Newest Episodes
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Episode 293: Movie Music – Van Morrison, Oscar Isaac
Patrick picks a couple favorite songs on movie soundtracks, from “The King of Comedy” and “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
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Episode 292: Movie Music – Nick Drake
Tom Neuerburg calls in to talk about a favorite song in a movie. That movie is … “Serendipity.”
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Episode 291: Favorite Film Scores
Day 2 of Movie Music Week. We talk about some favorite film scores, with composer Charlie Barnett. (He also plays in jazz combo Chaise Lounge.)
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Episode 290: How to Score a Film
Charlie Barnett joins the show to talk about writing music for films and TV (he’s only written about 1,000 scores). One of his songs, “Jubilee” for the documentary “Paper Clips,” was sung by Alison Krauss. And thus we kick of Movie Music Week on Rockin’ the Suburbs.
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Episode 289: Van Halen – ‘1984’
We conclude Van Halen Week with another huge-seller, the epic “1984.” Eddie plays the keys, and Dave eases the seat back.
Thanks to Kevin Spain for joining the discussion all week.
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Episode 288: Van Halen – ‘Fair Warning,’ ‘Diver Down’
Today, we discuss two classic Van Halen albums — one for Eddie (1981’s “Fair Warning”) and one for Dave (1982’s “Diver Down”). Joining us all week is guest Kevin Spain.
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Episode 287: Van Halen – ‘Women and Children First’
Have you seen Junior’s grades? Have you heard Van Halen’s third album, “Women and Children First” from 1980? We explore the album’s delights as part of Van Halen Week, with guest Kevin Spain.
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Episode 286: ‘Van Halen II’
Van Halen Week continues. Today, we discuss the band’s second album, released in 1979. It sold millions and was still a bit of a commercial disappointment compared to the debut. But … “Dance the Night Away”!
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Episode 285: ‘Van Halen’
Van Halen’s debut album was released 40 years ago this month. And so we launch our latest album-by-album series. All week, we’re talking about this epic SoCal hard rock band, with guest Kevin Spain.
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Episode 284: Springsteen on Broadway
Our friend Jesse Jackson, of the “Set Lusting Bruce” podcast, joins us by phone to talk about his recent experience seeing “Springsteen on Broadway.” We so want to go!