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Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast

Only Three Lads is a lively podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from the "70s, "80s & "90s. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett Vargo, and a variety of ”Third Lads” as we share our Top Fives, stories, and news about the music we love, and have a lot of fun along the way! Whether you‘re into indie, punk, new wave, Britpop, power pop, synth pop, shoegaze, grunge...or whatever...there is going to be something for you to discover and love. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

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49:09

E199 - Top 5 Songs When You're Sick

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2024/01/30

Our scheduled guest this week called in sick at the last minute...oh no! So, instead of our planned topic, we decided to be a little opportunistic. We put together our list of songs to listen to when you're sick to lift your spirits. We've got just the cure for your ailments!** **Please note that this statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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60:23

E198 - Top 5 South American Songs

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2024/01/23

Season 5 premiere…we missed ya! Join Gregorio Delirio & Bretto (El Rocktor) for a journey south…because this week, we’re talking about the songs of South America. New discoveries and utterly hi-larious attempts at Spanish pronunciations. THIS is real alternative, as much of it has crossed over to the English speaking world. Enjoy and learn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:02

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 7 - The Tailgate...

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2024/01/19

Here it is…the first six pack of 2024. You may know that our fifth season officially starts on January 23rd - that’s next Tuesday if you’re listening to this episode on the weekend of release. So, there’s no better time to hang out in the parking lot with a weekend six pack. Consider this the tailgate party! In this six pack, you’ll hear the following recent tracks: The Yellow Melodies - "Follow The Sun" Holy Smokes - "Chip On My Shoulder" Blank Generation - "Antihero" Couchboy - "Second

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66:36

O3L Presents: The Games, Part 2

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2024/01/16

Join in on more fun with our second part of our retrospective of some of our favorite games on O3L! This week, you'll hear: O3L Lie Detector - with author Allison Landa (Bearded Lady) Only Three Lads Had a Farm - with Scottish '90s indie rocker Graham Kemp from Urusei Yatsura Is "C" Heavenly's Option? - with seminal Sarah Records band Heavenly Which Saturday Is It? - with Power Pop Hall of Famers The Flashcubes Name That Long Title - with radio veteran and friend of the show Lance

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40:46

O3L Presents: The Games, Part 1

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2024/01/09

If you've been listening to O3L for a little bit, you've probably gathered that we fancy playing games every so often. So, as we get ready for the launch of our 5th season, we thought we'd have a little fun with a multi-part retrospective of some of our favorite games. In this episode, join in on the riotous fun with: "Goth or Bubblegum?" with goth/dreampop singer AMMO (aka Silent Mass) "Pilot or Lie-lot?" with Sarah Shay from the Pilot House podcast "That's Not Power Pop!" with Power Pop Hall

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E197 - Top 5 Songs of 2023

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2024/01/02

Season 4 finale! The festivities in Times Square may be over, but our balls don't officially drop until we've covered our Top 5 Songs of 2023! Uhhh...you know what we mean. Ring in the New Year with O3L and relive the best tunes from that bygone era of 2023. Proud members of the Pantheon Podcasts family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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E196 - Top 5 Albums of 2023 (with Jolie Holland)

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2023/12/26

We step out of the classic alternative era and into the here and now as we recount our Top 5 Albums of 2023. And it just so happens that our guest this week is Jolie Holland, the acclaimed American singer/songwriter who released one of the best records of the year, Haunted Mountain. Actually, it's one of the TWO best records of the year named Haunted Mountain, but we'll get into that... Join us as we hip each other to new sounds, new films and new games (who's up for a round of music baseball?),

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9:38

O3L Presents: "La La La, It's Christmas"

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2023/12/23

Brett presents The Vargo Family's 16th annual Musical Christmas Card, "La La La, It's Christmas." From the O3L family to yours, we wish you a joyous holiday season, a very Merry Christmas, the most prosperous of new years, and an abundance of “la la las.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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E195 - 4th Annual O3L Holiday Party!

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2023/12/19

It's beginning to look a lot like the O3L Holiday Party! In what's become something of a holiday tradition, we invited listeners to join us for fun, games and frivolity. This year, we welcomed Briony from Ohio; Julie from California; Julio from Puebla, Mexico; Kimberly from California; and Paul from California. And who was the mysterious "S" that joined us but wouldn't talk?!? Was that you, Ed Sheeran? We chat about our favorite Christmas #1s and sausage rolls, and play two brand new world

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109:40

E194 - Top 5 '60s Crossovers (with author Dave...

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2023/12/12

The '60s were marked by dizzying revolutionary change, musical evolution, and technological innovation. It was the decade where pop music as a whole went from ephemeral entertainment to serious art. It was the catalyst for social and cultural shifts. Most of the music that we talk about on this very show, from punk rock to power pop to synth pop, has very strong roots in the music of the '60s. Yet very few '60s pioneers were able to successfully cross over into the O3L era. Many sounded

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E193 - Life After Punk

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2023/12/05

Ah, punk rock. Some punks held onto the style and ideology for dear life (some more successfully than others). For others, punk was a springboard into exciting new territories where the possibilities were limitless. It's the latter that we cover this week - the artists who shed the ripped shirts and safety pins to creatively flourish after punk's initial rush. Join crusty old punks Gregg Grinder and Brett Ba$t@ard for an exploration on the topic of "life after punk," as well as Blue October,

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E192 - Top 5 Songs of 1990 (with JAMIE HOOVER from...

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2023/11/28

This week, we celebrate the beginning of the '90s (Or was it the end of the '80s? You be the judge.) When MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Wilson Phillips ruled the airwaves. When Uncle Gregg found some direction and joined the Navy. When teenage Brett co-founded his first band, Empty Glass. And when our special guest, power pop legend Jamie Hoover was caught in a flurry of activity, releasing his debut solo album Coupons, Questions And Comments and prepping for The Spongetones' 1991 third full

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Bonus - An O3L Guide to Record Store Day Black Friday!

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2023/11/24

We hope all of our US friends had a marvelous Thanksgiving. We gave you the main course on Tuesday, a second helping on Thanksgiving, and now it’s time for dessert. Why? Because it’s Black Friday...more specifically, it’s Record Store Day Black Friday. Join O3L´s Brett Vargo as we highlight some of the releases from this special RSD that we think will appeal to classic alternative music fans. Whether you´re lining up early, going to hit your favorite store later in the day, or chance it on the

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E191 - A Very O3L Friendsgiving (Top 5 Songs about...

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2023/11/23

Happy Thanksgiving to those of in the US! To those other places, Happy Random Thursday. In what has become somewhat of an O3L tradition, we're here to either help you get through Thanksgiving or ruin it...it's a fine line! After all, one of the things that this holiday is about is gorging yourself, so treat yourself to a second helping of O3L this week. (B-t-dubbs, Thanksgiving is also about other things too, as you'll learn about with some enlightening trivia questions.) This year, we

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E190 - Top 5 Albums You GOTTA Have on Vinyl! (with...

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2023/11/21

Ahhh, vinyl records. For audiophiles and other assorted music nerds (know any of them!?!), it's the passport to sonic bliss. For others, it's an archaic, delicate, noisy and inconvenient medium. Whatever side of the fence you're on, there are albums that you gotta experience on vinyl - whether it be for the sound quality, the artwork, the liner notes, the overall presentation, or maybe it's not available digitally. Remarkably, decades after the format was declared all but dead and buried, it has

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E189 - Top 5 Songs with "Heart" (with The Darling...

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2023/11/14

Here's the exciting conclusion of a two parter that's all about songs with "heart" - in the title, that is. The heart is a nasty lookin' thing, innit? But it's a word that symbolizes so much - love, pain, devotion, longing, passion, energy, excitement, life itself. It's safe to say that it's perhaps the second most essential organ in rock n' roll (insert winky smiley face here). We are thrilled to be joined by Andrea Lewis Jarvis, Harley Farr, and Matt Gray from The Darling Buds! The Buds formed

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E188 - Top 5 Songs with "Heart" (with The Darling...

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2023/11/07

Part one of a two parter that's all about songs with "heart" - in the title, that is. The heart is a nasty lookin' thing, innit? But it's a word that symbolizes so much - love, pain, devotion, longing, passion, energy, excitement, life itself. It's safe to say that it's perhaps the second most essential organ in rock n' roll (insert winky smiley face here). We are thrilled to be joined by Andrea Lewis Jarvis, Harley Farr, and Matt Gray from The Darling Buds! The Buds formed in Newport, Wales in

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61:04

E187 - Top 5 Musical Destinations

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2023/10/31

¡Hola! Somos Tío Gregg y El Rocktor. We are musical explorers. Do you want to go on a classic alternative journey with us? You doooooooooo?!? ¡Muy bien! This week, we are talking about songs with a destination in the title or lyrics of a song. It could be a physical destination...or it could be a state of mind. Either way, our scheduled guest couldn't make it due to illness, so you know what that means. Yep, oddball song choices, general contemptible behavior, rants, and wacky hijinks. So get out

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E186 - Top 5 Five Letter Words (with comedian Mike...

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2023/10/24

Remember back in Episode 151 when we used a lot of four letter words? That is, song titles consisting of a single four letter word? Well, we're back to ramp up the fun...one word at a time! This week, we cover five letter words with our special guest Third Lad Mike Finoia. Mike Finoia is a standup comedian based out of New York City. He is a writer / producer for TruTV's hilarious and wildly popular Impractical Jokers, and tours nationally in support of their theatre and arena tour. When he's not on

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O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 6 - For Dwight &...

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast ·

2023/10/21

We pay tribute to two pivotal figures in alternative music, both of whom passed away this week - Tulsa power pop icon Dwight Twilley and influential indie singer/songwriter. Our Six Pack consists of: Dwight Twilley Band - 'I'm Losing You' Soft Science - 'True' The Journals Kept - 'Nothing In This World' Jamie Hoover - 'Genghis Khan' Special Friend - 'Wait Until The Flames Come Rushing In' Po! - 'Fay' Proud members of the Pantheon Podcasts family. #musicpodcast #bestnewmusic

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