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This week, our coverage of the 2023 Hell's Decibels Tour reaches the halfway point, as Night Demon roll through St. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; and Des Moines, Iowa. You will hear tour stories about clown bars, haunted venues, sickly Satan, white-knuckle bus rides, stolen trucks, Ethiopian food, and no sleep at all.  The band explains how they dealt with and overcame distinctly different brands of adversity each night.  As always, we bring you noteworthy audio clips from every performance.  The episode wraps up with Night Demon and their tourmates Satan enduring yet another hellish overnight bus ride to the 2 Minutes to Tulsa festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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• Streaming Audio:  Full Show - 3.29.23 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
• Streaming Audio:  Full Show - 3.30.23 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL
• Streaming Audio:  Full Show - 3.31.23 - Lefty's Live - Des Moines, IA 
• Streaming Video:  Full Show - 3.29.23 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN
• Streaming Video:  Full Show - 3.30.23 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL 
• Streaming Video:  Full Show - 3.31.23 - Lefty's Live - Des Moines, IA 

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"Heavy Metal Heat" video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g9_MVNTzwg

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No new episode this week while Dylan is in the desert and Justin is working overtime. Instead we are going to share a preview of what is behind our Patreon paywall. We have a series of bonus audio called Bracketology where we pit albums from the same year against each other. This was our first attempt at Bracketology without a guest, but if you enjoyed it we have more on our Patreon.

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This week on the show we are joined by John Rossi of the band Ivy League to discuss the 1984 album, Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü.

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Songs featured on this episode:

Jawbox - Jackpot Plus

Ivy League - The Weight

Hüsker Dü - Broken Home Broken Heart

Hüsker Dü - Never Talking to You Again

Hüsker Dü - Chartered Trips

Intro

2mins - Growing up in Minneapolis and musical background

3mins15s - The Beatles, and early influences

4mins20s - First song Dave learned on the guitar, and favourite music

5mins30s - Father-son relationship and parental support for guitar playing and passions

7mins -  Working in the local music store in MPLS, learning about the guitar as an instrument...and a 'sideline for voilin repair-men'

11mins - Starting out as a Luthier, working from home...and supporting local bands

12mins - Bumping into Prince at the Knut-Kupee music store...'we knew about him for a couple of years before the first album...'

13mins - Minneapolis in the late 1970s, black and white musicians playing in different parts of town

14mins45s - Auditioning for Prince's early band, Dave shares his memories...trying out at Dell's Tyre Mart

19mins - What were musicians wearing in the late 1970? 'A lot of spandex was occuring!' MPLS music scene memories...

21mins - An amazing achievement for someone who created an entire scene and became famous throughout the world - Prince putting Minneapolis on the map.

24mins - Working in London in his early 20s and working with famous musicians early on in his career (1981-83)

26mins - Working with Gary Moore, and a guitar inherited from Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac

29mins30s - How did going to London influence your part in Prince's story?

31mins - Coming back to MPLS and Prince is achieving a level of fame...and the initial approach from his people. "He wants a guitar, and you're going to make it..."

33mins30s - "I was exhilarated rather than nervous..." - making Prince's most iconic guitar having never made one before!

36mins - Did you know if the guitar was actually going to be part of the Purple Rain movie??

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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1mins30s - Prince's music in the 90s, albums Jim liked, plus bootleg tapes from '93/'94 - The Beautiful Experience and stripped back versions of Come and Endorphinemachine after hours in London.

3mins15s - Emancipation was a major artistic statement, but was it a seminal work? Plus liner notes for The Gold Experience (and not getting paid for it).

5mins - "Fighting for the freedom he knew technology offered...". And Chance The Rapper winning multiple Grammys from a self-produced tape...missing Prince

6mins - Hit n Run part 1: 'A Creative Approach'.

7mins30s - Getting commissioned to write the liner notes for The Gold Experience.

9mins - A rebirth in the 90s & 'Bud Lite on guitar!' on NBA All Star weekend.

13mins - Getting up, then staying up late, to watch Prince play aftershows...

17mins - Prince & Madonna on the same stage...and still seeing some of the NPG and The Revolution around town

18mins - In admiration of Morris Hayes

19mins30s - Going back to Paisley Park...how do you feel about it?

21mins - Opinions on the music after 2002...remaining 'an avid listener'. The Current radio show in MPLS.

22mins30s - memories of the last show, a Piano & Microphone performance

24mins - When Prince passed away...an energy change in Minneapolis: writing an obit 'through the tears'

26mins30s - 'I would never write that now...' an open letter to Prince in the media

28mins - Playing with local musicians on the night Prince died

29mins30s - Jim's view on the music coming out retrospectively & Welcome 2 America

32mins30s - 'Context is everything with Prince...', so stay open

33mins30s - Favourite live show of the 1980s, and which live DVD should be released?

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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Jim Walsh - journalist and author of Gold Experience: Following Prince in the '90s

Intro

2mins - Were the 1990s Prince's 'punk period'?

5mins - Challenging Prince to be more vital!

8mins30s - the mad scientist out in Chanhassen, the feeling of greatness nearby

10mins - Going back to Paisley as a museum? Being in the building together...

11mins - the 90s, the forerunner to everyone having their own radio station...and preserving the legacy

13mins - Thoughts on The Rainbow Children, a transitional album and critically renowned live shows

15mins - seeing Prince over the years, often until 6am

17mins - living your life to the fullest creativity

18mins - seeing Prince for the first time in the early 1980s at First Avenue - "they were just badass, oh my God!"

21mins - Allen Beaulieu photographer, studio was just up the street from First Avenue...where Target Center is now. Pictures eventually adorned all of Prince's early album covers.

22mins30s - What kind of person was Prince? "Really warm and loving...he was know-able, that was my experience."

25mins - Playing different styles of music every night at Paisley Park

27mins - Jam of the Year tour memories from 1997, followed by an all-night performance... 'it was so good!'

29mins - Middle-aged bad-assery at The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and The Superbowl

30mins30s - Best guitar solos ever? 'Feathery blues at Glam Slam...'

32mins - Carlos Santana, Larry Graham & Prince at the Northrop Auditorium

34mins - Larry Graham's influence on Prince: Jim Walsh's view

36mins - A fleeting sight of Prince in 2014, 'a deeply spiritual God-loving man'.

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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Welcome to a brand new series hosted by Justin. This is the beginning of a ongoing deep dive into the year 1986. 

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Songs featured on this episode:

Ramones - My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)

Yo La Tengo - The Cone of Silence

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

Hüsker Dü - Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely

Dag Nasty - Circles

On this week's show, we... 

• spend quality time with the superlative new record from The Mountain Goats
• celebrate 30 years of Sugar's Copper Blue
• feature 4 albums that - in our humble opinion - represent the artistic sweet spot of 4 very distinctive singer/songwriters. 

All this & much, much less!

Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

Jim Ruland ("Forest of Fortune," "Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion") joins us this week to discuss his wonderful new book "Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records" (available at your local indie bookstore or at bookshop.org). Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees and so many more influential bands called SST home from its founding in the very early 1980's into the '90s. Ruland's thoroughly researched and very accessible book chronicles these bands and SST's, well ... rise and fall. 

Also this week, we look at the MLB standings as baseball crosses the Memorial Day threshold. We also talked about this video and this one.

Check It Out!
Andrew: Stephen Sanchez, "Until I Found You"
Rex: Traitors Gate, "Devil Takes the High Road" reissue
Craig: Delta Spirit's new album "One Is One," released May 20. The band released the album's first single, "What's Done is Done" (NSFW) on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day.

Errata: It's a safety pin, not a clothes pin. Ruland was correct - as we recorded the episode was being recorded, the Dodgers and Yankees were tied for MLB's best record. For some reason, Craig kept mispronouncing  Hüsker Dü, as though it was a Nebraska band. It was Mark McGuire, not Albert Pujols. We really should have asked Andrew about Cindy.

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Opening and closing music, "Caroline" by Craig Estlinbaum. All rights reserved.
This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2022, all rights reserved.  

It’s been unusually dark, cold, and grey here in Atlanta, GA for the past few days, so the boys thought it best to bring on a guest who is an authority on all things grim and ghastly. They donned all-black garb, guy-liner, and a healthy dose of black no. 1 on their mop tops and welcomed Mr. Brent Zius and his coffin full of goodies to the firehouse. Brent schools us on the dark and ethereal world of Goth Rock…

What is it we do here at InObscuria? In most shows Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week is different as our guest, Brent Zius, provides the playlist for your 2 rock n’ roll grave robbers to react to. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.

Don’t forget to check out Brent’s latest project album: Angelspit Vs. Ice Planet 9000 – Sequence 1: Glass Jar on Bandcamp here!

Songs this week include:

1. Ash Code – “Fear” from Fear EP (2021)
2. The Bolshoi – “Away” from Friends (1986) 
3. Kill Shelter – “As Trees Do Fall” from Damage (2018)
4. Pink Turns Blue – “I Coldly Stare Out” from If Two Worlds Kiss (1987)
5. Long Night – “East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon” from Barren Land (2018)
6. Play Dead – “Isabel” from The Promised Land (1984)
7. Delphine Coma – “We Never Sleep” from Leaving The Scene (2018)
8. Angelspit Vs. Ice Planet 9000 – “The Great Empty” from Sequence 1: Glass Jar (2022)

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This week your rock n’ roll vampires suck on the neck of a long-forgotten genre that emerged in the late 80s – early 90s. A genre that exploited obscured vocals, guitar distortion, effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume: SHOEGAZE. Primarily based in the UK, these bands used the artistry of guitar innovation to paint some wonderfully layered sonic canvases! If you have a preconceived notion that you don’t like this stuff, we ask that you give this episode a shot as you might be surprised how much it rocks…

What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or grouping of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we focus on the FORGOTTEN. If you were into this music when it came out back in the early 90s, chances are that you haven’t revisited it in a while. Come along on this ride with us and spend the next 90-min staring at your feet! We hope we re-introduce some of you to these bands and turn others on to something completely new!

Songs this week include:

1. Swervedriver – “Blowin’ Cool” from Mezcal Head (1993)
2. Ride – “Here And Now” from Nowhere (1990)
3. Drop Nineteens – “Limp” from National Coma (1993)
4. Catherine Wheel – “Kill Rhythm” from Chrome (1993)
5. Lift To Experience – “These Are The Days” from The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads (2001)
6. Kitchens Of Distinction – “Sand On Fire” from Capsule: The Best Of Kitchens Of Distinction 1988-1994 (1994)
7. My Bloody Valentine – “Only Shallow” from Loveless (1991)

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In this bonus episode the boys dive into an iconic album by one of the most chaotic 80s punk bands. Hear a track by track breakdown along with commentary on how Hootenany captures the essence of punk and hardcore. 

Queen had just released “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1976, with a ground-breaking film clip, and the question was, “Can they play the clip live?”.  Well, they not only did it, but they blew everyone's socks off!  

Mick and the Phatman were there and recall one of the best concerts ever seen in Australia.  

From Freddy Mercury appearing in silhouette, to a leap straight into a perfect recreation of the "rock" part of the song they showed 5,000 awestruck Aussies how it was done! 

References:  Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sugar, Copper Blue, Bob Mould, Husker Du, ABBA, Toto, Frenzal Rhomb and a show with Bo Diddley, Sherbet and Cold Chisel all on the one bill.
 

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Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!! Greg and Jim are the hosts of Sound Opinions and are two of the most renowned rock critics out there. It was a real treat to interview them about the role and influence of live music in rock criticism, some of their favorite shows, the dying independent venue, and how Live Nation is ruining local music.  Enjoy!!

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Theme music: "Eugene" (Instrumental) by Waltzer

Roadcase is produced by Josh Rosenberg and Soothsayer Media

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We are joined by Nicole O'Neal and Greg O'Neill of the band Wife Patrol to discuss the year 1985 and Hüsker Dü's Flip Your Wig.

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Songs featured on this episode:

Jawbox - Jackpot Plus

Wife Patrol - Girl Cactus

Minutemen - King of the Hill

The Replacements - Bastards of Young

Rites of Spring - For Want Of

Descendents - Silly Girl

Black Flag - Loose Nut

Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense at All

Hüsker Dü - Every Everything

Hüsker Dü - Divide and Conquer

Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes

Elise Okusami of Oceanator, joins us to discuss the 1983 album More Fun in the New World by the legendary X.

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https://undertowstore.com/

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Songs featured in this episode:

Jawbox - Jackpot Plus

Oceanator - A Crack in the World

Bad Brains - Attitude

Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs

Minor Threat - Out of Step

Misfits - Earth A.D.

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

X - The New World

X - We're Having Much More Fun

X - I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts

X - True Love,  Pt. 2

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Join us with our special guest, John Russell of the bands Gnawing and Alright. This week we discuss the year 1983. Our album for this episode is the hardcore beginnings of Hüsker Dü on their album Everything Falls Apart. For our EP, we talk about SS Decontrol's second release, Get It Away.

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Songs featured in this episode:

Hüsker Dü - Everything Falls Apart

Hüsker Dü - Sunshine Superman

Hüsker Dü - Gravity

SS Decontrol - Forced Down Your Throat

SS Decontrol - Under the Influence

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We cover the 1982 albums Circle Jerks - Wild in the Streets & Articles of Faith - What We Want is Free. Also, boring Phoenix shoegaze, a quick movie round up, and extensive discussion about Black Flag vocalists.

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Songs featured in this episode:

Jawbox - Jackpot Plus

Circle Jerks - Wild in the Streets

Circle Jerks - Leave Me Alone

Circle Jerks - Trapped

Articles of Faith - Every Day

Articles of Faith - Bad Attitude

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