The final episode in our Glam Rock arc. This podcast features one last Struts song, the marriage of Liv Tyler and a place where glam and blues collide. In addition we explore whether new rock music exists (indeed it does!) while being bombastic and slightly sleazy.

Back to the Struts and Glam Rock discussion. Starting with the song "Dirty Sexy Money" we explore glam as party music, follow more of the history from the 70's to now and end with a bonding moment. In between as always we make connections to a myriad of artists, groupies and guardians.

We continue our discussion with a second rave from the Grammys, an unexpected rant about the Grammys and then the next complete rant, more an annoyance. As usual tangents abound and a great story from my past emerges.

A side stage where where I rant about the current state of pop radio, the lack of variety, the voices and more. Plus the Grammys where there is a rant and a rave. And somehow Dolly Parton brings a thematic fluidity to the episode. I never know where the final narrative is going to go when I start the process. And that's part of the fun!

In this episode we transition from our discussion of Queen to a few diva voices and then move to a handful of recent dance pop songs that I think should have seen radio airplay.

As we move into our third series of podcasts, in episode 1 we start with a discussion of the origins of Glam Rock and focus on the current standard bearers of the genre, The Struts. Within our discussion we also talk about a couple of 80's hair metal bands, Robert Palmer/Power Station, some movie connections and re-visit the topic of booty charts.

Months in the making, this episode is a continuation of the discussion that ended Episode 3 when we lost connection. At the beginning of the episode we discuss songs that made the Village Voice's Pazz and Pop list in 1997. The final four #1's also lead to a tangent concerning Billboard's 60th Anniversary of the Hot 100 and their list of the biggest songs of the last 6 decades. I also lament on= the methodology changes over the years.

In the last episode one major story was overlooked in our discussion that centered on the 1988 party. That story leads to a deeper look at the music, especially in the top 10. After that we re-visit a duet I introduced in the last episode by U2 and Mary J. Blige. As I expected Jeff and I come from different ends of the spectrum on that one.

In this episode we start to explore the party #1's that we had not previously discussed. We talk about #1's from the last 80's to the late 90's and quickly realize that the discussion elevates to the iconic albums that they came from.

In this episode we discuss some honorable mentions on our favorites side and then go into each of our 5 least favorite of the music party #1's.