Brian digs into a couple of letters and tries to figure out if a listener’s ex-flame actually had a (almost) famous dad.

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SHOW NOTES:

Mastin and Brewer

Brian and Murdock celebrate the life out of time of the Irish protest singer Sinead O’Connor and explore the culturally defining moment that was her 1992 SNL performance.

Trigger warning: This episode is distinctly about abuse to children and includes graphic descriptions. 

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SHOW NOTES:

The book Why Sinead O’Connor Matters: https://www.allysonmccabe.com/my-book

The memoir Rememberings: ​​https://www.amazon.com/Rememberings-Sin%C3%A9ad-OConnor/dp/0358423880

Journal article on Catholicism in 1960’s & 70’s Ireland: https://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/3902

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O’Connor

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

https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/music/1619623/how-sinead-o-connor-die/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#History

https://www.u2songs.com/news/mother_records_son_records_and_kitchen_recordings_u2s_labels

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sinead-oconnor-catholic-church-abuse-legacy-1234797102/

https://www.spin.com/2015/09/sinead-oconnor-interview-spin-30-cover-story/

https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/sinead-oconnor-10-things-we-learnt-from-nothing-compares-documentary-4236746

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do_Not_Want_What_I_Haven%27t_Got

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Compares_2_U

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

1988 Music festival performance: https://youtu.be/TsIoxvkChWw

Time magazine Q&A: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,976937,00.html

Boomtown Rats photo ripping:

As a companion piece to the recent deep dive on Whitesnake and David Coverdale, the guys brush off this classic episode from May 2021 examining the career of video vixen Tawny Kitaen.

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SHOW NOTES:

Bachelor Party trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvLcJiEj7w&t=42s

The Seinfeld appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JIHzPVRn8

Before Bachelor Party – The Perils of Gwendoline…

Ratt’s Back for More

And those Whitesnake videos.

Here I go again

Fool for your loving was originally on 1980’s ready and willing

Interview from March of this year

Tawny’s favorite video was this one

The guys explore the big voice and bigger ego that gave the world Whitesnake – and the people he pissed off to get there.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenore_di_grazia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Jam

https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-band-name-is-whitesnake-a-phallic-reference-or-not/

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

https://rockcelebrities.net/david-coverdales-emotional-decision-that-cost-him-over-a-million-dollars/

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

1997 Micky Moody interview: http://www.whitesnake.f9.co.uk/Moody.html

Loudersound piece: https://www.loudersound.com/features/whitesnake-the-coverdale-i-recall-was-a-vain-preposterous-oaf

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

https://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,46094,46104

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-coverdale-interview-2017/

https://www.rockcandymag.com/blog/post/rcm-news-release-1-issue-2-rock-candy-mag-out-nowjune-7-2017-issue-2-newly-launched-uk-based-rock-candy-magazine-features-exclusive-hard-hitting-no-holds-barred-candid-interview-guitarist-john-sykes-who-clarifies-all-set

https://blabbermouth.net/news/david-coverdale-rules-out-collaborating-with-john-sykes-again-it-would-never-work

The guys take advice from a listener letter and dig into the history of rock concerts inside prisons – from Johnny Cash to Metallica (and lots in between…)

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: “Crescent City Blues” – Gordon Jenkins

https://daily.jstor.org/far-from-folsom-prison-more-to-music-inside/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1951-prison-b-movie-inspired-folsom-prison-blues-180961740/

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

https://www.avclub.com/the-bold-innovative-canon-city-deserves-to-be-better-k-1798247307

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-reason-why-johnny-cash-performed-in-prisons/

https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/sing-sing-thanksgiving-1973

https://www.openculture.com/2015/12/b-b-king-plays-live-at-sing-sing-prison.html

https://www.vera.org/news/fifty-years-ago-today-president-nixon-declared-the-war-on-drugs

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/insidecdcr/2018/10/04/artists-have-long-helped-rehabilitate-incarcerated/

https://www.openculture.com/2018/02/when-the-sex-pistols-played-at-the-chelmsford-top-security-prison.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/rkqq3x/when-the-cramps-and-the-mutants-invaded-a-mental-hospital

https://dailydoseofdead.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/today-in-grateful-dead-history-august-4-1971-terminal-island-correctional-facility-san-pedro-ca/

https://www.loudersound.com/news/serial-killer-richard-ramirez-was-pissed-off-that-he-missed-metallica-playing-san-quentin-prison-as-he-was-on-death-row

Brian chats with 1/2 of the band FXBT (Foxbat) about their new release, their love of a good pop song, and one of the freakiest road stories on record.

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Brian and Murdock reluctantly dig deep for something from the “most requested” list – the tale of the band that had the blessing of the Beatles and found nothing but struggle, heartbreak (and terrible managers) along the way to rock stardom.

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SHOW NOTES:

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

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

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

https://rocknheavy.net/the-tragic-story-of-badfinger-6f48c459aa8d

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

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

https://www.beatlesstory.com/blog/2022/05/27/Mal-Evans-Roadie-Producer-Friend/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-song-that-gave-badfinger-their-name/

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

https://medium.com/cuepoint/from-apple-to-zapple-44e6653a169f#

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-second-beatles-badfinger-story/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-badfinger-hit-produced-by-a-beatles-roadie/

https://www.milwaukeemag.com/PrisonersofRocknRoll/

https://pleasekillme.com/badfinger/

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

http://www.nedrock.org/management-music-and-misery-badfinger-signs-their-life-away/

https://www.answerbag.com/q_view/279592

https://paulgormanis.com/?p=23049

The guys go through listener mail for more talk about rock stars in restaurants and rock stars in (terrible) movies.

The guys trace the unlikely story of one of modern pop music’s most enduring melodies – from folk singing exercise to it’s place in streaming music history.

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SHOW NOTES:

“Seinfeld Theme” by Jonathan Wolff, “Tom’s Diner,” “Tom’s Diner (Reprise),” “Luka” by Suzanne Vega

https://diffuser.fm/suzanne-vega-toms-diner/

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

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

https://folkways.si.edu/fast-folk-musical-magazine-vol-1-no-1/american-folk/music/album/smithsonian

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/05/arts/greenwich-village-is-again-a-magnet-for-folk-singers.html

https://www.brianrose.com/journal/2006/08/new-yorksuzanne-vega.html

https://www.brianrose.com/hardy/hardy.htm

https://www.highroadtouring.com/artists/suzanne-vega/

https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/toms-essay/

https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/02/02/1nce-again-suzanne-vega-toms-diner-dna-remix/

https://www.whosampled.com/Suzanne-Vega/Tom%27s-Diner/sampled/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/19727/how-toms-diner-tuned-mp3

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

The guys do their best to earn their punk cred with a listener-requested deep dive on the life, times and dysfunction of Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and The Misfits – and that one time they caused a riot and got asked to never come back…

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: DREAMERS “Misfits T-Shirt”; Metallica “Crash Course in Brain Surgery”; Misfits “Horror Business”; Misfits “Some Kind of Hate” 

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

https://www.loudersound.com/features/misfits

https://www.furious.com/perfect/misfits.html

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cough/Cool

The Crimson Ghost shorts: https://youtu.be/347pjR9A-pw

https://www.grunge.com/1164098/the-feud-between-misfits-glenn-danzig-and-jerry-only-explained/

Gimme Something Better book: ​​https://www.amazon.com/Gimme-Something-Better-Progressive-Occasionally/dp/0143113801

Gimme Something excerpt: http://gimmesomethingbetter.com/excerpts/the-misfits-incident

Misfits Timeline: https://www.misfitscentral.com/misfits/timeline.php

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

Clare Sears book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/arresting-dress 

Google Group Discussion: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.misfits/c/BgnBZYQKj5Y?pli=1