I'd Buy That For A Dollar

Matt Dorbin aka The Doctor joins us for our Halloween episode where we spin the debut album by French singer Claudine Longet, who passed away earlier this year at age 84. Once an American household name through her marriage to Andy Williams and television appearances, Claudine's career abruptly came to a halt in the mid-1970s following an incident which looms large over her light, breezy pop records. 

Co-host Peter takes us on a journey into the psychedelic sounds of Country Joe and the Fish. Although best remembered for performing at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, the band were at the forefront of the 1960s counterculture movement and deeply rooted in activism.  

We continue our "in memoriam" theme for the opening of season 8 with ZZ Top, who lost drummer Frank Beard in 2026 and bassist Dusty Hill in 2021. We play cuts from their 1981 album that finds the longtime blues rock power trio transitioning into the 1980s by embracing synthesizers and New Wave elements. 

We pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton as guests Taylor Rowley and Mark T. Weathersby visit Kalamazoo, Michigan, to view the 1984 film Rhinestone with co-hosts Sean, Jeremy, and Peter. We discuss the notoriously panned motion picture and play a few choice cuts from its equally baffling soundtrack.  

With season 8 and episode 300 just around the corner, we have decided to travel back to where it all began: Jimmie Spheeris. We revisit the first episode of the podcast, which aired in fall 2019. We travel back to that distant time when the world was a different place, full of fantastical album covers and majick folksingers.  

On this ReWind, we revisit when David O. McCullough joined us to uncover what little information was available on the only album by the Hare Krishna soul and jazz-funk group Rasa.  

This classic episode ReWind takes us back to season 4 when WFMU DJ and music writer Gaylord Fields joined us to discuss the debut album by the Dells. This 1968 release finds the longstanding singles group embracing experimentation as they graduate to the long play.  

In this unlocked Patreon bonus episode, the crew listens to a 10" record released by Emory Cook featuring the sounds of the railroad, an impressive audio achievement for 1952.

Guest Jacob T. Simons joins us to close season 7 as we discuss Bob Dylan's 1981 album Shot of Love. The third installment in Dylan's largely maligned "Christian trilogy," this release is the most diverse of the three albums and worthy of reevaluation. Stick around after the discussion for our season wrap-up! 

Guest Jared Thiele takes us into the fascinating world of French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. We learn about Ponty's career path as both a solo artist and session player while we listen to a mid-period album that finds his trademark violin surrounded by synthesizers.