This week we discuss A&E's newest work-porn hit "Duck Dynasty", The Grateful Dead's "Spring 1990" boxset and some of our favorite records from 2012. Music by RNDM ("Modern Times") and Cyndi Lauper & The Hives ("A Christmas Duel")
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Vesco Island #33
This week we break down Rolling Stone's Top 50 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Ever Of All Time Ever (for evah evah?) and ponder the meaning of Christmas. Music by Titus Andronicus ("Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape...") and a cast of thousands from the list.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Vesco Island #32
This week, we discuss college football and "The South's Superbowl", Jason Isbell's "Live From Alabama", HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Ed Reed. Music by Jason Isbell ("Tour of Duty") and St. Vincent ("Never Tear Us Apart")
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Vesco Island #31
This week we postmortem Election 2012 and discuss the FAP-tabulous Patreus scandal. And envision a world where Bad Men can go around popping people's balloons. Music by Nude Beach ("Walkin Down My Street") and Calexico ("Splitter")
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Vesco Island #30
This week, we discuss Hurricane Sandy and the looming Election. And stuff. Music by Bob Dylan "A Hard Rains Gonna Fall"
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Vesco Island #29
This week, we finally put out one of our free form late night shows: a free range discussion of AV Club's "Best Films of the 1990's with guests Mike Bustin and Christine Krauth. Music by Love & Rockets ("American Dream")
Friday, September 28, 2012
Vesco Island #28 P2
After losing Part 1 in a fire, we bounce back in Part 2 to discuss Steve Sabol, baseball and the loss of a friend. Music by Jim Carroll ("People Who Died") and Ike Reilly ("Garbage Day")
Friday, September 14, 2012
Vesco Island #27
This week, we welcome a new member to the Vesco Island family, try and fail miserably at not talking about the NFL or Presidential politics and Chris reveals his new favorite TV show. Music by Divine Fits ("Would That Not Be Nice")
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Vesco Island #26
This week, ADD Radio returns! Short riffs on no less than 300 separate topics! Mostly politics! Also other stuff! Music by Marty Stuart ("Tear The Woodpile Down") and Old 97's ("Barrier Reef")
Vesco Island #26
This week, ADD Radio returns! Short riffs on no less than 300 separate topics! Mostly politics! Also other stuff! Music by Marty Stuart ("Tear The Woodpile Down") and Old 97's ("Barrier Reef")
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Vesco Island #25
This week, we discuss the future of podcasting, bloviating politicans and Pitchfork's "People's List". Music by Bria and Chrissy ("Legitimate Rape"), The Saints ("Know Your Product") and The Hold Steady ("Constructive Summer")
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Vesco Island Episode 19
A couple of notes before the info on this week's show--If you are subscribing to the show via this blog you should know that we are moving the show page to a new home at http://vescoisland.libsyn.com/. The look at this point is pretty bare bones but the site serves as an important conduit for us to get the shows up faster and in more places. Speaking of, you will also now be able to subscribe to the show on iTunes (!). The webpage for that is located HERE. I'm not sure how long it will take them to get the most recent show up so for now you can check it out here or via the libsyn page. I'll also keep posting show and other updates to this blog for awhile until we get settled at the new digs. Consistency and all that.
Also, be sure and check out Dave's blog post below this one with his expanded show notes from this Episode. Hopefully this is the kind of thing we can do more of in the future.
Thanks for all of your support,
Chris
And now, on to the show:
This week, we discuss last week's untimely passings, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Junior Seau. Music by the Beastie Boys ("Sound of Science") and Lucero ("Smoke")
Download HERE
Also, be sure and check out Dave's blog post below this one with his expanded show notes from this Episode. Hopefully this is the kind of thing we can do more of in the future.
Thanks for all of your support,
Chris
And now, on to the show:
This week, we discuss last week's untimely passings, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Junior Seau. Music by the Beastie Boys ("Sound of Science") and Lucero ("Smoke")
Download HERE
Episode 19 Afterthought From The ChairmanMow
By TheChairmanMow
We cover some of this on the latest show, but I wanted to get the full text of what I wrote out there, as we tend to digress, especially towards the end of the show.
In preparation for the show, I started jotting notes about The Beastie Boys, and ended up with two full pages of a handwritten story:
The Beastie Boys (and later Beck, who owes a spiritual and production debt to them) are responsible for so much of our culture's ironic detachment/70s loving aesthetic, which informs far more than just music.
They were the first guys wearing mesh hats, ironic tshirts and name dropping 70s icons in their lyrics. An argument can be made that without the Beastie's influence, there are no movies like the Will Ferrell version of Semi-Pro (remember, there was a Beastie Boys t-shirt with the ABA red, white and blue ball as the logo) or even complete garbage like Ben Stiller's Dodgeball - at one point he throws a ball at two fans kissing in the stands and yells "Joanie Loves Chachi." Now, I don't think that's even mildly amusing, but I'm also not sure you see this type of "humor" without The Beastie Boys.
Licensed to Ill came out in 1986. Along with Run-DMC's Raising Hell, and 1987's Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses, and Bigger and Deafer by LL Cool J, it was the sound of the older kids who hung around the Ft. Leavenworth Youth Activities Center, known as "Patch." The first time I ever heard of Led Zeppelin was one of my brother's friends talking about the drums on Licensed to Ill. You can't underestimate Rick Rubin knowing how that would play in the later expansion of rap's fan base.
Paul's Boutique came out in 1989 - the week we were moving home from Korea. I don't know that I ever heard it, but I remember a weird kid named Brian who sat near me in 7th Grade science really loving "Hey Ladies," which combined with the lack of promotion from the label effectively killed it in my mind -- until Chris Krauth and our buddy Carson schooled me on it one long night in the summer of 1994.
When Check Your Head came out, I used to get mad when they played So What'cha Want on YO! MTV Raps. Not because I didn't like it (despite my public persona as a hardcore rap fan, I owned it, along with Nevermind, Ten and a few other gems) but because they also played it during regular hours - this was long before rap music became pop music - and I wanted to see Ice Cube, Public Enemy, EPMD, Redman, Wu-Tang and the rest.
Ill Communication was a part of the soundtrack to my senior year in high school - especially Sure Shot and the title track, featuring Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. When I listen to it now, it seems like a Beggars Banquet/Let It Bleed style companion piece to Check Your Head - arising from the same basic head space or sonic exploration. Of course it is an amazing album by itself. (Ed. note - Chris says largely the same thing about Pauls and Check on the podcast)
I also love the rarities and B-Sides, the goofs and even the hardcore roots. I was listening to the career spanning compilation today, and had a good chuckle at songs like Boomin Granny (I'm 26 and you're 80) Hey There Lonely Girl, and The Biz Markie version of Benny and The Jets.
Even Hello Nasty got massive airplay at The Roadhouse later in college - though they were just as, or more, inclined to rock any of the first 4 albums.
It's hard to say that they, or anyone, defined their era, but they were on the forefront of so many of the sounds and styles of their era, that they certainly deserve the outpouring of love and respect that has come from the early death of Adam "MC" Yauch, and they're an inexorable part of my life, and my love and exploration of music.
We cover some of this on the latest show, but I wanted to get the full text of what I wrote out there, as we tend to digress, especially towards the end of the show.
In preparation for the show, I started jotting notes about The Beastie Boys, and ended up with two full pages of a handwritten story:
The Beastie Boys (and later Beck, who owes a spiritual and production debt to them) are responsible for so much of our culture's ironic detachment/70s loving aesthetic, which informs far more than just music.
They were the first guys wearing mesh hats, ironic tshirts and name dropping 70s icons in their lyrics. An argument can be made that without the Beastie's influence, there are no movies like the Will Ferrell version of Semi-Pro (remember, there was a Beastie Boys t-shirt with the ABA red, white and blue ball as the logo) or even complete garbage like Ben Stiller's Dodgeball - at one point he throws a ball at two fans kissing in the stands and yells "Joanie Loves Chachi." Now, I don't think that's even mildly amusing, but I'm also not sure you see this type of "humor" without The Beastie Boys.
Licensed to Ill came out in 1986. Along with Run-DMC's Raising Hell, and 1987's Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses, and Bigger and Deafer by LL Cool J, it was the sound of the older kids who hung around the Ft. Leavenworth Youth Activities Center, known as "Patch." The first time I ever heard of Led Zeppelin was one of my brother's friends talking about the drums on Licensed to Ill. You can't underestimate Rick Rubin knowing how that would play in the later expansion of rap's fan base.
Paul's Boutique came out in 1989 - the week we were moving home from Korea. I don't know that I ever heard it, but I remember a weird kid named Brian who sat near me in 7th Grade science really loving "Hey Ladies," which combined with the lack of promotion from the label effectively killed it in my mind -- until Chris Krauth and our buddy Carson schooled me on it one long night in the summer of 1994.
When Check Your Head came out, I used to get mad when they played So What'cha Want on YO! MTV Raps. Not because I didn't like it (despite my public persona as a hardcore rap fan, I owned it, along with Nevermind, Ten and a few other gems) but because they also played it during regular hours - this was long before rap music became pop music - and I wanted to see Ice Cube, Public Enemy, EPMD, Redman, Wu-Tang and the rest.
Ill Communication was a part of the soundtrack to my senior year in high school - especially Sure Shot and the title track, featuring Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. When I listen to it now, it seems like a Beggars Banquet/Let It Bleed style companion piece to Check Your Head - arising from the same basic head space or sonic exploration. Of course it is an amazing album by itself. (Ed. note - Chris says largely the same thing about Pauls and Check on the podcast)
I also love the rarities and B-Sides, the goofs and even the hardcore roots. I was listening to the career spanning compilation today, and had a good chuckle at songs like Boomin Granny (I'm 26 and you're 80) Hey There Lonely Girl, and The Biz Markie version of Benny and The Jets.
Even Hello Nasty got massive airplay at The Roadhouse later in college - though they were just as, or more, inclined to rock any of the first 4 albums.
It's hard to say that they, or anyone, defined their era, but they were on the forefront of so many of the sounds and styles of their era, that they certainly deserve the outpouring of love and respect that has come from the early death of Adam "MC" Yauch, and they're an inexorable part of my life, and my love and exploration of music.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 18
This week, in Part 1 we're joined by RollingStone.com and Austin360.com writer Chad Swiatecki for a talk about the ins and outs of the music journalism game. Music by MC Breed ("Ain't No Future In Yo Frontin")
To download or play Part 1 click HERE
In Part 2, we discuss the changes to college football's championship system and the rise of "I Blame Barry" among other things. Music by Justin Townes Earle ("Memphis In The Rain")
To download or play Part 2 click HERE
To Download earlier Episodes, click HERE
To download or play Part 1 click HERE
In Part 2, we discuss the changes to college football's championship system and the rise of "I Blame Barry" among other things. Music by Justin Townes Earle ("Memphis In The Rain")
To download or play Part 2 click HERE
To Download earlier Episodes, click HERE
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 17
This week, in Part 1 we welcome in Aaron Beavers from the band Shurman for his take on making the breaks, sticking it out and building a life as a working musician. Music by The Band ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down") and Shurman ("Christmas Must Be Tonight"--The Band cover)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Our Springsteen "Best of the 2000's" lists...
Since we weren't able to get to everything during the show, here are our lists of our favorite post-2000 Boss songs. Both lists no particular order.
Dave:
Dave:
American Land
Eyes on the Prize
Jacob's Ladder
I'll Work For Your Love
Terry's Song
Countin On A Miracle
Further On Up The Road
The Rising
Outlaw Pete
Death To My Hometown
Honorable Mention - The Cracker Version of Sinaloa Cowboys
Chris:
My City of Ruin (live version from the post 9/11 special)
Further On Up The Road
Waitin On A Sunny Day
Nothing Man
Radio Nowhere
Long Time Comin'
Magic
We Are Alive
Wrecking Ball
Land of Hope & Dreams (Live In New York version)
Further On Up The Road
Waitin On A Sunny Day
Nothing Man
Radio Nowhere
Long Time Comin'
Magic
We Are Alive
Wrecking Ball
Land of Hope & Dreams (Live In New York version)
The discussion podcast is in the next post down...
Monday, April 16, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 16
This week we begin by talking about the scandal surrounding failing-at-life football coach Bobby Petrino, then launch into a long discussion of Bruce Springsteen's post-2000 output.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 15
This week, we hear about Dave's trip to Austin for the AAPC conclave, then a quick aside about the pratfalls of casual unintentional racism, and finally the sexism debate surrounding the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club. Music from Shurman ("Inspiration") and U2 ("Pride")
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 14
This week we're joined by Mike Mowery from Outerloop Management and Mike Schleibaum from the band Darkest Hour for a talk about the music business, South By Southwest and a bit of politics. Music by AC/DC ("For Those About To Rock")
Friday, March 16, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 13
This week, we present a disjointed discussion of primary day, civil rights and the state of our crumbling national institutions. Music by Deadsting Brothers ("Sacred Heart") and Waylon Jennings ("Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way")
Monday, March 5, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 12
This week, we do our best attempt at "ADD Radio" hitting such topics as ageism in Oscar judging, the myth of the American frontier and a recap of Grantland's oral history of the "Malice at the Palace". Music from Jim White ("State of Grace") and First Aid Kit ("Marianne's Son").
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 11
This week we're joined by our pal, Dr. Charles Cook for a talk about hobo weddings, cookbooks, Canada and Mitt Romney's electability problems. Music by Lost Boys ("Affection") and Chuck Prophet ("Castro Halloween")
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 10
This week, we call our friend Mike Bustin...just to see if we can do it, then turn to a discussion of the ESPN oral history Those Guys Have All The Fun. Music from Marah ("The Closer"), The Replacements ("Can't Hardly Wait") and The Gourds ("When I Laugh").
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 9
This week, we're rejoined by Mike Mowery of Outerloop Mgmt. for a rambling discussion about the music biz, food and the evils of bee torture. And then, Dave and Chris ruminate about pro wrestling, Predator drones and this weeks BARRYNOIA™. Music by Skrillex ("Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites"), Lee Fields & The Expressions ("Moonlight Mile") and Delta Spirit ("Empty House")
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 8
This week, we're joined by Mike Mowery of Outerloop Management to discuss his history in various Hardcore music scenes, touring, and finding a niche and career in the music business. Music from one of the bands' Mike tour managed, The (International) Noise Conspiracy ("Black Mask"). We finish with a post mortem to the interview, a rundown of some upcoming show topics and finish with a song from Lucero ("Nights Like These")
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 7
In two parts...
Part 1: In this special "Clinical Trials" edition, we turn a test of our audio equipment into an entertaining discussion on a variety of unrelated subjects. Music is from The Rolling Stones ("We Had It All)
To download Part 1, click HERE
Part 2: "Gaylords and Broomsticks"--In an abbreviated end to our "Clinical Trials" series, we record completely out of studio and discuss football and presidential politics. Music from Keith Richards ("You Win Again")
Part 1: In this special "Clinical Trials" edition, we turn a test of our audio equipment into an entertaining discussion on a variety of unrelated subjects. Music is from The Rolling Stones ("We Had It All)
To download Part 1, click HERE
Part 2: "Gaylords and Broomsticks"--In an abbreviated end to our "Clinical Trials" series, we record completely out of studio and discuss football and presidential politics. Music from Keith Richards ("You Win Again")
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Vesco Island Podcast Episode 6
This week, we finish our completely unoriginal 2011 recap with discussions of our favorite TV shows, movies, podcasts and beers, battle the usual technical troubles and finish up with some NFL and college football talk. This weeks music comes from The Booze ("Rachel") and The Futurebirds ("Megachills").
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