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!
After we learned in the previous Beatles episode that Mister Brian Jacobs would try to throw the numbers in his favor, he was banished to a separate desert island that just played one Dylan song on a loop. Thalia Reynolds (Another Kind Of Mind) proved to be up to the task of choosing, and joined Craig for this Two Pick Ten where they focus on the point where she jumped onto Beatle Fandom – 25 years ago as they celebrate the anniversary of The Beatles Anthology.
Six-Pack of George Harrison, Volume One
On this Six-Pack episode, friends of the show Brian Joyce and Mr Brian Jacobs join Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to share some wonderful songs from George Harrison. We talk about George’s lifelong journey of faith, how he approached his death in song, which is his most “rocking” song, his creative friendship with Bob Dylan, his view on the Beatles post-breakup, how his lyrics can lift us up in these particularly challenging times we’re all experiencing, how we might learn lessons from George in how we view our own faults and mortality, and so much more. This one gets deep, and it’s very well worth it.
So sit back and discover or rediscover the brilliance of Nelson Wilbury.
Six-Pack of Ringo Starr, Volume One
On this Six-Pack episode, Lee McCormack of the Tramps Like Us Podcast and Corey Nowlin of The Seven Notes of Separation podcast rejoin Eric Miller of Pods & Sods to share six songs highlighting Ringo Starr. We have some solo songs, some Beatles songs, a live clip, and much more. This one is heavy on the drum talk, as Lee and Corey are both drummers, but it’s accessible and a fun listen for everyone. Lee (who has performed as a Ringo in a Beatles tribute for 10+ years) sits behind his kit to demonstrate some Ringo-isms, including his famous side-to-side hi-hat shuffle. We even have a bit of name that tune. which is a total blast. Plus Corey shares his deep familial connection to Ringo’s drumming and the best song ever, truly. All fun, all lovely, all Ringo.
So sit back and celebrate the legendary charm of Ringo Starr!
The always jovial Mister Brian Jacobs joins Craig for a risky and controversial episode of Two Pick Ten, where each pick their top ten Beatles desert island picks. Before they do, though – an icebreaker that has caused brawls on certain internet forums… but what happens AFTER is where things get really strange.
Gun Violence In Music – 21 Lives and 516 Years Gone
In this very special episode, we’re joined by more than a dozen of our friends from the podcast community for a retrospective of all those musical greats lost as a result of gun violence.
Some of these stories involve domestic abuse, suicide, robbery, murder, but all of them are stories of gun violence.
A gun in every single one of these scenarios turned a moment of crisis or crime into a fatality. Irreversible.
Join the fight for common sense gun reform today by texting JOIN to 64433.
The “making each other watch things” series unexpectedly pops up again and this time with a theme: Robert Stigwood. First up: Craig brings his favorite childhood film – a 1978 cocaine-inspired tour de force called Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
ALBUM BY ALBUM EPISODE 07
ALBUM BY ALBUM EPISODE 06Join Brian Jacobs and Craig Smith for an in-depth look at the catalog of the most important band in history – THE BEATLES. In part one, Brian and Craig run through the singles and albums from “Love Me Do” to Revolver, with a healthy amount of personal memories and thoughts about favorite tracks and moments throughout the catalog.
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