Johnny is producing a record, so I hopped on my bike.  Full Ocean Way Feel riding down to his studio.  Got to share a couple beers with an old pal Travis and discuss Burrito Bro's 1969 cosmic country masterpiece.  As you expect, we get to all the important questions - Is Chris Hillman the most underrated "technician" of his day?  Who the hell is even in The Byrds? 

I finally got my wish.  I've been working on the SSL console famous for that "Vancouver Snare Sound."  Though I'm still not sure what that is, I know I'll find it on Pump.  Luckily, we have a Toxic Twin of oyur own, Luke Paquin, to walk us through it.  Strangely, in style this episode is more early Aerosmith, fast and loose, not the AA ghost written stadium anthems of their later years.  That'll be part II.

We are officially commencing our Summer of Beatles Beatles Beatles.  In today's episode we discuss the first two episodes of the Cocaine vs Peyote, McCartney vs Rubin standoff, that is McCartney 3,2,1.  Apologies if you have to trial or buy Disney+, there are sacrifices to watching great artists mentally duel.

Bounced back from the Euro defeat and right back into the swing of things.  Read a great Vanity Fair article on how Led Zeppelin were the ultimate hotel room trashers, were loathed by the critics, and sorta had a feud with The Stones.  I accidentally drank carbonated water with high sodium content and me and Johnny got back into it after a week of actually being musicians. 

On the 50th Anniversary of Jim's ascent into Rock and Roll Heaven, we discuss The Doors Eponymous L.P.  We are joined by our IWOL Hollywood Insider and Sunset Strip Field Reporter Amanda Morck, to talk all things Jim, as well as getting the Low Down on current events on the Strip and The Hollywood Vampires. 

The People have decided - Queen are the biggest band on Spotify, which we can only assume, by current ranking systems, means they are the best.  We take a deep dive into their best albums - Greatest Hits 1 & 2, to decide once and for all if they are the best band ever at this moment algorithmically and based only on numbers and fractional more likes.  Joined by our esteemed guest Alex Bleeker of Real Estate. 

Slowly becoming a Ranking Podcast and here we set a Euro 2020 / Round Robin competition involving all Beatles albums and the choice solo Beatles records.  Turns out ranking is really hard.  We also talk Garcia and Mayer meeting in Rock n Roll Heaven, the mental anguish of trying to play non-blues, and get an update on Johnny's swimming goggles.  Hope you enjoyed Solstice.

Still feelin' the double albums and started watch the " Steve Jobs and  Apple 1971: Rock changing the world and all that" series, so thought we'd tackle the sleaziest of the records from that year, "Exile On Main Street."  Some say it's the finest album of the Stones's career, but it's also the sound of a slow implosion, of things falling apart post altamount etc.....and if you keep imploding and imploding.  I just like that they're in their full Dionysian mode.  As Liam would say, "Do a line and dive in!"

In a special new feature, we have a round table Charlie Rose / Hard Talk style serious tete a tete discussion about all that is "The Blues."  We dissect Microsoft vs Apple blues rivalry, what makes Clapton's "Technique" so important in his ranking within The Blues Pantheon, and Joe Perry's pectoral workout regime.  We are fortunate to be joined on the call live from the House of Blues L.A, by IWOL Foreign Correspondent Luke Paquin.

Johnny called today as the first day of summer, and we tackle the record that pushed the California sound of the 60s to it's apocalyptic conclusion.  Punk is here - it's getting angular.  There are all sorts of pagan / pirate hybrids happening, Lindsey Buckingham is cutting his hair with toe nail clippers - and there is a blizzard of Cocaine.  Plus it's a Double Album, so this is part one.