Today we chat with friend and fellow hall watcher Michelle Bourg. We discuss her blog Iconic Rock Talk Show, how she got started as a hall watcher and her hopes for the John Sykes era.  She also dishes on what it was like to meet Greg Harris and her experience at the 2018 induction ceremony simulcast.

Today we discuss cult icon Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, a Cleveland legend and the man who invented shock rock, but the biggest shock is that he isn’t inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Mary explains why he is overdue for a Rock Hall Early Influence induction by looking back at his legendary personal life, the evolution of his music career and his enormous impact on metal, punk and shock rock alike.

Today we chat with friend and fellow hall watcher Nick Bambach, and we discuss his blog The Audio-Visual Repository, the current state of the Rock Hall, our favorite music biopics and celebrity encounters on Twitter.

In an attempt to spread fun and cheer at pandemic levels, we each answer 15 music themed questions about ourselves that range from silly scenarios to music related memories. We reveal the musicians we would self quarantine with, who we would make biopics about, our high school prom themes and so much more!

Join us for a quick catch up chat today on a myriad of topics! We discuss the unprecedented postponement of the Rock Hall 2020 ceremony due to COVID-19 fears, the recent board members added by John Sykes and briefly recap our trip to Los Angeles. We also discuss the future of the podcast as well as what we've been up to.

Hall Watchers is honored to chat with our very first podcast guest, journalist, author and professor Evelyn McDonnell. We discuss gender imbalance at the Rock Hall, her influence on the Rock Hall watcher conversation as well as Turn It Up, a collective working towards gender parity in the music industry.

Today we “cram to understand” how of the 7 hip-hop acts inducted into the Rock Hall, zero of them are women. We discuss 10 currently eligible female acts who changed the landscape of hip-hop from Queen Latifah to TLC, as well as 8 future eligible women.

Do you think love is a many splendored thing or are you much more in the “love stinks” camp? Either way, Hall Watchers has you covered this week! Join us as we talk about 10 of our favorite love songs and 10 songs that can help you nurse a broken heart.

From the frantic surf guitar fever dream of Pulp Fiction, to the impossibly cool R&B swagger of Jackie Brown, to the nostalgic 1960’s valentine of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, no one compiles a soundtrack quite like Quentin Tarantino. Join us as we examine the soundtracks for each of his films and discuss which artists we feel are worthy of Rock Hall discussion.  

This week we take a break from the Rock Hall and have a casual chat about recent music documentaries. Join us as we review Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Between Me and My Mind, The Two Killings of Sam Cooke and Echo in the Canyon.