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🐰Audio Autopsy, 1970: Before Dr. Demento, He Was Warner Bros. Records PR Writer, Barry Hansen
Years before "Weird Al" sent him a life-changing cassette, Dr. Demento interned at Burbank's Label of The Bunny.
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Tune Tag #59 with Rich Headland of "Record Shop Stories": The Specials, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu, Massive Attack, Jellyfish, Young Gun…
Today, meet a band heavily influenced by XTC, an Austrian named Peter the Human Boy, and a couple entries in the '70s glut of jazz fusion that once…
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Tune Tag #95 with Greg Nix of Chortle: The Kinks, Ricky Skaggs, Scary Pockets, Camille Yarbrough, Roy Wood, The Wombles, Grace Cummings
It's Songs in the Key of Funny with the tuneful hijinks of Chortle's Greg Nix! A veteran comedy writer & performer, he's toiled for Netflix …
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Greg Nix
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Tune Tag #62 with Peter C. Baker of "Tracks on Tracks": Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Jethro Tull, Tweedy, Smog, Alan Parsons, Jeremy Jordan
🚀Houston, we have a Tune Tag! An honest-to-goodness published author joins us to Tag Tunes across the decades and genres! I think it's safe to say that…
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Tune Tag #86 with Matt Fish of Best Music of All Time, Pt. 2: Neil Young, Jennifer Warnes, Miles Davis, Syreeta, Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker…
A dizzying array of the new and the old, with a jaunty mix of varied genres add to the fun in today's Tune Tag! It only gets better when one of the…
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Matt Fish
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Tune Tag #68 with Andy's Weird Ohio: King Crimson, Lou Reed, Curved Air, Michael Tilson Thomas, Slowdive, The Smiths, Alice Cooper, Curve
Eclectic meets electric in this Tune Tag pitting Andy's Weird Ohio against Brad's relatively sedate and somewhat provincial Texas...with ages separated…
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Andy’s Weird Ohio
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Tune Tag #61 with Steve Gabe: Shrapnel, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbert, Garland Jeffreys, Ronnie Spector, Velvet Underground, Ramones…
A decidedly Big Apple Tune Tag that features a guest who's played so many of the haunts'n'hovels in The City, even his accent has an accent! Will Steve…
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Tune Tag #53 with Hugh Jones of "The Record Store Years": Led Zeppelin, Steeleye Span, Pete Droge, Stillwater, Peter Frampton, Grand Funk…
It's the battle of the former bin jockeys, both of whom managed to avoid contracting PVC poisoning at their respective record stores! Spin the…
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Tune Tag #50 with Mark Edward Randall: Nick Lowe, Airwaves, Diodes, Nick Gilder, Bay City Rollers, Simon & Garfunkel, Rosetta Stone
The vast expanse of international pop is explored and enjoyed on this Tune Tag with Mark as our guest: A Canadian with a keen pop sense and a desire to…
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Tune Tag #83 with Marty Slagter of "Radio Amor": Supremes, Strokes, Divine Fits, Hollies, Radiohead, Cherry Glazerr, Alvarez Kings, 5…
One particular stunning, out-of-the-blue tag awaits within this Tune Tag, featuring many new and recent acts; but, we sprinkle in a couple of the "old…
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Marty Slagter
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Tune Tag #51 with Robert C. Gilbert of "Listening Sessions": Elvis Presley, Doors, Mink DeVille, Minnie Riperton, Smothers Brothers, Todd…
Tune Tag goes multi-media with Robert, as ground-breakers Elvis, The Doors, recent Hall-of-Famer Todd Rundgren join small-screen siblings, TV's Smothers…
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Tune Tag #77 with Chris Bro of "Chris's Shaped By Sound": Janet Jackson, Replacements, Black Taxi, Tracey Ullman, Bangles, Talking Heads…
A little rock, a little pop, and a little soul meets a little classic, a little retro, and a little bit new. Chris brings his unique point of view to…
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