In 1994, Smashing Pumpkins were a rock band coming off a super successful album (Siamese Dream) with an epic heavy sound – but many were surprised at exactly how far they could take “epic” – and they certainly took it far on their 1995 masterwork Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Christopher Fritz joins Craig once again as they dive into this one track by track, starting in the neighborhood record store where they met, the show where they saw the original four-piece Pumpkin lineup for what would be one of the last times, Billy’s track notes, what songs from the singles that would swap into the album, and culminating with these two friends reuniting to see the band in 2018 to relive some of those memories one more time. Join us on this empty party afternoon where we sing a birthday song to one of the most ambitious albums to come out of the nineties.
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Andrew Sandoval comes back to the Pods & Sods Network to discuss his forthcoming book The Monkees: The Day By Day Story! First published in 2005, it had widely been considered the last word on the story of The Monkees – an incredibly detailed chronology of all of the music, filming and tours between their creation and 1970. Now expanded and essentially rebuilt, the new version of the book contains some mindblowing content that’s never been unearthed until now, and Andrew shares some of the new research info with Craig and answers a few listener questions.
As a final gift in 2020, Mister Brian Jacobs returns to the Pods & Sods to join Craig for a quick chat about the seven fan club flexidiscs sent out to Beatles fans between 1963 and 1969 (and as an album in 1970). Happy Holidays to all and enjoy!
The Monkees track by track, session by session
The Monkees track by track, session by session
Rob and Craig join up for the first time in three years to discuss everything that’s happened in the world of Phish since the 2017 Baker’s Dozen shows.
One could say that all of the Two Pick Ten episodes present various rabbit holes that Craig has fallen into – for most episodes, the entire purpose of the series is to bring together two people familiar with an artist’s entire catalog of music. This one was a month-long crash course in melodic goodness as special guest Josh Fitzgerald willingly goes to that desert island with Craig and the two collaborate on their two-record set THE BEST OF ABBER. You’ll have to listen to understand.
Join us for a very special surprise Woodstock anniversary episode where Craig convinces legendary Woodstock author and expert Scott Parker to join him on the recently discovered desert island Yasgur as they brainstorm their own configuration of the Woodstock soundtrack for the 51st anniversary of the legendary festival. The twist this time – only one song per artist. There is, as always, chat about the songs picked but also discussion about the bands that didn’t make it onto their reconfigured soundtrack and why, as well as plenty of anecdotes about both Scott and Craig’s (and Megan’s!) visits to Bethel and all kinds of groovy goodness. In other words, this podcast is “far out” and hopefully won’t put you “through bad changes”.
The scene: a desert island. The task: pick twenty Radiohead tracks to make the perfect 2LP listening experience for said location. The brave souls taking on such a task: Jack Broad and Craig Smith.