Rants and Rabbitholes with Jim and Sharon

Legendary drummer Rod Morgenstein hung out with us on a Sunday morning and we dug into all SORTS of stuff!Topics include: Rod’s solarium, drum furniture, prog rock, hair rock, videos, Berklee College of Music, kids nowadays, social media, counting, math, numbers, The Jelly Jam, Dixie Dregs, Winger, Rudess/Morgenstein Project, and SO MUCH more!

Jim and Sharon are left to their own devices, perhaps had too much sake at dinner, and have all sorts of stuff to rant about! Topics include: CB radio, the silliness of being part of a labeled "generation", the Interwebz and marketing ploys, f*cking yourself over with social media, panic attacks, Sharon's resting bitchface, and the weird social stigma with marriage.

Guitarist/songwriter/magician JOHNNY MONACO (ENUFF Z'NUFF / ALMOST FAMOUS) agreed to hang out with us for a bit on a Saturday night to talk about all SORTS of stuff! Topics include: being IN a band like Enuff Z'Nuff, touring, the Chicago scene, the LA music scene, obscure recordings, Black Elvis, Johnny's solo work past and present, sushi, In-N-Out, and SO much more! Check out Johnny's output of material and follow him on all the appropriate social mediaz @ www.johnnymonaco.com

We spent a wonderful evening with singer Ryan and guitarist Bruce of the grooviest band in the land, THE AFTER HOURS. We talked about all SORTS of stuff! Their history, previous bands, current EP "Shaken Not Stirred", the LA music scene, and more! We were also treated to an impromptu live acoustic jam, the first live music performance on Rants & Rabbitholes. Hang on to your hats - this is a fun one!

Topanga Canyon :: "Service" animals everywhere :: Riveting pod discussing our first concerts and first albums :: Finding the "1" in jazz :: Satanic metal albums of childhood

Kerry and Jerry from local Prog-Masters Heliopolis sit down with us to discuss almost everything under the sun, play a tune, and it was basically Newbury Park, CA Burning Man 2014 but with a tad more prog.

Show topics: Are Jim and Sharon wonder if they're going to be able make it to see King's X since it's....RAINING IN SOCAL?! OH THE HUMANITY!!! Will it take them 12 hours to get to the Whale's Vagina? Sharon makes a meme out of Jim's loud cough, which apparently is a near-death experience every time :: George Harrison and some talk about the Beatles' solo stuff :: Delights in Ojai, as we're the Huell Howser of horrible podcasts.We tackle a supposed list of MORE horrible 80's remakes on the table (Sharon knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about 80's movies. Sorry.) We also talk about rude folks in queues, and other driving and travel annoyances like the "Ninja Turtle" shell backpack on the spinning asshole ballerinas.80s movies, movies, remakes,

Toxic Melons mastermind Paul Fairbairn joins us from the UK via Skype to talk about his upcoming album "Bus Therapy", as well as all sorts of other stuff! Power pop, Jellyfish, crazy Facebook algorithms, and more.Help support his Kickstarter to make "Bus Therapy" happen and keep authentic, independent, killer music alive: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11591364/toxic-melons-bus-therapy-kick-starter-campaign.Part 2 of our bitchin' interview with the kick-ass Paul Fairbairn of Toxic Melons, where we share more of his music and continue rappin' about all sorts of stuff.

Our snazzy new intro :: Alarms After Dark's "Harm" EP :: California's drying up :: Adventures in the Salton Sea :: RIP Leonard Knight, creator of Salvation Mountain :: What is spirituality? :: Sharon gets a speeding ticket in New Mexico :: Tucumcari, NM = Radiator Springs :: Breaking Bad :: Jim talks about Friday the 13th, not the movie, the television show :: Emerson Lake & Palmer iron-ons from the 70's

Addressing technical issues :: Simultaneously dreading yet sort of looking forward to NAMM, where Sharon recalls a story of possibly being drugged :: Sharon shares a tune from her band Alarms After Dark's latest EP :: Jim's latest trials and tribulations with ADAT and various recording gear :: 2014's Halloween costumes :: Jordan Rudess stops by then leaves :: Debuting one of the new AFTER HOURS tunes, "The Lonely Boys" from the EP "Shaken Not Stirred".

First episode with a very special guest! Sharon and Jim sit down with KC Staples, owner of Record Outlet in Thousand Oaks, CA, and discuss a bit of the store's history, local flavor stories, the record industry, and KC's latest recording project with local folk-rockers Anchor & Bear :: One of Sharon's old bands The Patience Book is discussed and we play a song from when KC recorded us back in 2003. We also enter into the bizarre, wonderful world of KC's original music, in which you can enjoy gems such as "I Love Your Pussy" and "Jennie's Got An Inverted Nipple". We also discover antique money. The fun ensues!