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Tune Tag #110 with Steve Goldberg of Earworms & Song Loops, Pt. 4: Eddie Murphy, 10cc, Melissa Manchester, Nick Mason, Joe Piscopo, Jennifer…
With a league-leading 4 Tune Tags under his belt (or wherever he keeps them...I'm not one to pry), Steve is back to help us weave through some…
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Brad Kyle
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Steve Goldberg
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🎙Audio Autopsy, 1980: Linda Ronstadt, "Mad Love," and Her New Wave Hired Gun, The Cretones' Mark Goldenberg
From fronting early Eagles to topping pop charts with bold ballads & rockers, Linda signals this hard left toward New Wave with Mad Love, but hires a…
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Brad Kyle
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Dan Pal
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Tune Tag #109 with Matt Thompson of Critical Hit Parader, Pt. 2: Dust, Jethro Tull, Gunhill Road, Rush, The Kinks, Johnny Thunders, Quacky…
Today's Tune Tag is wearing corduroy bell bottoms with platform shoes! You got it: We're inhabiting the '70s! Oops, we do have one song from 1968! Hop…
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Brad Kyle
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Matt Thompson
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Redd Kross in 5 Songs: Brad Kyle Reacts to Hearing SoCal Rockers for 1st Time: A Dan Epstein Collab
I may have seen them open for Jellyfish in '91. I may have heard a tune or two. But, instead of rushing out to buy their catalog, I stifled a yawn. Dan…
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Brad Kyle
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Dan Epstein
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Tune Tag #108 with Kadrian Alvarenga of First Pressing, Pt. 2: Fania All-Stars, Mahavishnu, Leonard Nimoy, Jan Hammer, Don Johnson, Paul…
To quote Todd Rundgren, this one has an "International Feel"! Plus, we have some TV stars with songs to tag! We haven't seen Kadrian for a while, so…
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Brad Kyle
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Kadrian Alvarenga
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August 2025

🎵UK Guitar Teacher, Tom Moloney, 26, Reacts to Hearing Power Pop for the First Time, Pt. 3
Some of the best from known power-poppers like Blue Ash, Shoes, Dwight Twilley Band, The Producers, and Great Buildings! Our resident guitarist/music…
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Brad Kyle
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Tom Moloney
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Tune Tag #107 with Brain of J-Hawk: Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, Neil Diamond, Blondie, All-American Rejects, Jethro Tull, Glass Animals
Unexpected highlight: Paul Shaffer's "When the Radio is On" leads us on a journey where we find links from Ellie Greenwich's classic '60s hits to…
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Brad Kyle
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Brain of J-Hawk (he/him)
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🎼Your Musical Foundation: What 3 Songs Shaped Your Musical Life?🎵
Why do you listen to the songs & artists that you do? Where did it start, and, how? If you can pinpoint those early moments, you can discover a lot…
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Brad Kyle
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Tune Tag #106 with Andy's Weird Ohio, Pt. 2: World Party, Sting, Kevyn Lettau, Elliott Smith, Mark Owen, Stone Roses, Genesis
Keep Austin Weird meets Andy's Weird Ohio. Where could that possibly lead? We actually discover the CD that was the first item ever sold on the…
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Brad Kyle
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Andy’s Weird Ohio
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Tune Tag #105 with Michael Elliott of The Mixtape, Pt. 2: Alice Cooper, Lee Dorsey, O'Jays, Starz, Pointer Sisters, Solomon Burke, Fallen…
Spicy rock'n'soul seems to be the order of the day, as we mix in a little creole, too, from down N'awlins' way!
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Brad Kyle
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Michael Elliott
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Inside Tracks #46: Terry Reid, "Without Expression" 1968, w/Covers by Hollies, Graham Nash, CSNY, REO Speedwagon, John Mellencamp, Michael…
The recent passing of rock legend, Terry Reid, prompts the discovery of a song he wrote at 14, plus the several covers it whelped! Some artists changed…
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Brad Kyle
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