Episodes

In our eighth episode, the pod opens with discussions around an Amoeba Music follow up. SXSW not offering refunds, Bon Jovi cancelling tour to make sure fans get refunded, Live "drive up" gigs in Denmark, Facebook starting virtual concerts behind paywalls, and what will be an ongoing segment for us "Concert: Impossible," where we highlight shows we had no business getting to, but somehow pulled off. We also introduce the #amoebachallenge where we challenge high profile musicians to donate to the...

In Episode 7 of the Podcast, Marc Weinstein of Amoeba Music, Co-Founder and Owner, joins us to discuss their GoFundMe page, the current music climate, and history of the music chain! Amoeba music in an independent music chain in California with stores in Berkeley, San Fran, and Hollywood (with the Hollywood location being the largest independent music store in the world). If you’re a fan of independent music or a music collector of any sort, you know how iconic Amoeba is. As Amoeba is deemed non...

In our sixth episode, the pod discusses: a follow-up on our friends at Ticketmaster and their recent shady policy change, the possibility of no live music for 18 months, the Weeknd's recent run at #1 on Billboard/benefiting from artists delaying their releases, a brief chat on Record Store Day and its parallels with craft beer culture, music round table on what we've check out this week, and what will likely be a recurring segment for us and the main focus of the episode: Concert/shows regrets (...

In our fifth episode, the pod discusses: a weekly music recap (odds and ends from this week in music/music history), a conversation on major recording artists having Zoom/Videoconferencing sessions with their songwriters, and what will likely be a recurring segment for us: music 'what ifs' --where we deep dive into music what ifs that could've changed the music landscape forever (What if Dr Dre never met Snoop Dogg, what if Bradley Nowell didn't die and Sublime continued on, what if the Ramones ...

In our fourth episode, the pod discusses: old albums we've re-visited recently (Hed PE, Cypress Hill), Dave Grohl's new Instragram 'davegrohlstories', Live Nation pivot to emailing about streamable shows, and an ultimate deep dive into Live Ticketmaster/ Live Nation-- the history and shadiness. (On this episode: (0:00) Intro to the episode and re-visiting early Hed PE and Cypress Hill albums. (8:36) we appreciate Dave Grohl's new stories series on Instagram 'davegrohlstories'. (14:44) "creative"...

In our third episode, the pod has a current music climate round table (artists performing live from their homes, music streaming numbers being down during the pandemic, etc), we share our initial reactions to the new Pearl Jam record, and finish the last hour of the episode discussing early music/album/concert memories (On this episode: (0:00) Intro. (3:35) highlights from artists performing live from their homes -POS from Doomtree, Dave Matthews, Third Eye Blind. (11:08) discussion on music str...

In our second episode, we pick up where we left off last week with the Coronavirus/music industry impact discussion, as a lot has changed in the last week. From there, we transition to a segment we call "Tour Time Machine" where we discuss tours/bands touring off an album/bands during a specific era where we'd be willing to spend $1,000 to go back in time to see. (On this episode: (0:00) Introduction to episode 2. (4:55) follow up discussion on show cancellations and shows that took place in ...

In our first episode, we introduce the podcast, ourselves, and tell the story on how it all came together. From there, we transition right into the the meat of the episode: discussing the impact of Coronavirus on the music industry (touring and ancillary business, streaming, etc. (On this episode: (0:00) Introduction of the podcast, ourselves, and tell the story on how it all came together. (6:40) Start of Coronavirus impact on touring. (30:30) discussion on alternate revenue streams for band...