The Music of 1975 This week we set the controls of our Wayback Machine to the funky days of 1975 and celebrate the 50th anniversary of some iconic albums! It’s a year of highs for a lot of bands we now think of as classic rock, and a key year for funk
Kids and Families at Dragon Con Dragon Con with Kids: Making the Most of Family Programming Dragon Con is an amazing experience for fans of all ages, but attending with kids brings its own set of challenges and rewards. That’s why, in Episode 3 of our 2025 season, we’re diving
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
Porky’s is a 1981 sex comedy directed by Bob Clark. In 1954, each boy in a group of Florida Angel Beach High School students plans to lose his virginity. They go to Porky’s, a strip club in the Everglades, believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual
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
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
Exploring the Gaming Scene at Dragon Con We’re back with Episode 2 of Season 14 of the Dragon Con Report, and this time, we’re diving deep into the incredible gaming scene at Dragon Con! Whether you’re a hardcore video gamer, a tabletop RPG enthusiast, a board game strategist, or a Werewolf master, Dragon Con has an
THE KINKS The Kinks was one of the most influential bands to come out of England in the 60s, with a career that lasted up through the late 90s. Their style and sound changed numerous times over the decades and they amassed a legion of dedicated fans. We talk with author
2025 Plans and Resolutions! New year, new me? Not this time folks! Our first episode of the new year, and our 16th episode overall, is a guideline for the future. The turning of the calendar brings with it a certain kind of perspective. Looking at what has come before, and
COVERING BOWIE To celebrate the life, career, and birthday of DAVID BOWIE, we are devoting our first show of 2025 to a discussion of our favorite BOWIE covers! Since Bowie has been covered by so many artists in so many genres, our discussion runs the gamut from rock to classical to samba
Mark Maddox joins Jim in an in-depth discussion of Tim Burton’s superhero classic “Batman,” starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Michael Gough, Billy Dee Williams, Tracey Walter, Jack Palance, Wiliam Hootkins, and Jerry Hall. This “Dark Knight” origin story was the top-grossing domestic feature film
Jim discusses his first experiences with the 1959 Post-Apocalyptic classic “On The Beach,” directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson and John Meillon. A US submarine arrives in Melbourne, Australia where the remaining members of the human race are left following
