Tag: Patrick Foster
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RE-AIR: The Story of Game Theory, Part 1
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 revisit episode 1096, in which Patrick tells the story of one of his favorite bands, Game Theory.
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Episode 2168: June 2025 New Music: Whiskey Myers, Tropical F*ck Storm, Jesse Welles, SG Goodman
The June 2025 New Music Train is winding up this month’s journey, with Scot Isom and Patrick on board to pull it into the depot to get ready for next month’s trip. We close June 2025 New Music selections with songs from Whiskey Myers, Tropical F*ck Storm, Jesse Welles and SG Goodman.
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Episode 2158: Book Nook: A Chance to Harmonize by Sheryl Kaskowitz
It’s back-to-back visits to the Book Nook this week on Rockin’ the Suburbs. In this episode, Patrick discusses a recent read, A Chance to Harmonize by Sheryl Kaskowitz. The book’s details the work of a little-known but influential part of FDR’s New Deal: The Music Unit. Learn how this project played a part in America’s musical history and the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s.
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Episode 2157: Book Nook: Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down and Too Late to Stop Now by Allan Jones
It’s Book Nook time again, listener! Patrick takes you into the rock and roll literary world today with two hilarious, sharply written and observed volumes by Allan Jones. Jones wrote for Melody Maker starting in 1974 and went on to have a long career as a music writer and editor. These two volumes collect his best “Rock and Roll War Stories” and are both wonderfully entertaining.
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Episode 2139: Rest in Power: Brian Wilson Part One
Jim, Patrick and the listeners discuss the life and legacy of the amazing Brian Wilson, who passed away last week at the age of 82. In the first episode of a two-part series, we hear from Steven Routledge (with special guest his Dad!), Jesse Jackson and Phil Ingrassia (and of course, Jim and Patrick).
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Episode 2134: Paisley Underground Part Five: Cosmic Country, Rainy Day and 3 X 4: Wrapping Up The Paisley Underground
We wrap up our series on the Paisley Underground with an episode discussing bands with country leanings (Long Ryders, Green on Red, True West), a Spector-like collaboration album and a reunion project. Many thanks to Paul Hayden for his work on these episodes.
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Episode 2133: Paisley Underground Part Four: On An Emergency Third Rail Power Trip with The Rain Parade
We come to the last (but not least) of the Big Four Paisley Underground bands in today’s episode, The Rain Parade. This group, founded in Los Angeles by college roommates Matt Piucci (guitar, vocals) and David Roback (guitar, vocals), put out a tremendous debut album, Emergency Third Rail Power Trip.
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Episode 2132: Paisley Underground Part Three: From the Bangs to the Bangles
Part Three of our series on the Paisley Underground features Paul Hayden and Patrick discussing the legends that are the Bangles. In this episode (among other tidbits): a bad time to not be at home, a trip to Catalina and four musicians reaching their peak as a cohesive band.
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Episode 2131: Paisley Underground Part Two: What Time Is It? Three O’ Clock
In the second part of our series on the Paisley Underground with Paul Hayden, we focus on The Three O’ Clock, originally formed under the name the Salvation Army in 1981. We’ll go through the band’s formation and evolution to their memorable 1983 LP, Sixteen Tambourines.
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Episode 2130: Paisley Underground Part One: Intro and The Dream Syndicate
We begin a new series in this episode of Rockin’ the Suburbs. Paul Hayden (who appeared on our series on the early Bee Gees) joins Patrick for a discussion of this California scene that wove together killer vocal harmonies, guitar meshing and psychedelia, among other elements. This first episode features a general intro and coverage of one of the Big Four of Paisley Underground music, The Dream Syndicate, and their landmark debut album from 1982, The Days of Wine and Roses.