Tag: Nirvana
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Episode 1322: Radio Songs – Nirvana, Bikini Kill, Slim Dunlap, Josh Ritter, Guided By Voices
We conclude Radio Week by showcasing Friday and weekend DJs you’ll hear on Rockin’ the Suburbs Radio: Mackensi Crenshaw, Keith Jacobsen, Vasant Ramamurthy, Jim Lenahan, Kevin Bartlett, Mike Kohli and Scott Parks.
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Episode 1271: TV/Radio Songs
Tim Hoffman fills in for Jim & Patrick and talks about songs that reference TV or radio.
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Episode 1250: Jim’s Journey – Entering the Real World
We conclude the Jim’s Journey series with guest Will Pfeifer. Jim and Will discuss the music they listened to while in their first real jobs, at the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star newspaper.
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Episode 959: Embedded Album Titles
Tim Hoffman, a patron of the pod, picks the topic. We discuss album titles that are in lyrics of songs that are not title tracks. Get it? You will.
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Episode 430: Fan Mail – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
More “Smells Like Teen Spirit” cover suggestions (kind of but not entirely). Kurt Gallagher likes Moog Cookbook’s synth instrumental. BJ Bonin nominates “Weird Al” Yankovic’s parody. And Kjell Arne Sandvik picks Pansy Division’s queer take on the song.
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Episode 381: Covers – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
More Dan Gursky + Patrick. They discuss curious cover versions of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
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Episode 94: Revisiting ‘Singles’
The “Singles” soundtrack, a document of early ’90s grunge and alternative, turns 25 years old. Jim & Patrick fly the flannel.
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Episode 93: Overplayed songs (‘Freee Birrddd!’)
Can you get sick of a great song? We put that question to our listeners, and they offered up several examples.
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Episode 56: Rockin’ the French Horn
Fear not, band nerds, you too can play on a rock song. Guest Dan Gursky, a French horn player, spins three famous tunes that feature that brass instrument. Also joining us in the basement this week is friend Kevin Goff.
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Episode 11: Rich Cohen’s favorite song of 2016
Journalist and author Rich Cohen joins the pod via Skype to discuss his favorite song of 2016, plus talk some more about the Rolling Stones, natch.