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That Record Got Me High Podcast

Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and "secret sauce" that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast! Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.

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S4E170 - Johnny Cash "American Recordings" with Todd...

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2021/05/29

When Nashville resident Todd Nolan was working at a South Florida record store in 1994, Johnny Cash was not particularly on his radar. But then a record came in to the shop produced by Rick Rubin on his new "American Recordings" label - Johnny Cash's 81st - and the stark presentation coupled with the heft of JC's voice grabbed him and sent him on a musical train ride of the man and the genre he's still traveling on. Let the train blow the whistle!

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S4E169 - Fleetwood Mac "Future Games" with David...

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2021/05/22

When writer, musician and now record store owner David Lewis first heard Fleetwood Mac's 1971 album "Future Games" (their first with Christine McVie and Bob Welch as official members), he was transported to a place he returned to again and again throughout his life. At once haunting, beautifully melodic and steeped in melancholy, this is the record that first revealed the path towards pop stardom that would eventually make them superstars. Well, SOME of them...

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S4E168 - Concrete Blonde "Free" with Diane Ward

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2021/05/15

When Nashville singer/songwriter Diane Ward was working at a South Florida record store in the late 80s/early 90s, she discovered a whole new world of music she had previously been oblivious to. One record in particular, 1989's "Free" by Hollywood, CA band Concrete Blonde, had a HUGE influence on her as both a performer and songwriter. Singer Johnette Napolitano's tales of growing up on the seedy streets Los Angeles, along with her fierce-yet-often-vulnerable delivery, inspired Diane - and countless

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01:06:23

S4E167 - The Boys "Alternative Chartbusters" with...

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2021/05/08

When guitarist/producer David Newton (the Mighty Lemon Drops) was a young lad in Wolverhampton UK he would listen to BBC Radio 1 and was exposed to everything from Glam/Glitter to Pop, Soul and everything in-between. At the dawning of British Punk one of the first bands that caught his ear - and one of the first to get a major recording contract - was The Boys. Combining their love of pub rock bands like Dr Feelgood and Eddie & The Hot Rods with NY imports the Ramones, The Boys' second record

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S4E166 - Rush "Hemispheres" with Jill & Rich DeFinis

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2021/05/01

Rock-n-Roll couple Jill & Rich DeFinis bonded over many types of music when they first met some 35+ years ago (punk, new wave, metal), but it was their mutual love of Canadian power-prog nice-guys Rush that sealed the deal! 1978's "Hemispheres", with its epic songs about spaceships, mythology and bickering trees was just what their teenage selves needed at the time, and they make the case that in it's own way was just as punk rock as the Ramones. Essential listening...

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S4E165 - Adrian Belew "Young Lions" w/ special guest...

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2021/04/24

Singer/Multi-instrumentalist Adrian Belew has played with a multitude of heavy-hitters including Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads and of course King Crimson. This week's guest Larry Smith has been a fan forever, but Belew's 1990 solo record "Young Lions" was, for him, the perfect amalgamation of alt-prog and pure pop. Welcome to the jungle!

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S4E164 - The Pogues "Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - w/Dan...

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2021/04/17

The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash For Barry’s final TRGMH Podcast episode we have somewhat of an Irish wake, as we’re joined by South Florida Sun Sentinel Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney to discuss one of his favorites: “Rum, Sodomy & the Lash” by The Pogues.  “So come fill up your glasses Of brandy and wine Whatever it costs I will pay So be easy and free When you're drinking with me I'm a man you don't meet every day”

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01:30:32

S4E163 - Hüsker Dü "Zen Arcade" - with Ryan Smith

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2021/04/10

When this week’s guest, Ryan Smith (Ryan & Pony, The Melismatics, Soul Asylum) was growing up in Minneapolis/St Paul, Husker Du were considered royalty. With their 1984 double album “Zen Arcade”, they transcended their hardcore roots and created a stunning masterpiece that became his - and many others’ - “The Wall”...a stone cold classic!

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S4E161 - The Church "Heyday" - With Matthew Kenneth

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2021/04/03

Australia’s new wave/neo-psychedelic band The Church leaned into the dream pop for their 1985 release “Heyday”, adding strings and horns to their already heady brand of shimmering indie guitar rock. This week’s guest, Milwaukie, Oregon resident Matthew Kenneth, was left “Tantalized” by this record, and although initially hesitant we eventually succumbed to its charms as well.

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S4E160 - Love "Forever Changes" with Michael Cudahy

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2021/03/27

Returning guest Michael Cudahy (better known by his nom-de-showbiz, “The Millionaire”) grew up in New England, and paid his dues with Matador recording artists Christmas and Sub Pop lounge music super-stars Combustible Edison. So how did 60s Los Angeles psychedelic band Love and their 3rd album “Forever Changes” become such a touchstone to his musical soul? We’ll let the always-entertaining Cudahy explain it himself, as we dive into Arthur Lee and Co.’s hugely influential take on the darker side of

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S4E159 - Pixies "Come On Pilgrim" - With Javi Caballero

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2021/03/20

When this week’s guest Javier Caballero first heard the Pixies, he was left much the same way so many others including David Bowie, Thom Yorke and Kurt Cobain were: excited, inspired, and wanting to hear more! On Charles Thompson IV (aka Black Francis) and Co.’s debut, “Come On Pilgrim”, nothing much is sacred both musically and lyrically, and the resulting glorious racket sent waves across the alternative rock universe that are still being felt today. But this is where it all began...

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S4E158 - Nick Cave "Push The Sky Away" with Chris White

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2021/03/13

Released in the 30th year of their existence, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 2013 “Push The Sky Away” is a dark, evocative piece of work that’s both unlike anything they have done before and classic Nick Cave. Returning guest Christopher Lee White was instantly drawn into Cave’s lush tales of faith, mermaids, “city girls” and late-night internet surfing. It’s a sparse-yet-thrilling ride:  “And some people say it's just rock and roll  Ah but it gets you right down to your soul  You've got to just keep on

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S4E420 - BONUS! - That Record Got This Adolescent...

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2021/03/10

For this special Bonus Episode, we asked our Patrons to give us a record that was released and got them high – metaphorically of course – in the year they turned fifteen. Rob & Barry chime-in with their own picks as well because they were teenagers once too - a long, long time ago Become a Patron today! www.Patreon.com/TRGMH

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S4E157 - Young Marble Giants "Colossal Youth" - with...

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2021/03/06

Formed in Cardiff, Wales in 1978, Young Marble Giants released one – and only one – full-length record in 1980: “Colossal Youth” The sparse, quietly minimalist record was a stark contrast to much of the post-punk music being made at the time, and caught the ear of many including this week’s guest, Bioscience Professor and music lover Michael Bruford. Highly recommended!  “If you think the world is  A clutter of existence  Falling through the air  With minimal resistance  You could be right, how

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S4E156 - Gang of Four "Entertainment" - with Hugo...

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2021/02/27

Gang Of Four, “Entertainment!” with Hugo Burnham As influential post-punk records go (its importance has been cited by a diverse array of artists including R.E.M, Rage Against The Machine and Kurt Cobain), you’d be hard pressed to top Gang Of Four’s stunning 1979 debut “Entertainment!” In anticipation of Matador Records’ “Gang Of Four 77-81” boxset release, we were honored to have original GoF drummer – and occasional curmudgeon – Hugo Burnham on to provide insight into the creation of this

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01:22:59

S4E1757-1804 Bonus Episode "Hamilton" - w/Lauren Arnold

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2021/02/24

For this bonus episode Rob’s niece, SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) student Lauren Arnold, brought us the soundtrack to one of the most popular Broadway Musicals ever: Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda. Are Broadway musicals generally in That Record Got Me High Podcast’s wheelhouse? No. Did listening to the musical turn Rob and Barry into dedicated Broadway Musical fans? Also, no. Did we have a great time racing through the songs, trying to keep up with Lauren’s boundless enthusiasm for all

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01:32:34

S4E155 - Pink Floyd, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"...

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2021/02/20

Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn with Roger Miller(Mission of Burma.) As a teen in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this week’s guest was already a fan of 13th Floor Elevators’ Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson when he discovered Pink Floyd’s first and only record helmed by enigmatic singer/guitarist Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett. This album became an enduring lodestone of sorts for our guest, another Roger who DIDN’T change his name and went on to form a band that has become a lodestone for countless bands

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S4E154 - Bardo Pond "Dilate" - with Joe Tunis

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2021/02/13

Bardo Pond – Dilate Longtime Patron and founder of Carbon Records Joe Tunis (noise, improv, heavy, loud rock, and weird music since 1994) brought us a band/record we were not familiar with, but totally got us high: “Dilate” by Philadelphia space rock/psych purveyors Bardo Pond. It’s an album filled with slowly developing soundscapes that build and build, mixing equally vast amounts of subtlety and noise to great effect. Highly recommended! Support TRGMH, Rob and Barry, on Patreon for as little as $1

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S4E153 - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street...

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2021/02/06

Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Our guest this week, Brady Newbill, was born 12 years after the record he picked was released. He was a late-comer to “The Boss”, but when he finally discovered “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle” by New Jersey’s favorite son Bruce Springsteen he was duly smitten. Springsteen would finally hit it big with his next record, “Born to Run”, but this sophomore effort finds him leaning into his songwriting skills and discovering

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01:36:02

S4E152 - "The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll" - With Tim Quirk

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2021/01/30

He wrote a song about them, his band went on tour with them, so it was only fitting that this week’s guest Tim Quirk (Too Much Joy) brought us “The Mekons Rock ‘n’ Roll” by University of Leeds art students-cum-enduring post-punk stalwarts the Mekons. This deeply meta record both celebrates and excoriates the power of rock music, and their schizophrenic blend of joyful noise and alt-country tunefulness is loud, fast and perfectly imperfect. Just as great rock ‘n’ roll should be! Support Rob and Barry

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