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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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01:16:46

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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01:38:07

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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01:35:09

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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01:13:49

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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01:33:36

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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01:17:44

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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01:40:15

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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01:15:35

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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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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S4E151 - Roky Erickson "The Evil One" - w/Jim Dingus

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2021/01/23

From the 13th Floor Elevators psychedelic innovations, to confinement in the wards of Texas psychiatric facilities from 1968 to 1972, then on to a life permanently altered, the music and voice of Roky Erickson cut through. This week's guest, Psychic Idols' Jim Dingus, brings us The Evil One, a collection of recordings by Roky produced by CCR's Stu Cook. It's a perfect melding of Roky's observations of his haunted inner world with a crack ensemble playing taught, compelling arrangements. This album

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S4E150 Replacements "Let It Be" - with Matt Ashare

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2021/01/16

The Replacements – Let It Be Writer, musician and Lynchburg VA resident Matt Ashare brings us “Let It Be”, not by Liverpool’s Fab Four but by Minneapolis’ favorite perennial fuck-ups The Replacements. A coming-of-age record both for the characters it portrays AND the band itself, we dive head first into Paul Westerburg and co.’s tales of losers, misfits and desperate dreamers that, while mostly ignored on its release, has grown to be considered a true rock and roll classic.  “Everything you dream of

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01:31:17

S4E149 Lemonheads "It's a Shame About Ray" - w/Dan...

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2021/01/09

When this week’s guest Dan Bonebrake (The Lightworkers, The Honest Liars, Dashboard Confessional) came back from Desert Storm he was searching for something, and he soon discovered a record that seemed to embody that same vague sense of “emotional wanderlust” he was feeling in an under-30-minute package of guitar-pop bliss. 1992’s “It’s a Shame About Ray” by The Lemonheads is a shockingly joyous slice of indie-rock perfection almost guaranteed to get under your skin – or at least in-between your

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S4E148 Eric B & Rakim "Paid In Full" - with Camila Risso

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2021/01/02

This week we step a little outside the usual TRGMH Podcast milieu to tackle our first Hip Hop record. Luckily we have returning guest Camila Risso along for the ride as she brings the knowledge and passion for a record many consider to be a crowning example of the golden age of hip hop, “Paid In Full” by Eric B. & Rakim. Soul-filled samples and sick beats? Check. Sophisticated lyricism and killer flow? Indeed.  Then let’s hit the studio, ‘cause we’re paid in full! Support TRGMH on Patreon:

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S4E54321 - That Exit Music Got Me High -...

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2021/01/01

As suggested by friend-of-the-show Steve Michener, we asked our Patrons what song they would want to have played at their funeral. They did not disappoint. Ashes to ashes, funk to funky…  Become a Patron today:  https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

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S4E147 - Mission Of Burma "VS." - With Todd Philips

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2020/12/26

Returning guest Todd Philips (Bullet LaVolta, Juliana Hatfield Three, Lemonheads) threw caution to the wind and brought to the table what many consider to be the Holy Grail of American post-punk: “VS” by Mission of Burma. At once intellectually complex and ferociously immediate, the music these three (no, FOUR!) Boston misfits created STILL sounds ahead of its time almost 40 years later. Dig in and turn it up! Support TRGMH on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH/

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