Let's celebrate the 300th episode with some more great AOR!

Song-poems were records created when random citizens wrote "poems" (lyrics) and sent them, along with a check, to various companies which employed musicians who would set those words to music, record the song and press it to vinyl. It was basically a scam and many of the records ended up in thrift shops and record stores where they at some point were discovered by collectors of the odd and obscure. On this episode one of those collectors, Bob Purse, shares with us some of his favorite songs discovered from more than two decades of seeking these things out. You can find more songs and info on Bob's blog pages:

https://bobpurse.blogspot.com/

https://inches-per-second.blogspot.com/

You can also check out the Song-Poem database Bob references here:

http://songpoemmusic.com/

Seaweed formed in Tacoma, Washington in the late eighties, found success with an indie label (the mighty Sub Pop), then signed with a major (Hollywood) and you can guess the rest.

This episode also includes the second installment of "Dad Rock." This time around BJ and his daughter discuss Let It Be by The Beatles.

Tim Hardin was an extremely talented songwriter and performer who spent decades struggling with heroin addiction.

Same name, different band.

If you've never heard it before, allow this episode to be your introduction to the great 1982 self-titled album by Single Bullet Theory.

And then at the end of the episode you will find the first in what will be a continuing series of segments sarcastically called "Dad Rock" wherein BJ encourages his 13 year-old daughter to listen to old records and share her thoughts. For this first installment of "Dad Rock" she listened to Revolver by The Beatles.

In early 1977 many in the music world began to speculate about a mysterious record by a band calling itself Klaatu. Who were the anonymous men behind this album? And could it be The Beatles, clandestinely reunited?

To close out the year BJ plays some of his favorite songs released in 2019.

BJ is joined once again by fellow huge Dokken fan Brian Sword from The Double Stop for a frank discussion about which five songs each thinks are the worst songs from those three classic Dokken albums from the eighties.

The third time was the charm. Two different versions of "The Sounds of Silence" had previously been released before the remixed hit version finally broke through, topping the charts at the beginning of 1966.