It's Pauls birthday so we sit down and talk for another rollicking GORDCAST. Paul does a little record shopping (shocking!) that leads to THE WHO's - QUADROPHENIA boxset. JETHRO TULL, ELTON JOHN, ROB ZOMBIE, JOHN LENNON and DIMEBAG DARRELL all show up too. Gordie checks out the temporary ice rink in downtown Napa and gives a postal update. The real gem of the night is talking about THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL from 1978, after being reminded of it from the EOC SKYPE N' DRAW night. (Featuring an excerpt from that conversation)

We close out with feelings of this time of year and unfortunately, black Friday madness.

NATHAN ALFARO joins Paul and Gordie for a three coast meet up. We begin with the weather, a GORDCAST opening songs re-cap and head onto music matters. REM, PRINCE, BWANA DEVILS and the never before told story of an unreported MONKEES reunion at PAUL WILLIAMS house. Nathan goes sailing and we mull over the VAN HALEN reunion, BLACK SABBATH O.G. style and how cool PETER BUCK is. We cap it off with some movie talk and pledge to do more Gordcasts.

An impromptu Gordcast rises from a sound check run through. Paul works with Photoshop and Gordie likes Curves, leading to learning riffs with KISS, from the Destroyer sessions. Gordie sends cryptic texts to Paul, which leads to not watching a documentary and much talk of Record Stores and how Comic Shops also leave you feeling pleasant. ABSOLUTELY SANE JOHNS, LOONEY TOONS, THE SMALL FACES, BEATLES COMIC BOOKS, TRAGEDY, LEO SLAYER, XANADUDES AND R.E.M. are all covered. Gordie explains the howthe POST OFFICE works around the holidays and Paul plans Thanksgiving.

Gordie is on meds from having a tooth pulled and Paul meets ACE FREHLEY and gives a Halloween update. Gordie listens to Rap music at WALKER RYANS PRO PARTY and gives glaring omissions from the DEBUT ALBUM episode. Naked people, MARILLION, ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINK, TOM JONES, JEFF BECK, BECK, OASIS, ROCKPILE, DAVE EDMUNDS, NICK LOWE, BRIAN WILSON, SPOTIFY and BIG COUNTRY come up.

Gordie and Paul talk about the occupy Wall Street revolution and HALLOWEEN! PHIL COSTELLO punches a guy, Paul gets claustrophobic in the crowd and defends JOHN COUGAR MELLEN-BLARP. We discuss ROGER DALTREY touring TOMMY live, take a few detours and settle in on HALLOWEEN memories and some of our costumes over the years. Gordie likes WONDERFUL WEBLOG (http://wonderfulwonderblog.blogspot.com) and gets his candy stolen. They both saw VAN HALEN when BTO opened for them, Paul has a job and Gordie sings a little.

Gordie goes on a nerd blind date with DAVID PRICE from Eleven O' Clock Comics. If you don't like Gordie's voice, this is the one for you. Who knew DAVID could talk non-stop for two hours straight! David tells us about every town he's lived in, how he met RENEE and meeting knuckleheads at comic cons that lead to podcast empires. We both root for the bull, have animal empathy and are oblivious to bi-racial relationship condemnation and sideways glances.  David says he will come back to another GORDCAST for an actual back and forth conversation and Gordie heads to A.P.E.  Another loooong episode, so enjoy!

Gordie and Paul take a stab at structure and discuss the best live and debut albums from their musical histories.

We begin with NAPA TRIVIA, the breakup of R.E.M and then move into our lists: KISS, CHEAP TRICK, FRAMPTON, PRIEST, VAN HALEN, PETE TOWNSHEND, NEIL YOUNG, STING, RAMONES, GEORGE HARRISON, PORCUPINE TREE, TOOL, MC5, SMITHEREENS, BOSTON, IRON MAIDEN, BIG COUNTRY, BEEGEES, DOORS  and...     oh my gosh, just about every band, ever! Gordie sings and Paul shows a little bit of empathy.  This one goes a little longer than usual, so strap in!

Gordie and Paul are all over the place, but keep coming back to ALICE COOPER. Paul goes to see BLONDIE live and Gordie defends Wikipedia.During this "singing" episode we talk about KISS, ALICE COOPER, BLONDIE, DAVID GROHL, J.GEILS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, IGGY POP, more power pop, free time on the couch with NETFLIX, KENNY HOLSTEIN moments and teasing future GORDCAST topics.

Paul Bertolino survives Hurricane Irene in NY City, so we can talk about Gordie's new Power Pop direction and these other fascinating topics.

SEBASTIAN BACH, THE KNACK, THE RASBERRIES, THE SHOES, ELVIS COSTELLO, THE JAM, THE CLASH, JOE JACKSON, KISS, piano karaoke, MR. BIG, TOM JONES, CHEAP TRICK and their live DVD of SGT PEPPERS, which leads to Gordie telling his story of watching the film from 1978 recently and digging EARTH WIND & FIRE amongst much ridiculousness. Gordie ends by recommending the NNF: ROCK SOLID podcast.

JORDAN PHEGLEY joins Gordie from Happy Valley OR. We begin our conversation with tales from Jordan's SAN DIEGO COMIC CON experience and then ramble around from topic to topic. Comic related Podcasts, STAN SAKAI, RICHARD STARKINGS, SF WONDERCON, EMERALD CITY CON, DCU ONLINE, 80's cartoons come to life, CAPTAIN AMERICA and GREEN LANTERN movies, POTA, DC REBOOT, DOCTOR WHO, TOM BAKER, MONARCH OF THE GLEN, ZEN, EOC SKETCH CHALLENGE and AMY WINEHOUSE. This one is nerdtacular.