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Modern Musicology #137 - The Music of SNL Season 50

Modern Musicology #137 – Ranking the Music of SNL 50

SNL SEASON 50 This week Alan unveils hSNL SEASON 50is ranking of the 15 best performances on the 50th Anniversary season of Saturday Night Live! It was a particularly good year for music, made even bigger by a special anniversary episode that included five musical performances in addition to the ones in the

Modern Musicology #135 - Filmmaker Olivia Serafini-Sauli

Modern Musicology #135 – OLIVIA SERAFINI-SAULI!

Olivia Serafini-Sauli A year ago we interviewed filmmaker OLIVIA SERAFINI-SAULI on the completion of her film Endless Calls For Fame: The Story of the New Rising Sons. Since then, that film has found North American distribution and is now available on all major streaming platforms in a slightly reworked / updated

Modern Musicology #133 - 2 Tone Records with Daniel Rachel

Modern Musicology #133 – 2 Tone Records

2 TONE RECORDS This week we’re joined by author Daniel Rachel, whose book Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation, which transports us to the late 70s and the explosion of 2 Tone Records, the home of such recording artists as The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The

Modern Musicology #132 - Bands and Their Fans

Modern Musicology #132 – Bands & Their Fans

Bands and their Fans There are artists and bands who are very well known for their very loyal and ultra-supportive fanbase. Some of those include Elvis, the Beatles, the Grateful Dead, and Taylor Swift. But what about when that devotion maybe gets taken too far? Anthony leads us in a discussion about the extreme side

Modern Musicology #131 - Favorite Album Covers

Modern Musicology #131 – Favorite Album Cover Art

ALBUM COVER ART Never judge a book by its cover, but sometimes you really can judge an album by its cover! This week on Modern Musicology we’re talking about album cover art! We each pick five of our favorite album covers and talk about the story behind them and why we

Modern Musicology #127 Robyn Hitchcock

Modern Musicology #127 – Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock This week we chat with music legend ROBYN HITCHCOCK about his new memoir 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left and the accompanying album, 1967: Vacations in the Past, which take one year out of his life and describe how his circumstances and the music he was exposed to sha

Modern Musicology #124 - SOUNDTRACKS

Modern Musicolog #124 – SOUNDTRACKS

SOUNDTRACKS Rolling Stone Magazine has released another of their infamous lists! This time they’re naming their picks for the 101 Best Soundtracks of All Time! And we’re joined by our amazing friend Julie Filipek to help us analyze their choices. We look at where they placed the titles on their list, talk about ones

Modern Musicology 120 Talking Heads Stop Making Sense

Modern Musicology #120 – STOP MAKING SENSE

Talking Heads – STOP MAKING SENSE ‘ 40 years ago, one of the greatest concert films ever made was released: STOP MAKING SENSE by the Talking Heads. The film has recently been re-released in a beautifully remastered format by A24. Anthony, Stephanie, Rob and Alan review in-depth the new release of this classic film

Modern Musicology #123 - Indigo Girls Documentary

Modern Musicology #123 – INDIGO GIRLS Documentary

Indigo Girls Documentary This week Alan, Stephanie and Rob are joined by our good buddy Gerry Schramm (of the Something For Nothing podcast) to review the brand-new Indigo Girls documentary, It’s Only Life After All–a surprising and deeply personal look into “behind the music and off the stage” lives of these two very different but hugely talented artists. We

Modern musicology #122 - The Music of 1994

Modern Musicology #122 – The Music of 1994

1994 This week we take a look at the amazing music of 1994! We each talk about some of our favorite albums by bands and artists like Oasis (who have been in the news lately!), Blur, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, The Toadies, Suede, Sixpence None the Richer, Massive

Modern Musicology #118 Purple Rain

Modern Musicology #118 – Purple Rain

PURPLE RAIN Continuing our examination of the music of 1984, we took a little time to celebrate one of the most important albums of that year: Purple Rain by Prince. We’re joined by a good friend of ours, Jason de la Torre, a very knowledgeable Prince fan, to talk about this landmark album.

Modern Musicology 117 Albums of 1984 Part 2

Modern Musicology #117 – The Albums of 1984 Part 2

We continue our look back at 1984 this week, revisiting the Rock, Pop, Soul and  Rap releases of that amazing year! OurTh conversation covers many of the obvious releases like The Unforgettable Fire, Like a Virgin, Private Dancer, Beverly Hills Cop and more, plus some other great albums by Bowie, Siouxsie, Nick Cave, Marillion, Run-D.M.C., the Go-Go’s,

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