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A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll

Feb 28, 2021

Don Was records members of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, REM, Soul Asylum, Afghan Wigs, and Gumball as they record (in only 2 DAYS with no rehearsal beforehand) covers of covers that the Beatles covered in their Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit days when they had to sleep next to the women's toilets and get woken up by the sound...


Feb 2, 2021

Cameron Crowe would be so proud of the award I've bestowed upon him. This episode allows me to take some meandering paths. You could go so far as to accuse me of being unfocused and noncommittal to the high calling of delivering sharp, energetic and intentional content that is immediately actionable, were you an uncouth...


Feb 2, 2021

My pal Dan and I spent X-mas watching this rock n' roll favorite beloved by rockers and radio station employees to this day. We break down the making of the film, the many musical considerations involved in the soundtrack, the stellar comedy cast, and overall how the guy who directed Heathers and Hudson Hawk + the guy...


Feb 2, 2021

We tear deeper into what made this movie the kind of movie it is and what made Jerry Lee Lewis an eternally conflicted player in the war for human souls! 


Feb 1, 2021

In our first episode we delve into one of the later examples of the 50's nostalgia boom of the 1980's. This film is packed with quality components with a final result that hasn't decided what it wants to be when it grows up.

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