Chasing the Essential

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How many episodes does Chasing the Essential have?

The podcast currently has 182 episodes available.

Chasing the Essential episodes:

December 20, 2024 Episode 236: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 473 (Andy)
In memory of Andy Blakemore

Erik Voeks Let Go Now
Low Cut Connie Are You Gonna Run?
otter petter Winnebago
Searching for Sylvia The Realist
Father John Misty She Cleans Up
Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin Slow Down
Andy Bopp Simplified
Even As We Speak Forgiving
Trio Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)
Soul Asylum The Only Thing I'm Missing
The Galileo 7 Not Gonna Miss You
Searching For Sylvia SEMA (Sunday Evening Misery Attack)
Phil Angotti False Alarm
The Jellybricks We’ll Be Together
Combat Road Trip
Ramones Chop Suey [Alternate Version]
pete donnelly Compass
Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin/SHAKE SOME I Got Lots Of Problems
Marcy Playground Gone Crazy
Searching For Sylvia Play That Song (On The Radio)
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1h 9min
December 13, 2024 Episode 236: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 472 (Digs V1)
20 of my favorite Essential Digs over the years!

The B-52's Nip It In The Bud
The Cure Grinding Halt
Hoodoo Gurus Like Wow-Wipeout
Kelly Osbourne Come Dig Me Out
Peter Schilling Major Tom (Coming Home) [Director's Cut]
The Producers I Love Lucy
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now
Ruth Ruth Uninvited
Sniff 'n' the Tears Driver's Seat
Stan Ridgway Drive, She Said
Syd Straw Future 40's (String of Pearls)
The Rings Uh-Oh (Here I Go Again)
Wire Train Chamber of Hellos
Bangs Getting Out Of Hand
Blur There's No Other Way
The Fixx Stand Or Fall
Woodentops Get it On
Live Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)
Culture Club Church Of The Poison Mind
The Dentists Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)
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1h 14min
December 06, 2024 Episode 235: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 471 (Shaman)
"Scum-bags and superstars, tell me your names ... I'll make a bet, you're both the same" - Talking Heads

Icecream Hands Picture Disc From The Benelux
Erik Voeks My Dentist
Billy Bragg The Boy Done Good
The Glad Machine I Wanna Drive (2024 Charity Single)
Steven Wright-Mark Falling Up
Redd Kross The Shaman's Disappearing Robe
The Figgs There are Never Two Alike
Nick Piunti Blame in Vain
Luscious Jackson Naked Eye
Greg Williams The Things That Make Me Happy
David Woodard We're Not Coming Back
Joe Jackson Pretty Girls
Chuck Prophet, ¿Qiensave? First Came the Thunder
Too Much Joy Unbeautiful
Talking Heads Lifetime Piling Up
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Raincoat in the River
THE TOMS BLACK & WHITE
Material Issue If Ever You Should Fall
The Decemberists Born To The Morning
XTC My Bird Performs
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1h 11min
November 29, 2024 Episode 234: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 470 (Kalamazoo)
"Well, here's a song I wrote when I was about a hundred and forty-four" - The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Pete Donnelly Exploding Lightbulb
Erik Voeks The Symmetry
sparkle*jets u.k. Right Idea
Old 97's Falling Down
20/20 Back to California
Deer Tick Grey Matter
Tommy Keene Tuesday Morning
The Mighty Lemon Drops My Biggest Thrill
Joe Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War Trash City
Hayley and the Crushers Alleyways
The Chesterfield Kings If I Had To Leave
The Gold Needles I Don't Know About That
Jack Green Too Many Fools
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Still Aging
Any Trouble Another Heartache
Fountains Of Wayne Richie And Ruben
Jesse Malin & Spoon The Way We Used to Roll
KURT BAKER Inner Demons
Ed Ryan FOLLOW YOU DOWN
Aimee Mann & Michael Penn Two of Us
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1h 7min
November 22, 2024 Episode 233: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 469 (Stuff 1998)
"... and I got a clear and able mind that sees my life going fine" - Melissa Ferrick

Myracle Brah Whisper Softly
Josh Rouse Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Tommy Keene Never Really Been Gone
Goo Goo Dolls Broadway
The Knack Terry & Julie Step Out
The Plimsouls Dangerous Book
The Connells Still Life
Superdrag Sold You An Alibi
Dada Beautiful Turnback Time Machine
Richard X. Heyman If We Should Ever Meet Again
Sloan Keep On Thinkin'
The Tragically Hip Fireworks
CAKE Let Me Go
Melissa Ferrick Everything I Need
Nick Heyward 3 Colours (bonus track)
Hole Awful
Icecream Hands Dodgy
Liz Phair Big Tall Man
Bob Mould Moving Trucks
Elliott Smith Baby Britain
R.E.M. Daysleeper
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1h 12min
November 15, 2024 Episode 232: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 468 (Another Track)
"... and they folked out with guitars around a bonfire, just singin' and clappin', man, what the hell happened? - Smashmouth

The Stems Falling From The Sky
Nada Surf Intel and Dreams
Chuck Prophet Same Old Crime
The Wallflowers Don't Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day)
Librarians With Hickeys Everything Will Be All Right
Semisonic Little Bit of Sun
The Chesterfield Kings Crazy Days and Wild Nights
The Damnwells What You Get
Smash Mouth Walkin' On The Sun
Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men Long Way Down
Ed Ryan MAKE IT HAPPEN
The Linda Lindas Lose Yourself
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Went to a Party
Susanna Hoffs High Lonesome
Orbis Max Candy On The Hill
The Dead 60s Riot Radio
Robbers On High Street Japanese Girls
The New Pornographers Twin Cinema
OK Go Here It Goes Again
The Cure A Fragile Thing
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1h 6min
November 08, 2024 Episode 231: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 466 (Long Titles)
"Ain't no fun dancing in the dark " - The Damnwells

The Tisburys The Anniversaries
Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men Eyelids
Ed Ryan FINE ART TO LETTING IT GO
Chuck Prophet Wake The Dead
The Chesterfield Kings We're Still All The Same
The Beths Lying In The Sun
Lone Justice Teenage Kicks
CAKE & NOISE FOR NOW Hold You (Responsible)
Roman Holliday Stand By
The Jam Thick As Thieves
The Smiths William, It Was Really Nothing
New Musik Living By Numbers
Jim Trainor Better Than You Do
Dennis Shocket and Cliff Hillis The Girls Are Back In Town
The Popravinas The Girl Who Didn't Want To Hear Any Tunes
The Armoires You Oughta Be Cut In Half
The Damnwells Easy Tiger
Rooftop Screamers Souvenirs
Jesse Malin & Butch Walker In the Modern World
Rick Kingo feat Cherry Fez In Our Solitude
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1h 9min
November 02, 2024 Episode 230: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 466 (Trampoline)
"When you're young and you run and you're burning like a star and it's fun and it's done and it leaves you with a scar" - Jesse Malin

Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men Seasick
Jesse Malin & Low Cut Connie When You're Young
Semisonic Keep Me in Motion
Ruler Drag
John Larson and The Silver Fields Whisper_to_be_Heard
Dennis Shocket and Cliff Hillis Violet Blue
DM3 Falling For You
The Romantics Poison Ivy
The Monroes What Do All The People Know
Haircut 100 Milk Film
Adam & The Ants Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios
The Junior League This Concludes Our Broadcast Day
Bill Lloyd Trampoline
Francine Trampoline
Eztv Trampoline
Greenberry Woods Trampoline
Nada Surf Second Skin
Librarians With Hickeys Spying By The Numbers
Look Park Stars Of New York
Nina Gordon The Time Comes
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1h 11min
October 24, 2024 Episode 229: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 465 (2005)
"And the toll will bring you down real hard. 'Cause your house is only made of cards" - Mark Mulcahy

Mark Mulcahy Cookie Jar
Jets Overhead Blue Is Red
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin Oregon Girl
Josh Rouse Winter In The Hamptons
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Bigtime
The High Dials Higher And Brighter
The Contrast Big Dark Nowhere
Oasis The Meaning Of Soul
Weezer The Damage In Your Heart
The Raveonettes Love In A Trashcan
The Anderson Council Friday's Girl
matt pond PA So Much Trouble
The Dandy Warhols Down Like Disco
The Caesars May The Rain
The Jessica Fletchers How Unlucky (Can You Possibly Get)?
The Go-Betweens Here Comes A City
Big Star Best Chance
Ben Lee Catch My Disease (That's The Way I Like It)
Spoon I Turn My Camera On
Nada Surf Always Love
The Decemberists 16 Military Wives
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1h 14min
October 11, 2024 Episode 228: Chasing the Essential - Episode # 464 (Soundside)
"Don't let your dreams die young, don't let your heart go numb. " Goo Goo Dolls

Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets A Quiet Place
Lannie Flowers What Did I Know
The Swinging Blue Jeans Keep Me Warm ('Til The Sun Shines)
The Armoires Music & Animals
Librarians With Hickeys No More Goodbyes
Cheap Trick Quit Waking Me Up
Guided By Voices Cavemen Running Naked
Guadalcanal Diary Look Up!
Gary Myrick & The Figures The Party
The On and Ons Give Me Time
The English Beat Noise In This World
Greg Williams Sing for You
Jack Green Babe
Rob Laufer Bolt Of Blue
Nada Surf X Is You
Lisa Loeb This Is My Life
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Paris (Ooh La La)
The Goo Goo Dolls Run All Night
Noah Kahan Growing Sideways
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1h 10min

FAQs about Chasing the Essential:

How many episodes does Chasing the Essential have?

The podcast currently has 182 episodes available.