Suitable for listening after dark: The music of Diagonal. This band’s music was practically made for loud listening on a dark, late night road trip. They’re cool, psychedelic, post-punk and forward-thinking. Show bonus: I put my foot in my mouth worse than I perhaps ever have on this show!   Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

If you haven’t seen Juanita Stein’s latest video for ‘L.O.T.F,’ do yourself a favor and watch it today. The song, from her forthcoming release ‘Snapshot,’ is fantastic. The Howling Bells frontwoman joins me live from the U.K. this morning to talk music!

is opening soon, with all sorts of safety restrictions in place. I talked with Haunt Lead Tim Stedman tonight about Evil Intentions, its certifiably creepy location in Elgin, and the comprehensive horror score he created for the experience. It's that time of year again... I love Halloween. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Telemarketers suck. In the 90s, Jason Batchko had fun with them by essentially reverse-prank-calling them. He recorded the calls and released them as a comedy album collection. Pravda Records just did a full rerelease (on vinyl, no less), and Jason talks about it on Episode 457. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services.

Happy Monday! Ballroom Boxer, “the Bill Murray of rock n roll,” is putting out a new EP next week. We’re talking about that, as well as other flights of fancy, on tonight’s Car Con Carne recording. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

Frank is a food connoisseur (enter joke here). He talks about how he got the food connoisseur title, his burger and wings quest, thoughts on hoodie season, Da Bears, and much more!

Frank is excited that Halloween is quickly approaching. He shares information on The Daily Life of Frank’s Halloween Special, needing scary movie advice, why his beloved Chicago Bears are going to give him a heart attack and more!

Ever think back to a band from your childhood that you hadn’t thought of in years? Have you had it happen where, once you remembered them, you found out that they essentially didn’t exist on the internet? That’s my experience with Vigil, a band I saw live at Metro opening up for the Stranglers at Metro when I was a kid. I recently went down the Vigil rabbit hole, re-buying their album on vinyl from ebay and trying to learn more about them. That led me to track down Vigil bass guitarist Gregg Maizel, who joins me tonight. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

When you want punk rock, but without all the empty calories, choose diet punk! Self-proclaimed “diet punk band” Guardrail joins me in advance of their forthcoming “YIKES” EP. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

Live Aid. Band Aid. Ultravox. Visage. Rich Kids. Solo.  is a musical giant, and he joins me today on Car Con Carne. Be sure to sign up for Midge's Backstage Lockdown Club on Patreon, to get access to Q&A sessions, acoustic performances, chats with Midge and more! Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services