Episodes
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Episode 313: Perfect Pop – Cory Branan picks The Animals, Beach Boys
Cory Branan not only makes Perfect Pop picks, he gives us a lesson in music theory. Songs by the Animals and Beach Boys.
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Episode 312: Perfect Pop – JD McPherson picks Madonna, Beach Boys, Duran Duran
More celebrity Perfect Pop picks. JD McPherson (a rockabilly guy) blows our minds with his love of Madonna and Duran Duran. The Beach Boys pick is perhaps less surprising.
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Episode 311: Perfect Pop – Nicole Atkins picks The Alan Parsons Project
Celebrity Week continues. Singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins makes her Perfect Pop pick, a 1982 hit by the Alan Parsons Project.
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Episode 310: Perfect Pop – Tommy Keene picks The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel
About a month before his passing, we conducted a long interview with power pop master Tommy Keene. At the end of the interview, we asked him to make a Perfect Pop pick. He choose songs by the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel.
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Episode 309: Fan Mail – Van Halen, Part 2
More listener feedback about our Van Halen episodes, including one of the greatest calls you’ll ever hear. Thanks to Tim, John and Peter.
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Episode 308: Fan Mail – Van Halen, Part 1
We talked about Van Halen earlier. And we hear about it later. Calls from Craig Rosen and Justin Steiner and an email from Jo Fleischer, as Fan Mail Week continues.
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Episode 307: Fan Mail – Movie Music, Part 2
More Fan Mail! More Movie Music! We read an email from Mike Wagner, who talks about the music of “Philadelphia” and “High Fidelity,” plus other fun stuff. Slayer? Pixies?
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Episode 306: Fan Mail – Movie Music, Part 1
We got some great correspondence about our Movie Music Week. Here are a couple of calls, from George Singleton in Hong Kong (about “Almost Famous”) and EPJ in L.A. (about “Magnolia” and others).
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Episode 305: Fan Mail – Listener Favorites 2017
It’s Fan Mail Week on Rockin’ the Suburbs. We kick things off with just a few more favorite songs from the past year. Thanks for the emails Erik Didriksen and Niklas Nygårds.
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Episode 304: Echo Park Jimmy – Perfect Pop and 2017 Favorites
Fan favorite Echo Park Jimmy calls, and calls, and calls to get a lot off his chest. Including his Perfect Pop pick and some favorite songs from 2017. Plus, a celebrity sighting.