Episodes

  • DEATH SS: HORROR OR COMEDY?
    Jul 6 2024
    Death SS were an Italian metal band formed in 1977. They performed whilst clad in the most basic children's Halloween costumes. How many in the audience were laughing? None, according to the band's less than modest "visionary," Steve Sylvester, who wrote a book about the band's early days called The Necromancer of Rock. BJ got his hands on a copy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES: ROB ZABRECKY OF POSSUM DIXON
    Jun 28 2024
    Originally released February 2018: BJ has a conversation with Rob Zabrecky from Possum Dixon about that great band's tumultuous decade and the career in magic he has cultivated since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • BEE THOUSAND 30th ANNIVERSARY
    Jun 21 2024
    On this episode BJ celebrates the 30th anniversary of an album very near and dear to his heart, Bee Thousand from Guided By Voices, explicitly laid out like a fruitcake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES: BULLETBOYS' FREAKSHOW (with author Greg Renoff and drummer Jimmy D'Anda)
    Jun 14 2024
    Originally released May 2018: BJ and guest co-host Greg Renoff, author of Van Halen Rising, are joined by drummer Jimmy D'Anda of the Bulletboys for an in depth discussion about the band's killer second album Freakshow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • EXTENDED PLAY: THE LEAP vs. THE LEAPERS
    Jun 8 2024
    VOTE HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • AC/DC: BEST OF THE REST
    May 31 2024
    BJ examines how the rest of the eighties went for AC/DC after the monumental success of Back In Black and then counts down his top 15 favorite eighties AC/DC songs post-BIB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES: 1969
    May 24 2024
    One small podcast for a man, one giant podcast for mankind. THE IDLE RACE - DAYS OF THE BROKEN ARROWS THE SHOCKING BLUE - SEND ME A POSTCARD LOVE SCULPTURE - NOBODY'S TALKING MAN - MY NAME IS JESUS SMITH TIMEBOX - YELLOW VAN NAZZ - FORGET ALL ABOUT IT FUSE - PERMANENT RESIDENT TERRY REID - SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE FAMILY - SECOND GENERATION WOMAN CARTOONE - LET ME REASSURE YOU LAZY SMOKE - THERE WAS A TIME BANCHEE - EVOLMIA MORGEN - WELCOME TO THE VOID CREEPY JOHN THOMAS - LAY IT ON ME THE ILLINOIS SPEED PRESS - BEAUTY STACK - EVERYDAY THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING - LE' VOYAGE BUBBLE PUPPY - ELIZABETH BOFFALONGO - PLEASE STAY C.A. QUINTET - SMOOTH AS SILK SILVER APPLES - YOU AND I THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - PALE BLUE EYES AMBROSE SLADE - EVERYBODY'S NEXT ONE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES: AMERICAN GLAM
    May 17 2024
    Originally released June 2013: B.J. revisits seventies glam rock, this time focusing on the American version of the phenomenon. It's a hair-raising, gender-bending good time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins