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You Should Check It Out
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- You Should Check It Out
Thank you Guy Kline (#066 Rebroadcast)
We’re taking this week off to replay an episode we aired back in November that featured Nick’s Dad, Guy Kline. Guy passed away unexpectedly this past week at…
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#079 - Review The Review: TIMES TWO (Idles & Weezer) + Spotify’s Problem
Greg shared a new album a few weeks back that he was really enjoying. Idles released their sophomore album “Ultra Mono” back in September and is chock-full of…
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#078 - Albums Coming in 2021, “Viral or Eyeroll”: Round 4, Phil Spector (Live)
Thanks so much for everyone that joined us on Facebook Live (you can watch it here)!Nick runs through some lists of albums coming out this year and we discuss…
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#077 - Special Guest: Gabriel Riccio (Part 2 - Transcribing King Crimson)
Gabriel Lucas Riccio is a vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, transcriber, and engraver from Salisbury, MD, currently residing in Chicago, IL…
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#076 - Special Guest: Gabriel Riccio (Part 1 - Creating Music)
Gabriel Lucas Riccio is a vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, transcriber, and engraver from Salisbury, MD, currently residing in Chicago, IL…
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#075 - Keith Richards Appreciated, Soul Reviewed, MF Doom Remembered
What makes Keith Richards a great guitarist? Glad you asked! Jay’s long considered Mr. Richards one his favorites and brings us his case this week. We dissect…
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#074 - Slint, Remembering Tony Rice & 2020: At Least the Music Didn’t Suck
In 1991, a handful of 20 year olds calling themselves Slint recorded an album in Chicago and then promptly split up. The album, titled Spiderland, had no…
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#073 - YSCIO 2nd Annual Holiday Extravaganza
Happy Holidays Everyone! This year we decided to pull together songs or albums that we’ve come to associate with the season. Apparently we were very…
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#072 - Remembering Charley Pride, Dylan Sells, Streaming Services Don’t Pay
Charley Pride passed last week from COVID-19 complications & Jay shares his story with us today. He was an incredible bright and optimistic voice out of the…
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#071 - The Zappa Movie Review
Almost 5 years ago, actor/director Alex Winter launched a Kickstarter to help save the private vault of Frank Zappa & promised the customary Kickstarter-Schwag…
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#070 - YouTube ❤️ Ambient, 2021 Grammy Nominees & A Gift Guide for Music Lovers
How is obscure 1970s Japanese Ambient music so popular on YouTube? A recent article in Ars Technica attempts to tie it to YouTube’s algorithm, but Nick thinks…
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#069 - 2nd Annual YSCIO Thanksgiving Special
Welcome back friends! Maybe it hasn’t been a poster year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do this Thanksgiving right! This year we’ve built an elaborate (and…
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#068 - Cain’s Ballroom, Tay-Tay-Today, CMA’s No-Drama Drama, Vinyl Decline
Just a few hours prior to recording, a couple stories grabbed Greg’s attention & inspired our newest named segment, which he’s calling “Tay-Tay Today”. A…
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#067 - Virtual Knotfest, “Viral or Eyeroll”: Round 3, NIИ RnR HoF
Knotfest is ON! Online that is. Nick discovered the festival, put on by Slipknot for the past 8 years, is going virtual amid the pandemic this year. How…
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#066 - Yes…or no? (with Guy Kline) - Greg’s News from the Road
After a lifetime checking NO next to all “Fan of Yes?” checkboxes, Jay heard “Close to the Edge” and found he really really enjoyed it. Wondering if there were…
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#065 - Tonto+Brain, Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You, Keith & Köln
Greg leads off with a story about Angie C, a musician/scientist in Calgary that has wired up a brainwave monitor to TONTO, an early synthesizer made in 1971…
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#064 - Shore | Kaz PS on The Halcyon | Wildflowers
Nick kicks things off this week with an album recommendation. “Shore” by Fleet Foxes was released in time for Fall last month, but is a surprisingly brighter…