Featured in this episode:  The short story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It. In the records department, it’s Rush’s 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows. And John Young joins Ted in the last segment to chat about how changes in the rock landscape in the early to mid-80s pushed them toward alternative rock and New Wave.

Featured in this episode: The short story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It. In the records department, it’s Rush’s 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows. And John Young joins Ted in the last segment to chat about how changes in the rock landscape in the early to mid-80s pushed them toward alternative rock and New Wave.

Well, looks like milk and cookies have kept me up at night because here's the second episode of the Rooks & Becords podcast for your listening pleasure.

In this episode, I discuss the the following book that was published in 2019:

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In the records department, I take a deep dive into The Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears

(http://pykorry.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tears-for-Fears-1024x728.jpg)Sold out. Some copies are available at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Love-4CD-Blu-ray-Box/dp/B089HXV7PQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EXYQC4GPYQSI&dchild=1&keywords=the+seeds+of+love+4cd%2Fblu-ray+box+set&qid=1611368960&s=music&sprefix=the+seeds+of+love+%2Cpopular%2C212&sr=1-1) -- but you'll pay a steep price.

And finally, my good friend John Young joins me for a discussion on how influential the band KISS was on us as young kids -- in a segment that John calls the KISS Korner.

In this episode, I spotlight the book One Train Later by the former guitarist for The Police, Andy Summers.

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Also, I've been listening to Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Back in October 2020, I started with #500 and am working my way to number one. In this segment, I chit-chat about #500-496.

In this episode, The 2019 novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman is in Trouble. In the records department, it’s a deep dive into The Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears. And in the last segment, Ted and John Young discuss how the band KISS was a major influence in their musical upbringing.

In this episode: Ted Asregadoo takes a look at the biography One Train Later by the former guitarist for The Police, Andy Summers. Also, back in October 2020, Rolling Stone magazine published an updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In this segment, albums 500-496 are in the spotlight.