Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Co-host Sean takes us into the world of boogie funk and unveils the newest album to date that we've featured on the pod: Midnight Star's certified bopper, Headlines, only 34 years old—wow!

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On the last of our episodes recorded in Chicago, guest host Shannon Gross takes us for an enthusiastic spin through Cyndi Lauper's 1983 megahit LP, She's So Unusual. We explore how this unconventional voice and icon for punk fashion was able to infiltrate the pop charts during the decade of extremes.

Illustrator, musician, and music historian Steve Krakow of Plastic Crimewave fame brings us this light rock classic from Bread. We talk unheralded mastermind David Gates and give a fresh ear to mom's favorite breezy California jams.

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Guest Host Scott Schaaf (owner of Pinwheel Records in Chicago) takes us to his Sports section. We dig into this super-selling, near-ubiquitous record that was not passed onto the next generation's collective memory. Scott calls this the "greatest American rock record of the last 40 years," if you want to internet argue about something.   

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Guest Host Rich Tupica, author of There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star, brings us a bonafide bargain bin beauty—The Beach Boys Today! We dive into this proto-Pet Sounds work which marked the transition out of cars/surfing into transcendent artistry. Inzane Johnny sits in to discuss the podcast he and Rich recently started, Inzane Michigan.

Guest Host Jon Howard brings us this cowboy classic from a vintage crooner. We explore the string arrangements by John "Johnny" Williams and wander into a discussion on field recordings. John Olson aka Inzane Johnny sits in. 

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Special Guest Host John Olson aka Inzane Johnny brings us this unnerving and gnarly religious artifact from a Michigan thrift store dollar bin. Jon Howard of Flat, Black & Circular sits in and will feature his own selection next episode. 

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Peter brings us this deceptively titled final record from Yippie folk icon Phil Ochs. We explore the roots of this uncharacteristic album from an enigmatic artist.

Co-Host Sean excavates the legacy of this truly legendary vocalist who has been shamefully forgotten in the winds of time. Triumph, innovation, heartbreak, and tragedy—this story has it all.  

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So you think you know Johnny D? Turns out your thoughts of this gentle, nature-loving pothead were mere illusion. Explore this uncharacteristically dark album from bargain bin king Johnny D and hear us expose his dark side.  

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