The Sound of Success with Nic Harcourt
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Fascinating folks of note, from writers and musicians/artists to business and tech leaders, are interviewed by well-known LA radio DJ Nic Harcourt about the songs, bands, and concerts that have influenced their lives from childhood to now. What are the tracks they return to over and over, and what new artists have they embraced in recent years? Would they be the person they are today without this music? With the Sound of Success, Harcourt turns his legendarily expansive knowledge of music to host revealing and relatable interviews about the artists and sounds that have meant the most to a wide range of people.
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Stuart Murdoch is the lead singer and songwriter of the band Belle and Sebastian which began as a project at the University of Glasgow. His early music purchases included albums by Simon and Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder and the Welsh metal band Budgie.
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Jason Schwartzman's earliest musical memories are his mom playing the tape of the musical 'Into the Woods' in the car, and listening to Michael Jackson's thriller on his Boombox; the first album he bought with his own $ was Nirvana's 'Nevermind'.
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Alexi Lalas played hockey before soccer. His love of music came from his mom, who was in a group of madrigal singers, and sent him to piano lessons and taught him basic guitar chords. His first live music experience? Pat Benatar.
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Grace Potter's first instrument was piano (her mom taught piano). Before she made money from her music she installed sheet rock and painted houses. Ace of Base are her musical guilty pleasure and Esquivel's Mucha Muchacha is her dance jam.
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Johnny Marr's first musical memory is of his mum and aunt playing and dancing to 'Walk Right Back' by The Everly Brothers. His first music purchase was 'Jeepster' by T.Rex and his first concert was Slaughter & the Dogs at the Manchester Forum in 1976
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Ghanaian/Australian musician Genesis Owusu's earliest musical memories are the Kriss Kross song 'Jump' & watching the Michael Jackson 'HIStory' DVD and trying to learn the dance moves to the 'Thriller' video with his cousins. His first concert? Kanye
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Emily Haines is the lead singer, keyboardist & songwriter of the band Metric, and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. Her first concert was seeing Corey Hart & her favorite video is The Strokes' 'Ode To The Mets' (Dir. Warren Fu)
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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14 year old Natalie Merchant spent her babysitting money on 8 track cartridges of 'cut out' albums by Brian Eno, Roxy Music and David Bowie from her local drugstore and her first live show was seeing the Styx Grand Illusion tour at Buffalo Auditorium
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Roger Bennett's first musical purchase was Simon & Garfunkel's 'Sounds of Silence', his first live show was Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark at the Liverpool Empire and his favorite video is for the Talking Heads song 'Once in a Lifetime'.
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Lyle Lovett thinks The Milk Carton Kids are a modern day Smothers Brothers, his first musical memory is seeing Nat King Cole on TV, his first album was 'The Monkees' and he found his first backing band in Luxembourg!
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Noel Gallagher's first musical memory is Elvis' death. His first show? the Damned at Manchester Apollo in 1980; 88-90 Acid House is his dance jam, he digs U2's 'Joshua Tree' videos and he likes routine!
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Portugal The Man's John Gourley grew up in the Alaskan wilderness listening to his parents' Motown records. His first musical memory is hearing The Beatles 'Here Comes The Sun', The Aphex Twin will get him dancing & his favorite live band is Pantera.
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Lucinda Williams talks about her memoir 'Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You', and shares the music that inspired her. From Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan & Joan Baez to John Coltrane, James Brown & Prince.
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Film maker and Academy Award® winning documentarian Alex Gibney's first '45 was Herman's Hermits 'Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter', his first concert experience was seeing the Jimi Hendrix Experience at age 14 and Prince will get him dancing
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May 26, 2023 |
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Judy Greer's first musical memory is listening to The Doobie Brothers with her dad, the first single she bought was "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor, and Chicago house music is her dance jam.
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May 04, 2023 |
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Robert Hilburn's first assignment for the LA Times was covering Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison concerts. His first record purchase was Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock', his favorite artist is John Prine, and his musical guilty pleasure is ABBA!
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Zach Braff's dad loved movies, it was perhaps inevitable that after the success of his TV series 'Scrubs' that he'd turn to film. His debut, 'Garden State' had a killer soundtrack. His first album was by Sheena Easton; his first concert? Rush at MSG.
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Steve Kilbey talks about playing in cover bands before forming and finding international success with The Church. A life derailed by a brutal heroin addiction, and the music of his life including his favorite song The Beatles' 'Strawberry Fields'
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Jamie Lee Curtis talks about the end of 'Halloween', new beginnings with 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', and the music of her life, from Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Rickie Lee Jones to DJ Snake and a splash of Django Reinhardt.
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Death Cab for Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard's first record purchase was 'Big Bam Boom' by Hall & Oates. When he wants to dance he listens to New Order and you might be surprised to know that he's a fan of Post Malone!
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Actress, Producer and Singer/Songwriter Rita Wilson's earliest musical memory is hearing the Beatles, her first concert experience, Led Zeppelin in Los Angeles and if she could only listen to one song, she'd pick Joni Mitchell's 'A Case Of You'.
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Actress, singer, comedian and author Sandra Bernhard's mother played Ravel and Debussy on the piano. Her first album purchases were Carole King's 'Tapestry' and Joni Mitchell's 'Ladies of the Canyon', and her musical guilty pleasure is Whitesnake!
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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On this 'Minisode' of The Sound Of Success, Moby answers Nic's "21 Questions" about life and music. His favorite musician is David Bowie, Jane Goodall is his female hero. If he had a superpower it would be to teleport himself anywhere in the universe
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was forever changed by hearing Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" at the age of four, and age seven seeing Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum perform. Early disco and ELO's "Discovery" make him happy.
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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John Lloyd, the British television and radio producer behind hits like 'QI', 'Spitting Image' and 'Black Adder' talks about the music of his life, from Little Eva, The Beatles and Ten Years After to The HU and Dum Dum Girls.
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Fran Healy of the band Travis talks about the band's massive success in the early 2000's, and sustaining their career, getting carjacked in LA, The Beatles, the poetry of Seamus Heaney and the musical "Annie"!
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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On this 'Minisode' of The Sound Of Success, the legendary Willie Nelson answers Nic's "21 Questions" about life and music. His inspirations include Bob Willis, Hank Williams, Sinatra, Streisand and Loretta Lynn.
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Writer, Director and Producer Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, The Big Short, Succession) talks about his climate change activism and the music of The Who, Run DMC, LL Cool J and early Flaming Lips and Come live shows.
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Olympic and World Champion figure skater and now broadcaster Tara Lipinski, talks about her heroes and mentors in her iceskating and television careers, her opinions on Russian cheating in the sport, and shares the music soundtrack of her life.
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Patti Smith joins Nic to discuss returning to live performance after lockdown, and the soundtrack of her life. From Little Richard, Marvin Gaye, Dylan and Hendrix to Television, Bronski Beat, Rhianna, Adele, Ariana Grande and Harry Styles.
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Singer Songwriter David Gray talks about his breakthrough album 'White Ladder' and it's success as he takes the album on the road for a 20th anniversary tour, and shares the music that influenced and inspires him.
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Journalist, Television anchor and producer Soledad O'Brien discusses the damage that has been wrought on local news, her podcast on finance, and her love of Anita Baker, Luther Vandross and shh.. Duran Duran.
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Ben Harper, Multi instrumentalist, singer songwriter and producer talks about growing up around musicians at his grandparents Folk Music Center in Claremont, California, his love of skateboarding and the "best part of the gig", collaborations.
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Actress and activist Rosanna Arquette shares the music of her life, and talks about the importance of young people registering to vote in a post Roe v Wade America.
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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On this 'Minisode' of The Sound Of Success Fred Armisen answers Nic's "21 Questions" about life and music, including his earliest musical memory, Sammy Davis Jnr's "Candyman", childhood piano lessons and his respect for the career of Mike Myers.
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Bret McKenzie talks about his solo album "Songs Without Jokes", his musical contributions to 'The Simpsons' Quillougby/Morrissey episode, discovering the music of John Prine, and his love of Kiwi bands, Supergroove and The Phoenix Foundation.
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Dave Foley on the new Kids In The Hall TV reunion, going to his first concert: The Rolling Stones (with his older brother), and rediscovering ELO and new artists Phoebe Bridgers and Mitski through his daughter.
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May 26, 2022 |
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Amanda Palmer on spending the pandemic in New Zealand, her early love of The Beatles, The Stray Cats and The Cure, her recent discovery of 1920's Jazz great Bix Beiderbecke and why the internet should be a public utility.
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May 12, 2022 |
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Satirist Harry Shearer talks about his love of Nelson Riddle era Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin records, as well as the bands, Ball Park Music and Fountains Of Wayne.
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Julieta Venegas, Multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy award winner, American-born Mexican singer, songwriter, and producer talks about moving to Buenos Aries in Argentina, acting onstage for the first time and making new music during the pandemic.
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Paige Sara, Rock Music Photographer and Creative Director for artists such as Greta Van Fleet, on how she got her start shooting bands in Southern California & her mom's insistence that her career is a result of being taken In Utero to a Jazz Concert
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Mike O'Malley, Actor & Writer, On Conducting a Showrunner Symphony, Friendship, LOVING His Job and Why Buffalo Tom Should Be As Big As U2!
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Congressman Ted Lieu on Russia's Weakness, Presidential Indiscretions and Glam Hard Rock
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Musician Chris Pierce On His Glass of Wine with Bill Withers and Using Music to Fight 'American Silence'
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Author Susan Orlean on Cat Stevens, Neko Case and Why Neil Diamond Deserves a Shot
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh On Missy Elliott, Drunk Dancing and 'Get Back'
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Music Executive Jason Flom on Criminal Justice Reform and the Songs That Help Him Get By
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Bill McKibben On Soothing Music for Dark Days, the Lasting Power of Protest Songs, and Raphael Saadiq
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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David Solomon On Moonlighting as a DJ and the Wonder of the Musical "Hair"
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Michael Imperioli on the Power of the Sopranos, Freddie Mercury, the Raincoats and More
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Writer Carrie Courogen's 'We Didn't Start the Fire' Litmus Test
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Singer-Songwriter Raye Zaragoza On Mariachi, Broadway and Roller Skating
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Twitch's Sunita Kaur On the 'Super Bon Bon' Bond She Has With Her Husband
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Musician Pearl Charles On Neil Young, the Eagles and the Spice Girls
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Michael Musto Is Certain ABBA Is Holograms
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Comedy Writer Alex Scordelis On the Funniest Music Video Of All Time
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Paper magazine Founder David Hershkovits On the Boogie Down Bronx
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Nic Harcourt's Pleather New Romantic Era
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Marco Caneva Is Headbanging His Way Through Life
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Best Of! First Albums
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Elle Hawkins On Mozart's Missed Career as a DJ
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Jon Lukomnik's Nomination for Nastiest Song Is...
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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TikTok's Tracy Gardner On Growing Up In the Miami Sound Machine
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Reggie Browne: Forever Funkadelic
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Best-Of! First Concerts ....
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Priya Dewan: Rollerblading Goth, Tiffany Fan
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Jim Wiandt Will Always Be a Deadhead at Heart
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Jon Fee's Thrasher Magazine Childhood
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Drew Voros Is a Punk Rocker
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Tyrone Ross Jr.'s Isley Brothers Obsession
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Eric Balchunas Found the Pixies By Way of Duran Duran
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May 27, 2021 |
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Bethany McLean's Heavy Metal Youth In Dylan-Land
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May 20, 2021 |
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Bob Pisani Was Never the Same After Ziggy Stardust
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May 13, 2021 |
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Barry Ritholtz's Black Sabbath Days
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May 04, 2021 |