While working to answer a letter about a particular period in Neil Young's musical history, the guy's uncover an unexpected tear jerker of a story centered around the love of a father.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young

The Squires - The Sultan: https://open.spotify.com/track/51nTjfDyu4EgVqlmvB3PQg?si=73afca22d5d6408b

The Pitchfork review of Trans: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22905-trans/

https://thedissolve.com/features/interdisciplinary/94-the-dovetailing-musical-and-directorial-careers-of/

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/trans-the-overlooked-prescience-of-neil-youngs-electro-album/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Rockin%27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_(Neil_Young_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Rockin%27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_(album)

https://rockcelebrities.net/the-tragic-story-of-the-diseases-neil-youngs-children-suffered/

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/neil-young-comes-clean.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C2%B7ac%C2%B7tor

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The guys follow the Manson family from their time with a Beach Boy through the grisly murders that defined an address - and to the rocker who made a landmark album at the scene of their crime..

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Lane_Blacktop

https://www.biography.com/crime/charles-manson-dennis-wilson-friendship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Melcher

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/how-music-producer-terry-melcher-was-tied-to-charles-manson

https://time.com/5633973/last-manson-interview/

https://www.history.com/news/spahn-ranch-manson-family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10050_Cielo_Drive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Morgan

Trent Reznor’s New Wave Band: https://youtu.be/iWccbyICM_A?si=ERE7Avu2rRKvLO6z 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_Birds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Hate_Machine

https://www.loudersound.com/features/nine-inch-nails-downward-spiral-story-behind-album

https://adamsteiner.uk/2020/10/31/real-horrorshow-the-downward-spiral-and-trent-reznors-house-of-horrors/

Cielo Drive house camcorder walk-through: https://youtu.be/HwuEPJr847M?si=JVsJUEzsuMJj-kQg

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/revolutionary-vision-nine-inch-nails-studio-visit-trent-reznor/

https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Hollywood-Macabre-Nine-Inch-Nails-Mariyln-Manson-Cielo-Drive

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/nine-inch-nails-connection-sharon-tate-murders/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gave_Up

https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Hollywood-Macabre-Nine-Inch-Nails-Mariyln-Manson-Cielo-Drive

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Brian and Murdock dig into a question from an Ohio native who might be related to Johnny Paycheck - and they try to figure out what really happened when the outlaw legend was confronted with a gun, turtle soup, and a LOT of cocaine.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-johnny-paycheck-shoots-a-man-in-barroom-brawl-241285/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-johnny-paycheck/8704083/?locale=en-US

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/20/Singer-Johnny-Paycheck-charged-in-shooting/7153503902800/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck

https://www.reddit.com/r/country/comments/1fzyme4/if_cocaine_were_a_person_it_would_be_johnny/

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2015/08/04/breaking-legendary-producer-billy-sherrill-dies/31110363/

https://billybobstexas.com/artists/johnny-paycheck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Wynette

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sherrill

https://www.alamhof.org/kelsoherston

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound#Countrypolitan

https://davidbramsey.substack.com/p/honky-tonk-weekly-e2e

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2003/02/28/performers-shared-dedication-lifelong-love-of-music/62055630007/

https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/in-a-stratospheric-career-the-late-billy-sherrill-found-the-heartstrings-of-country-music/article_3a38c2da-0403-5819-8dee-56971b1768be.html

https://alancackett.com/johnny-paycheck-biography

https://thejohnnypaycheck.com/about

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.obituaries/c/XMgP8UWSw_c?pli=1

https://fayfare.blogspot.com/2018/09/grand-ole-opry-921-922.html

https://www.joedaly.net/features/the-turbulent-saga-of-johnny-paycheck-and-the-shot-that-rang-through-country-music

Tales from the Tour Bus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOJcuCLFgmQ

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The guys go searching for answers as to why the lead singer of the band that gave the world "Santa Monica" might be the most hated dude in his "hometown"?

SHOW NOTES:

2015 Willamette Week piece: https://www.wweek.com/music/2015/11/17/its-a-real-small-town/

So Much for the Afterglow Oral History (Willamette Week 2017):

https://www.wweek.com/music/2017/05/09/i-think-weve-got-a-problem-an-oral-history-of-everclears-so-much-for-the-afterglow/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Krebs

Hazel - Dayglo (music video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlgaRgcDeFI

https://whitelightning.org/thepress/sp9608.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkle_and_Fade

Greg Eklund 2023 Instagram post about Art: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxmc_ZQuk7f/?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ%3D%3D

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-15-sp-53979-story.html

https://beatmarcheson.co.uk/index.php/2023/09/15/19-patriots-everclear-and-crowdsurfing/

https://diffuser.fm/everclear-art-alexakis-interview-2015/

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Brian and Murdock dig into the story behind the 2003 mega-concert put on in Toronto to stimulate the economy - and why Justin Timberlake got invited by the Rolling Stones.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molson_Canadian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molson_Canadian_Rocks_for_Toronto

https://www.ottawalife.com/article/sarstock-2003-the-untold-story-of-molson-canadian-rocks-for-toronto/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-justin-timberlake-sars-concert-2003-959091/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohl

Timberlake on  Graham Norton: https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/f59phd/justin_timberlake_fondly_recalls_time_when/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Youth_Day

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/sarstock-toronto-poses-for-the-worlds-entertainment-community.1115959/

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-2003-concert-that-rocked-toronto-after-sars-1.5650768

http://news.2112.net/2003/07/toronto-sars-benefit-concert.html

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a30956795/justin-timberlake-urine-charity-concert/

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/world/toronto-turns-on-rock-to-drown-out-sars-fears.html

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/we-called-it-sars-stock-remembering-the-star-packed-concert-that-brought-toronto-back-from/article_7ea6a9e8-8885-5d1e-bb04-ad9876400191.html

https://my-ramblings.ca/sarstock-toronto-rocks/

Rush onstage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtuHx3Qfrg4

Timberlake and the Stones doing “Miss You”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJkibl6ZwM

https://idobi.com/news/justin-timberlake-joins-stones-at-toronto-benefit-gets-pelted-with-garbage/#google_vignette

Jewel frisbee incident - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO57_lQgsTs 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/keith-richards-guilty-but-free-192493/

https://iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,3076978#:~:text=The%20trial%20had%20many%20memorable,was%20there%20offering%20moral%20support.

Keith Richards heroine arrest in 1978 

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana/richards-keith-the-official-trial-transcript-of

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The guys answer a question about that time Jon Bon Jovi tried to buy a football team, the drama that unfolded - and how it all might have changed American history.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York

https://balanceoffood.typepad.com/canadian_crossing/2021/01/southern-ontario-fans-of-the-buffalo-bills-success-had-to-watch-from-afar.html

https://abc7.com/sports/jon-bon-jovi-group-part-ways-/287576/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Buffalo_Bills

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGroder

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bills/2014/03/25/how-ralph-wilson-brought-nfl-to-western-ny/6877419/

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21301310/donald-trump-accused-being-2014-effort-foil-bon-jovi-bid-buffalo-bills

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_Toronto_Series

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jon-bon-jovi-interested-in-purchasing-the-buffalo-bills/

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-and-rogers-communications-agree-to-terminate-toronto-series-14489553

https://ew.com/jon-bon-jovi-former-bandmate-richie-sambora-not-talking-estrangement-8610287

https://www.espn.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/10597/the-bills-sale-a-refresher-course

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/11238336/jon-bon-jovi-group-keep-buffalo-bills-western-new-york

https://myaggienation.com/am_news/texas-a-m-website-founder-butt-heads-over-12th-man-trademark/article_4100665d-b197-56cb-a255-33cbafcd7190.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/banned-in-buffalo--movement-among-bills-fans-gives-bon-jovi--his-music-a-bad-name-220255703-nfl.html

https://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-shady-scheme-to-buy-nfl-buffalo-bills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhGD5w5By3A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caputo

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-nfl-owner-buffalo-bills-1235105227/

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The guys break down the scuffle between two heavy music legends that happened on the Vegas Strip after the 2007 VMAs.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)

https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/04/mastodon-interview

https://metalinjection.net/shocking-revelations/mastodons-brent-hinds-i-fucking-hate-heavy-metal

https://metalinjection.net/gossip/so-mastodons-brent-hinds-got-kicked-out-the-grammys-last-night

https://metalinjection.net/news/mastodons-brent-hinds-got-booted-from-ozzfest-once-for-pooping-everywhere-high-on-shrooms

https://www.theprp.com/2018/09/04/news/mastodons-brent-hinds-vents-on-the-modern-demands-of-being-in-a-band-this-is-definitely-the-most-brutal-job-ive-ever-had/

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-system-downs-self-titled-album/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_a_Down

https://www.loudersound.com/news/how-a-full-blown-riot-sent-system-of-a-downs-toxicity-into-the-stratosphere

https://www.68to05.com/essays/2001-system-of-a-down-toxicity

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mastodons-brent-hinds-vmas-head-injury-due-to-fight-with-system-of-a-down-bassist-99653/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mastodons-brent-hinds-vmas-head-injury-due-to-fight-with-system-of-a-down-bassist-99653/

https://www.mastodonrocks.com/news/mastodon-foo-fighters-vmas-39056

https://blabbermouth.net/news/mastodon-s-brent-hinds-you-made-me-so-mad-i-wanna-punch-you-in-the-face

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards

https://exhale.breatheheavy.com/forums/topic/702914-true-story-vma-2007/

https://www.doneanddusted.com/partner/hamish-hamilton

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/arts/music/24vma.html

https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-beef-kid-rock-and-tommy-lees-infamous-fight-at-the-mtv-video-music-awards/

https://blabbermouth.net/news/cellador-guitarist-bill-hudson-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-mastodon-s-hinds-getting-injured

https://www.theprp.com/2019/05/29/news/mastodon-discuss-the-aftermath-of-brent-hinds-2007-coma-in-latest-episode-of-crack-the-skye-documentary/

https://www.metalsucks.net/2019/05/30/mastodon-discuss-brent-hinds-fight-with-shavo-odadjian-in-latest-crack-the-skye-documentary-episode/

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Brian and Murdock talk about Canadian journalist/guerrilla interviewer Nardwuar and that time that a certain member of a Brit pop band just wasn't feeling his interview style...

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The Nardwuar Blur interview (2003): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNvk2MgiCc

https://theoutline.com/post/2305/nardwuar-the-most-mysterious-man-in-music-journalism

Dave’s 2011 apology: https://exclaim.ca/music/article/blurs_dave_rowntree_apologizes_for_2003_attack_against_nardwuar

https://www.canadaland.com/oral-history-of-nardwuar-the-human-serviette/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-uncomfortable-nardwaur-interview-with-blur/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Rowntree

https://x.com/blurofficial/status/439426376907882496?mx=2

https://www.loudersound.com/news/blur-italian-tv-cardboard-graham-coxon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Tank_(Blur_album)

https://www.clashmusic.com/features/it-really-could-happen-blurs-dave-rowntree-gazes-into-space/

https://www.the-independent.com/voices/commentators/dave-rowntree-i-was-an-angsty-young-man-i-was-english-i-drank-68410.html

https://www.nme.com/news/music/blur-333-1336845

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Labour-Party-political-party

https://pitchfork.com/news/blurs-dave-rowntree-loses-bid-to-become-uk-member-of-parliament/

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Brian and Murdock deep dive on the British bad boy who got famous for party anthems and his out of control life style. Did he hire an impersonator to get out of performing? Or for something totally different?!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Morrison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Mack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_jack_swing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Mack_(album)

https://postmalone.fandom.com/wiki/Mark_Morrison

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/return-of-the-mack-seeker-music-strikes-multi-million-dollar-catalog-deal-with-mark-morrison234/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/mar/08/popandrock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tom_Club

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mark-morrison-released-after-serving-time-1258274.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/in-the-news-mark-morrison-pop-star-takes-the-ultimate-rap-for-a-life-of-living-dangerously-1152244.html

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/from-council-house-penthouse-mark-4401119

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/mark-morrison-return-of-the-mack

https://www.newsbreak.com/american-songwriter-1587609/3319103245512-the-meaning-behind-return-of-the-mack-by-mark-morrison

Mark Morrison - Where is Our Love (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3chssNUoeQ 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-morrison-10-1392631

https://www.discogs.com/master/77868-Mark-Morrison-Crazy?srsltid=AfmBOoqdFsCIJESCj_Fph8nA6xc7oSrQdvrcywTaRNlVDQGB71466NDl

https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,281733,00.html

https://www.gq.com/story/the-90s-were-a-golden-age-of-novelty-pop-hits

I Love 1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6avjA43ZFg

https://www.discogs.com/artist/11010-Cutfather-Joe?srsltid=AfmBOorySYQZLVGLn8-uYumnvbCpPv3VtremoBTjn7MtIHOczKKpMtLl

https://neonmusic.co.uk/unravelling-the-genius-of-mark-morrison-a-deep-dive-into-return-of-the-mack

TFI Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5iwUdGYCa8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckii_Booker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_of_Love

https://www.whosampled.com/Tom-Tom-Club/Genius-of-Love/sampled/?cp=2

https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-morrison-9-1392494

https://www.the-independent.com/news/soul-star-mark-morrison-must-go-to-jail-1267559.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFI_Friday

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2002/jul/27/artsfeatures.features

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62796511

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Brian and Murdock make a case for Terri Nunn - lead singer of Berlin - as forgotten feminist icon while examining the story behind the movie soundtrack single that made the band huge - and broke the band up.

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https://vinyldistractions.com/berlin-pleasure-victim/

https://www.thatericalper.com/2019/01/05/terri-nunn-who-would-later-become-lead-singer-of-new-wave-group-berlin-auditioning-for-princess-leia-in-star-wars-with-harrison-ford-in-1976/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ_Weenie_Roast

https://www.tampabay.com/terri-nunns-journey-to-berlin-almost-got-sidetracked-in-dallas/2322182/

Child actor system dissertation: https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2453&context=utk_chanhonoproj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Heartbeat

Hollywood Heartbeat 1979 performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APPhaCUZj-0

https://www.lostturntable.com/2016/03/21/10-years-of-being-lost-berlins-information/

Virginia and the Slims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBaUgA0NzA

Beast of Beast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC4M5e6xAzs

https://themusepatrol.com/2014/02/09/80s-bands-time-forgot-spotlight-beast-of-beast/

Berlin at US Festival 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAo-q-4kW7E

Motels demo of Take My Breath Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8qRTSkbgg

https://www.yahoo.com/now/berlins-terri-nunn-on-how-she-got-her-ex-to-play-an-ahole-on-new-song-202751710.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Whitlock

Berlin’s cover of Marilyn Manson’s Dope Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mesTjE4fKA

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