It's time to celebrate the brightest and Bo Diddliest of 2025 on our Year-End roundup! Categories this year are ...Bo Diddliest Song From a Series EpisodeBo Diddliest Cymbal WorkBo Diddiest Song From a Theme Episodeand the one everyone really waits for ...Most Insane Song!!Thanks to all the Pastronauts and see you in 2026!

It's time to celebrate the brightest and Bo Diddliest of 2025 on our Year-End roundup! Categories this year are ... Bo Diddliest Song From a Series Episode Bo Diddliest Cymbal Work Bo Diddiest Song From a Theme Episode and the one everyone really waits for ... Most Insane Song!! Thanks to all the Pastronauts and see you in 2026!

It's time to celebrate the brightest and Bo Diddliest of 2025 on our Year-End roundup! Categories this year are ...Bo Diddliest Song From a Series EpisodeBo Diddliest Cymbal WorkBo Diddiest Song From a Theme Episodeand the one everyone&nbsp;really&nbsp;waits for ...Most Insane Song!!Thanks to all the Pastronauts and see you in 2026!

Fifth Annual Bo Diddley Awards!

The usual format is this: we pick a song from the 1950s or 1960s (genres range from garage, R&amp;B, Girl Groups, Motown and Doo-Wop), and discuss three versions of that song, or sometimes we just play a song we haven’t heard before and react to it. We’ve covered classics like “Little Bit o’ Soul” and “Psychotic Reaction” to rarities like “Jump and Dance” by the Carnaby, and “Ringo I Love You” by Bonnie Jo Mason (aka Cher). Our aim is to discuss what makes these songs interesting, ineffable, or even intolerable. We place special emphasis on the “moments” in these songs where, perhaps, a new interpretation will emerge from. A close look at song structure is also present in our discussions. If that sounds academic, maybe it is a little bit, but we like to keep the analysis in the spirit of the songs we speak of – which means we drink some spirits (for Erik, it’s bourbon, for Weldon, it’s Stambecco) – and that means by the third song, things can get a little wild. Basically, we talk about rock!

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The usual format is this: we pick a song from the 1950s or 1960s (genres range from garage, R&B, Girl Groups, Motown and Doo-Wop), and discuss three versions of that song, or sometimes we just play a song we haven’t heard before and react to it. We’ve covered classics like “Little Bit o’ Soul” and “Psychotic Reaction” to rarities like “Jump and Dance” by the Carnaby, and “Ringo I Love You” by Bonnie Jo Mason (aka Cher). Our aim is to discuss what makes these songs interesting, ineffable, or even intolerable. We place special emphasis on the “moments” in these songs where, perhaps, a new interpretation will emerge from. A close look at song structure is also present in our discussions. If that sounds academic, maybe it is a little bit, but we like to keep the analysis in the spirit of the songs we speak of – which means we drink some spirits (for Erik, it’s bourbon, for Weldon, it’s Stambecco) – and that means by the third song, things can get a little wild. Basically, we talk about rock!

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