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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In the first episode of WHY WE LOVE… – a series to kick off an unscripted and all over the place conversation about bands we love (with a little off-topic fun as well) – Brian Linnen (Permanent Record Podcast) joins Craig for a candid chat about a band Craig has loved forever and Brian has loved for under a year – the amazing Bee Gees. They talk about various albums and songs, the eras of the band, some of their turns on television and films and their solo careers – but not before Brian has a score to settle with Craig and the absent Eric.
Andrew Sandoval comes back to the Pods & Sods Network to discuss his forthcoming book 
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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.
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