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Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
A cornucopia of podcasts involving music, movie reviews, casual conversations, a radio show, and of course, the Electric Light Orchestra.
Episodes
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Podcast Art: Johnson Morning Routine
It's an episode we can all relate to. Recorded: Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:22 am Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: 4th of July Music
American independence in early 20th century songs and story. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...Kansas "Monolith"
Kansas, after working hard for years, finally had a top-five hit with "Dust in the Wind" from their 1977 album Point of Know Return. Thinking it was time to…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)America's Top 40s: June 22, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 009-R Whisper in the Night
Roy Wood ends Electric Light Orchestra. The album, not the band. Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Best of The Radiotrola Program: September 9 & 16, 2011
A lesson in journalistic feature writing, and a Cait Brennan double shot! Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: Blubberella
A fat-bottomed girl and her squad take down the Nazi war machine with gas warfare. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Eric vs. Eric: The Kids Are Alright (The old People, Not So Much)
A couple of guys in their 50s talk about youngsters and oldsters. Not sponsored by Oli Pop. (Yet.) Talk back to us at 623-850-3375 Donate to the podcast…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: Eric's Cylinders I
Eric plays a few of the wax cylinders he owns. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...The Cars "Candy-O"
The Cars was a successful debut album, containing A list of songs that played like a new wave best-of. Candy-O, the follow-up, sold even more, despite not all…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: June 15, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 008-R: Queen of the Hours
A few extra minutes with the Queen of the Hours from April 14, 2018. Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Best of The Radiotrola Program: September 9, 2011
Eric's German geology teach threatens the class, Eric's hat brings all the milkshakes to his playground, and hilarity ensues on the PhunFone. Donate to the…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: Sex Madness
SEX KILLS!!! Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Podcast Art: Washing the Dishes
16 minutes to wash the dishes. Recorded: Tuesday April 15, 2025 10:00 am Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: Father's Day
Olde timey songs about dad. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...Rush "A Farewell to Kings"
2112 proved to be the album that Rush needed to save their contract with Mercury Records. The follow-up, A Farewell to Kings, was even more ambitious…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: June 8, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 007-R: Manhattan Rumble
Let's get ready to rumble again with new commentary from Mike Hudson added to this April 7, 2018 episode. Donate to the podcast through Patreon…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Best of The Radiotrola Program: September 2, 2011
Why was Eric undatabble in 2011, PhunFone, and Eric makes the news! Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: Glen or Glenda
Who's who? What's what? And where are my panties? Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Eric vs. Eric: Gen X Childhood
The Eric's talk about being a Gen X child, Boomer parenting, and for kicks and giggles, throw in a little sodomy. Talk back to us at 623-850-3375 Donate to the…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: Christmas in June!
Summer's Hell has begun, so let's pretend it's Christmas! Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Works Volume 1"
After releasing their best album, 1973's Brain Salad Surgery, Emerson, Lake and Palmer embarked on a world tour, followed by a much-needed break. When they…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: June 1, 1959
Now with snippets from songs entering the Hot 100! Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 006-R: Mr. Radio
Return to the thrilling days of March 31, 2018! New commentary from Mike Hudson, plus a remix of the song. Donate to the podcast through Patreon…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Best of The Radiotrola Program: August 19 & 26, 2011
Phun Fone Phun, and the music of AnnaPaul & The Bearded Lady. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: Waiting for my Real Life
Colin Hay from Men at Work gets his own documentary!
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Podcast Art: Rain
45 minutes of a rain storm. Recorded: Wednesday April 2, 2025 5:00-5:45 PM Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: Summer '25
Summer's here! Welcome to Hell. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...The B-52’s "Wild Planet"
"Rock Lobster" quickly became a song that filled dancefloors in the late 1970s and, though it only sold moderately well at the time, The B-52's has become one…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: May 25, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959.
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 005-R: 1st Movement (Jumping Biz)
More biz jumpin' with Mike Hudson. Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com P.O. Box 1932…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Best of The Radiotrola Program: 1st Anniversary Special: August 6, 2011
It's a smattering of the better bits from year 1 of The Eric Paul Johnson Radiotrola Program. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: The Man Who Could Work Miracles
A meek man acquires the powers of God!!!
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Podcast Art: Kelvin Bridge
Abandoned Kelvin Bridge over the Gila River in Kelvin, AZ at 10:38 am on April 23, 2025. Sounds include birds, wind, the old guardrails creaking, a helicopter…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: That's Sick!
As olde timey diseases make a comeback, I play olde timey records about olde timey diseases. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...Public Image Ltd - The Flowers of Romance
After Public Image Ltd's second album Metal Box (known as Second Edition in the United States,) bass player Jah Wobble left. John Lydon and Keith Levene…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: May 18, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959.
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 004-R: Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)
We go back to Marston Moor with Mike Hudson, and Jerry Lewis. March 17, 2018 Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Best of The Radiotrola Program: July 29, 2011 Part II
For the love of old music, Karen tries to feed Eric some cock & balls, and Eric's battle with math in the form of Star Trek II. Donate to the podcast through…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
It's the last Jedi, but it's not the last Star Wars movie.
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Podcast Art: Walking
15 minutes walking on a path. Recorded: Tuesday April 1, 2025 9:55-10:10 am Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: It's a Birthday Party!
Songs and home recordings from the 1890s-1920s about birthdays. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...Dio "Sacred Heart"
Dio's first two albums, Holy Diver and The Last in Line, were hard rock classics. So, why change things up? If anything, Sacred Heart was a bit poppier, but…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: May 11, 1959
It's the top 40 songs this week in 1959.
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: 003-R:Nellie Takes Her Bow
Nellie takes another bow. Read updated commentary on this song at our Substack radiotrola.substack.com/ Donate to the podcast through Patreon…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Best of The Radiotrola Program: July 29, 2011
The worst travel experience Eric ever had with an airline that flies the U.S. airways. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Eric vs. Eric: Not Funny
It was a post ELO show conversation in April that drifted from topic to topic. Mostly about what isn't funny anymore. Talk back to us at 623-850-3375 Donate to…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Waxy Buildup: Century Smash Hits II
Chart debuts from 100 years ago this week. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...R.E.M. "Reckoning"
After a critical success with Murmur, R.E.M. again teamed with producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon for their sophomore effort, Reckoning. In some ways it was…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: May 4, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959.
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Face the Music Reversible: Episode 002-R: Look At Me Now
The ghost of an episode from March 3, 2018 haunts the ELO podcast. Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Best of The Radiotrola Program: July 15, 2011
Crotch-itching fun, and Eric's dating profile. Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at patreon.com/LNTCS
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)The 6-Minute Critic: The Terror of Tiny Town
Did this movie really happen? Oh, yes, it did! Read more thoughts on the movie on our Substack.
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)Podcast Art: Dryer
18 minutes of the dryer. Recorded: March 11, 2025 Donate to the podcast through PayPal eloftmpodcast@gmail.com Or subscribe to my comic strip at…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
Waxy Buildup: The Oldest Recordings
The very first sounds ever recorded. Hear the big hits from 1857! Read about this episode with more phun phakts and links at our Substack. Donate to the…
Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)What Came Next...Devo "New Traditionalists"
Devo scored a top-20 hit with the song "Whip It" in 1980, from their third album, Freedom of Choice. Unfortunately, it meant that even though the band had…
- Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)
America's Top 40s: April 27, 1959
The top 40 songs this week in 1959.