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I’m excited to welcome acclaimed musician Jessamyn Violet to the podcast to talk about her novel, ‘Secret Rules to Being a Rockstar’, a gritty, glittery, queer YA debut about a teenage musician who jumps at a chance to play in her favorite rock band on their upcoming world tour, only to realize her heroes have their own agenda and might be leading her down a dark path. 

If you’re into the 1990s Los Angeles music scene, in all its glory and decay, you’re gonna love this novel and episode. 

Speaking of the 1990s LA music scene, in the last segment of the episode, ‘LA Weekly’ Culture & Entertainment Editor, Lina Lecaro, joins me to talk about that very thing as well as some of the women who were rockin’ the town and the world at that time.

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Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/rock-is-lit-212451

Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-is-lit/id1642987350

Jessamyn Violet’s website, where you can find Reading, Rocking, Rainbow Tour dates and info on tickets, and info on her band Movie Club: https://jessamynviolet.com/bio

Jessamyn Violet on Twitter and Instagram: @jessamynviolet

Read Lina Lecaro’s work in ‘LA Weekly’: https://www.laweekly.com/guest-author/lina_lecaro/

Read Lina’s piece in ‘Vice’ “This is My Reality as a Woman Music Journalist”: https://www.vice.com/en/article/695zx3/being-a-female-music-journalist

Listen to Lina’s archived ‘Hot Licks with Lina’ radio show on https://luxuriamusic.com/shows/hot-licks/

Lina Lecaro on Twitter and Instagram: @LinaLecaro

Christy Alexander Hallberg’s website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/

Christy Alexander Hallberg on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg

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Jam Journals is a podcast that explores music history through live concert performances. Hosted by a seasoned concert-goer, each episode recounts a unique concert experience with vivid detail and emotion.

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There is no doubt that Debora Iyall, lead singer of the band Romeo Void, knows her way around a memorable lyric. "A Girl In Trouble Is A Temporary Thing", "Talk Dirty To Me”, and of course, "I Might Like You Better If We Slept Together" from the song "Never Say Never", all came from the mind…and experience...of Debora. Her band made a name for itself in the San Francisco scene in the early 80s, and now a recording, Live From The Mabuhay Gardens, November 14, 1980 has surfaced, and captures the band as they were first establishing themselves. The recording from that night will be released on Record Store Day on galaxy-blue colored vinyl. We happily welcome Debora into our virtual studios to bring us up to speed on her life, her side projects, plus everything you may want to know about Romeo Void.

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Ahh, the sweet sounds of jangle pop...

This week, we cover the subgenre near and dear to Brett's heart. It's also the subgenre that brings back fond memories of drinking and debauchery for Uncle Gregg (to be fair, what doesn't?). Drawing from the well of The Beatles, The Byrds, The Searchers, The Hollies, and other '60s predecessors, jangle pop continued to thrive throughout the O3L era (1974-1999) and we'll cover some well known favorites and undiscovered treasures. And, because things like Rickenbacker guitars, VOX amps, and harmony laden pop songs never go out of fashion, we spotlight some more recent jangly pop gems by:

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It's been a while since we interacted with you directly but that changes this week as we invite you to Ask Us Anything!

We put out the call for questions from our beloved listeners and you all came through in spades! In this question and answer session we get into some ROCKNPOD memories, discuss favorite/least favorite moments in the podcast's history, share particular concert memories, and much more. Additionally, we get into some of our favorite releases by classic bands, favorite newer bands, discuss the Motley Crue drama, and, as expected, plenty of KISS discussion.

It's a solid hour-plus of us answering YOUR questions! We thank you for your input and hope that you'll SHARE with a friend!

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In this episode we welcome author and Guardian journalist Andy Beckett to RBP's Hammersmith HQ and ask him to discuss politics and pop from the late '70s to the present day.

Andy talks about his first musical passions as a teenager in the early '80s, as well as about Rock Against Racism, Red Wedge and the politicised postpunk era in general. He recalls his first pieces for The Independent in the early '90s and explains how his broader interest in popular culture informs his perspective as an op-ed columnist and the author of When the Lights Went Out and Promised You a Miracle. In a week that saw Finland joining NATO and the indictment of Donald Trump, we ask what musicians can and can't do to change the world.

The imminent new album from proto-Woke duo Everything But The Girl gives us an opportunity to address the enduring political ideals of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn, plus we travel back to 1981 via clips from an audio interview with The Beat's David Steele and Ranking Roger, who talk to John Tobler about youth unemployment and the menace of nuclear weapons.

After we've paid our respects to departed legends Seymour Stein and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mark talks us through his new additions to the RBP library, including pieces about the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper, Joan Armatrading, Talking Heads and Sun Ra. Jasper then wraps up the episode with his thoughts on a 2002 live review of Queens of the Stone Age and a 2015 piece exploring the influence of Spaghetti Westerns on reggae.

Many thanks to special guest Andy Beckett.

Pieces discussed: Andy Beckett on Dylan, on Simon Reynolds' Rip It Up, on The Face, Everything But The Girl, Peter Paul and Mary, War Between the Generations, Enoch Clapton, Red Wedge, Where are the political pop stars?, The Beat audio, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Seymour Stein, Sgt. Pepper, Joan Armatrading, Talking Heads, Sun Ra, Queens of the Stone Age and dub spaghetti.

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It's ImmaLetYouFinish... episode #137! Court & Amy wonder why festivals are so tired, show hip hop media some love and serve nothing but spoilers.

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In episode 197, Martin asks the question Why did these 5 artist's go solo?

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What's more important the journey or the destination? It's a cliche, but in this episode, your host shares a story of how seeing the guitar legend Eric Clapton in concert. What was supposed to be a trip to see Slowhand ended up leaving a lasting imprint on our host's heart and soul.

Jam Journals is a podcast that explores music history through live concert performances. Hosted by a seasoned concert-goer, each episode recounts a unique concert experience with vivid detail and emotion. New episodes every other Tuesday.

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