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Impossible Way Of Life

James Younger & Johnny Payne

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9:57

(TEASER) Episode 451- The Stomp Clap Controversy

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2025/08/17

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We weight in on the internet's choice for the worst song of all time and discuss some other candidates.

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82:49

Episode 450 - Tennis Ranks Tennis (Feat. Alaina Moore...

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2025/08/13

We never thought anyone would have the guts to come on this show and rank themselves... But now that they have announced that this is their final tour and album, Pat Riley and Alaina Moore of Tennis have decided to go where no guest has gone before. Today they gaze upon themselves in the deep dark pools of indie rock self awareness and come out with their heads held high and a richer understanding of all that came before and all that is to come. We love you TENNIS!

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9:58

(TEASER) Episode 449 - The Kerouackian Approach...

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2025/08/10

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Kansas City Rock n Roller and friend of the pod Wills Van Doorn has strapped on a backpack and made the Kerouackian pilgrimage to the Pacific Northwest to visit Johnny and hang out with Jeffrey "Gassed Up" Silverstein. This is his story.

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65:09

Episode 448 - Tech Talk Tuesday

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2025/08/06

Your favourite IWOL subject is back! That's right everybody, it's almost a full hour of Tech Talk. You can thank us later.

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66:41

Episode 447 - A Little Touch of Nathaniel in The...

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2025/08/03

In a very special edition episode of IWOL we are joined by esteemed guest Nathaniel Rateliff. In addition to being a powerful force of nature on the stage performing his own music with the Night Sweats, Nathaniel can boast that he is the only man, besides Harry Nilsson, to attempt the extremely challenging repertoire of songs that make up Harry's God-like masterwork "A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night". So we ask you, who better to come on and talk about this music? Just about no one.&...

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65:10

Episode 446 - Duit On Mon Dei (Feat. Ben Lee)

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2025/07/30

All the way from Sydney, Australia we are joined by Singer/Songwriter and Harry Nilsson enthusiast, Ben Lee. Ben requested an album he didn't know too well so we tackled "Duit On Mon Dei", the first offering from Harry's post Pussycats "Chaos Trilogy".

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9:54

(TEASER) Episode 445 - Is Music Back?

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2025/07/27

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife 1965 - 1995 - 2025...We are smack dab in the 30 year cycle and it feels like music might be making a comeback. Newport is on and the vibe seems as pure as it was back in 65.

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63:57

Episode 444 - Ozzy and The Lost Weekend

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2025/07/23

RIP to The Prince of Darkness. A rock singer with the rare power to scare us, charm us or make us laugh at any given moment. Today we give Ozzy a proper send off with an official IWOL ranking and we also dig a little deeper into John Lennon's Lost Weekend, an event that Ozzy would have probably enjoyed ;)

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10:00

(TEASER) Episode 443 - Pussycats (Feat. Luke Paquin)

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2025/07/20

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife It's time to talk about everybody's favourite rock n roll lost weekend and the album smack dab in the middle of it all. And who better to have on for it then our sunset strip correspondant Luke Paquin.

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63:41

Episode 442 - Son of Schmilsson

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2025/07/17

The boys are back in Canada. We recap our time in LA and dig back into the Nilsson catalogue.

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10:14

(TEASER) Episode 441 - Mezcal And Hotdogs Ft....

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2025/07/13

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife And… we’re back, baby — with a podcast for the ages and a hangover full of tone. After a week holed up in the holy madness of Jonathan Wilson’s Topanga ashram—equal parts studio, shrine, and psychedelic nerve center—we did what any self-respecting rock ’n’ roll pilgrims would do: we rolled tape, spilled our guts, and chased the muse straight into the canyon. It’s the debrief,...

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10:40

(TEASER) Episode 440 - The Action Is The Juice

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2025/07/06

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We were fired up and started talking. And it didn't stop. Recording live vs. overdubbing is like the difference between a bar fight and a choreographed duel—lightning vs. a lighting rig. Vibe vs. Technical in an all-out deathmatch. Overdubbing gives you control, precision, all that antiseptic perfection—but who the hell wants to sound like Steely Dan doing math homework? ...

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61:21

Episode 439 - Nilsson Schmilsson

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2025/07/02

This is an episode full of as much laughter and delight as the Harry Nilsson album in question. Just rock n roll clowns letting the good times roll on. Nothin' fancy. Grab a Brandy and dive in.

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(TEASER) Episode 438 - Everything Has A Point

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2025/06/29

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife The boys are in studio mode over the weekend so, while we do discuss and rank Harry Nilsson's "The Point" and re-cap our amazing time with Jimmy Webb, it's also a bit of an IWOL slice of life episode. Some gear talk too, which we know everyone loves.

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89:54

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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9:08

(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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