A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?
Dave and Holly, your 80s music aficionados, talk to the artists and music industry insiders that made it the greatest decade for music.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 288
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Alison Ellwood Director of Laurel Canyon documentary
We talk with director Alison Ellwood to discuss her latest documentary centered around the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 60s and 70s. Alison provides some great insight into what it takes to bring…
00:48:12 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's Part 2
Our conversation with Kathy Valentine continues as she looks to the future as a Mother, Musician and Go-Go. We start off talking about the music she composed for her book "All I Ever Wanted", which l…
00:50:14 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Kathy Valentine of The Go-Gos
Anyone that has listened to our podcast for even a short period of time would probably recognize that we are huge fans of 80s music icons: The Go-Gos. You can imagine how much of a thrill it is to ta…
00:48:02 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
Doug "Cosmo" Clifford Drummer for Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Doug Clifford joins us at What Difference Does It Make. Our discussion starts with the Golliwogs, the band that eventually morphed into Creedence Clearwater Revival…
00:35:27 |
Fri 29 May 2020
Drummer Glen Sobel talk continued
It's another great talk on What Difference Does It Make as Glen Sobel tells us the secret to getting into Alice Cooper's Band, his experience on a major label with Beautiful Creatures and we go way b…
00:36:14 |
Fri 22 May 2020
Glen Sobel Interview
Glen Sobel, drummer extraordinaire for Alice Cooper and Hollywood Vampires tells us about his start in the business and the prep that needs to be done to make a show seamless. We had some much fun ta…
00:36:13 |
Fri 15 May 2020
Valley Girl 2020
We got the opportunity to talk with Producer Steven Wolfe and Director Rachel Lee Goldenberg for the just released re-imagining of the 80s film, Valley Girl.
This jukebox musical version is set in th…
00:46:18 |
Fri 08 May 2020
Andrew Gold "Something New" Part 2 talk with Leslie Kogan Gold
Our talk continues as Leslie Kogan Gold tells us all the exciting ideas she has to keep Andrew Gold's music fresh and exciting. Besides the new album "Something New" out now via Omnivore Recordings, …
00:35:08 |
Fri 01 May 2020
Andrew Gold album "Something New" talk with Leslie Kogan Gold
To celebrate the release of "Something New: Unreleased Gold" by Andrew Gold, we got the opportunity to talk with Leslie Kogan Gold. It was a real treat to learn all about this amazing musician Sure, …
00:33:58 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Music Journalist Craig Rosen Interview
We talk to Craig Rosen, the man literally wrote the book on Number One Albums and R.E.M. We dig into Craig's origin story as a Valley Boy Hebrew School rebel cruising around in his Karmann Ghia. Crai…
00:51:58 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
JC Douglas answers some questions
If you've listened to our show at all you know that Holly and Dave ask each other music trivia questions at the end of each episode. JC Douglas from C100 in Nova Scotia wanted to be a part of the fun…
00:25:53 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
JC Douglas Interview
We are thrilled to get the opportunity to talk to Nova Scotia radio legend, JC Douglas. We talk about all things radio including first jobs, favorite Canadian bands and a few 80s hijinks involving Da…
01:01:44 |
Fri 03 Apr 2020
KROQ 1983 Top 106.7 songs 10 to 1
Please, please tell me now! What was the number 1 song on the World Famous KROQ's, Roq of the 80s 1983 countdown? Well you'll just have to listen to the podcast because I think it is something you sh…
00:55:35 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 20 to 11
Well in this time of social distancing we heed the words of David Bowie, "I don't want to go out. I want to say in. And get things done". We do our best by consuming bagels and talking about haircuts…
00:53:02 |
Fri 20 Mar 2020
1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 30 to 21
Did you see the video? Holly continually swats away the question. Okay maybe she didn't see the videos, but she knows the songs. We discuss the most popular songs played on 106.7 KROQ in the year 198…
00:51:26 |
Fri 13 Mar 2020
1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 40 TO 31
This week's episode feels just like the video for "The One Thing by INXS as we devour Randy's donuts and try to figure out how to pronounce the dessert known as blancmange. In between donuts, there's…
00:47:35 |
Fri 06 Mar 2020
1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 50 to 41
This episode includes talk of cover songs, alcohol and break-ups. No we have not switched formats to country music but each song we discuss this week seems to be centered around those topics. It's a …
00:49:58 |
Fri 28 Feb 2020
1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 60 to 51
Counting down the hits from 1983 as played on radio station KROQ in Los Angeles entails more rabbits holes to go down. We end up analyzing the number one dance songs from 1983. This segues into stalk…
00:50:25 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
1983 KROQ Top 106.7 Songs 70 to 61
This episode is dominated by Austrian superstar, Falco. We try to talk German, Alles klar? Der Kommissar and fail miserably. Falco talk naturally leads to After The Fire and Laura Branigan. Our favor…
00:50:09 |
Fri 31 Jan 2020
KROQ 1983 Top 106.7 Songs 80 to 71
This episode we debate the significance of the age seventeen and the importance of the marimba. We wonder if Peter Garrett is 8 feet tall (he's actually 6 foot 4) and if "Doot Doot" is the ultimate m…
00:50:02 |
Fri 24 Jan 2020
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