Tag: Patrick Foster
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Episode 2233: Perfect Pop: The Dream Syndicate – Halloween
Patrick takes a stab (see what we did there) at finding a song perfect as a Halloween tune and perfect as pop.
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Episode 2231: September 2025 New Music 7: Castle Rat, Mirador, Shame, Emma Pollack
The September 2025 New Music Train is out for its final journey of the month and it’s a good one, as Sunny Varney hops on board to join Patrick for four doses of fresh tunes. Sunny discusses new records from Castle Rat, Mirador and Shame, while Patrick talks up the first solo album from Emma Pollack (Delgados) in nine years.
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Episode 2204: Interview: Chris Slusarenko, Part Three
Bob Peterson joins Jim and Patrick for a wide-ranging interview with musician, podcaster and former video-store owner Chris Slusarenko. In the final part of the conversation, we wrap up music documentary chat and get into some musical talk. Many thanks to Bob and Chris for making this happen!
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Episode 2194: Road Trip to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids, Part Three
Patrick, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner embarked on an epic motor vehicle journey at the end of July – a drive to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids! We’ve got the audio evidence to prove, too. So sit back and enjoy (or endure) the story of our trip. In Part three, the crew arrives in Michigan (and finds a 7-11).
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Episode 2193: Road Trip to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids, Part Two
Patrick, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner embarked on an epic motor vehicle journey at the end of July – a drive to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids! We’ve got the audio evidence to prove, too. So sit back and enjoy (or endure) the story of our trip. In Part Two, we have lunch, among other adventures.
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Episode 2192: Road Trip to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids, Part One
Patrick, Nick Scalera and Mike Wagner embarked on an epic motor vehicle journey at the end of July – a drive to Suburbs Fest Grand Rapids! We’ve got the audio evidence to prove, too. So sit back and enjoy (or endure) the story of our trip.
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Episode 2189: July 2025 New Music 8: Sloan, Dropkick Murphys, Margot Price (ft. Jesse Welles), Theon Cross, Eddy Current Suppression Ring
The long journey for the July 2025 New Music Train ends today, with a pair of old record hounds – Scot Isom and Patrick – wrapping up the monthly picks. They discuss new music from Sloan, Dropkick Murphys, Margot Price (ft. Jesse Welles), Theon Cross and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.
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Episode 2181: Now Streaming: Souled American
Patrick has just discovered that the music of one of his long-time favorite groups — mysterious Chicago band Souled American — is now available on the streaming services.
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Episode 2178: Perfect Pop: Joe Walsh “Life of Illusion”
Patrick inducts an earworm from the early 1980’s, Joe Walsh’s “Life of Illusion.” The song is the fifth track on Joe’s fifth solo album, There Goes the Neighborhood, and was co-written by multi-instrumentalist Kenny Passarelli.
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RE-AIR: Road Trip to Bourbon and Beyond
The podcast is on summer vacation this week and we’ve picked out some episodes from the archives for you all to enjoy. Today we go back to Patrick’s trip to Louisville, Kentucky where he attended the Bourbon and Beyond Festival, which was episode 701.