s possible to respect a person’s work without respecting them? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: Responding to your comments (coming soon) ~~~ *intro music: REC - "In Your Dreams Tonight" https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/in-your-dreams-tonight-remastered-2022 *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/outerloper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 34 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 4: Charli XCX In Round 4 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss Charli XCX. We unravel her history and get into her new album, Brat. We make the case that she's consistently been one of the most idiosyncratic and innovative pop stars of the 21st century. And we somehow get to comparing her to both Drake and Post Malone. Do you know Charli XCX's music? Have you heard Brat? How do you think she compares to other pop stars? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: Outtakes! Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG REC – “Just About to Die” (from Parts and Labour) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE In Part 6.2 of my history of albums, I tackle the second half of the 2000s. It was chaotic and ever shifting, growing and metastasizing all over the place, yet we had no idea where it was headed. Album releases peaked, but by the end of the decade singles ruled again, and sales of CDs and downloads were about even. The internet staked its claim on revenue, distribution, and especially creativity, morphing and expanding albums and music in general in unexpected ways. What are your favorite albums from the last half of the 2000s? Did you listen to them mostly on CDs or as downloads? How did you handle the rapid switch from physical to digital music? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: Did the “singles culture” destroy music? ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG NICK – “On the One” (from The Metrogrande Sessions) STREAM IT EVERYWHERE Season 6 Episode 32 - What’s an ALBUM?? And WHY?? – Part 6.1: The 2000s – EXPLOSIONS EVERYWHERE In Part 6.1 of my history of albums, I tackle the first half 2000s. It was a volatile decade full of incredible music and incredible changes. Some of the greatest albums were released, while album sales themselves exploded and then rapidly dropped, upending the industry. In short, the 2000s were explosive in every direction – good and bad. What are your favorite albums from the first half of the 2000s? Do you remember the explosion of music in every direction? Did you feel like you knew where things were going, and were you right? Discuss dammit! BONUS MxTRA VIDEO: A brief history of digital music ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices