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Impossible Way Of Life

James Younger & Johnny Payne

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Episode 437 - An Hour With Jimmy Webb

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2025/06/25

Our guest on today's episode of Impossible Way Of Life needs no introduction. Having Jimmy Webb on our show was a dream come true for both of us. In fact, it was an almost mystical experience. This is a man who was in the recording studios, limousines and bars that we have romanticized since the day we started this podcast (and well before). Beyond that, he happened to write some of the most iconic songs in pop music history. So to have him here for the simple, yet beautiful purpose of sharin...

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9:56

(TEASER) Episode 436 - Rock n' Roll Monopoly

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2025/06/22

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Happy Sunday folks... We take a little break from Harry Nilsson to develop a classic rock / IWOL version of Monopoly.

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58:39

Episode 435 - An Hour With Fred Tackett

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2025/06/18

Today on the pod we are beyond excited to be joined by the great Fred Tackett. In addition to being a member of Little Feat, Fred has played with just about everyone you can think of. He was a member of Christian Bob's touring band, did the Lido Shuffle with Boz Scaggs, and strummed along with the Rhinestone Cowboy. But most importantly, for the sake of this show, and this month, he was a great friend of Harry Nilsson's. Fred was generous enough to share a lot of great stories and memories wi...

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9:54

(TEASER) Episode 434 - Nilsson Sings Newman

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2025/06/15

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife It's Harry's birthday! What better way to celebrate than to discuss his bedroom pop masterpiece "Nilsson Sings Newman". Although it may not have been the best business decision to record a whole album of songs by a relatively unknown songwriter, it is a bold statement about the power of collaboration. Harry is out to show us that, to him, a great song is all that matters. Harry...

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66:22

Episode 433 - Brian and Harry

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2025/06/11

Just minutes before recording an episode about Harry Nilsson we heard that Brian Wilson had died. So we took this opportunity to speak about both of them and the wonderful similarities they share in their musical philosophies. Two artists who understood the importance of maintaining child-like wonder as long as possible in order to keep the soul tethered to the other world, the world of dreams. After all, dreams are nothing more than wishes and a dream is a wish your heart makes. RIP Brian.&n...

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(TEASER) Episode 432 - Ariel Ballet (Feat Johanna...

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2025/06/08

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Nilsson month continues and we are joined again by IWOL three timer's club member Johanna Samuels to discuss Harry Nilsson's "Ariel Ballet". This is the second of Harry's trapeze-like vocal showcase albums for RCA and, with the inclusion of "Everybody's Talkin'", the one that really made him a star.

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61:14

Episode 431 - Harry Nilsson's Pandemonium Shadow Show

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2025/06/04

It's Nilsson month on Impossible Way of Life and we couldn't be happier about it. The sun is shining and all we wanna do is shake up a Brandy Alexander, crack a pack of Camels and discuss this larger than life rock n' roll vampire and all the cheeky music that comes with him.

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9:59

(TEASER) Episode 430 - One to One: John and Yoko...

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2025/06/01

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife In our first attempt at a full length, 90s style, DVD audio commentary track, we drink some of Johnny's Dad's plum wine and watch the new John and Yoko doc from his parent's TV room.

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Episode 429 – Becoming Led Zeppelin

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2025/05/28

Two guys with iced Americanos slump in deck chairs on a baking stoop, recovering from Becoming Led Zeppelin — the world’s most majestic slideshow. Whole Lotta Nothing? Stairway to Nowhere? On today’s episode, we dissect this documentary that somehow charts the birth of rock’s most chaotic band without once mentioning demons, debauchery, or even a decent anecdote. And hey, support us on Patreon for a bonus episode every week. Impossible Way of Life is made by musicians, for musicians — pulling...

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(TEASER) Episode 428 – Hell on Wheels Radio

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2025/05/26

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Welcome back to another episode of Hell on Wheels Radio. This week’s Patreon episode is all about driving songs — we’re talking "Radar Love," "Maybellene," "Arrested for Driving While Blind," "Call Me the Breeze" — this is chrome dreams, baby. We’re in Johnny’s car, me riding shotgun as The Passenger, catching up over a couple of iced Americanos before a few days off-grid an...

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63:43

Episode 427 - Big Star (Part 2)

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2025/05/21

We felt there was more to say on this topic. Particularly when it comes to the franchise rebuild that happened after Alex Chilton's death.

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(TEASER) Episode 426 - Big Star

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2025/05/18

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife The universe works in mysterious ways. The stars appear to be aligning perfectly for you, but it turns out you got dropped in the wrong place at the wrong time. This episode is about Big Star.

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61:21

Episode 425 - An Hour With Chris Kocher

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2025/05/14

We are joined by author and all around Kinks enthusiast Chris Kocher. Chris' book "Thank You For The Days" is a lovingly put together collection of stories from Kinks fans all over the world. This podcast is all about community and so is Chris. He also knows more about The Kinks than anyone who has been on this show so we learned a lot over the course of the hour.

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(TEASER) Episode 424 - From Power Pop to Harry Nilsson

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2025/05/11

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife In the wise words of Axl Rose...where do we go now? Our Kinks marathon isn't quite over but it's wrapping up and it feels natural to head in a Power Pop direction. The problem is some people are also calling for an IWOL journey through Harry Nilsson's wild, storied music life. What will the decision be?!

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73:34

Episode 423 - An Hour With John Batt (aka...

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2025/05/07

This is quite possibly our most Canadian episode to date. We are joined by John Batt of @canada.gov.ca instagram fame. For those of you who don't live in Canada, John is basically Canadian royalty at this point. Topics include the NHL playoffs, Sloan, Wolf Parade, The Junos, Weird Al (not Canadian somehow) and Eastern Canada's love of Jam bands.

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(TEASER) Episode 422 - Is Music Dead? (Part 2)

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2025/05/04

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We think music is probably still alive but we're trying to figure it out.

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Episode 421 - The IWOL Kinks Playlist

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2025/04/30

As our Kinksy journey komes to an end we kompile a playlist of our favorite kinks kuts from all the klassic albums we kovered.

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(TEASER) Episode 420 - Still Kinksy After All These...

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2025/04/27

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife' We're hanging on to this Kinks marathon by a thread but we manage to eek out a discuss on Preservation Act 1. Other than that, Johnny got stoned and went to see Pink Floyd - At Pompeii at the IMAX and we're just generally switching into glide on a Saturday.

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62:32

Episode 419 - The Man Who Found The Master Tape Of...

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2025/04/23

On New Year’s Day in 1962, a four-man band from Liverpool arrived at Decca Records in London to record a demo tape. The band’s 15-song audition was apparently underwhelming: The Beatles were rejected from the label in favour of a group called Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The audition tapes, too, were soon forgotten, aside from some incomplete bootlegs that circulated among die-hard fans and five songs released on the 1995 compilation album Anthology 1. So when Rob Frith, the owner of ...

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10:56

(Teaser) Episode 418 - Cheat Code Songs

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2025/04/20

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Podcast dropping early—because tonight, we DJ. That’s right: we’re trading microphones for crossfaders and preaching the gospel of the eternal groove straight from the booth. On this episode, we discuss the songs we’ll be spinning tonight—tales of the cheat-code classics, those tracks so loaded with primal rhythm and memory they yank bodies to the floor before the chorus even...

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