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Jay has very important news at the top with the announcement that the A.R.S.E.S. movement is upon us! This, so far, boils down to needing a higher quality 1/8” to 1/4” headphone adapters, but Jay sou…

Nick pulled together a list of music news articles detailing the various types of responses artists, and the companies that represent them, have had to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. It’s not heavy…

In preparation for 1989’s License to Kill, the second James Bond film featuring Timothy Dalton, composer Michael Kamen invited David Gilmour, Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton to play on the Opening Credit so…

Shortly after recording #133, Greg learned that pioneer Grunge vocalist Mark Lanegan had passed away at 57 from COVID complications. Lead singer for the Screaming Trees, Lanegan was a friend and coll…

Another topic inspired by interviews with Jon Batiste, Nick kicks the show off with a question: What makes a good bandleader? We discuss this a good bit and end up working on another question as well…

Jay is guest hosting “Viral or Eyeroll” (A Greg Loman Production) today and the topic is Halftime Music History! Greg has been running this game since day 1, but it’s his first time out on the field …

Greg’s joins us from the tour bus this week and kicks things off with some news from world’s most prestigious music conservatories. Adam Gautille, former hiring coordinator for Berklee School of Musi…

Last week we briefly discussed Neil Young’s decision to remove his music from Spotify and Greg predicted it was going to grow into something bigger. He was right & we dive back into it. Other artists…

The Atlantic asks “Is Old Music Killing New Music?”, naturally this attracted Jay’s attention, so we dig in…
Song: Sparks - “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us”

Nick lays out the big stories of …

Greg brings us a hilarious (and quite popular) post from McSweeney’s titled “What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You” & it’s a fun read! We visit some of our favorites and take turns picking t…

Nick’s been chewing on a story from Pitchfork last month about Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ian Urbina’s yet-to-be-profitable revenue sharing venture with a few hundred artists…some of which tur…

Bruce Springsteen lands a $500 million deal with Sony for the rights to his masters and back-catalog, becoming the latest artist to cash out amid the entertainment industry’s scramble to acquire cont…

Happy New Year!! We each present our top three albums of the past year and then, for possibly the only time, arrive at a consensus pick for YSCIO’s Album of the Year! Thank you so much for listening,…

Happy Holidays! Thanks so much for joining us for our 3rd Annual Holiday Extravaganza! The song topic for this year’s episode is Winter Songs…and the complete liberty to interpret that however you li…

Jay’s bringing Top of the Charts back & it’s not a close game…
Song: The Staple Singers - “Freedom Highway”

Nick talks a lot about Elvin Jones…

Songs:

Sonny Rollins - “Softly As The Morning Sunrise (Liv…

We’ve never had a reason to discuss Adele, but the new album is making too many waves not to discuss it…so it’s time to talk Adele. Nick tackles this one…

Songs:

Adele - “I Drink Wine”

Adele - “Woman Li…

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! First and foremost, thank you for listening! Let us know what albums or music you’re thankful for over at our Facebook page. Here’s our 2021 list:

Jay’s Songs:

Derek Trucks…

Greg’s on a metal kick & has some new albums to share at the top of this week’s episode. We’ve got a theme song for these types of situations, so we’re at episode two of “Heavy Rotation”. This time a…

First things first, Happy 40th Birthday Jay!

So that’s the good news…then Nick kicks off the show with a thorough discussion of the AstroWorld Festival disaster. How much responsibility does Travis Sc…